Big Joe Williams, the 9-string Delta blues musician after whom Pocket Rockit headphone amp designers David and Paul Christian named their stompbox line, probably would’ve loved stepping on one of these bad boys right before going off on some Delta boogie blues. It might not be a mission from God, but the Christians’ vision of capturing the tonal history of blues and rock guitar has made for some inexpensive essentials that would fit right at home on any rocker’s pedal chain.
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Delay
Big Joe Analog Delay B-304
Imagine a full, deep, and warm, true analog delay guitar effects pedal that doesn’t let your signal’s tonal clarity get lost in the mix. That’s precisely what you get with the Big Joe B-304 Analog Delay. Use the Time knob to dial in delays ranging from 30ms to 300ms and control the feedback from quick slap-backs to nigh-infinite repeats with the Repeats knob. The Big Joe B-304 Analog Delay is a very organic vintage-sounding delay that comes with true bypass switching.
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Overdrive
Big Joe B-301 Tube
A must-have for blues and rock guitarists, the Big Joe B-301 Tube guitar effects pedal is an overdrive pedal with a vintage tone profile reminiscent of a screaming tube amp. The Gain knob controls the level of overdrive while the mid-sensitive Tone knob improves signal clarity and tonal responsiveness to help your true tone shine through despite the amount of overdrive dirt you layer onto it. The Big Joe B-301 Tube pedal features true bypass switching.
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Overdrive
Big Joe B-302 Rock
Every pedalboard needs a workhorse distortion pedal, and the Big Joe B-302 Rock guitar effects pedal is more than enough for even the most demanding of musicians. This ready and steady analog stompbox gives you massive amounts of bottom end, sustain, and harmonics wrapped in a thick, beefy big-amp tone that doesn’t sacrifice any of your guitar signal’s tonal clarity. Just dial in the dedicated Gain, Tone, and Level knobs to your liking, and you’re good to go. The Big Joe B-302 Rock pedal features true bypass switching.
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Distortion
Big Joe B-303 Metal
Thick mids and lows, insanely long sustain, and crunchy saturated harmonics are right at the tip of your toes with the Big Joe B303 Metal guitar effects pedal. The Shaper knob lets you boost and scoop your tone’s presence and emphasize the middle or high and low frequencies. The Gain knob, meanwhile, enables you to control precisely how much distortion you want in your sound, whether it’s s subtle guttural growl or a primordial roar. The Big Joe B-303 Metal pedal features true bypass switching.
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Flanger
Big Joe B-306 Analog Flange
The Big Joe B-306 Analog Flange guitar effects pedal successfully packs all the screeching and swooshing flanger tones you’ll ever need into a small and sturdy three-knob stompbox. Set the flange effect’s rate with the Speed knob, control the intensity with the Depth knob, and adjust how much of your signal gets fed back into itself to control how pronounced the flange effect is with the Regen knob. Whether you want a super subtle flange or balls-to-the-wall psychedelic effects, the Big Joe B-306 Analog Flange has what you need.
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Compressor
Big Joe B-308 CompBox
One of the later additions to Big Joe’s venerable B-300 series of guitar effects pedals, the all-analog B-308 CompBox is an optical compressor pedal that lets you add an extra layer of thickness to your sound and give it lengthy sustains. With its two-way Attack, Release, and Range switches as well as dedicated Tone, Compression, and Output knobs, the Big Joe B-308 CompBox is a genuinely versatile compressor that fits right at home in any pedalboard. The Big Joe B-308 CompBox comes with true bypass switching.
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Overdrive
Big Joe B-309 Texas Screamer
Developed in collaboration with legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter, the Big Joe B-309 Texas Screamer Johnny Winter Edition is a simple, rugged, and great-sounding true analog overdrive guitar effects pedal. With just three knobs—Gain, Tone, and Level—dialing in the amount of tube-style overdrive you want to get that vintage, juicy blues-rock tone is simplicity itself. The Big Joe B-309 Texas Screamer requires a 9V battery or a 9V DC power supply and comes with true bypass switching.
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Overdrive
Big Joe B-402 Classic
The Big Joe B-402 Classic Tube Pedal is a high-gain tube-style overdrive in a small, nondescript package. It has a two-position cab sim toggle that lets you engage a large driver speaker box model and more gain than vintage tube-powered stompboxes for that classic Texas Flood-style dirty and gritty sound. The Big Joe B-402 Classic Tube has a mid-range sweet spot that lets your tone tear through the mix and features true bypass switching for quickly clearing up your signal.
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Boost
Big Joe B-403 Vintage
The most transparent guitar effects pedal in Big Joe’s B-400 line, the Big Joe B-403 Vintage Tube perfectly captures the sound of an overdriven tube amp cranked right up to its distortion threshold. This stompbox has plenty of gain to spare, but it’s more about making full use of its broad dynamic responses; you get grittier, more biting tone the harder you pick and attack your guitar strings. The Big Joe B-403 Vintage Tube comes with a two-position toggle that lets you boost your tone’s low-end and features true bypass switching.
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Overdrive
Big Joe B-404 Vintage II
Serving up classic overdrive crunch in four distinct flavors, the Big Joe B-404 Vintage Tube II guitar effects pedal is a dynamic analog overdrive box that should prove indispensable to the serious blues guitarist. Breaking away from Big Joe’s iconic three-knob controls, the four-way Character rotary switch lets you cycle through four distinctly-voiced tube amp profiles while the Presence knob allows you to sculpt and shape your tone even further. The Big Joe B-404 Vintage Tube II features true bypass switching.
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Switching
Big Joe B-406
The Big Joe B-406 A/B Switcher does one thing—let you switch between two different channels—and does it really well. It’s simple to operate, the switch is extremely quiet, and is all passive with virtually no additional overall noise. It also has two bright LEDs that indicate which of the two channels are active, so you don’t have to strain your ears to verify that the right amp is engaged while you’re in the middle of a gig.
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Overdrive
Big Joe B-502 Empire
Developed alongside multi-instrumentalist Paul “TFO” Allen, the Big Joe B-502 Empire is a complete beast of a machine that has everything you’d ever want in an overdrive guitar effects pedal. This dual-preamp monstrosity has two channels that can be used separately or simultaneously; Channel A has Presence, Drive, Output, Body, and Attack controls while Channel B has Gain, Output, and Tone knobs. Both channels have Firm/Sponge toggle switches while the pedal itself comes with a switchable bypass, a separate line drive control, and a channel order selector.
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Overdrive
Big Joe R-401 Saturated
The Big Joe R-401 Saturated distortion guitar effects pedal layers your tone in full-range tube amp saturation, giving it a mean bite and excellent sustain. This dynamic and versatile analog stompbox features Big Joes’s signature three-knob controls and gives you access to two distinctly different tonal signatures via the two-position Model high-boost toggle switch. The Big Joe R-401 Saturated features true bypass switching and is the perfect addition for pedalboards geared towards pure high-octane, high-gain rock and roll.
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Overdrive
Big Joe R-402 Classic
The Raw Series edition of Big Joe’s B-402 Classic Tube Pedal, the Big Joe R-402 Classic is a tube-style overdrive guitar effects pedal that packs more gain than your average vintage tube box. The two-position Contour toggle lets you engage a cab simulator that models speaker box with a large drive, while its high-gain analog circuitry enables you to achieve that classic down-and-dirty, harmonically saturated Texas Flood-style overdriven tube amp sound with ease. The Big Joe R-402 Classic features true bypass switching.
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Overdrive
Big Joe R-403 Vintage
The Raw Series edition of the most transparent guitar effects pedal in Big Joe’s B-400 line, the Big Joe R-403 Vintage gives you all the warm crunch and bite of an overdriven tube amp pushed to the limits of its distortion threshold. Its wide dynamic responses let you control the overdrive amount by merely changing your attack; the harder you pick your strings, the more bite you add to your tone. The Big Joe R-403 Vintage features a low-end boost toggle and comes with true bypass switching.
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Overdrive
Big Joe R-404 Vintage II
With four different tube amp profiles that have their own distinct combinations of warmth, bite, and attack, the Big Joe R-404 Vintage II is a versatile and dynamic overdrive guitar effects pedal. Much like the B-403, this pedal rewards a varied picking attack; the harder you attack the strings, the more biting its overdriven tone gets. Keep it clean for sweet, sultry blues licks or crank up the Drive knob for that authentic Texas crunch.
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Overdrive
Big Joe R-405 Hard
The Big Joe R-405 Hard is an overdrive pedal pumped full of stompbox steroids. Featuring a dedicated mid-frequency knob and an adjustable boost/cut control for full parametric EQ and an ultra-high gain, multi-stage circuit for veritably endless harmonic sustain, this Raw Series edition of the BIg Joe B-405 Hard Tube Pedal is one muscular beast of an overdrive unit that still retains your guitar signal’s tonal integrity. The Big Joe R-405 Hard features true bypass switching.
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Phaser
Big Joe R-408 Phaser
Whether you’re looking for super subtle modulation or balls-to-the-wall crazy phased tones, the Big Joe R-408 Phaser is the guitar effects pedal for you. This vintage analog phase monster comes fully loaded with classic phaser tones but remains easy to use. Use the Speed dial to set the phaser rate, the Depth knob to set the intensity, the Feedback control to set the amount of signal that gets fed back to the phaser, and then top it all off by mixing your wet and dry signals with the Mix knob.
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Tremolo
Big Joe R-409 Tremolo
The Big Joe R-409 Tremolo is an all-analog, vactrol-based optical tremolo guitar effects pedal. You can control the pedal’s modulation effect from 1Hz to 10Hz using the Speed and Depth knobs, while the Shape knob lets you go from a square waveform to a triangular one for amp tremolo sounds emulating everything from a vintage Vox to a classic Fender. The Big Joe R-409 Tremolo features true bypass switching and supports 9V to 18V power supply units.
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Volume
Big Joe Volume
The Big Joe B-602 Volume guitar effects pedal is a uniquely-buffered active design volume pedal featuring true bypass. A three-way switch lets you choose between three operation modes: the normal classic buffered volume mode, a -12db cut mode that gives you finer volume control, or a customizable Program mode that lets you dial in the precise dB parameters you want, from 6db to 18db of gain and -6bd to max signal off cut. The Big Joe B-602 Volume can handle both high and low impedance signal loads.
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Wah-Wah
Big Joe Wah Wah
Big Joe’s wah guitar effects pedal offering, the Big Joe B-601 Wah Wah, is a flexible, easy-to-use tone monster powered by a proprietary, specially-voiced, vintage-spec custom inductor. A three-way selector enables you to choose between three different resonance ranges: Classic, British, and Big Joe. The first two profiles let you go all the way back to the ‘60s and ‘70s with classic rock wah tone signatures, while the latter’s broader bandpass shape gives you a meatier, more unique sound.
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