The Red Briton is Tone Ink’s new “Marshall in a box”: a drive pedal with responsive dynamics, ranging from a subtle overdrive to a powerful distortion. It’s engineered to deliver versatility, from less saturated tones that emulate the break-up point of a JTM45 to a more aggressive, venomous JCM800.

🎛️ Controls

🔘 PUNCH SWITCH
The three Punch voices (BB, Guv, Angry) provide simultaneous gain and bass adjustment in the distortion stage — effectively controlling how much the pedal “pushes” the circuit input and how much body the tone receives.

• Guv: suited for lower tunings — moderates low-end at the input for clearer power chords.

• Angry: great for solos or single-coil pickups that need more body and bite.

• BB: features stronger mid cut, offering clarity at lower gain and recalling the classic Blues Breaker character.

🔘 COMP SWITCH
The three Comp positions define headroom and the texture of the distortion (post-gain) by changing clipping behavior. Sonically, they act similarly to a power attenuator on a tube amp: lowering overall volume while allowing greater saturation in gain stages.

• 100W: more headroom, higher output, less compression.

• 50W: intermediate setting.

• 25W: heavy compression, easy saturation, lower volume (compensate with the volume knob).

🔘 FULL EQ (BASS / MID / TREBLE)
Active EQ controls that boost and cut frequencies. The key is the mids: the mid-frequency was chosen to keep tone defined while enabling a pronounced scoop — useful for low tunings and for approaching the famed “Brown Sound” associated with Eddie Van Halen.

• Cutting mids improves clarity in low tunings and aggressive rhythm parts.

• Adding mids yields a more vintage tonal character and greater presence in the band mix.

Power: 9–18V DC (center negative) — Boss standard
Current draw: approx. 30mA
Pedal dimensions: 6.7 × 6.1 × 12.7 cm (W × H × D) approx.
Package dimensions: 18.5 × 12.5 × 8.5 cm (W × H × D) approx.
Weight: approx. 490 g
Warranty: 90 days