Dirty Little Secret Deluxe - Catalinbread

Sep 6, 2023

The Dirty Little Secret Deluxe by Catalinbread is probably the best Marshall amp in a box pedal I’ve ever tried.

The response and feel is so three dimensional and amp-like, it’s hard to believe it’s a pedal.

Even if you’re not after the super sweet, touch sensitive and rich Marshall tone, you get an ultra-versatile dual gain drive and distortion pedal.

I love how the DLS Dlx gets quite brash and aggressive but never harsh or fizzy. There is a chewyness to how it saturates that is just so satisfying and addictive to play.

Signal Chain

Fidelity Guitars Stellarosa Lite II with Lollar Firebird pickups (bridge pickup)
Dirty Little Secret Deluxe
Strymon Iridium (chime)

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