Brownie Distortion PedalBrownie Distortion Pedal Shopping for a British distortion pedal? Try the Brownie! The Classical British rock tones of the 1970s, packed into one little box. How it works? By using a hybrid of circuits, we created truly unique pre amp and power tube distortion characteristics. Youll be amazed to hear the warm, organic tone thats reproduced. Brownie has a specially designed BJT input stage causing it to break up when the preamp tube starts to distort.