Only the boutique geeks would know the name Dawner Prince; a small time effects builder from Croatia. This one here doesn't sound serious, compounded by the fact that there's a caricature of a uniformed Diktator there with LED eyes- you'd pass this off as desperation. That prejudice aside, the Diktator delivers overdrive as prescribed- a preamp, an overdrive & a hotter overdrive prescription, I wouldn't deem it as distortion.
The preamp section is a straight performer; it pumps more volume into the signal, leaving your default tone unscathed so it fulfills its task as a booster. Moving on to the OD section, mess with the EQ & you'd be able to acquire an arguably wide range of tone definition; from very boomy to very prickly. The dark & bright switches messes with the midrange. Once you activate both, you'd understand why the manufacturer thinks there's some distortion mojo taking place. I hear more saturation in the mix, it doesn't quite churn out distortion per se, even when hard clipping is involved- that's when the LED eyes come into action. Yes, intensity increases somewhat but it's nothing too different from what a (Wampler) Dual Fusion or an Alan Holdsworth pedal has to offer (Rockett pedals). With that said, the Diktator is well in the same league as the aforementioned pedals. I hold this one in high regard, the reason I mention it here despite the arguably prohibitive price. You can check it out at Davis GMC.
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