OVERDRIVE- FENDER Hammertone Breakup Drive___NEW___ a good start ...it has FETS

FENDER|HAMMERTONE 

BREAKUP DRIVE 

$105.00 USD

A new Hammertone is long overdue. Fender have a massive following so only your grandad buys one to pass the time in his retirement than they will sell by the thousands. Having reviewed them all. I find all are passable, a few are good and one for certain is damn impressive.

What we get is a medium gain slightly transparent OD. The good news is it uses FETS. FETS are the transistors that function like a tube. The best OD's that clone a classic amp like a Marshall use them. It is a pricey way to make an OD. The layout is Volume, 

Tone and Gain. A toggle increases the gain. Another toggle

is a mids scoop.

            CONCLUSION ___

It sounds good but not earth shattering. If I had 

to guess it could be a knockoff of some brand of 

Dumble or a take on an old Bassman.

       

thefineprint

..since you asked the best in the line is the Fuzz. 

It is a clone of the Vahlbruch Octavia. Fender 

even borrowed the purple color.