Deals

Equipboard helps you discover, compare, and find the right gear for your sound.

Sign up Log in

Artist or band Music gear Music gear to an artist Report a duplicate

Contact us About Merch store

© Equipboard Inc.

Custom Tones LLC Ethos TWE-1 main image

Custom Tones LLC Ethos TWE-1 image 2

Custom Tones LLC Ethos TWE-1 image 3

Custom Tones LLC Ethos TWE-1 image 4

Custom Tones LLC Ethos TWE-1

Custom Tones LLC Ethos TWE-1

See more

0 wishlisted

0 saved

Page last updated Aug 11, 2025

Pricing and availability

Store

Reviews

Price

^* Product prices and availability are updated by Equipboard every 24hrs and are subject to change. Equipboard may receive compensation for purchases made at participating retailers linked on this site. This compensation does not affect what products or prices are displayed, or the order of prices listed. For more information, please refer to our affiliate disclosure.

Description

Edit description

Custom Tones is very excited to introduce the Ethos TWE-1 overdrive pedal-preamp. The Ethos TWE-1 is a compact, solid state analog design that offers touch sensitivity that can go from Clean-to-Scream with just the turn of your guitar's volume control. The TWE-1's core design emulates the sound of a valve power amp being pushed to its limits, where it breathes and reacts to your playing. The TWE-1 also offers powerful tone sculpting controls that allow you to tune the TWE-1 to your amp to get optimal tone.

Inspired by the Boutique Trainwreck Express Valve Amplifier Emulates the sound of a valve power amp being pushed to its limits--breathes and reacts to your playing. Powerful Tone Sculpting controls let you tune the TWE-1 to your amp to get Optimal Tone.

Product specs

Bypass	true bypass
Power	9V
Analog/Digital	analog
Mono/Stereo	mono

Videos

Mike Hermans

Ethos TWE-1 overdrive

Video thumbnail for Ethos TWE-1 overdrive by Mike Hermans

Ethos TWE-1 overdrive

Mike Hermans

Video thumbnail for ETHOS TWE 1 TRAINWRECK-STYLE DRIVE.. IN A PEDAL! by Pete Thorn

ETHOS TWE 1 TRAINWRECK-STYLE DRIVE.. IN A PEDAL!

Pete Thorn

Video thumbnail for Ethos TWE-1 overdrive by Mike Hermans

Ethos TWE-1 overdrive

Mike Hermans

Video thumbnail for Ethos TWE-1 Overdrive Pedal demo video by Shawn Tubbs. Trainwreck Express inspired tones! by Shawn Tubbs

Ethos TWE-1 Overdrive Pedal demo video by Shawn Tubbs. Trainwreck Express inspired tones!

Shawn Tubbs

Video thumbnail for Custom Tones: ETHOS TWE-1 (new look!) - Demo by Brett Kingman

Custom Tones: ETHOS TWE-1 (new look!) - Demo

Brett Kingman

Video thumbnail for Custom Tones: ETHOS TWE-1 Demo by Brett Kingman

Custom Tones: ETHOS TWE-1 Demo

Brett Kingman

Video thumbnail for Custom Tones: ETHOS TWE-1 Live jam/runthrough by Brett Kingman

Custom Tones: ETHOS TWE-1 Live jam/runthrough

Brett Kingman

Video thumbnail for Ethos TWE-1 Overdrive by kinsmen

Ethos TWE-1 Overdrive

kinsmen

Reviews

Based on 0 Reviews and 0 Ratings

5 star

4 star

3 star

2 star

1 star

Similar

Add recommendation

1 alternative for Custom Tones LLC Ethos TWE-1, curated by the Equipboard community.

Trainwreck Circuits Express Guitar Amplifier Heads

Trainwreck Circuits Express

Vintage or Discontinued similar sound high-end alternative

1

More Custom Tones LLC Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Neural DSP Quad Cortex Mini Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Neural DSP Quad Cortex Mini

$1,266.00 - $1,479.00

2 available stores

5.0 (1)

^# 1

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

6 artists using

IK Multimedia TONEX ONE+ Amp & Cabinet Simulators

IK Multimedia TONEX ONE+

$99.00 - $259.00

7 available stores

^# 2

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Neural DSP Quad Cortex Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Neural DSP Quad Cortex

$1,449.00 - $2,049.99

5 available stores

5.0 (30)

^# 3

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

194 artists using

Strymon Iridium Amp & IR Cab Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Strymon Iridium Amp & IR Cab

$366.00 - $399.00

9 available stores

5.0 (21)

^# 4

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Jonny Greenwood

26 artists using

Kemper Profiler Stage Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Kemper Profiler Stage

$1,390.00 - $1,990.00

5 available stores

5.0 (9)

^# 5

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Daniela Villarreal

26 artists using

Universal Audio Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Universal Audio Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier

$299.00 - $399.00

10 available stores

5.0 (10)

^# 6

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

18 artists using

Mooer Radar Speaker CAB Simulator Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Mooer Radar Speaker CAB Simulator

$130.00 - $149.00

3 available stores

4.5 (26)

^# 7

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

10 artists using

Boss FDR-1 Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Boss FDR-1 Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb

$130.00

1 available store

4.5 (31)

^# 8

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

18 artists using

Boss FBM-1 Fender '59 Bassman Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Boss FBM-1 Fender '59 Bassman

$46.60

1 available store

4.5 (35)

^# 9

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

9 artists using

BluGuitar Amp1 Amp & Cabinet Simulators

BluGuitar Amp1

$652.24 - $839.00

2 available stores

5.0 (8)

^# 10

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Jennifer Batten

11 artists using

Joyo JF-13 AC Tone Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Joyo JF-13 AC Tone

$39.99

2 available stores

4.5 (36)

^# 11

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Blaster Silonga

Damon Tutunjian

5 artists using

Mooer Micro PreAMP 005 Fifty-Fifty 3 Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Mooer Micro PreAMP 005 Fifty-Fifty 3

$81.00 - $90.86

3 available stores

4.5 (7)

^# 12

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

11 artists using

Universal Audio Ruby ’63 Top Boost Amplifier Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Universal Audio Ruby ’63 Top Boost Amplifier

$274.00 - $399.00

10 available stores

5.0 (3)

^# 13

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

7 artists using

Walrus Audio MAKO Series ACS1 Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Walrus Audio MAKO Series ACS1

$297.49 - $399.99

5 available stores

5.0 (2)

^# 14

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

10 artists using

IK Multimedia ToneX One Amp & Cabinet Simulators

IK Multimedia ToneX One

$99.00 - $589.00

10 available stores

5.0 (3)

^# 15

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

11 artists using

Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M

$299.99 - $381.28

2 available stores

5.0 (21)

^# 16

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Jorge Siddhartha

7 artists using

Neural DSP Nano Cortex Digital Effects Processor/Profiling Pedal Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Neural DSP Nano Cortex Digital Effects Processor/Profiling Pedal

$453.00 - $829.00

6 available stores

5.0 (2)

^# 17

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

9 artists using

Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B.

$228.23 - $299.99

2 available stores

5.0 (10)

^# 18

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Misaki Fujiwara

Sascha Gerstner

8 artists using

Two Notes Opus Amp Simulator and DynIR Engine Pedal Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Two Notes Opus Amp Simulator and DynIR Engine Pedal

$245.06 - $299.99

8 available stores

5.0 (3)

^# 19

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

5 artists using

Tech 21 Character Series Blonde Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Tech 21 Character Series Blonde

$124.00

1 available store

5.0 (11)

^# 20

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Jason Loewenstein

2 artists using

DSM & Humboldt Electronics Simplifier Amp & Cabinet Simulators

DSM & Humboldt Electronics Simplifier

$224.10

1 available store

4.5 (8)

^# 21

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

7 artists using

Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet

$131.99 - $219.99

10 available stores

4.5 (4)

^# 22

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

3 artists using

IK Multimedia Joe Satriani Signature ToneX One Amp & Cabinet Simulators

IK Multimedia Joe Satriani Signature ToneX One

$179.99 - $229.99

7 available stores

5.0 (1)

^# 23

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Behringer TM300 Tube Amp Modeler Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Behringer TM300 Tube Amp Modeler

$24.00 - $28.90

5 available stores

4.0 (17)

^# 24

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Tech 21 Character Series Liverpool Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Tech 21 Character Series Liverpool

$129.99 - $179.00

3 available stores

5.0 (4)

^# 25

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

3 artists using

Joyo JF-16 British Sound Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Joyo JF-16 British Sound

$35.27 - $42.99

2 available stores

4.0 (12)

^# 26

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Neunaber Iconoclast Speaker Emulator Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Neunaber Iconoclast Speaker Emulator

$249.00

1 available store

5.0 (6)

^# 27

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Anthony Da Costa

4 artists using

Friedman IR-X Dual Tube Preamp and DI Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Friedman IR-X Dual Tube Preamp and DI

$425.00 - $499.99

7 available stores

5.0 (2)

^# 28

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

2 artists using

Behringer V-Tone BDI 21 Bass Amp Modeler - Driver - DI Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Behringer V-Tone BDI 21 Bass Amp Modeler - Driver - DI

$20.60 - $36.90

8 available stores

4.5 (28)

^# 29

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Atomic Amps Ampli-Firebox Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Atomic Amps Ampli-Firebox

$99.97

1 available store

5.0 (2)

^# 30

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Mooer Micro Preamp 002 UK Gold 900 Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Mooer Micro Preamp 002 UK Gold 900

$79.20 - $99.00

4 available stores

5.0 (3)

^# 31

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

4 artists using

Boss IR-200 Amp & IR Cabinet Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Boss IR-200 Amp & IR Cabinet

$323.00 - $384.99

9 available stores

4.5 (2)

^# 32

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Russell Lissack

2 artists using

DigiTech CabDryVR Dual Cabinet Simulator Amp & Cabinet Simulators

DigiTech CabDryVR Dual Cabinet Simulator

$135.00 - $149.99

2 available stores

4.5 (7)

^# 33

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Palmer Pocket Amp MK 2 Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Palmer Pocket Amp MK 2

$85.90 - $139.00

5 available stores

4.5 (4)

^# 34

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Christophe Godin

Flamma FS06 Preamp Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Flamma FS06 Preamp

$66.00 - $75.99

3 available stores

4.5 (4)

^# 35

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Pedro Guerreiro

2 artists using

Valeton GP-5 Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Valeton GP-5

$77.00

1 available store

5.0 (2)

^# 36

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

TC Electronic Ampworx Combo Deluxe '65 Amp & Cabinet Simulators

TC Electronic Ampworx Combo Deluxe '65

$115.00 - $169.00

7 available stores

4.5 (2)

^# 37

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Two Notes ReVolt Bass Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Two Notes ReVolt Bass

$280.00 - $349.99

5 available stores

5.0 (2)

^# 38

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

Jean-Michel Labadie

2 artists using

Radial JDX Direct-Drive Analog Amp Simulator Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Radial JDX Direct-Drive Analog Amp Simulator

$227.83 - $283.96

8 available stores

5.0 (1)

^# 39

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

HONZ Tech ToneWood amp Amp & Cabinet Simulators

HONZ Tech ToneWood amp

$199.99

1 available store

4.0 (5)

^# 40

in Amp & Cabinet Simulators Rank

Who’s using this:

3 artists using

See also: Amp & Cabinet Simulators, Custom Tones LLC, Custom Tones LLC Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Artist usage

Add artist usage

Community setups

Gear Guides

The 6 Best Amp & Cab Sim Pedals

Equipboard Gear Guides

The 6 Best Amp & Cab Sim Pedals

Michael Pierce

Giulio Chiarenza

Michael Pierce + 1 more

Updated July 2024

11 Best Overdrive Pedals You Can't Go Wrong With 2026

Equipboard Gear Guides

11 Best Overdrive Pedals You Can't Go Wrong With 2026

Michael Pierce

Giulio Chiarenza

Michael Pierce + 1 more

Updated February 2025

Best Transparent Overdrives for Guitar Tone

Equipboard Gear Guides

Best Transparent Overdrives for Guitar Tone

Michael Pierce

Michael Pierce

Updated October 2025

9 Best Buffer Pedals: Preserve Your Guitar's True Tone

Equipboard Gear Guides

9 Best Buffer Pedals: Preserve Your Guitar's True Tone

Juan Spinelli

Juan Spinelli

Updated December 2024

Most Popular Amp & Cabinet Simulators

Added to Equipboard on 02-20-2025 by

sprucebringsteen

Gear IQ 28706