capturing the magic
Joey Landreth found inspiration in a quirky oldschool amp he built himself when recording The Bros. Landreth album Dog Ear. It sounded perfect for a wide range of crunch tones, but a dimed small amp isn't exactly road-worthy.  The Dirtdog lets you give any amp the touch-sensitive feel & rich harmonics of vintage gear while drawing from Joey's modern-classic rootsy & eclectic recorded sound. 

vintage breakup
Part of what makes small vintage amps great is the unique way they distort when pushed to their limits. When Joey asked us to capture that lightning in a bottle, we were excited for the challenge. The Dirtdog distills the oldschool bloom & sag that sound equally musical from barely distorted all the way up to 'about-to-explode' into a compact & reliable all-analog pedal.

the technical details
The Dirtdog is an amp-like overdrive with a creamy three-dimensional midrange. Try it at low Gain settings with Bite turned up for chimey edge of breakup, or with Level dimed for an out-of-control 'amp-on-10' sound. The way you combine the Gain & Level knobs will fundamentally shape the tone of your Dirtdog as it pushes your amp differently.

more than tone
The Bite knob handles the pedal's treble response, so what does Tone knob do? Tone broadly shifts the midrange voice of the pedal from a snarlier, punchier sound to the right to a chewier, scooped sound to the left. The Dirtdog's controls are interactive, making it useful for many applications because each knob's position substantially affects the response of the others.