Reference Library

  • Tym Engine of Ruin

    by Adam B.
    Distortion to honor Earth guitarist Dylan Carlson. Based on a vintage MXR Distortion. Made in Brisbane Australia by legendary pedal builder & ...
    Posted in distortion, SBS Reference Library

  • JHS Cheese Ball

    by Adam B.
      The Cheese Ball is a loving recreation of a classic Lovetone fuzz/distortion. JHS wanted pay homage to this  particular unit.Here is a descripti...
    Posted in distortion, Fuzz, SBS Reference Library

  • MXR Bass Distortion M85

    by Adam B.
          The MXR Bass distortion was co-designed with Ryan Ratajski founder of Fuzzrocious Pedals. Based on a well known distortion that sounds real...
    Posted in collaboration, distortion, SBS Reference Library

  • Marshall Shredmaster

    by Adam B.
    Original Shredmaster. Makes everything you play sound like it's coming through a woompfy, closed back 4x12 cab. Oh, and adds a lot of gain. Used t...
    Posted in distortion, SBS Reference Library

  • Danelectro Fab Tone DD-1

    by Adam B.
    This is a distortion pedal. It distorts everything and makes it all loud as heck. Want to roll back your volume knob to clean things up? Sorry pal...
    Posted in distortion, SBS Reference Library

  • DOD FX69B Grunge

    by Adam B.
      The Grunge pedal! A very gnarly distortion pedal named for that Seattle sound.
    Posted in distortion, genre, SBS Reference Library

  • DOD American Metal FX-56

    by Adam B.
    DOD American Metal FX-56 Debuting in 1984 this high gain, purple monster was intended to give other super saturated competitors, such as the Boss ...
    Posted in distortion, SBS Reference Library

  • GCI Bad Larry

    by Adam B.
    This GCI Bad Larry from is from a limited run in June 2022. Sports steel enclosure, hand welded by  Dusty Hanse, acid etched by Brad Macomber of N...
    Posted in distortion, Massachusetts, SBS Reference Library

  • Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal

    by Adam B.
    Posted in distortion, SBS Reference Library

  • BC-2 Combo Drive

    by Adam B.
    We love "amp-in-a-box" pedals. The Vox AC-30 is near and dear to my heart so this was "must have" for the Reference Library.
    Posted in amp, distortion, SBS Reference Library

  • Danelectro Mini Pedal Combo Pack

    by Adam B.
    Danelectro Mini Pedal Combo Pack: Pastrami OD Milkshake Chorus Corned Beef Reverb T-Bone Distortion Bacon & Eggs Mini Amp/Distortion
    Posted in amp, Boost, chorus, distortion, reverb, SBS Reference Library

  • Blackstar HT Metal

    by Adam B.
    Blackstar was founded former Marshall employees which makes them no strangers tube powered distortion tones. The Blackstar HT Metal is a large ped...
    Posted in distortion, SBS Reference Library, tube