Shape your core tone before it hits your amp (and make every note feel more "finished")
The NUX Masamune NBK-5 is a smart, stage-ready 2-in-1 that focuses on the most important part of your rig: your dry signal. With a musical Booster on one side and a transparent Kompressor on the other, Masamune helps you go from "good tone" to "record-ready tone" with better dynamics, better feel, and better presence in the mix - without needing two separate pedals.
Features
- Pure analog Boost + Kompressor in one housing: Enhance your signal with rich boost color, then control dynamics with smooth, gig-friendly compression.
- Boost controls that actually matter: Boost Level sets output lift, Drive adds tasteful color/grit, and the Hi-Cut toggle tames extra brightness when your rig is already on the edge.
- Kompressor with real transparency: Komp Level balances your final output, Sustain adjusts compression and sustain, and Blend lets you mix dry signal for a natural feel (50% to 100%).
- Clip toggle for feel and headroom: Change the clipping range so you can go from tighter "squeezed" control to a more open, breathing response.
- Two footswitches: Engage Boost and compression independently for instant gain staging.
- Inside routing (3 ways): Run Boost and Kompressor in parallel, set it so only one effect can be on at a time, or place them in series and choose which one comes first.
- External footswitch jack: Add a remote switch for easier control in tight pedalboard layouts.
Advantages
- Better feel under your fingers: Compression smooths peaks and adds sustain, while Blend keeps your pick attack and personality intact.
- More control in a live mix: Use the boost to step forward for leads, and the compressor to keep rhythms even and present.
- Cleaner pedalboard, smarter stacking: Put both "secret weapon" tools in one box and build a more dependable rig with fewer cables and fewer points of failure.
Benefits
- Solos pop without harshness: Add level and color, then trim top end with Hi-Cut when needed.
- Rhythms stay consistent: Even out chords and funk parts so your playing locks in tighter with the band.
- Your tone stays yours: Parallel compression (via Blend) keeps the natural bite and dynamics that make your playing recognizable.
Specifications
- Type: Booster + Compressor (pure analog)
- Footswitches: 2
- Boost controls: Boost Level, Drive; Hi-Cut toggle
- Compressor controls: Komp Level, Sustain, Blend; Clip toggle
- Blend range: 50% to 100% (dry signal mix)
- Routing: Internal tri-functional routing (parallel, single engagement, or series order selection)
- Inputs: 1 x 1/4-inch TS
- Outputs: 1 x 1/4-inch TS
- Other I/O: 1 x 1/4-inch TRS (external switch)
- Frequency response: 20Hz to 20kHz (+/- 1dB)
- Dynamic range: 110dB
- Max input level: +5dBu
- Max output level: +10dBu (THD+N <= 5%)
- Power: 9V DC (negative tip)
- Current draw: 20mA
- Dimensions: 4.13 in (D) x 4.52 in (W) x 2.24 in (H) (105 x 115 x 57 mm)
- Weight: 0.92 lb (approx. 420 g)
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