celmo

A unique-sounding overdrive designed to emulate tube amp sag.

Celmo is a relatively small company with just a few effects pedals under its belt: the Sardine Can Compressor and the new Pimento Sardine Overdrive. Hand-crafted in France, the Pimento uses an enhanced analog sag emulation technology (predictably called EASE), as well as a color toggle switch that, in certain setups, provides more colors to work with than your run-of-the-mill OD—especially if you’re favor a less-is-more approach to effects.

Built for the Long Haul
The Celmo website is in French, and a Google translation only goes so far. Thankfully, Pimento’s layout is fairly streamlined. The effect is housed in a medium-sized, brushed-metal box with two red chicken-head knobs and a three-position switch—a design that evokes late ‘50s/early ’60s automotive and electronic designs. A roll bar-style guard between the knobs and the true-bypass footswitch guards against loose- cannon toe-kicks.

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