Origin Effects RD Compact Hot Rod Overdrive Pedal

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Origin Effects RD Compact Hot Rod Overdrive Pedal

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Origin Effects RD Compact Hot Rod Overdrive Pedal Overview

Need the potent sound of a high-gain, hot-rodded valve amp in a portable stompbox format? The RevivalDrive Compact Hot Rod has you covered. Combine Origin Effect’s acclaimed build-quality with a truly authentic amp tone and you have yourself a winning pedal.

Mammoth Sound, Small Box

This offering from acclaimed pedal company Origin Effects is a valuable addition to their impressive lineup of groundbreaking pedals. The RevivalDRIVE Compact Hot Rod is part of the RD family of incredible amp-in-a-box effects pedals.

The Compact Hot Rod features the same touch-sensitivity, realistic tone and characterful harmonics as the rest of the RD range thanks to an innovative all-analogue transistor design, which accurately recreates the signal path of a bona fide valve amp in a pedalboard-friendly enclosure. It’s a great way to add a new sonic flavour to your favourite amp and bring out your signature sound when borrowing backline.

Realistic Amp Tone

Inspired by the hallowed amp technicians of the '70s & '80s, the Compact Hot Rod makes its mark in the RD family - boasting a Class A preamp stage that has been pushed to its absolute limits. The result is a tone with boosted gain, sustain and aggression.

Every aspect of a classic, modified amplifier has been replicated in Origin Effect’s Compact Hot Rod, including the vital push-pull output stage. The precision-engineered power supply has been designed to introduce the ideal amount of “sag”, which is a key aspect of how a prized valve amp responds to your playing.

Deep Control

The RD Compact Hot Rod is equipped with an array of intuitive and powerful controls, which allow you to dial-in the perfect amount of distortion, dynamic response and tone sculpting. A world of juicy tones is at your fingertips.

Whilst the Compact Hot Rod excels at ripping high-gain sounds, it has a vast gain range - allowing you to seamlessly transition from bold cleans to all-out saturation. Since this pedal responds like a valve amp, you can clean up the sound by altering your attack and turning down your guitar’s volume knob.

You can easily tailor the Compact Hot Rod to your amp of choice thanks to the Post-EQ, which optimises the pedal’s sound depending on what it’s running into.

Premium Construction

Made with top-quality components and constructed in England, you can count on the Origin Effect’s Compact Hot Rod to always deliver the goods.

The Compact Hot Rod is a fantastic addition to the already astounding Revival Drive series. If you need a realistic amp-in-a-pedal that responds, feels and sounds like the real deal - and has tonnes of gain at the ready - the Origin Effects Compact Hot Rod is a top choice.

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Rated 5.00 out of 5 28/6/2023

Awesome pedal.. best dirt pedal I've used

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