The Glaze is a unique optisolator boost/overdrive design created for warmth and clarity to each note or chord played. The added volume boost available was designed into the Glaze to provide enough "juice" to push the amp's preamp well into clipping. The Glaze debuted as a prototype test unit at the 2009 Nashville Amp Expo. Feedback from the HipKitty exhibit room visitors was accumulated and evaluated noting that all evaluators recommended that the Glaze go into the HipKitty Product line.

This is the pedal that started it all for HipKitty Products. It's a two-channel tube sounding distortion pedal that covers overdrive to fuzz sounds. With it's true bypassing, it's essentially a 3 channel affair. The Rhythm channel offers a "Drive" control. It's in this channel that you can select everything from an overdrive to fuzz sound. The "Lead" channel takes all the distortion of the Rhythm channel and gives it a volume boost of 10db. In fact, the pedal has a large amount of volume gain available to hit the front end of your amp hard enough to bring out it's best! With the Java, you can roll back your guitar's volume control and your sound cleans up. This is a feat not many distortions can achieve. This is a great live effect, but it has found it's way onto many studio recordings.

The Oxblood Distortion was designed to emulate a small EL84 tube based combo with plenty of gain available. Think small British tube amp with an extra gain stage. In fact, the Oxblood's distortion goes beyond what those Class "A" amplifiers offer, yet retains the "jangle". You would swear there are tubes inside the pedal!