PEDALS

523 Boost 

Description


We know it’s big. We know you might have to retire a few effects from your pedal board to use the Curtain Burner 523 boost pedal. We also know the benefits of the 523 completely outweigh its footprint. We at Curtain Burner are not here to say we’re sorry, we’re here to say you’re welcome.

Tube amps are big because large transformers are needed to produce high voltages. The 523 is big because it too has an internal transformer that provides high voltage to an individual vacuum tube.  This higher voltage allows the valve greater headroom and more gain than other plate starved tube pedals. This also allows for added dynamics and a controlled response to the players touch that is impossible to recreate using transistors or op-amp based amplification.

The circuitry of the Curtain Burner 523 has been designed to boost a signal in the most sonically pure way possible.  Its front end is completely transparent and does not modify the incoming frequencies in any way. The gain stage, along with a bias adjustment, allows the player the ability to fine tune the amount of drive produced by the 523. As the gain is raised, the pedal produces more asymmetrical clipping, resulting in a warm, smooth classic value tone.

With over 20dB of boost, the Curtain Burner 523 can be used for guitar, bass, or any instrument looking for greater gain and warmer tones. It is designed for the discerning  musician looking to boost their signal, add dynamics, or simply warm up their current rig in a way only possible using high voltage vacuum tubes.

If a boost pedal with a small footprint that is powered by a transistor or an op-amp is what desire, we at Curtain Burner wish you luck  and bid you farewell.  If however, your honest goal is finding a boost pedal with unsurpassed guitar tone and true tube dynamics, look no further than the Curtain Burner 523. 


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Price: $249.00