SJ Effects Goldcrest Preamp & EQ

I first came across Stephen Reid of SJ Effects when he helped repair and mod my vintage Jen wah/volume pedal.  He made it sound incredible.  Then he helped with an urgent repair on my Mooer mini-pedalboard when a bandmate tripped over my cable and it fell to th floor, breaking three mini-switches.

Our conversation turned to his making me this pedal, and during that process I also acquired this boost and one of his medium-gain drive pedals.

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SJ Effects Goldcrest boost pedal

The Goldcrest is a preamp and EQ offers a significant amount of clean boost for hitting an amp’s front end hard, and a single control which simultaneoulsy boosts top and cuts bottom, and vice versa.  This feature is called ’tilt’ on hold Quad whiff amps, and is very effectively in a clean boost, because it can morph from bass to midrange to treble booster simply.  The sweet spot for me is around 1 o’clock – some mid and some high-end boost.

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