Bad Cat Siamese Drive

The Bad Cat Siamese Drive is a dual-overdrive pedal that puts two K-style overdrive circuits in one enclosure. Bad Cat Amplifiers released it alongside a sibling pedal, the Burmese Drive, as a pair of hand-crafted dual overdrives. The idea is simple: instead of one overdrive pedal on the board, you get two independent K-style voices that can be used on their own or together¹.

What it does

The K-style circuit is the pedal's whole reason for existing. Bad Cat says the Siamese Drive brings "the legendary tone and feel of the K-style circuit into a flexible format," and describes the sound as capturing "the unmistakable mid-forward punch, clarity, and bloom that made the original K-style circuit a modern classic"¹. Players who know that family of overdrives, covered in our guide to overdrive pedals, will recognize the territory: a mid-focused drive that sits well in a band mix.

Each channel has its own Gain, Tone, and Output controls, which Bad Cat says lets players dial in rhythm and lead tones independently¹.

Two channels, stacked or standalone

The two circuits can run separately or be combined. Bad Cat describes the pedal as offering "stackable or standalone operation," so you can keep one side as a rhythm boost and the other as a lead voice, or set them to push into each other for more gain than either circuit alone¹. That two-in-one approach is the same idea behind the Bad Cat Double Drive, though the Siamese Drive's circuits are specifically K-style.

Build and availability

The Siamese Drive is housed in a durable pearl white powder-coated enclosure with royal blue silk-screened graphics and Bad Cat's signature tiger print design¹. It uses true bypass switching¹.

It carries a $269.99 street price, the same as the Burmese Drive, and is available through authorized Bad Cat dealers and at www.badcatamps.com¹.

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