Riot Distortion

John Suhr knows guitars. John Suhr knows amps, and now without a shadow of a doubt, we can say that John Suhr knows distortion pedals.

After more than a year of back and forth with his manufacturer, Suhr has delivered on an exceptional overdrive pedal. The tone is somewhere in between a classic British sound and a modern Triple-Rec.

It works with the amp to deliver a big full sound that never sounds artificial or overly electronic. There are no bees-in-the-jar buzziness, harsh high-end or tubby lows that are often what you hear in high-gain distortion pedals. Again, a pedal is highly dependent on the amp it's connected to and how the amp is set, but the Riot will perform exceedingly well with virtually any decent tube amp out there - even with old vintage-style Blackface type of amps. Get musical distortion and an amp-like feel from the Riot. If you need alternative high-gain sounds without adding another amp, the Riot is the ticket to high-gain heaven in a small package.