TC Electronic Spark Mini Booster Guitar Booster Pedal

Great Transparent Clean Boost

I run one of these in front of any given overdrive pedal for a little more saturation and compression when I want it. This typically consists of a MojoMojo or Timmy EQ'd to be transparent with just a touch of drive followed by a 2nd overdrive EQ'd with a mid bump and more drive. Switching on both OD pedals is great for crunch, and switching on the Spark boost takes me into sustain-y lead territory without adding any color.

I have had it for a few years and have mostly used it at home for practice, writing, and recording. It has held up fine so far, but I have no idea how durable it is on the road. In any case, it works well, sounds transparent, does what it is supposed to do, and give me more OD options. It gets a recommendation from me.

Great! Adds a third master volume to my Marshall for leads

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.

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Excellent pedal

This boost pedal does an excellent job of cutting through the band noice and elevating your guitar solo sound

Great lead guitar booster

Great boost pedal. I bought it to lift my solos and fills out of there mix. Quick step on for long phrases and again to disengage. Hold down for short phrases and the pedal momentarily boosts until you release. I use this in my Amp FX loop for a pure volume boost a it's great! great

Great booster! Easy to use and powerful

Takes up very little space, looks and feels high quality, trusted company, great price, easy to use and is quite powerful. Need I say more?

Great thing, small package...

As a multiinstrumentalist, I use a few different set-ups so having just a travel board essential for me. When using my amp, I play a Mesa F-50 head with a condensed board. I also have an old killer sounding Line 6 Spider IV with patches I made myself. Then there is this SKB pedalboard that I can just pack along with a double guitar gig bag & play through any head. Boom! Solved.

I was using the Boss EQ just as a boost but I was never crazy about it. Since I got the Spark Mini, it hasn't even been used as an EQ and remains flat. The little guy tightens up a lot of tone and makes it an essential addition to my board. TC Electronic gear, especially rackmounted, have always been on the high side $$$. Even if they weren't, it's still nice to see them thinking of the weekend players with an affordable pedal like this. Aces.

Cheap box

Sounds good, clean boost

Only 3 stars cos the quality

The box parts don't match

feels cheap

Thanks

This is really a tuner

This is not actually the product you are looking for. The label is correct on the barcode but the product is actually a tuner.

Moose

February 2, 2017

Awesome!

Brings your tone to life! Great on your pedal board...

A Crispy Edge

This boost gives my guitar solos the extra edge they need to set them apart from my normal tone. As a gigging musician being able to do this with a simple pedal is ideal in live situations as fiddling with the volume knobs can mess with the sound engineers. This pedal offers a simple yet necessary tone that has completed my sound! Would absolutely recommend!

The Pusher

April 11, 2016

Great Pedal and Worthy of the Hype!

If you can't find a use for the Spark Booster, you're doing something wrong. It's incredibly versatile, yet incredibly simple. Works equally well (and extremely well) as an end-of-chain, always-on, clean boost to fatten and warm up your clean tone, and as a pre-dirt box lead boost. Clean as a whistle so you'll be getting no real coloration. The Gain knob will fatten things up, or add gain, depending on how your amp is set, and how far you push the knob. You can leave the EQ flat or use it to tweak your guitar signal. Great for adding girth to single coils or un-muddying a humbucker. I really am having trouble deciding where to put it because it excels in every application I've tried it in. The Fat and Mid settings do exactly what you think they do, and they do it well. The small foot print makes it even that much more desirable!