How do you use your "Rangemaster" clone/treble boost?

[Cjteleforum]

I'm just wondering if these are good for anything besides really hard distorted type sounds.

 

[dlew919]

if you listen to the first three Queen albums, you get a sense of the range.

‘Some day one day’. Brighton rock (cleaner than you think). ‘My Fairy King’. Etc.

 

[gitold]

Back of your guitars volume control. You’ll find lots of sounds.

 

[D_Malone]

The best use of a treble booster is pushing an amp that’s already breaking up, or another dirt pedal. That’s been my experience. I can’t imagine using one in any other way. They sound absolutely horrible into a clean amp IMO.

Having said that, the Catalinbread Naga Viper has gain (“heat”) and bass (“range”) controls. It is more flexible than a classic treble booster, and could be used in different ways, I suppose.

 

[Killing Floor]

Just to push past the edge for some leads, that’s how I use mine. Accent power. I play a lot of humbuckers that can get a little dark and my Silver Spur kicks my amp in the jewels.

 

[fraser]

I love rangemasters.
i put a tone knob on mine to go from treble to mid boost.
full up, cranked amp, ride the guitars volume And tone knobs.

its really just the one sound, but its a good one

 

[wildschwein]

I use mine to knock off some bass and get a bit more focused crunch out of an amp. Early Judas Priest guitar sounds (up to 1981) were Rangemaster into the normal channel of non-master volume Marshalls.

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[Twang Deluxe]

Does anyone of you use a Treblebooster with a Tele and a Deluxe Reverb?

 

[JesterR]

Though I would not use treble boost into clean amp, I still would not use it for heavy distorted tone.

For me TB is like TS cooler brother. Especially, with extra controls on Naga Viper. It more like a boost/toneshaper.

 

[ahiddentableau]

I think it's going to depend on your definition of a "hard distorted type sound," and that's going to vary according to each individual player's preferences and opinions.

TBH I use a treble booster either to goose the front end of a cranked marshall style amp (which would likely meet your definition of a "hard distorted type sound") or I use it to goose the input of another drive pedal. In both cases I'm not exactly going for subtle. I don't associate the circuit with those types of sounds. Not to say I think it's impossible, but it's not its wheelhouse.

 

[Bearzooka]

I use mine into the normal channel of a Vox AC15C1. Turn the amp up til it breaks up and then use the treble booster for nice saturation. I use the volume knob on my guitar to go from clean to dirty.