Free the Tone GV-1B Gigs Boson

Description

Free the Tone GV-1B Gigs Boson

Why we love it

A shop favorite boost to sweeten or enhance signal going into your favorite tube amp. Expressive, nuanced, and with very well thought out features. Love the inclusion of the input impedance switch and second gain stage. Great with single coils and humbuckers. This one is a keeper.

Condition

This effects pedal is in Excellent condition, with only a few minor blemishes that do not impact sound or functionality. The original packaging and instructions are included.

Manufacturer Description

This is the result of guitarists’ quest for higher expression power not obtainable just from clean tone. The FREE THE TONE GB-1V “GIGS BOSON” has overwhelming expression power that can reproduce the pick angle when the string is plucked and sound changes produced by the touch of the left hand. All of these things are necessary to transform the overtones produced by the strings into sounds and music. The “GIGS BOSON” will provide guitarists with a higher expression ability and new stimuli.

On July 4, 2012, a new particle was discovered. It was the “God particle”, an important part of the Big Bang or the creation of the universe, and the factor that gave mass to subatomic particles that were without mass at the creation of the universe. It was named the Higgs Boson after Peter Ware Higgs who advocated its existence. This discovery has completed all of the hypothetical particles and is estimated to be the first step toward the investigation into Dark Matter. Hoping that the encounter with this effects unit will become a new step toward the evolution of the GIG (performance) world, we named our new overdrive pedal the “GIGS BOSON”.

Features

·By implementing the HTS (Holistic Tonal Solution) Circuit that manages signals comprehensively from input to output, the effected sound and bypassed sound will always have the same sound quality, which solves a problem that has plagued players for years.

·Wide dynamic range and excellent Signal-to-Noise ratio unimaginable from a 9 VDC power supply.

·Wide gain range that can handle broad musical genre including blues, jazz, and rock.

·An input impedance select switch (1 MΩ/100kΩ) is implemented (this function works even when the effect is turned off). This switch allows the player to change nuances in high frequencies that cannot be adjusted by the tone circuit only.

·The TONE control adjust not only timber but also reproducibility of picking nuances.

HTS (Holistic Tonal Solution) Circuit

The newly developed FREE THE TONE’s Holistic Tonal Solution (HTS) Circuit brings a brand new concept to effect pedals.

The HTS Circuit mainly handles the interface section of an effects unit (input and output). This circuit solves not only the problem with a True-Bypass circuit and weak points in a combination of a general buffer circuit and an electronic switch, but also totally and effectively manages the relationship between devices connected before and after the effects unit and the operation of the effects circuit implemented in the HTS Circuit.

The compatibility of pedals when they are connected together will be influenced by the signal level and the characteristics of the input and output impedance. Signal characteristics may change each time you switch effects units on some combinations of effects units using a true-bypass circuit. These changes in signal characteristics will have a drastic influence on the sound quality and/or sound image. You may have felt a fundamental difference in sound quality or a feeling that something just isn’t right in the past. This is a major problem of effects units that is relatively unknown.

The HTS Circuit consists of three separate circuits: Input Circuit, Noiseless Effect On/Off Circuit, and Output Driver Circuit.

The Input Circuit receives the signal properly according to the conditions of the signal source, eliminates noise from unnecessary frequency bands and then sends the pure guitar signal to the effect circuit. The FREE THE TONE effects units have a very low signal-to-noise ratio thanks to the HTS Circuit.

The processed signal is sent to the Noiseless Effect On/Off Circuit. This circuit transfers the guitar sound faithfully without any feeling of dullness or distortion that is often unique to electronic switching circuits, because no switching element, such as an FET, is used.

The processed or bypassed sound signal, selected by the Noiseless Effect On/Off Circuit, is sent to the Output Driver Circuit and then to any other equipment connected after the effector in the signal chain. Regardless of whether the effects unit is on or off, the signal output impedance remains fixed so that a stable signal is provided all the time. And when the effects unit is turned off, the HTS Circuit outputs a signal that remains true to the original natural guitar sound.

The effected sound and bypassed sound managed by the HTS Circuit will always have the same sound quality, which solves a problem that has plagued players for years.

Specifications

Input impedance: 1MΩ/100kΩ

Output load impedance: min. 10kΩ

Controls: GAIN, TONE, LEVEL, INPUT Z switch (input impedance 1MΩ/100kΩ switching), GAIN BOOST switch

Terminals: 2× 1/4″ phone jack (for input and output), 1× DC9V input jack (for AC adapter)

Power supply: 9-volt battery (PP3/006P), AC adapter

Current consumption: approx. 9 mA

Dimensions: 72W × 115D × 50H mm (incl. protuberances footswitches, jacks, etc.)

Weight : approx. 230 g (excl. battery)