The recent revival of the Maestro brand has brought a couple of great pedals our way. The Discoverer Delay and Comet Chorus were both a joy to explore, and we’ve got the third pedal in this impressive lineup for you today. The Invader Distortion features three knobs, one switch and a ton of tone to shape and sculpt your favorite distortion and overdrive sounds perfectly…let’s see what it’s all about!
The Maestro Invader Distortion is a high-gain, all-analog modern distortion pedal with a heavy, aggressive, dominant sonic character and loads of rich harmonics. The 3-knob control layout gives users intuitive control over Gain (distortion amount), Tone and output Level, with more than enough volume on tap to easily exceed unity gain when you want to. Users can also engage a built-in noise gate with the top panel toggle switch. An internal trim pot mounted on the circuit board inside the pedal allows the user to adjust the level of the noise gate’s Threshold.
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 Invader Distortion will easily meld with any rig, high-gain or not. 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 an Invader of your own…after you check out our demo video below, of course!!
Grab an Invader Distortion at Sweetwater – https://bit.ly/3rGiLeA
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