Tone City Blues Man Overdrive Pedal

£44.99

This is the Tone City Blues Man Overdrive Pedal from Tone City, listed in Overdrive Pedals on Just Pedals. Read More below.

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Transparent Overdrive

Inspired by a pedal released in 1992 by a certain famous British amp company, the Tone City Bluesman brings that same character at a fraction of the price. If you want to keep your original tone intact with a bit of extra gain, the Bluesman will add smooth overdrive to your sound without colouring it, so the character of your guitar and amp will shine through as clear as ever.

The Bluesman is an articulate low gain drive pedal to add some extra thickness to a rhythm sound, but with the gain turned up, it will add tonnes of smooth sustain giving both power and clarity, ideal for a solo boost!

Small & Portable

All Tone City pedals are built in a micro pedal format, which not only helps to save precious real-estate on your pedalboard, but also keeps your bank balance healthy thanks to their amazingly low price. But don’t worry, you don’t lose any quality when going down to this small size or cost.

The controls all use high-quality components, and with true bypass switching, your signal will stay as clean and pure as possible.

Please Note: This pedal will not work with a 9V battery, and requires a 9V DC power supply (not included).

Specifications

  • Analogue
  • Controls: Volume, Tone, Gain
  • Bypass Mode: True bypass
  • Power supply: 9VDC, Centre negative
  • Housing size: Mini
  • Dimensions WxHxD (cm): 4,2 x 5,2 x 9,3
  • Country of Origin: Made in China

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Brand

Tone City

Tone City is a company that designs and produces compact, high-quality guitar pedals with a focus on affordability and versatility. Their products are particularly known for delivering excellent tone in a small footprint, making them ideal for musicians who need reliable effects without taking up much space on their pedalboards. Tone City offers a wide range of effects, including overdrive, distortion, fuzz, chorus, delay, reverb, and compression. Some of their popular pedals include the *Golden Plexi* distortion, *Sweet Cream* overdrive, and *Angel Wing* chorus, all of which are favoured for their responsive dynamics and rich tone.

The company’s pedal offerings cater to various musical styles, from blues and rock to more experimental sounds, providing musicians with the tools to shape their sound. In addition to standard effects, Tone City also produces pedalboards and power supplies, ensuring that players have everything they need for a smooth, consistent performance. Their products are well-regarded for being both affordable and capable of producing professional-grade tones.

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.

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Analogue

The signal is shaped by continuously varying electronic circuitry rather than being converted into a digital effect algorithm. Component choice, operating voltage and circuit tolerances influence headroom, noise, clipping texture and the small variations in response between designs.

Battery Powered

Can operate from an internal replaceable battery, usually with different available current and running time from an external supply. Battery chemistry, access and automatic disconnection through the input socket affect practical runtime and storage. High-current digital processing generally shortens battery life more sharply than a simple analogue circuit.

True Bypass

Connects input directly to output through mechanical or relay switching when the effect is off, removing the active circuit from the audio path. It avoids buffer colour but leaves cable capacitance and switching design to influence high-frequency loss and possible switching noise.