It works fabulously at feeding a bigger, stronger signal to the front of your amp, but even if you turn the knob all the way down, you still get the magic.

Great for cleans, boosting overdrive, and smoothes out signal

I began to realize that maybe it was just a weak signal coming from the guitar that was causing the somewhat anemic tone and, more importantly lackluster response and feel while playing

On top of that, it does a great job of boosting your signal from your guitar and getting you just a bit of "oomph"

They don't function for me as a boost in the literal sense, I'm not engaging them to boost my signal during leads.

I can't say enough about how much better my other effects sound having a solid signal to work with - it may not be the solution to every problem, but trying out an EP just might make you a believer.- J