Find out more about this pedal here: https://crazytubecircuits.com/hi-power

I've long been a fan of everything that Christos at Crazy Tube Circuits cooks up - especially his knack of taking classic boost and amp-style OD circuits, and pairing classic combinations together in a single enclosure. The Crossfire summoned some SRV with an 808 & Blackface-style OD; and the Unobtanium brought the big bucks by combining Klon & Dumble-style tones.

The Hi Power is a distinctly British take on this concept - and one that a certain D. Gilmour would approve of, as this pedal marries a Colorsound Power Boost/Overdriver into a Hiwatt-voiced clipping circuit. Both can be used independently, or stacked into each other for some raunchy, middley mayhem.

The Power Boost has a voltage switch, so can operate internally at either 18v or 9v, and has a Master (unlike the earliest originals) so you can control the level hitting the front end of your amp. The Hiwatt OD has 103 and 504 modes - simulating the differing voicing, headroom & compression characteristics of those 100W and 50W amplifiers. There's also the N/B/L switch - giving you Bright and Normal modes, plus the option to jumper the channels for extra gain & a more full frequency response.

Add the internal FX loop into the mix, and the fact that all this is achieved from a single 9V input, and this pedal packs a huge amount of functionality for the price point.

What do you think? Epic British tones? Or not for you? Comment below!

Amp is a Vajra JTM45 clone running into a Zilla Studio Pro 2x12 cabinet loaded with Celestion AlNiCo Gold & G12M Heritage Greenback speakers. Recorded with Aston Spirit Condenser, '70s Sennheiser MD441 and sE RNR1 ribbon mics, with a Schoeps CMC6 room mic. Spring reverb is a Dr Z Z-Verb unit.

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