Warm Audio Centavo Overdrive

It’s Klone Time Again, Kiddos!! We love a good mythical circuit around here, especially when it looks and sounds *really close* to an original…well, at least what we’ve heard an original sounds like, having never been knighted into the club. This particular clone comes to us from Warm Audio as the Centavo Overdrive, an accurate recreation of one of the most unattainable overdrive pedals in guitar history. Let’s see what sets this one apart for the couple of other options out there, what’dya say?

The Warm Audio Centavo is a true-to-original overdrive pedal that authentically recreates the legendary experience and adored tones of the original, legendary box. This pedal is comfortable acting as a boost, but the saturation in the higher gain settings provide a platform for true “transparent” overdriven rhythm tones. The addition of the Mod switch on the back – famously requested by Jeff Beck on the original pedal – allows players to extend the bass response, impacting the lower strings to get added low end drive tones.

The Centavo has three basic controls on the top – Gain, Treble & Output. The gain breaks up fairly late, with edge-of-breakup hitting after 50% and real clipping occurring late in the gain stage. The treble control is useful for dialing in more top-end for muddier guitars, like dual-humbucker models or all-mahogany instruments. The Centavo is loaded with output and can easily deliver clean boost, or create natural distortion if the tubes on your amplifier are already being pushed. Engaging that Mod switch on the back is a great tool to have at your disposal if the overdrive initially sounds “thin” in the lower register.

We really need to get our Klone Wars series going back again on our YouTube channel, and I think the Centavo Overdrive is a prime candidate to help revive those videos. Oozing with authenticity and pure tone, this is one of the best Klones we’ve come across, and really think anyone in the market will dig it, too. Another wonderful creation from our friends at Warm Audio – please do visit their website for more info on this and the rest of their effects lineup, as well as their Microphones, Preamps, Compressors, EQs and more. Be sure to head to our YouTube channel for our Centavo Demo as well…we’ll catch you in the mythical realm….

Grab a Centavo Overdrive at Sweetwater – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/mgDzLO