How do the Boost and Tone controls on the Lenny pedal work?

The Lenny pedal features a straightforward 2-knob layout. The "Boost" knob provides a significant push, creating an inspiring interplay with the front end of your amplifier to achieve natural overdrive or make your solos cut through the mix. The "Tone" control allows you to dial in your high end, shaping the brightness of your sound from warm to crisp, giving you precise control over your sonic character.

Is the J. Rockett Audio Designs Lenny pedal true bypass?

Yes, the Lenny Boost/Overdrive Pedal features true bypass switching. This means that when the pedal is disengaged, your guitar's signal passes directly through without any coloration or signal degradation. This preserves your original tone, ensuring that your sound remains pure and unaffected when the effect isn't active in your signal chain.

How is the Lenny Boost/Overdrive Pedal powered?

The Lenny Boost/Overdrive Pedal can be powered in two ways: using a standard 9V DC power supply (sold separately) or with a single 9V battery. This flexibility allows you to integrate it easily into your pedalboard or use it portably for practice or gigs. Sweetwater offers a wide selection of compatible power supplies to meet your needs.

Who is the J. Rockett Audio Designs Lenny pedal designed for?

The Lenny pedal is ideal for guitarists who want to unlock the legendary tone of Stevie Ray Vaughan's dimed boutique amplifier. It's perfect for players seeking a versatile boost, a transparent, dynamic overdrive, or that irresistible mid character to make solos pop. Whether you're looking to add subtle warmth, push an already breaking-up amp, or achieve a classic rock crunch, its intuitive controls make it suitable for players of all experience levels looking to enhance their core tone and add expressive dynamics to their playing.

J. Rockett Audio Designs Lenny Boost/Overdrive Pedal

Q: What does the J. Rockett Audio Designs Lenny Boost/Overdrive Pedal do?

The J. Rockett Audio Designs Lenny Boost/Overdrive Pedal is engineered to capture the legendary sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan's dimed boutique amplifier in a compact stompbox. It delivers a powerful boost and musical color that pushes your amp in an inspiring way, adding rich overdrive and sustain. This pedal is perfect for enhancing your guitar tone with a warm, natural character, making it versatile for various musical styles and ideal for adding expressive dynamics to your signal.

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The Sound of SRV’s Dimed Amp — in a Pedal

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With Lenny, J. Rockett Audio Designs endeavored to pack the sound of SRV’s dimed boutique amplifier into a pedal — and they nailed it. This pedal isn’t just loud and clean either. It imparts a musical color that boosts your amp in an inspiring way (J. RAD likens it to running your signal through a British console). A straightforward 2-knob layout makes dialing in this pedal a breeze, and when you’re not using it, Lenny stays out of your way, thanks to true bypass switching. Want your solos to cut through the mix? Then stomp on Lenny — its irresistible mid character is guaranteed to make every note pop.

Delivers legendary boutique tone

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s tone is legendary, and his boutique amp (which he was known to crank up all the way) was an essential ingredient to his sound. J. RAD’s Lenny manages to bottle this sound. Its controls couldn’t be simpler — it only has two knobs. Boost offers loads of push, creating an interplay with the front end of your amp. Tone dials in your high end. The two knobs interact with one another when they slam into the front end of your amp. At Sweetwater, we’ve had a blast experimenting with this stompbox. Combining it with different guitars and amplifiers yields an endless array of inspiring sounds. Grab a Lenny and see for yourself!