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The Filth
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I just bought the Drive pedal from Amazon's line of mini pedals. The thing was like 22$ so I put it in my cart along with some other stuff. It's so cheap that's it's just... what the hell, right?
I've found, without exception so far, that if I take away my preconceptions about Amazon--both positive and negative--everything I've purchased from their Amazon Basics line is of excellent quality from top to bottom. Usually nothing fancy, just a truly quality and relatively inexpensive example of whatever the item is.
Naturally, what I expected was a pedal that was "very good for the money." Kind of like Behringer pedals or something. Behringer's stuff is very inexpensive and I think it mostly sounds quite good, but no pro or experience gear nut would confuse it with anything higher end.
That is NOT the case here. It's an EXCEPTIONAL overdrive pedal! No joke.
Now, don't get me wrong, it isn't breaking any new ground. Far from it. It's very clearly a variation on the Tube Screamer circuit. But as crazy is it might seem to say, it's one of the best TS-style pedal I've played. Not because it sounds identical to an 808 or TS9 etc, but because to my ears it actually improves upon it. I like Tube Screamers, but the midrange hump can sound a little phony or nasally sometimes. I love the midrange bump it gives you, but I find I often need to wrestle with it to tame some of it's more unpleasant characteristics.
The Amazon Drive has the midrange bump but it's more organic sounding. It isn't nasally but maintains clarity. Overall it just feels more... refined than the Tube Screamer.
I just spent all morning comparing it to every setting on my JHS Bonsai.... and at least at the moment..... I think it's overall the best of the bunch......
Anyone else tried it?
Don't shoot me lol....
I've found, without exception so far, that if I take away my preconceptions about Amazon--both positive and negative--everything I've purchased from their Amazon Basics line is of excellent quality from top to bottom. Usually nothing fancy, just a truly quality and relatively inexpensive example of whatever the item is.
Naturally, what I expected was a pedal that was "very good for the money." Kind of like Behringer pedals or something. Behringer's stuff is very inexpensive and I think it mostly sounds quite good, but no pro or experience gear nut would confuse it with anything higher end.
That is NOT the case here. It's an EXCEPTIONAL overdrive pedal! No joke.
Now, don't get me wrong, it isn't breaking any new ground. Far from it. It's very clearly a variation on the Tube Screamer circuit. But as crazy is it might seem to say, it's one of the best TS-style pedal I've played. Not because it sounds identical to an 808 or TS9 etc, but because to my ears it actually improves upon it. I like Tube Screamers, but the midrange hump can sound a little phony or nasally sometimes. I love the midrange bump it gives you, but I find I often need to wrestle with it to tame some of it's more unpleasant characteristics.
The Amazon Drive has the midrange bump but it's more organic sounding. It isn't nasally but maintains clarity. Overall it just feels more... refined than the Tube Screamer.
I just spent all morning comparing it to every setting on my JHS Bonsai.... and at least at the moment..... I think it's overall the best of the bunch......
Anyone else tried it?
Don't shoot me lol....
