Does the Sabbra Cadabra work with a clean amp?

Yes. It is designed to push a clean or slightly dirty amp into cranked vintage tones. A bright, clean platform gives the best results.

Is it a distortion or an overdrive?

It is an analog overdrive with a treble booster-style front end. It reaches heavy crunch but is not a full high-gain distortion pedal.

It has much more gain and low-end weight and a stronger mid focus. A Tube Screamer is more transparent and better as a clean boost.

Catalinbread builds its pedals with true bypass switching. The pedal stays out of the signal path when disengaged.

It has level, gain and tone controls. The treble booster stage is voiced internally rather than exposed as a separate knob.

At low gain settings it works as a colored boost. It is not a transparent clean boost, so expect a noticeable mid push.

At Musician's Friend, for $179.99, as of our latest check.

2 stores we checked sell it, including Guitar Center, Musician's Friend.

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