Here’s a pedal that’s become a bit of a modern classic on pedalboards everywhere. The Electro-Harmonix Soul Food is a transparent overdrive inspired by the legendary Klon-style circuit, giving you that sweet edge-of-breakup tone without colouring your guitar too much.

It works great as an always-on tone sweetener, a clean boost to push your amp, or as a smooth low-to-medium gain overdrive. The pedal is very touch-sensitive and reacts nicely to your picking dynamics and your guitar’s volume knob.

The layout is simple with Volume, Drive and Treble controls, making it easy to dial in anything from a subtle push to classic crunchy overdrive.

This example is in very good and works exactly as it should.

A great little pedal if you’re after a dynamic, transparent overdrive that stacks well with other pedals and keeps your core tone intact.