Luxury Tone FX Sunrise Overdrive Distortion

The Sunrise Overdrive Distortion is a gain pedal from Luxury Tone FX, a maker Pedal of the Day describes as "all the way from Spain". It is an overdrive and distortion effect in one box, and its defining trait is range: the reviewer describes "its ability to perform across a wide spectrum, from a clean, textured boost, through a medium-gain overdrive, to a crunchy, defined distortion"¹. For a player, that means one pedal can cover low-gain push, mid-gain drive and harder distortion, rather than sitting at a single point on the gain scale.

What it does

The Sunrise is loosely based on the early effects of the late 70's, and it carries that idea into a modern format with three knobs and one toggle switch¹. The toggle selects between two modes: in the upwards position it behaves as a clean style overdrive, and in the downwards position it delivers a more compressed tone with a little more saturation¹. That gives two distinct characters from the same circuit, one more open and one tighter and denser.

Where the reviewer found the pedal stood out was at the top of its gain range. As the review puts it¹:

That matters for players who use fuller voicings, since some distortions become fuzzy or muddy at high gain, and the reviewer found the Sunrise held its clarity and definition there¹.

Power

The circuit operates fully at 18V, made possible by a voltage doubler implemented inside the pedal¹. That internal doubler raises the incoming supply to the voltage the circuit runs at, so the pedal reaches its full operating voltage without needing an 18V supply from the board.

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