The Wadsworth Music Engager Boost is a Wadsworth Music boost pedal. Close alternatives include the Xotic BB Preamp V1.5 and the JAM Pedals TubeDreamer 58. It pairs well with the Synergy SL2 Module and the Friedman BE-Mini Head.
Wadsworth Music Engager Boost
Wadsworth Music · pedal
The Wadsworth Music Engager Boost is a premium transparent boost designed to enhance how the guitar interacts with a tube amplifier rather than impose a voice of its own. It adds level cleanly across the frequency range, driving the amp's input stage harder so the amp itself supplies the compression, harmonic bloom and natural breakup, giving a more dynamic and responsive feel under the fingers. Used lightly it works as an always-on tone enhancer that makes an amp sound more open and alive; pushed harder it becomes a lead boost that increases sustain without adding fizz or altering the underlying character. Best suited to players running an amp already close to breakup who want more of what it already does.
- boost
- transparent
- natural
- amp sound
- solid
- lead
- stage
- compression
Genres the Wadsworth Music Engager Boost is commonly used in
- Country
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Blues
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Blues Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Wadsworth Music Engager Boost
Synergy SL2 Module
Synergy
tonal matchRun Synergy SL2 Module into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Friedman BE-Mini Head
Friedman
tonal matchRun Friedman BE-Mini Head into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Egnater Tweaker 88 Head
Egnater
tonal matchInto a transparent tone, Egnater Tweaker 88 Head brings the low gain it's missing
Ceriatone 2202H
Ceriatone
tonal matchRun Ceriatone 2202H into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Friedman Jose LTD
Friedman
tonal matchFriedman Jose LTD's high gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own
Hughes & Kettner Warp 7
Hughes & Kettner
tonal matchRun Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Bad Cat Lynx 50
Bad Cat
tonal matchRun Bad Cat Lynx 50 into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Friedman Jose Arredondo
Friedman
tonal matchRun Friedman Jose Arredondo into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Pedals that stack with the Wadsworth Music Engager Boost
Beetronics Nectar
Beetronics
24% matchThe transparent tone has headroom to spare — Beetronics Nectar gives it low gain to fill it with
Walrus Audio Eons
Walrus Audio
23% matchWalrus Audio Eons's low gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own
Electro-Harmonix Bad
Electro-Harmonix
17% matchKeep Electro-Harmonix Bad after Wadsworth Music Engager Boost in the signal chain, clear of Wadsworth Music Engager Boost's own gain stage
Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor
Wampler
13% matchWampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying
Meris Polymoon
Meris
10% matchMeris Polymoon's modulated voice goes after Wadsworth Music Engager Boost in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Wadsworth Music Engager Boost's own transparent character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Neunaber Wet Mono Reverb Pedal
pedal
10% matchPut Neunaber Wet Mono Reverb Pedal after Wadsworth Music Engager Boost in the signal chain, clear of Wadsworth Music Engager Boost's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Tone City Dry Martini
Tone City
tonal matchTone City Dry Martini is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Wadsworth Music Engager Boost gives it exactly that
Fender Hammertone Overdrive
Fender
tonal matchFender Hammertone Overdrive's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Wadsworth Music Engager Boost delivers it
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Xotic BB Preamp V1.5
Xotic
71% similarityShared character: amp, stage, sustain
JAM Pedals TubeDreamer 58
Jam Pedals
71% similarityShared character: amp, compression, transparent
Colorsound Power Boost
Colorsound
71% similarityShared character: compression, guitar, lead
Dunlop MXR Timmy Overdrive, sold as Dunlop CSP027
Dunlop
70% similarityShared character: amp, transparent, boost
67Audio Libido
67audio
70% similarityShared character: amp, stage, transparent
Klon KTR
Klon
70% similarityShared character: amp, transparent, boost
Crowther Hot Cake
Crowther
70% similarityShared character: amp, guitar, transparent
ThorpyFX Heavy Water Dual Boost
ThorpyFX
70% similarityShared character: amp, transparent, s_build_quality
Blackstar HT-Boost
Blackstar
95% similaritysimilar tone character
Behringer PB100 Preamp Booster
Behringer
95% similaritysimilar tone character
Blackstar Dept. 10 Boost
Blackstar
94% similaritysimilar tone character
Benson Amps Portable Distortion 424 MKII
Benson Amps
94% similaritysimilar tone character
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Wadsworth Music Engager Boost?+
The closest matches in character are the Xotic BB Preamp V1.5, the JAM Pedals TubeDreamer 58, the Colorsound Power Boost.
What pairs well with the Wadsworth Music Engager Boost?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Synergy SL2 Module, Friedman BE-Mini Head, Egnater Tweaker 88 Head — Run Synergy SL2 Module into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain.