Naming this pedal an overdrive is a bit of a stretch as it doesn't have too much in common with rich creamy sound of a cranked tube amp at all. The tones are very reminiscent of the milder settings on an old Maestro Fuzz or the old Electro Harmonix Hot Cake Overdrive. Turning up a tasty bit of overdrive, distortion, or fuzz is effortless here. 60's fuzz sound can be a tough job these days. Most units like the FuzzFace and Big Muff have that warm, rich fuzz thing covered but very few have that tin can tone some of us 60's fuzz freaks are continually searching for.
Sounds range in flavor from shrill saturation to low vowel-like squawks.
It's like playing through a notched filter or a cocked Wah-Wah pedal. This is not a pedal for creating pristine tones but a pedal to make mere mortals wince in pain and fans of obscure garage music weep. This one takes wins the favor of the Guitar Geek Staff and then some. This is the only one knobber of the bunch but boy can that one little chrome knob can go a long way. Lighter setting are squishy and downright sexy while harsher settings get very sick and swirly.