Clark Amplification Gainster

Easy to get a good sound out of this little unit. There isn't much editing involved, on the fly tweaking is easy, and the basic concept behind the pedal is very clear and well executed.

I'm not too interested in sounding like my favorites, but this does a very nice, clear, natural moderate gain as well as I've ever heard it done. Roughens up my Dr Z Carmen Ghia and Maz 38 very nicely and acts as a great boost pedal for the Fuller OCD, Jauernig DGTM, or Pharaoh Sweet Cheetah overdrives.

.I've never had a stompbox fail during a gig. I'm not leadfooted, so I'd be fine without a backup.

I play a broad variety of blues, rock, country, and jazz. The pedal's a great match for all, a little more organic sounding to me than the Zen Drive I own. I believe I'd buy this again if stolen. It definitely helps me sound better than I do without it. If I had to choose between this and the Zen Drive right now, this would be the keeper.

Very easy to use, level, tone, and drive external adjustments. Internal bass trimmer. Can't get any easier

This is a nice "in between" pedal in comparison to the Barber LTD and the Direct Drive models. Sounds like a crunchier version of the Barber LTD...uses the same OpAmp chip (TL072). But....

...once again another pedal has fallen to my all time champion..the Vox Big Ben pedal . I know, you can't compare solid state to tubes but this is my review based on my other equipment and pedals I've used in my past. It has that "plastic" popping noise under hard transient attack (hard picking) Its especially noticible when doing pinch harmonics.

If you go to the Barber LTD and Direct Drive review you'll see my compliants for those pedal which are the same...that plastic resonance that just kills it for me. I'm a tube snob and I can hear the difference as plain as day and I guarantee most of you will hear it once its pointed out to you and it will probably annoy you like it does me.

In fairness, when comparing it to the average catalog or music store brand..the Barbers / Clark are good pedals. My rating is based on my opinion. If you are a fan of solid state pedals...this is a good one for the money.

Barber makes excellent products. I still have the Tone Press compressor which I love.

For the money and its class range..its a good pedal. If you want the real thing..check out the Vox Big Ben its true tube overdrive (yes, it uses opamps to drive the tube stage into distortion, but its still tube clipping), operates on batteries (buy rechargables), and is under $300. Honestly, the overdrive, feel, and tone of the Vox Big Ben rivals the distortion of MANY boutique amplifiers.

Just for the record, this is NOT the handwired version, but rather the Clark/Barber version.
VERY simple! Time tested Level, Tone, and Gain knob configuration. It also features and internal Bass pot/trimmer for dialing in just the right amount of Bass. VERY cool! A lot more of the so called "3 knob pedals" should take note of this added feature. NO more bass loss!

I'm using this pedal with my Fender 57 Tweed Twin and my Heritage Classic 535 loaded with Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers. The neck and neck/middle pickup combinations of my Heritage, in conjunction with my Tweed Twin and the Gainster, yield some of the most authentic Claptonesque approved blues/light rock tones I've heard in quite some time. This pedal is a match made in heaven for a Tweed syle amp as it simply takes what you already have, and makes it sound bigger and better. The break up/gain structure is VERY natural sounding and REALLY compliments the stellar clean tones of my Tweed Twin WITHOUT having to crank the amp to ear splitting levels.
I have tried MANY pedals (TIM, CJOD, Xotic BB pre amp, OCD, G2D Cream Tone, Digitech Bad Monkey, 10th Anniversary Full-Drive2 Mosfet Edition, and the Zendrive to name a few) through my Tweed Twin, and although some of those pedals are stellar sounding in their own right, NONE can match the Gainster for the authentic Tweed tones this pedal produces. If I were to compare it to any of the above mentioned pedals, I would have to say it's "similar" to the OCD, but without the annoying harsh/brittle/fizzy high end, (the Gainster is MUCH more natural sounding) and the Gainster also has a more balanced tonality from Bass to Treble. the Gainster also seems to "cut" very well. Something that the original OCD was a little "challenged" at doing.

I've only had this pedal for a couple of weeks now, but it's built like a tank and I don't forsee any problems whatsoever.

In a word, EXCELLENT. Bob at The Perfect Note for the SPEEDY, polite, professional service, Michael Clark for the design, and Dave Barber for the build quality. When those three professionals "have your back" it doesn't get much better.

I bought this pedal for one reason and one reason only. To get an AUTHENTIC Tweed style overdrive out of my Fender 57 Tweed Twin (for the Claptonesque Blues/Light Rock I like to play) at less than concert hall volumes. I'm happy to report this pedal delivers that in spades.

'Nuf said.

Three knobs volume ,tone and gain. plug it in your chain and away you go. Has a LED and 9 volt adaptor. True bupass. Hand wired. This is an original Gainster made by Michael Clark. He said the hand wired sounds a little bit different and better than the Barber version. I saw this on Ebay and paid the higher price. It is worth it. You can't buy this verion anymore new.

I love this pedal. I use it with a Clark Beaufort-Tweed Deluxe Clone ofr a old Fender blackface super reverb. I use a Les Paul or a old tele.
It just increases the actual sound of the amp and gain. Ive used a original TS-808 in this spot on my pedal board and it may now be replaced. No more tone loss , no more mid hump, No more loss of bass I also have Klon and Hotcake and tried many others. It combines with other pedals the best of any pedal I've ever used.

This pedal is used and it works great so it has already held up for a while and I expect reliablity to be good.

I've called Michael Clark and he always seems helpful

I've played professionally for over 30 years. I've had quite a few of the hot or in pedals- originals and modded Analogman and Keeely. I like this pedal better than most. It is on par with the best of them. If you can get one of the origal ones grab it. I don't think you will be disapointed. I only thing I don't like about this pedal is that I wish it was a bit smaller. It is a big case.

This is as easy as it gets... Level, Tone , Drive

Here is where I am going to get it of my chest...I have been playing for over 15 years. During this period I have been fortunete enough to try a wide range of Overdrive and Distortion boxes. This pedal simply is what an overdrive should be. Compared to pedals like the TS9 and Ts808 tube screamers, Boss OD and dist boxes, Line 6, Tubeworks and lately EHX English Muff'n, the gainster boasts the most perfect overdriven soung. Every nuance of your playing comes perfect. Very dynamic and best of all... virtually noiseless even with single coils.Works awesome with other effects.

Made out of metal very resistant finish.

This pedal is a master to all those pedal wannabes. It is awesome...I play rock. Just rock in the vein of Interpol, The Cure, Joy Division etc. This pedal is my main OD...so it is part of my signature sound.

I found the Gainster easy to set up, however there is a bass knob inside the unit that I have not adjusted. It would been moe convenient if it had been mounted outside, maybe on the side etc. I was able to "dial in" very quickly!

I am using the Gainster with a Fender Strat with WCR SR single coils, a Crate V30 EL84 amp, a Carr Mercury, and other pedals. It is quiet and has an amazingly natural amp like tone. Very transparent, smooth, no frequency humps,I can't dial in a bad sound! Works very well with my Xotic RC Booster, resulting in a fat, thick mild OD tone. I have also layed it over a mild distorted amp sound with equal success. I am getting great Blues tone to Classic Rock tones. As amatter of fact I was able to dial in a perfect 38 Special Hold on Loosly by accident!

Well made, so far so good!

Very helpful before the sale and shipped as they said they would. Good email correspondence....

I play Blues and Classic Rock, this pedal worked out perfectly. Very good value, good price point for the quality and tone received. No hash or fuzzyness, just tone! I have been playind on and off for 30 years. If the Gainster were stolen I would definitely replace ti with another. I have it side by side with a Xotic BB preamp. Compared to the BB, it is more natural and organic. The BB is better at higher gain and Marshally sounding tones. I highly recommend this pedal if you are looking for a low gain over a clean amp or to add to an already distorted amp!

Three knobs very tweakable.

I use this with a Reverend Hellhound 1x12 Combo set for a fender clean type sound.My guitars are Les Pauls and Telecaster.I have the old one.First of all if your looking for that rocking fender tweed rhythum tone this pedal nails it!(this is what I mainly use it for!).Stacks very well with other pedals for solos also.I've been useing it with an analogman Bi-Comp or Foxrox Octron.It works so well because it doesn't have alot of compression which allows it to coexist with other pedals!Very cool and leaves alot of differant tones to exsplore.Well worth trying out.

Looks very well made.

I've never had to deal with them.

I use this for blues and classic rock sounds and it fits the styles perfect.I've been playing for twenty years and owned just about every pedal out there.I've really fallen in love with this one and had to post about it.I would diffenantly have to get another if stolen.Thank you Mr Clark!

The Gainster is configured about like any run-of-the-mill overdrive pedal: gain, tone, level. That means that a new owner will have an immediate familiarity with it's operation. Basically, plug in and set the controls for the desired sound...very easy to use. It is NOT run-of-the-mill when it comes to how this unit sounds, however!

I own a Klon Centaur, that I in fact bought from Mike Clark (maker of the Gainster) years ago when the Klon first came out. The Gainster just simply sounds much less colored, which is a funny thing to point out as the Klon was famed in it's early years for being so "uncolored." But side-by-side with the Gainster, the Klon sounds very compressed. I also own several AnalogMan modded pedals, which I very much like and use, and an AnalogMan King Of Tone, which is outstanding. The Gainster sounds much better than the mods, much clearer and uncolored. The King Of Tone is equally uncolored and makes for a perfect mate with the Gainster, using the KOT as a boost and the Gainster for more overdrive. I use this combination 75% of the time and seldom go to my other pedals since buying the Gainster. I am playing Fender style guitars through a Clark Beaufort or a '64 Fender Deluxe Reverb and the Gainster sounds just outstanding through either amp, as well as '71 Vibrolux and '65 Tremolux. Not sure how it sounds through a Marshall or Boogie, etc., but I suspect it will perform well.

I do not expect to have any problems. It is built like a tank. Mike Clark's workmanship on all of his products and repairs is top notch.

First rate! Mike's a super guy and, IMHO, a genius. Could not ask for better support!

I highly recommend this overdrive for anyone wanting to take a step up from factory mass-produced overdrive/distortion units. It is not cheap, but is no more expensive than it's competition (Klon, Maxxon, Menatone, Fulltone, etc.) and I think performs better. It is a hand-built piece of equipment and the sound is excellent and useable. I play live and play frequently...have been for 28 years. This is as fine a piece of gear as I have owned in all of that time. Be sure to check out Clark amplifiers, as well. Outstanding!!

I bought this pedal in Sept. 2003, I use it with a Victoria 45-410 (Tweed Bassman). It has a level, gain and tone control. The pedal is simple but requires some time to get your setup where you want it, what I mean is that this is not a typical overdrive pedal where you kick it in for a distorted sound. This pedal raises the overall gain of the amp and makes it touch sensitive to your playing and allows a person to "ride" the volume control to get the different sounds that you want. I only have tweed amps but for what it does it is excellent.

I use an american std strat into the gainster - Barber direct Drive - Voo Doo Trem - Korg DT 10 tuner - Victoria 410 amp. I run the gainster on all the time and get my sound with my volume control on 7 or 8 then I can turn up the vol to get a great blues sound and if needed I can kick in the Didrect Drive for a full blown distorted sound. This set up gives me a simple to operate system and the clean and blues sounds are the best I've ever gotten. I'm still working with my Les Paul, but the pedal doesn't seem to like humbuckers as much as single coils. Ffor a tweed style amp this pedal is a must!

Hand wired and made one at a time with a 10 year warranty.

So far Mike has answered all my calls and e-mails and has a very good reputation amoung musicians.

This pedal is a must have for me, but you need to understand that this is not a Boss Super overdrive type of pedal! It is designed to augment your guitar and amp and give you the sound of your amp pushed to the next level without blasting your eardrums. I feel this pedal is a keeper.

Its easy to use just like any ordinary overdrive- there are three knobs that control the volume, tone and gain.

I use a Gibson Les Paul Standard into the new 15 watt Class A Crate tube amp. This Gainster pedal provides a sufficient volume boost and some additional gain. The Gainster does not sound as transparent as my Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro, and its not as loud as my Banzai Cold Fusion.

Seems solid but the case is too large.

One guy makes em and one guy fixes em.

I play rock and blues. Been playing for 25 years and counting. I think this Gainster pedal is good but is too expensive for what it does and is not worth the price I paid. My other overdrive pedals offer better value in my opinion.

Very easy to use, but there is advise I have to make this pedal sound its best/turn the level 1/2 way up and start from there/ think of your level as a first gain stage with awesome beautiful rich clean tone/

(clean boost)= this will send the klon running with its tail between its legs/ I have used this with a Clark Beaufort,Fargen Blackbird and a Badcat Cub/reverb with the same results of outstanding beautiful tone/ I have even used this straight into a mixing board direct to tape with a little digital reverb mixed in and it sounded exactly like a cross between a tweed deluxe and tweed twin with no and I mean no noise
(distortion/overdrive)with the level at least 1/2 way up and turning the gain from 2:oo up you get beautifull blues sustain with your notes and chords always on top and not hidden in anyway/chicago blues or anyblues this pedal is the best period/get in line because the wait is well worth it/try slide with it and you will think RY Cooder walked into the room/ the guy below should get his hearing checked this pedal is the best of the heap

depend on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its point-point wired like one of Michaels amps/same part quality as in his amps/ this thing would take a direct hit by a scud missile/the guy below is off again/ a bargain at Michaels price of $289

dependable and honest, can you say more than that?

I play Blue's, Country Blue's and some Country(Willie Nelson etc)If lost I would order one tomorrow/remember the KLon is a toy compared to this pedal

Unless you were born with severe birth defects you should be able to figure this one out because it has only three knobs and a footswitch. The usual on/off switch, and knobs for volume gain and tone.

It sounds like your typical $300 boutique booster gain pedal. Compare it to the Klon and the Banzai Cold Fusion and the Maxon OD-820. Some reviewer below says this pedal has no IC chips but I can see a chip pretty clearly on the circuit board. I guess there is one born every minute.

One guy makes them. I always wondered what would happen if this guy died. Then who would fix my pedal?

Likewise.

Its a good pedal but seems to be overpriced. Its another example of a pedal maker taking advantage of the boutique market by introducing a pedal at a reasonable price and them raising the price substantially soon afterwards. Its way too difficult to obtain this pedal. You must wait for months until one appears on ebay and then bid for it, or send this guy a check and wait three months for him to build the pedal and ship it to you. Since this pedal wont ever be available in walk-in music stores it will probably go down in history as one of those totally overrated pedals that is impossible to buy anyway.

Very simple to use, even a monkey could. Set the dials where you like them and press tthe button - how easy can it by.

I use the GAinster with a PRS Cus 22 Artist pack, and currently a Calrk Beaufort amp. This combination is fantasic. The pedal isn't noisey when switcched on but mine does give a click through the amp when switched off! A minor problem. I used to be the kind of player who had lots of effects ie Boss ME10 then a GT3, but all I use now is the Amp, Gainster and Guitar. Let down only by the on/off click.

This thing is bomb proof, having seen the workmanship inside of it I have no concerns about its promised long life.

Coming from outside the US my customer service is provided direct from Mike Clark. Any questions I have had have always been answered promptly. Clark Amplification warrants thier products for life, no matter if you are the original owner or not.

The build quality, dedication and sound mean the if I had to I would replace both my Clark Amp and Gainster without looking else where. Mike if you read this - I will never play another type of amp or overdrive pedal again.

I have had my Gainster for about two months. I originally got it to use with a Tone King Comet amp. I was gonna get a Klon Centaur, but after talking to Bob at The Perfect Note (who also sells Klon), I decided that the Gainster might work better for my needs.

My unit is medium-to-dark blue with a hammertone finish and white and red painting. Pretty cool Three knobs, just like most other overdrive pedals. I hate a lot of controls on my equipment. This pedal is very easy to get good sound out of, providing it matches the amp you are using it with (see more below).

To be honest, I was not bowled over by the pedal when I tried it with the Tone King. It sounded good, but nothing THAT different from any other gain pedals I tried with the Tone King. I ended up using the overdrive in the amp, which sounds good but its too loud compared to the clean channel.

So the pedal just sat around, and I thought about selling it. But... then I sold my Tone King lastg week and picked up a Fender Twin tweed amp (replica)--not a Clark or a Vicky--but a very authentic 5E8-A replica with beauriful tweed sounds through a pair of Original Jensen P12Q speakers.

Well that was what the doctor ordered! The Gainster is a fantastic match with the tweed amp. I suppose that Clark voiced it that way since he is a tweed amp builder himself. Now I can set the amp to be clean with my 60 Relic Strat and then kick on the Gainster to get any type of overdrive I want: warm, clean, creamy, punishing, you name it. And all of the sounds come through with utter clarity and minimal background noise. I think I actually like the sound better when the Gainster is switched in all the time and I can just use my guitar volume knob to overdrive the signal.

I love using the Gainster with my amplifier!!!!!!

Have not had it long enough to tell, but it looks like one of the best built pedals I have ever seen. AND NO INTEGRATED CIRCUITS! I would depend on this thing to save my life it is built so well.

Never had to deal with them, but all I have ever heard is praise for both The Perfect Note and Clark Amplification. Bob was very cool, being both patient and helpful before I ordered. And Bob got the pedal to me within a day after it was delivered from Clark Amplification. Excellent service!

I am mostly a home and studio guitar player. I have not played electric out at a live gig for a while, but if I do the Gainster will be at my feet. As I said before, I did not realize the benefit of the pedal until I tried it with a Tweed Fender style amp. I cannot believe well it complements the sound of the amp. No noise, no mush, no screech. I have a few other overdrive pedals still sitting around (Marshall DriveMaster, Carl Martin, etc.) and none of them sound even remotely as good with my current amp.

In summay: If anybody out there who owns a tweed Fender, or tweed replica, is thinking about getting an overdrive pedal, I recommend that they check one of these out. They are hard to come by, so resale shouldn't be a problem...especially once the word gets out!

I purchased the Gainster to replace a TS9 (808 modded) Tube Screamer. Pretty simple to setup-volume-tone-gain--very quiet-tru bypass. No instructions included-none needed.

My signal chain is 65' Vibrolux Reverb-Teese Wah-Gainster-Fulltone Choralflanger-PRS Standard 22 with McCarty pickups. The unit is very quiet-tru bypass-goes from a clean boost to medium overdrive-actually sounds like my vibrolux on 10 only I can keep the amp volume down. With the tone control turned down it sounds like the Fender cranked dead on. As you turn up the Tone control it adds a nice shimmer-works like a presence control.

I've only used it at 4 gigs but seems bullit proof.

Clark and Perfect Note were very helpful--has a long warranty-built like a tank--open it up and look at the hand soldered point to point fiber board--looks like my 57' tweed champ when you open it up--for you amp guys this is a work of art!

I have played off and on for 30 years-currently play in a classic rock cover band-anything form Van Morrison to Cream to 3 doors down. This unit sounds especially good on our Aerosmith and Free covers. It is exactly what I was looking for in an overdrive pedal. In most of the clubs we play my amp volume is around 3 on the vibrolux-nice clean headroom-the overdrive gives me the sound of the amp on 8 or 9 without coloring it. I would replace it if it disappeared.

Very straight forward setup on this one. It has level, tone, and gain knobs. Couldn't be easier.

I have a few Clark tweed amps, so maybe I'm a little biased. I think this pedal sounds great. It sounds and feels really transparent. This description has been thrown around quite a bit when talking about expensive boutique pedals, but the Gainster is the only one that hasn't left me disappointed. It has no midrange hump to speak of and no weird compression feel. It doesn't goof up the interaction between the guitar and amp which is usually the first thing to turn me away from any pedal. It has true bypass and so far hasn't caused any offensive popping sounds through the speakers. This is also the quietest overdrive pedal I've ever used. It has hardly any hiss until wide open and even then much less than any other I've had experience with. The description on Clark's website is right on the money really, no hype, no BS. I think Clark has a real gem here. It adds a nice drive or cleanish boost without mucking things up. Seems simple enough but this is the first one to really pull it off to my satisfaction.

BTW, I play pretty loud so I'm not making any reference here to bedroom levels.

I'm not worried about reliability. You should see the guts of this thing! It's wired like an old tweed amp. It has full size capacitors, carbon comp resistors, full size pots, cloth covered wire, and is all hand wired on an old style fiber eyelet board. I've never seen anything like it in a pedal format. I've been playing Clark amps for several years now and never had a problem. Full confidence. Hell, it has a ten year warranty on everything but the switch. How can you beat that?

Couldn't ask for better customer support. I'm treated like family by these guys and I'm on the opposite side of the country.

To be honest, I usually hate pedals. I like the sound of my Clark amps too much to goof them up with pedals. The Gainster just does its thing extremely well, just like Clark's amplifiers. Looking at the way it is built and listening to it, I got the idea that this is the sort of thing that Michael could have very easily incorporated into his amps as a second footswitchable boost channel and everyone would have been knocked out by it. I have never used another overdrive pedal that sparked that sort of enthusiasm. And it's all because of how natural it sounds and, once again, how natural it feels playing through it.

Great product!

This pedal is extremly easy to use. 1/4" I/O, True By-pass foot switch, on/off LED, 5.5mm x 2.5mm barrel type 9v jack, and 3 knobs: Level, Tone, and Gain.

This unit can be used as a clean volume boost or an overdrive/distortion pedal. The overdrive is very reminiscent of an overdriven vintage Marshall.

I have used this with various guitars including Strats, Telecasters, PRS, and Les Pauls equiped with both humbuckers, P-90's and single coil Fender type pickups. Amps include Fender BF Vibrolux, Clark Tyger (3x10 tweed Bandbaster) Clark Piedmont (4x10 tweed Bassman) 1971 Marshall 100SL, THD Univalve, Clark MTC-45 Thor (KT66 JTM-45).

This pedal sounds incredible with any combination of guitar and amp. High level and low to no gain provides a clean almost noise free volume boost (much quieter than a Klon Centaur). Higher gain settings and a unity level setting provides a wide range of distortion/overdrive sounds.

The Tone control acts like a Presence control; it is the only control I need to change when I change giutars with similar output. This sits on my pedal board and is very compatible with other pedals.

Clark uses full sized components such as caps and resistors on a hand wired vintage type board. No micro components is one reason I believe that this sounds so good.

Built like a tank. Only one goes to gigs. This pedal features a 10 year warranty on all parts and components except the switch. The footswitch is warranted for 90 days.

Michael at Clark Amplification and Bob at The Perfect Note provide superior customer service and support. It is a pleasure to do business with them.

Nice quiet clean boost or a vintage Marshall in a box. In 30 years of playing this is the best pedal I have ever come across. Tone to die for and compatible with every guitar and amp combination I can find.

At $189.00!!!
Well Done!

Very easy to use, 3 knobs. Gain knob goes from a light boost to medium distortion sounds. Also vol & tone. Not difficult to figure out, no manual, none needed. LED indicator, true bypass switching.

Pedal isn't noisy at all until you max the gain setting, which I would expect with any od/distortion pedal. With low gain settings, doesn't sound like you're using a pedal at all. Brings out the character of a good tube amp and sounds great for rhythm/chord work. With the gain and volume up a bit, makes a nice lead boost. Works well with both single coil and humbucker equipped guitars.

Pedal is very well built. NOS full size components. I don't know of any other manufacturer currently using this caliber of components or with this attention to detail. Wouldn't consider a backup.

I have done quite a lot of business with Clark over the past couple of years and am happy with their support. 10 year warranty. Pretty much speaks for itself.

Last reviewer was right, didn't take long for the price to go up. No matter, I've spent lots more on pedals and been sorely disappointed. Not so here. Keep in mind, this is not really a sit in the bedroom, play quietly into a ss amp and sound like the record kind of effect. It sounds best at performing/full band practice volume levels. Interacts well with tube amps, but doesn't kill the amp's character. Brings your sound into the forefront when used more as a boost (which is how I use it.)

It's impossible to get a bad sound out of it (unless you've got a dead battery or something). Plug it up, set knobs to desired position, play, be in awe!
Three knobs - volume, tone, gain. No matter where you set these knobs, you will have an unbelievably organic and "true" tone. For my personal taste, the tone knob is nearly off - say around 8 o'clock, and the gain is straight up. The volume varies, depending on the needs of the day.

Mainly a Fender Deluxe Strat with Kinman noiseless pickups (check 'em out) into a Clark Penrose Ltd. Edition (see my review if you're interested). I had a Menatone Red Snapper for a while which I raved about. Then I sold it, preferring the Clark unaffected. A few weeks later I learned that Clark was making a transparent gain pedal of his own, so I had to try it out.
OH YEAH! This pedal is everything I could ask for in terms of overdrive! It literally takes the true tone from your guitar and amp and just gives you more ot it. You can vary the amount of overdrive to fit your taste. I basically leave mine on for everything I play, because even clean sounds are more crisp and full - I just back off on my Strat until it cleans up.
It's very quiet as well.

If you are familiar with Clark Amplification, then you don't even need to read this section. His amps indestructible (trust me, I would have killed mine by now if it were possible), and his accessories follow suit. Open up this pedal and look inside. There is NO ONE manufacturing pedals using parts of this quality. For better or for worse (better for us, worse for his profit margin), Mr. Clark refuses to compromise on materials - even pedals.

I live very close to the Clark operation, so I have had many opportunities to talk with Michael and his staff. One of the biggest reasons I am so gung-ho about their products is because of how impressed I am with them as people. Integrity still exists in small businesses.

I play blues, rock, jazz - anything that grooves - in a church youth environment and in a local rock band. This pedal stays on for all my engagements. It will help your overall tone for every style of music, with the noteable exception of pre-amp tube over-saturated 80s hair metal and certain varieties of modern rock.
I've tried TONS of overdrive pedal over the years. To be honest, the Red Snapper was my favorite - until the Gainster came on the scene. They are actually quite similar, but the Gainster has a certain undescribable "vibe" to it - not to mention the quality parts.
Buy one ASAP, because the price is only going to go up as they sell more of them!