Xotic AC Booster V2

I am usually not a big fan of most v2 versions of pedals: if v1 was good enough for people to fall in love with a pedal, v2 often adds features, knobs, and/or removing hard to find components and often loses the magic that made the first sound go great. The AC Booster v2 is one of the few times where I think the v2 is not only an improvement, but far exceeds the beloved original.

- Sounds more open than the original.

- External DIP switches are brilliant - and like most Xotic pedals, provide numerous options for different sounds.

- The range of the gain knob has made it so this my new favorite the best edge of breakup pedal. Dynamic enough that you can set the pedal so that you can cause the sound through the pedal to break up with just how hard your strum.

If you liked the original, you should love this. If I had to bring only one overdrive pedal, I'd be happy if it was this one.

We can only hope for a v2 of the BB Preamp too.