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Crazy Tube Circuits announces Super Conductor four-circuit boost pedal

May 20, 2022 · 2 sources

Crazy Tube Circuits announced the Super Conductor, a four-in-one analog boost pedal, on May 20, 2022. The pedal is designed and made in Athens, according to Gearnews¹.

The Super Conductor holds four boost circuits, selected with a four-way rotary knob: RM, EP, MA and MF¹. A large knob sets the overall output¹. Two pushbuttons modify the sound, and each works only on certain circuits: the white button operates on RM and EP, the black button on MA and MF¹. Delicious Audio describes one button as adding a fatter sound with more low-end emphasis and the other as changing the circuit voltage from 9V to 18V for extra headroom, with the modifications tailored to each mode².

The circuits are built around established designs, though the two accounts differ on the RM circuit. Gearnews calls RM based on the Dallas Rangemaster germanium treble booster¹; Delicious Audio describes it as a silicon reinterpretation of the Rangemaster-style treble booster using two low-gain silicon transistors². EP is a JFET preamp voiced after the Echoplex EP-3 preamp, run at 24V DC¹². MA is designed to be like the MXR Micro Amp¹, and MF is a MOSFET boost like the Z.Vex Super Hard On¹.

Circuit	Reference design, per Gearnews¹
RM	Dallas Rangemaster germanium treble booster
EP	Echoplex EP-3 preamp and 24V DC supply
MA	MXR Micro Amp
MF	Z.Vex Super Hard On

The list price is $199¹.

"Each all-analog circuit features different input/output impedance, voltage supply and behaves differently on the volume/output knob, producing its own sonic signature, so that you can find the one that suits your rig and playing style."

Crazy Tube Circuits, via Gearnews¹