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Boost Pedals

BAE Audio Hot Fuzz – Fuzz + Boost

The BAE Audio Hot Fuzz – a beast of a pedal we first saw at our 8th Brooklyn Stpompbox Exhibit – combines a high-frequency boost and an English 1970s-style fuzz box that can be used independently or together in series to create high-frequency distortion. The Hi Freq Boost and Fuzz sections…Click on the title for more

BAE Audio Hot Fuzz – Fuzz + Boost

Vahlbruch BBQ XL Buffer, Booster, Equalizer

The Vahlbruch BBQ XL is a buffer, booster and equalizer with two identical channels with the same controls (Volume and a three-band EQ section) and separate footswitches. Besides acting as a double-boost, the BBQ-XL can also help fine-tune different guitars to your amplifier without having to turn knobs during the…Click on the title for more

Vahlbruch BBQ XL Buffer, Booster, Equalizer

Dunable Eidolon Boost + Delay + Reverb

The many guitarists who play genres too fast to allow them to stomp on more than one pedal before their solos should take a look at the Dunable Eidolon, a compact-ish multi-effect device that allows you to get your rhythm and lead tone in one stomp, with an added wetness…Click on the title for more

Dunable Eidolon Boost + Delay + Reverb

Electrofoods ULTD Germ Warfare Germanium Boost

We'll let the expert YouTube demo-man Ryan describe what this new germanium boost from Electrofoods does and how it sounds: The Germ Warfare is a germanium boost that does a lot more than just slam your signal and add distortion. You can use the intuitive EQ to brighten a muddy…Click on the title for more

Electrofoods ULTD Germ Warfare Germanium Boost

Alexander Pedals RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer Preamp/Boost

I guess we have the first COVID-19 inspired guitar pedal, people! The RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer is Alexander Pedal's limited edition Class A boost/preamp. The three knobs (Kills, Most, Germs) control output, highs and voicing - turn the latter to the left for a more mellow tone and to the…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals RIFF Instant Tone Sanitizer Preamp/Boost

Solo Dallas Storm Boost + Limiter – 2019 Version

Californian company Solo Dallas surfaced in 2015 with a 1:1 hand-built recreation of the preamp circuit of the Schaffer–Vega wireless guitar system of the '70s, called the Schaffer Replica. That circuit had a particular color that AC/DC Angus Young was very vocal in praising (apparently that was the only device…Click on the title for more

Solo Dallas Storm Boost + Limiter – 2019 Version

New for NAMM 2020: IK Multiedia Z-Tone DI/Preamp

The IK Multiedia Z-Tone is a DI/Preamp/Boost pedal with advanced tone shaping capabilities, active/passive input selector, two selectable channels (PURE and the warmer JFET) and a variable impedance control knob (Z-Tone). It features the input circuit of the Italian company's AXE I/O interface. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifVTl0Ksl4oClick on the title for more

New for NAMM 2020: IK Multiedia Z-Tone DI/Preamp

Thorpy Effects Heavy Water

The Thorphy FX Heavy Water is a high headroom dual boost pedal builts on a standalone version of the Dane Overdrive's boost circuit, multiplied by two and stackable. The second boost circuit (right footswitch presents a slight mod with a grittier character thanks to Germanium diodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAg8MmXWLcM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os9jbq4AHes HEAVY WATER…Click on the title for more

Thorpy Effects Heavy Water

Beetronics BUZZTER Dual Preamp Boost

People say that life stops in Brasil during the soccer world cup, but, evidently, that doesn't apply for Brazilian (via Los Angeles) pedal manufacturer Beetronics. The company unveiled this new double Boost pedal, called Buzzter, smack in the middle of the championship's intense tournament phase. The pedal was created with…Click on the title for more

Beetronics BUZZTER Dual Preamp Boost

Electrofoods Rad Sickness Boost + EQ

The Electrofoods Rad Sickness is presented by the manufacturer as a boost with flexible three band EQ utility pedal which can offer a variety of sonic services like: shape your EQ heading into a one-knob fuzz, perk up a dark overdrive, breathe new life into your favorite dirtbox, or add…Click on the title for more

Electrofoods Rad Sickness Boost + EQ

Handbuilt in Ontario, Canada, the pedals of Airis Effects have earned a reputation for their aggressive tone that offers as much versatility as volume. While the company's effects are flexible enough to handle a variety of styles, they are really designed for players that go for a heavier sound. Everything…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile – Airis Effects

M.D. Effects The Timber Overdrive

Released in 2017, the M.D. Effects The Timber is a boost and low gain overdrive featuring two toggle switches that give access to two different boost levels and two different clip modes. Here's the video of it by Shnobel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0iMGo7Ybhs OVERDRIVE, REIMAGINED The M.D. Effects Timber is a dirt pedal…Click on the title for more

M.D. Effects The Timber Overdrive