The Harley Benton Double Agent is a dual pedal that combines two stages in one enclosure: an analog noise gate and an overdrive with three modes. Harley Benton positions it squarely at high-gain players, describing it as "perfect for our high-gain community!"1 The idea is straightforward: the overdrive supplies the distortion, and the gate cleans up the noise that high-gain settings bring with them.
What it does
The pedal's two stages cover complementary jobs. The noise-gate stage is analog, and RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as "simple to operate"1. It is set with two controls: "Use the soft/hard switch and the threshold to set your gate"1. The soft/hard switch changes how the gate behaves, while the threshold decides the level at which gating kicks in.
The overdrive stage carries the drive side of the pedal. It has three modes, along with volume, tone and distortion controls. Harley Benton's own pitch for that stage is "for some savage riffs"1.
Who it is for
Harley Benton ties the two stages together around high-gain playing: "You'll need it too, for the high-gain distortion on the Double Agent! ... Add in that noise-gate, and those riffs will b"1. In other words, the gate exists because the pedal's own distortion generates the noise that gating tames. A player who runs high-gain tones, whether from this pedal or from an amp, gets both functions in a single 9V-powered box rather than two separate units.
For players comparing it against dedicated gates, the Double Agent sits alongside single-purpose noise gates like the Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor or the MXR Smart Gate, but adds the overdrive stage that those pedals do not have. It also sits in a wider field of gate-plus-drive combinations on the noise gate pedals page1.
Power
The Double Agent runs on 9V DC, center negative, and draws 100mA1. That current draw is worth noting on a pedalboard power supply: it is above what many daisy-chain outputs comfortably share, so a dedicated supply output is the safer home for it.
Questions
Is the Harley Benton Double Agent analog or digital?
The Double Agent's noise-gate stage is analog. Harley Benton describes it as an analog noise gate that is simple to operate, and lists the circuit type as analog. The pedal combines that gate with an overdrive stage that has three modes, making it a two-in-one unit for players who want gating and drive on the same board.
Sources (1)
- Double Agent by Harley Benton, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026
