Super rare 80s Japan pedal .

An amp on your pedal board or direct out to the main pa!

Mascot is meant be used as a portable practice amp you could take anywhere. It was one of the earliest mini-amplifiers on the market, and it works great in that role, though it’s not very loud. It would be great for the bedroom at night.

But what’s really interesting is that the Mascot is best when used as a preamp or line booster. With a Stratocaster and a Fender Vibro-Champ, one can create the sounds of a big rig. Using the guitar line and headphone out into the amplifier, you can achieve some really thick overdriven tones. Also interesting is that there seems to be a set amount of gain on the guitar line in, and the more you turn the volume up on the Mascot, the more sustain you get. On a guitar with humbuckers, even more so.

At higher volumes, the Mascot yields more noise, but three-quarters volume yields a fat, trebly overdrive with mucho sustain. It also boosts the volume in the signal going to the amp while sounding very natural, like a cranked tube amp or Ibanez Tubescreamer on an extreme setting, but with more sustain.

The line in seems smoother, with a dark-sounding overdrive reminiscent of an Ibanez Tubescreamer at half to three-quarters setting