Silktone launches Overdrive+ overdrive and boost pedal at $269

February 8, 2024 · 2 sources

Silktone released the Overdrive+, an overdrive and boost pedal, on February 8, 2024, priced at $269¹². Guitar Pedal X reported it is available from the Silktone Webstore, with international dealers expected imminently¹.

The pedal has three knobs, Volume, Tone and Gain, plus a mini-toggle for a bass cut and another to choose between asymmetrical and symmetrical clipping¹². Guitar World describes the asymmetric mode as more textured and dynamic and the symmetric mode as smoother and more compressed². A right-hand footswitch engages the effect and a left-hand footswitch engages the boost, which brings a Strangle/Raw toggle into play². Guitar Pedal X lists the controls as:

Guitar Pedal X reports an internal charge pump boosts a 9V DC supply to 30V, and describes the circuit as touch-sensitive in a BB-size enclosure¹. Guitar World reports the circuit combines JFETs, op-amps and "a few diodes," and that two amber LEDs indicate when the pedal and its boost section are engaged². Set to Strangle, Guitar World writes, an inductor filters frequencies for a cocked-wah sound; set to Raw, the boost is unfiltered². Guitar Pedal X calls the Strangle setting "pretty unique"¹.

Guitar World reports the price matches Silktone's Fuzz, as does Guitar Pedal X, which calls the Overdrive+ "a universal full-range dynamic overdrive"¹².

Guitar World reports Silktone describes the pedal's range as going from "low-gain always-on tonal enhancer to ripping high-gain lead machine"². Guitar Pedal X's reviewer wrote that it "sounds excellent in the demos" but would have preferred a vertical orientation for pedalboard use¹.