Animal Factory Amplification Ozymandias Dual Overdrive Distortion

It’s been a looooong time since we had any effects from Animal Factory Amplification in the shop (like 9 years!), but based on today’s pedal, they have complete stepped up their game over the last near-decade. The Ozymandias Dual Overdrive Distortion looks like it’s fairly complicated pon first glance, but as you sit down with it and dig in, it’s extremely user-friendly, while providing more drive and crunch tones than you’ll know what to do with. This is an exciting one, kiddos, get ready to be blown away…

Ozymandias is a stacked dual overdrive/distortion pedal that offers a plethora of usage options, choices fit for the King of Kings. From a near-clean boost with unparalleled headroom to full bore bourbon-swilling crunch, this one rules them all. This unit contains two independent overdrive circuits, with identical controls but marked differences in tone and voicing.

The CROOK channel (left side, blue LED) boasts a full, fat thick sound and amp-like voicing. This channel is more articulate, grainy and has a huge low end. The FLAIL channel (right side, red LED) is voiced in the midrange, with more drive and compression. This high-mid voicing will cut through a mix on pretty much any instrument. Both channels have GAIN, TONE and VOLUME controls. For more textural control, each channel has three-way switches for hard (GRIND) and soft (GRIT) clipping, as well range (FULL/MID).

Each channel of the Ozymandias has its own set of input and output jacks. This allows you to split the output from each channel into separate amplifiers or even process two different instruments independently.

The mysterious square in the middle switches between two modes:

Series (Light off): FLAIL channel -> CROOK channel -> Output 2
Parallel (Light on): FLAIL channel -> Output 1; CROOK channel -> Output 2

Thanks to internal voltage doubling, the Ozymandias Dual Overdrive Distortion offers far greater headroom than most overdrive pedals from a regular 9V pedal power supply. Even with the gain dimed, this pedal is extremely reactive to playing dynamics, keeping your playing as nuanced as you intend it to be. So much to explore and discover with this pedal, the possibilities really are endless, and it will fit in with any rig or musical style you play. Head over to the Animal Factory Amplification website to grab one for yourself, and be sure to check out our demo below and on YouTube – cheers!