Description
Nicknamed “Armageddon in a Box,” the Uberschall pedal channels the ferocity of Bogner’s own Uberschall amplifier, an amp Reinhold Bogner has hand-built since 2001. Drop it into your chain expecting classic low-to-mid gain tones, and it’ll deliver, but push the gain knob and this thing turns savage fast. It’s built for players who need a distortion pedal that can go from tight rhythm crunch to violent, wall-of-gain lead tone without losing note definition.
Inside, five discrete Class A gain stages paired with diode clipping mirror the circuitry of the Uberschall amp’s high-gain channel. That architecture is what gives this pedal its touch sensitivity and note separation, qualities that get lost in most high-gain boxes once you crank the gain past noon. Reinhold’s internal voltage-boost circuit steps up the voltage well beyond the standard 9V supply, giving the pedal a wider dynamic range that feels closer to a tube amp responding under your fingers than a typical distortion stomp.
On the board, it’s a true bypass unit with full tone-shaping control: volume, treble, middle, bass, and gain. A boost function with its own independently lit volume knob is on tap for solos, and the remote jack lets you switch on/off and boost functions from a separate remote unit, handy for pedalboards where you want that control elsewhere. Low battery indicators blink when voltage drops too low, so you’re not caught mid-set with a dying 9V.
- True bypass switching
- Master controls: volume, treble, middle, bass, gain
- Boost function with independently lit volume control
- Input, output, and remote jacks
- Remote jack for external on/off and boost switching
- Low battery LED indicators
- Premium components: double-sided gold-plated circuit boards, German WIMA capacitors, Japanese Nichicon capacitors, gold-plated relays, Carling switches
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