BOOT-LEG / GHP-1.0

Not only can it be used to create sounds on its own, but it can also be used in conjunction with a tube amplifier to add a subtle touch, allowing you to create sounds that make full use of the wood material and pickup performance.

■Guitar Effects Pedal
■Gain Helper
■Controls: Gain, Master
■Dimensions, Weight: 82 (W) x 110 (D) x 44 (H) mm, 350 g
~From the manufacturer's website~
■The GHP-1.0 is designed to compensate for the daily changes in amplifier gain and the body condition, which are affected by weather. Therefore, a very shallow setting is effective.

The Gain Helper is a unit that can adapt to a variety of environments. It can be used to shape your sound on its own, or as a subtle addition, allowing you to fully utilize the performance of your wood materials and pickups.

When used alone, the sound it produces is somewhere between fuzz and overdrive, a mellow sound reminiscent of the vibrating sound of a speaker cone when boosted in front of the amplifier's input. Because of its low distortion rate, even very shallow settings are easy to achieve.

Furthermore, its design is distinct from ordinary distortion generators, and does not employ so-called diode clipping. This means that there is no high or low dropout, and it covers everything from completely distortion-free to a pleasant crunch sound.