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Just got my HBE Germania 44, and love it!


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totally kick ass pedal, kinda pricey at $140 with tax, but easily worth it. I put it after a HBE Power Screamer at the store into a Pro Reverb and EJ Strat and the sound just drips Townshends "Tommy" tone, even with a strat

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Congrats. I'm actually thinking about buying a normal Germania myself.


A question for you, though:


How close can it get to unity volume? I know it still gives a little bit of a boost, but how much? Is it noticeable at all?

 

 

It gives a pretty big boost in volume, i had the gain running at 11 o'clock and it boosted the volume a lot

 

also just a bit noisy, but that's practically how all vintage styled pedals are

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totally kick ass pedal, kinda pricey at $140 with tax, but easily worth it. I put it after a HBE Power Screamer at the store into a Pro Reverb and EJ Strat and the sound just drips Townshends "Tommy" tone, even with a strat

 

Yup! Joel did a custom one for me that I love!!:thu:

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It gives a pretty big boost in volume, i had the gain running at 11 o'clock and it boosted the volume a lot


also just a bit noisy, but that's practically how all vintage styled pedals are

 

 

Yeah, but what if you turn the gain down a lot? Like almost (or maybe even completely) down all the way?

 

I'm asking this, because I think I want a treble booster (I have a thread about this on here) for more clarity and punch, but I don't want a big volume boost.

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Yeah I was surprised how much of a "tommy" tone i was getting using it with the power screamer, (and with a Strat! imagine how good i could get with a

P-90 equipped guitar), man the power screamer tho blew away my TS9,

 

perfect for the early Zep tones and late 60s Townshend tones, with the power screamer, i also nailed the tone to Rod Stewart's "Stay With Me"

 

If i could, id take one of every product HBE makes, i wanna try out that head they make that's based on the Marshall JTM 45, called the JAW45

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