Pedals that stack with the Xotic RC Booster
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All 141 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Ibanez
36% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (transparent → mid-forward)
The RC Booster's clean, transparent treble boost stacks with the Screamer's own mid-forward drive.
Comes later in the signal chain
Klon Centaur
Klon
35% matchInto a transparent tone, Klon Centaur brings a pull toward medium gain that's missing
Comes later in the signal chain
Hudson Electronics Broadcast Discrete Class-A Germanium Preamplifier
Hudson Electronics
26% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)
Stack Xotic RC Booster on top and a saturated tone tightens toward clean boost
Comes later in the signal chain
Way Huge Electronics Green Rhino MkII Overdrive
Way Huge
25% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Into a dynamic tone, Xotic RC Booster brings a pull toward compressed that's missing
Comes later in the signal chain
TC Electronic Mimiq Doubler
TC Electronic
24% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
TC Electronic Mimiq Doubler's mid-forward voice goes after Xotic RC Booster in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Xotic RC Booster's own transparent character
Comes later in the signal chain
Mad Professor Fire Red Fuzz
Mad Professor
24% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Into a dynamic tone, Xotic RC Booster brings a pull toward compressed that's missing
Comes later in the signal chain
Mr. Black Darling Fuzz
Mr Black
21% matchgain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (fuzzy → clean boost)
Run fuzzy into Xotic RC Booster for more clean boost on top
Comes later in the signal chain
Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive
Vox
19% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
What Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive brings here leans toward smooth — that's worth building a pairing around
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Obne Pardner Fuzz
Old Blood Noise Endeavors
19% matchgain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (fuzzy → clean boost)
Run fuzzy into Xotic RC Booster for more clean boost on top
Comes later in the signal chain
Fjord Fuzz Frei
Fjord Fuzz
19% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Xotic RC Booster leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own
Comes later in the signal chain
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Alpha Haunt Fuzz
Old Blood Noise Endeavors
18% matchgain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (fuzzy → clean boost)
Run fuzzy into Xotic RC Booster for more clean boost on top
Comes later in the signal chain
Warm Audio ODD Box V1
Warm Audio
17% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → clean boost)
Xotic RC Booster pushes a high gain tone toward clean boost
Comes later in the signal chain
Crazy Tube Circuits Space Charged V2
Crazy Tube Circuits
17% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Xotic RC Booster leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own
Comes later in the signal chain
Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE Dual Overdrive
Origin Effects
17% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Into a dynamic tone, Xotic RC Booster brings a pull toward compressed that's missing
Comes later in the signal chain
JHS Pedals Kilt 10th Anniversary
JHS Pedals
17% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)
Stack Xotic RC Booster on top and a saturated tone tightens toward clean boost
Comes later in the signal chain
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Haunt
Old Blood Noise Endeavors
15% matchgain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (fuzzy → clean boost)
Xotic RC Booster stacks clean boost on top of the fuzzy already here
Comes later in the signal chain
Warm Audios Throne of Tone
Warm Audio
15% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Xotic RC Booster leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own
Comes later in the signal chain
MXR CSP039 Duke of Tone Overdrive
Dunlop
13% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Xotic RC Booster leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own
Comes later in the signal chain
MXR CSP039 Duke of Tone Overdrive
MXR
13% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Xotic RC Booster leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own
Comes later in the signal chain
Meris Polymoon
Meris
13% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep Xotic RC Booster's transparent voice out front: Meris Polymoon goes after Xotic RC Booster in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Alexander Pedals Now We Are Ghosts Reverb
Alexander Pedals
12% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Alexander Pedals Now We Are Ghosts Reverb's ambient voice goes after Xotic RC Booster in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Xotic RC Booster's own transparent character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
MXL MXR Randy Rhoads Concorde Distortion
Mxl
12% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)
Xotic RC Booster pushes a saturated tone toward clean boost
Comes later in the signal chain
EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp
EarthQuaker Devices
9% matchXotic RC Booster leans toward transparent, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Comes later in the signal chain
TC Electronic Grand Magus Distortion
TC Electronic
9% matchXotic RC Booster leans toward transparent, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Comes later in the signal chain