Jade Electric Adds Clean Blend and Two-Band EQ to the Blackboard Outlaw Overdrive
The $175 Bakersfield-built pedal is designed to retain pick attack while moving from a clean push to a more forceful overdrive.
Oct 14, 2026
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Jade Electric Pedals has introduced the Blackboard Outlaw Overdrive, a hand-built drive pedal made in Bakersfield, California. Its control set combines Level and Drive with a Clean Blend plus separate Treble and Bass knobs, letting players restore dry attack and tailor the low and high end around different guitars and amplifiers.
The pedal uses true bypass, runs from an external center-negative 9 V supply and does not accept a battery. Jade Electric lists the Blackboard at $175 and is selling it directly from its product page.
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Why it matters
The clean blend and active tone-shaping controls give a small independent builder's overdrive more practical range for live rigs than a conventional three-knob circuit.
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