Description
Rockett built the Animal to chase one specific sound: a 1968 Plexi head pushed into its sweet spot. Instead of piling on gain stages, this overdrive keeps things open and amp-like, so your guitar’s touch and pickup character come through rather than getting buried under fuzz. Drop it in front of a clean amp and you’ll feel the difference immediately—it responds like a real tube head that’s been cranked, not a pedal faking one.
The standout feature is the snarl switch, which lets you move between a stock plexi voicing and a more modified, aggressive one without stomping to a different pedal. That flexibility matters on a pedalboard where space is tight and you need one overdrive to cover rhythm tones and a hotter lead push. Dial it back for edge-of-breakup crunch, or lean into it for a snarling, cranked-amp growl that stays articulate even at higher gain.
It’s worth noting the Animal isn’t a distortion pedal in disguise—it’s voiced as an amp-in-a-box overdrive, so expect dynamic, amp-like saturation rather than compressed fuzz or sizzle. That makes it a natural fit early in the signal chain, right where a real plexi would sit in the gain stage, ahead of modulation or time-based effects.
- Recreates the open, natural breakup of a cranked 1968 Plexi amp
- Snarl switch shifts between stock plexi and modified plexi voicings
- Amp-like overdrive character, not a distortion pedal
- Includes 2x 6″ patch cables for easy pedalboard integration
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