KOT, POT, DOT. These acronyms in the context of our pedal culture have become ubiquitous.  But let’s get real for a second:  what we actually GOT here (ahem) is a modification on a stock Marshall BluesBreaker overdrive (from the early 90s no less!), a circuit that has gradually been adopted as this season’s holy-grail-of-tone.  So much so, in fact, that spiraling prices for “originals” and rumours of multiple-year new order waitlists are the norm.

But if you, like many, grow weary of this game – of endlessly chasing what others consider to be the ultimate pedal tone, watching countless video shoot-outs and pointless A/B testing of clones and contenders versus the ‘real thing’ – where it’s never about simply being close, but being 100% indistinguishable, which btw is a very tall order considering most vintage pedals vary in sound themselves.  At the end of the day, you just want a quality pedal that sounds great and can be depended upon to deliver the goods on stage and in the studio, and those goods will always center around the sound.  You want the tone, and no games!  And at a reasonable price!  Oh, and availability is nice as well.

Not to sound cryptic, but what GOT is is a fully cloned POT (which equals half a KOT) but we’ve added an added switch that emulates a KOT with both its overdrives on and an internal trimpot where you can control the amount of gain of that first-stage.  So between the switch being on and off (essentially one overdrive or two) and combining this with your drive and tone control settings, including two internal trim pots for Presence and 2nd Gain, you can key in quite a wide range of tonal colors all based on this holier-than-grail circuit.  Or, to get even closer to real KOT-ness, consider getting two GOTs.  Get it?  By mixing and matching the switch settings on your dual GOT setup you can then get 2, 3, or even 4 emulated overdrives in series.  You have everything to gain, because your gain choices are endless!  Yes, we said that.

Game of Tones features:

•  Controls for Volume, Drive and Tone
•  Two internal trim pots for Presence and front-end Gain.
  
•  Fully hand-wired analog circuitry – no circuit board!
  
•  Compact MXR-sized enclosure
  
•  True bypass 3PDT switching
  
•  Bright indicator LED
  
•  Accepts standard 9V pedal adaptor
  
•  9V DC battery clip included

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This now infamous circuit was once considered an obscure but affordable overdrive, basically another drop in a vast sea of TS clones, after it was first released in 2004.   But then in March of 2023 something amazing happened.

Our friend Josh Scott over at JHS pedals did a video (see below) that raised the lowly BM to cult status seemingly overnight.  In the video, Josh and his band demonstrated just how closely it could mimic other well-respected overdrives – these included the Klon Centaur, a Fulltone Fulldrive 2, a Hermida Zendrive, JHS’s own Morning Glory (a BluesBreaker clone), as well as a Nobles ODR-1.  The results were remarkable and the video ended up being one of Josh’s most viewed ever.  What he proved (and he later made another video explaining more directly what his point was) was that with a good basic overdrive that happens to include more than one tone control option – in BM’s case, a “low” and “high” knob – you can pretty much dial in something that’s nearly indistinguishable from other highly-sought-after (and expensive!) pedals.  Something us builders and other pedal aficionados have known for years.

Due to the resulting popular demand we quickly geared up to offer these affordable alternatives to our regular Big Knob customers.  This was when the pricing jumped overnight to levels exceeding $400 or more in the weeks following.  Since then, things have appeared to have stabilized at around the $200 range, so we will continue offering ours as an affordable option.

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Legend TB features:

• Exacting replication of the original 1991 version 1.1 UK overdrive
•  Controls for Volume, Tone and Gain
•  Fully hand-wired analog circuitry – no circuit board!
•  Compact MXR-sized enclosure
•  True bypass 3PDT switching
•  Bright indicator LED
•  Accepts standard 9V pedal adaptor
•  9V DC battery clip included

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Zed Drive features:

• Tones associated with some of the finest boutique amps
• Controls for Volume, Gain, Tone and Voice
• Fully hand-wired analog circuitry
• Compact MXR-sized enclosure
• True bypass 3PDT switching
• Bright indicator LED
• Accepts standard 9V pedal adaptor
• 9V DC battery clip included

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Range Blaster features:

• An exact replica of the classic overdrive/treble boost
• A single NOS Russian germanium transistor for vintage tone
• Controls for Range and Boost
• Fully hand-wired analog circuitry
• Compact MXR-sized enclosure
• True bypass 3PDT switching
• Bright indicator LED
• 9V DC battery clip included

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D OverDrive 250 features:

• Replica of the classic overdrive made famous by Malmsteen and others
• Original LM741 opamp chip
• Controls for Gain and Level
• Fully hand-wired analog circuitry
• Compact MXR-sized enclosure
• True bypass 3PDT switching
• Bright indicator LED
• Accepts standard 9V pedal adaptor
• 9V DC battery clip included

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Tone Boner features:

• Transparent boost adding clarity to your signal
• Dual outputs can split your signal to multiple amps
• Control for Stroke (amount of boost)
• Fully hand-wired analog circuitry
• Compact MXR-sized enclosure
• True bypass 3PDT switching
• Bright indicator LED
• 9V DC battery included

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Ben Poole is a longtime friend of Big Knob Pedals and uses our Tube808 and Tone Boner to overdrive his Cornford amps as well as having our Vibe Tone, Octavius, and Color Jumbo Fuzz as critical components to his current onstage and studio rig. Check out this live video of Ben doing what he does best at this year’s European Blues Challenge. Ben’s debut album “Let’s Go Upstairs” features some of the best new blues guitar performances along with astonishing tone! If you haven’t already, go check it out!

Tube 808 features:

• Replica of the classic overdrive made famous by SRV and others
• The original JRC4558D opamp chip
• Controls for Drive, Tone and Volume
• Fully hand-wired analog circuitry
• Compact MXR-sized enclosure
• True bypass 3PDT switching
• Bright indicator LED
• Accepts standard 9V pedal adaptor
• 9V DC battery clip included

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*All product names used in this webpage are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Big Knob Pedals.

Ben Poole is a longtime friend of Big Knob Pedals and uses our Tube808 to kick his amazing solos into overdrive. He also keeps our Tone Boner, Vibe Tone, Octavius, and Color Jumbo Fuzz as critical components to his current onstage and studio rig. Check out this live video of Ben doing what he does best at this year’s Sierre Blues Festival in Switzerland. His 808 kicks in at the 4:32 mark. Ben’s debut album “Let’s Go Upstairs” features some of the best new blues guitar performances along with astonishing tone! If you haven’t already, go check it out!