Tsakalis Six Booster Overdrive and Distortion Pedal

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Tsakalis Six Booster Overdrive and Distortion Pedal, Action Position Back
Tsakalis Six Booster Overdrive and Distortion Pedal, Action Position Back
With a capacitor-less design that lets your guitar's tonal character come through, this Tsakalis pedal gives you 6 modes of overdrive, distortion and boost.

Tsakalis wanted to create a truly mind-blowing overdrive/distortion pedal that would be small and practical, yet would offer huge powerful tones, natural feel, and flexibility. And of course, to do that they needed reference. So, they decided to combine all the good stuff found in the legendary pedals Timmy, Blues Breaker and KOT, and try to come up with that extra something that would take things even further -- which is exactly what the Six pedal does.

After a long period of modifying and prototyping and countless hours of testing and swapping ICs, capacitors and diodes, Tsakalis finally had something really good in our hands. But it wasn't enough. Not willing to stop experimenting until they had a pedal that would really speak to them in the studio and on stage, Tsakalis decided to completely nerd out and try some unconventional methods. It was during this process that they discovered something really innovative!

Looking for that magic ingredient, Tsakalis decided to think out of the box and removed all the capacitors from the audio path (coupling capacitors), which resulted in a more natural feel than ever before and respect to the original tone of the guitar without any added compression or color that would be coming from the coupling capacitors. By applying what Tsakalis calls cap-less technology, you can really hear the character of your instrument, and consequently your own hands.

The name of this cap-less pedal comes from its six different modes, select-able by the… read more 6-position rotary switch:
- 1. Booster (BS)
- 2. Overdrive 1 (OD1)
- 3. Overdrive 2 (OD2)
- 4. Distortion 1 (DS1)
- 5. Distortion 2 (DS2)
- 6. Overdrive 1 into Distortion 2 (OD1 + DS2) read less

The Six BOD is powered by a 9V supply (center-) and features an advanced internal power supply with voltage doubler. There is a voltage switch that allows you to select between 9V or 18V, even though you’ll always be using an external 9V supplier. Just like with tube amps, increasing the voltage means more headroom. At 18V, the pedal behaves more like an amplifier with tons of headroom and a slight difference in the Overdrive and Distortion modes, which tend to have more clarity. At 9V it sounds "dirtier" even at lower volume and in Booster mode it starts to break up more easily.

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