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Before Dave answers maybe I should start by addressing what it does-

It low cuts below 60 Hrz. As many of you know if you you're playing in a variety of clubs there are a plethora of hums and noise that can inhabit your signal. With the low cut it will eliminate the hum without killing the low end. In addition there is low boost centered near the bass fundamental at 88Hrz. With low cut enabled you will be surprised what only 2db of bass booost will do for acoustic guitar low end without booming with feedback but you can boost to +16db. There are also three selectable mid bands chosen for their musicality and based on my EQ settings for acoustics, electrics and bass in the studio and live situations for the last 7 or 8 years (I kept a log). Thus, you can select to cut at either 200 or 400 Hrz, 600 or 800Hrz, or between 1.6 or 2.7Khrz. We also have a hight cut switch which cuts at 10K or 8K at 6db per octave (I call this the 'Olhsson switch' as Bob O. was instrumental in its addition to the project) and a high shelf boost above 12k which works well on vocals and snares. The 1.6/2.7 mid switch is what seems to help resolve a little of that piezo 'quack' that is so often bothersome in live situations. For more aggressive music you might want to add boost there for electric guitar but that's not what this box does. It works really nicely as a professional master-quality recording channel that is class-A, point-to-point discrete all the way and is quiet as all get-out (My partner Robert at Valvotronics is particularly proud of that). I have used mine in many gig situations and through many revisions for over a year and it has truly has improved my sound and made it all a breeze for me finally. The box has a good bit of front end gain (+45db) before the EQ section (sorry, no make-up gain) but it's a simple filter-based cap and resistor box with custom transformers I/O. I use it a lot as a recording channel for whatever stringed I'm playing and sometimes for just the EQ's on whatever. For electrics I go straight into the box to my converters into Pro Tools as a DI track (or for reamping if necessary later) and the same for bass. Best damn signal I've ever recorded. I also sometimes split another line to an amp. I think it works and I hope you like it.