THE REAPER - GERMANIUM BOOST

The Reaper is a germanium transistor boost pedal for guitar, bass, keys, etc. It uses a single NOS Russian germanium transistor biased to achieve boost from unity to just over 3/4 travel. After which, depending on how hot your input signal is, the pedal will add a slight fuzzy sparkle to your sound---reminiscent of the onset of tube break up. An added bonus of this pedal is the ability to use it as a cut pedal as well. I set unity gain around 9 o'clock. If turned on at this spot, there will only be a slight tonal/volume change. Any setting below 9 o'clock, will result in an attenuated signal. This works great for sudden volume drops during songs.