The Catalinbread Naga-Viper is a Catalinbread overdrive pedal, currently around $179.99. Close alternatives include the Catalinbread Skewer and the Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster. It pairs well with the Fender Prosonic and the Dumble Steel String Singer.

Catalinbread Naga-Viper

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The Catalinbread Naga Viper is a Dallas Rangemaster-inspired treble booster from Portland, Oregon, designed to add brightness, harmonic presence, and singing upper-register character to the guitar signal when driving vintage British tube amplifiers. The Naga Viper provides the treble emphasis and harmonic content that makes humbucking pickups sing and cut through a driven tube amp with the character associated with 1960s British lead guitar tones. Associated with the tonal tradition of Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi, and early British rock guitar. Made in Portland by Catalinbread.

What stands out

  • “Works best placed first in chain into a Marshall or Vox amp at moderate to high volume where the treble boost pushes the amp into natural saturation with the bright, harmonically complex character”

    — from the community notes

  • “The Naga Viper provides the treble emphasis and harmonic content that makes humbucking pickups sing and cut through a driven tube amp with the character associated with 1960s British lead guitar tones”

    — from the listing

  • “The singing, harmonically complex upper-register emphasis that specifically complements humbucking pickups into British amps is the standout quality”

    — from the community notes

  • “The Catalinbread Naga Viper is a Dallas Rangemaster-inspired treble booster from Portland, Oregon, designed to add brightness, harmonic presence, and singing upper-register character to the guitar signal when driving vintage British tube am…”

    — from the listing

  • “With humbucking pickups the treble boost compensates for the natural warmth and adds the edge that makes those pickups sound more defined in a classic rock lead context”

    — from the reviews

  • treble
  • british
  • singing
  • harmonic
  • presence
  • treble booster
  • natural
  • rock
$179.99View on Reverb

Price updated Oct 25, 2026

Genres the Catalinbread Naga-Viper is commonly used in

  • Blues Rock
  • Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • Blues
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Alternative
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Doom Metal
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the Catalinbread Naga-Viper

Fender Prosonic

amplifier

24% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)

Fender Prosonic leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Comes later in the signal chain

Dumble Steel String Singer

Dumble

23% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Dumble Steel String Singer leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it

Comes later in the signal chain

Hiwatt Park P18LH 'Little 45' Handwired18W

Hiwatt

tonal match
$4300via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Hiwatt Park P18LH 'Little 45' Handwired18W leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp

Orange

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Orange Terror Bass

Orange

tonal match
$752.75via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Orange Terror Bass's warm balances out the bright tone

Orange Little Bass Thing

Orange

tonal match
$681.58via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Orange Little Bass Thing leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Park P45H

Park

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Park P45H leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Ampeg V-4

Ampeg

tonal match
$559via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Run Ampeg V-4 after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Pedals that stack with the Catalinbread Naga-Viper

Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser

Spaceman

19% match
$179via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Put Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Catalinbread Naga-Viper in the signal chain, clear of Catalinbread Naga-Viper's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff

Electro-Harmonix

19% match
$76.06via Reverb

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff's smooth balances out the bright tone

Comes later in the signal chain

SahBro? Audio Ross Kempressor

Sahbro Audio

17% match
$97.79via Reverb

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)

SahBro? Audio Ross Kempressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Boss OD-1 Overdrive

Boss

17% match
$218via Reverb

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Run Boss OD-1 Overdrive after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth

T-Rex Junior Roomate

T Rex

13% match
$108.15via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

T-Rex Junior Roomate's warm voice goes after Catalinbread Naga-Viper in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Catalinbread Naga-Viper's own bright character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

JAM Pedals Delay-Llama

Jam Pedals

12% match
$359via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

JAM Pedals Delay-Llama's analog warmth voice goes after Catalinbread Naga-Viper in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Catalinbread Naga-Viper's own bright character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive

Solidgoldfx

tonal match
$152.15via Reverb

Run SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth

Dunlop Echoplex Preamp

Dunlop

tonal match
$135via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Dunlop Echoplex Preamp's smooth balances out the bright tone

Cheaper alternatives

Carl Martin Blue Ranger

Carl Martin

69% similarity
$115via Reverb

Shared character: modern reliability, edge, bright

Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso

Catalinbread

67% similarity
$139.99via Reverb

Shared character: high output humbuckers, modern reliability, volume

Suhr Brighton Treble Booster

Suhr

57% similarity
$149via Reverb

Shared character: bright, singing, presence

Crazy Tube Circuits Limelight

Crazy Tube Circuits

56% similarity
$124.34via Reverb

Shared character: bright, boost, presence

EarthQuaker Devices White Light

EarthQuaker Devices

51% similarity
$145.29via Reverb

Shared character: single coils, hard rock, bright

Maxon OD808

Maxon

51% similarity
$134.12via Reverb

Shared character: hard rock, natural, boost

Boutique & premium upgrades

AnalogMan Beano Boost

Analog Man

53% similarity
$299via Reverb

Shared character: bright, singing, treble

Friedman IR-J Jake E. Lee Preamp

Friedman

50% similarity
$499via Reverb

Shared character: hard rock, singing, lead

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP

Hudson Electronics

49% similarity
$297.60via Reverb

Shared character: bright, warm

Browne Amplification Carbon

Browne Amplification

94% similarity
$339via Reverb

similar tone character

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Catalinbread Skewer

Catalinbread

75% similarity

Shared character: high output humbuckers, driven amp, modern reliability

Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster

Dallas

60% similarity

Shared character: hard rock, bright, singing

EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea

EarthQuaker Devices

60% similarity
$178.26via Reverb

Shared character: single coils, bright, presence

Death By Audio Thee Treble

Death By Audio

59% similarity
$220.03via Reverb

Shared character: circuit, presence, treble

Dallas Tuxedo Treble Booster

pedal

55% similarity

Shared character: lead playing, bright, presence

Colorsound Power Boost

Colorsound

50% similarity

Shared character: volume, bright, singing

See all alternatives to the Catalinbread Naga-Viper (cheaper + boutique) →

Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Catalinbread Naga-Viper?+

The closest matches in character are the Catalinbread Skewer, the Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster, the EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea. Budget picks: Carl Martin Blue Ranger, Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso, Suhr Brighton Treble Booster. Boutique upgrades: AnalogMan Beano Boost, Friedman IR-J Jake E. Lee Preamp, Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP.

What pairs well with the Catalinbread Naga-Viper?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Fender Prosonic, Dumble Steel String Singer, Hiwatt Park P18LH 'Little 45' Handwired18W — Fender Prosonic leans warm right where the bright tone needs it.

How much does the Catalinbread Naga-Viper cost?+

Around $179.99 (live listing price, updated Oct 25, 2026).

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