BLUE DOG

The thought process behind the Blue Dog was to create a medium gain overdrive that emulates response from a good amplifier. That's a text book definition of any overdrive and there are a bazillion overdrive pedals on the market. Ultimately they, as well as the Blue Dog, strive to achieve the same goal. We certainly wanted this overdrive to be different, but realistically, at the end of the day it's still just overdrive. We wanted to avoid too much tone coloration and to make the effect more interactive with other pedals and more importantly with the guitar itself. It had to clean up nicely by rolling back on the guitar's volume knob, much like a good amp, and the tone control had to be voiced to accommodate a wide spectrum of pickups, amplifiers, and musical styles. When we had the design narrowed down to a couple of prototypes we passed them around to a number of different players.