{"product_id":"bb-01-better-box-clean-harmonic-booster-designed-by-susumu-tamura","title":"BB-01 BETTER BOX™ clean harmonic booster (designed by Susumu Tamura)","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(72, 129, 163);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e No \u003c\/strong\u003eoverdrive,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(72, 129, 163);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo\u003c\/strong\u003e mid-hump,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(72, 129, 163);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust \u003cstrong\u003eyour tone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eonly\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBETTER\u003cem\u003e!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" 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