Description
Suhr spent a full year reworking the Riot before they’d let it out the door, and you can hear why. Most high-gain distortion pedals fight with a clean amp, layering on a synthetic buzz or a muddy low end that never quite feels like a real amplifier pushed hard. The Riot was built to solve that problem specifically: it’s voiced and engineered to feel like a 100-watt tube head breaking up under your hands, complete with the dynamic touch-response that pedals usually can’t fake.
Drop it in front of virtually any decent tube amp—modern high-gain heads or vintage Blackface-style cleans—and the Riot adds size and saturation without turning harsh or artificial. There’s no jarring fizz on top, no boxy compression underneath, just a big, musical push that feels like it’s coming from the amp itself. For pedalboard builders chasing an alternate high-gain voice without hauling a second amp to the gig, this is a compact way to get there, and pro players have already put it through its paces live and in the studio.
This listing includes a free Fender guitar polish.
Specifications:
- Input Impedance: 1M ohm / Output Impedance: 600 ohm
- Power: 9VDC center negative, 2.1mm x 5.5mm; operating range 4V–18V (nominal 9V), max 20Vdc
- Reverse and over-voltage protection included
- Current draw: 8mA; battery life approx. 75–100 hours continuous use
- Dimensions: 2.50″ W x 4.50″ D x 1.25″ H; Weight: 0.75 lb
- FX Link Connector: 1/8″ stereo, max 3.3Vdc; Shield Tip activates on/off
- ROHS Compliant
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