ONE KNOB BOOST PEDALS: MC401 vs Micro Amp vs EP Booster vs Spark Booster Mini vs EHX LPB-1

IN FRONT OF AMP:
0:54 CAE MC401
2:53 MXR Micro Amp
4:45 Xotic EP Booster
6:42 TC Electronic Spark Mini
8:39 EHX LPB-1

IN AMP's FX LOOP
10:44 LPB-1, SPARK MINI, EP BOOSTER, MICRO AMP, MC401

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MXR MC401 Boost/Line Driver
MXR M133 MICRO AMP
Xotic EP Booster
TC Electronics Spark Mini Booster
Electro-Harmonix NANO LPB-1 Linear Power Booster

Equipment Used:
Fender American Standard Telecaster
Orange Dark Terror
Orange PPC212 w Celestion Vintage 30 Speakers
MXR DC brick Power Supply
Shure SM57
Audio Technica AT2035
Audient ID14

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[rva]

Your reviews are among the best available. They are always packed with useful information or great tone samples, or both. Thank you!

[tom-lfdv]

Sound quality/taste appart, the LPB1 is really interesting because it can be used as a boost and as an attenuator.
With 2 LPB1 you can virtually turn a single channel amp in a 3 channel amp.

[JohnMichaelBurns]

LPB1 off 8:39 on 8:52 10:55
EP 4:56 11:16

My head appreciates the smooth, classy sweetness of the EP but my guts dig the lo-fi warmth of the LPB1.

[bobbarcus]

My rig in 1975 was a Deluxe reverb and a LPB-1 the EH ad said it would make you 10 times louder it was good for the day I still have mine

[Andreorsel]

Depends on what you are looking for in a booster.
I prefer a booster which just boosts your original sound and does not colour it.
To me the CAE does this very well, the others seem to cut off the highs and also some give extra mid.

[gordontubbs]

LPB-1 definitely added the most color (to my ears), I would use it as a light overdrive.

[bluesmakesuhappy]

Great demo and great playing brother... I have LPB1, Micro Amp and Sparkle... Sparkle I haven't tried out yet because I just picked it up last night on my way to my gig lol... But I love both LPB1 & Micro Amp...

[yearoldclassicrockexpert]

It was great, yesterday, i bought a used lbp-1 for only $20 at gc

[shannonjones]

Awesome demo! Thank you for taking the time to do this so I don’t have to! Excellent job!

[esvk]

Spark mini booster - the soft touch Momentary OR Latching switch makes it the best on the market while at the same time being the least expensive of the five. I use it on the song "Barracuda" to momentarily boost the harmonic strums at the end of each phrase. To my knowledge, no other booster has this ability without a hard toggle.

[AndrewMooreLearningLicks]

Great review Xotic EP booster is a tone enhancer by miles also you can run it at 18volts with a voltage doubler for more headroom 👍🏼

[mkds]

Perfect review, just what I was looking for! I still have not found one ehx pedal that I can stand. I thought the ehx boost couldn’t color your tone too much but I was completely wrong. Who knew that a tele through a dark terror could sound so good?

[WilDBeestMF]

The MXR Micro Amp is the best all rounder imo

[gregmerritt]

Thank you very much for this comparison vid. I'm looking to buy two boost pedals to run into each of my Windsors. Need a deeper saturation without sacrificing that "swampy tone" they do so well. Your method in demoing these has given me a lot of data to consider for my purchases. Thank you very much.

[gotrock]

Great playing I just built the lpb-1 sounds really close to the real one.🔥

[aldo.a.fierro]

Great comparison. Very helpful, dude. Thanks!

[sparkyguitar]

I really like the Wampler dB-1. No popping noise, 1 knob, and built-in buffer to boot. Used under $65. At the end of chain on board.

[masonkanterbury]

8:56 Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby...

[johnb]

The original EP booster didn't have the 3db gain option. It had dip switches for bass and treble. I have one of these and it's absolutely fantastic. Not sure why they would change it. Probably because people didn't like the fact that it wasn't at Unity with the knob at its lowest setting