Browne Amplification announces the Fixer dual boost and buffer pedal

September 23, 2022 · 4 sources

Browne Amplification announced the Fixer, a dual boost and buffer pedal, in September 2022. Delicious Audio reported the launch on September 23, 2022¹. The maker describes it as "part buffer, part booster" and says it is "designed to be added to the front of your pedal board"².

The Fixer has two identical boost circuits with separate level controls, switched with an A/B footswitch, so a player can set a different boost level for each of two instruments²¹. A mute footswitch allows silent guitar changes, and a tuner output stays active when the main output is muted²¹. The pedal has no bypass switch and is always on². Browne says the idea came from Dave, who worked as a tech, and the need to switch guitars "without drastic changes in volume and tone"².

Specifications from the maker²:

The Fixer is listed at $179.00². Guitar.com's review, published in May 2023, gives the controls as Level A, Level B, a channel footswitch and a mute footswitch, and describes the pedal as a dual boost and buffer made in the USA³. Guitar World lists the Fixer at $149 and gives its controls as A Volume, B Volume, A/B switch and Mute switch, with buffered bypass and 9V DC power⁴. The two reviews differ on price.

Guitar.com's reviewer wrote that at noon the boost "sounds reassuringly absent," and that channel B works as a solo booster³. Guitar World's reviewer called the Fixer "just so practical"⁴. Both are the reviewers' views.