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Clean Boost Pedals

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

Benson Germanium Boost

MXR Rockman X100 Stereo Preamp

In 1982, Tom Scholz of Boston fame unveiled the Rockman X100, a headphone amplifier that encapsulated the soaring, chorus-drenched guitar tones of 1980s arena rock. The sound of that device is reborn in the MXR Rockman X100—a compact, modern homage to Scholz’s design based on the same MN3007 bucket brigade…Click on the title for more

MXR Rockman X100 Stereo Preamp

Electro-Harmonix LPB-3 Linear Power Booster & EQ

Electro-Harmonix has released the LPB-3, an updated version of their classic LPB-1 booster pedal, which was the first stompbox they ever released in 1968. The LPB-3 features an active EQ with a powerful parametric mid control for precise tone shaping and offers up to 33dB of clean boost, with an…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix LPB-3 Linear Power Booster & EQ

New Pedal: Summer School Electronics Extra Credit Boost

Like other pedals by the NY-based pedal builder, the Summer School Electronics Extra Credit is based on a simple but clever idea: a clean boost works better in tracks that have a more sparse arrangement, while a booster that pushes the higher frequencies of your tone works better on denser…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Summer School Electronics Extra Credit Boost

Frost GIant Electronics Eidolon Delay

A Boost + Delay + Modulated reverb (in that order), the Frost Giant Electronics Eidolon is a circuit that Dave Davidson of metal band Revocation had already released with Dunable (and in collaboration with Electronic Audio Experiments) back in 2020. It's essentially a 3-in-1 pedal for guitar solos. The Boost,…Click on the title for more

Frost GIant Electronics Eidolon Delay

New at NAMM: NUX B-8 Guitar Wireless System

NUX - B-8 Guitar Wireless System is a professional wireless system that offers automatic setup, interference-free transmission, and built-in tools for tuning, boosting, and effects. The B-8 Guitar Wireless System consists of a transmitter and a receiver unit that operate within the 2.4 GHz frequency range, which ensures uninterrupted broadcasting…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM: NUX B-8 Guitar Wireless System

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

API TranZformer GTR EQ+Overdrive

Disruptive Music Enhancifier

For those in search of a high-end tone sweetener, the Disruptive Music Enhancifier might be just what the doctor ordered. Described by veteran guitarist and YouTuber Shawn Tubbs as the "secret sauce boost pedal," this device aims at enhancing the quality of your instrument’s tone by adding harmonic complexity to…Click on the title for more

Disruptive Music Enhancifier

OPFXS Twin Boost

Hailing from Italy, the OPFXS Twin Boost is a dual, digitally controlled, Midi enabled, analog boost with 3 preset slots offering up to 24 db of clean gain. Its two channels can operate in either Joing or Separate mode. In Joint mode, the gain setting evenly applies to both channels, facilitating stereo…Click on the title for more

OPFXS Twin Boost

29 Pedal JFET Boost

Boost pedals are a necessary, if not wildly exciting, necessity for pretty much any electric guitar player. The 29 Pedal JFET is presented as a reimagining of the most humble of stompboxes, by a company that has proven uber-competent in the realms of tone-preservation and enhancement. The JFET's circuit gives…Click on the title for more

29 Pedal JFET Boost

Origin Effects DCX Boost

Despite its name, the Origin Effects DCX Boost is a lot more than just a boost pedal, but rather, as its "subtitle" suggests, a studio-grade preamp able to shape and overdrive your tone. The DCX follows a path recently embarked on by the British company linked to the designing of…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects DCX Boost

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