Welcome to Boost Guitar Pedals! We've made it our mission to seek out the finest artisan guitar effects for our discerning customers. We work with independent brands who pride themselves on impeccable build quality, the highest quality components and - above all - incredible tone. From germanium fuzz to valve-driven overdrive and multi-mode analogue reverb, we're confident you'll find the pedal that's right for your sound. Starting at just £40, pick out a pedal from our range today and hear the difference!
Featured Brand:
Bad Penny FX
Based in East Sussex, UK, Bad Penny FX hand build guitar pedals using a combination of vintage and modern components hand-soldered onto tag boards with high quality pots and switches, and vintage-style cloth wiring.
Mark and Felix build each pedal to order, so you know you're getting a unique product when you purchase one of their excellent designs. The brand's USP is that each pedal is housed in a beautiful handmade English ash and aluminium chassis.
What is the Four Cable Method?
The four-cable method refers to the use of four cables in your guitar rig when using pedals both in front of your...
What Are Clipping Diodes?
In this guest blog, Alex Millar of Zander Circuitry explains what clipping diodes are, where they are found and why...
What is Pedal Stacking?
Running a pedal in front of an amp is designed to push its tubes into breakup for some sweet, sweet crunch...
What is a True Bypass Pedal?
You'll see it written in a lot of our product descriptions - 'true bypass'. But what does it mean?
What Is a Boutique Guitar Pedal Anyway?
You've heard the term "boutique" but can't work out what on earth it means...surely a guitar pedal is a guitar...
Guitar Pedal Terms Explained: A-Z
Ever wondered what NOS means? Or what the four-cable method is? Our guide to guitar pedal terms answers all your...
Let's Talk Hot Coals and Rangemasters
Since I started stocking the Tate FX Hot Coals, it's been difficult to unplug it from my setup...
Guitar Pedal Buying Guide: What Do I Need?
All you need to know for putting a pedalboard together, genre by genre...
Guitar Cable: Your Tonal Foundation?
In this guest blog, Chris Buckley, founder of Practical Patch, takes a look at the benefits of owning a good guitar cable......
Valves in Guitar Pedals
In this guest post, Duncan MacKinnon of Stompnorth Pedals explains how valves work and why they still rule the roost...
Guitar playing at home: How to get the best sound
How are you supposed to scratch that guitar itch when the other half despises the volume on your amp set...
Guitar Delay: How To Use It
Guitar delay is a great effect, but what are the best ways to use it?
Recording with guitar pedals - 101
There are two ways of recording with guitar pedals - printing and re-amping...
Digital vs Analogue Guitar Pedals
Whereas analogue pedals are favoured for their imperfections and true distortion, digital pedals have given guitarists access to unique, complicated effects.
Slash's Guitar Gear: Appetite For Destruction
Slash's almost mythical tone achieved on Guns 'n' Roses' 1987 debut, Appetite For Destruction, was a result of good fortune along with a very big dose of talent...
Jack White's Guitar Gear
Since the earliest days of the White Stripes, Jack White's guitar gear has centred around old, mail-order department store guitars amps, and very few - but tonally very effective - pedals......
Brian May's Guitar Gear
Queen's second album, Queen II, was released in 1974. On it, you can hear Brian May's unique guitar tone as it begins to develop into the huge stadium rock of the...
