Electro Harmonix LPB-1 Reviews

Great, simple boost pedal

This pedal is ideal for anyone looking for a cheap alternative to some of the more expensive "clean boost" pedals on the market, with it's small construction and hard metal case it can fit easily on any pedalboard and will stand up well to the rigors of gigging and rehearsals. Since purchasing this pedal I have also purchased an EQ pedal and a volume pedal in my quest for finding a great clean boost, however I always found myself going back to this. You can drive it a little through the front of the amp for a small volume boost, however to really access the full potential of this pedal it should be placed through the FX loop on your amp, the volume boost is exceptional. I used this in a band with 2 other guitar players (and a particularly loud drummer) and every time it helped my solos beat the sound man and cut through the mix.I would highly recommend this pedal to anyone looking for a bargain or an easy alternative to turning your guitar/amp up and down constantly for solo boosts. If something were to happen to this I would definitely run out and buy another. I have had it for 4 years and it barely has a mark on it.

Excellent pedal for a clean boost!

Purchased this pedal to balance the sound of my stratocaster against my Gibson SG. Worked excellently, giving my strat the right amount of boost so there was no volume drop between using both guitars. Have also used it to boost signal for solo's when using my electro acoustic and to good effect! Highly recommended.

Not Very happy

I found this peadal not exactly as I was hoping for. The boost is a little too much for my liking, even at its lowest setting I found it made my tone a little to fat for my own personal taste.

LPB 1

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.

Does the job very well on clean and dirty tone

Like a lot of EHX pedals this is easy to use, simple, sturdy and sounds great. I use it for when I want to record a solo or cut through any other sound specifically. The pedal in effect adds gain but does not distort the sound which is nice because I mostly play clean tone.

Power for your sound!

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)!

Fantastic value!

I honestly don't understand why this pedal doesn't cost more than it does, as its relative quality far outweighs its price.

I opted for the LPB-1 over an MXR Micro Amp purely based on price, and safe in the knowledge that Electro Harmonix equipment is consistently high quality. Having played through both pedals, I cannot see any difference in sound or quality, only that the EHX is significantly cheaper.

At lower volumes, in front of the amp, the boost is relatively clean, but breaks up my Orange head beautifully when pumped up. In the FX loop the boost is totally clean.

The casing is sturdy metal, the switching is silent and even the plastic knob seems very robust.

I have noticed that there is a bit of a 'pop' when the pedal is switched on or off, which is the only downside. This could be remedied by installing a higher quality switch quite cheaply though.

An absolute must if you need a boost pedal on a budget.

Good little boost

This boost works very well both for clean boosts with my strat and driven sounds with a humbucker guitar. It can get a little bit harsh at times but it's possible to remove this using the EQ on the amp or a pedal.

Excellent bang for buck

Excellent bang for buck. Simple, good, works like a dream. I can't complain on anything. And the small form factor makes it a perfect match for the pedalboard. Buy this!

top classic piece of kit.

I haven't compared this pedal with the thousand other boost pedals out there but I really like it. Basic, cheap but good build quality. Changing batteries is a bit of a pain due to four screws. I think it sound fairly transparent. Used in fornt of my Vox AC15 it give me some distortion at lower levels using a single coiled guitar. I tend to use the boost set fairly low.

Electro Harmonix Nano LPB-1 Review

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!

A simple volume boost

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.

Robust and steady

The LPB-1 is a useful way for me to play single tones louder.

Chords are often loud enough but if I want to play a loud melody line I can give it more power and loudness with one tap.

The box is very robust, proper for gigs.

Boost !

"I'm looking for a pedal, that can make my solos outstanding and louder, but I don't have a lot of money to spend"

This was my goal and I achieved it with the LPB-1 by Electro Harmonix. It doesn't take a lot of space on your pedalboard and is built very solid and built to last with a metalcasing.

You could use it in front of your amp, which would add more gain to your sound if you kick it in, or you could put it in your FX-loop as I do, which will make your sound louder.

The gain or loudness can be adjusted with the only knob on the pedal, which says "Gain". Believe me, there is so much room, I'm afraid to turn it up over 12 o'clock since it's just too loud there, even for our drummer ! ;-)

If you don't need a special EQ-Setting for your soloboost, you can go with this very inexpensive, little helper.

Good Boost with only little coloring

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.

decent signal booster!

this electro harmonix LPB-1 is an excellent signal booster. It has only one knob so it is super easy to control. The sweet spot is around 9 o'clock. Above that setting the signal gets boosted. I use it in the effects loop of my guitar amp to slightly raise the volume for my guitar solos. The LPB-1 doesn't really alter the tone quality. There is just a very light increase of the lower frequencies when engaged, but you won't notice that in a band setting. The metal housing is very sturdy and can take a beating.

Doesn't work with high gain

I read some reviews from the internet and decided to buy this quite cheap booster. It certainly wasn't as good as I hoped. Although this can massively boost your clean channel, if you're gonna play some high gain music - skip this product.

I have a Blackstar HT Stage 100, and when I use this with my overdrive 2 channel, all my highs are lost somewhere. My sound gets very "thumpy" and "boomy" and this certainly doesn't inspire anyone to play solos.

What are the good sides then? We'll this doesn't produce any noticeable noise or hum, the pedal is quite simple and it works for lower gain applications such as blues or jazz quite well. But again - if you play metal, don't buy this.

The price isn't bad either.

EHX LPB1

Cheap and effective. Does exactly what you'd expect and more. If the volume knob is below around 9 o'clock it can be used to lower the volume of the guitar too, which is nice if youre using the LPB1 before a distortion you can lower the signal going into the distortion pedal. Great pedal with lots of uses and fun to experiment its different effects on other pedals while using it in conjunction with them.

Does what it says on the tin

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.