Coming out of the gates with the exquisite Type One Chorus Ensemble, we had the feeling that the crew at Horrothia FX were going to bring the heat for their next pedal release. They did, in the form of the Teeth Discrete Low-Gain Overdrive. This subtle but powerful machine gives you gorgeous boost, tasty crunch and delicious tonal enhancement around every corner, to be certain…
Wanting to add a little flavor to the old ‘straight into your amp’ routine, but not get TOO dirty, Teeth was a necessary evolution. It is a low gain pre-amp / overdrive with a blend between completely clean and slight grit. Use it as an ‘always on’ to brighten up old pickups or kick some colour into your signal chain or as a standalone overdrive – up to you.
Teeth has two sides, a very transparent dry side and an ‘edge of breakup’ wet side. These are mixed by the Saturation knob, with full left being clean, and full right being almost only overdrive with a hint of clean. Saturation is also a gain control; as you move to the right, it increases the gain at the same time as changing the blend. The maximum gain is get by the Gain Stage knob, giving you limitless combinations of clean and drive.
The Clipping control changes the shape of the overdrive clipping, from a soft squashy compression to a more squared-off, harder, traditional low gain drive. The Breath switch adds an airiness to the upper mid frequencies on the boost side giving out-of-phase pickup selections some chance to breathe and cut through the mix / bar / bedroom / studio. Teeth is a 9 transistor design, all analogue design, using no IC opamps. No modeling, nothing digital. There are two completely discrete transistor based opamps inside (using hand selected components) for supreme tonal clarity.
We love how this “overdrive” just kinda sits perfectly on your tone, not covering up or hiding anything, just enhancing it in the best of ways. We run through a bit of the Grateful Dead’s “Althea” in our demo below, and Teeth adds such a warm and wonderful character to one of our favorite riffs. The rest of the demo will show more settings, functionality and talk about the Teeth Discrete Low-Gain Overdrive in depth, so grab a coffee and settle in! Cheers to the Horrothia FX team on another great effects pedal creation – we can’t wait to see what Pedal #3 will be!
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