Super Clean Buffer Mini Buffer Pedal Review

Super Clean

Just added this Super Sweet Pedal to my line up. Great addition for sure.

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Wow!

I playing into a Marshall ORI20 combo tube amp. Holy smokes! The ORI series is a low gain push, so it does need a little help. I wish I had purchased the Super Clean earlier. It woke up the sleeping Littlest Giant (my amp). Excellent tone. Nice gentle gain that leads to some breakup. Just right. Stack on some OD or high gain. It really ties my main effects together. Thanks to Ian… read more A., for helping with all of my questions, and taking the time to help me with my purchases over the last year.

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Always on - excellent tone enhancer!

The Super Clean delivers excellent tone enhancement! Whatever your tone, it will make it sound better. I initially purchased it to use at the end of a long chain of pedals, but I was so pleased with the tone, that I purchased another one for my small pedalboard. I am a 45+ year professional guitarist and was already satisfied with my tone, but this little pedal makes what you… read more have even better. It's difficult to choose adequate descriptive words, but when you hear it, you know it's a keeper. Always on - love it!

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Excellent Clean boost

I am impressed. Very clean and powerful. I am using the Super Clean as an always-on pedal in front of my drive pedals. The gain control is set around 9 o'clock to give just a small push. I am running the tone switches at stock "all-off" setting, and it's perfect for my needs. The switches do make a surprisingly significant impact on the eq profile of the pedal. The stock setting… read more is described by Xotic as a mid-boost. To my ears, this mid-boost is subtle, mild and very musical. The EQ shape is NOT like a tube screamer's mid hump; it's rather natural sounding and pairs nicely with my Strats and Les Paul. This pedal can be run at either 9VDC or 18VDC. The 18V setting definitely opens up the dynamics and feel, but so far, I am running it at 9V. I have yet to crank the gain to assess the output, but based on the settings I have used this at, I'm confident that I have more than enough gain potential to boost my overdrives as needed. On my bigger board I use RC Boosters for this same always-on roll. The RC Booster is perhaps my favorite pedal, but as I was putting together a small board, I (1) was trying to minimize cost, and (2) really like the smaller footprint of the mini pedals. All in all, the Xotic Super Clean is a total winner.

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Another always on pedal

Another always on pedal at the end of my chain, EP always on front of chain. Tone tone tone!

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