Westminster Armistice

The Armistice is an overdrive pedal made by Westminster, the effects company behind pedals like the Piper Drive line of drives. Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio describes it as "a versatile overdrive that can deliver tones useful for genres as disparate as blues and metal," which puts it at the wide-ranging end of the overdrive family rather than in the single-purpose boost or high-gain camps¹.

What it does

As an overdrive, the Armistice sits alongside the drive and distortion pedals players use to push an amp or add grit to a clean signal. Where many overdrives are voiced narrowly, Westminster positions this one broadly: the same pedal is meant to serve blues players looking for a touch of breakup and players in heavier styles who need more gain¹.

Controls

The pedal's tone shaping centers on the Timbre control, which affects the high-mids. That makes it the knob for dialing the pedal into a given amp or cutting through a band mix, since the high-mid range is where an overdrive either sits comfortably or fights for space¹.

Where it comes from

The Armistice is a collaboration between Westminster and Pedal.ly, a guitar store in Arizona, with the project aimed at supporting veterans. It is not sold through the usual dealer network: the pedal is only available to purchase through Pedal.ly¹.

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