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Xotic AC Booster V2

August 2025

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Guitar World

XOTIC’S RANGE OF AC and RC Booster pedals has solidly earned their status as bona fide classics in the stompbox canon. And as a testament to their enduring popularity, they’re still common and essential staples on many professional and studio guitarists' pedalboards.

- By Paul Riario

Xotic AC Booster V2

Considering that the original AC Booster debuted in 2002, you can say Xotic has taken its time by being very methodical and deliberate before launching an update to their popular pedal. But here we are, 23 years later, and Xotic returns with the AC Booster V2, a much improved and versatile version that retains the same beloved control set but with a side panel of four DIP switches for even more tone shaping capability and an additional footswitchable gain boost.

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