4D Pedals Red Star Distortion

The 4D Pedals Red Star Distortion is a distortion pedal from 4D Pedals, described by Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio as the maker's "take on the classic dirt box, with the single control dealing with gain duties"¹. It belongs to the wider family of distortion pedals, sitting alongside overdrive and fuzz as one of the core dirt effects players reach for.

What it does

The Red Star is built around a deliberately simple layout: a single knob that sets the amount of gain. Delicious Audio reported that "the circuit was optimized for a sweet spot tonal response that allows for a 'less is more' approach"¹. In practice, that means the pedal is aimed at players who set one good dirt tone and leave it, rather than those who want tone, level and clipping shaping on the face of the pedal.

Design and enclosure

The most distinctive thing about the Red Star is its housing. Rather than the standard rectangular box, the pedal uses what Delicious Audio called a "star-shaped case design, created through 3D printing," which the same write-up described as "a welcome and exciting departure from the usual rectangular" enclosure¹. The star shape also gives the pedal its name and its look on a board: as the write-up put it, "who wouldn't want to push that button on the red star pedal"¹.

Videos

Click to load

Click to load