EarthQuaker Devices Gray Channel Pedal

Our Take:

The Gray Channel Pedal from EarthQuaker Devices is an excellent choice for players who've overcrowded their pedalboards, and are looking to consolidate. The Gray Channel offers two overdrive channels - a Green and a Red - based around a classic hard-clipping gray box overdrive template, and switchable via the channel button. Each channel provides a slew of customizable clipping modes which deliver classic warm overdrive tones that build upon (instead of replacing) your natural guitar tone.

EarthQuaker's Take:

The Gray Channel is based around a classic hard-clipping gray box overdrive. It features two channels of a simple hard-clipping overdrive that leaves the character of the guitar and amp intact. The Gray Channel retains the classic warm overdrive sound and expands upon it with several clipping options and a larger bass response. With more and more drive pedals moving onto already crowded pedal boards, having the Gray Channel dual overdrive is crucial for sonic growth and sustain. Featuring separate Green and Red Channel controls that are switchable via the channel button, this pedal allows for a wide range of tones. The Green Channel controls are Gain, Green (sets the output when the Green LED is lit), and a toggle switch to change from Silicon, Germanium, or no clipping. The Red Channel controls include Gain, Red (sets the output when the Red LED is lit), and a toggle switch that changes from LED clipping, Mofset clipping, and no clipping.