Boost Pedals

Boost Pedals at their simplest make your guitar louder, but they have many uses and make a huge difference to your guitar rig. Transparent boost guitar pedals can be used to overdrive your preamp to give it extra gain, or to boost your post preamp signal, making your guitar pop in the mix, which is ideal for soloing. While a clean boost can give your signal a straightforward boost that doesn't change your guitars EQ, using treble boosters which boost certain frequencies to make your guitar resonate in the higher frequences can really enhance your tone. While some guitarists use a treble booster for soloing or rhythm sections, some guitarists like Brian May have a treble booster permanently on as an essential part of their tone. Some of the best boost pedals have additional features like internal dip switches and true bypass switching to deliver more control, while other popular pedals keep things simple with just a single knob, delivering a simple operation that can really make your signal chain. Whether what's important to you is having a versatile pedal, a powerful pedal or an all round fantastic pedal with detailed gain control, we stock a huge selection that's sure to contain the pedal of your dreams.

The most common place for a boost pedal in your signal chain is right at the start, in front of your overdrive and distortion pedals. You can then kick on the boost to give you a bit more gain and saturation from your overdrive pedals. This gives you many levels of gain while keeping the same overall flavour. Another popular place to put them is after your gain pedals. This doesn’t affect how much gain you have. Instead, it offers a simple volume boost for solos and particular parts you want to jump out of the mix.

No matter the genre you’re playing, a boost pedal could be the missing ingredient to bringing your guitar tone to life.

Why Should I Choose a Boost Pedal?

• A guitar boost pedal helps you stand out during solos
• Brings out the most musical frequencies of your guitar
• Have a selectable dirtier rhythm tone
• Easy to work into your setup
• Multiple levels of gain