Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII vs Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord
The Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII and the Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord are both pedals sharing transparent, edge of breakup, mid-forward. The Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII leans fuzzy and aggressive. The Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord leans saturated and full. Current prices: $680 vs $86.87.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.36% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
- edge of breakup
- mid-forward
- dynamic
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$680via Reverb
$86.87via Reverb
Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII is a fully analog preamp and overdrive pedal built in collaboration with Chris Benson of Benson Amps, combining the touch-sensitive character of the Benson Chimera preamp with variable diode clipping, switchable open or gated fuzz, and three mid-resonance voicings that can be routed before or after the preamp stage. As the first Automatone-series pedal, it pairs that analog tone generation with motorized faders that physically move to recall any of thirty stored presets across three banks. The result ranges from transparent boosts and edge-of-breakup tones to aggressive distortion and gated fuzz, with the rich harmonics and musical EQ Benson amplifiers are known for. It suits players wanting deep, amp-like preamp voicing with studio-grade recall.
The Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord is a nano sized version of the Operation Overlord allied overdrive, delivering the same amp like overdrive and distortion tones in mono. It uses three amp style JFET gain stages and switches between Normal mode, for low to medium gain amp like drive, and Boost mode, which adds a pedal type overdrive circuit in front of the JFET stages for much higher gain and saturation. A dry blend control, invaluable for bass and keys, a three position input level switch and an active three band EQ make it highly flexible. It suits rock, hard rock and metal players who want versatile, amp like overdrive into full distortion with strong EQ control in a compact pedal.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Shoegaze
- Hard Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Indie Rock
- Metal
- fuzzy
- aggressive
- harmonically rich
- saturated
- full
- smooth
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Silent Recording
- Studio
- Busking
- Live