Chandler Limited Little Devil Colored Boost Distortion Pedal Reviews
Grab the Chandler Limited Little Devil Colored Boost gain boost pedal to supercharge your tone with a shot of color. It's true bypass, so you won't hear it when it's not engaged, but kick it on and you'll fall in love with the analog flavor. The Little Devil Colored Boost has a variable Color Boost control as well as a Feedback/Bias control. The Color Boost control supplies up to 39dB of gain boost, perfect for adding some flavor to your signal. It's also great for hitting the input of your favorite tube amp extra-hard, for the sweet tone you can only get from a tube amp that's getting pushed to the max. The Feedback/Bias control changes the character of the pedal, simultaneously affecting the gain, frequency response, clipping amount and type, and harmonic distortion of the Little Devil Colored Boost. Basically, if you're looking for a gain boost pedal with a unique character and flexible tonality, you'll love the Chandler Limited Little Devil Colored Boost.
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Highest Rated Reviews
This is really amazing
When I use different guitars but with the same amp settings, or - when I use different dirt pedals and guitars with the same amp (the combos are endless, right?) this magic little box helps me to dial in the sounds that I hear in my head without having to fuss with amp knobs or other pedal knobs. It can really make things come to life! Warning - overuse can also make things have too much sizzle. It really is a swiss army knife for dialing in tones and textures.
What a GREAT tool to have when changing guitars around...
This is amazing. Not only can you change the EQ of your sound with preset knob turns...you can increase or decrease volume (output) on the top of the pedal - you never need to touch your amp. Little toggles also change tone characteristics...this pedal is a very handy tool when changing different guitars around. Not a thing that I don't love about it.
Lots of different options
For studio use, this is a dream to work with. Multiple flavors/styles of drives that alter the attack and sustain of the amp. It's a warmer/aggressive sounding boost, but can be tweaked to fit almost any amp/style.
WOW
One of the best o/d boost I've ever heard. Instantly my favorite pedal. Sounded good with my Telecaster and my Les Paul.
Chandler Red Devil
Great colored boost, but I wouldn't call it a distortion pedal. Works very well with drive pedals.
Red Devil
Not a straight up distortion pedal but put it in front of an amp with some gain and it explodes with complex harmonically rich tone. Great as a boost to combine with other pedals.
For the Kemper
I have been searching for ways to add texture and reality to the digital realm. I use this pedal to add texture to the rock/metal rhythm profiles on my Kemper. I dial back the gain on my kemper by about 1.0 and kick on the Chandler Colored Boost on bias 5 or 6. The boost is usually around 11 O'clock, and the switches are set to compensate for the individual profiles.
Gorgeous little Devil
This thing is really, really impressive. Very dynamic, very rich in tone. You can dial in a variety of spice w/ turning of the knobs. This thing makes every amp I own sound better! I can play at bedroom volumes and get the same beautiful sustain, as if I was playing at a much higher volume w/ my tubes hot. I highly recommend, very easy to use!
OUTSTANDING
I bought the Chandler Blue and Red at the same time not really expecting to keep them both. Well, they're both outstanding and both keepers. I have to give them both fives, I've flip-flopped countless times as to which one I think I like better. Fiddle with one of them for five minutes and you'll be convinced you prefer it. Then go back to the other one and suddenly you won't be so sure. Put a Bogner Wessex OD (or the OD of your choice) in front of either of them and even bigger WOW! These are outstanding (and LOW NOISE) pedals. If pressed, I would give the Red a sliiiiiiiiiiight edge, but ultimately it will depend on your setup which one is better for you.
This one truly IS a little devil!
Found this pedal in a Sweetwater catalog along with the Germanium drive. At first, I thought wow.. overly priced for such pedals with very few knobs. Then, I noticed how much gain the boost was capable of producing (about 36db?) good lord.. Pretty much any boost pedal on the market doesn't even come close to this. Being interested in something that seemed overpriced, I decided to play it safe, and search reviews.. of reviewers playing metal & high gain solos through it. There's very little reviews at the moment.. I play progressive metal, and it's hard finding reviews where they don't just play blues, jazz, rock.. mostly low gain settings. I wanna hear that sucker pushed! I decided to take a risk and invest anyways. I'm FAR from disappointed. This thing may have a hell on earth price, but it screams! Despite its name, its tone is heaven to my ears. Really transparent sounding. Organic, and doesn't change your amp's tone unless you want it to. It can be fat sounding with lots of midrange, get Marshall/Fender inspired amp tones, and can get fuzzy too. Sounds AMAZING though my Blackstar ID:260 combo(solid state), and Peavey 6505+ half stack(tube). To top things off, it's built like it has God of the underworld powers. It's really hard to pull the plug out of the jack, and its all metal construction seems like it was removed from an anti tank missel. The mini switches seem sketchy though. I'm afraid I'm going to step on one, and bend it. It shouldn't bend though, but if I were you I'd take precautions. Is this truly worth the money? Depends on taste really, but I'm thinking YES!
Sweet pedal!
This piece of eqpt caught my eye and ear, so I ordered it and let my guitar player take it out. I'll not be getting it back. Damn guitar players! Seriously, very powerful tool. In the wrong hands could be dangerous. However, in the right hands it's just beautiful!
Not a technical review I know.
The Holy Grail
I bought the Little Devil based soley on a rave review in Guitar Player Magazine, and at least one YouTube video. I was not disappointed! I cannot contain my enthusiasm for this pedal!!! It's almost like you don't know what you're missing until you fire this baby up and coax glorious overdriven-to-fire-breathing tones our of your amp that are just plain addictive! It's a versatile, rock solid, totally professional piece of gear that I can't imagine any electric guitarist or studio would want to be without.
Awesome sound!
I'm completely blown away from the sound of this pedal! Great combination with my Vox AC30 amp! Highly recommend.
Wow, If you own an amp GET THIS!
I was a little apprehensive when I heard a recording gear manufacturer was going to make guitar pedals, I figured I'd give it a try. I am totally floored. This is by far the coolest boost pedal I have ever used. The dynamic range and tone is just life changing. It definitely behaves differently in front of different amps, but always performs.
I would absolutely recommend this pedal to anyone with a guitar amp.
P.S. I even tried it in front of junky $100 solid state amp... It turned it into a monster!
Becomes Extension of Preamp
Heard about Chandler reputation for quality Studio Rack gear and saw the Germanium Drive & Little Devil Color Boost Pedals on Sweetwater Website.
Further reading revealed Little Devil is Silicon and thus a little "edgier" than its Geranium sibling...
Little Devil is boosting output of Moog MF Trem (faux Leslie & UniVibe) and feeding signal to Dunlop EchoPlex...into frontend of Quilter Mini 101R Head.
101R pushing Fender BassBreaker 112 extension cab, sitting atop LINE6 DT DT-25 112 ext cab.
So far the Little Devil is melding very well with this simple layout. It may even be adding add'l range to guitar controls relative to amp response(?)
I was not expecting it to add such a variety of tonal coloration AND work so seamlessly
Impressive!
Very Nice
This is one smooth pedal. I play to the clean side & the Little Devil dials in perfectly with both settings on 4; with my Mesa Mark V set to Clean or Fat. Very nice boost, distortion & sustain. Quietest pedal I have.
Expensive but value is in the results & this is mighty fine.
