Have you ever felt that your tone is dull and flat when running through long lengths of cables & pedals (even with a buffered bypass pedal)? One main reason is that conventional pedal designers have neglected to design an efficient, high quality buffer circuit and as a result, we guitar players are used to many so called “lab designed” buffer pedals which turn out to be cold and sterile sounding.

The Xotic Super Clean Buffer (SCB) is designed especially with the purist guitar player "plug straight into a great amp" in mind. The SCB is incorporated with a high performance Class A preamplifier built around the famous JRC4558 chip. While it is on the buffer mode, it only uses a discrete circuit for the most open and wide spectrum tone. The SCB offers a robust and rich +12dB clean boost. The boost frequency can be selected by an external DIP switch offers a very versatile tone shaping capabilities.

Premium components have been selected to ensure maximum durability and tone quality throughout the circuit including a super heavy duty foot switch, audio grade capacitors and custom designed potentiometer. No matter if you have an elaborated “refrigerator” rack or only plug into one pedal (and everything in between), the SCB maintains great tone with no loss of excitement and with a very little footprint.

The Cure for Dull Tone

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True-bypass pedals are great. They don’t alter your tone when they’re not in use. But — as the guitarists here at Sweetwater will attest — if you string a lot of them together, your tone will suffer. And if you throw long cable runs into the mix, the problem is even worse. So what can you do? Xotic’s Super Clean Buffer to the rescue! The SCB acts as a defibrillator for your tone. Its built-in high-performance preamp is built around the famous JRC4558 chip to ensure a classic sound. Its buffer circuit employs a discrete design, and it yields an open, wide spectrum of tone. Beyond that, it boasts a rich-sounding +12dB clean boost with a selectable boost frequency. Want to improve your tone? Get a Super Clean Buffer — it’s that easy.

Xotic: Boutique pedals, preamps, and more

Xotic was born in a small garage in Southern California in 1996 and quickly became known for high-quality boutique bass guitars and bass preamps. These days, they’ve expanded the pedal line, crafting stompboxes that are played by some of the finest guitarists in the business. Their acclaimed AC Booster, RC Booster, and BB Preamp pedals remain some of their most popular pedals.

Xotic Super Clean Buffer Pedal Features:

• Counteracts tone loss from long chains of true-bypass pedals and extended cable runs
• High-performance, JRC4558-fueled Class A preamplifier ensures a classic sound
• Buffer circuit employs a discrete design for an open, wide spectrum of tone
• Rich-sounding +12dB clean boost
• External dip switches offer selectable boost frequencies
• Audio-grade capacitors and custom-designed potentiometer
• Heavy-duty footswitch