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Description
Experience the iconic sound shaping of the Pete Cornish Treble Booster, a staple in the world of guitar effects. This expertly crafted pedal is designed to enhance your guitar's high frequencies, giving your tone that signature clarity and punch. Whether you're a blues aficionado or a rock enthusiast, this treble booster will elevate your solos and riffs, making sure they cut through the mix with precision.
Inspired by vintage designs yet built with modern reliability, the Pete Cornish Treble Booster is a must-have for those looking to add a touch of brilliance and sustain to their sound. Its simple yet effective layout ensures ease of use, allowing you to focus more on your playing and less on tweaking. Equipped with a carefully selected germanium transistor, this pedal ensures a warm, natural overdrive that is both dynamic and responsive to your playing style.
Perfect for both live performances and studio recordings, the Pete Cornish Treble Booster can be your secret weapon for tone enhancement. Its robust build quality guarantees durability, making it a trusted companion for your pedalboard.
Key Features:
- Designed to enhance high frequencies and clarity
- Equipped with germanium transistor for warm, natural overdrive
- Simple and intuitive control layout
- Ideal for both live and studio settings
- Reliable and robust construction for long-term use
- Suitable for a wide range of music genres
Videos
Simon Gotthelf Gear Demos (Simon Gotthelf Music)
Pete Cornish TB-83 & TB-83 EKSTRA DUPLEX - Demo by Simon Gotthelf
Pete Cornish TB-83 & TB-83 EKSTRA DUPLEX - Demo by Simon Gotthelf
Simon Gotthelf Gear Demos (Simon Gotthelf Music)
Test of the Pete Cornish TB-83 Treble Booster
Marco G. Di Marco
Pete Cornish G2 & TB 83 - by Philippe Hervouët - XL music
Philippe Hervouët
Reviews
Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about Pete Cornish Treble Booster.
Mods and upgrades
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A reverse log pot placed backwards worked best when swapping the 47k resistor for a 50k pot in the Treble Booster setup.
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A switchable cap option with 4n7 on board and 10nF in parallel achieves a peak around 1K, suitable for less harsh tonal preferences.
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Installing a gain pot between C4 and ground can limit gain; using a 1kB pot in series with C4 is recommended for better gain control.
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For enhanced input impedance and top-end preservation, it's advised to change R3 to 1M.
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Adding a 100uF electrolytic capacitor to ground after R1 can improve power filtering and reduce noise.
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Implementing a Schottky diode in series before R1 offers reverse polarity protection, addressing a common vulnerability in the original design.
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Features and functionality
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Adding caps in parallel, such as 3n3, 2n2, and 10nF, can mimic the frequency response of the Iron Boost for Iron Maiden-like tones.
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The TB-83 model, designed for Brian May, inherently includes RF reduction through C2, making it suitable for high-gain, hiss-free performance.
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The TB-83's fixed 1k resistor at the base results in a clean tone, but reducing it to 330Ω can introduce more drive.
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Setup and maintenance
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The use of a Scarlett Solo interface paired with Audacity can ensure accurate frequency response testing for cap changes.
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4.5 out of 5
Based on 1 Review and 2 Ratings
40997
expensive even secondhand but...
drives an ac30 normal channel 'stone cold crazy'.... less output andmore internal dirt then fryer circuit but its an apples and apples comparison.
Artist usage
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Listed under Effects at the bottom of the article, used for recording the album Will Of The People
Pete Cornish made many treble boosters for Brian May from 1975 until the early 1990s.
The information below is from Mark Reynolds and is based on what Pete Cornish told Mark during a number of telephone discussions which occurred over several years:
“Pete Cornish first started doing electronic work for Brian May in 1975. Pete was called in to help Brian with his gear because he was getting bad noise issues during rehearsals. Outside the place they were rehearsing was a giant radio mast and this was the cause of the radio frequency noise problem."
On Steve Hackett's official website, he lists the Pete Cornish Treble Booster as one of his pedals.
Bryan Adams: I had a Pete Cornish treble booster on top of that, or sometimes an Ibanez Tube Screamer depending on the track. It was all pretty straightforward.
Album Usage
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Genre Usage
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