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Thorn Soundlabs
THE FREAQ® - Double Stage Booster
THE FREAQ® - Double Stage Booster
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$149.99 USD
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Two Stages, Infinite Tonal Possibilities
The FreaQ® supercharges any rig you own, turning your favourite pedals and even your amp into three-channel machines.
It’s more than a volume boost, with low-end damping and a focused mid cut or boost that lets you step forward for leads or sit back in the mix when the band gets busy.
Specifications:
- Type: Booster
- Fully Analog
- True Bypass
- Controls: Damping (adjusts the low end before it hits the gain stage), Gain, Boost, Freq
- Switches: —
- Footswitches: Effects Bypass/Boost, Freq
- LED: Freq, Boost
- Power: 9–18V/18mA
- Dimensions (Body): 3.70 ” × 4.72 ” × 1.50” (94 × 120 × 38 mm)
- Dimensions (Total): 3.70 ” × 4.86 ” × 2.09” (94 × 123.5 × 53 mm)
- Weight: 0.82 lbs (370 g)
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They’re some of the most versatile, best-sounding, new pedal releases I’ve tried in a long time.Harry Holden
A versatile booster that can be dialed to the perfect sweet spot to highlight your tone.Kfir Ochaion
Damping
Dialling in the Damping control steadily removes very low-end frequencies without taking away the body of your tone.
It moves you from flubby, old-school amp feel to a tighter, more modern response, and because it sits before the gain stage, it directly shapes the character of the drive.
Freq
Paired with the Mid control, this lets you zero in on the most critical frequency range of a guitar pedal. Each position has its own distinct voice, and here’s a rough guide to what you can cut or boost, subtly or dramatically:
300 to 400 Hz Congested to boxy, narrow room character
450 to 600 Hz Classic honk and old-radio mids
700 to 900 Hz Throaty, nasal, vocal formant territory
1 kHz to 1.2 kHz Core focus and forward presence
1.5 to 2 kHz Bite, snarl and attack, can turn aggressive quickly
300 to 400 Hz Congested to boxy, narrow room character
450 to 600 Hz Classic honk and old-radio mids
700 to 900 Hz Throaty, nasal, vocal formant territory
1 kHz to 1.2 kHz Core focus and forward presence
1.5 to 2 kHz Bite, snarl and attack, can turn aggressive quickly