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My music:- https://soundcloud.com/hubobulous
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What's that? Do I have one for sale? Why yes! In the classifieds here.
MXR Micro Amp (slight mid-hump in a good way)
ZVex SHO (slightly flatter EQ but slightly gritty when you get above about 10 o'clock)
Alembic Stratoblaster preamp, via a cheap & v easy pedalparts kit (less mid humpy than the MXR and really really nice)
The Alembic circuit is my favourite. Completely clean, with just a hint of extra mid in the EQ which gives you a bit more presence without adding dirt
I've had various boosts including the popular Xotic RC Boost (good for tone shaping), TC Spark, and Xotic EP Boost (still have that one and that pushes an amp or my OCD pedal) and I found that they do impart something that changes the tone but in most instances, and as a few people have said, they do it in a good way, hence, I have 2 different boosts on my board for different applications.
A good, cheap one that I had and worked really well in the fx loop was the also discontinued Behringer Preamp/Booster PB100
The MXR Microamp is good. I'm not sure it has an absolutely flat eq but it sounds good.
The only thing to watch with it (or at least with older ones) is that they aren't bypassed properly and suck tone when off. Not sure whether that has been fixed with newer ones. I ended up getting rid of mine and building myself a clone with proper bypass.
I think what I learned about clean boosts is that I didn't like them. If you just make everything louder it doesn't really happen as you imagine because you are changing relationships between gear and your ear just hears stuff differently when it's louder as well. The Fulltone one, the Xotic EP booster, etc, work better if you want less of an ear bleeding effect as they roll off the top end a bit.
And, at the risk of being pilloried, there is a recent JHS vlog on clean boosts which might give you some ideas.
I use a Pettyjohn Lift pedal at the moment (the only reason i haven't bought Binty's Cleanness). Its great, just clean volume and a nice subtle eq, it has an internal voltage doubler to allow it to tun at 36v, so it's super high headroom. No clipping, clean sounds are lush.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.