Vertex VS Benson - Two Very Different Boost Pedals 

i've got both of these pedals on my pedalboard, and i'm a bassist, lol. The Benson boost is the first thing on my pedalboard. Sometimes it just stays on all the time at unity gain to thicken and juice up my tone going into all the pedals. Sometimes I use it as a preset cut when engaged for parts of the song that need to be a little quieter. Sometimes it stays on all the time in a slightly boosted setting just to overdrive od pedals later in the chain and/or the preamp tubes in my amp. The vertex is at the end of the chain mainly being used as a 100 ohm buffer for the long cable run back to the amp. I do use it occasionally with it on and boosting the signal back to the amp just for more boost when the Benson's boost is being absorbed in the overdrive and other pedals. I also do have a volume pedal going into the Vertex volume effect in which makes for a great volume pedal which doesn't affect your core tone. Your guitar doesn't actually run through the volume pedal this way. Both boosts are great in what they both do

"Germanium diode" ... no. The Benson is a germanium transistor based boost.

a technical question. Do I get the same functions as the Benson Germanium Boost (green pedal) by setting the Benson germanium fuzz as a clean boost? Both pedals with germanium transistors

if i only use the vertex pedal WITHOUT a volume pedal. will it still higher my volume?

I use the vertex cause I love my tone and that jack on the end I use for my volume pedal to eliminate tone suck. The benson sounded great but sticking with my vertex.

Great video! Question for you, in a band setting with another guitar player, I have a vertex boost, TS-9, Catalinbread Epoch boost. Now, I know it’s all about “just try it out and see how it goes” but in your experience, would you rather a Vertex Boost that just boosts clean volume, or the mid-boost in a TS type or Klon type? Thank you!

Will the Germanium Boost help in using a Fuzz with a wireless guitar unit?

The benson is quite transparent to be honest, but at higher settings you get more "texture"

Both Sound great, different But Great

I goofed up by putting the benson on my bass board to try it and now I can’t play without it. Lol. So I gotta buy another one for the guitar board.

I believe "MK" is short for "Mark", thus should read "Mark 2", another term for Second Generation of something. I keep seeing demos of various products with the MK (X) designation and hear it read "em-kay", I'm guessing a side effect of abbreviated texting culture, or perhaps someone that didn't grow up around Lincolns

I will be ordering the benson to use as my first stage OD on my church rig, then my benson preamp will be stage 2 and both for stage 3

Lots of talking …

7:11 to hear

Little Less conversation.. a little more action

why did you make this video so long? doesn't make any sense, just compare it in different positions.