Xotic RC booster, anyone tried it?

[Jaekae]

So have anyone tried this xotic pedal infront of an amp as a boost a la tubescreamer? Its supposed to be 100% transparent, and also be 100% true bypass, which my bad monkey pedal isnt

Think it will work good for getting a better recorded guitar tone? Getting a very good deal of one now if i want

 

[John_C]

urmmm that's not gonna do what a tubescreamer does. No slight overdrive, and no bass tightening

 

[Erik Monsonis]

It's really good as a booster, but it doesn't tighten the lowend

 

[Jaekae]

ah oki, thanks for the replies , but since ipretty happy with the tightness of my amp, im gonna try it out, and if i dont like it i just resell it or trade it for something else , maby do some comparison clips if anyone is interested

 

[MarkG]

urmmm that's not gonna do what a tubescreamer does. No slight overdrive, and no bass tightening

Told ya Jaekae

 

[Metaltastic]

If it sounds good and works well for you, then of course that's the most important thing, but IMO, while some on the boogie board may disagree, I believe that with a modern high gain amp there is very little benefit in simply hitting the amp with a hotter signal from a pedal, rather than just turning up the amp gain; certainly not much "bass tightening", which comes from Tube Screamer-type pedals (AND the SD-1 ) because they thin some of the excessive lows from the input signal, so you can get them from the amp eq (but they'll be much tighter and more controlled )

 

[John_C]

now.......why dont we just use eq pedals instead of tubescreamers.......

?

 

[Metaltastic]

Well I don't because I'm very much of a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" kinda guy, but also, while I'm sure you could get a very similar sound with an eq pedal, but a) I know of none as cheap as a TS7, and b) the whole TS-effect probably isn't quite as simple as the way I'm describing it (my n00b ass makes no claims of really "getting it" )

 

[John_C]

well there's always this: http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/behringer-beq700-bass-guitar-effects-pedal--29919

not that you'd ever want that in your guitar chain ever....

 

[Metaltastic]

Haha, yup, I'd say you answered your own question there

 

[iekobrid]

now.......why dont we just use eq pedals instead of tubescreamers.......

?

My [limited] understanding is that a Tubescreamer acts like high pass filter, rolling off everything below a certain frequency instead of just notching out narrow bands the way a graphic EQ pedal would. S'why I suggested a pre-preamp adjustable HPF in that Dream Metal Amp thread.

 

[Jaekae]

now ive got it, dont like it, just added noise and almost no other difference in tone, gonna resell it for a bit more than i got it for

 

[VH100R]

now.......why dont we just use eq pedals instead of tubescreamers.......

?

That's how I do it

you can also boost the signal with an eq that has a level slider like the Boss EQ