There’s something special about any pedal you can put on your board and have it stay on all the time. Whether it’s a slight reverb, a bit of drive for some crunch or a nice boost to beef up your tone, it takes some creative circuitry to build an always-on stompbox. Today’s pedal does exactly that – it’s the MORE Boost + Tone Enhancer from LD Effects.

Housed in a wonderfully plain and cleanly-designed enclosure, the MORE is a simple pedal with minimal controls and lots of nice tones. As soon as I plugged it in, I got a sense of enhancement to my rig, and the overall sound of my guitar and amp. Around 9:00, the MORE is just a great clean boost, adding that necessary bit of volume to get your sound just right. Turn it up to 12:00 or so, and your tone really starts to shine. The notes become super crystal-clear, and there appears to be (to my ears on my rig, anyway) a slight push in the tube sound, giving off a really warm and wonderful tone that I just love.

Up at 3:00, the MORE starts to push your amp even more, not into breakup territory, per se, but making it really sparkle, and enhance your tone that much more. Crank this puppy up, and you get a scorching 35db of boost, which is awesome if you’re running your signal through a tube amp. While pushing the tubes and beefing up your signal, you can still use your guitar’s volume knob to roll back the overall level, and turn that back up when you need that extra bit of push during a solo.

This is a true transparent boost, as it really doesn’t color your tone too much, even when maxed out, it just kind of enhances it in the best ways possible. It can be run at 9V, 12V and 18V as well, so you’ve got all the headroom and options you could want. Made with good quality parts and sporting a nice and affordable price tag ($110 shipped direct), this is a pedal that you can set and forget…which is exactly what you want in a good clean boost. Thanks to Lyle and LD Effects from sending this guy over for me to test out, I’m looking forward to what new gear is coming from them in the near future! One knob, one purpose, that’s the MORE Boost + Tone Enhancer.

Submitted by Mike B, Website

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