The JAM Pedals "Turquoise Gold" Lucydreamer is a clean blend overdrive: a drive pedal that keeps a portion of your dry signal in the mix so attack, low-end definition and chord clarity survive even at higher saturation. JAM describes the circuit as spanning light, reactive breakup through full high-gain saturation while tracking picking dynamics and fretting detail1. It sits in the company's Lucydreamer family, alongside the TubeDreamer and Double Dreamer lines, and belongs to the broader world of overdrive pedals.
Controls and footswitches
The Lucydreamer carries four knobs and two footswitches, which is one more footswitch than a simple overdrive needs: the second one brings in the high-gain stage1.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Gain | Sets saturation1 |
| Tone | Shapes the overdrive1 |
| Level | Sets master output1 |
| Mix | Sets the ratio between dry and overdriven signals, preserving attack, low-end definition and chord clarity1 |
| Right footswitch | Engages the effect1 |
| Left footswitch | Engages the high-gain stage1 |
The Mix knob is the heart of the clean blend design. Where a conventional overdrive replaces your signal entirely, the Lucydreamer lets you dial how much untouched guitar sits underneath the driven signal, which is how the pedal keeps chords and low strings defined as the Gain knob climbs1.
The high-gain stage is a second voice, not just more of the same. JAM describes it as a separate stage whose output level is set by an internal trimmer, relative to the main sound and without affecting the dry level1. In practice that means you can balance the boosted voice against your normal drive tone with a screwdriver, and the clean blend you have set with the Mix knob stays where you put it.
Power and bypass
The pedal runs on 9V DC, center-negative, and draws 18 mA1. That current draw is modest and well within the reach of a single output on most pedalboard power supplies. Bypass is true bypass, so the pedal is out of the signal path entirely when switched off1.
Artwork versions and what to expect
The Turquoise Gold is a custom artwork edition, and JAM is explicit about what that means: every custom artwork pedal is a one-of-a-kind hand-painted piece, and the pedal you receive will differ in detail from the photos shown1. The same circuit is offered in other hand-painted artwork versions, which JAM describes as "Same sound, different artwork"1:
- "Curious Eye" Lucydreamer
- "Still" Lucydreamer
- "Superior" Lucydreamer
- "Achenbach" Lucydreamer
- "Campfire" Lucydreamer
- "Relic" Lucydreamer
Because each custom artwork Lucydreamer is hand-painted and one of a kind, the pedal that arrives will not match the product photos exactly. JAM also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee with a refund, no questions asked, if you are not satisfied after receiving the pedal1.
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Sources (1)
- “Turquoise Gold” Lucydreamer, JAM Pedals (jampedals.com)
