The Hades is an overdrive pedal from Organic Sounds, an original design crafted in Japan. according to RockBoard's PedalPedia, it delivers a wide tonal range from clean to crunchy drive to high-gain drive, with dynamics and nuance that respond well to picking strength, so how hard you dig in shapes how much dirt you get1.
Controls and setup
The control layout is straightforward: Level, Tone and Gain. Level sets the output volume, Tone shapes the high end, and Gain sets how much drive the pedal produces, from a light crunch up to high-gain territory1.
The Hades runs on 9V DC, center negative, the standard pedal power arrangement. Its bypass is buffered rather than true bypass, which RockBoard's PedalPedia describes as being for stable signal integrity; a buffer stage stays in the signal path when the pedal is off, which can help keep the tone intact over long cable runs1.
Where it sits on a board
As an analog overdrive with a gain control that reaches high-gain drive, the Hades covers ground that players often split across a boost and a distortion pedal. Its picking-sensitive response means it sits well early in a signal chain, reacting to guitar volume and playing dynamics the way an amp's front end does1.
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Sources (1)
- Hades by Organic Sounds, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026