Free The Tone Crunchy Chime CC-1B Booster Effects Pedal

The Crunchy Chime CC-1B is Free The Tone's new booster unit with an equalizer function. A point worthy of special mention regarding this product is its harmonic components. The boost circuit that generates such rich higher harmonics is the result of our research on the harmonic components of vintage guitars and amplifiers. One of the attractive features of vintage musical equipment is its abundant and brilliant harmonics. Free The Tone completed this boost circuit after various experiments and tests to learn the secrets of pleasant overtones that are never strident. With this product, you will feel greater vibrations from your strings and your guitar/bass will sound much livelier.

Every amplifier has different characteristics and there can be a problem such as a booster making the lower register sound dull. Actually, in the development stages, Free The Tone had difficulties with these ample harmonics sounding muddy on some of the amplifiers they tested with, as unnecessary harmonic components conflicted each other to yield a harsh sound, etc. So, they thought it is necessary to be able to adjust the frequency characteristics to match the gear being used and to get closer to an ideal sound. Free The Tone's specially developed new equalization circuit creates a natural sound as if you were not using an equalizer for making tone adjustments for boost/cut. The characteristics become flat when both the Treble and Bassknobs are set to the 12 o’clock position.

A Mode switch to select frequencies is provided for the equalizer’s Bass control. This works well for the lower register of a 7-string guitar or bass guitar. Born from a new way of thinking, the Crunchy Chime a booster with equalizer, greatly widens the range of sounds from your guitar or bass and increases the pleasure of playing and sound making.

Free The Tone’s original HTS (Holistic Tonal Solution) circuit is implemented. Unlike conventional buffer circuits, the HTS circuit attains both sound and low noise by performing impedance conversion while fully bringing out sound characteristics of the guitar. The HTS circuit prevents degradation of guitar timbre even when the effect is turned off.

Features
The newly designed equalizer circuit creates natural sound.
The boost circuit for volume control has an adjustable range from -16 dB to +17 dB.
Can be used as a Mid booster by cutting both Treble and Bass.
Controls: Bass, Treble, Boost, Mode Switch for range of the Bass control.
Switch: Free The Tone’s original HTS circuit.
LED: Effect On / Off
Inputs: 1x 6,3 mm Jack
Outputs: 1x 6,3 mm Jack
Power: 9-volt battery, AC adapter
Dimensions: (WxDxH): 72 x 115 x 50 mm (including footswitches, jacks, etc.)
Weight: 230 g (excluding battery)
Astoundingly excellent signal-to-noise ratio.