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Description
Elevate your sound to celestial heights with the Moog Minifooger MF Boost, a compact yet powerful tool for any guitarist seeking to enhance their sonic footprint. This pedal effortlessly bridges the gap between simplicity and sonic versatility, offering a dual-path topology that caters to both pristine clarity and warm, analog character. Whether you're chasing a subtle lift to cut through the mix or a gritty boost for that extra bite, the MF Boost stands ready to deliver with unparalleled Moog quality. Plug in an expression pedal, and you're granted even greater control over your gain, pushing the boundaries of what a boost pedal can achieve. It's not just an effect; it's your next step towards achieving sonic perfection.
Key Features:
- Dual-path topology for a choice between a cleaner VCA signal path and a more colored OTA path.
- Versatile usage: acts as a clean boost, dirty boost, or volume pedal with an expression pedal connection.
- Offers significantly more gain when used with an expression pedal, beyond panel settings.
- Moog-quality construction and reliability in a compact form.
Product specs
| Brand | Moog |
| Model | Minifooger MF Boost |
| Finish | Black |
| Year | 2010s |
| Made In | United States |
| Categories | Overdrive and Boost Pedals |
FAQs
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What type of power supply does the Moog Minifooger MF Boost require?
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The Moog Minifooger MF Boost requires a 9V DC power supply. It can also be powered by a 9V battery, providing flexibility for different performance setups.
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How does the Moog Minifooger MF Boost enhance my guitar tone?
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The Moog Minifooger MF Boost offers a clean boost that can enhance your guitar's natural tone, adding clarity and presence. It can also drive your amp into a natural overdrive, making it versatile for various playing styles.
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Is the Moog Minifooger MF Boost suitable for use with bass guitars?
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Yes, the Moog Minifooger MF Boost is suitable for bass guitars. It preserves low-end frequencies, making it an excellent choice for bassists looking to enhance their sound without losing depth.
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Does the Moog Minifooger MF Boost have true bypass switching?
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Yes, the Moog Minifooger MF Boost features true bypass switching, ensuring that your signal remains uncolored when the pedal is not engaged.
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Can the Moog Minifooger MF Boost be used as an overdrive pedal?
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While primarily a boost pedal, the Moog Minifooger MF Boost can push your amp into a natural overdrive, offering a warm and dynamic sound when used at higher gain settings.
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Reviews
PROS
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Boost switch offers amazing compression and tone enhancement
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Can be used with Moog voyager for improved sound quality
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Offers two flavors of boost: shimmering clean and thick/meaty
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Superior tone control compared to other pedals
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Doubles as a volume pedal with expression input
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Adds character to clean guitar by adjusting high or low ends
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Can tame loud pedals and push breakup from subtle to sputtery distortion
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Versatile levels of gain and texture interaction with amp
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Unique design with two circuits for varied gain and volume control
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Enhances tone subtly without overshadowing original signal
CONS
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Not a traditional booster; may not suit those seeking transparency
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Requires cranking up for noticeable effect, softer below 12 o'clock position
Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about Moog Minifooger MF Boost.
Features and functionality
Use cases and applications
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Ideal for use before an amp to deliver a really hot signal, enhancing synth sounds with warmth while maintaining clarity.
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Noted for its suitability in enhancing the performance of synths through keyboard amps, providing a tube-like warmth and fullness.
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The MF Boost is recommended for hitting amps or drive pedals harder, enhancing tones especially when paired with an expression pedal.
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Comparisons
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Unlike the MF Drive, the MF Boost lacks tunable filters but offers smoother sound without harsh distortion, making it better for cleaner synth enhancements.
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The original engineer of Minifoogers now offers similar sound designs through Asheville Music Tools, noted for their quality and innovation.
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User experience
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Owners report difficulty in achieving consistent tones day-to-day, describing the pedal as unpredictable in maintaining desired settings.
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Users mention specific issues with certain expression pedals, such as the DVP4 causing feedback loops, affecting performance consistency.
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Some users express slight disappointment with the MF Boost's limited boost capability without an expression pedal but praise its versatility with one.
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Build quality
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The Minifooger series is praised for durability, surviving extreme conditions like being submerged during a flood without damage.
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Setup and maintenance
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Noise issues can be mitigated by using a dedicated power supply, such as a 1700 ma One Spot or a Zuma/Ojai extension.
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Value and pricing
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Owners report the MF Boost is the only Minifooger pedal that hasn't significantly increased in price, making it a more accessible option for collectors.
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Although discontinued, the MF Boost can still be found for around $80 on Reverb, making it a relatively affordable addition to collections.
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Critic Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 Reviews and 11 Ratings
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Very peculiar booster
This is not a traditional booster. This is not the booster to get if you're looking for a transparent one or something to boost a lot of volume. No no. Luckily we can just guess just by its look that this is a unique booster pedal. It has two circuits: with the switch down your signal would mostly go from absolute silence to nearly unity gain by travelling the gain and volume controls, weird, huh? This is where we start to remember that it has an expression input that gives more familiar sense to this as a volume pedal, though it would anyways always add some extra flavor to our line. Then we can turn the switch up and that's when the gain starts to give a much more noticeable grit to our audio, now we could set our ground near to unity gain (or more) and then starting to shake things louder when we add more from its gain control (via knob or expression pedal, obviously). It might give you some subtle grit or blown your amp into a hot crunch mode according to its flavor, this pedal is made to organically travel through versatile levels of gain and texture and it has a lot of interaction with our amp, naturally. Many people tend to stack differente saturation pedals to achieve their different saturation nuances, I prefer this useful solution to do so.
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That has more sense when you use an expression pedal.
Artist usage
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In the EarthQuaker Devices video titled "Astral Destiny First Impression," Reba Meyers of Code Orange is shown using the Moog Minifooger MF Boost pedal.
In the included image you can clearly see both the pedal and the box it came in, in her new pedal setup.
Current pedalboards for Jordan Lawlor of M83. Top 2 rows are for guitar and bottom row is for bass.
In 2017, Kyle Straka's pedalboard featured the Moog Minifooger MF Boost, as highlighted in a session with The Current.
Moog Minifooger MF Boost can be seen in this photo posted to Viviankrist’s Facebook
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