Alternatives to the Catalinbread Formula 51

Mad Professor Big Tweedy Drive

Shared character: compression, natural, response

Crazy Tube Circuits Stardust Overdrive

Shared character: boost, natural, crunch

TC Electronic Zeus Drive Overdrive

Shared character: high gain settings, boost, natural

Black Country Customs Monolith

Shared character: high gain settings, presence, crunch

Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose

Shared character: boost, bass, overdrive

Catalinbread Formula 55

“Like the Formula 55 and Formula 5F6, the Formula 51 extracts the warmth, bloom, and harmonic character of a Fender amp”

Catalinbread Formula 5F6

“Like the Formula 55 and Formula 5F6, the Formula 51 extracts the warmth, bloom, and harmonic character of a Fender amp”

Truetone V3 Route 66 Overdrive

Shared character: compression, clean, overdrive

Blackstar HT-Metal

Shared character: high gain settings, crunch, warm

Wampler Thirty Something

Shared character: natural, clean, overdrive

Browne Amplification Carbon

Shared character: high gain settings, boost, presence

Mad Professor Super Black

Shared character: bright, crunch, clean

Carl Martin Crunch Drive

Shared character: wide range, natural, bright

T-Rex Hobo Drive

Shared character: natural, crunch, warm

Browne Amplification Alkene Nashville Overdrive

Shared character: compression, bright, warm

Benson Amps Portable Distortion 424 MKII

Shared character: high gain settings, boost, compression

Wampler Tumnus Deluxe

Shared character: boost, crunch, bass

Crazy Tube Circuits Venus

Shared character: high gain settings, compression, warm

Lovepedal Super Six standard

Shared character: warm, overdrive

Lovepedal Amp 50

Shared character: warm, overdrive

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper V2 Low-Gain Overdrive

Shared character: high gain settings, boost, presence

Maxon OD808

Shared character: boost, natural, crunch

One Control Honey Bee Overdrive

Shared character: natural, response, warm

JAM Pedals TubeDreamer MK2

Shared character: high gain settings, boost, compression

TC Electronic Ampworx Vintage Series Jims 45

Shared character: warm, clean

Keeley White Sands Luxe Drive

Shared character: warm, clean, overdrive

Catalinbread Silverkiss

Shared character: natural, response, warm

T-Rex Moller

Shared character: compression, crunch, warm

Univox UD-50 Uni-Drive

Shared character: boost, natural, warm