Decades MultiJam Distortion – Vol 1:30, Tone 1:00, Drive 1:00, Fat Cap Off, Mod

The MultiJam is Decades Pedals’ revival of the Multivox Big Jam SE-8 Distortion. The SE-8 was a rare late-’70s Japanese pedal built by Firstman and sold in the US under the Multivox name. It’s from the same era and family as the MXR Distortion+ and DOD 250, with a UA741 op-amp and 1N60 germanium clipping diodes, plus a pair of C945 transistors. That makes it thicker and more mid-forward than either of those pedals. The MultiJam adds a Fat Cap switch for more low end and a Mod switch for more headroom and output. At these settings it’s a medium-gain 70s distortion: chewy mids, a raspy germanium top, and cleanup when you lower your guitar volume. It works for crunchy rhythm and singing leads into a clean or edge-of-breakup amp. Capture details Method: TONE3000 dry/wet, both tracks recorded at the same time Chain: [guitar] → buffered splitter (bypassed) → MultiJam → Apollo Twin X (Gen 1) Line 2 Dry: split signal → Apollo Hi-Z input Both inputs peaked around -8 dBFS Calibration: Send 6.2 dBu, Return 1.2 dBu Tips Use it in front of a clean amp model, the way you’d run the real pedal. The pedal was fed from a buffer, not straight from guitar pickups, so it captures the pedal’s behavior after a buffer.