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原文：Seymour Duncan Boosts Product Line
pickup Giant Releases “Stomp Box” Gain Boost
Friday, January 30, 2004
Santa Barbara, California – Say you’ve got your tone totally dialed-in, but you just want more of it. You can turn up the volume of the amp or the guitar, but that can alter your tone dramatically. What do you do? Santa Barbara-based Seymour Duncan pickups has the answer with the release of the pickup Booster™, the first effects pedal designed specifically to work together with a guitar’s pickups in an instrument to achieve optimum gain and resonance for all tonal applications.

The pickup Booster’s main feature is the Gain Control knob. By rotating it clockwise, the user can add pure, clean, flat-EQ gain, ranging from 6dB, all the way to an astonishing 25dB! Home studio enthusiasts will take advantage of the pickup Booster’s clean boost abilities to augment the recording levels of instruments and microphones. Acoustic guitarists and bassists will enjoy their ability to add a subtle volume boost (9 – 12dB) for solos. Electric guitarists will take the fullest advantage of the pickup Booster’s capabilities as they add everything from “punch” to a solo, to over-the-top gain to a tube amplifier’s front end – all with the simple twist of a knob!

One of the most exciting features is the Resonance Switch, designed specifically for electric guitarists who use single coil pickups. By setting the Resonance Switch to position “1,” the resonant peak of a single coil pickup can be lowered 2-3kHz, making it sound similar to a vintage humbucker. Position “2,” is marked by a 3-5kHz drop in resonant peak. Together with the added gain, this position can make a typical Strat pickup sound like a high-output humbucker. The switch is bypassed on position “0.”

The pickup Booster features fully discrete Class A circuitry along with true bypass. It’s housed in a heavy-duty steel chassis and runs on a single 9-volt battery (supplied) or DC power supply.

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   也许你已经买到你想要的音色，也许你心目中的音色并不仅仅是这样。你会调整音箱或者吉他上的旋钮，但这样也许会使得你的音色变的难以控制，这个时候你该怎么办？Santa Barbara通过SD的拾音器和pickup Booster™来给出你一个答案。
   pickup Booster™ 是第一个专门为安装在乐器内部的拾音器而生产的效果器。pickup Booster™和拾音器一起工作，协调音频环境的增益和共鸣。
   pickup Booster™外观最主要的特征就是这个增益旋钮，顺时针旋转，我们可以得到纯粹、干净、平滑的增益，动态范围从6DB到可怕的25DB。家庭音频爱好者可以通过这个效果器可以改善录音的环境。原声吉他爱好者和BASS手们可以更细腻的改善SOLO的音色，而电吉他爱好者们可以通过这个旋钮可以体会到不论是节奏还是SOLO音色在BOOST后的改善。
   pickup Booster™最另人兴奋的地方在于她这个共鸣开关，这个开关主要是为使用单线圈吉他手设计的。当你把开关放到位置“1”的时候，单线圈的共振峰值高频将被削减2-3KH，这样使得单线圈的音色很接近双线圈。当你把开关放到位置“2”的时候，单线圈的共振峰值低频将被增加3-5KH，这样可以使得单线圈的音色接近高输出功率的双线圈拾音器。位置“0”是直通的位置。
   pickup Booster™是true bypass.采用fully discrete Class A circuitry电路设计。外壳是heavy-duty steel，9V直流电压输入。