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Seymour Duncan SFX-01 Pickup Booster (No Longer Available)

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Seymour Duncan - It's All About Tone

The SFX-01 Pickup Booster was the first effects pedal designed by pickup guru Seymour Duncan, and was created specifically to work together with your guitar's pickups to achieve optimum gain and resonance for all tonal applications. The SFX-01 Pickup Booster works with all musical styles as a way to push the amp's input or as a clean volume boost. The internal circuitry is discrete Class A with true bypass, and it's built to withstand the rigors of the road. Boost your pickups with the SFX-01 Pickup Booster.

Seymour Duncan SFX-01 Pickup Booster at a Glance:
  • How it works
  • Important operational note

How it works
By rotating the gain control knob you can add pure, flat-EQ gain, ranging from 6dB to 25dB! The Resonance Switch drops the resonant peak of a single coil pickup up to 5KHz, making a single coil sound like a full and fat humbucker. Features fully discrete Class A circuitry along with true bypass. Comes in a heavy-duty steel chassis and runs on a single 9 volt battery.

Important operational note
For the Resonance Switch to work properly, the SFX-01 must be first in the signal chain using passive pickups and a standard guitar cable - not a wireless unit.

Seymour Duncan SFX-01 Pickup Booster Features:
  • Gain range: 6 to 25dB
  • Works with either humbuckers or single-coils
  • Pickup Resonance Switch: Makes a single coil sound like a vintage humbucker or high output humbucker
  • Bypass: True bypass
  • Noise: -120 dBV (referred to input with gain set at 25dB)
  • Type of circuitry: Fully discrete, class A
  • Distortion: < 0.1%
  • Power: DC 9-12 V battery, or regulated DC adapter
  • Current consumption: 3.5mA @ 9V (when LED is "on"), 1.5mA @ 9V (when LED is "off")
  • Input impedance: 500K (when effect is "on"), Open (when effect is "off")
  • Output impedance: 5K ohms
  • Dimensions: 2.5" x 5" x 2" (W x L x H)
  • Weight: 0.8 lb. Without battery, 0.9 lb. With battery
  • Chassis material: Heavy duty 1.6 mm steel
  • Compatible with PSA120S and 1Spot9v power adapters

Your tone begins with Seymour Duncan!

Why Choose Seymour Duncan?
Quite simply, it boils down to tone. Seymour Duncan has spent the majority of his life refining the art of creating pickups. Seymour Duncan is dedicated to getting the best tone possible from his pickups, from modern metal monsters to faithful reproductions of gems from the '50s and '60s. We know tone is important to you which is why we choose to carry Seymour Duncan pickups. With the massive amount of pickups available from Seymour Duncan, you're certain to find the sound you've been looking for.
Specification Detail
Manufacturer Part Number 11995-01

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