JAM Pedals Tiny Amp Destroyer

JAM Pedals Tiny Amp Destroyer – Dual drive/distortion and treble booster with Stu Mackenzie

Stu Mackenzie signature · King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard · Dual drive · Treble booster · MAGIC voicing · Notch · G1 Global Bypass · True bypass · 9V 90mA

The JAM Pedals Tiny Amp Destroyer is a gain machine created with Stu Mackenzie of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, built to capture the sound of a small, cheap, abused amplifier that stops behaving properly and starts sounding enormous.

The idea began with Stu pushing two Boomsters into his favourite pawn-shop amp until it reached an unstable, boxy, compressed and completely unruly breakup point. JAM did not simply clone that setup: they took that wild response as the foundation for a completely fresh circuit.

In terms of sonic territory, the Tiny Amp Destroyer sits in the world of small amp overdrive, tiny-amp distortion, garage rock, raw psychedelia, tasteful lo-fi saturation and classic treble boosters pushing gain stages. It is not a polished “amp in a box” or a recreation of a famous stack: it is the sound of the box losing the fight.

The pedal combines two independent drive/distortion stages, called G1 and G2, with an independent treble booster based on the JAM Rooster. G2 is the more restrained stage, perfect for breakup, focused drive and more controlled saturation. G1 runs hotter, moving into heavier overdrive, raw distortion and more broken textures. Use each stage independently or stack them for the pedal’s densest blown-out sounds.

The treble booster is placed before both gain stages, so it can tighten the low end, sharpen the attack and change how G1 and G2 respond. It can also run on its own as a classic treble booster, or push the whole stack harder for more bite, compression and amp-on-the-edge behavior.

The active Bass and Treble controls let you shape weight, definition and presence without losing the circuit’s character. The MAGIC switch shifts the response toward the compressed, boxy and unstable feel of a tiny amplifier being pushed beyond its limits. The Notch control starts from a neutral position and progressively removes a key frequency band, transforming a full and forward tone into something increasingly hollow, scooped, unconventional and radical.

The G1 Global Bypass mode lets the G1 footswitch control the entire pedal. You can leave G2 and the treble booster engaged, then bring the full sound in with one press — a very practical live feature when you want to go from clean to “the amp just exploded” without tap-dancing across three footswitches.

The original artwork was created by Jason Galea, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s longtime visual collaborator and the artist behind much of the band’s album artwork, posters, stage imagery and psychedelic visual universe.

Key features

• Created in collaboration with Stu Mackenzie of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• Three-footswitch gain machine
• Two independent drive/distortion stages: G1 and G2
• Independent treble booster based on the JAM Rooster
• Inspired by the sound of a small pawn-shop amp being pushed too hard
• Sonic territory: small amp drive, garage distortion, psych rock, lo-fi saturation and classic treble booster tones
• G2: more restrained stage for breakup, drive and controlled saturation
• G1: hotter stage for heavier overdrive, distortion and blown-out saturation
• G1, G2 and treble booster can be used independently or stacked
• Active Bass and Treble controls with boost/cut
• MAGIC switch for boxier, more compressed and unstable tiny-amp response
• Notch control for hollow, scooped and unconventional voicings
• Treble booster placed before G1 and G2
• Two internal treble booster voicings: Full and Standard
• Ships in Full mode
• G1 Global Bypass mode for switching the entire pedal from the G1 footswitch
• Signal flow: Input → Treble Booster → G1 → G2 → Output
• Original artwork by Jason Galea
• True bypass
• Handmade in Greece

Controls and functions

• Gain 1 / G1: controls the hotter gain stage, aimed at heavier overdrive and distortion
• Gain 2 / G2: controls the more restrained stage for breakup and focused drive
• Level: overall output level for the G1/G2 stages
• Bass: active low-end EQ for adding weight or tightening bass response
• Treble: active high-frequency EQ for brightness, attack and presence
• Notch: progressively removes a key frequency band for hollow, scooped or radical voicings
• MAGIC: shifts the response toward a compressed, unstable, tiny-amp character
• Treble Booster Level: level of the independent treble booster
• G1 Footswitch: engages G1 or controls global bypass in G1 Global Bypass mode
• G2 Footswitch: engages/disengages G2
• Treble Booster Footswitch: engages/disengages the independent booster

Internal treble booster voicings

• Full: broader response with more low-frequency content
• Standard: more focused, traditional treble-booster response

Technical specifications

• Type: dual drive/distortion + treble booster
• Gain stages: G1 and G2
• Treble booster: independent, based on JAM Rooster
• Controls: Gain 1, Gain 2, Level, Bass, Treble, Notch, Treble Booster Level
• Switch: MAGIC
• Footswitches: G1, G2, Treble Booster
• Special mode: G1 Global Bypass
• Signal flow: Input → Treble Booster → G1 → G2 → Output
• Bypass: true bypass
• Input impedance with treble booster off: approx. 500 kΩ
• Input impedance with treble booster on: approx. 50 kΩ
• Output impedance: <5 kΩ
• Power: 9V DC center-negative
• Maximum current draw: 90mA with all circuits engaged
• Dimensions: 14.5 × 12.4 × 5.9 cm
• Dimensions in inches: 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.3 in
• Weight: 511 g / 1.13 lb
• Battery: not supported
• Made in Greece

Find the JAM Pedals Tiny Amp Destroyer at onemorepedal.com.

Not an amp in a box: the sound of the box losing the fight.