Dophix Michelangelo Overdrive Plus review

Overdrive as art? Dophix presents a trio of voices for tube-style drive

Dophix Michaelangelo Overdrive Plus review
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Guitar World Verdict

This pedal’s sonic versatility and flexible boost options make it a practical solution for that empty pedalboard drive slot. Molto buono!

Pros

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    Three distinct drive voices.

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    Flexible options available for introducing boost.

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    Clean blend knob.

Cons

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    Layout and legending isn’t naturally intuitive.

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    Expensive.

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Dophix, an Italian company based in Florence, has been hand-building pedals to order since 2015. And the aim of its Michelangelo Overdrive Plus is to deliver valve-amp-style drive.

The circuitry is mainly based around JFET transistors but offers three different diode voicings with germanium and silicon sound represented as well as FET.

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