The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1 is an Old Blood Noise Endeavors distortion pedal. Close alternatives include the Tone City Black Tea and the T-Rex Bloody Mary. It pairs well with the Peavey MiniMAX and the Hiwatt Custom DR20H.

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1

Old Blood Noise Endeavors · pedal

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1 is the original version of OBNE's boutique overdrive and distortion pedal delivering warm, expressive saturation in hand-built boutique quality. The V1 represents OBNE's initial take on the Fault circuit with the original voicing and control set.

What stands out

  • “The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1 is the original version of OBNE's boutique overdrive and distortion pedal delivering warm, expressive saturation in hand-built boutique quality”

    — from the listing

  • “The Fault V1 delivers warm overdrive to distortion with the original OBNE voicing in hand-built boutique format”

    — from the reviews

  • “Expressive character and harmonic richness are characteristic of OBNE's approach”

    — from the reviews

  • “Players who want the original V1 voicing of OBNE's Fault find it a sought-after boutique option”

    — from the community notes

  • “Build quality is excellent and boutique”

    — from the reviews

  • expressive
  • warm
  • distortion
  • saturation
  • boutique
  • harmonic richness
  • overdrive

Genres the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1 is commonly used in

  • Alternative
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  • Blues
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  • Rock
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  • Classic Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Metal
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  • Blues Rock
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Amps that pair well with the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1

Peavey MiniMAX

Peavey

30% match

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)

The Fault V1's warm, boutique saturation gives the MiniMAX's punchy solid-state platform an analog-feeling drive stage it doesn't have on its own.

Comes later in the signal chain

Hiwatt Custom DR20H

Hiwatt

29% match

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)

The DR20H's punchy, bright British headroom gives the Fault's warm, expressive saturation a genuinely dynamic amp to push.

Comes later in the signal chain

Vox AC-50

amplifier

tonal match
$1262.53via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Vox AC-50 leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own

Peavey MiniMAX II Bass Head

Peavey

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Stack Peavey MiniMAX II Bass Head on top and a saturated tone tightens toward tight

Hiwatt Leeds AC60

Hiwatt

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run Hiwatt Leeds AC60 after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Hiwatt Leeds GO40

Hiwatt

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run Hiwatt Leeds GO40 after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Vox AC30CH Custom 30W Head

Vox

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Vox AC30CH Custom 30W Head's bright balances out the warm tone

VHT D-50

Vht

tonal match
$999.99via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a dynamic tone, VHT D-50 brings a pull toward compressed that's missing

Pedals that stack with the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1

Warm Audio Pedal 76

Warm Audio

30% match
$229via Reverb

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)

Both lean toward dynamic and compressed respectively — close enough in character that they complement instead of clashing

Comes earlier in the signal chain

MXR Distortion+

MXR

29% match
$129.97via Reverb

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

MXR Distortion+ leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster

Dallas

28% match

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

Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Walrus Audio Lillian

Walrus Audio

17% match
$213via 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 Walrus Audio Lillian after Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1 in the signal chain, clear of Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

Catalinbread Epoch-Set

Catalinbread

13% match
$217.58via 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 Catalinbread Epoch-Set after Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1 in the signal chain, clear of Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Strymon El Capistan

Strymon

13% match
$379via 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.

Keep Strymon El Capistan after Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1 in the signal chain, clear of Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

NuX Masamune Booster & Kompressor

Nux

tonal match
$115.07via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Into a dynamic tone, NuX Masamune Booster & Kompressor brings a pull toward compressed that's missing

Vertex Steel String MkII Clean Drive

Vertex

tonal match
$179.99via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Vertex Steel String MkII Clean Drive leans this dynamic tone toward compressed, which it doesn't make on its own

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Tone City Black Tea

Tone City

66% similarity
$52.88via Reverb

Shared character: distortion, warm, overdrive

T-Rex Bloody Mary

T Rex

65% similarity
$174.06via Reverb

Shared character: distortion, warm

One Control Golden Acorn Overdrive Special

One Control

61% similarity
$130.73via Reverb

Shared character: warm, overdrive

Revv Amplification G3 V2

Revv

59% similarity
$223.01via Reverb

Shared character: distortion, warm, overdrive

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One Control

57% similarity

Shared character: distortion

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Catalinbread

57% similarity
$146.89via Reverb

Shared character: warm, overdrive

Free The Tone FM-1V Fire Mist Overdrive

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57% similarity
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Shared character: warm, overdrive

Univox UD-50 Uni-Drive

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55% similarity

Shared character: distortion, warm, overdrive

Crazy Tube Circuits Orama

Crazy Tube Circuits

53% similarity
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Shared character: warm, overdrive

K Pedals Vintage Preamp

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50% similarity

Shared character: distortion, warm

Behringer OD300 Overdrive Distortion

Behringer

50% similarity
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Shared character: distortion, warm, overdrive

Mr. Black Thunderclaw Distortion

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50% similarity
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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1?+

The closest matches in character are the Tone City Black Tea, the T-Rex Bloody Mary, the One Control Golden Acorn Overdrive Special.

What pairs well with the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Peavey MiniMAX, Hiwatt Custom DR20H, Vox AC-50 — The Fault V1's warm, boutique saturation gives the MiniMAX's punchy solid-state platform an analog-feeling drive stage it doesn't have on its own..

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