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Xotic RC Boost

steveb98

steveb98

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Mar 15, 2006
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Venice, CA
#1
I'm thinking of picking up an Xotic RC Boost one pedal and wondered what others think of them. I like that everything I've heard that says they don't color the sound. I thinking of using it to add a little extra signal to passive basses and maybe a little EQ.
 
#2
I owned one. I thought it didn't do much for me. It doesn't color your sound and you can use it for different purposes, but I had only one purpose for it (volume boost) and in only one song. So it wasn't worth that crapload of money for me.
The treble and bass knobs have a pretty big range in my opinion and I think it would work well for what you plan to do with it!
Oh yeah, I owned the bass specific version. And still have the Bass BB Preamp which will never leave my possession...
 
#4
Willem said:
I owned one. I thought it didn't do much for me. It doesn't color your sound and you can use it for different purposes, but I had only one purpose for it (volume boost) and in only one song. So it wasn't worth that crapload of money for me.
The treble and bass knobs have a pretty big range in my opinion and I think it would work well for what you plan to do with it!
Oh yeah, I owned the bass specific version. And still have the Bass BB Preamp which will never leave my possession...
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how do you like the bass BB preamp pedal? i'm interested in getting one, too. how's it compare to other overdrive pedals you've owned?
 
#5
Well I haven't owned any others...
I just got into the store and I asked the guy for a good bass distortion. And he told me: 'this is the one you're looking for' and he showed me this orange pedal (Xotic BB Preamp). I plugged it in and 'yes', it was the one I was looking for.
I didn't buy it straightaway. I went home did some searching and when I got back there was the bass version and the Trex bass juice. A/B'd them. Xotic was the best by far!

I can tell you this thing doesn't alter your tone. It doesn't suck low end except if you want it too (quite a sensitive bass knob). With the gain knob you can go from ultra clean to ... well, I would call it saturated. It sounds great in my opinion. Keeps your tone intact and adds lot of harmonics and distortion of course. I just love the thing and allthough I didn't try much other pedals, it's just hard to believe there's something better for me.
 

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