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New Pedal: ThorpyFX The W.O.P.R.

Guru pedal designer Adrian Thorpy of ThorpyFx has a page on his company's website dedicated to his "Special Projects," gathering all the brand's one-offs, special runs, or Charity donation devices. The WOPR is a pedal created for a friend that wanted to have a (Triangle Muff-style) Thorpy Fallout Cloud and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: ThorpyFX The W.O.P.R.

New Pedal: VS Audio JangleMaster Overdrive+ Boost

The VS Audio JangleMaster is the Greek company's take on the Vox AC-30-style amp-in-a-box, with an added boost circuit that can sound either like a clean boost or a Rangemaster Treble booster, hence replicating a pedal/amps combo that was all the rage in the rock and pop of the '60s.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: VS Audio JangleMaster Overdrive+ Boost

DryBell The Engine Dual Preamp

Our Croatian friends at DryBell, who have built a super-solid reputation with their Uni-Vibe emulations and the more recent utility pedal Unit67, unveiled at our NAMM 2020 Stompbox Booth a prototype of their first preamp/overdrive, and it looked right away like something special. Sporting a "Foundation Preamp" subtitle, the DryBell…Click on the title for more

DryBell The Engine Dual Preamp

Van Diemens Red Ochre Deluxe Treblebooster

Inspired by the name of a secluded Tasmanian beach near the builder's house, the Van Diemens Red Ochre Deluxe is a high-quality, hand-built Treble-booster recreation available in two colors (Hammered Gold and Hammered Charcoal) with a 3 position rotary or toggle switch offering a few extra voices. No compromises were…Click on the title for more

Van Diemens Red Ochre Deluxe Treblebooster

New Pedal: Farm Pedals Bucket of Nails Double Boost

The Farm Pedals Bucket of Nails is a double boost pedal with two voices that can be played separately or stacked on top of each other. A full range germanium boost on the right side is complemented by slightly more honky-sounding Rangemaster-inspired treble booster circuit pushing the upper-mids. They can…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Farm Pedals Bucket of Nails Double Boost

Best Treble Booster Pedals & Rangemaster Clones in 2024

This article is entirely focused on the best treble booster pedals & Rangemaster clones on the market. The coverage of other boost stompboxes can be found in the boost pedals category. [lwptoc depth="3" hierarchical="0" numeration="roman" numerationSuffix="dot" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h4,h5" skipHeadingText="Our Categories|Rangemaster Clones Videos|Related…Click on the title for more

Best Treble Booster Pedals & Rangemaster Clones in 2024

Palmer The Solarist Fuzz

With two channels based on the venerable Fuzz Face and Rangemaster, the Palmer The Solarist is a bona fide fuzz + boost on steroids. The pedal offers 3 clipping options per channel: on the Fuzz side you can choose between a pair of Germanium diodes (GT404B transistor), Silicon ones (NTE123),…Click on the title for more

Palmer The Solarist Fuzz

Formula B Fuzz Rangers

Hand building their pedals in the small town of Todi in the beautiful region of Umbria (Italy), Formula B specializes in anything related to gain, in stompbox format. Their brand new Fuzz Rangers was born from an interaction with the company's user base that was asking for a pedal that…Click on the title for more

Formula B Fuzz Rangers

New Pedals: Thorpy FX Have Blue

Part of the UK company's "Vintage Reimagined" series, the Thorpy FX Have Blue is not a Blues Breaker variant (as the name might have suggested) but a Rangemaster one. Beware, this is a highly modified circuit that can do a lot more than boost your high frequencies. As a matter…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Thorpy FX Have Blue

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

The many punk-leaning guitarists among our readers might have found a stompbox that suits their nihilistic tendencies. Enter the Tone For Punk (name of the company) Trebled Youth (name of the pedal), a tweakable dirt box that can deliver anything from mildly dirty tones to the uncompromising fuzz that's at…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

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

Alameda Angry Hornet

The Alameda Angry Hornet is one of two pedals released by a (we assume) Californian company better known for their guitars. It's a circuit that blends a Maestro Fuzz-Tone FZ-1b with a Vox Treble Booster. Although the two circuits can't be separated (there is only one footswitch that turns them…Click on the title for more

Alameda Angry Hornet