The Friedman Amplification Buxom Clean Boost is a clean boost pedal, announced in September 2017. Where a simple boost only raises volume, Friedman's pedal adds tonal shaping: it carries an active 3-band EQ and a Tight control, which the maker says lets it go well beyond the usual clean boost role1. It sits in the wider family of boost pedals, and players who want more grit from the same move often look at overdrive pedals instead.
What it does
The pedal's core function is the boost control. Turning it raises your volume, and it can also push the front of a tube amp into what Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio described as "thick harmonic overdrive," or serve to balance two guitars with different output levels on stage1.
"Your tone, just more of it."
The tonal options come from the active 3-band EQ and the Tight control. An active EQ means each band can cut as well as boost, so the pedal can shape a guitar's low, mid and high content rather than only its level. The Tight control works on the low end, tightening the response when pushing an amp1.
Where it came from
The Buxom Boost was announced by Friedman Amplification on 20 September 2017, reported by Delicious Audio as a new, flexible clean boost1. It is derived from the maker's Buxom Betty amp head, which shares a similar name1. The design is credited to Dave Friedman, who Delicious Audio notes "had a lot to do with the signature tones of Eddie Van Halen"1.
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- Friedman Amplification Buxom Clean Boost, Delicious Audio, 2017-09-20
