Electro Harmonix Crayon 69 Full-Range Overdrive

I don't know a lot of tone-shaping for electric guitar. I just think I have some how good taste. I bought this ONLY thinking about a not so harsh- high gain overdrive pedal with more than a "tone" knob for EQ. So this made the first filter only by the looks. Then, I didn't want to spend more than 100 dlls. Filter two check. OK. I got it. I started trying it. I liked it. It has a tone of volume - (headroom - whatever that is) - and the bass knob adds nice low, tight end. After a couple of months, I started trying to understand a bit more of this freaking addictive never-ending interest for OD pedals. Eventually I bumped into certain claimings of individuals saying this is the take of EHX on the TIMY. I didn't find a straightforward statement from EHX saying it is their take on the TIMMY, but I did a google search saying "EHX take on the TIMMY" and hundreds of links about the Crayon 69/76 popped up. Now I have a Timmy. The timmy is a wonder, and the Crayon is nothing like that. What I have found agis, though, that this Crayon sounds very similar to the J.Rokkett THE DUDE, which is the Rockett effects company's take on the DUmble tone. To be honest. I don't like the Dumble videos I've watched. But the couple of videos I watched certainly show the pedals sounding very alike. So, you'll get a TONE of headroom, and great tight bass, and a wide-range of gain with a quite controllable treble on the Crayon, and for very reasonable bucks. Ok, off to play my crayon :-)

4 stars because the footswitch feels as cheap as the pedal is cheap actually. :-P
And the tone is great but not aaaas we wish it really was. Also this doesn't offer different clippings as others do.

Still super good product.

I needed a soft distortion pedal to do some dirty cleans (e.g.: Mastodon's The Hunter, The Sparrow, Thickening). That clean sound that has a bit of dirt in its end, that's how I interpret it...

I previously bought a Little Big Muff to that end, but I soon learned that it wasn't suitable for the sound I was looking for. I than used my amps heavy distortion soften with a volume pedal to cut the guitar signal. The sound was near what I envisioned but it lacked on presence and brightness.

I decided to get a non expensive overdrive pedal, that could get really soft and offer more EQ control than a single Tone knob. And I found this. After owning lots of EHx pedals (besides the Little Big Muff) I trusted the brand and I didn't get disappointed.

The distortion knob can go from very very subtil to very intense, without getting into fuzz territory. The volume pedal acts as expected, muting the pedal, compensating from the volume loss/increase of the distortion knob or really boosting the signal. The bass and Treble offer great tone shaping, they can really be boosted or cut, and bring some meds in in the process, and they are certainly more versatile than just a single Tone knob. However it would be perfect with a mid knob, and certainly easier to find the right sound.

I am very satisfied with the pedal, to those dirty cleans it is perfect, to some delay play (The Edge like) it make some notes crash beautifully and to spark a more subtil solo it is great!