Fulltone Fat-Boost

Impressive little pedal. Volume control which, in my case, doesn't make the amp louder, but controls how hard the input will be hit. Tone is a treble rolloff and input gain can create a very useful overdrive tone as it overdrives the FET's.

My setup is '64 Fender Mustang-P.E. Experience (for octave)-fuzz factory-P.E. Vibe Unit-Boss DD-5-Fat Boost-Fender Blues Junior. I can be noisy because it amplifies the noise already inherent in my setup. The nature of the beast. This pedal makes a huge difference for doing so little. I have been using it as overdrive rather than clean boost, although it excels at both. Using the treble roll-off, very useful jazz tones can be obtained.

Like any fulltone pedal, it is built like a rock. It does have the fulltone 3pdt switch contrary to some reports I have heard. Mike makes great stuff.

I have heard varying reports on Mike, and I have only dealt with him through e-mail, but he was always quick and helpful.

Pretty much any kind of music you can name I play. I have found a use for this pedal in all of them. This and the PE Germ almost sound like the same pedal, if you are looking for a comparison. I choose the fulltone because it has the tone control, but you can switch between overdrive and clean boost on the germ. Pick which feature you want. Anyway, I am very impressed. It is a great pedal.

This is an udate to my previous post. I sold my Fat boost, but not because I was unhappy with it. I have gotten several comments questioning my rave reviews since I sold it so quickly.
The Fat boost is a fantastic pedal, and excels at clean boost. It makes your sound bigger and fuller. I sold mine because I got a power attenuator and I found that when my amp was cranked I got the same tone as the fatboost pedal. This is a good thing, I just didnt need the same sound that my amp has out of a pedal. I was very impressed at the tone of the pedal, but i found i can get all my clean boost with a cranked tube amp, compressor and volume knob on my guitar. But anyone who is looking to add some umph to their tone should check this thing out. IT does a great job of filling out your sound, especially if cranking your amp is not an option.

This pedal is very easy to use--3 knobs-Volume, input gain, and tone. This is a class A FET driven circuit offers up to 20+dB of Clean Boost without change to your EQ while making the sound bigger. The manual explains things very well, but is not really needed.

I am using this pedal with a Tom Anderson guitar going into a reissue fender twin amp, I have a skb pedalboard with a rat, boss dm-2 delay, voodoo labs tremelo, a ts-9 tube screamer, boss ce-2 chorus and boss tu-2 tuner. The fat-boost will never leave my pedalboard. It is quiet and the sound is simply amazing--very clear, crisp and very fat. I tend to leave it on most of the time.

This thing is built like a tank. I have no worries about the pedal and would use without a backup.

I have talked with Mike several times on the phone and through e-mail and he could not have been more friendly and helpful--very professional-- I honestly don't know how he does all he does

I play in a country band as well as an alternative band and a praise band at church and feel this pedal can cover all these bases easily. I have been looking for a good clean boost pedal for awhile and finally found one. I have always wanted to try a klon cause I have heard good thing about them but where I live I have never had the opportunity to hear one. If stolen or lost I would without a doubt get another one asap. Great product!!

Doesn't get easier than this.. Three knobs
1) Input gain ( determines the gain to the box VERY active, with a wide range)
2) Volume +20db control LOTS of gain to play with
3) Tone (straight treble roll off)

The sound quality is far and away better than anything else for a straight boost that is currently available

Haven't had any issues.. But if it's like anything else I've had from Fulltone, it's gonna be pretty bulletproof..

Mike has always been friendly, open and up-front with me.. There have been times when he's been real busy, but he's never been rude, just in a hurry which I can appreciate

I play blues, R&B, country, etc

Layout is easy to comprehend: Volume, Tone, and input gain. My only beef is that the input gain knob is too close to the other knobs, and its hard to get my fingers in there to turn it.

No doubt about the sound quality here. This thing is a perfect 10. I never turn it off. I'm getting the best tone I've ever had with this pedal. My tone is stronger, more broad, more dynamic and glistening.

I dropped it on the way out of my house yesterday right after I got it. It hit the concrete hard and probably every neighbor for a mile heard me yell. It now has its first "character scratches" and it suffered absolutely no functional damage whatsoever. Its a sturdy little unit like everything else Mike builds.

Everytime I've talked with mike he's been great. Great guy, great service. Tone Guru #1!!!

I'd recommend this pedal to everyone who's looking for some tonal inspiration. This thing brought my strat back to life, and makes my sg snap like a pit bull. Just go get one.

This pedal is very easy to use, I give it a 9 because the little gain knob in the middle can cause some confusion. There are two main control knobs, volume and tone, and the little gain knob that determines how much gain is going into the pedal.

Here's my setup
60s fender strat with kinman pickups>Teese RMC3 wah>EH Qtron>Fulltone Full Drive 2> Crowther Audio Hotcakes > Sweet Sound Ultra vibe > P.E Clean Octave Blend> Ernie Ball Volume Pedal>Maxon compressor>Fat Boost>Line 6 Dl4>Boomerang>1971 Twin Reverb.

I have a very quiet setup, using top quality cables and pedals, so if I get a new pedal I will notice it's noise. This pedal is very quiet, though if you crank it to extreme settings you can get a lower frequency hum, that may just be my amp, and is very slight and not even noticeable when playing.
this pedal is best described on the fulltone website, it makes your sound BIGGER, rolling the tone back rolls off some high frequnecy and gives you very big, deep jazzy sound. (This is exactly what I was after, something that would give my sometimes thin sounding strat some balls)
It's basically a clean boost, but does a tremendous job of fattening the sound, that's what I was looking for and this pedal shines.

I've heard mixed things about Mike Fuller, I've had no personal experience with the man, but I hear he can have a temper, and may not be forgiving of people with lower learning curves. but he makes great pedals, and he's quick to respond.

Easy to use, 2 knobs, Volume,Tone ,one small imput knob...

This is a killer clean boost, you can dial it in to have a natural distortion if you want because it has FET's. You can adjust the amout of imput that is going to the pedal. So if you want to hit the FET's harder you can get that breakup that sounds killer, with out hitting the front end of your amp for breakup, if you just want crystal clean back off the input, there is a Voulme knob that does what is says, then there is a tone knob that doesnt really act like a a normal tone knob, when you turn it CCW it does add bass, rolls off the treble, like a more jazzy type of sound, if you turn it all the way CW it doesnt add treble it just takes the tone knob out of the circut, which i found to help clean up the pedal for clean boosts.I used to have the Austone Soul-O-Stomp, this is way better. The tone is warmer and not so harsh at louder setting's, probley from the FET's. Im running a US strat(frailins)or Tele plus Budda Bud wha>Ibanez TS-808>Fulltone Supa-Trem>Fulltone Choralflange>Maxon AD-80 delay>70's Small Stone>PHAT Boost>Twin Reverb. The sound is huge, i can get that Jerry Garcia, Steve Kimock clean sound to the max. For country chickin pickin leads it smokes, It also sounds great with the other pedals, Supa-trem, Small stone, ect.

dont need a back up, you know whats up with this stuff

Mikes cool to me

When i saw Mike was come out with the Fat boost i had to check it out, cause ive always been into a crystal clean sound, and a good boost to kick in to take it over the top for solos. Its a nice warm boost. I play alot of Jazz/Rock, improvisation Jam band stuff so this this works out well! It will never get lost or stolen, i already had that shit happen.

Okay, this is a short review, but I'll post a longer one whenever I get the chance to check this thing out a bit more with my rig, though I could probably tell you now what my opinion would be. At first glance, I probably would not have spent almost $200 on what is essentially a clean boost pedal. However, I was persuaded to try it (just came out) by one of the guys at a local music store that carries Fulltone (they make a point to try and have several of each unit, to be able to say "we have the full line"). I couldn't believe the difference it made with every guitar in every amp. I thought, well, I'm in the "high end" room, so that might explain it, but I have similar stuff, so what the hey. The controls consist of Volume, Tone, and a tiny Input Gain adjuster.

So, I'm on my way to a jam that night (lotta blues, but a lotta other stuff too). I hand it to one of my friends (guitarist in house band) before they take a set break. His rig consists of some nice old Strats w/EMG pickups, Marshall preamp, Rocktron Chameleon FX unit, Rocktron Velocity power amp, open-back 2x12 cab w/vintage 30's. His pedalboard includes a TC Electronics Chorus+, tuner (of course), Boss Compressor, and usually a real cool boutique overdrive or fuzz. I figured out that a lot of the "processed" thing I heard was that compressor, though I didn't say anything. He plugs in the Fat-Boost in place of the compressor when they get back onstage. The difference was immeasurable. It sounded like he was playing through a tube amp with a lot of headroom and punch (and huge sound). Only problem was that he kept overloading something so he had to switch back to the compressor. He figured out later that he could have simply turned the tiny Input Gain knob down a few hairs and solved that problem. Everyone who has tried this loves it. It just makes the difference between soundedin (or feeling) a little flat, and the notes just kind of leaping from the fretboard (or speakers, rather). It adds that fatness. Makes everyting take off. What more can you say. My next review of this will probably be even shorter. I mean, it's pretty simple. It just makes you sound (or even feel) better. Makes your amp seem more open and maybe a little more powerful. If you get the chance, try one, or just take the chance and order one. Mike's right, you may never turn this thing off, especially if you're a bluesy or other kind of "roots" player, like country "chicken pickin", or rock, or, well... ANYTHING, really. I like experimental music (I'm not as eclectic as I sound, though). I can't imagine having this thing in my rig without it being on. I give it four stars and two thumbs up.

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