Absolutery not like the other overdrive pedals, the ARTEC BLUES DRIVE Mini offers up well-designed pverdrive tone for guitar players. This pedal has a refined tone-filter to provide articulated picking Also equipped with an Amp-Simulated Drive Circuit thta produces a "well cooked" smooth overdrive sound. - Gain control / Tone Control / Level./Dead quiet performance - True Bypass that won't colur your signal in bypass mode. Operates on your own outboard regulated DC 9V power supply It doesn't get any simpler than this,and excellent bang for the buck value !