The T-Rex Bloody Mary is a T Rex distortion pedal, currently around $174.06. Close alternatives include the Strymon Fairfax Preamp and the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1. It pairs well with the Peavey MiniMAX and the Hiwatt DR103H.

T-Rex Bloody Mary

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The T-Rex Bloody Mary is a premium tube-influenced overdrive and distortion pedal from T-Rex Engineering of Copenhagen, Denmark, delivering warm, harmonically rich overdrive and distortion character with tube-like saturation in T-Rex's robust build quality.

What stands out

  • “The T-Rex Bloody Mary is a premium tube-influenced overdrive and distortion pedal from T-Rex Engineering of Copenhagen, Denmark, delivering warm, harmonically rich overdrive and distortion character with tube-like saturation in T-Rex's robu…”

    — from the listing

  • “Build quality is excellent”

    — from the community notes

  • “Tube-influenced character suits blues, rock, and classic drive applications”

    — from the reviews

  • “T-Rex's tube-influenced drive pedal, praised for warm, harmonically rich overdrive and distortion with tube-like saturation in robust T-Rex build quality”

    — from the community notes

  • saturation
  • distortion
  • harmonically rich
  • warm
  • rock
  • classic drive applications

Price updated Oct 24, 2026

Genres the T-Rex Bloody Mary is commonly used in

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

Amps that pair well with the T-Rex Bloody Mary

Pedals that stack with the T-Rex Bloody Mary

Airis Effects 51-Filthy

Airis Effects

20% match
$169via Reverb

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

Stack Airis Effects 51-Filthy on top and a saturated tone tightens toward tight

Comes later in the signal chain

Browne Amplification Carbon

Browne Amplification

19% match
$339via Reverb

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

Feed a saturated signal into Browne Amplification Carbon and it comes out closer to clean boost

Comes earlier in the signal chain

DryBell Unit67 Compressor

Drybell

14% match
$289via Reverb

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

What DryBell Unit67 Compressor brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

Comes earlier in the signal chain

MXR M83

MXR

9% match
$209.65via 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 MXR M83 after T-Rex Bloody Mary in the signal chain, clear of T-Rex Bloody Mary's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay

TC Electronic

7% match
$223.46via 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 TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay after T-Rex Bloody Mary in the signal chain, clear of T-Rex Bloody Mary's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Way Huge Electronics Aqua-Puss MkII Analog Delay

pedal

6% match

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 Way Huge Electronics Aqua-Puss MkII Analog Delay after T-Rex Bloody Mary in the signal chain, clear of T-Rex Bloody Mary's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

TC Electronic Spark Booster

TC Electronic

tonal match
$74.89via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Stack TC Electronic Spark Booster on top and a saturated tone tightens toward clean boost

Amptweaker Tight Drive

Amptweaker

tonal match
$199via Reverb

Amptweaker Tight Drive takes that saturated character and pushes it toward clean boost

Cheaper alternatives

Boutique & premium upgrades

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the T-Rex Bloody Mary?+

The closest matches in character are the Strymon Fairfax Preamp, the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault V1, the Walrus Audio Iron Horse V2. Budget picks: Tone City Black Tea, One Control Anodized Brown Distortion, Caline CP-14 English Man Distortion. Boutique upgrades: Crazy Tube Circuits Orama, Cusack Music Project 34, Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP.

What pairs well with the T-Rex Bloody Mary?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Peavey MiniMAX, Hiwatt DR103H, Gallien-Krueger MB108 — Feed a saturated signal into Peavey MiniMAX and it comes out closer to tight.

How much does the T-Rex Bloody Mary cost?+

Around $174.06 (live listing price, updated Oct 24, 2026).

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