If you have experimented with boosts for your MC II, please share fav preferred ones.

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lessarti

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I am not a huge pedal guy, so I definitely am no expert on better boost pedals etc for pushing more compression for lead/sustain sounds.

I currently use a OCD v2 and works great with my MC ii. But, I am curious if there are certain boosts that are just the best of the best ?
 
The MCII just seems to eats boosts like they're part of the circuit. I like the Timmy for rock inspired stuff. For metal...Duncan 805 is my fav so far but other pedals that I really liked with the amp: Buxom boost, Mesa Goldmine, VFE Dragon, Savage drive, TS9. I tired an SD1 waza a couple years ago and a Maxon od9 pro plus and wasn't impressed with either. Would like to try the OG of both sometime.
 
Koko Boost and Keeley Katana V1 into the MC25 work awesome. I also have an MXR micro amp plus that I run in the loop for a volume boost that works great, adds some grind as well
 
MetalHeadMike said:
The MCII just seems to eats boosts like they're part of the circuit. I like the Timmy for rock inspired stuff. For metal...Duncan 805 is my fav so far but other pedals that I really liked with the amp: Buxom boost, Mesa Goldmine, VFE Dragon, Savage drive, TS9. I tired an SD1 waza a couple years ago and a Maxon od9 pro plus and wasn't impressed with either. Would like to try the OG of both sometime.
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I've been curious about the savage drive, which version are you using? Seems like they make pretty major revisions between pedal versions, going back and forth between having a lot of gain or not in the circuit.

EDIT: On topic, I like using a Ceritatone Horse Breaker (Bluesbreaker/Klone, typically just use the Klone portion of the circuit). It adds a good amount of saturation that the MC25 doesn't get on its own.
 
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Rybosome said:
I've been curious about the savage drive, which version are you using? Seems like they make pretty major revisions between pedal versions, going back and forth between having a lot of gain or not in the circuit.

EDIT: On topic, I like using a Ceritatone Horse Breaker (Bluesbreaker/Klone, typically just use the Klone portion of the circuit). It adds a good amount of saturation that the MC25 doesn't get on its own.
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Not using it anymore, sold it about year 1/2 ago. Might have been v1? Honestly thought that pedal was just ok.
 
Suhr Koko Boost (mid side on the 2 button version) is my favorite with Wizards.

I got the 805 since MetalHeadMike likes it so much and I find that to be a great pedal as well. Better/cheaper than all the latest hype boosts...Dirty Tree, Dire Wolf, DAE, VFE, Fortin stuff, etc.
 
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