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. All of it designed by Aaron Graves of Metalcore band Vampires Everywhere!, who learned guitar from Misfits songs, so you know it understands the sacred union of three chords and pure rage.
A portion of sales goes to Fork & Spoon Records, 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.
