Super 100 by Skreddy

The Skreddy Super 100 is an aggressive guitar preamp designed to emulate the roar of a cranked 100-Watt non-master-volume, non-cascaded preamp British tube amplifier. It offers remarkably amp-like overdrive and distortion while retaining chiminess and articulation. The pedal features a three-band tone stack based on historic amplifier design, with controls for volume, drive, bass, middle, treble, and sag.

The volume control is dependent upon the drive and EQ, typically providing unity gain around noonish or earlier. The drive control ranges from cleanish to crunchy to huge, sustaining, harmonically-rich overdrive. The bass control tightens and thins bass at minimum, while providing a fatter tone at maximum without being boomy. The middle control ranges from dramatically scooped mids to aggressive mid hump, with a neutral setting around noon. The treble control ranges from heavy, louder, and slightly dark at minimum to very bright and thin at maximum.

The sag knob controls the intensity of the optical limiter, offering full dynamic force at minimum and compression at maximum to emulate the effects of a saturated, cranked amp and speaker system at its dynamic limits. The pedal operates using a regular Boss-style 9V adapter or a battery, with a power consumption of 4 mA @ 9V.

The Super 100 is designed to evoke the grunt and power of a massive British tube amp, providing a range of tones from clean to crunchy to full-throated, sustaining distortion while retaining string definition and full articulation. It is suitable for creating classic stadium rock tones from the mid-to-late 60's era and responds like a tube amp to pickup volumes and the impact of running other effect pedals in front of it.

The pedal can be used by itself or stacked with other drive, boost, or fuzz pedals, and is optimized to deliver cranked-amp live tones reminiscent of Hendrix and Page. It offers a big, round quality with a slightly chunky distortion, holding together and rendering chiminess even at maximum drive.

For service inquiries, users can contact Skreddy Pedals at marc@skreddypedals.com.