UB:21 TC Spark Booster Mini Pedal Review – What is it? Do You Really Need One? Why I Bought One!
TC Electronic Spark Mini Booster Pedal – Simple and Effective! What is it? Do You Really Need One? Why I Bought One!
The TC Spark Mini Booster Pedal is manufactured by TC Electronics, a Danish company that needs very little introduction, as they began selling guitar pedals around 1976 and are well-known for their quality products. In previous videos I reviewed a number of Stratocasters and one thing that Single Coil guitars can lack at lower volumes is depth of tone. Overdrive is often added to help get that punchy sound, and one pedal that is definitely worth a look at is the Boost Pedal. The TC Spark Mini Boost Pedal – comes in an off-white finish, and requires a 9 Volt adapter or a suitable power supply. See my reviews on the CIOKS Power Supply (https://youtu.be/rmTuTSivlYQ) and my Pedal-Board review – (https://youtu.be/Q1l5T-PaSOs). This simple little pedal has one Gain/Volume Knob (LEVEL) and an on/off foot-switch that features – ‘The Prime-Time Function’… which can be used for brief solos. To engage Prime-Time, it’s just a case of holding down the pedal’s foot-switch and to disengage, release the foot-switch. As I progressed my guitar and amplifier search I found that my Fenders played through a Bad Cat Black Cat set to a moderate ‘valve crunch’ tone benefitted very well with the addition of the Spark Boost set to around 10 o’clock.
There are many boost pedals out there on the market, some with simple features and others loaded with all kinds of goodies for those that love to tinker with stuff. As for myself, I really appreciate pedals that are straight-forward and hopefully this video will help those who are considering the purchase of a Booster pedal… Enjoy!
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I use the spark mini for acoustic gigs, but I can't go past 9 o'clock without needing a feedback buster. Otherwise, it does great????????
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I gave mine away. Take that Boss GE-7 you have in the closet and use it. Tweak some of the frequencies to taste. Now you’re using the most powerful pedal there is. The MXR eq pedal will work too.
Thank you for this professional video explanation. You have a new subscriber looking forward to you new videos. Thank you.
Where this pedal really pays off is setting up a tone with a humbucker and then switching to a single coil – just engage the Spark set to the difference in output and now the single coil hits the front of the amp/chain at the exact same level as the humbucker, no more adjusting specific gain settings for each pickup. Perfect for coil split experimentation. And yeah other manufacturers make the same thing, but nobody else does it in the mini format for $60, cheers to TC Electronics for a great pedal and Stu for a great vid ????????
The tc spark is a great boost. My favorite is the ep boost. I actually got to play an echoplex one tone and the preamp was so amazing I know why people love them
What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend stu also how was your holiday season ❤????