G2D Cream-Tone Overdrive

Pretty straight forward overdrive. The only downfall is the way the lights are set up. Bright amber means standby, not on. Very minor, and isnt any big deal

Awesome fat, warm, and very transparent

I have only had it a couple weeks, but I am sure its fine. The thing looks well built inside and out.

This is an awesome blues pedal. You could use it for country and some rock but it is just an overdrive and not a distortion pedal. I use a MIA Strat (texas specials and 11-52 strings) with a 65 super RI. My tone is absolutely better than I could have hoped for. I have a zvex hardon, a mxr carbon copy and a dyna comp. I throw in a few other effects now and then, like my area 51 wah and a fulltone mosfet, for rock. This is definitely the best OD pedal I have ever heard. It kind of reminds me of what a tube screamer should sound like without noise and sharp ear shattering highs. It is just sounds like my clean tone only breaking up, or more :>)

Ok....I bought mine almost 5 years ago...I don't remember how I even heard about the pedal or where I first saw it...and I can't beleive I never wrote a review for it...oh well...

The pedal has 4 knobs...if it came with a manual, I've lost it...no matter...ite pretty simple to figure out...

I can't beleive someone would compare this pedal to a Danelectro...

that being said...if your looking for a heavy metal sound...look elsewhere....this pedal is about as close as yer gonna get to emulating the classic cranked overdriven tube sound...

The Tone control is the key..it can soften the harshness of humbuckers and thicken up single coils.....adjust the Solo control for just the right amount of boost and you can get to tone heaven

The drive control is very reactive as well...when turned all the way down you can get just a pinch of over drive edginess to your sound...or turn it all the way up to peel the paint off the wall...

Hell yeah...built tough

Ok...here is where the pedal shines the most....Since I can only select 10 thats all I can give it but its worth a higher rating..

I sent it back to them because I wanted the volumn control modified slightly so that I could turn it up past 900...before it was just too loud and very sensitive...I was also having a bit of flutter in the drive pot...

I sent it to Dave and they tweeked the vol pot and replaced the drive pot and sent it all the way from new Zealand to Florida and have refused to accept payment for it!...

I know your reading this Dave!...I want to buy you guys a round of drinks ok?...if you ever get to Orlando Florida drop me a line and we'll do it!

Great pedal folks....and a great company to deal with...

thanks again guys!!

Its Cream Tone thunder from the Boys down under!

Very easy to use love the pot switches under the cover.

Great pedal. It does its thing very well. Very good tone and with the pot switches capable of a little broader range. I actually use this pedal for some pretty heavy rock. With the bass and gain boost on and the solo switch this pedal can grind pretty hard.

Had it for almost 2 years no problems yet.

Never had any problems with the pedal but they seem like real good guys.

Very good overdrive for the price.

super easy. there is not a bad sound in it

it gives the sound it says it doe, loves single coil pickups

its built pretty tough

brand new

it sounds so much better than any other mild overdrive pedal ive played or heard. if it were stolen i would get another one in a heartbeat.

Real easy to get a great amp-like overdrive sound from it. Has lotsa volume.

Manual don't say much. It doesn't matter, you should be able to figure things out fast.

Mainly strats and teles - singcoils. Amps range from tube to solid-state. It sits right at home with a tube amp. You can easily get a Texas strat sound with it, especially the fluid and creamy strat sounds. Whack the low E and you get that SRV thump.

Sounds good with a solid-state amp too.

Have heard about this pedal a fair bit. Was attracted by its killer looks (reminiscent of brownface Fender amps) at the store. The sound was real close to my '63 Vibroverb reissue when it's turned up.

It's definitely made for single-coils, imparting a very creamy, lively and bristling tone. One of the best pedals for single-coils I've tried. If you are looking for that Texas strat magic, you need to check this pedal out.

Am very impressed by the sound quality.

Don't even bother with the instructions on this one. There are 4 knobs - Volume, Tone, Solo and Drive. Straight out of the box this pedal sounds unbelievable. There are also 2 foot switches - one bypasses the overdrive (true bypass) and the other is either set to "blues" mode or "solo" mode which provides a healthy boost for leads. Every setting sounds great, and the Tone knob really does the job (especially great if you're playing in a room that sucks up all of the highs....just crank it from noon to 2:00 and it your tone will cut right through the mix).

My primary guitar is a 79 Strat with Kinman Woodstocks in the neck and middle and a Seymour Duncan hot rails in the bridge. I also have a Heritage hollow-body. My primary amp is a Tony Bruno Underground 30. I run my guitar through the Cream Tone, then through a Vox Wah, then through a Boss tuner and into the amp. I have the amp volume set between 11 and 2 which give a beautiful chimy clean sound at the verge of breakup when the Cream Tone is not engaged. I've been playing mainly blues/rock for close to 30 years and am currently gigging regularly. This is my first-ever gear review. I'm floored by the sound this pedal puts out - I obviously have been settling up to this point. The sound samples don't even do it justice. I even removed my Keely Compressor from the signal chain because it was blanketing some of the beautiful overdrive. The highs are clear but not glassy or harsh and the lows are punchy and full with absolutely no muddiness. Every note remains extremely articulate even when the overdrive is cranked, and chords sound fuller than I've ever heard them sound. Everything about the sound is just BIG....you can feel every note. I also use Monster gold cables, and this pedal is extremely quiet.

Seems built like a tank....time will tell, but I have no doubt that it will be reliable. I will use it at all of my gigs without a backup.

No experience with customer support yet.

I play edgy blues, and various other styles....lots of improvisation. I've been playing for close to 30 years now and this pedal is the end of the tone line for me. It makes my modded TS-9 (analog man) sound like junk. With this pedal, all I think about is playing - there is no longer any distraction when it comes to tone because the tone is absolutely awesome...for the first time ever I can't imagine improving the tone. Don't know what else to say other than pick one up today and you'll be blown away too.

pretty easy to use except on/off led confusing!

wow! i have had a lot of stuff ranging from keeley modded stuff to an xotic bb preamp but this thing is stupidly good! i run it through a dr z stangrau and mazerati head and it turns a big clean sound into pure fender blackface twang as per SRV! the solo boost is cool as it has a slight mid notch that makes it cut through more and put it together with an emma reezafraz makes a huge lead tone! the blues channel is great for hendrix stuff just like valve poweramp distortion

so far so good

easy to deal with.mine was a factory second but you could not tell

a must buy if you are serious about your tone! closest thing i have heard to vintage fender poweramp growl and great as boost for other pedals in your chain. i can see why john mayer has one!

I've never been moved to review on this site before, but this little Kiwi-made pedal has forced my hand. For those of us on the eternal quest for better tone it is virtually a miracle.

Ease of use? A doddle. It has four knobs - volume, tone, drive and solo. Solo mode is a clean boost to the drive channel - i.e. it just gets louder. In drive mode, a blue LED comes on. In solo a red one comes on. There are two footswitches - on/off and blues/solo.

I am using various guitars, good quality Strats and Teles, mainly, through two Booker V12m hand-wired class A combos (as rare as hen's teeth - if you see one, buy it immediately, or better still alert me) which are running in stereo after my effects set-up (T-rex replica, T-rex room-mate reverb, Empress tremolo, Xotic RC Booster, TC electronic SCF chorus). Thanks to the Xotic, and the sheer unadulterated wonderfulness of those amps (I've played/owned Cornells, Cornfords, the Carr Mercury, Rambler and various Bad Cats and, believe me, the Bookers beat them all for me), I already have a pristine, warm, responsive clean sound that I doubt I will ever improve. For the first time I now have a drive sound to match, thanks to the Cream Tone. I've heard it said that it sounds like a cranked AC30 at any volume and that's not far off. Handily, it's also the sound I've been striving for for most of my adult life! The thing is that its drive sound oozes class - it's musical, it doesn't smother notes with fizz. It doesn't do metal-type distortion and it's all the better for it. My amps just needed something classy to drive the front end and this does it perfectly. I'll never buy an attenuator - I've simply no need now. It sounds superb at low levels. Turn up the volume on the pedal and it sounds better than anything I've heard in nearly 30 years of playing. Sorry if this all sounds over the top. It simply has blown me away - and I speak as one who has used dozens of overdrives. Nothing does what this does.

If I could tweak anything I'd probably increase the Solo boost a bit more - you'll need that on full to make a difference, but that's the only gripe.

Incidentally, when the moon is full I like to hit the boost switch on my T-rex Moller, placed directly before the G2D. This turns me into James Hetfield, though obviously I have to be careful the wife doesn't catch me.

No idea on this yet. Had it a few weeks, no problems. Seems extremely robust.

Never had to deal with them. I can only say that the thing arrived in double-quick time considering it came from Auckland.

I've been playing nearly 30 years, anything from punk to blues and rock. I've owned a hell of a lot of gear in that time and have suffered badly from the "What If" sickness many of us are familar with. Some of the amps I've had have been top quality - yet I've still had a nagging doubt that my sound could be better. The most telling verdict I can give you on the Cream-Tone is this: I don't have that feeling any more. I can play my guitars through that pedal and into those amps and still have a smug grin an hour later that I really do have a sound to compare with anyone's. And the best sound I've ever had.

very easy to get stunning tones out of this pedal..love the blue OD setting then set you level for the extra boost red setting..
The switchs inside are a nice plus..knobs feel very steady and smooth..Love the look of the pedal itself...

I tried this on over 8 amps...Fender 70's pro reverb, 70's twin reverb, Orange AD30, Cornford hellcat, Fuchs ODS50, Tophat super deluxe, and a budda 30 superdrive. On all the amps, this pedal was stunning..great tones, and above that..FEEL..yes you can feel the notes..I love the blue setting and I set the switch inside to more bass and more drive. I can live on this for crunch and leads..when I want more of a good thing I kick in the red with alittle more level.
I work at a boutique music store and I try every pedal known to man. i got this for a customer who only plays clean old fenders and wanted a great Boost pedal with no rasp. I was so turned on by this pedal I bought one for myself. The pedal makes you really play better. I have a smile on my face every time I step on it..just wonderful...a 20 in my book...

Man this is built right..solid, heavy, looks great, very smooth tight controls..awesome

Been very friendly through e-mails..I want to carry these in the store I work at..I allready sold two for them on forums..and both players were knocked out by the tones..Great company..wish them all the best in the future...

I play fussion rock with a southern feel, and I go from jazzy cleans, to smokey blues to over the top fluid lead tones..and thats all in one song..I play on a Cornford Hellcat and I run it with a slight breakup with my volume on full..theis pedal gives me the best lead & crunch tones I have ever had..It cleans up very well with my volume knob on my guitar better then any other pedal i own..I loved my old Barber direct drive, but this pedal makes that sound like a toy. Every once in a while a new product comes along and stuns you..this did that to me...

Very easy to get a great sound, although the led configuration is rather counter-intuitive (light ON when bypassed!)
Whilst I appreciate the addition of the internal switches it would be nice to have them surafce mounted as they really are the key to accessing the best this pedal has to offer and the settings do need changing with different guitars/pickups, etc.

This is the first OD pedal I've tried that actually sounds very close to real tube amp being cranked. Most other ODs attempt this, or just copy a tubescreamer, but the Cream-Tone really does achieve it. I have a number of low-to-medium (6-22W)output fender valve amps at hand to compare it to and it never ceases to impress in that respect.

The one thing it doesn't reproduce quite so perfectly is the response you get when turning down the vol control on your guitar - whilst its response is still far more realistic than other ODs, it still doesn't have the exact same 'realness' of a guitar straight into an amp but I don't honestly think any pedal could ever achieve that completely.

I usually play a strat and have the internal switches set to bass-high and drive-low for what I consider to be the most transparent sound.

I like the boost function, especially the fact that it is a volume, rather than a volume+drive boost, although there is also a slight increase in the upper mids when engaged which I would rather do without. However, it is more effective in a band mix this way.
My only complaint about the boost is that I would like there to be more of a volume increase available - I have it set to max; any less and it wouldn't really be worth having.

No worries here. My only gripe is that the paint flakes off quite easily.

Always got friendly, helpful e-mail responses within a reasonable length of time

Thoe overall construction and aesthetic of the pedal is absolutely top-class, apart from the easily-scratched paint and I like it relatively small size and extra height - works really well on my pedalboard.
If you're looking for a TS clone go elsewhere - this is far and away a more realistic way to get that fat, output tube OD tone than any TS-type pedal (although, with the bass switch set to low and drive set to high you can get a pretty decent SRV sound).
If you're looking for an OD that is refreshingly real and dynamic, and will cover most bases in the country/blues/funk/soul arena then this is it.
I knock off a point as it's expensive and I wish the internal switches were external, plus the LEDs are confusing (I've used the pedal for over six months now and still get mixed up sometimes!)and it would be nice if the gain knob swept the whole range, thereby negating the need for the internal drive switch.