For us, the Strymon Sunset earns the honorary title of one of the best overdrives of the moment. It not only sounds fantastic but is also very functional and versatile. Let's start with the sound! Pedals often sound good like a pedal. This is, of course, somewhat logical and in many cases desirable, but the Sunset sounds almost synonymous with the overdrive of a tube amplifier, naturally very dynamic and thick. The design of the pedal is well thought out and very user-friendly, while Strymon has integrated a lot of functionality and a variety of sounds into the Sunset.

With the Sunset, you have two completely separate and independent controls at your disposal. Channel A offers a range of classic overdrives (Germanium diode clipping, Texas soft clipping, treble booster) that are perfect for singing and fluid overdrive tones. Channel B provides stronger and more complex, hard-hitting overdrives. Channel B is therefore a bit more aggressive and logically serves as a superlative for Channel A in many cases. It is possible to switch between the two channels, but you can also stack them. It is even possible to set the order of the two channels relative to each other, and it can also be configured for both channels to be routed in parallel.

To top it all off, the Sunset is equipped with a noise surprise feature as an intelligent secondary characteristic (press the B switch and the level parameter of Channel A is your control for the noise surprise). The 9VDC power supply is included.