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2011 Fulltone Fulltone GT500 FET Distortion Booster Overdrive

$169.15

  • Year: 2011
  • Manufacturer: Fulltone
  • Model: Fulltone GT500 FET Distortion Booster Overdrive
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  • Description:
    Discrete F.E.T Hi-Gain Distortion and Overdrive Booster IN ONE BOX. You could think of them as 2 separate pedals. or think of them as stages to be linked together for endless combinations. Hi-Gain side has Volume, Distortion knobs, Bass, Mid, and Highs minipots. Booster Side has Volume, Overdrive knobs, Bass and Highs minipots. (these new hi-Q sealed minipots don't break BTW) 

    Hard clipped distortion (the way most pedals achieve distortion) at one point in a circuit can be cool, but stage after stage of FET (GT-500) is very real, very amp-like, has ridiculous amounts of sustain even at low volume, does the great chunky low string rhythm stuff and cleans up incredibly well when you turn down the guitar's volume. The GT500 contains 9 x FET's, 2 Mosfets and 1 x Transistor with no opamps or clipping diodes used.

    What's special about the EQ?

    The Hi-Gain side has a discrete Inductor-Driven Midrange circuit....never been done in a pedal before. Yes there's a wah wah inductor inside the pedal that gives the Midrange control its ability to drastically increase or decrease the entire Low Mid, Mid, and Hi-Mid frequencies, to comical proportions. All this is done without any opamps because all of the active 3 Band EQ's I've tried are horrible, killing all harmonics, all excitement, and sounding as sterile as the "EQ" in a Digital Recording Program. Nope, this has 100% discrete matched FET's ;)

    This Mid control mixed with a strong Bass and Treble control help give the GT-500 the ability to dial in more variations than a simple tone control, which can only roll off the Highs.

    What's the "Series switch" in the middle do?

    The Series Select Switch allows you to choose which pedal comes first  (allowing you to instantly change the order of the 2 circuits)

    Booster ------> Distortion

    or

    Distortion-------> Booster

    Hand built in California, Mike and his team test and quality inspect each and every pedal before shipping, so you and I always know we are getting quality. 

    It also has true bypass switching, so you know your tone is pure.  Mike has his own 3DPT switches manufactured - they are super heavy duty.  Nothing else would do for Fulltone.

    Fulltone from Jax Music Supply is only available to US residents.  If there is no Fulltone dealer in your country (see the dealer list at Fulltone.com), contact us and we will work Fulltone to get one to you.  However, most countries have a Fulltone dealers that can provide you the awesomeness of Fulltone products.