01—Chase Bliss Audio
Brothers
Stacking gain stages without stacking pedals — the routing matrix on the front panel does the work.
If you've ever bought three drive pedals to chain them, this is what you actually wanted. A pedal for serious gain architects.
02—On the bench
Two analog gain channels — one boost, one drive, one fuzz — that can be routed in any combination: series, parallel, side-by-side, with independent or shared controls. Brothers is Chase Bliss's gain-stacking pedal: the entire architecture exists so you can run a clean boost into a transparent overdrive into a gated fuzz without three pedals on the board. Tonally each channel is good but not exceptional on its own. The point is the routing. The 'A' channel can be set as a clean blend, a treble booster, or a low-gain overdrive; the 'B' channel handles drive or fuzz. The bent-volt preset system recalls full routing configurations, which is where the pedal earns its price.
- 01two-channel architecture is the actual feature
- 02boost-into-drive sounds like a third pedal
- 03parallel mode keeps clean signal intact
- 04presets recall full routing, not just gain levels
- 05channels alone are fine; together they're great
03—In the room
Where else this pedal lives.
- Adam Granduciel
- Sarah Lipstate
- Joey Landreth
JHS Bonsai if you only need one drive, or buy Brothers if you've outgrown that answer.