Pedal Kit - Mod® Electronics, The Saturator
The Mod® Electronics Saturator is an overdrive pedal kit that can cover a wide range of gain effects, transitioning smoothly from a massive clean boost to a warm and saturated distortion with the turn of a knob.
The saturation is controlled with the Soak knob, which dials in the amount of symmetrical soft-clipping applied to the guitar signal. When fully counterclockwise, the signal is unaffected and clean. Rotating the knob clockwise will incrementally increase the soft-clipping, morphing from a clean signal through subtle-to-heavy saturated overdrive sounds and straight into distortion territory. The Level knob sets the overall volume of the clean or saturated output. Unity gain is at roughly 8 o'clock. With the Soak set to clean, rotating the Level knob clockwise will increase the level to upwards of 30 dB.
Lead Sound Sample
Blues Sound Sample
Heavy Sound Sample
| Height with knobs/extrusions | 2.015 in. | |
| Item Height | 1.375 in. | |
| Item Length | 4.695 in. | |
| Item Width | 4.015 in. |
| Packaging Dimensions | 8.5 in. × 4.5 in. × 1.45 in. | |
| Weight (Packaging) | 0.88 lbs. |
 Dimensions | All Models |
| Instructions | All Models |
| Schematic | All Models |
| Troubleshooting Supplement | All Models |
 Blues Sound Sample (half level, quarter soak) | All Models |
| Heavy Sound Sample (three quarter level, half soak) | All Models |
| Lead Sound Sample (max level, max soak) | All Models |
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This is my third Mod Kit build, and the second overdrive (I posted reviews on Thunderdrive, and my subsequent mods to make it a Thunderdrive Limited). The Saturator was actually an easier build, at least in part because of the larger chassis/casing, which gave more room to work inside. This made for a nice afternoon project, instructions were clear and easy to follow. Finished pedal worked first time I plugged it in, and sounds great! Smoother drive sound than the Thunderdrive, nice and thick without being gritty. This was the first build I did with ModKits brand graphics on the box, I kinda liked the idea of being able to do custom paint jobs and graphics, visually it doesn't come across as "DIY". Totally worthwhile project for the electronics project experience, and a very usable pedal.