MXR Micro Amp vs Xotic BB Preamp Andy Timmons Limited Edition Pedal
The MXR Micro Amp and the Xotic BB Preamp Andy Timmons Limited Edition Pedal are both pedals sharing clean boost, transparent, high headroom. The MXR Micro Amp leans warm and compressed. Current prices: $76.56 vs $169.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.46% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- clean boost
- transparent
- high headroom
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$76.56via Reverb
$169via Reverb
The MXR Micro Amp is a simple, single-knob clean boost offering up to around 26dB of gain to beef up clean tones, push an amp or overdrive harder, and add volume and body to driven sounds. It is one of the easiest and leanest boosters to use, staying largely transparent, especially with single-coil pickups, while adding warmth, girth, and dimension rather than strong color. Even at its cleanest it adds a little shading, edge, and compression as it drives the preamp, much like pushing up a fader on a mixing desk so the tone gains body and presence. With only a Gain control it is set-and-forget, often used as an always-on tone thickener or a dedicated solo and lead boost. It suits players across blues, rock, and country who want a straightforward, low-noise level lift that fattens the sound without reshaping it.
The Xotic BB Preamp Andy Timmons Limited Edition is a signature reissue of Xotic's original BB Preamp, first released in 2005 and a pedal Timmons has used constantly since its inception, describing it as vital to his sound. Limited to 3,000 units, the signature version keeps the pedal's core simplicity, Gain and Volume controls plus a 2-band active EQ offering up to 15 decibels of boost or cut, capable of both a transparent 30-decibel clean boost and genuinely saturated overdrive tones from the same circuit. It runs on either 9 or 18 volts for extra headroom when needed, includes true bypass switching, and each unit shipped with an Andy Timmons signature guitar pick and trial access to his instructional website, tying the pedal directly to his own melodic playing style.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues Rock
- Country
- Metal
- warm
- compressed
- fuzzy