Red rooster for a solo booster??

Red rooster for a solo booster??
Captain Dave's got me wondering about a red rooster now!! I play p90 jr's into sludgy matamps.Think neil young meets mountain and you get the idea of the sounds I like. I've been using a ts9 as a solo boost, its the best of what I've tried, but I'd like something with more output, less noise, more sustain and as much cut while remaining nice and fat.The TS9 cuts through ok, but is a bit thin and can get a bit twangy, and is noisy between notes. Anyone tried the red rooster as a solo booster?!?!

Re: Red rooster for a solo booster??
riffpowers Captain Dave's got me wondering about a red rooster now!! I play p90 jr's into sludgy matamps.Think neil young meets mountain and you get the idea of the sounds I like. I've been using a ts9 as a solo boost, its the best of what I've tried, but I'd like something with more output, less noise, more sustain and as much cut while remaining nice and fat.The TS9 cuts through ok, but is a bit thin and can get a bit twangy, and is noisy between notes. Anyone tried the red rooster as a solo booster?!?! Hey Riffpowers! I think the Rooster is EXACTLY what you are looking for! It will do everything you describe that you want. It has much more output than a TS9, good sustain, very low noise and the beauty of the pedal is the Range setting. It allows you to dial in the particular frequencies you want to boost, somewhat like the tone knob on the TS9, but is MUCH more useful: All the way to left it is a full treble boost, all the way right is full bass boost and a world of subtleties in between. The Boost knob sets the overall volume of the pedal and starts to up the volume at around 10:00, then anywhere after 12:00 it starts to add a little break up to really help push things along. Set the Boost to the volume that you desire and then use the Range knob to fine tune it - anywhere between 11:00 to 1:00 it acts as a full frequency boost, so you can set it to get a good full sounding boost and then start turning to the left to dial in more treble to get it to cut through without sounding too thin and without the mid-hump of the TS9. It takes some fine tuning, but it's totally worth the time! This pedal is a total GODSEND, but I feel that way about all D*A*M pedals! :lol: I, like you, use P90's (Gibson LP Jr, a '56 VOS LP, & a SG Classic) and the Titan as my main drive sound (no Matamps though - Ampeg VT22 here!) and am currently using the Rooster as a solo boost. I've experimented with the Rooster at the front and at the end of my chain, both with very pleasing results! So much so, that I just purchased ANOTHER Rooster so I can dedicate one to both places in the chain! At the end it is the perfect solo boost IMO, but it is also very useful in the front to help push the Titan around a little more when needed & can still get a pretty good volume boost as well. If you do wind up with a Rooster (...and I HIGHLY recommend you pick one up!), try experimenting with the placement, it's fun for days!! :twisted: Hope this helps! 8)

Re: Red rooster for a solo booster??
Sounds good!!!If its got enough power to boost a sonic titan then it must have enough for what I need!! I was mainly worried about that and the noise, but from your description it doesn't sound too noisy.I've had a few treble boosters, (a bsm rm metal most recently) and I found them to be very noisy. I'm also trying to simplify my rig.I'm currently using a wah, a phaser and a boost on a board, I'd like to just use a boost so I need a bleddy good one!! I might have to check out the rooster...

Re: Red rooster for a solo booster??
riffpowers Captain Dave's got me wondering about a red rooster now!! I play p90 jr's into sludgy matamps.Think neil young meets mountain and you get the idea of the sounds I like. I've been using a ts9 as a solo boost, its the best of what I've tried, but I'd like something with more output, less noise, more sustain and as much cut while remaining nice and fat.The TS9 cuts through ok, but is a bit thin and can get a bit twangy, and is noisy between notes. Anyone tried the red rooster as a solo booster?!?! Hey Riffpowers! I think the Rooster is EXACTLY what you are looking for! It will do everything you describe that you want. It has much more output than a TS9, good sustain, very low noise and the beauty of the pedal is the Range setting. It allows you to dial in the particular frequencies you want to boost, somewhat like the tone knob on the TS9, but is MUCH more useful: All the way to left it is a full treble boost, all the way right is full bass boost and a world of subtleties in between. The Boost knob sets the overall volume of the pedal and starts to up the volume at around 10:00, then anywhere after 12:00 it starts to add a little break up to really help push things along. Set the Boost to the volume that you desire and then use the Range knob to fine tune it - anywhere between 11:00 to 1:00 it acts as a full frequency boost, so you can set it to get a good full sounding boost and then start turning to the left to dial in more treble to get it to cut through without sounding too thin and without the mid-hump of the TS9. It takes some fine tuning, but it's totally worth the time! This pedal is a total GODSEND, but I feel that way about all D*A*M pedals! :lol: I, like you, use P90's (Gibson LP Jr, a '56 VOS LP, & a SG Classic) and the Titan as my main drive sound (no Matamps though - Ampeg VT22 here!) and am currently using the Rooster as a solo boost. I've experimented with the Rooster at the front and at the end of my chain, both with very pleasing results! So much so, that I just purchased ANOTHER Rooster so I can dedicate one to both places in the chain! At the end it is the perfect solo boost IMO, but it is also very useful in the front to help push the Titan around a little more when needed & can still get a pretty good volume boost as well. If you do wind up with a Rooster (...and I HIGHLY recommend you pick one up!), try experimenting with the placement, it's fun for days!! :twisted: Hope this helps! 8) +1 on that!! Couldn't have said it better myself :D

Re: Red rooster for a solo booster??
Sounds good!!!If its got enough power to boost a sonic titan then it must have enough for what I need!! I was mainly worried about that and the noise, but from your description it doesn't sound too noisy.I've had a few treble boosters, (a bsm rm metal most recently) and I found them to be very noisy. I'm also trying to simplify my rig.I'm currently using a wah, a phaser and a boost on a board, I'd like to just use a boost so I need a bleddy good one!! I might have to check out the rooster... Noise in Treble boosters can be a real pain. I don't want to start pooh-poohing other designs or anything like that but the more commonly used transistors in treble boosters, mainly OC44's & OC76's, amplify noise like hell fire!! The Original Rangemasters used OC44's as standard but they ain't so cool on the noise, kinda sounds like you have a little elf in there cooking up eggs. As for the Rooster, I use military grade or ex-military stock transistors. Either CV7112, OC140 or OC139. The CV7112's are a military version of the OC140. Both the OC140 and the OC139 where primarily designed for use a fast switching device to be used in transistor computers. They where even still being used in RAF radar sytems as late as the 1980's. They have awesome specifications but tend get over looked because they don't have the "mojo" and dare I say hype that an OC44 might have. So as far as noise goes, don't worry about it! :D

Re: Red rooster for a solo booster??
Sounds good!!!If its got enough power to boost a sonic titan then it must have enough for what I need!! I was mainly worried about that and the noise, but from your description it doesn't sound too noisy.I've had a few treble boosters, (a bsm rm metal most recently) and I found them to be very noisy. I'm also trying to simplify my rig.I'm currently using a wah, a phaser and a boost on a board, I'd like to just use a boost so I need a bleddy good one!! I might have to check out the rooster... Noise in Treble boosters can be a real pain. I don't want to start pooh-poohing other designs or anything like that but the more commonly used transistors in treble boosters, mainly OC44's & OC76's, amplify noise like hell fire!! The Original Rangemasters used OC44's as standard but they ain't so cool on the noise, kinda sounds like you have a little elf in there cooking up eggs. As for the Rooster, I use military grade or ex-military stock transistors. Either CV7112, OC140 or OC139. The CV7112's are a military version of the OC140. Both the OC140 and the OC139 where primarily designed for use a fast switching device to be used in transistor computers. They where even still being used in RAF radar sytems as late as the 1980's. They have awesome specifications but tend get over looked because they don't have the \"mojo\" and dare I say hype that an OC44 might have. So as far as noise goes, don't worry about it! :D Cool!!Captain Dave, I sent you a PM about price/availability.

I'd be willing to give you a shot of mine so you can hear for yourself if you're interested. Sadly I rarely use my Red Rooster as I only have a solid state amp at the moment which does not like having anything boosting it! It's even really sensitive to my MKII :?

....as I only have a solid state amp at the moment which does not like having anything boosting it! It's even really sensitive to my MKII :? Would this happen to be a certain Solid State Vox amp?? :)

....as I only have a solid state amp at the moment which does not like having anything boosting it! It's even really sensitive to my MKII :? Would this happen to be a certain Solid State Vox amp?? :) Sadly, no, it's just a so, so Vox VR30. It has a weird pre/power amp shared valve thing going on I think, anyway, it hates pedals!!! :( But a certain Mr wah wah is making me the supreme/brilliant channel preamp we talked about previously. I bet my amp makes it sound crap! :lol:

I'd add about the Rooster that it is not as "brittle" as a treble booster can get. I use it as a boost because of that, I also leave it on all the time with an amp that I may consider dark. The Rooster brightens things up nicely, while not seeming artifical. Gary

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