Since our Ultimate Overdrive Shootout and ensuing Overdrive Week, I’ve been thinking long and hard about what kinds of pedals to tackle next. Distortion pedals are a similar territory, but still act very differently in the same situations. There exist many different kinds of clipping, and while OD pedals use a small amount to get you started, a distortion takes the clipping to the next level, and what kind you use will greatly affect the end product.
The Mission Engineering Delta III Distortion pedal uses 3 transistors as its gain structure, which gives it a very singular sound, which our friends at AxeHacks take a much closer look at in this review video:
