Lil MO - All Versions
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Love your Mythical Overdrive but need a smaller version to save board space? Introducing the Lil MO. Same circuit as the Vintage Spec Mythical Overdrive with the following improvements
- Smaller Enclosure - 4.77" x 2.6" x 1.39" (121.1mm x 66mm x 35.3mm)
- Top mounted jacks and power jack
- PCB Mounted diodes and pots
- Buffered Bypass
- Clipping options
- 1N34 Germanium Only or
- D9E Germanium Only or
- 1N34 / OA128 Germanium / Silicon diode set
- 1N34 / OA126 Germanium / Silicon diode set
All Lil MO overdrives are hand built one at a time, by me.
Each Lil MO is hand built using quality components housed in a Mammoth Electronics powder coated enclosure with professional silkscreen graphics that are both durable and fantastic looking. No more chipped home paint jobs, no more decals that tear, no more guessing what the controls do. I have these enclosure powder coated and silk screened using my design by the same company that does work for the big boys.
This overdrive is very versatile and can range from a clean boost to moderate distortion. It will not get you into Rat tone, but it fills a nice gap just below it in my rig. The toggle switch selects from the two clipping options using 1N34 / OA126 diodes. These sets give two distinct clipping profiles which I like to refer to as Low or High Clippers
Low Clippers
1N34 - vintage clipping at lower gain settings, NOS germanium diodes provide warm tube amp like breakup due to a lower forward voltage. With the volume at noon these diodes begin to breakup when the gain gets to approximately 11:00. These diodes allow for earlier clipping at lower volumes or to add saturation to an already pushed amplifier
High Clippers
OA128 - increasingly rare NOS German Telefunken silicon diodes that clip at a very high forward voltage.
With the volume at noon these diodes begin to breakup when the gain gets to approximately 3:00. Since these diodes clip late in the gain sweep you get more clean headroom and can really slam the preamp of your amplifier without introducing diode breakup.
Standard Lil MO specs:
•Hammond powercoated enclosure
•Professional silkscreened graphics
•Through hole fabricated PCB, no perf or vero
•1% metal film resistors
•Nichichon audio grade capacitors
•Alpha / Vimex pots
•NOS Germanium IN34A diodes
•Telefunken NOS OA128 diodes
•Neutrik jacks
•Hi intensity LED
•Daka-Ware / Davies knobs
•Buffered bypass
•All ICs socketed
•Hand built and tested in the USA by an actual guitar player, not a robot in a factory overseas
You've heard the hype, seen the prices, now experience the tone without breaking the bank. Pick up a great pedal at a fantastic price.
IMPORTANT: There is no battery connection in the Lil MO. An external ( not supplied ) power supply must be used
The Lil MO requires a standard 2.1 mm DC jack. Any REGULATED power supply like, Boss, Pedal Power, or One Spot type power supply will work. It accepts a 9 volt source and uses an internal charge pump IC to boost the internal power to approximately 18v for increased headroom.
READ CAREFULLY - Returns not accepted for damage due to use of incorrect power supplies !!
Each Lil MO is hand built using quality components housed in a Mammoth Electronics powder coated enclosure with professional silkscreen graphics that are both durable and fantastic looking. No more chipped home paint jobs, no more decals that tear, no more guessing what the controls do. I have these enclosure powder coated and silk screened using my design by the same company that does work for the big boys.
This overdrive is very versatile and can range from a clean boost to moderate distortion. It will not get you into Rat tone, but it fills a nice gap just below it in my rig. The toggle switch selects from the two clipping options using 1N34 / OA126 diodes. These sets give two distinct clipping profiles which I like to refer to as Low or High Clippers
Low Clippers
1N34 - vintage clipping at lower gain settings, NOS germanium diodes provide warm tube amp like breakup due to a lower forward voltage. With the volume at noon these diodes begin to breakup when the gain gets to approximately 11:00. These diodes allow for earlier clipping at lower volumes or to add saturation to an already pushed amplifier
High Clippers
OA128 - increasingly rare NOS German Telefunken silicon diodes that clip at a very high forward voltage.
With the volume at noon these diodes begin to breakup when the gain gets to approximately 3:00. Since these diodes clip late in the gain sweep you get more clean headroom and can really slam the preamp of your amplifier without introducing diode breakup.
Standard Lil MO specs:
•Hammond powercoated enclosure
•Professional silkscreened graphics
•Through hole fabricated PCB, no perf or vero
•1% metal film resistors
•Nichichon audio grade capacitors
•Alpha / Vimex pots
•NOS Germanium IN34A diodes
•Telefunken NOS OA128 diodes
•Neutrik jacks
•Hi intensity LED
•Daka-Ware / Davies knobs
•Buffered bypass
•All ICs socketed
•Hand built and tested in the USA by an actual guitar player, not a robot in a factory overseas
You've heard the hype, seen the prices, now experience the tone without breaking the bank. Pick up a great pedal at a fantastic price.
IMPORTANT: There is no battery connection in the Lil MO. An external ( not supplied ) power supply must be used
The Lil MO requires a standard 2.1 mm DC jack. Any REGULATED power supply like, Boss, Pedal Power, or One Spot type power supply will work. It accepts a 9 volt source and uses an internal charge pump IC to boost the internal power to approximately 18v for increased headroom.
READ CAREFULLY - Returns not accepted for damage due to use of incorrect power supplies !!
Reviews
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Sean D. on 2026-01-28
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Well, It will take me years to understand the nuances of this pedal, but I would say that I am in the "extremely appreciative" category. Looked inside it, top level build. Sounds the most like the original according to those who know way more about it than me. In the 90's I used to own a 70's "Twin reverb" Master Volume with the pull pot boost. Which is what Bill Finnegen was trying to make the Klon sound like (*with boost pull pot pulled). So I did recordings with that Twin sound in the 90's. Nowadays I do not want a 90lb amp, so I have a Black Face Deluxe Reverb Reissue. Wanting to recapture the sound from my Twin in the 90's, I bought this pedal (after some research). Well the magic is recaptured, and I have a further understanding of that the pull pot did to my sound. A way bigger factor than I knew back then. And Why I have not been able to get it again . . . until now. And I am finding more magic from it daily. Great fun. Thanks Ken
Jason R. on 2025-01-08
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I bought the Mythical Overdrive in the bigger enclosure. Has hudge sonic width and harmonically rich! Get one, you won't be sorry!
David P. on 2023-05-24
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My studio guy ran all my guitars thru a Lil Mo right into a 1965 Deluxe and I didn't have ti ask for more or less of anything just riding my volume knob and could get anything I wanted from beautiful to brutal. After the session I asked him what the secret weapon was and he showed me. Works nice with humbuckers,single coils and P90s. I borrowed his for a weekend and ordered 3 exactly alike. Surf green is my color anyway.
Florent D. on 2023-04-07
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Fantastic Klone. Super smooth sounding, lots of volume, stacks perfectly with other overdrives. Only wish there would be a true bypass option but that’s just me! Definitely recommend you give it a try.
Nick G. on 2023-02-15
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Love this pedal and the lil mo version is the way to go in my opinion. Perfect form factor. Great tone!
John R. on 2022-09-19
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Love this pedal. Staged with a bb preamp right before it into the clean channel of a Matchless DC30, sounds terrific. I'm not worthy!
Note that it replaced a Soul Food and was a major improvement. Does it sound like a Klon? I don't know. Does it sound great? Why yes, yes it does!
Frank S. on 2022-06-01
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Great pedal and great support from Ken. I am on the other side of the country and had a minor issue and Ken took care of me quickly and professionally. I have other Klones and have had several Klons, this one is staying on my board.
Thanks,
Frank Silano
Slamo Custom Guitars
www.slamocustomguitars.com
Greg A. on 2022-02-24
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Fantastic pedal! Really does the great boost and mid push to stack in front (or behind other pedals) but also can stand on it's own with the gain up for solos. Love it, thanks!
Kenneth P. on 2021-04-10
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Ken said that this was one of the best he’s made and almost kept it, I am so glad he didn’t! This pedal takes everything I put in front of it or behind it to another level. On its own it’s a great boost for that special sound you are looking for (Klon). This does everything from SRV to Mayer to boosting an old school Russian Big muff into the stratosphere.
Marcel J. on 2021-03-18
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It adds a rich warmness to my tone and stacks very well with other drives. It's a great pedal but I wish it had a bit more gain or broke up earlier; but it's importnat to note that this my first Klon-style pedal and it probably does what its supposed to.
Sven O. on 2020-08-22
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Hello,
got my pedal and it is great so far!
A little dark sounding at recommended settings with my amp, but the tone pot helped with that.
I am very satisfied overall.
Please stay healthy in these strange times!
Greetings from Germany,
Sven
Ryan M. on 2020-08-06
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Great customer service and awesome pedal. Ken's communication was fast and thorough. The pedal sounds fantastic and has a ton of range. I definitely recommend!
JiminVan on 2020-07-07
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Great pedal and great service.
Ken was very flexible and informative, and built/shipped extremely quickly after I ordered!
The Black-out Lil' MO sounds and looks great. The diode switch is a really nice feature: the OA128 and 1n34 settings sound great and are going to get used. The clean-up on rolling back the guitar volume is really good, and the MO stacks really well, adding it's EQ and gain to whatever it's working with.
Great job guys!
Buck W. on 2018-10-04
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I already had the larger Mythical Overdrive and love it with most of my amps and found it richer sounding than the RYRA which I returned. It has a permanent place with my Vox ac30c2 plugged into the low normal channel. I set up my clean tone and the MO does all the rest at the press of a button. I bought the smaller Lil MO for my pedal board. I have confirmed it does everything the larger one does.
I use this pedal personally with Les Pauls but it is even more essential for lower output pickups like p90's and single coils. It doesn't color the tone, it makes it more of what it already is, a better more expressive version.
Ross L. on 2018-05-19
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Fantastic! This second one is even better than the first! Or maybe I'm just falling in love a second time.