Major Overdrive

OVERDRIVE

Walls of amplifiers onstage have been seen behind some of the world’s most famous rock acts. The UK made amps that became the beginning of the legend is one of the classic tone goals for many guitarists. Enter the Animals Pedal Major Overdrive, designed by Marc Ahlfs of Skreddy Pedals to bring everyone the legendary rock tones. Our latest version of the Major OD has improved access to the footswitch by placing it to the front right spot on the pedal, while also making it easier to change the battery when needed. The art has been upgraded, and the circuit has been fine-tuned and expanded to work well with a wider range of guitars and amplifiers. Call it what you will – the “British” sound, the “UK” style, or variants such as the “Plexi” – these unique amps made in the late 60s and early 70s became a legendary amp that everyone wanted to acquire. The Major Overdrive will take you to the plexi-palace of tone in an easy-to-use package that sounds great with even solid-state practice amps. When you think of that “plexi” style tone, it is easy to imagine much more distortion than is actually there. One of the secrets to this tone is using less gain than you might think. The Major has been tuned to take you from the 60s to the late 70s and “brown sound” style gain. Set the Major OD GAIN knob in the middle, and you can immediately hear the magic – this tone we are seeking is distorted but also very easy to play legato lead lines with. The early plexi tones are more forward and sound big when combined with a band, while the later 70s sounds have more gain and compression, much like when a certain guitarist in LA plugged his plexi amp into a variable power transformer to lower (brown out) the voltage to the amp, causing a different sort of distortion to occur. Crank up the GAIN knob on the Major OD and feel the change in dynamics and sustain! Experience the characteristics and tones of a genuine vintage British valve amplifier with the Animals Pedal Major Overdrive.