Fulltone GT-500 Distortion/Booster Pedal Demo

www.ToneFactor.com - Discrete F.E.T Hi-Gain Distortion and Overdrive Booster IN ONE BOX. You could think of them as 2 separate pedals..or think of them as stages to be linked together for endless combinations. Hi-Gain side has Volume, Distortion knobs, Bass, Mid, and Highs minipots. Booster Side has Volume, Overdrive knobs, Bass and Highs minipots. (these new hi-Q sealed minipots don't break BTW)

Hard clipped distortion (the way most pedals achieve distortion) at one point in a circuit can be cool, but stage after stage of FET (GT-500) is very real, very amplike, has ridiculous amounts of sustain even at low volume, does the great chunky low string rhythm stuff and cleans up incredibly well when you turn down the guitar's volume. The GT500 contains 9 x FET's, 2 Mosfets and 1 x Transistor with no opamps or clipping diodes used.

What's special about the EQ?

The Hi-Gain side has a discrete Inductor-Driven Midrange circuit....never been done in a pedal before. Yes there's a wah wah inductor inside the pedal that gives the Midrange control its ability to drastically increase or decrease the entire Low Mid, Mid, and Hi-Mid frequencies, to comical proportions. All this is done without any opamps because all of the active 3 Band EQ's I've tried are horrible, killing all harmonics, all excitement, and sounding as sterile as the "EQ" in a Digital Recording Program. Nope, this has 100% discrete matched FET's ;)

This Mid control mixed with a strong Bass and Treble control help give the GT-500 the ability to dial in more variations than a simple tone control, which can only roll off the Highs.

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• Fulltone
• GT-500
• Distortion
• Booster
• Pedal
• Demo
• boutique
• pedal
• demo
• overdrive

[dan122189]

i hate how a lot of demos r played w/ blues =/ ...

[JMPhillips99]

I own the grey version and I think it's great. Very versatile, but you really have to play with it to get it to sound how you want. Since tone preference is purely subjective, the only thing you can do is get one and put it in your chain and see if you like how it plays. There are 1000's of different amp/guitar/pedal combos out there so it might take some time to find what's right for you.

[alliumband]

hahaha @2:21 the boos, BOOOOOZEEEEE, jk!

[jsax426]

i had this pedal for a while it sounded great sometimes but sometimes it was hard to control...i play through a old fender tremalux 210 and its like a clean slate, so im using more pedals than i ve ever used ,but i ended up with the fulldrive2..it sounds great but would like to try a carl martin plexitone

[phlips01]

@dan122189 Ya I can understand that, Peace!

[dan122189]

@phlips01 Got nothing against blues but would just like a different thing be played cause not everyone plays blues stuff but whatever =)

[phlips01]

@dan122189 Hate something worth hating

[timbadlose]

@dan122189 Its kinda a go-to type of thing, like whenever I try out a pedal or even a guitar or amp somewhere I play blues on em - I think this pedal sounds just as good on the blues then on something else

[TheWoodsBand1]

Thanks for the info!

[38decembers]

@oboogie2 I own alot of overdrive and distortion pedals and I think maybe you should checkout either the discontinued Zoom Power Drive or the Zoom Hyper Lead-maybe on Ebay for $50-75.Or checkout the Digitech Tone Driver.

[oboogie2]

For cleaner tone, given a choice between this and a BK Butler Tube Works Blue Tube, can anyone give me their suggestions. I am not into playing heavy metal, but prefer a Gilmour/Knopfler/Mayer/G. Harrison range of sounds.