The recent revival of the Maestro brand has brought a couple of great pedals our way. We recently had the chance to check out the FIVE newest pedals in Maestro’s Original Collection, and today we’re heading back a bit to check out one of their earlier releases. The Ranger Overdrive features three knobs, one switch and a ton of tone to shape and sculpt your favorite distortion and overdrive sounds perfectly…let’s check it out, shall we??
Inspired by the overdriven tones of some of the world’s most cherished vintage tube amps, the Ranger is a modern, all-analog overdrive pedal featuring a Mode toggle switch that provides two different tonalities. The first is a warm, expressive, amp-like overdrive, and the second has a tonality that’s slightly cleaner and exceptionally touch-sensitive, blending in some of the clean signal and is a great choice for use as an “always on” effect that can be controlled with your pick attack and your guitar’s volume control. The Ranger’s classic 3-knob layout provides intuitive adjustment of Gain (amount of overdrive), Tone, and output Level, with plenty of volume on tap to go well beyond unity gain. You can easily use the Ranger Overdrive as a boost to hit the input of your tube amp harder for even more grit and dirt.
The true bypass footswitch triggers the LED lights in the bugles in the Maestro logo when it’s on, so you’ll always know when the effect is active. Our friends at Sweetwater sent this pedal over for us to check out, and it follows the quality build and incredible sound that the previous Maestro units had, to a T. Generating a wide range of distorted sounds, the Ranger Overdrive will easily meld with any rig, regardless of musical genre. Cheers to Maestro on this wonderful lineup of pedals, and to Sweetwater for partnering with us to showcase what these pedals can do. Be sure to visit the Sweetwater website and grab a Ranger of your own…after you check out our demo video below, of course!!
Grab a Ranger Overdrive at Sweetwater – https://bit.ly/3rGiLeA
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