Many people consider the Fulltone FB-3 Fat Boost 3 to be the top pedal created by Mike Fuller, one of the best pedal engineers at Fulltone. The FB-3 Fat Boost 3 features everything that made the FatBoost 1 and 2 great, plus it has been improved in a few areas. For those who have used one of the previous Fat Boost pedals, the Fat Boost 3 is a definite upgrade. It even provides you with the option of clipping in a way that makes it sound very similar to a tube amp.
The Fat Boost 3 is classified as a Discrete Class A FET pedal, and it can add as much as 35 decibels of gain that includes no distortion, so your tone will be perfectly clear. The pedal features true bypass switching thanks to the 3PDT switch. This means your sound will still be excellent even when you have your pedal turned off. The pedal includes the 11 step FET Bias drive knob, a volume control, and two controls for treble and bass frequencies. This is the boost pedal for you if you want to get that great tube amp sound without actually having a tub amp. This makes it perfect for practicing since you won’t have to worry about the volume on your amp disturbing your neighbors. New, the Fulltone FB-3 FatBoost 3 is around $130.
The Fulltone Fat-Boost 3 is a Discrete, Class-A, FET (Field-Effect-Transistor) pedal offering up to 35dB of non-distorted Gain without changing your signature sound ...unless you so desire. You can fatten/distort your tone, brighten or mellow up the sound, add or subtract Bass, and add even-order harmonics! The FB-3 has True-Bypass switching and incorporates a super-bright LED without the loud popping sound thanks to our proprietary anti-pop circuitry.The Fat-Boost 3 works great in front of non-Master-Volume Tube amps to goose them into submission, as well as through Master-Volume amps to drive them much harder than possible with just your guitar alone. It also works very well on Bass, Acoustic Guitars (with Pickups) and is the best thing you could put at the end of a pedal board effects chain to completely eliminate the tone loss caused by long guitar cable runs back to your amp. Doing so will allow the use of 50
The new FatBoost 3 (shipping now) replaces previous versions 1 and 2, marrying everything that people like about both version while improving on them in a few key areas:
*brings back the v1 11- position Gain control giving the ultimate in control over the FET's.
*adds one more stage of FET so that the pedal does not invert your signal
*cures v1's huge Bass increase and dull high-end issues, but allowing those sounds as well should you so desire.
The Fulltone Fat-Boost 3 is a Discrete, Class-A, FET (Field-Effect-Transistor) pedal offering up to 35dB of non-distorted Gain without changing your signature sound ...unless you so desire You can fatten/distort your tone, brighten or mellow up the sound, add or subtract Bass, and add even-order harmonics! The FB-3 has True-Bypass switching (using the finest switch made, the Fulltone 3PDT) and incorporates a super-bright LED without the loud popping sound thanks to our proprietary anti-pop circuitry.
FET's can behave like Tubes in a properly designed circuit. They can "clip" (distort) in a pleasing way instead of being buzzy or spiky sounding (like a Transistor) and can also add a subtle Limiting to the signal which can even-out the volume making your Live and Recorded tones more pleasing to the ear....that's why you'll see Recording Engineers using my Fat-Boost on everything from
Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, and even Snare drums.
The Fulltone FatBoost 3 boost pedal ups the ante on its predecessor, giving you gobs of clean boost plus the kind of bass and treble control you need to spice your amp tones up just the way you like them! This Class-A, JFET-powered booster is made to fit comfortably on your pedalboard, and its large Volume and Drive knobs are easy to adjust onstage. Smaller Bass and Treble knobs let you tweak your favorite tones, while true-bypass switching means that when the FatBoost 3 is off, it's off. The FET design adds amp-style compression to your signal as you turn up the Drive knob. You won't believe how big you can make your guitar sound through your amp - even at low volumes - with the FatBoost 3!
Fulltone FatBoost 3 Boost Pedal at a Glance:
* Fatten up your tone the easy way
* Fulltone's FET design makes the FatBoost 3 sound great
* A hearty addition to your amp rig - and a perfect pedalboard helper
The FB-3 Fat Boost 3 features everything that made the FatBoost 1 and 2 great, plus it has been improved in a few areas. For those who have used one of the previous Fat Boost pedals, the Fat Boost 3 is a definite upgrade. It even provides you with the option of clipping in a way that makes it sound very similar to a tube amp.
