Brett Kingman | 7 years ago
http://www.blackcountrycustoms.co.uk
http://www.laney.co.uk
Tony Iommi's modded Rangemaster Treble Booster was thrown out in '79 for some unknown reason. I'll bet that went down well! Laney/Black Country Customs in collaboration with Mr Iommi have built as close a reproduction to that forlorn treble booster, with extras, as they could - the TI-Boost. It's a Rangemaster on steroids. You'll get controls to cut or boost low and high frequencies, a 3-way filter switch (upper mids, flat, lower mids), volume control and drive control. You can use the TI-Boost as a clean boost an old-school drive, or as a booster with which to push your already-overdriven amp into sonic nirvana. The TI-Boost covers a lot of ground. I believe Tony Iommi uses his to tame the bottom end and push the upper mids a little (which is how a Rangemaster was commonly used). This pedal, ladies and gents, brings the rock. You probably need one.
Disclaimer: I am not Tony Iommi, I don't own a P90-equipped SG (although I wish I did) and I don't have a guitar setup with 8's and tuned down to C#. So I've simply adapted my own preferred gear to suit. I hope that's OK. The TI-Boost was designed with a wide variety of uses in mind as well as the traditional application, hence my approach here.
Today's tools:
Guitars: 2010 Music Man Axis, 2017 Music Man Cutlass.
Amp: Laney VH100R and Laney LT212 cab
Extra effects: N/A
Cables: Goodwood Audio and Providence
Power Supply: Strymon Zuma
Mic: sE V3 Dynamic and VR1 (https://www.seelectronics.com) (Laney); Samson Airline77 (me)
Camera: Canon 60D (me) and Nikon D5100 (pedal)
Soundcard: AVID Mbox Pro 3 (for recording) & Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX II XL+ (mixing and bouncing).
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Logic Pro X, Eventide/Newfangled Audio ‘Elevate’ Mastering Limiter, Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and Youtube compression).
