Blackstar LT Boost Guitar Boost Pedal with Buffered Bypass
The LT BOOST does one job and does it across a wide range. Set low, it is a clean volume lift for a solo. Wound up, it pushes the front of the amp until it slides into a smooth overdrive of its own. The gain circuit is a patent applied for design and it gives a tube like response and tone.
- Clean boost through to overdrive: from a straight volume lift to pushing the amp over the edge.
- Patent applied for gain circuit: tube like response and feel rather than a flat level increase.
- Smooth overdrive character: the dirt arrives gradually as you turn it up.
- High integrity buffered bypass: keeps the signal intact when the pedal is off.
- Silent switching: no pop or click when you engage it mid song.
- Rugged metal housing: built to live on a pedalboard.
- Powered by a single 9V battery or an optional power supply.
A boost pedal is the simplest way to get more out of an amp you already like. The Blackstar LT BOOST gives you the push to send that amp into overdrive, and it does it with a patent applied for gain circuit designed to respond like a valve stage rather than a volume knob.
Clean lift at one end, overdrive at the other
At low settings the LT BOOST is a clean volume boost, which is what you want when a solo needs to sit above the rest of the band without changing character. Turn it up and it drives the input of the amp harder until the amp itself starts to break up, producing a smooth overdrive that still sounds like your rig rather than like a distortion pedal.
Response and feel
The gain circuit is the part Blackstar applied for a patent on, and it is there to deliver tube like response and tone. That means the pedal reacts to how hard you play and to your guitar volume control, which is the difference between a boost you leave on and one you switch on and immediately regret.
Signal integrity and switching
A high integrity buffered bypass keeps the signal healthy when the pedal is off, which matters on a board with a long cable run in front of it. Switching is silent, so the pedal can be brought in mid phrase without a pop through the amp.
Build and power
The housing is rugged metal, made for the treatment a pedal gets underfoot. Power comes from a single 9V battery or an optional power supply.