Boost Pedals

Boost pedals make your guitar louder. Seems simple, right? Well, not really!

The dizzying range of boost pedals is a testament to the nuances of this basic circuit. Every boost pedal has some influence on the texture and EQ of your guitar. Although some pedals aim to be transparent full-frequency boosts, most boost pedals instead focus on boosting certain frequencies to push your amp into a singing, musical overdrive.

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.

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