Blackstar HT-Drive OD-1 £89
Blackstar's simplest pedal offers plenty of edgy overdrive
The MusicRadar Team, Tue 23 Oct 2007, 12:11 pm UTC
Manufacturer's description
The HT-DRIVE has dual cascaded, high voltage, triode stages which deliver gain from warm boost to screaming valve saturation. The unique ‘A-Class’ tone control cuts
the fizz without making your‘backed-off’ tone sound dull and lifeless. Add to this a no compromise speaker emulated output and you have the ultimate overdrive dream.
• Genuine valve design • Operates at 300V HT
• Cascaded valve gain stages• Responds like a valve amp • Unique ‘AClass’ tone control • Fully equipped for
stage or studio • Speaker emulated output • High integrity buffered bypass • Power supply included
• Silent switching.
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MusicRadar rating
Pros
Very simple to use. Buckets of level and drive. Effective tone control.
Cons
Could offer too much gain for what many players regard as ‘overdrive'.
Verdict
This Blackstar pedal lacks the ISF function, but provides lots of distortion in an easy-to-use format.
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Specification Show
HT-Drive OD-1
- Price:
- £89
- Available Controls:
- Gain, Level, Tone
- Channels:
- 2
- Connectivity:
- Input, Out
- Country of Origin:
- Korea
- Footswitch:
- 2 Button Footswitch
- Outputs:
- High and Low outputs
- Unique Features:
- Dual concentric gain 1and gain 2, dual concentric level 1 and level 2, gain/clean button
- Valve/Tube Details:
- Single ECC83 preamp tube
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