Analog Man Beano Boost!

The Analog Man effects pedals are legendary. I have purchased two of their pedals for my son. The modded Ibanez tube screamer, a legend on its own, and now the Beano Boost. The Beano Boost is a hand wired boost pedal that is based on the Dallas Rangemaster. The Rangemaster has been used by all the greats including Clapton, Billy F Gibbons, Jimmy Page, and Marc Bolan not to mention a few.

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Here is a picture of the pedal. It looks great! It sounds awesome. This pedal belongs to my son, but I have been playing my Epiphone Dot through it. I am amazed at home it cleans up the tone. It makes the warm fuzzy sound of the humbuckers clean and clear.

Original style wiring and NOS transistors. No circuit board is used in the construction of the Beano Boost. It has point-to-point wiring.

Hand wiring sounds much better. This is the signature style for boutique pedals!

Analog Man is using New Old Stock for the transistors. They have a stock of old transistors that add to the unique tone. It makes a difference.

I am seriously considering purchasing another pedal for myself. I am super jealous.


From the Analog Man website:

• True Bypass switching with minimal popping.
• LED for on/off status
• NOS Germanium Transistor chosen for low noise and best tone.
• Three-way, short and sturdy toggle switch for tone selection:
  • Middle: "HI" Standard Dallas Rangemaster tone, treble enhanced.
  • Up: MIDs, more of a full range boost, great for Fender guitars!
  • Down: LOW, full range sound with a bit more bassy setting.
• Optional PUSH PULL volume pot allows two tone settings:
  • Down: "HI" Standard Dallas Rangemaster tone, treble enhanced.
  • Up: MIDS, more of a full range boost, great for Fender guitars!
  • This can be reversed at order time if desired, or changed to MID and LOW settings.
• Volume Control allows substantial boost.
• Can boost volume quite a bit. Has about the same output level ON and OFF with the vol knob set at 9:00. At 11:00 there is about a 10dB boost, which sounds twice as loud. At 12:00 there is a 13dB boost, and up all the way is about an 18dB boost which is nearly twice as loud as it was at 11:00.
• Durable Grey Hammertone (like original) powdercoated cast alloy case.
• Silk Screened graphics as seen on the pedal at the very top of the page.
• Circuit hand-wired point to point like the original. No circuit board used. I won't claim this is better than using a quality circuit board, but it works very well for this pedal. It does takes us more time to build them.
• All can use a 9V Battery, a Boss style power jack is optional for $10.
• When power jack is added, it can use any normal Boss type 9V power supply, with no reverse polarity issues. We add circuitry to reduce power supply noise when the power jack is added.
• This pedal uses only 5mA of power when on (LED) and barely any power when off (under .2mA!) so the battery will last hundreds of hours.
• We usually run the BEANO BOOST directly into the input of your tube amp, with no buffers (i.e. tuners, or non-true bypass pedals) in the signal path. Most people have found they work best near the very beginning of your signal chain. Like the Fuzz Face, the Beano Boost MUST
• NOT have a buffered pedal in front of it. Something like a Boss pedal, even off, will make the Beano Boost sound VERY trebly and thin.
• Buffered pedals are OK after the Beano Boost if necessary.
• Cleans up really well when you back down your volume control!
• Pricing and options on buyanalogman.com