The DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board is a Dgn Custom Guitars preamp pedal. Close alternatives include the Browne Amplification The Fixer Dual Boost/Buffer and the Catalinbread Blood Donor. It pairs well with the Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive and the Suhr Rufus Reloaded.
DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board
Dgn Custom Guitars · pedal
This entry covers the DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board, a product from a small custom builder whose name suggests a guitar-focused maker despite the item itself being catalogued as a pedal, likely a boost or gain-staging circuit board given the Blaster naming convention common to that category of effect. Detailed, independently verifiable specifications for this specific version 3 iteration are limited in publicly available sources, so specific circuit details, control layout, and intended function should be confirmed directly with the maker rather than assumed from the product name alone.
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“Detailed, independently verifiable specifications for , so specific circuit details, control layout, and intended function should be confirmed directly with the make…”
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“In a chain a boost-type pedal like this would typically sit early in the signal path, pushing an already-set tone louder or into further gain stages”
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“The standout strength of small custom builders generally is hand-tuned, personalized circuit design”
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“Boutique and small-batch effects collectors researching lesser-known custom builders generally understand that products like this sit in a category where …”
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- gain
- stage
- already set tone
- intended function
- maker
- entry
- control layout
Pedals that stack with the DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board
Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive
Mad Professor
9% matchMad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive leans toward dynamic, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Suhr Rufus Reloaded
Suhr
9% matchSuhr Rufus Reloaded's own fuzzy character is the real reason this is worth trying
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
Electro-Harmonix
9% matchPut Electro-Harmonix Small Stone after DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board in the signal chain, clear of DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board's own gain stage
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Empress Bass Compressor Blue
Empress
7% matchWhat DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board brings here leans toward transparent — that's worth building a pairing around
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Dunlop - MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe Analog Delay
Dunlop
6% matchPut Dunlop - MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe Analog Delay after DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board in the signal chain, clear of DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Empress Echosystem
Empress
6% matchPut Empress Echosystem after DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board in the signal chain, clear of DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Matthews Effects The Pocket Drive Overdrive Boost
Matthews Effects
tonal matchComes earlier in the signal chain
Put Matthews Effects The Pocket Drive Overdrive Boost in front of DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board
MXR CAE Wah
MXR
tonal matchComes earlier in the signal chain
MXR CAE Wah belongs in front of DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board, since a wah tracks picking dynamics best on the raw signal
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Browne Amplification The Fixer Dual Boost/Buffer
Browne Amplification
59% similarityShared character: gain, stage
Catalinbread Blood Donor
Catalinbread
54% similarityShared character: tube driven signal path, signal chain, gain
JHS Morning Glory
JHS Pedals
54% similarityShared character: gain, stage
Attic FX JFET Boost
Attic Fx
54% similarityShared character: tube driven signal path, signal chain, gain
SONICAKE King of twins
Sonicake
53% similarityShared character: gain, stage
Wampler Plexi-Drive Deluxe
Wampler
53% similarityShared character: gain, stage
Xotic AC Plus
Xotic
52% similarityShared character: gain
Origin Effects DCX Boost
Origin Effects
52% similarityShared character: gain
Paul Cochrane Timmy
Paul Cochrane
49% similarityShared character: gain, stage
Dean Markley Overlord
Dean Markley
49% similarityShared character: gain, stage
Tech 21 Boost DLA
Tech 21
47% similarityShared character: entry, gain, stage
MXR Eric Gales Raw Dawg
MXR
47% similarityShared character: gain, stage
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board?+
The closest matches in character are the Browne Amplification The Fixer Dual Boost/Buffer, the Catalinbread Blood Donor, the JHS Morning Glory.
What pairs well with the DGN Custom Guitars V3 Blaster Board?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive, Suhr Rufus Reloaded, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone — Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive leans toward dynamic, and that's a real, usable character to pair with.