BBE Blacksmith BD-69P All-Analog Distortion Guitar Pedal

The all-analog Blacksmith analog distortion is all about force feeding your tube amp for a heavier, chunkier distortion. The concept was developed by Paul Gagon in the 1980s when he worked at Jackson Guitars. Back then, Gagon created pickups, amps and electronics for Jackson instruments and routinely worked with an A-list of artists, from Jeff Beck to Steve Vai and many more. What he found was many of the artists loved the sound of their Marshalls but wanted more grind out of them. Their amps may have gone to eleven, but these guys often told Gagon they wanted them to go to fifteen or twenty. Blacksmith is inspired by those pedals Gagon hand-made back in the ‘80s, delivering all the tone he brought to the rock gods but with greater consistency and durability. Blacksmith features 1% metal-film resistors, big fat signal traces on a mil-spec circuit board, true hardwire bypass to eliminate any pickup loading when disengaged, and a 1meg Ohm input resistance to welcome your axe’s signal with wide open arms - just like the input on a killer Marshall.

Key Features

• Gain, volume and passive 3-band PLEX-EQ controls
• LED-based gain circuit for smooth, high-output distortion
• 1MEG Ohms input impedance for proper pickup loading
• 1K Ohms output impedance when engaged
• 1% metal-film resistors for consistency
• High-voltage poly caps for better tone
• Military-spec circuit board for reliability
• Blue status LED for high visibility and low power consumption
• Easy access battery compartment
• True hardwire bypass