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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.

  • Catalinbread Galileo Treble Booster pedal

    Catalinbread Galileo Treble Booster pedal

    The Catalinbread Galileo Treble Booster pedal. FREE shipping in the USA! Captures the regal and soaring tones of a Rangemaster Treble-Booster into a cranked up Vox AC30 "Queen in a box" Brian May’s sonic signature not only comes from his home...
    $169.99
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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,...
    $114.30
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  • Suhr Koko Boost Reloaded pedal Suhr Koko Boost Reloaded pedal

    Suhr Koko Boost Reloaded pedal

    Suhr Koko Boost Reloaded Pedal FREE shipping anywhere in the USA! In May of 2009, we shipped our very first Koko Boost pedal. Koko’s unique design incorporated both a transparent clean boost and a selectable midrange boost which extended the...
    $200.00
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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 Koko Boost pedal Suhr Koko Boost pedal

    Suhr Koko Boost pedal

    Suhr Koko Boost pedal FREE shipping anywhere in the USA Koko Boost is a unique boost pedal that incorporates both a clean transparent boost and a selectable midrange boost. Koko will expand the range of your tube amplifier and Overdrive / Distortion...
    $250.00
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  • Suhr ISO Boost Clean Boost pedal Suhr ISO Boost Clean Boost pedal

    Suhr ISO Boost Clean Boost pedal

    The Suhr ISO Boost Clean Boost pedal. FREE shipping anywhere in the USA!ISO Boost™ incorporates a clean transparent boost, as well as a transformer isolated buffered signal to drive long effects chains. The Iso Boost is the ultimate boost pedal and...
    $175.00
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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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  • MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-406 Buffer

    MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-406 Buffer

    The MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-406 Buffer. FREE shipping 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 you run your signal from your instrument to your amp though...
    $99.99
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  • T-Rex Tonebug Booster T-Rex Tonebug Booster

    T-Rex Tonebug Booster

    The T-Rex Tonebug Booster. FREE shipping in the USA! You know the problem... When it’s time for you launch into another brilliant solo, how do you make yourself heard above the rest of the band? Basically, you’ve got to turn up the volume,...
    $99.00
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  • Lehle Sunday Driver Buffered Line Driver / Preamp Lehle Sunday Driver Buffered Line Driver / Preamp

    Lehle Sunday Driver Buffered Line Driver / Preamp

    The Lehle Sunday Driver Preamp. FREE shipping in the USA! The Lehle Sunday Driver is a high end preamp with a convenient compact format. It features JFET-based circuitry and provides two modes of operation, with selection via a mode selector switch with...
    $199.99
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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...
    $130.00
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  • MXR M-133 Micro Amp

    MXR M-133 Micro Amp

    MXR Micro Amp M-133 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. The Micro Amp adds a preset amount of gain, using a single control. With a...
    $99.99
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  • Electro-Harmonix Nano LPB-1 Linear Power Booster

    Electro-Harmonix Nano LPB-1 Linear Power Booster

    The Electro-Harmonix Nano LPB-1 Linear Power Booster. The LPB-1 is a classic effect that's been around for years; now EH has re-introduced it in the Nano series. The Nano LPB-1 Linear Power Booster An exact recreation of the original LPB-1 circuit,...
    $46.30
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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.