The Missing Link Audio Highway 41 is an analog overdrive pedal designed to capture the signature tones of Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts. Its central feature is a toggle switch that selects between vintage 1970s tones and more modern overdriven tones from later eras, letting a player move between the two sound worlds the pedal is built around.1
What it does
As an overdrive, the Highway 41 sits in the same family as other gain-staging pedals covered on the site's Overdrive Pedals page. What sets it apart is its stated design goal: RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as built to capture Dickey Betts's signature tones, the clean-ish, singing lead voice associated with the Allman Brothers.1
The era toggle switch is the pedal's main tonal control. One position aims at vintage 1970s tones, the other at more modern overdriven tones from later eras.1
Power
The Highway 41 runs on 9V DC, center negative, the standard pedalboard supply arrangement.1
Related pedals from Missing Link Audio
Missing Link Audio builds a range of overdrives with similar roots in classic American and British amp tones, including the AC/OD, the Peacock Overdrive Fillmore Edition, the Big Kahuna and the Super Natural.
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Sources (1)
- Highway 41 by Missing Link Audio, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026
