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Boost Pedals

Friedman Amplification Buxom Clean Boost

Born from the engineering genius of Dave Friedman, who had a lot to do with the signature tones of Eddie Van Halen, Steve Stevens and Jerry Cantrell, the Buxom Boost is a new, flexible clean boost with a lot of tonal options. It's derived from the manufacturer's amp head sharing a samilar moniker.…Click on the title for more

Friedman Amplification Buxom Clean Boost

Adventure Audio Power Couple Double Boost

Adventure Audio is a young manufacturer based in Rochester, NY. Here's the first demo (by Living Room Gear) of the new pedal that was presented at Summer NAMM. It's called Power Couple, and it's a double boost with one switch. From the manufacturer's website: Tap to engage / bypass Hold for 200mS…Click on the title for more

Adventure Audio Power Couple Double Boost

MXR Booster Mini Boost

Sometimes you just need a simple pedal that does one thing well and takes the least space possible... the MXR Booster Mini is a simple, great sounding boost (up to 25db) with tone knob in a mini enclosure. From the manufacturer's website The MXR Booster Mini gives you the sonic…Click on the title for more

MXR Booster Mini Boost

Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage

We saw this baby on the Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage board at our recent Summer NAMM 2017 Stompbox Booth and were impressed. Check out this video by Guitar Interactive Magazine. From the manufacturer's website: Palladium features three gain stages: a gain stage to control the overall saturation, a resonance control…Click on the title for more

Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage

Germany, considered the manufacturing engine of Europe, may not be the first (or the tenth) country that comes to mind when you think of guitar effects, but Munich-based Ohmless Pedals is working on changing that. The boutique pedal company, which has been churning out stylish looking stompboxes since 2014, has…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile – Ohmless Pedals

Emerson Custom Pomeroy – Boost, Overdrive & Distortion Pedal

Here's the Living Room Gear demo of the Emerson Custom Pomeroy! "The Emerson Pomeroy is a Boost, Overdrive & Distortion Pedal featuring a 100% Analog Signal Path. It's jammed packed with an immense amount of features that allow the player ultimate control over their tonal palate and shaping needs. The…Click on the title for more

Emerson Custom Pomeroy – Boost, Overdrive & Distortion Pedal

Ground Control Audio Amaterasu Preamp Boost

Living Room Gear demo of the Ground Control Audio Amaterasu preamp. "The Amaterasu bright pre-amp is a unity to 18dB amplifier circuit for players looking for that extra push. Very responsive to your play style, the Amaterasu can be used to give presence to quieter guitar pickups or to kick…Click on the title for more

Ground Control Audio Amaterasu Preamp Boost

Amptweaker PressuRizer Compressor Boost

The Pressurizer is an interesting take on compression + boost from Amptweaker, here's the manufacturer's presentation, check out the Pro Guitar Shop video below. Sustain without compression…a common suggestion Amptweaker™ receives that means “don’t mess with my attack.” The Amptweaker PressuRizer™ compressor accomplishes this in several unique ways, and includes…Click on the title for more

Amptweaker PressuRizer Compressor Boost

Orange Kongpressor

From the manufacturer's page: The Kongpressor is an analogue Class A compression pedal which adds an organic three dimensional quality to any rig. The pedal takes its inspiration from some of the world’s most iconic vintage optical studio units, employing a re-issue of the famous vactrol VTL5C3 optocoupler that was…Click on the title for more

Orange Kongpressor

Based in Montreal (the Canadian city hosting this weekend's Stompbox Exhibit!) Ground Control Audio is a small boutique pedal manufacturer that is getting more and more attention for its quality, hand made effects, so far exclusively focused on gain related designs: the company is currently offering three pedals tackling boost, overdrive and…Click on the title for more

Pedal Manufacturer Profile: Ground Control Audio

New Pedal: Mu-FX Boostron 3

A power trio of pedals, the Boostron 3 from Mu-FX (owned by west coast designer Mike Beigel, founder of stompbox pioneer Mu-Tron) totes three classic circuit designs in a compact, pedalboard-friendly housing. This versatile standalone pedal includes circuits emulating the Alembic Stratoblaster clean boost (here named "Blaster"), the Dan Armstrong Squeezer compressor (here called "Squeezer"), and the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mu-FX Boostron 3

New Pedals: Joe Gore’s Cult Germanium Channel Boost

Accomplished guitarist and National Music Journalism Award winner Joe Gore has designed a line of pedals available via Vintage King, offering his take on a series of gain related circuits ranging from classic to quirky. A throwback to the vintage days of the 1960’s, the Cult Germanium Channel is a dynamic and exciting…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Joe Gore’s Cult Germanium Channel Boost