Guitar and bass pedalboards are for exploring new tones and textures, for creating a wide range of sound for your instrument. Z-TONE™ Buffer Boost takes your live performance gear to a new level, allowing you to shape the sound of your instrument with the input circuits of the award-winning AXE I/O interface.

Change the tone and feel of your guitar or bass, give your tone everything it needs to survive even in the largest pedalboard, kick on the boost and supercharge all your existing gear with a new and powerful pedal. Guitar pickups can drastically change their character depending on the impedance: many amplifiers offer a load of 1 MOhm, while pedals can operate with a much lower load. That is why the tone and response of your guitar can change when you connect it to different equipment.

Z-TONE Buffer Boost gives you the same variable impedance control as our innovative AXE I/O audio interface, from 1 MOhm to 2.2 kOhms. At maximum impedance, you will find your sound tighter, more defined, and more precise. Increase the load and the sound becomes thicker.

You can use this control to get a wider range of sounds from a single guitar, experiment how the rest of your gear reacts to these changes, or achieve exactly the right vibe, regardless of what comes next in your chain.

Use Z-TONE Buffer Boost to boost your sound. The included Boost circuit offers adjustable gain to increase volume and saturation, hitting your amplifier or pedals harder. Long cables, low-impedance pedals, and complex routing can degrade your guitar signal, causing a dull, bass-heavy, or lifeless tone. To ensure your signal is always crystal clear, Z-TONE Buffer Boost offers a transparent output buffer so you always sound your best.

And Z-TONE Buffer Boost offers a true bypass circuit, so it is completely transparent when not in use. In addition to the amplifier and pedal "Link" output, Z-TONE Buffer Boost features a balanced XLR output to connect it to mixers and PAs. Skip the amplifier and play directly, or mix clean and processed signals to create many more tonal options.

The switchable ground lift eliminates noise caused by ground loops, and a ¼” unbalanced output offers additional flexibility. Now you are ready to connect in any situation. And Z-TONE Buffer Boost works with a standard 9V battery, the +48v phantom power from your mixer, or a 9V pedal power supply, so it is easy to incorporate into your existing pedalboard.

Z-TONE Buffer Boost comes with a full version of AmpliTube 4 to download, the hyper-realistic guitar and bass tone studio for Mac/PC.