Clean Boost Pedals

New Pedal: API TranZformer GTR EQ+Overdrive

A name nothing short of legendary in the pro audio realm, API entered the stompbox niche in 2017 with the TranZformer GT, an EQ + compressor inheriting the company's technology used in their mixing consoles' channel strips. As good as it sounded, that pedal had an obvious downside: it was…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: API TranZformer GTR EQ+Overdrive

Stone Deaf FX Q Boost/Distortion

Father and son British pedal builders Stone Deaf FX released some ingenious and imaginative stompboxes in the past, but today they unveiled something rather simple yet extremely intriguing. At a first look, the (Mickey Mouse-themed) Q Boost appears to be a simple boost pedal/preamp with an extra, sweepable mid-frequency boost,…Click on the title for more

Stone Deaf FX Q Boost/Distortion

New Pedal: Benson Germanium Boost

Out-of-the-box thinking can lead to more than one ideas or discoveries. Chris at Benson Amps stumbled upon the circuit for the new Germanium Boost while working on his temperature-controlled Face Fuzz clone, also Germanium-based. Both pedals deliver uniquely consistent performance thanks to different ways to address the same issue: the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Benson Germanium Boost

Vertex Boost MKII

Vertex Effects just unveiled V2 of their clean boost pedal simply named "Boost MKII." 33% slimmer than its predecessor, the Boost MKII is a high-end one-knob device that delivers up to 16dB of transparent gain, compatible with both line and instrument-level signals. The simple layout doesn't show the noteworthy engineering…Click on the title for more

Vertex Boost MKII

New Pedals: Cicognani Sexyboost2 Double Boost

Cicognani, a new company recently founded by the designed behind Gurus Pedals - Andrea Cicognani - is an analog tube boost that delivers both a clean and a midrange boost, in a way that sounds good both before and after the preamp. The two types of boosts can be alternated…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Cicognani Sexyboost2 Double Boost

Preorder Now: Hamstead Zenith Boost/Compressor

Here's a studio-grade clean boost/EQ/Compressor kind of swiss army knife pedal by Hamstead we missed at NAMM but found out about it through The Living Room Gear Demos: the Zenith. Lots of tone sculpting options, including a very responsive VCA compressor, configurable routing from a switch in the back, blend…Click on the title for more

Preorder Now: Hamstead Zenith Boost/Compressor

Strymon Compadre Dual Voice Compressor and Boost

We just got this from Strymon: Compadre is something that we’ve been working on for a couple years, and we’re excited to tell you about it. We were actually ready to start shipping Compadre pedals back in early March, but we decided to hold off because of Covid-19. It's clear…Click on the title for more

Strymon Compadre Dual Voice Compressor and Boost

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

JHS Pedals The Clover Peramp/Boost

Another boost pedal from JHS, the Clover is a preamp based on the rare BOSS FA-1. It is a FET design with some added features that JHS included to make the circuit even better. It has a Volume control and 3 band EQ, as well as a rotary switch that selects…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals The Clover Peramp/Boost

Lounsberry Tall Fat & Wide Stereo Boost and Drive

The Lounsberry Tall Fat and Wide is a stereo boost pedal based on a FET design. It is not just designed for guitar players, integrating very well in a keyboard, organ, or bass guitar setup. There are only two controls with Fat setting the amount of drive, while Tall sets…Click on the title for more

Lounsberry Tall Fat & Wide Stereo Boost and Drive

Damnation Audio Ugly Twin Octave Fuzz + Boost

Damnation Audio’s newest release is called the Ugly Twin, but that name seems to be fairly ironic because it is actually a trio of circuits that can be used separately or stacked for utter sonic destruction. It’s an octave fuzz (courtesy of a fantastic take on Dan Armstrong’s Green Ringer),…Click on the title for more

Damnation Audio Ugly Twin Octave Fuzz + Boost

Xotic Effects Super Clean and Super Sweet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBxQlnAUsog For NAMM 2019, Xotic Effects has announced 2 new pedals miniature pedals. The Super Clean Buffer is a high-quality Class A circuit designed around the JRC4558 chip that provides the open and articulate buffering that most buffered bypass pedals simply lack. The Super Clean steps up with a discrete…Click on the title for more

Xotic Effects Super Clean and Super Sweet