OVERDRIVE- MENATONE Red Snapper mini ... same 1996 pedal in a mini box

MENATONE

RED SNAPPER mini 

$140.00 USD

Brian Mena started his business in 1996 with this pedal and is still making it. 

He has a B size version with an added cut for the highs which for me is not needed. The circuit and parts has remained the same. Every pedal is still handmade by Brian. 

He is world wide known for his other business. Hand made tobacco pipes, LOL. Brian works to live but does nit live to work. He enjoys what he does. 

He keeps it simple. He does not do any marketing and simply makes a pedal after you order and ships it out. it can take up to 3 weeks.

The RS is low gain to medium crunch pedal. it has a fabulous organic rich sound. At its lowest gain it is one the sweetest crisp sounding Boost pedals on the planet. Pushed hard it is fat, chunky and has incredible balz.

CONCLUSION 

It started by using the Tube Screamers topography 

but has no comparison. It has no buffers and no

compression even the tone control was tossed. 

It was the first and completely transparent OD.  

You Love it or you move on. 

 

NOTE: You can go to the site for audio samples but Brian does not dumb down a pedal to fit a box. 

It is hand wired through hole build.  

The original was 3 knobs in a very large enclosure. This does indeed sounds like the 1996 original. 

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