Inspiration can strike any time. I saw Zac Cowell’s post featuring this amazing ‘80s Nash Executioner board from their Redline series. Nash boards were somewhere between fairly okay and outright garbage, but they sure looked cool to me when I was eight years old. I wanted one of these so bad but my parents wisely decided to get me an actual good board. I’m grateful that I eventually got an excellent Vision Johnee Kop, but I’ll always have a soft spot for these Redline Nash boards.

Looking at this art 40 years later, I’m struck by how awful it is. Just terrible. And the hot pink deck is grotesque. So of course, I had to turn it into a pedal. Here you go!

Original inspiration and some Nash history below.

FEATURES:

• Blistering distortion with active mid scoop / boost control

• Vintage Nash-inspired skate graphics

• Yes, the dragon is super cool. And he has skulls!

• 18V compatible for more headroom and higher output volume

CONTROLS:

• LOUD: Volume

• MIDS: Counterclockwise for more mids, clockwise to scoop mids

• DRIVE: Gain and distortion

• SWITCH: Selects clipping modes - MOSFET for more harmonics, LED for more headroom

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Fully analogue distortion effect

• True bypass switching with gold-contact telecom relay

• Top mounted jacks, mono input + output

• 9-18V DC power, 20mA or greater, center negative

• Soft-touch footswitch

• No battery option