#field effects

Want to learn more about field abilities? This is your guide.

Field Effects Acceleron Fuzz

Boosters should just raise the volume of your signal. Simply put: make it louder. As long as there's headroom available, the volume boost will be just that, more loudness. No headroom and you enter distortion.

It can be a memorable "aha" moment (it was for me) when you discover the relation there is between the cleanness of your amp and the output volume of your distortion pedals. Try a fuzz pedal into an already overdriven amp and half the range of the level knob becomes useless, you'll hardly get it any louder; set the amp clean and try again… So don't discard incorporating your amp's knob into your tweaking when experimenting and searching for sounds.

Besides the so-called clean boosts there's also treble boosters, and boosters with EQ options (the Xotic RC booster is a good example) which can help you achieve different kinds of overdrive and grit, by pushing your amp (or pedals) only in certain frequencies.

The way a booster pedal should be

Of the single-knob boosters available on the market there's only one I know that can not only boost your signal but also attenuate it, doubling the pedal's functionality: the Gravinton boost from Field Effects by Resonant Electronic. 

Although only a bit more than half of the knob is available actually for boosting, the range is smooth and feels very natural. The Graviton also offers you a better version of your sound at unity gain (I believe that's due to high input impedance, which rescues a part of your guitar's signal that usually gets lost — I learned that by building Jack Orman's Mosfet Booster.)

Transparent, with the ability to both boost and cut… Here's a short clip for illustration:

The new Blowing Up has mercy

The booster Brooklyn-based Ohnoho introduced in 2010 recently got updated. A meant to be weapon of destruction is now an extremely versatile tool. The single gain knob has been replaced by a high/low switch and a master volume knob. It will make stuff blowing up the same as deliver sweet grit.

The new Blowing Up sounds like this:

Hey everyone! Here's a press release about our new Acceleron Fuzz™:

Quantum Leap for Resonant Electronic Design: Announcing the Release of the "Acceleron Fuzz™" Effects Pedal.

The third pedal in Resonant’s "Field Effects" line was debuted this past summer at the 2011 Nashville Amp Expo to great acclaim, along with their new series of amplifiers. Code named "Neutron Fuzz" during development and pre-release, the Acceleron Fuzz™ pedal is a new twist on fuzz circuits, allowing unprecedented tonal flexibility and exhibiting the excellent build quality that Resonant products have become known for industry-wide.  This new innovation in effects pedals has now been officially launched in the music industry as “Acceleron Fuzz.”

Fat Sound Guitars had the following to say about Resonant’s Field Effects line, "Some of the most transparent, beautifully constructed boost and overdrive enhancement pedals on the market. Gorgeous housings with a simple, elegant design aesthetic.  Very organic sounding. Field Effects by Resonant Electronic Design become a part of your tone rather that coloring it.  We feel strongly that these are some of the finest tone enhancement pedals on the market today."  Wes Kuhnley, co-owner of Resonant said “response to the new pedal has been fantastic, and we’re proud to add the Acceleron Fuzz to our line-up.”

"We are in full production and are very excited to finally launch the Acceleron Fuzz pedal," said Peter Bregman, and hopes musicians enjoy this great new addition to the Resonant line-up.  All Resonant products are covered under a limited lifetime warranty.   Look for the new Acceleron Fuzz™ pedal, and other Resonant products, including the Graviton Boost™, the Manifold Drive™, the Barely Legal 18™, Trophy Wife 30™, and Vicious Cougar 45™ Amplifiers in a store near you.