Harley Benton Green Tint

The Harley Benton Green Tint is a compact overdrive pedal from Harley Benton's MiniStomp range, a line of small, low-priced pedals launched in October 2021. Harley Benton describes it as "modelled on one of the world's best known overdrive pedals used on countless stages and in studios around the world"¹², and gearnews categorises it plainly as a vintage overdrive in the Tube Screamer style³. MusicRadar, covering the launch, called it "inspired by a legendary overdrive circuit"².

What it does

The Green Tint aims at a vintage-style overdrive voice. MusicRadar's report on the MiniStomp line describes its sound as "vintage tube-like overdrive with warm and natural tone"². Like the circuit it draws on, it is the kind of pedal players typically use to push an amp into a mild, warm break-up, or to tighten and shape an already driven amp, though Harley Benton's own page stops short of prescribing uses¹.

Controls

The pedal keeps things simple, with a small set of controls:

• Gain: sets the amount of overdrive
• Tone: shapes the treble response
• Volume: sets the output level
• Boost/normal toggle switch: a two-position switch, reported by MusicRadar, that offers a boost mode alongside the normal overdrive voice²

A single on/off footswitch with a status LED indicator handles bypassing, according to Harley Benton's product page¹.

Build and the MiniStomp range

The Green Tint is a compact overdrive pedal¹. Harley Benton describes it as inspired by a legendary overdrive circuit, delivering a vintage tube-like overdrive with a warm and natural tone². It is classed as a vintage overdrive in the Tube Screamer style¹³. Controls are a boost/normal toggle switch plus tone, volume and gain knobs².

How it compares

Within Harley Benton's own lineup, the Green Tint is the compact, budget take on the Tube Screamer formula, at £16.80/€19.90¹². For a broader view of the type, see the site's page on Overdrive Pedals.

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