Description

MEET THE NEW DISTORTION PEDAL, SAME AS THE OLD DISTORTION PEDAL

Meet the new Orange Distortion pedal, same as the old Orange Distortion pedal at least thats how it seems on the outside. After all, apart from the modern tweaks of an added LED and a 9V DC input, this looks like a straight-up reboot of the 1970s relic, right down to its simple type stencilled onto the classic chunky aluminium shell to ape the original units.

Under the hood, though, its a different story: the circuitry of the new Orange Distortion has been rebuilt from the ground up, ditching the originals back-to-back diode design and replacing it with an amp circuit including a tone stack, where bass and mids are preset but treble is user-adjustable via a little trimmer inside the casing.

New design doesnt mean new sound though this one comes with all the bite and growl and warmth and howl that you need for that classic 70s amp-like distortion, from vintage crunch to full saturation. With only two dials, for level and depth, but huge versatility, the Orange Distortion can set up your sound for everything from a clean boost to warm and fat gravelly textures to red-hot trebly screamers and maximum saturation. Theres a sweet spot for Jimmy Page-style guitar heroics, and another for Nuggets-style garage rock squall: in fact, every shade of grit and dirt is in there, as long as its vintage.

Add in a hardwired switch thats separate from the PCB and therefore super-easy to service, and youve got a vintage pedal fit for the modern age. Its that level of attention to detail, combined with dedication to an era of crunching power chords that makes the pedal a perfect homage to one of rocks golden ages, ready to be heard again with fresh ears. It might be a new design, but with the Orange Distortion, the song remains the same.