Idiotbox updates Redrum distortion pedal to V2 with Grind and Level knobs

December 28, 2023 · 2 sources

Idiotbox Effects has updated its Redrum distortion pedal to a V2 version, Delicious Audio reported on December 28, 2023. The V2 adds two front-panel controls and an internal switch bank to the previously one-knob circuit¹.

The maker describes the original Redrum as "a RAT style distortion running into a maxed out HM-2 style tone stack," with "one knob for distortion control and an internal volume control"². Delicious Audio describes it as a hybrid Rat/HM-2 circuit, with the distortion of the former running into the tone stack of the latter¹.

On the V2, "The original DRIVE knob is still there," and "now the GRIND and LEVEL controls give you more tone and volume options on the fly," according to Idiotbox². Delicious Audio reports that the Grind control delivers a variety of tonal options and that the Level knob allows better interaction with the input stage of the amp¹. The two accounts differ on the internal switches: Idiotbox says each of the High, Mid and Low bands of the original tone stack can separately be set for min/max or to be controlled by the Grind knob², while Delicious Audio describes the bank as tweaking the maximum Low and High settings of the tone stack¹.

Specifications from the maker²:

The Redrum V2 is listed at $139.00². Delicious Audio's write-up calls it a loud and punchy distortion that can deliver usable tones at lower gain settings but "definitely shines when it's maxed out"¹.