Review: TC Electronic Spark Mini - Clean Boost

Rob gives us a look at the brand new mini pedal from TC Electronic and finds it to be rather useful.

[taxo]

By far the best review I've seen for this pedal on the web. Extremely exhaustive, showing all the possibilities this lil pedal has. Thanks!

[invin]

Thanks for this video! I had to search through 30+ demos and you were the only one to actually show it working before and after a drive pedal.

[sumyungpunk]

Yeah, good demo. Within the first 1:47 I can judge basically everything I need to know about the Spark pedal. Good, clean boost with no breakup and seemingly pretty transparent. Thanks. That's all I need to know about the Spark.

[stuartbrookes]

It also has another feature: pressing the button for >1 second and it'll give you a short term boost without having to click on and off for just a short phrase :)

[williamhoule]

I put one on my board this week....you won't regret this small investment, it really works well clean and post gain

[joshwadsworth]

You can press and hold it will go off when you let your foot a fill boost!

[NRE]

I just bought one of these and am waiting for it to be delivered and this video is incredibly helpful and pretty much answered all of my questions I had about it. I will definitely look for your gear reviews in the future!

[jonesp]

I prefer the idea of using a volume pedal but the issue I have is space on my board. What I've found is quite useful is getting a pedal which has unity at 12 o'clock, then I back off the volume and leave it on for my 'background parts' and then just turn it off to jump up for a solo.

[londonschabes]

I am literally going to get this pedal to annoy the sound man

[VikrantBhola]

Amazing sounding! SPARK simply sparkles! ✨️✨️✨️Can this be used with a bass? How effective is the boost effect with a bass?

[quetzalcoatlqqqqqqqq]

Too bad you didn't have the manual at the time, otherwise you would have found the exact feature I'm buying it for: Prime Time. You can use the switch as a momentary switch, making it ideal to highlight certain phrases or riffs by boosting the volume.

[mrcali]

Great video / explanation. Also works great in the loop as a volume boost (at the very end of the loop)!

[floyd]

Love the tone at 7:42! Is that the sovereign distortion?

[craigadean]

great video, extremely helpful and the demo covered all the sounds it seems.  Thank you

[JamesMcCutcheon]

I am really looking for just a clean boost without fuss distortion etc.

[_-fr]

By far the best looking gear reviewer on the platform 😂

[codforlife]

i bought one, to me it sounds amazing!

[Gtr]

What's that pedal coupler you're using?

[saardean]

Hey there. Can this boost the output of my Minilogue synth or is the Line of a Guitar not the same thing?

[jonesp]

You are correct sir, it's the Diago Showman (my front man put his foot down when I accidental mentioned the size of the Tourman...)