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Jekyll & Hyde

Overdrive & Distortion · The Original Dual-Channel

The one that started the legend. When the original Jekyll & Hyde launched in 1997, it was the first effects pedal to combine overdrive and distortion in a single housing with truly independent channels. Players immediately understood the concept — and so did everyone who tried to imitate it. The V2 generation refined both circuits and added the series noise reduction system. A quarter-century later, the design still holds up.

V2 Jekyll & Hyde

The Original, Refined

The V2 Series noise reduction system is triggered by signal presence on each channel independently — it drops the noise floor when you stop playing without affecting the attack or sustain of your notes.

Dimensions5" × 6" (126 × 153mm)
Current Draw22–30mA
ChannelsIndependent overdrive (Jekyll) and distortion (Hyde)
Noise ReductionV2 Series integrated noise reduction system
Power9VDC · center pin negative

V2 Jekyll & Hyde Demo

"By far the BEST distortion/overdrive ever. Haven't even really had that much time to tweak it and it already sounds 100 times better than any pedal I've ever spent hours and hours tweaking."

Blake T. · Verified Customer