Vintage heart. Modern teeth. Dirty Shire brings the amp to your board.
Dirty Shire is an amp-in-a-box overdrive that channels the soul of two legendary Friedman circuits: the warm, vintage-roots Dirty Shirley and the aggressive, modern-voiced BE-OD. The result is a dynamic, touch-responsive pedal that feels like playing through a boutique tube head — from edge-of-breakup blues to hot-rodded British gain.
Inspired by the Dirty Shirley’s JTM-45 lineage, the pedal delivers thick mids, soft compression, and just the right amount of sag for expressive lead playing and old-school crunch. Push the gain further, and the BE-OD character emerges — tight, focused lows, harmonically rich mids, and a biting top end that cuts through a mix without harshness. This is the Friedman sound: refined, amp-like distortion with studio-level clarity.
Dirty Shire captures that duality in a single-channel format — no menu-diving, no presets. Just the feel and tone of a boutique amp, straight to your pedalboard.