Stampede SOV-2 Release | SOV-1 Successor

Stampede SOV-2

For owners of the beloved SOV-1 ovedrive pedal, made by Yukihiro Hayashi of Stampede/Pacifix Ltd....great news just came in this morning: A smaller version without boost, dubbed SOV-2, is scheduled to be released in 2008.

The SOV-1 is known by many, but owned buy few, since very few dealers carry Stampede effects in the USA. It has a distinctly thick and rich overdrive tone that is sometimes reminiscent of that famous thick boutique overdrive tone, but it can be generally categorized to lie within the realm of the "brown" sound effects. Powered by 18 volts of AC power only (via an attached AC plug), the SOV-1 also features a dependent boost function with it's own foot switch (it only works when the overdrive circuit is on).

Hear the Stampede SOV-2

Now, SOV-1 owners are given a smaller more compact version of this pedal...talk about a dream come true. Well, this dream is about to come true. What's funny, is that this news is big for SOV-1 owners, but there just aren't many out there. I'm reminded of Jeep's slogan, which leads me to..."It's a SOV-1 thing, you wouldn't understand."

Yuki emailed Six String Soul this morning to announce that the new SOV-2 will be released in the near future. No release date was confirmed yet. I tend to think it will be released in the relatively near future. The picture above could be a prototype, but this is yet to be determined.