Vertex Effects Steel String Supreme (Slight Return) Overdrive Pedal

The Vertex Effects Steel String Supreme SRV expands on the company’s venerable Steel String MkII, arming you with a full-fledged, D-voiced preamp. Loaded with 100% analog solid-state circuitry, this clean drive stompbox builds upon its more-streamlined predecessor’s features with the addition of an independent EQ section and five extra tone-shaping controls. Park the SSS SRV in front of your tube amp to inject it with D-style character, plug it into your mixer or audio interface for vintage-tinged DI-ed tones, or use it to infuse your digital modeling rig with tube-like warmth and transients. No matter how you use it, the Vertex SSS SRV will deliver the coveted sound that top-tier players live SRV, Eric Johnson, and John Mayer made famous. The Steel String Supreme SRV was designed to function as a full-blown preamp. Thus, it includes all the tone-shaping controls you’d expect from a full-featured guitar amplifier. This pedal inherits the Level, Gain, Filter, and Jazz/Rock controls from the Steel String MkII, enabling you to adjust your master volume, saturation, mid-shaping, and overall character. The SSS SRV takes it further, however. An Output knob determines your first gain stage level, adjusting the saturation on your guitar amp’s input. Fat tailors your lower midrange for extra thickness and body. Clean offers a parallel blend of your clean and effected signal. A 3-way Bright/Deep switch yields a treble boost in the up position, is neutral in the middle position, and has a bass boost in the down position. We’ve used the SSS SRV in a whole host of scenarios here at Sweetwater, and we’ve found that it churns out gorgeous, D-style cleans and edge-of-breakup tones in every application.