Crowther Hot Cake

Brand: Crowther · Category: Overdrive · Released: 1976

A New Zealand overdrive classic that moves from clean boost to thick, chewy gain without losing its odd charm.

The Crowther Hot Cake is a distinctive overdrive known for working especially well with bright, chimey amps. It can behave like a clean-ish boost at lower gain, then thicken into a compressed, chewy drive that feels less like a Tube Screamer and more like the amp is being leaned on sideways.