TC Electronic SPARK MINI BOOSTER Ultra-Compact Booster Pedal with PrimeTime Switching and Fully Analog Design

Fantastic, this badboy is fantastic no doubt about it... buying another asap...

Great pedal!

I wanted a simple boost pedal for solos and fills. This is exactly that. One knob simplicity at its best. I looked a several other choices and the price for this one sold me. I am surprised at how loud it is. I use it at less that 1/4 of the way up. I really like the temporary’ in when holding the button for quick things. Only thing o would add is a knob cover so I can adjust it with my foot.

works good

The media could not be loaded. I’m using the effects loop for my DSL40CR, with only this single pedal running through the loop. This gives me exactly what I wanted. With the big Marshall footswitch, now I have 3 volume settings for each of the four channels from clean through OD2 without affecting tone at all. Just what I wanted for those lead moments where you need to break through.

Yes, everything you've read about this is true, well, except for the reviews that think this is the only pedal you'll EVER need. You know those reviews. This is not one of them.The Spark is great at what it does -- a tone booster/preamp with only slight (and positive) coloration. You plug in the in cable on the left and the out cable on the right. You plug in 9v- power. The single knob controls volume. That's all there is to it.I've found that it's great for a variety of music styles, from shoegazer to doom metal to ambient. At the moment, my pedal chain is Epiphone Gothic -> Spark -> Dark Moby Delay (Hungry Robots) -> Fathom (Walrus Audio) -> Tech 21 Power Engine Amp. I've had other pedals in the chain, and I've moved the Spark around. I've had the most success with having it early in the chain.It's not buffered, so I guess you'd need a buffering pedal somewhere down the line if your signal chain is long enough, but I never had to use one.All in all, It's a great tone boost/pre-amp that won't break the bank. It's solidly built, as another pedal site once said, "simple as a drummer", and reliable. For $50, it's money well-spent.

Good little item that gives a great boost and mixes with my other pedals well. Well worth the price.

Bought this for a clean boost for my acoustic shows. I do a lot of looping of rhythm guitar parts, bass & mouth percussion (beat-boxing). I use a Micro Pig Octave pedal for bass parts. Once all the parts get going it is sometimes hard to hear the lead guitar/solo stuff over the other tracks. It would get buried in the mix at times. This clean boost allows me to set the volume so that the lead cuts over the top of the looped parts. I imagine it would work equally well for acoustic duo for the lead player to get a nice boost while taking solos. The pedal only needed to be turned up to about 10% of the level that is available and works great. So if you need way more level/volume, that is definitely available. The best part about it for me, is that I did NOT want any distortion or "break up" sound of the tone. This pedal gives me a perfect, crisp, clean tone. I realize most people but his for their electric rig, and I may buy another one for my electric pedalboard, but for people who gig on acoustic guitars and play solos, this pedal is awesome. I've used it at two shows now and am absolutely happy with it. for $49, pull the trigger!