Fortin Amplification Fourteen Overdrive vs Maxon OOD-9
The Fortin Amplification Fourteen Overdrive and the Maxon OOD-9 are both pedals sharing mid-forward. The Fortin Amplification Fourteen Overdrive leans high gain. Current prices: $249 vs $159.99.
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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.53% — moderately similar
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$249via Reverb
$159.99via Reverb
The Fortin Amplification Fourteen is a dual-channel overdrive and boost pedal featuring three Tube Screamer-variant modes per channel: a modded OD9/TS9, a modded OD808/TS808, and Fortin's own Hexdrive topology. Each channel can be set independently and the pedal includes a side-panel quarter-inch jack for hands-free amp channel switching. The Fourteen represents the distillation of Mike Fortin's TS modification philosophy into a single, comprehensive unit. Suited to high-gain metal and hard rock contexts where Tube Screamer-style boost and overdrive are used to push high-gain amplifiers.
The Maxon OOD-9 is an overdrive pedal from Maxon providing Tube Screamer-style mid-boost overdrive character with Japanese manufacturing precision. Maxon is the original manufacturer of the Tube Screamer circuit and their OD-series pedals represent the most authentic implementations of the TS circuit from the designers who created it.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Metal
- Hard Rock
- high gain