Mad Professor Amber Overdrive Pedal with Fat Saturated Tone

The Mad Professor Amber Overdrive delivers fat, juicy overdrive tones with a touch of fuzz, creating the thick, saturated sound often associated with a great overdrive or fuzz pedal pushing an overdriven tube amplifier. Designed to produce this character even through a clean amplifier, it delivers rich and powerful tones for both chords and single-note playing. Its circuit is similar to the discontinued Golden Cello, while offering increased output for a more pronounced and versatile response.

Despite its high level of saturation, the Amber Overdrive remains highly dynamic and responsive to your playing. Rolling back your guitar’s volume control can clean up the tone, while the pedal’s expressive touch sensitivity allows you to shape the amount of drive through your playing technique. It works equally well for fat lead tones, long sustain, and slightly distorted boost applications that add extra saturation to an already overdriven amplifier.

The Amber Overdrive features a compact footprint and a true bypass design with the input of the circuit grounded when bypassed, making it well-suited for professional pedalboards. The three controls-Volume, Tone, and Drive-provide straightforward control over the pedal’s output, tonal character, and saturation level. Powered by 9V DC, it delivers a massive, saturated amplifier character in a compact pedal designed for players seeking thick lead tones with a subtle fuzz edge.

Product Specifications:

Circuit Type: Overdrive

Controls: Volume, Tone, Drive

Bypass: True Bypass

Power Requirements: 9V DC

Tone Character: Fat, Saturated Overdrive with Fuzz

Lead Tone: Sustained

Boost Function: Distorted Boost

Touch Sensitivity: High

Dynamic Response: High

Midas Touch Mod: Harmonic Definition and Silky Presence

Signal Grounding: Input Grounded When Bypassed

Applications: Lead Tones, Overdriven Amplifier Boost, Chords, Single-Note Playing

Design: Compact