Vanflet Distortion1

The Vanflet Distortion1 is a distortion pedal from Vanflet. It is a three-knob design, described by the company as a high-end distortion¹. As a distortion design, it sits alongside other pedals in the distortion family, with overdrive and fuzz as the neighboring approaches to driven gain.

What it does

Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio described the Distortion1 as "a high-end, three knob, distortion by French boutique amps pedal manufacturer Vanflet"¹. The pedal's range is unusually wide for a three-knob design: according to the same write-up, it "can deliver anything from simple boost to metallic saturation"¹. In practice, that means the pedal can be set low as a clean-ish level lift, in the same territory as a dedicated boost pedal, or pushed to the kind of hard, metallic clipping players usually associate with high-gain distortion.

The three-knob layout keeps the control set simple: one knob each for the basics of a distortion, without menus, extra switches or deep editing. Players who want a straightforward gain pedal with a wide range, from a gentle push to full saturation, are the audience this design points at¹.

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