Back on topic.
 
Regardless of his business success I really do find it hard to believe that a wizard like that could not "get the sound" he was after out of stock devices*.
 
Mebee I Am smarter than Tom after all.
 
 
 
 
 
*Except maybe that space phase thingy

well, remember, the first album, was a marshall, with his tweaks all in front of the amp.
 
the first album, was a real amp.
he used a prototype of the POWER SOAK (another scholz device i bought and used).
 
after that, it sounds mushy to me.
 

here is another great article, from Mix on Line magazine:
 
 
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_bostons_feeling/

Interesting!  Boy do I remember after their debut album came out waiting and waiting and waiting for their next one and then REALLY wanting a third to come out which also took forever...
 
Their latest album, which just came out, took 11 years(!) to complete and even that still includes three songs that were on the previous album but just remixed...  Oh, and the drums are fake and sound like it!  Oh well...

I'd never been a fan of Boston - I was too young for their first albums and by the time I started buying records, they were much too pop for my tastes. 
 
I'm finding out that I do like that guy and, from checking their stuff out on iTunes, their first album definitely has its place in my CD collection.
 
I got the link from Bobby Owsinski's weekly newsletter, which is one of the very few newsletters worth reading imho. 

Both the first album and the second album (Don't Look Back) are above and beyond.  After that it's a matter of picking and choosing with some songs and/or albums, as with most bands that have been around a long time, being somewhat forgettable.