high boost

11-12 — elektor november 1981 boost A.M. Bosschaert All electric guitars and bass guitars have some sort of tone control, although this is generally very unsophisticated. This high boost circuit can provide a great improvement, for, as its name suggests, the treble can either be boosted or cut by about 35 dB. In addition, the turnover point of the tone control can be set to three different frequencies by means of a single switch. It is a welf-known fact that for some inexplicable reason, electronics has never succeeded in catching up with the quality of electric guitars. The average tone control circuit on an electric guitar usually consists of little more than a capacitor and a potentiometer and can hardly be expected to produce very good results. An active tone control is much more effective and the high boost circuit, for instance, can either amplify or attenuate the treble over a ± 35 dB range. The circuit is compact in size, allowing it to be fitted inside the guitar body,...