Electro Harmonix LPB-1

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Electro Harmonix LPB-1
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A simple volume boost
Yanbul 13.03.2014
Electro-Harmonis LPB1 is a perfect pedal for those of you who just need a basic volume boost. It features only one single volume knob which is quite sensitive. There are basically two ways to use it: 1) as a booster in front of the amp (before going into the amps input) - this can be useful if you want to warm the tone up a little bit or increase your gain a little in case you have low-output pickups. 2) as a volume/lead boost in the fx-loop of the amp, so you just increase the overall volume of your amp, in case your amp doesn´t feature a volume boost. But watch out, the volume know is much more sensitive in this approach and reacts to even minimal adjustments with rather big volume increases. The way I use it is a volume boost for my solos/leads. I found dialed the right amount of boost in, so that the leads cut through the mix well (around 9 o´clock) and taped it over with gafo, to prevent the setting from getting messed during gigs and transport. The pedal doesn´t affect the sound considerably, dunno if it´s got a passive bypass though. But there are no sound issues with that. Of course the xotic ep booster sounds much sweeter and you can fine-tune the sound with midcontrol, etc. But the LPB costs only a small fraction of the EP price, so it´s really acceptable.

All in all, it´s a good solid volume-boost pedal, with a good value for money.
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EHx LPB-1
Ampmeister 04.02.2015
This small Box is a Booster who fits on every FX-Board.

The LPB-1 comes in a small yellow package, just with a short user guide and a warranty Card. A 9V battery is included and already inserted into the Pedal. You can use a power supply too, if you want.

The LPB-1 sounds very neutral, when the gain knob is on 9 o'Clock to 10 o'Clock.
It just gets the Volume louder as it's supposed to do.

When you crank the gain knob to 11 o'Clock or more, you get an overdriven Sound, which sounds a bit harsh, that's why i gave just 4 Stars.

But used just as a Booster, it works very well.
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Small but powerful
Rjones86 06.04.2017
The EHX LPB1 is a compact pedal which doesn't take up much room at all on the pedalboard. It's a true bypass clean boost based on a design that's been around for a long time.
This can hit your amp with a load of extra gain if you run it in front of the amp, giving a bit of a volume boost but also working as a great little overdrive to fatten up your sound. It also stacks well with other pedals, goosing ODs and distortions into smoother, thicker solo sounds. The other way to run it is either at the end of your fx chain or even better, in your amp's fx loop - this gives you a massive clean volume boost, not adding much gain at all, just smashing up the volume to help your solos stand out above the band in the live mix. It fattens up the tone a little in the mids and lows which is a really nice extra effect for lead playing.
EHX sometimes have issues with quality control but this LPB1 has never given me any trouble at all. It's happy in a gigging situation and is versatile enough to be used in a number of ways. The true bypass also means it won't affect your standard guitar tone too much either. Recommended!
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Does what it says on the tin
Chris744 14.05.2013
What more can you say... this pedal simply boosts your signal. It is sturdy and well built, and provides a pleasing boost. It does colour your tone slightly; I find it boosts the midrange ever so slightly, but I really like this as I use it as a solo boost, where I would want the midrange boosting anyway.

The feet come off easily... a plus for me as I wanted to velcro it to my board.
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Good Boost with only little coloring
Rakesh 20.02.2014
I have purchased this booster because I only needed a volume boost for soloing purposes.

1. Setup:

Booster after overdrive and distortion.
-> Booster set to 10 'clock and increases the volume of the overdrive without coloring the tone too much. The dist unfortunately didn't increase in volume. The LPB only colored the tone in a very twangy way.

2. Setup:
Booster to increase Volume of plain guitar signal using tubeamp overdrive.
-> increases volume but still colors the tone in a very brassy manner. Has a lot of attack but too much trebel.

3. Setup
Booster before overdrive and dist pedals
-> booster increases volume for all pedals an colors tone in a very subtile manner.

Conclusion:
If you (like me) don't have 100 bucks to spare on a line booster like the MXR line driver the LPB is a good option. You just have to find the pedals sweetspot to keep the tone coloring to a minimum.
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Power for your sound!
Andi G. 27.08.2014
I bought the Electro Harmonix Nano LPB-1 because I needed a little "extra-punch" for my guitar sound. I play a small single channel amps and wanted to tickle a little extra-crunchy sound out of it... and that's exactly what the LPB-1 does.

I did not recognize any disturbing hums other unwanted sounds.

The simplicity (only one knob that adjusts the boost) and the solid construction (completely made of metal) and as well the LED (which is bright enough!) makes this pedal perfect for live gigs and for rehearsals.
But there is one disadvantage I would like to mention: The battery (which is included) can only be replaced by loosing all four screws of the bottom plate. This is a bit annoying... but anyway.

I love this pedal and I am sure that it is a great offer (regarding it's price)!
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Electro Harmonix Nano LPB-1 Review
Mate F. 07.04.2014
Handling: The ease of use of this pedal couldn't be more simpler. The pedal has a standard jack in and output plus a single knob for the level of boost.

Sound: As this is a simple booster pedal, it really does what it says. I mainly use this booster with my Peavey Classic 50's stock footswitch for solos, and it doesn't distort the sound which is what I'm looking for. Either if you need a clean boost or you want to enhance your distorted solos or choruses, this small thing is a very good choice!

Quality: I'm using this on gigs all through Europe and I never had any connection problems. The case is solid enough to take some heavy stomping as well.

All in all this is a very good choice for the price and I would recommend anyone to go with it. Actually my other guitarist got one too!
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LPB 1
Manu P. 23.10.2014
You are looking for a little boost to simply provide your instrument some more power this little one in your rig.
It will do it job.. add a little bass to your sound but the easiest is simply to give it a try.
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Meh!
David B. 817 07.05.2015
You may have guessed the content of this review from the title! It's ok. I've tried it in a few different slots on my board, before, in between and after my distortion pedals and there's a definite difference depending where I use it. There's not really enough of a "boost" for me to give it 5 stars. It's very solid, very well made so it'll last very well even with vigorous use. I'd recommend it to anyone on a budget, it does a job, but if you want genuine variable boost you'll need to look elsewhere.
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A not so clean boost
silvasedu 30.11.2018
If you have a distorted sound and you need a slight boost for your lead sound this is almost perfect, although if you need it for clean sounds it will distort your sound a little bit.
Its pretty robust and can take a life on the road, all in all its a good addition to almost any pedalboard.
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