Colorsound Power Boost-Style Pedals & A 1972 Hiwatt Custom 100 DR103 – That Pedal Show

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Today’s show was one of those once-in-a-lifetime lightbulb moments. Especially for me (Mick here). Dan had long been telling me about ‘Power Boost’ pedals... but having never sat down and plugged one in properly, I was none the wiser. A total blank spot of guitar history. We would do a show. One day.
It wasn’t until Dan did an eight-hour round-trip drive to pick up an original 1972 Hiwatt Custom 100 DR103 and a bunch of Colorsound Power Boost-inspired pedals – including an original – that the penny was able to drop. And boy did it drop, for him as much as me.
These are genuinely some of the most inspiring, most moving, most thoroughly rock’n’roll sounds we’ve ever mustered from these four walls.

Massive thanks to Chris at www.custompedalboards.co.uk for the loan of the pedals and of course the unbelievable Hiwatt. The morning after filming, we hit Reverb.com and bought one. Life seems unthinkable without one at this point.

Thanks also to our good friend Jacques Butler for the loan of the Royer 121.

Please enjoy the episode…


Pedals in this episode…
None of our OD/boost/fuzz pedals today are available from our exclusive preferred retailers, so we’ve included URLs to the relevant companies.

• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one

• D’Addario Pedal Tuner
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD
USA: https://bit.ly/3yDAvux
Australia: http://bit.ly/2tfHqHN

• Analog Man Sun Face BC183
www.analogman.com

• Colorsound Power Boost (original). For new try…
http://www.macaris.co.uk/18v-power-bo...

• Tru-Fi ColorDriver
http://tru-fi.com/

• ProAnalog Devices Power Driver V2
https://www.proanalogdevices.com/

• Electronic Orange Bananaboost
http://www.electronicorange.cz/en/gui...

• ThroBak Overdrive Boost
https://www.throbak.com/overdrive-boo...

• VintageFX Colordrive
https://vintagefx.com/shop?olsPage=pr...

• Walrus Audio ARP-87 Delay
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2khFrA2
USA: https://bit.ly/3ynnSU2
Australia: http://bit.ly/2xXMsvF

• Empress Reverb
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2wpXw6M
Australia: http://bit.ly/2wq2lgp

• TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2


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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
Intro playing: 0:00
We finally have a Hiwatt on the show: 1:20
The original Colorsound Power Boost: 2:55
Amp and Power Boost: 4:56
Why no 4x12 cab? 5:50
Four inputs and the clean tone: 7:50
And with a bit of drive from the Power Boost: 11:00
The original PowerBoost: 14:02 (17:02)
A quick Silver Sky clean moment: 15:03
Power Boost at minimum: 17:02
Today’s other pedals: 23:35
Woah, that’s volume! 25:01
Tru-Fi Color Driver: 26:56
ProAnalog Devices Power Driver V2: 29:29
And some humbuckers? 32:45 (33:04)
Vintage FX Colordrive: 34:00
The thing that’s great about normal overdrives… 35:35
Electric Orange Bananaboost: 37:56
Bananaboost and Color Drive comparison: 40:15
ThroBak Overdrive Boost: 41:30
With Analogman Sun Face BC-183 Fuzz
Never heard so much dynamic off the guitar volume pot: 51:06
What about a different amp? Victory V40 Deluxe: 54:45 (57:55)
The age-old volume problem: 1:02:30

Guitars in this episode:
• Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster - watch Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• PRS Silver Sky: https://www.prsguitars.com/electrics/...
• Collings 290 DCS – watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2dDG96k
• Fender 60s Reverse Headstock Stratocaster – watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2BuMqMZ
• Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster – watch our video at http://bit.ly/2Hlpy5Y
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 – no video yet

Amps in this episode
• 1972 Hiwatt Custom 100 DR103 and Custom 2x12 cabinet with 2 x Electro-Voice EVM12L
• Victory V40 Deluxe: https://www.victoryamps.com/v40-deluxe
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2KBfRU0
USA That Pedal Shop: https://bit.ly/3dT5tJ1

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