Foundational Overdrive Wails with 5E3 Tweed Deluxe Tone

Are you looking for an ultra-dynamic, sensitive pedal that excels at everything from fat jazzy woodiness to barking overdrive? The Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Tweed Deluxe-style Overdrive can serve capably as your go-to source for Tweed Deluxe tone stack circuitry in a pedalboard-friendly format. As the foundation of your pedalboard setup, this JFET-driven little monster is versatile enough for all kinds of playing styles and music genres, and it's made to draw the best out of any pedals you stack with it — just like a great Tweed Deluxe amp. The Formula No. 55 has up-front Presence, Tone, Master, and Volume controls within easy reach, and the front-and-center Hi/Lo button lets you choose between vintage tweed tone and the effect you get when you put higher-gain tubes in your amp.

Gear that makes you want to play

The self-avowed gearheads at Catalinbread focus on making musical devices that they want to use themselves — "gear that gets us excited and inspires us to play." The result of that authentic focus and unwavering integrity is the type of innovation that isn't market-driven; Catalinbread creates its own market for products players love, whether overdrive, delay/reverb, fuzz/distortion, or tremolo/modulation pedals (many of which are available at Sweetwater). The Formula No. 55 is a great example of Catalinbread's exciting, inspiring innovation.

Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Tweed Deluxe-style Overdrive Features:

• Foundation series overdrive emulates classic tube amp sound — in a small footprint pedal
• Pedalboard-friendly, digitized Tweed Deluxe 5E3 circuitry for vintage overdrive sounds
• Presence (5kHz range level control), Tone (dark/light control) Master (output level), and Volume (gain) controls are topside for easy manipulation
• Control your stage amplitude while preserving sensitivity and expressive dynamics
• Hi/Lo switch lets you choose between vintage tweed sound and high-octane gain
• Powered with 9V battery or 9V-18V negative tip DC power supply only (neither is included)
• All-metal chassis with distinctive Formula 55 tube graphics looks great and is built to last
• Made in the USA

Tech Specs

• Pedal Type: Overdrive
• Analog/Digital: Analog
• Inputs: 1 x 1/4"
• Outputs: 1 x 1/4"
• True Bypass: Yes
• Power Source: 9-18V DC power supply (sold separately)
• Batteries: 1 x 9V
• Power Usage: 5mA