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SILKTONE

Silktone is best known for its range of small-to-smaller tube amps, but the company does have the well-respected Fuzz pedal in its catalog. And thanks to the arrival of the equally eponymously named Overdrive+, that’s no longer the lone stompbox on offer. A quick look at any of Silktone’s three amp models or the Fuzz itself quickly tells you that company founder and head designer Charles Henry isn’t satisfied merely remaking circuits that have gone before, and the Overdrive+ is no different. Although the textured metal box (offered in Concrete or Dark finish options), chrome-skirted knobs, retro graphics and generic name

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