The PLBR Effects Floral Green Dual Overdrive is a TS-style, mid-boosting overdrive with two selectable gain channels and eight different clipping options. Croatian pedal builder PLBR Effects likes its effects filled with tonal options, and the Floral Green follows that approach: a clipping switch changes the nature of the drive, and each gain channel has its own frequency modes, so the pedal covers everything from tight compressed, clean transparent boosts to open crunchy overdrive, as the maker's writeup describes it1.
What it does
Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio, writing in December 2023, called the FLORAL GREEN overdrive "a TS styled 2 channel mid-boosting overdrive workhorse." Like the Tube Screamer family it draws on, it pushes the mids, but the clipping switch and the per-channel modes reshape that core voice in eight directions. His verdict: "This looks like a flexible device that can offer an impressive variety of tonal options."1
For a player, the appeal is one pedal standing in for several overdrive voices. The clipping options range from transparent to compressed and crunchy, and the frequency modes move the response from mid-boosted to bass-boosted. If you are weighing it against the classic single-channel TS design, see our Boss SD-1 vs Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer comparison, or browse the wider overdrive pedal field1.
Controls
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| GAIN B | Sets the gain for Channel A1 |
| GAIN A MODES | Sets the overall tone and gain structure1 |
| CLIPPING SWITCH | 8 different clipping options that change the nature of the overdrive1 |
| TONE | Brighter clockwise, warmer counter clockwise1 |
| VOLUME | Controls the output volume1 |
| BRIGHT SWITCH | ON: livelier tone with more treble; OFF: warm full tone with more bass1 |
| Gain A/B footswitch | Alternates between the two gain channels1 |
The two gain channels
The Gain A/B footswitch alternates between the two channels. The two channels can't be stacked but only alternated, so this is a two-voice overdrive rather than a cascading gain stage1.
The two channels cannot be run into each other. If you want stacked gain, you would need a second drive or a different design.
The Gain A channel's modes set the frequency response:
The Gain B channel offers a high gain option1.
The eight clipping options
The clipping switch is the heart of the pedal's flexibility. The documented settings1:
| Mode | Clipping type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Silicon/schottky asymmetrical1 |
| 2 | Silicon diodes1 |
| 3 | Silicon/LED asymmetrical1 |
| 4 | LED1 |
| 6 | Germanium1 |
| 8 | No diodes1 |
Modes 5 and 7 are not described in the maker's writeup. As De Gregorio puts it: "Clipping determines the nature of the drive, everything from tight compressed, clean transparent boosts to open crunchy overdrive goodness."1
Power
The Floral Green runs from a 9V DC negative center supply with a 2.1mm barrel connector and draws about 10mA, well within any standard pedalboard supply1.
There is no battery option. PLBR Effects states: "Our products do not have battery snaps or battery compartments due to ecological reasons." Plan on a 9V DC adapter or a supply output on your board.1
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Questions
Can you stack the two channels on the Floral Green?
No. The two gain channels can be alternated through the Gain A/B footswitch, but they cannot be stacked. You switch between Channel A and Channel B rather than running one into the other, so the pedal works as a two-voice overdrive rather than a stacking dual circuit.
Does the PLBR Floral Green take a battery?
No. PLBR Effects states that its products do not have battery snaps or battery compartments, citing ecological reasons. The pedal runs from a 9V DC negative center supply with a 2.1mm barrel connector, drawing about 10mA.
What does the Fat2 mode do on the Floral Green?
Fat2 is one of the Gain A channel's three frequency modes. Standard gives a mid-boosted tone, Fat gives a more bass-boosted tone, and Fat2 gives an even more bass-boosted tone. Together the three modes set the overall tone and gain structure of the channel.
Is the PLBR Floral Green a Tube Screamer clone?
It is TS styled rather than a straight clone. Delicious Audio describes it as a TS styled two-channel mid-boosting overdrive, but it adds eight clipping options, selectable frequency modes per channel and a bright switch, so it goes well beyond the standard Tube Screamer control set.
Sources (1)
- PLBR Effects Floral Green Dual Overdrive, Delicious Audio, 2023-12-01