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Product: Carl Martin Contour & Boost
Price Paid: US $260
Submitted 08/31/2005 at 10:02am by Ron Elwing

Ease of Use : 10

Wonderful easy eq and boost to use.

Sound Quality : 9

This is a great box, you can boost middle, or make it a top and bottom booster for that over the top clean sound found on expensive productions.
Works great a toneshaper for drive too, lots of places to go with 4 knobs.
Use it with my two Plexi ri heads and an old 58 Fender Bandmaster combo.
No destroying your sound when the pedal is bypassed either, good buffers.

Reliability : 10

No troubles for two years now.

Customer Support : No Opinion

No dealings

Overall Rating : 10

It is simple and powerful, silent and has a wide area that it can cover.
Good for both clean and dirty shapings, from spank to mean.

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Product: Carl Martin Contour & Boost
Price Paid: US $5.00 used
Submitted 07/18/2004 at 09:00pm by James

Ease of Use : 8

It takes a few minutes and "there it is." You really dont realize how much different it makes until after you turn it off. Otherwise easy effect to use.

Sound Quality : 9

Im using this with a Peavey XXX on the clean channel as it really dont help with the two other dirty channels. The 2 filters seem to really makes a substantial difference with using other effects esp. distortion. It also is great for pushing a tube amp when needed.

Reliability : 9

I had the switch fail and e-mailed the company. To my suprise they actually mailed another switch from Holland- no charge. It was an easy fix. I wouldnt gig without a back-up.

Customer Support : 10

Awesome!! Quick response.

Overall Rating : 9

I play just about everything. All music and this is an effect wirth buying. I woulndt spend more than 100$ dollars on one. As far as comparing it to others on the market, it really is one of the better of many. I go through A LOT of effects for use and collection, and i would add this to any chain.

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Product: Carl Martin Contour & Boost
Price Paid: US $90
Submitted 01/28/2004 at 04:09am by Sunship Earth

Ease of Use : 10

Turn the knobs and it quickly becomes obvious. The mistake most player's make is not even trying it. plug the crappiest squire they can find into it, you'll figure it out real quick.

Sound Quality : 10

Makes the worst guitar sound like a two thousand guitar.

That holm malmquist is like the neve of pedals, i swear.

High pass, low pass. crossover point is voiced for guitar and can really produce deep dynamic bass and clear ringing highs from a guitar with flat lifeless tone. Seems totally transparent, untill you turn it off and all the life goes out of your sound. This is one you'll just want to leave on all the time.

Reliability : 9

9 point off for flimsy switch. All my martin's have held up well.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10

Absolutely essential for coaxing amazing tones from guitars you thought had no soul. plus the ulimate tone control/ booster for guitars that sound good to begin with.

Most guitar players do not understand this pedal. Get one while you still can. It is not overpriced for what it does. The best "deal" in carl martins line in my opinion.

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Product: Carl Martin Contour & Boost
Price Paid: US $85 used
Submitted 01/10/2004 at 03:35pm by t lann

Ease of Use : 10

Easy if you have any knowledge of how high and low pass filters work, easier if you know how you want to boost your tone. Pedal is basically a clean boost with 12 dB of gain on eitherside of a hi and lo pass filter. This allows for a large amount of tonal variation. I am using this pedal directly after a tremolo pedal and before a pitch shifter. The Contour & Boost is also great after all types of distortion/overdrives as it allows for further sound tweakability. I use the pedal in addition to a Roger Mayer Classic fuzz to get a more distinct edge to the fuzz. I typically don't like things that are too easy to use, I like to struggle to find the right tone - this pedal is the perfect combination of totally simple and something to think about, as sometimes it is not obvious what a signal is in need of.

Sound Quality : 10

This pedal seems to be made for guitars which is nice, because some of Carl Martin pedals seemed suited for other instruments in the studio. This is the best clean boost pedal I have found, as it allows boost of all areas of guitar signal. An interesting aspect to the Contour & Boost is its adaptability to different guitar styles/pickup sounds. I can use this pedal to boost the bottom end of a telecaster or crank the mids of my hollowbody Guild Starfire with P-90 for the perfect growl. The pedal is also a nice way for a guitar to interact with their signal before it enters a tube amp. Overall, the sound quality is superb for a clean sound, and perfect for a boost sound as well.
I would recommend this pedal to anyone in need of a clean boost pedal with some tonal tweakability. This pedal does not replace my MXR Microamp, but it eminently more useful. I find that I am using more often then my Boss/MXR graphic EQ pedals as it allows for a more accurate guitar sound to come through.

Reliability : No Opinion

The pedal seems to be made quite well. I have heard good things about Carl Martin pedals. The switch could be quieter, but on the other hand it is true bypass. I like that it has a built in AC cord that is NOT a wall wart.

Customer Support : No Opinion

The only thing I can say is that I would like more Carl Martin pedals.

Overall Rating : No Opinion

I play blues driven simplistic guitar as well as knob twiddling noise adapting, these styles fall somewhere between roots-rock, 20th century classical and free jazz. I am comfortable practicing pentatonic scales as well as modulating a signal with a Doepfer analog synth, playing fuzz-pop psychedelica, and computer processed guitar sampling/re-sampling. When it comes to guitar I am only looking for a few different sounds; crystal clean, volume boost, neat overdrive, and velcro fuzz. This pedal helps me better achieve all four and has therefore found a home in my everyday pedal line-up (this is a rare accomplishment as most pedals I buy, I only use for occaisonal utility playing)

Contour & Boost

Carl Martin Contour & Boost is especially designed to boost up, and change the sound (contour) of electric guitar/bass. The Contour & Boost circuitry is of phase linear design, using high quality components. This ensures sonic clarity and midrange emphasis which is so important for electric guitar. The Contour & Boost is designed as a High Pass (low cut) and Low Pass (high cut) filter, with a fixed X-over frequency at 440Hz. The High Pass filter operates from 65Hz to 440Hz, and the Low Pass filter from 440Hz to 8kHz. Both filters are individually sweepable, with a boost range of up to 12dB. With these two filters it is possible to change the sound (contour) in any way your creativity allows you. The Carl Martin Contour & Boost has a built in, regulated (+-12V) power supply which enables us to design circuitry of the highest quality with maximum headroom. Please note that when using this unit with other effect devices, always place the Contour & Boost after any distortion units, otherwise the distortion unit will limit what you can achieve with the Contour & Boost.