Strymon Sunset – Dual Overdrive Pedal
Classic overdrive sound, x2
Sunset gives you the best of the best classic overdrive circuits, custom voiced for instantly gratifying control over a huge range of sought-after tones. We studied six circuit types found in many truly timeless and iconic overdrive and boost pedals, and put our takes on all six of them into a single two-channel unit.
Two pedals at once
The Strymon Sunset is really two customisable overdrive pedals, independently selectable and flexibly routable, designed and voiced for complementary tones when stacked. Six distinct circuits each feel and react differently in your hands, two at once, all in one convenient package. Push your amp any way you want, from transparent “more amp” to heavy saturated fuzz, and all the best places in between.
Holy Grail tone, minus the quest
We are all familiar with the endless search for the ultimate overdrive pedal and the perfect tone. We did the critical listening and custom voicing to design each side of Sunset with just one tone knob, so you can quickly dial in the sound you want.
Custom calibrated knob ranges exist for each circuit type to provide maximal usable control. We applied the same design philosophy and care to the stacking options. This ensures each combination interacts optimally and sounds great, so a huge range of classic overdrive tones are instantly achievable.
Strymon Sunset’s Optimised Stacking
Since the time when overdrives were created to simply push an amp in order to achieve an overdriven sound even at sane volume levels, players have evolved to want more layered, multistage tonalities. Stacking gives you more flexibility and tone range on the floor. You can find an overdrive that sounds good on its own, then run it through a second drive to add new dimensions to your tone.
Sunset allows you to use any of its six overdrive circuits on their own. Route the Channel A drive circuit through Channel B, or Channel B through Channel A. Additionally, use the two circuits in parallel. Sunset eliminates the guesswork.
Channel A overdrive circuits
The Ge overdrive combines the softer response of germanium diodes with a parallel path that blends in the dry signal as the Drive is lowered. At higher gains the lower-mid range frequencies are emphasized to create a tight, thick response. This overdrive really fattens up single coil pickups, while responding with a bold push when paired with humbuckers.
The Texas overdrive employs a single stage soft-clipper configuration that is filtered before and after the gain stage to create a smooth and dynamic overdrive. As the gain is increased, the original signal dynamics are retained. This is perfect for playing the blues or just fattening up your sound with a signature mid range bump.
Channel B overdrive circuits
The 2stage overdrive combines a soft-clipping stage followed by a hard-clipping stage. This creates a complex overdrive with a wide range of gain. Its EQ structure preserves the low end while adding some muscle to push your amp. This overdrive can easily take you from lightly clipped to beefy saturation.
Lastly, the Hard overdrive uses a single-stage hard-clipping circuit that has a ton of available gain. At lower gains, mildly clipped, transparent tones are achieved with this versatile drive, and deeper, fuzzier tones at max gain. Similarly, the wide-ranging Tone knob lets you shape the top end from smooth to buzzy.
Strymon Sunset Key Features
- Six drive circuit topologies with custom tuned voicing for each drive type
- Precision crafted drive circuits stackable in multiple combinations for a wide variety of complex, responsive tones.
- Analog class A JFET input gain stage maximizes headroom while adding up to 20dB of pure analog gain
- Drive and Tone control ranges optimised for each circuit topology
- Series, reverse series, and parallel drive circuit stacking via Config switch
- Bright switch to tailor the sound for use with all amplifiers from dark to bright
- Optional variable-threshold noise reduction for taming noisy guitar pickups