Warm Audio unveils the Tube Squealer and Throne of Tone – two pedals that capture the soul of legendary overdrives
Warm Audio has unveiled the Throne of Tone and Tube Squealer, two new pedals that pay homage to some of the most iconic overdrive circuits in guitar history.
True to the brand’s reputation, both pedals promise faithful analogue recreations built with premium components, while adding smart, modern touches for today’s players.
“These are two of the most popular styles of overdrive in guitar history, and we’re excited to add them to the Warm lineup,” says Warm Audio founder and president Bryce Young. “We maintained the Warm formula of vintage-accurate tone and premium components, but we went a step further to combine some of the greatest iterations of these tones along with feature-rich functionality into each.”
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To start, we’ve got the Tube Squealer, Warm Audio’s spin on one of the most celebrated overdrives ever made — the Tube Screamer. Built with 100% analogue circuitry and loaded with modern, rig-ready features, the pedal offers three selectable voicings that each nail a different era of the original’s tone. 808 delivers the earliest iteration of the classic overdrive, the TS9 captures the most produced and widely recognised version, and the TS10 revives an underrated circuit that’s found new life with modern players.
Beyond the traditional controls, the Tube Squealer adds a Mix knob that lets players blend their clean signal back in with the overdrive, a pickup-voicing selector to optimise the pedal for single-coil or humbucker guitars, as well as an external voltage booster for expanded headroom.
Inside, it’s packed with high-quality JRC4558 op-amps, discrete transistors, diodes, premium JFETs, and asymmetrical clipping for that unmistakable smooth, tube-like breakup.
Next is the Throne of Tone, a dual-sided overdrive inspired by the Marshall Bluesbreaker and the boutique pedals that followed in its wake. Designed for ultimate flexibility, this pedal offers two classic voicings, each with low and high gain levels and three drive modes: boost, overdrive, and distortion.
According to Warm Audio, the Throne of Tone excels at British-style breakup thanks to a symmetrical clipping circuit that captures the feel of classic tube amps cranked beyond their clean limits.
Tone shaping is highly flexible too: each side of the Throne of Tone comes with an independent Presence control (adjustable from 500Hz to 2.3kHz) alongside the standard tone knob. There’s also a rear-panel send/return loop for inserting other pedals between the two sides, plus a voltage doubler that runs internally at 9V or 18V for extra headroom and definition. The pedal also features true-bypass switching.
Under the hood, 24 diodes and premium JRC4580 and TL072 op-amps power two fully analogue circuits, delivering uncompromising tone in a versatile, performance-ready package.
“For the Throne of Tone, we decided to honour the 3-knob vintage pedal that inspired a whole wave of boutique recreations, and added a second side plus alternative voicing to deliver the most unobtainable boutique blues OD,” Young explains. “With these unique voicing options, plus added features for presence, gain structure, and gain amount, you can create dozens of combinations previously unavailable in addition to getting the authentic sound of the originals – all in one stomp box!”
The Tube Squealer is priced at $149/€159/£139 (inc. VAT), and is available exclusively at Guitar Center in the US and authorised retailers worldwide. Meanwhile, the Throne of Tone retails for $229/€249/£219 (inc. VAT) and is available at all authorised Warm Audio retailers.
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