The Mythos Pedals Blaster Boost Kit is not a pedal but a do-it-yourself onboard boost, built to be installed inside a guitar rather than on a pedalboard. Mythos Pedals says the kit includes everything needed to install it into most guitars, so the boost lives permanently in the instrument and is always at hand with no extra cables or floor space. It sits in the same family as the company's boost pedals, just mounted in the guitar itself1.
What it does
At its heart is a single JFET transistor, the same approach as the classic "Jerry" boost circuit that Mythos describes this as their take on. Mythos describes the result as "this simple booster is perfect for injecting some life into your signal or really driving your pedalboard/amp"1. In practice that means two uses: a subtle lift that brings a guitar's own voice forward, or a harder push into drives and an amp's front end for more gain and saturation.
Controls
There is one control, and it is set with a screwdriver rather than a footswitch1:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Trim Pot (onboard) | Adjusts the output of the boost from 3 to approx. 14 dBs1 |
Because the trim pot is onboard, the boost level is chosen at installation and left alone, which suits players who want a fixed amount of lift rather than a knob to tweak on the fly1.
Mythos notes that the color of the PCB may vary between kits1.
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- Blaster Boost Kit, Mythos Pedals
