Riverside’s cascading gain stages create harmonically rich tones that are immensely musical and natural—from silky clean overdrive to colossal distortion, and all points between. Our analog JFET front-end ensures that Riverside responds to your guitar with uncompromised dynamics and feel. The precision crafted DSP generates dynamic complexity and pleasing harmonics at every stage, letting your amp shine at any gain level. Riverside takes your amp to places you never knew it could go.
Riverside’s continuously variable circuit tuning dynamically tweaks multiple parameters under the hood so that the sweet spot follows you at any gain setting. As you turn the Drive knob, Riverside makes continuous adjustments, tuning the circuit for optimum tone. This results in an incredibly versatile drive pedal that is equally capable of providing sparking cleans, mild overdrives, high-gain leads, and heavy saturated distortions.
Custom cascading multistage distortion topology provides a wide range of tube-inspired drive tones
Digitally controlled analog class A JFET input gain stage maximizes headroom while adding up to 20dB of pure analog gain
Precision crafted DSP gain stages provide detailed complexity and responsiveness
Low gain channel for smooth classic overdrive
High gain channel for modern saturated distortion
3-band EQ with independent Bass, Middle and Treble controls
Selectable post-analog gain mid-band EQ push
Presence switch to tailor the sound for use with all amplifiers from dark to bright
Optional variable-threshold noise reduction helps tame noisy guitar pickups
High impedance mono input
Mono output
Favorite footswitch to save a favorite setting
Expression pedal input allows the connection an expression pedal for simultaneous morphing control over multiple parameters (Expression mode), or logarithmic taper for smooth volume control (Volume mode)
Boost pedal input allows connection of an external footswitch for up to +6dB of analog boost, or to toggle the Favorite preset on other Strymon pedals (Favorite Out mode)
