Growth Ring Boost
The Spruce Effects Growth Ring Boost is a unique germanium booster that breathes new life into your tube amp's overdrive. Unlike the sterile, compressed sound of many modern boosters, this pedal imparts a wonderfully organic, harmonically-rich character that thickens and warms up your tone in all the right ways. At its core, the Growth Ring Boost is a carefully-tuned preamp circuit built around a hand-selected germanium transistor. This vintage component brings a touch of natural compression and midrange girth that smooths out harsh edges and adds an almost tube-like compression to your sound. But the real magic happens when you engage the Girth control, which allows you to fine-tune the pedal's frequency response to better match your particular rig. Crank the Girth and you'll unlock a woolly, almost fuzz-like texture that pairs beautifully with an already-overdriven amp. Roll it back, and you get a tighter, more focused boost that simply makes your tubes scream with authority. It's the kind of pedal you'll want to leave on all the time, as it adds an organic, vintage-inspired character that breathes new life into even the most modern high-gain setup. Spruce Effects designed the Growth Ring Boost with input from Nashville session ace Brent Mason, who's been using a prototype version on countless country and Americana recordings. So if it's good enough for one of the most respected guitarists in the business, it's definitely worth a spot on your pedalboard.
