The Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso is a Catalinbread distortion pedal, currently around $139.99. Close alternatives include the Catalinbread Skewer and the Catalinbread Naga-Viper. It pairs well with the Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head and the Laney LA30BL 30W Tube Amplifier.

Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso

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The Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso is a warm, musical MOSFET-based clean boost pedal from the Portland boutique builder, based on the Jack Orman MOSFET Boost circuit. It provides up to 35dB of clean boost with a tilt-style EQ for bass and treble sculpting and a Spicy/Mild switch for additional gain color. The Super Chili Picoso adds instant harmonic girth to a clean signal, stacks effectively with other drive pedals, or drives a tube amp into natural breakup. Suited for players seeking a warm, transparent-to-slightly-colored boost for solo volume, amp pushing, or overdrive stacking.

What stands out

  • “Used for classic British rock, blues-rock, and lead guitar applications where the Rangemaster-style treble boost driving a British amp produces the vintage harmonic lead character”

    — from the community notes

  • “Rangemaster-inspired treble booster providing hot, spicy upper-frequency emphasis and harmonic saturation for driving British tube amplifiers into singing natural overdrive”

    — from the community notes

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

    — from the community notes

  • “The treble boost is effective and harmonically rich, adding the singing upper-register character that makes the Rangemaster circuit tradition so valuable for British amp driving”

    — from the reviews

  • “Suited for players seeking a warm, transparent-to-slightly-colored boost for solo volume, amp pushing, or overdrive stacking”

    — from the listing

Trade-offs

  • “the catalinbread build quality provides modern reliability over vintage germanium rangemaster units”

    — from the reviews

  • treble
  • boost
  • treble booster
  • singing
  • british
  • overdrive
  • lead
  • saturation
$139.99View on Reverb

Price updated Oct 24, 2026

Genres the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso is commonly used in

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

Amps that pair well with the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso

Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head

amplifier

31% 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)

Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Comes later in the signal chain

Laney LA30BL 30W Tube Amplifier

Laney

29% match

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

Laney LA30BL 30W Tube Amplifier leans this transparent tone toward mid-forward, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

Ampeg V-4

Ampeg

tonal match
$559via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Ampeg V-4 leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Ampeg BA 108

Ampeg

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Ampeg BA 108's smooth balances out the bright tone

Park P45H

Park

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Park P45H's warm balances out the bright tone

Orange Little Bass Thing

Orange

tonal match
$681.58via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Run Orange Little Bass Thing after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

Gallien-Krueger Fusion 210

Gallien Krueger

tonal match
$1849via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Gallien-Krueger Fusion 210 leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Blackstar Unity Bass U250

Blackstar

tonal match
$522.09via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Where this leans bright, Blackstar Unity Bass U250 answers back warm

Pedals that stack with the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso

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)

Where this leans bright, Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff answers back smooth

Comes later in the signal chain

Nobels ODR-1

Nobels

17% match
$101.54via Reverb

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

Into a transparent tone, Nobels ODR-1 brings a pull toward mid-forward that's missing

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser

Spaceman

17% 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.

Run Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso in the signal chain, clear of Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

Pigtronix Gloamer Volume Swell

Pigtronix

13% 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)

Pigtronix Gloamer Volume Swell leans toward smooth, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay

Boss

12% match
$134.42via 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 Boss DD-3 Digital Delay after Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso in the signal chain, clear of Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Suhr Discovery

Suhr

11% match
$581.02via 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.

Run Suhr Discovery after Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso in the signal chain, clear of Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Dunlop Echoplex Preamp

Dunlop

tonal match
$135via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Dunlop Echoplex Preamp leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it

SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive

Solidgoldfx

tonal match
$152.15via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it

Cheaper alternatives

Carl Martin Blue Ranger

Carl Martin

65% similarity
$115via Reverb

Shared character: modern reliability, bright, singing

Boutique & premium upgrades

Death By Audio Thee Treble

Death By Audio

62% similarity
$220.03via Reverb

Shared character: presence, treble, bright

Catalinbread Silver Kiss Reissue

Catalinbread

56% similarity
$209.17via Reverb

Shared character: treble, natural, bright

Browne Amplification Carbon

Browne Amplification

53% similarity
$339via Reverb

Shared character: boost, presence, treble

AnalogMan Beano Boost

Analog Man

52% similarity
$299via Reverb

Shared character: singing, boost, treble

Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5

Electronic Audio Experiments

52% similarity
$249via Reverb

Shared character: boost, treble, bass

Fuzzrocious Baxtabber

Fuzzrocious

51% similarity
$243.38via Reverb

Shared character: treble, bass

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Catalinbread Skewer

Catalinbread

72% similarity

Shared character: high output humbuckers, modern reliability, bright

Catalinbread Naga-Viper

Catalinbread

67% similarity
$179.99via Reverb

Shared character: high output humbuckers, modern reliability, volume

Carl Martin PlexiRanger

Carl Martin

64% similarity
$164.16via Reverb

Shared character: high output humbuckers, bright, singing

Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster

Dallas

63% similarity

“Rangemaster-inspired treble booster providing hot, spicy upper-frequency emphasis and harmonic saturation”

Tech 21 SansAmp Character Plus Mop Top Liverpool

Tech 21

60% similarity
$180.26via Reverb

Shared character: boost, treble, lead

Catalinbread Galileo

Catalinbread

58% similarity

Shared character: bright, presence, treble

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso?+

The closest matches in character are the Catalinbread Skewer, the Catalinbread Naga-Viper, the Carl Martin PlexiRanger. Budget picks: Carl Martin Blue Ranger. Boutique upgrades: Death By Audio Thee Treble, Catalinbread Silver Kiss Reissue, Browne Amplification Carbon.

What pairs well with the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head, Laney LA30BL 30W Tube Amplifier, Ampeg V-4 — Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head leans warm right where the bright tone needs it.

How much does the Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso cost?+

Around $139.99 (live listing price, updated Oct 24, 2026).

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