the very first serious OD pedal I ever owned was the Xotic BB (I had a RAT v1 before that, but that is pure distortion, and I had a couple of BOSS pedals, but hated them)
It was owned by Beverley Knight's MD and guitarist, Paul Reid, who had two of them and sold me one - his most used and beaten up one - which I am now thankful for!
Where is this going, I hear you ask??
Well, I had a long hard look at my pedal board yesterday........... and decided to get back to my Xotic basics where my heart really sits. So, off came the Soul Food; off came the AC (although I still love that pedal too!!); and on stayed the EP. On went the BB and on went the RC.........
Man alive!! What was I thinking ever taking those pedals OFF in the first place! DOH!
RC - crystal clear, sparkly cleans, boosting enough to drive the Therapy hard and get it rocking without adding distortion
BB - just the best OD pedal around, IMHO. Set quite low, and stacked with the RC gives chewy grit all the way to BFG filthy, dirty, grimy joy!
EP - solo boost. Nothing really needs to be said about just how BRILLIANTLY this pedal does that. Check out how many top players have one of these pedals on their boards........
I bought the Soul Food trying to get this sort of clean boost, and it was great at it too, but I already had a pedal just as good, if not better - the RC - and so I'm getting back to what I know and love!!
(I also happen to have the SL and SP in waiting in case I get bored again.............
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Happy, and humbled, bunny!