Xotic
98Also known as: Xotic Effects, Xotic California, Xotic USA, Xotic Guitars, Xotic Guitars & Effects
UnclaimedXotic is a guitar and bass effects and instrument maker founded in 1996 and based in Van Nuys, California, in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The company started out building bass guitars and bass preamps, including the Tri-Logic Bass Preamp, before expanding into guitar effects and hand-built electric guitars. Xotic Guitars and Effects operates under the parent entity Prosound Communications...
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Xotic is a guitar and bass effects and instrument maker founded in 1996 and based in Van Nuys, California, in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The company started out building bass guitars and bass preamps, including the Tri-Logic Bass Preamp, before expanding into guitar effects and hand-built electric guitars. Xotic Guitars and Effects operates under the parent entity Prosound Communications Inc.
The brand is best known for its compact boost and overdrive pedals, particularly the so-called "Tremendous Trio" of the BB Preamp, AC Booster, and RC Booster released in the early 2000s, and the later EP Booster, a single-knob clean boost inspired by the preamp section of an Echoplex tape delay. Other notable effects include the SL Drive (voiced after Marshall amps), the SP Compressor, the Soul Driven overdrive, and the Xotic Wah. The lineup has grown to include signature versions of several drives, including an Andy Timmons BB Preamp.
Beyond pedals, Xotic builds USA-made electric guitars such as the XSC and XTC California Classic series (S- and T-style instruments) and XSS Super S-Style models, along with bass guitars including the XJ-1T, XP-1T, and the Chuck Rainey Signature XPJ-1T. The company's reputation rests largely on boutique-quality, transparent-sounding boost and drive circuits that are widely used on session and touring pedalboards.
Xotic has 68 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Solid Body Electric Guitars, Overdrive Effects Pedals, and Boost Effects Pedals. Their gear is featured by 476 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Pop, and Folk, World, & Country. Notable users include Andy Timmons, Toshi Yanagi, and Paul Jackson Jr.. Xotic's catalog spans the full price spectrum — from entry-level options to high-end flagships.
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