So you want to know about the Caroline Aaron Graves Overdrive. Fine. Caroline Guitar Company, the same lunatics who made you fall in love with a reverb tank that sounds like a falling building, decided to build a pedal that is not just a pedal. It is a goddamn sermon.
Two modes.
- Mode A is preamp—clean, articulate, polite enough to take to dinner.
- Mode B is power-amp clipping, and that’s where the beast wakes up. It makes your tiny combo amp sound like it’s been drinking steroids for breakfast.
Gain knob goes from “excuse me” to “I am going to eat your face.” EQ is a shelf boost on highs and lows, no mid-scoop cowardice. Bass toggle cuts mud or leaves it thick.
The pedal was inspired by and named after the Caroline team’s departed friend Aaron Graves, the founder of Fork and Spoon Records and the band Those Lavender Whales, who passed away in 2019.
A portion of sales goes to the record label, keeping the community alive. That’s right. Buy this pedal, help your friends. It’s almost too noble for something that sounds this filthy. Almost.
1 comment
patrick says:
May 28, 2026
Hi, Delicious Audio folx!
Thanks for writing about the Aaron Graves Overdrive! We’re psyched that our friends at Caroline have made such a rad thing for our friend and founder.
We’re sure that the Aaron Graves from Vampires Everywhere! was a rad dude, but this pedal is dedicated to the Aaron Graves from Columbia, South Carolina, who started Fork & Spoon and wrote the songs for the band Those Lavender Whales.
Our Aaron did learn a bunch of Misfits songs, too, though.
Thanks! Keep it natural!
Patrick
Fork & Spoon