TLDR: A bit of a departure style-wise, this Wylie nods to the eccentric design eye of its namesake.
This one is ready to ship.
The Wylie Boost is a germanium boost, built in a vintage model train controller with a 1960s ammeter added. It is very thick, so be ready.
The needle bounces with your guitar playing. Put it before any buffers to make everything sound better and crunchier.
The Wylie Boost gets its name from the guy who made the booster that inspired me to start building myself. The Rangemaster that Wylie Gelber (bassist of the band Dawes) built in a repurposed enclosure with a vintage meter on top is used extensively by bandmate Taylor Goldsmith. 
THE OG(photo credit Pro Guitar Shop Rig Rundown)
The combination of great great function and unique aesthetic is the epitome of what we strive for at Wrought Iron. So you can imagine how excited we were to get the go-ahead from Wylie to name this line after him!
So what's inside the Wylie Boost? Well, it's a Germanium transistor boost, (in the tradition of the original Rangemaster), but with my own circuit topology. Powered by the mysterious black "top-hat" germanium transistor, the Wylie incorporates additional controls for gain and tone along with overall volume. To add a little vintage flavor, the circuit is built on turret board, similar to early hand-wired tube amps. But unlike a lot of early Germanium powered pedals, this one runs off a standard tip-negative power supply.
The Germanium transistor has a unique sound. It's a boost, but it is by no means clean---unless you want it to be. Due to the circuit's low input impedance, it is very responsive to guitar volume control. Rolling back the guitar volume will clean up the signal and add a little sparkle. The controls function as follows:
Volume controls the overall output of the signal. It is recommended to use the Boost with the volume at 12:00 or beyond for best sound quality.
Gain is a unique control to this booster. Rolling up the gain will allow more bass into the signal as well as adding some unique break-up. Keep it all the way down if you want crunch, roll it up if you want fuzzy to sputtery break-up
Features
- Housed in a repurposed vintage model train controller with vintage ammeter.
- Japanese built top of the line DeMont Smooth-Click stomp switch
- Acid etched name plates and logo
- Solid Aluminum knobs
- Vintage working panel meter whose needle indicates volume level when the pedal is engaged, following volume control and guitar playing.
- Switchcraft audio jacks
- Tip negative power
- Rugged eyelet board construction of the audio circuit and hand wired PCB for the meter driving circuit.
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