Pelican NoiseWorks 50/50 Dual Overdrive

The Pelican NoiseWorks 50/50 Dual Overdrive is a dual overdrive pedal that puts two DOD250-style overdrive circuits in one box, side by side, so you can run one channel on its own or stack both for more gain. It is a collaboration between Pelican NoiseWorks and 60 Cycle Hum's Ryan Burke, and it was reissued in January 2024 with updated artwork, a slightly smaller enclosure and added momentary footswitch functionality, while the core circuit and functionality stayed unchanged¹.

The original version is believed to have emerged in 2017, and the reissue sells for $199 and equivalent from the Pelican NoiseWorks Webstore¹.

Two DOD250-style overdrives in one pedal

The idea behind the 50/50 is simple: instead of one overdrive circuit, you get two DOD 250 circuits in the same enclosure, each with its own controls and footswitch, so the channels can be used separately or stacked into each other for a heavier sound. On his JHS Pedals video, Josh Scott described it plainly²¹³:

Guitar Pedal X's Stefan Karlsson lists it among compact stackable dual overdrives, calling it "the Pelican NoiseWorks dual DOD250 - 60 Second Hum Ryan Burke collab" and noting that it was relatively recently reissued with new updated artwork, where he himself has the original version³.

Collaborator Ryan Burke uses the second channel in a targeted way: Guitar Pedal X reports he mostly uses it to punch in a boosted kind of solo voicing, using the momentary functionality, rather than as an always-on gain stage¹.

The controls

Each channel carries the same small control set, with a footswitch per side¹.

Because both channels are identical in layout, a common approach is to set one side low and clean-ish for a rhythm voice and the other hotter for leads, then stack them when you want both at once. The Voicing switch is what lets the two sides differ in character as well as in gain: Normal keeps the stock DOD250-style voicing, Sweet brightens it and Creamy darkens it¹.

The momentary footswitch

The reissue's headline functional change is the addition of momentary footswitch functionality alongside standard latching switching, one footswitch per side¹. In momentary use, the channel is active only while you hold the footswitch down and disengages automatically when you release it, the same behavior GUPtech describes for its own momentary pedals: the effect is used while holding the footswitch and auto-releases when you leave it⁴. That suits quick punches of gain, which is exactly how Ryan Burke uses his second channel for a boosted solo voicing¹.

Original versus reissue

If you are comparing the two versions, the differences are physical and functional rather than tonal. The reissue comes in a very slightly smaller enclosure with a flush back-plate, carries updated artwork, and adds the momentary footswitch functionality; the core circuit and functionality are unchanged¹. Guitar Pedal X's verdict on the reissue was that it is probably not worth getting if you already have one, since all you get are those additions, but for a newcomer:

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