KOKKO Distortion

The KOKKO Distortion is a compact distortion pedal made by KOKKO. RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as delivering a classic distortion tone, built around a two-stage distortion design that provides a higher degree of distortion than a single-stage circuit¹. In plain terms, running the signal through two clipping stages lets the pedal push into heavier saturation, the kind of sustained, compressed overdrive of the amp signal that players reach for a distortion pedal to get.

What it does

The pedal's stated purpose is a classic distortion tone, and its two-stage design is what sets that up: each stage adds clipping, so the combined effect is a higher degree of distortion than a design that clips only once¹. For a player, that means the pedal sits on the heavier end of the drive family, beyond the lighter breakup of an overdrive pedal and in the same territory as fuzz pedals, though its character is the tighter, more conventional distortion sound rather than fuzz's ragged edge.

Because the circuit is analog, the signal is shaped by discrete components rather than converted to digital and back, which is the usual arrangement for a pedal of this type¹.

Power and practical notes

The pedal runs on 9V DC with a center-negative plug, the standard polarity used by most pedalboard power supplies, and it draws 10mA¹. That is a light current draw, so it fits comfortably alongside other pedals on a shared supply.