The Catalinbread Skewer is a Catalinbread overdrive pedal. Close alternatives include the Catalinbread Naga-Viper and the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso. It pairs well with the Orange Matamp and the Marshall Silver Jubilee 25/55 100W Amp Head.
Catalinbread Skewer
Catalinbread · pedal
The Catalinbread Skewer is a treble booster and clean boost from Portland, Oregon, providing precise upper-frequency emphasis and harmonic presence for pushing tube amplifiers into natural saturation with the classic treble booster approach. Designed in the tradition of vintage treble boosters but with modern consistency and reliability, the Skewer adds brightness, harmonic content, and singing lead character ahead of a tube amp. Associated with the vintage British rock tradition of driving British valve amplifiers with a treble boost. Made in Portland by Catalinbread.
- presence
- treble
- boost
- harmonic
- british
- frequency
- lead
- clean boost
Genres the Catalinbread Skewer is commonly used in
- Rock
- Blues Rock
- Alternative
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Classic Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Blues
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Indie Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Catalinbread Skewer
Orange Matamp
Orange
29% matchWhere this leans bright, Orange Matamp answers back smooth
Marshall Silver Jubilee 25/55 100W Amp Head
amplifier
25% matchMarshall Silver Jubilee 25/55 100W Amp Head leans warm right where the bright tone needs it
Orange Little Bass Thing
Orange
tonal matchRun Orange Little Bass Thing after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Fuchs ODS II Custom 25/50 Combo
Fuchs
tonal matchRun Fuchs ODS II Custom 25/50 Combo after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Dumble Steel String Singer
Dumble
tonal matchRun Dumble Steel String Singer after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth
Fender Prosonic
amplifier
tonal matchFender Prosonic's warm balances out the bright tone
Gibson GA-50
Gibson
tonal matchWhere this leans bright, Gibson GA-50 answers back warm
Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp
Orange
tonal matchOrange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp leans warm right where the bright tone needs it
Pedals that stack with the Catalinbread Skewer
Catalinbread SFT
Catalinbread
15% matchCatalinbread SFT's warm balances out the bright tone
Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff
Electro-Harmonix
14% matchWhere this leans bright, Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff answers back smooth
Ashdown Velvet Compressor
Ashdown
14% matchAshdown Velvet Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Behringer Chorus Symphony
Behringer
13% matchKeep Behringer Chorus Symphony after Catalinbread Skewer in the signal chain, clear of Catalinbread Skewer's own gain stage
Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte
Caroline Guitar Company
9% matchRun Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte after Catalinbread Skewer in the signal chain, clear of Catalinbread Skewer's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
JAM Pedals Delay-Llama
Jam Pedals
9% matchKeep JAM Pedals Delay-Llama after Catalinbread Skewer in the signal chain, clear of Catalinbread Skewer's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive
Solidgoldfx
tonal matchSolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it
Orange - Vintage Distortion
Orange
tonal matchWhere this leans bright, Orange - Vintage Distortion answers back warm
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Catalinbread Naga-Viper
Catalinbread
79% similarityShared character: high_output_humbuckers, driven_amp, modern_reliability
Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso
Catalinbread
75% similarityShared character: high_output_humbuckers, modern_reliability, bright
Carl Martin Blue Ranger
Carl Martin
74% similarityShared character: reliable_performance, modern_reliability, edge
JHS The Overdrive Preamp
JHS Pedals
72% similarityShared character: 60_watt_all_tube_combo_amplifier, reliable_performance, bright
Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster
Dallas
71% similarityShared character: bright, singing, boost
JHS Morning Glory
JHS Pedals
71% similarityShared character: 60_watt_all_tube_combo_amplifier, edge, bright
Colorsound Power Boost
Colorsound
71% similarityShared character: bright, singing, boost
Carl Martin PlexiRanger
Carl Martin
70% similarityShared character: high_output_humbuckers, bright, singing
Death By Audio Thee Treble
Death By Audio
97% similaritysimilar tone character
Catalinbread Gailieo Red Treble Booster
Catalinbread
96% similaritysimilar tone character
Fender Breakup Drive
Fender
95% similaritysimilar tone character
Bogner Wessex V2
Bogner
95% similaritysimilar tone character
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Catalinbread Skewer?+
The closest matches in character are the Catalinbread Naga-Viper, the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso, the Carl Martin Blue Ranger.
What pairs well with the Catalinbread Skewer?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Orange Matamp, Marshall Silver Jubilee 25/55 100W Amp Head, Orange Little Bass Thing — Where this leans bright, Orange Matamp answers back smooth.