MORNING GLORY CLEAN

WHEN TRANSPARENT OVERDRIVE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH We took our most legendary overdrive to a new level and redefined what it means to be transparent. Clearer pick attack, improved low end, and more versatile gain stacking.  This is the ultimate first-stage overdrive pedal.  IT STARTED AT SOUND CHECK.  I watched Ju­lian Lage dial in his tone at a sound­check in Chica­go. Vin­ta­ge Fen­der amp. Collings semi-hol­low gui­tar. He ad­just­ed pickup heights, moved po­si­tions on stage, chas­ing the per­fect bal­ance. It was cap­ti­vat­ing.  Ju­lian has used a Morn­ing Glo­ry for years — he's a big rea­son it end­ed up on jazz ped­al­boards world­wide. Af­ter the sound­check, we dis­cussed what he looked for in an over­drive. One thing led to an­oth­er. My brain start­ed wan­der­ing off into dif­fer­ent ideas. Could we make the Morning Glory even better?  THE PROBLEM WITH TRANSPARENT. When you add over­drive — any type of clip­ping — you lose nu­ance. Pick at­tack gets com­pressed. Dy­na­mics n