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Silicon Steel
Overdrive Pedal

Silicon Steel Overdrive is a unique design transformer gain stage overdrive pedal for guitarists, offering a wide range of tones from a touch of warm overdrive through to meaty crunch and beyond to sizzling but smooth hot solo tones. The surprisingly versatile custom designed 2-band EQ offers a quick and effective way to dial in your best tones.

Transformer Saturation Gain Stage

Silicon Steel uses a combination of a familiar solid state overdrive, integrated with a transformer-based gain stage that is configured to operate with just the right touch of non-linearity and magnetic saturation.

Powerful 2-Band EQ

The onboard 2-band EQ is deceptively simple yet surprisingly flexible - the treble and bass controls interact such that a wider range of EQ variation than may be expected - with an easy to dial-in dual knob EQ setup

Wide Gain Range

Low strings bloom when chords are played and higher gain produce a satisfying overdrive with a harmonic profile that sets it apart from most overdrive stompboxes. And importantly, Silicon Steel allows the character of an instrument to come through.

Hand Built in U.K.

Our pedals are custom designed and hand built with care in the UK and available for order directly from this web site

Silicon Steel Overdrive Features

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"...this thing sounds absolutely wonderful... really does nail the feel of cranking a tube amp up as loud as it can go... it sounds absolutely glorious...this one is definitely going onto my 2024 pedalboard - it's ace!"

Joe Perkins - UK

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Product Specifications

Power Requirements :  External 9V DC adaptor > 50mA d.c. rating (not included)

Current Consumption: 20 mA typical

Power Connector: Standard 2.1mm centre negative pin barrel  (Boss/Ibanez style)

Design: 100% analog signal path

Control Knobs:  level, drive, bass, treble

LED status Indicator: Effect On / Effect Bypassed 

Bypass Type: True Bypass (unbuffered)

Internal Adjustments: LED brightness internal trimmer

Input Impedance: 1.1 Meg Ohms

Output Impedance: < 1000 Ohms

Inputs/Outputs: signal in, out (1/4" Mono Jack)

Max Gain : +30dB

Max Output : 4V pk-pk

Dimensions (Max): 57mm (H) x 123mm  (L)  x 74mm (W)

Weight: 0.35Kg

Accessories Included: product leaflet, rubber foot x 4

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