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Boost Pedals

Kick your electric guitar signal up with a boost pedal! Boost pedals do not change the guitar's frequency range or tone. 
A boost pedal provides an extra channel for your amp by increasing the volume level of the signal going in. 

You will find boost pedals from brands such as MXR, Catalinbread, Wampler, Keeley, and Xotic.

  • Xotic Effects Super Clean Buffer pedal Xotic Effects Super Clean Buffer pedal

    Xotic Effects Super Clean Buffer pedal

    Xotic Effects Super Clean Buffer Pedal FREE shipping in the USA!Have you ever felt that your tone is dull and flat when running through long lengths of cables & pedals (even with a buffered bypass pedal)? One main reason is that conventional pedal...
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  • Red Witch XENIA Overdrive Engine Red Witch XENIA Overdrive Engine

    Red Witch XENIA Overdrive Engine

    The Red Witch XENIA Overdrive Engine. FREE shipping in the USA! Our “One-Inch-Punch” Overdrive. The juiciest overdrive sounds distilled into a tiny box with a single dial. You want gorgeous overdrive. We’ve done the work. You just...
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  • Catalinbread Epoch Boost Preamp pedal

    Catalinbread Epoch Boost Preamp pedal

    The Catalinbread Epoch Boost Preamp pedal. FREE shipping in the USA! You’ve heard the rumors: Some of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest tones were achieved without pedals. Not so fast! While that’s technically true, some of the most...
    $159.99
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  • Xotic Effects Super Sweet Booster pedal Xotic Effects Super Sweet Booster pedal

    Xotic Effects Super Sweet Booster pedal

    The Xotic Effects Super Sweet Booster pedal. FREE shipping in the USA!Many players favor vintage sounding pickups, however, due to design and age factors, they (more than often) lack enough power to push the front end of the amp. Those who are...
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  • MXR M233 Micro Amp+ boost pedal MXR M233 Micro Amp+ boost pedal

    MXR M233 Micro Amp+ boost pedal

    MXR Micro Amp+ Boost Pedal M233 FREE shipping anywhere in the USA! For more than 20 years, the MXR Micro Amp has been a staple among the world's top artists because of its ability to boost and sweeten up your guitar or bass tone and drive the...
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  • MXR M293 Booster Mini pedal MXR M293 Booster Mini pedal

    MXR M293 Booster Mini pedal

    The MXR M293 Booster Mini pedal. FREE shipping anywhere in the USA! The MXR Booster Mini gives you the sonic secret sauce of the Echoplex Preamp with the legendary boosting power of the MXR Micro Amp in a lightweight, space-saving mini housing. The...
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  • Electro-Harmonix Bass Soul Food Overdrive Electro-Harmonix Bass Soul Food Overdrive

    Electro-Harmonix Bass Soul Food Overdrive

    The Electro-Harmonix Bass Soul Food Overdrive. FREE shipping in the USA! A natural overdrive and clean boost for the tone conscious player to enhance the original sound of an instrument and amp while retaining their essential character. Its gain stage,...
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  • Dunlop EP101 Echoplex Preamp pedal

    Dunlop EP101 Echoplex Preamp pedal

    Dunlop Echoplex Preamp Pedal - EP101 FREE shipping anywhere in the USA! Due to dealer agreements, we're unable to ship this item outside of the USA. Please click here for more details. When the Echoplex® EP-3 came out, guitar players were...
    $149.99
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  • Suhr Buffer pedal Suhr Buffer pedal

    Suhr Buffer pedal

    The Suhr Buffer Pedal FREE shipping anywhere in the USA! OVERVIEW The Suhr Buffer is a transparent signal buffer/line driver which is an essential tool designed to preserve your instrument’s tone. Tone loss occurs as a result of signal...
    $129.00
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  • Xotic Effects EP Booster Clean Boost

    Xotic Effects EP Booster Clean Boost

    The Xotic Effects EP Booster Clean Boost. FREE shipping in the USA!What do the tones of renowned guitarist such as Page, EVH and Johnson have in common? They all used the legendary echo machine EP-3 as a pre-amp. We've captured that magic in a new Xotic...
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How does a boost pedal work?

Mission Engineering has a fantastic explanation: "it takes the low level output from a guitar pick up and increases it before passing on to the next part of the signal chain. The number of times the amplifier can increase the output power over the input power is referred to as the gain."

What is the difference between boost and gain?

Boost increases the volume without necessarily changing the tone. Gain impacts the tone. Gain is typically associated with overdrive or distortion.

What is the difference between a boost pedal, overdrive pedal, and a distortion pedal?

All of these pedals add grit to your tone. Boost adds a small amount, overdrive adds a medium amount. For the maximum amount of grit you would want distortion.