The Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster is a Free The Tone overdrive pedal, currently around $302.97. Close alternatives include the Free The Tone SOV-2 Custom Shop and the Dean Markley Overlord. It pairs well with the Friedman Dirty Shirley and the Dumble Steel String Singer.
Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster
Free The Tone · pedal
The Free The Tone COD-107 Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster is a premium Japanese boutique overdrive and boost pedal from Hisashi Hasegawa's Free The Tone brand, designed to deliver a bright, chimey, harmonically natural overdrive that enhances rather than replaces amplifier character. The COD-107 features the precision engineering and low noise floor that define the Free The Tone brand, with natural, dynamic tone that responds to pick attack and guitar volume changes with exceptional sensitivity. Suited to blues, country, and clean-leaning rock contexts where tonal transparency and musical harmonic content are paramount.
- boutique
- natural
- chimey
- bright
- low noise
- harmonic
- dynamic
- saturation
Price updated Aug 27, 2026
Genres the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster is commonly used in
- Blues
- Rock
- Country
- Indie Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Country Pop
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Amps that pair well with the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster
Friedman Dirty Shirley
Friedman
26% matchFriedman Dirty Shirley layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal
Dumble Steel String Singer
Dumble
23% matchRun Dumble Steel String Singer after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth
Ampeg V-4
Ampeg
tonal matchAmpeg V-4 gives a crunchy tone lead focus with a mid push
Synergy SL2 Module
Synergy
tonal matchPut Synergy SL2 Module in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain
Orange Little Bass Thing
Orange
tonal matchRun Orange Little Bass Thing after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Ceriatone HRM 50
Ceriatone
tonal matchCeriatone HRM 50 gives a crunchy tone lead focus with a mid push
Ampeg V4-B Head
Ampeg
tonal matchWhere this leans bright, Ampeg V4-B Head answers back smooth
Harmony H650
Harmony
tonal matchHarmony H650 gives a crunchy tone lead focus with a mid push
Pedals that stack with the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster
Carl Martin Hot Drive'n Boost MK3
Carl Martin
21% matchCarl Martin Hot Drive'n Boost MK3 layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal
Soldano SLO
Soldano
21% matchPut Soldano SLO in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain
Anarchy Audio Flutterby Tremolo
Anarchy Audio
17% matchKeep Flutterby's asymmetrical tremolo after the Natural Booster's bright, chimey boost — the pulse chops a settled tone.
Strymon OB.1 Bass
Strymon
16% matchWhat Strymon OB.1 Bass brings here leans toward clean boost — that's worth building a pairing around
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss
11% matchRun Boss DD-3 Digital Delay after Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster in the signal chain, clear of Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Catalinbread Epoch-Set
Catalinbread
11% matchCatalinbread Epoch-Set's warm voice goes after Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster's own transparent character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Suhr Eclipse
Suhr
tonal matchFree The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Suhr Eclipse wants
J. Rockett .45 Caliber Overdrive
J Rockett
tonal matchFree The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform J. Rockett .45 Caliber Overdrive wants
Cheaper alternatives
Xotic BB Preamp V1.5
Xotic
69% similarityShared character: noise, boost, blues_players
J. Rockett Archer
pedal
69% similarityShared character: bright, boost, blues_players
Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose
Electro-Harmonix
69% similarityShared character: single_coils, boost, natural
MXR Timmy Overdrive
MXR
68% similarityShared character: high_end, blues_players, overdrive
Alexander Pedals Litho Boost
Alexander Pedals
68% similarityShared character: low_noise_floor, high_end, bright
Audiocade Royal British Velvet AC30 Overdrive/Preamp Clone
Audiocade
95% similaritysimilar tone character
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Free The Tone SOV-2 Custom Shop
Free The Tone
70% similarityShared character: low_noise_floor, noise, brand
Dean Markley Overlord
Dean Markley
69% similarityShared character: noise, boost, natural
Knight Audio Technologies Kat-STB
pedal
69% similarityShared character: bright, boost, natural
Catalinbread Galileo
Catalinbread
68% similarityShared character: bright, high_end, boost
Lovepedal DOV Death Of Vox Handwired
Lovepedal
68% similarityShared character: bright, boost, natural
Free The Tone Crunchy Chime CC-1B
Free The Tone
95% similaritysimilar tone character
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster?+
The closest matches in character are the Free The Tone SOV-2 Custom Shop, the Dean Markley Overlord, the Knight Audio Technologies Kat-STB. Budget picks: Xotic BB Preamp V1.5, J. Rockett Archer, Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose.
What pairs well with the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Friedman Dirty Shirley, Dumble Steel String Singer, Ampeg V-4 — Friedman Dirty Shirley layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal.
How much does the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster cost?+
Around $302.97 (live listing price, updated Aug 27, 2026).
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