Brand

Catalinbread

Catalinbread began in 2003 when Nic Harris built a pedal on his kitchen table; the company has made its pedals in Portland, Oregon since 2006, building more than 30 designs by hand. Its catalogue often reworks characterful studio and amplifier circuits for a pedalboard. JustPedals listings include the Adineko oil-can delay, Echorec multi-tap echo, Epoch Bias preamp and Sinkhole reverb. These models show the brand’s interest in distinctive delay, preamp and ambience sounds, with each product built around a particular vintage reference or circuit idea.

Category

Overdrive Pedals

Overdrive uses soft or moderate clipping to add harmonics and compression while retaining more of the original note shape than heavy distortion. Some circuits emphasise the midrange and trim bass before clipping; others remain broad, transparent or amplifier-like. Gain, clipping arrangement, headroom and tone filtering decide whether it supplies a light edge, a saturated drive sound or extra push into another gain stage.