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Boost Pedals

Vahlbruch BBQ Booster/EQ

The name of the Vahlbruch BBQ is an acronym for Buffer, Booster and EQ. Handmade in Germany with high-quality components, the BBQ can push up to 16dBs into your amp or reduce the volume down to -6dBs, which can be useful to clean up some crunchy tones. The EQ section…Click on the title for more

Vahlbruch BBQ Booster/EQ

Two Notes ReVolt Analog Amp Sim

The company behind the respected Captor loadbox series and the Cab M, has announced Two notes ReVolt, a 3-channel guitar amp simulator/DI featuring an all-analog signal path, a 12AX7 preamp tube, integrated OD-boost circuit with dedicated switching and level control, and Analog Cab Sim for seamless DI whether in the…Click on the title for more

Two Notes ReVolt Analog Amp Sim

Milkman Sound Pop Top Boost

One-knob pedals that costs well over $200 might seem like a hard sell. But if they truly, and we reiterate with a capitalized TRULY, excel at one thing, maybe they become kind of essential. Enter the Milkman Sound Pop Top Boost, a high-headroom discrete OpAmp device based on the circuit…Click on the title for more

Milkman Sound Pop Top Boost

Valco FX KGB Loop

The Valco FX KGB Loop is a utility pedal built for guitar, bass, and synthesizer/keyboards featuring an FX Loop with blendable controls, a boost, and a Variable Input Impedance that can also be used for sculpting purposes, just like in the other pedals in the KGB line. The peculiarity of…Click on the title for more

Valco FX KGB Loop

J.Rockett Archer Clean Boost

With the Archer, in 2015 J.Rockett Audio Designs released one of the most sought-after Klon clones. In the last couple of years, the Nashville-based manufacturer has been playing on that pedal's format by introducing, first, a pedal combining the Archer's overdrive circuit with a graphic EQ, and now, a version…Click on the title for more

J.Rockett Archer Clean Boost

VVco Pedals Dark Father Preamp

From a company that prides itself on releasing unconventional and playful-looking pedals comes the VVco Pedals Dark Father Preamp, a pedal filled with buttons reminiscent of electronic toys from the '80s, that can deliver a wide range of tones thanks to its overdrive, lo-fi fuzz, two boosts, and 3-band eq…Click on the title for more

VVco Pedals Dark Father Preamp

Valco IMP Boost

Like the pedals in the company's KGB series, the Valco IMP Boost leverages a Variable Impedance Selector to alter the feel and response of your entire signal chain - or not if used as a simple boost pedal! Compatible with both line-out and instrument-out levels, the IMP Boost will soften…Click on the title for more

Valco IMP Boost

New Pedal: MXR/Third Man Records Double Down

Jack White of The White Stripes' fame continues his intriguing journey in the pedal-manufacturing arena with the release of the Third Man + MXR Double down, a stereo take on MXR Micro Amp preamp. This is a rather simple design compared to other stompboxes released by the Nashville artist, but…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: MXR/Third Man Records Double Down

Blue Colander Crooked Axis Boost/Drive/Fuzz

The Blue Colander Crooked Axis is a pedal that belongs squarely in the increasingly trendy "multipurpose gain device" category, able as it is to deliver tones ranging from boost all the way to fuzz. The circuit is based on the Colorsound Power Boost, which is reflected in the top three…Click on the title for more

Blue Colander Crooked Axis Boost/Drive/Fuzz

Spaceman Saturn VI Harmonic Boost

The stompboxes by Portland's Spaceman Effects always have something special about them, and we are not surprised that their version of what's argualby the least "special" of effects (a booster) turns out to be a lot more than what its name implies. Introduced as a "Harmonic Booster," the Spaceman…Click on the title for more

Spaceman Saturn VI Harmonic Boost

Vaderin Pedals Kroaked Boost/Distortion

The Vaderin Pedals Kroaked is an all-transistor 3-knob dirt-box that can go from pristine cleans to super-saturated and compressed distortion. The LVL knob, when the other two controls are at zero, works as a clean boost. It's not the output but a linear clean boost that precedes the pedal’s second…Click on the title for more

Vaderin Pedals Kroaked Boost/Distortion

FFX Pedals All You Can Boost – Boost/Overdrive

Presented by the company as a Boost, the FFX Pedals All You Can Boost, with its two red boost knobs, is an extremely flexible gain pedal that has enough gain to act as an overdrive, when needed. The 3-band EQ section can be turned on and off through a separate footswitch.…Click on the title for more

FFX Pedals All You Can Boost – Boost/Overdrive