Mad Professor Supreme Matt Schofield Overdrive vs Orange Guitar Butler Dual-Channel Preamp
The Mad Professor Supreme Matt Schofield Overdrive and the Orange Guitar Butler Dual-Channel Preamp are both pedals sharing full. The Mad Professor Supreme Matt Schofield Overdrive leans smooth and dynamic. Current prices: $282.84 vs $328.25.
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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.25% — quite different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$282.84via Reverb
$328.25via Reverb
The Mad Professor Supreme is a dual-channel overdrive developed with blues guitarist Matt Schofield. The A side is based on Mad Professor's Royal Blue Overdrive circuit and voiced for low-gain drive suited to neck-pickup blues leads. The B side is an entirely new design giving Schofield's preferred fat, dynamic tone with power-amp-like response and generous headroom. Each side has its own Volume, Drive, Bass, and Treble controls, switchable with a single A/B footswitch, and the two channels can be run independently or stacked together for higher gain. It is aimed at blues and blues-rock players who want two distinct, amp-like overdrive voicings in one box.
The Orange Guitar Butler is a dual-channel valve preamp in pedal format, putting the company's guitar voicing into something that fits on a pedalboard and can drive a power amp, a mixer or the front of another amplifier. The two channels give a clean and a driven voice rather than a single sound, which is what separates it from a conventional overdrive pedal. Orange's house character is thick and midrange-forward, and the preamp is voiced to deliver that rather than a neutral platform. It suits players building a compact rig or wanting Orange colour into a different amplifier.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues
- Classic Rock
- Rock
- smooth
- dynamic
- bright
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Silent Recording
- Silent Stage
- Studio