VICK AUDIO
OVERDRIVER
REVIEW BY YOEL KREISLER
STREET PRICE $129.00
If you don’t know about the
pedal wiz Mike Vickery from
the deserts of Arizona, you
may as well be living under
a rock. His pedals have been
gaining quite a following
among internet tone fiends
and guitar players seeking
classic and authentic tones
at prices that can’t be
beat. I have reviewed Vick
Audio products before,
and today’s offering is in
the vein of yet another
old favorite of mine, the
Colorsound Power Boost/
Overdriver. Fans of fusionera Jeff Beck tones (think
Blow by Blow and Wired)
will recognize this pedal
instantly, as it was his main
piece in addition to his Strat
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and Marshalls during the
time. Fans of David Gilmour
will also immediately
recognize this pedal, as it
was famously smattered
on almost every record up
until The Wall. Jeff Beck
used it as an extra kick to
his Marshalls, providing that
sweet, singing overdrive
that’s found all over those
albums. David Gilmour used
it as both a glassy overdrive
for his Hiwatts, and as a
boost and EQ for his Big
Muffs, running it after to
open up the sound. If you
have a bit of confusion in
regards to the difference
to the Colorsound Power
Boost or Colorsound
Overdriver, here is the
Vick Audio Overdriver
straight truth; circuit-wise,
there is no difference, the
Overdriver version has a
master volume and is a
more subtle hammerite
enclosure, as oppose to
its big and bold orange
cousin, the Power Boost
(apparently the American
market didn’t take too well
to the screaming orange, so
the Overdriver was primarily
sold in America). There have
been quite a few clones
over the years of this classic
circuit, and being a huge fan
of both David Gilmour and
Jeff Beck, I’ve played quite
a few of them. Let’s see how
the Vick Audio Overdriver
stacks up against clones of
Power Boosts past.