This here is a trio of distortion boxes. The circuit was originally published in the *great* Ken Anderton book “Electronic Projects for Musicians”. Later a version of it with a few minor tweaks was built by Way Huge Electronics (the original issue of them) and marketed under the model name of “Red Llama”. Those now fetch somewhere around 1 zillion dollars on ebay (okay, a few hundred). Anyway the circuit is a refreshing change of topology using a CMOS hex inverter for the gain stages, and sound-wise the results are pretty damn cool. Its kind of a halfbreed….not wild enough enough to be a fuzz, not tame enough to be an overdrive. Its a good overall distortion and sonic-thickener. Its my own personal go-to whenever i just need a distortion pedal.
These three were all built and sold some time ago. Controls are volume and distortion/gain, just like any good pedal should be….