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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
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 Posted - 09/19/2008 : 18:44:02
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Bossarea forgive me, for I have sinned. I bought a non-Boss pedal - worse yet, it's a booteek pedal. Specifically, an Xotic BB Preamp.
I love my Boss pedals, and was happy modding dirt boxes to get what I thought was a great sound (DIY SD-1 mod and a Monte Allums Recto DS-1). But I was at "my boss the gear ho"s house a month or so ago, checking out his Fender VibroKing. We were trying a couple of his dirt boxes through it - a Full Drive 2 and a BB Preamp. I thought, dayum, that BB sounds good. So I checked it out on line; found a demo by Andy Timmons (whose tone I love), who says basically that it sounds great no matter what. Set the knobs wherever, it just sounds good no matter what.
I waited a few weeks for another chance to go to the bossman's house, this time with my rig in tow. This was my chance to A/B my SD-1 ands DS-1 against his BB.
Woah.
The BB stomped all over my lowly modded Boss boxes. And Timmons is right - dialing it in is simple - it just sounds good. So a couple of eSnipes later, I have a BB of my own on the way. I'll keep the modded Boss boxes for special occasions, but the BB is going on my pedalboard. Take some solace in the fact that the CE-2, TR-2, BF-2 and DD-3 will remain.
Also, help me finance my unnatural, uncontrollable urges by visiting "The Marketplace" to check out my spare pedals (extra BF-2 and DD-3) for sale.
I feel so dirty. |
Edited by - Rich_S on 09/19/2008 18:46:55 |
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2008 : 20:20:52
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Sinner 
Infedel 
Just kidding, as long as it sounds good right  |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2008 : 21:09:58
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| Don't feel bad, I don't think everyone here all-Boss pedals only on their pedalboards. I'm sure a few do, but to me it seems most of us like to mix and match, and maybe the majority of the pedals used are Boss, but not all of them... |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2008 : 21:18:29
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I thought of getting the RC booster after seeing some demos on you tube as well to replace my CS-3 but at the moment things are a bit 'up in the air' as i'm sort of redesigning what i use and i'm not sure if i need more pedals at the moment......i saw the timmons demo and he does get some sweet sounds out of the BB preamp and his Mesa Boogie Lonestar...enjoy...... |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2008 : 03:46:57
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Hi FRANZONI
Any chance you might post those links?
Reverend xx (here on the forum),
had an RC Booster in his pedal line-up, last time I saw him gig.
Regards Dr. Bob
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2008 : 13:13:45
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Thanks for the links Franzoni
Anyone here know of, or seen a schematic for the Xotic RC booster?
I wonder what centre freq's the Bass & Treble controls are?
They say +-15dB boost/cut but not at what freq's.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2008 : 14:09:36
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Any chance of the good reverend posting a pic of his board....? also do you know how he got on with his hunt for an amp...? i been reading some good reviews of the new line 6 valve spider...i think he said he was interested in a spider.....
sorry for going off topic.....but since i did.... what you think of the paul jackson jr link..i thought he was a very tasty player.......also i think scott henderson is not bad either.... ... |
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