The Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster is a Free The Tone overdrive pedal, currently around $200. Close alternatives include the Lovepedal DOV Death Of Vox Handwired and the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime CC-1B. It pairs well with the Revv Generator 100R MkIII 3-Channel Head 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.
What stands out
“chimey”
— from the listing
“designed to deliver a bright”
— from the listing
“Part of the Free The Tone lineup, known for the brand's signature low noise floor, natural harmonic character, and Japanese precision build”
— from the community notes
“The COD-107 features the precision engineering and low noise floor that define Free The Tone brand, with natural, dynamic tone that responds to pick attack and guitar volume changes with exceptional sensitivity”
— from the listing
“Premium pricing reflects Japanese boutique manufacturing quality”
— from the reviews
Trade-offs
“mid-boost”
— from the reviews
- chimey
- bright
- harmonic
- natural
- low noise
- boutique
- dynamic
- saturation
Price updated Oct 23, 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. - Indie
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster
Revv Generator 100R MkIII 3-Channel Head
Revv
25% matchfills 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, Revv Generator 100R MkIII 3-Channel Head answers back smooth
Comes later in the signal chain
Dumble Steel String Singer
Dumble
24% matchfills 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 Dumble Steel String Singer after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth
Comes later in the signal chain
Orange Little Bass Thing
Orange
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Run Orange Little Bass Thing after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Ampeg Rocket Watts
Ampeg
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Ampeg Rocket Watts leans warm right where the bright tone needs it
Ampeg V-4
Ampeg
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Where this leans bright, Ampeg V-4 answers back warm
Hiwatt Park P18LH 'Little 45' Handwired18W
Hiwatt
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Run Hiwatt Park P18LH 'Little 45' Handwired18W after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp
Orange
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Orange BT1000H Terror Bass 1000-Watt Bass Amp leans warm right where the bright tone needs it
Orange Terror Bass
Orange
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Orange Terror Bass leans warm right where the bright tone needs it
Pedals that stack with the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster
MXR CSP202 Custom Comp
MXR
22% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)
MXR CSP202 Custom Comp's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Dunlop MXR Distortion Plus
Dunlop
21% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)
Run Dunlop MXR Distortion Plus after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Comes later in the signal chain
Caroline Guitar Company Icarus
Caroline Guitar Company
20% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)
Caroline Guitar Company Icarus's warm balances out the bright tone
Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser
Spaceman
19% matchsits 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 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
Comes later in the signal chain
T-Rex Junior Roomate
T Rex
12% matchsits 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 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 glassy character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
pedal
12% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler 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)
Comes later in the signal chain
SolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive
Solidgoldfx
tonal matchSolidGoldFX Commodore Breaker Overdrive leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it
Dunlop Echoplex Preamp
Dunlop
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Where this leans bright, Dunlop Echoplex Preamp answers back smooth
Cheaper alternatives
Audiocade Royal British Velvet AC30 Overdrive/Preamp Clone
Audiocade
53% similarityShared character: natural, bright, overdrive
Vox Valvenergy Mystic Edge
Vox
52% similarityShared character: pick attack, overdrive
EarthQuaker Devices White Light V2
EarthQuaker Devices
49% similarityShared character: single coils, bright
Carl Martin AC-Tone
Carl Martin
49% similarityShared character: bright, high end, natural
EarthQuaker Devices White Light
EarthQuaker Devices
48% similarityShared character: single coils, pick attack, bright
TC Electronic Ampworx Vintage Series DC30
TC Electronic
47% similarityShared character: bright
Boutique & premium upgrades
Similar character
Lovepedal DOV Death Of Vox Handwired
Lovepedal
58% similarityShared character: bright, natural, overdrive
Free The Tone Crunchy Chime CC-1B
Free The Tone
57% similarityShared character: natural, bright, overdrive
Greer Amps Royal Velvet
Greer
55% similarityShared character: single coils, high end, overdrive
JHS Pedals JHS AC+
JHS Pedals
49% similarityShared character: single coils, bright, overdrive
Catalinbread Galileo
Catalinbread
49% similarityShared character: bright, high end, overdrive
Vertex Effects Trainwreck
Vertex
49% similarityShared character: bright, overdrive
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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 Lovepedal DOV Death Of Vox Handwired, the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime CC-1B, the Greer Amps Royal Velvet. Budget picks: Audiocade Royal British Velvet AC30 Overdrive/Preamp Clone, Vox Valvenergy Mystic Edge, EarthQuaker Devices White Light V2. Boutique upgrades: Vemuram Jan Ray.
What pairs well with the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Revv Generator 100R MkIII 3-Channel Head, Dumble Steel String Singer, Orange Little Bass Thing — Where this leans bright, Revv Generator 100R MkIII 3-Channel Head answers back smooth.
How much does the Free The Tone Crunchy Chime OD Natural Booster cost?+
Around $200 (live listing price, updated Oct 23, 2026).