ADAG Audio: Seagull Overdrive

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https://www.instagram.com/adagaudiopedal

Adag Audio's Seagull Overdrive is a simple four-knob affair with controls for Gain, Volume, Bass and Treble. It's been around for a couple of years now and most describe it as a 'transparent' overdrive - low to medium gain. The whole 'transparent' thing is a bit odd to me however this pedal does indeed maintain the guitar's fundamental tone characteristics while adding as much grit or dirt as you care to dial in. The Seagull's build quality is as good as the best and having tested it with four favourite amp types (see video), I have to say that it's a very versatile bird. Adag Audio are currently taking forward orders through their Instagram page so hit them up there if you'd like to take flight (sorry for the pun 😬).

One thing I should mention that's not demonstrated in this video is the 'saturation' trim pot on the side of the Seagull which is recessed and accessed by a small screwdriver. I felt that the factory settings were perfect so didn't go there this time - but it's there if you would like to.

Today's tools:

Guitar: 2015 Charvel HS with JJ's Sovereign '59 and '65 pickups. 'Eggs' partscaster with Chef's Special Pickups (https://www.jjsguitarpickups.com).
Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 27.04 puplic beta 1. Fender and Marshall models
Cables: BOSS
Strings: Ernie Ball 10-46
Pick: Signature Honey Pick https://www.honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman
Mic: Audix USA A231 - https://audixusa.com/products/a231/
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - https://www.presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/
Headphones: Audix A150 - https://audixusa.com/products/a150/
All Stands: Gravity Stands - https://www.gravitystands.com/en/
Computer: 2017 Apple iMac Pro, 2.5 GHz 14-Core Intel Xeon W, 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4, Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB
All of my Fractal Audio Presets (free): https://axechange.fractalaudio.com/search-results.php?search=Burgs&fields=username&products=0&setups=0