I wanted to point out Musician’s Friend Stupid Deal of the day today. Today’s deal is the Deltalab TO1 Tube Overdrive… and is going for only $19.99! If you’re looking for a new overdrive, and just want to try something, this could be a great pick up for a low price. Just like all Stupid Deals, this is limited to stock on hand, so it might go away soon.

Here is the official description of the Deltalab TO1 Tube Overdrive:

Creating a warm overdrive effect reminiscent of the classic rock and blues sounds of the ’60s and ’70s, the TO1 allows you to overdrive your favorite tube or solid state amp in a toneful manner. Featuring an old-school design to match its vintage warmth, the TO1 overdrive pedal is the choice for any musician looking for rich, harmonic overdrive and sustain.

Here is the official product video by deltalabeffects:

Again, the Deltalab TO1 Tube Overdrive is on sale for $19.99 (Musician’s Friend Stupid Deal of the Day)

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I noticed that the DeltaLab TO1 Tube Overdrive is on clearance at Musician’s Friend. I’ve seen a few DeltaLab pedals on sale in the past, but this one basically caught my eye/ear after a few YouTube clips. It’s a pretty great sounding over drive.. similar to Ibanez Tubescreamer. Normally this pedal lists for $79.99 and you usually see it available for $49.99, but is currently on clearance for $29.99 at Musician’s Friend!

Here is the official description on the DeltaLab TO1 Tube Overdrive:

Creamy, vintage-style overdrive.

The Deltalab TO1 Tube Overdrive pedal adds overdrive to your favorite tube or solid state amp in a toneful manner. The T01 creates a warm overdrive effect reminiscent of the classic rock and blues sounds of the ’60s and ’70s. With an old-school design to match its vintage warmth, the Deltalab TO1 is the pedal of choice for guitarists who want rich, harmonic overdrive and sustain. Affordable vintage tones made easy

I’m going to post two demos of this pedal. Both are by intheblues. This first clip is a straight demo of the pedal.

This second video is where intheblues plays the DeltaLab TO1 vs. a Ibanez Tubescreamer:

As you can hear, the overdrive is not bad at all and can keep up with the TS nicely. For the price of $29.99, it’s a great bargain for a nice sounding overdrive. The DeltaLab TO1 Tube Overdrive is available via clearance sale for $29.99 at Musician’s Friend!

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The following is a guest post review of the Digitech Hardwire CM-2 Tube Overdrive Pedal by Andrew Elmore. If you are interested in guest posting, please contact me!

A while back i bought a Sony PSP from a friend for the strange price of $65 and a box of Pop Tarts. I am completely serious. I used it about five times and then it sat in my closet collecting dust for several months. On a completely unrelated subject I have recently discovered the Digitech Hardwire CM-2 Tube Overdrive and have fallen in love with it. (Long story short, a dude on craigslist was selling one for $70 and I traded that PSP for it instead. Success.)

I played with it at my local music store and wasn’t super impressed (it was plugged into a Marshall MG15DFX… What could I expect?) but the reviews on the internet were so crazily positive! And the youtube demos made it sound great! What was the deal?!

I ended up trading that PSP (You thought that random intro sentence was completely pointless didn’t you?) for The Hardwire Tube Overdrive on craigslist and took it home and was blown away. It took awhile to find a good spot for it, but i ended up putting it before my other OD pedals and it just sounded beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

You got your basic Level, Low, High, and Gain controls here, as well as a standard bypass switch. There is, however, another mysterious little mini-toggle for either Classic or Modified. Classic sounds very very reminiscent of a TS9 (but with 2 band EQ of course)but the Modified setting is where this pedal really shines. A Gain/Presence boost along with a mid-range boost and a bit more compression give it that TS9DX “Hot Mode” sound but with more creamy, glorious sustain. Beautiful.

Try as I might, I could not get a bad sound out of this pedal! Contrary to popular belief, this is not just a glorified Digitech Bad Monkey. It’s a whole ‘nother animal. The CM-2 uses higher voltage operation than any pedal I’ve ever heard of, allowing for amazing headroom so you won’t overload this pedal with any pregain stages or active pickups. Like it’s namesake, it’s hardwired true bypass and won’t affect your tone when off. One of the features I’m glad for in the Hardwire series is an overall use of much better parts. The knobs are solid and well, different. (Play with one, you’ll get what I mean.) The bypass switch is an overall better quality than the standard digitech pedal (I’m comparing this to my Hot Head.) and this thing could survive a freaking nuclear holocaust. It’s even olive drab which makes it extra hardcore! It comes with a Glow In The Dark sticker for the stomp switch so it’s easy to see on a dark stage (very helpful!) and a seperate, all velcro backplate
to replace the standard rubber one. Bright blue blind-you-for-days LED and a sick, sick tone. This pedal is the definition of sexy.

It was once said on TGP somewhere: “If it ain’t hand-painted, it ain’t worth playin’.” I guarantee if you shoot this out with hand made boutique overdrives it will still blow their overinflated pricetags out their butts. Long story short, this thing sounds PHENOMENAL and is a flat hundred bucks new! Don’t take my word for it. Go play one. This has become my main overdrive pedal for lead AND rhythm! My SD-1 and BD-2 are essentially just gain boosts now!

Anyway yeah. Digitech Hardwire CM-2 Tube Overdrive, You succeed on all levels of awesome.

About the author:

I’m a christian guitarist with a bad bad case of “Pedal Acquisition Syndrome” I’ve been playing for about 6 years. My current set up is as follows:
Ibanez AX-S 42 > Dunlop Standard Crybaby GCB-95 > Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator > Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive > Digitech Hot Head Distortion > Danelectro Tuna Melt Tremolo > Digitech RP50 Processor (Piece of crap, only used as a tuner) > Boss DD-7 Digital Delay > Fender FM212R
You can follow Andrew on Twitter (@AndrewElmore)

You can pick up the Digitech Hardwire CM-2 Tube Overdrive pedal for $99.95 at Musician’s Friend!

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