Fulltone FB3 FatBoost3 FET Clean Booster Pedal

The Fat Boost 3 is a discrete, class-A, FET (Field-Effect-Transistor) pedal offering up to 35dB of non-distorted Gain without changing your signature sound, unless that is what you desire. The FB3 allows you to fatten/distort your tone, brighten or mellow up the sound, add or subtract Bass, and add even-order harmonics!

Features
# 35dB of clean boost without coloring your tone

# Brighten or mellow your sound, add or subtract Bass and add harmonics

# More dynamic playing, notes hold on longer without being distorted

# True-Bypass switching with a super-bright LED indicator

# Can be used to eliminate the tone loss caused by long guitar cable runs

This final version of the Fat-Boost (Model FB3) incorporates all of the things that people have loved about previous versions of the Fulltone Fat-Boosts without any of the shortcomings, and brings back the 11 step FET Bias Drive knob that was missing from the FB2. You'll notice that the Drive knob makes a slight scraping noise when you turn it... not to worry... that is totally normal, and is simply the sound of the Bias changing and settling on the FET MuAmp. The Fat Boost 3 gives you the feeling that your amp is cranked at living room volumes so your playing is more dynamic and notes hold on longer without being distorted. It makes up for all the tone loss that (even True-Bypass) pedals impart to your sound, especially you have a lot of pedals on your pedalboard.

Replacing previous FatBoost versions 1 and 2, The Fat Boost 3 combines… read more the things people love about the originals while improving on them in a few key areas including:
- Return of the 11-position Gain control in Version 1 for control better over the FET's
- Adds one more stage of FET so that the pedal does not invert your signal
- Cures the huge Bass and dull high-end from version 1

The FB3 has True-Bypass switching (using the finest switch made, the Fulltone 3PDT) and incorporates a super-bright LED without the loud popping sound thanks to our proprietary anti-pop circuitry. FET's can behave like Tubes in a properly designed circuit. They can clip (distort) in a pleasing way instead of being buzzy or spiky sounding (like a Transistor) and can also add a subtle Limiting to the signal which can even-out the volume making your Live and Recorded tones more pleasing to the ear... that's why you'll see Recording Engineers using the Fat-Boost on everything from acoustic or electric guitars, electric bass, and even snare drums.

The Fat Boost 3 works great in front of non-Master-Volume Tube amps to goose them into submission, as well as through Master-Volume amps to drive them much harder than possible with just your guitar alone. It also works very well on Bass, Acoustic Guitars (with Pickups) and is the best thing you could put at the end of a pedal board effects chain to completely eliminate the tone loss caused by long guitar cable runs back to your amp. Doing so will allow the use of 50 feet (or longer) cable lengths with no signal degradation whatsoever. read less