NACOCO Drive Pedal


For Nacoco’s Birthday in 2024 I decided to build her a custom pedal. I figured it ‘obviously’ should be some kind of overdrive/distortion pedal since she plays a lot of Rock & Metal. Then I wanted to provide plenty of configuration, so 3 tone knobs (Bass, Mid, Treble) and preferably some different voicings/clipping options for how the overdrive/distortion sounds. Lastly the design should be something Nacoco specific.

Since this was around the time the Cort NCT-01 Nacoco Signature guitar was being announced which is pink I figured I’d go with a pink pedal to match. The guitar had a mask for a 12th fret inlay, so I figured I’d do the same. However since I could not find a good graphic of was originally used on the guitar or any official logo, I just paused a Nacoco youtube video and traced the mask myself to come up with this mask logo. I also developed a second version which used 3 colors (black/white & gold) since I was hoping to use it on the circuit board using some exposed copper/gold to give a nice accent. I have no idea if Nacoco has ever even seen this logo since it’s hidden inside the PCB.

Lastly since this was meant as a birthday gift, I figured it should include something more meaningful or personal. In one of the QA videos Nacoco mentioned that she loves cherry blossom trees, so I had an artist create some hand painted custom cherry blossom knobs to finish off the pedal.