Never worry about fighting your tone or your gear again with the Accurate Drive, the first modern overdrive made by guitar players for guitar players. The Accurate Drive can take any set-up,
both tube and digital, and turn it into the perfect modern metal rig with its precise tonal carving controls.
Crafted with a bright knob instead of tone for retaining clear singing tone, an attack control to tailor the pedal to your rig,and a built-in noise gate for retaining shape and punch at higher gain, the Accurate Drive rethinks the overdrive with new controls for a pedal that brings your sound to new heights. Taking a novel approach to dirt boxes, the Accurate Drive sets itself apart for the minute adjustments available to make the pedal adapt to and complement your rig without sacrificing grit.A workbench of tone-sculpting tools in one box.
Features:
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Pedal Placement & Volume
Place the Precision drive before your amp (or pre-amp, if you are not using a traditional guitar amp), not in the FX loop
6 on the Accurate Drive is roughly equal to 10 on a Tubescreamer. So starting the volume at noon is usually a good bet. Adjust to taste from there.
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Signal Setup
As mentioned above, in order for the tonal benefits of an overdrive to work properly, it must be placed before your preamp (where the core of your tone is generated)
When using a normal amp, this means that you should run the pedal in front, not in the FX loop
If you are using the Accurate Drive in front of a preamp/distortion pedal, like the 5150OD, make sure the Accurate Drive is before that pedal in the chain
The same logic applies to modeling units or plugins. Just make sure the Accurate Drive is before the amp block or the plugin when routing
The Accurate Drive will always work fine in front, but different units handle pedals (especially drive pedals) in their loops differently
Make sure you set your levels cleanly and properly to avoid noise issues
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Amp Settings
For distorted tones, you can feel free to dial in very thick and undefined tones, then clean them up with the Accurate Drive
You could also keep your amp’s settings on the dry side, and then shape that tone with the Accurate Drive
For cleans, you can set that channel up to taste, and use the Accurate Drive to dial in more mids and crunch, almost acting like a second channel
There really are no rules, though, I’m sure you will come up with way cooler ideas
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Bright
We made sure this control could be very bright in order to help make dark or muddy amps cut
So be careful when using the pedal for mid/low gain tones, because it can be a bit harsh in the upper portion of its range
When doing this, don't be afraid to turn this knob pretty far to the left. It will tame it right up!
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Attack-4 Mode
Towards the left is more of a lower mids punch, and to the right can get very defined and pick-y
Left is a little more oldschool and thick,right is very modern and clear. You can get tons of unique combinations combining the attack knob with the bright knob
Turning bright up as you turn attack to the left can help keep your sound balanced, and vice versa
Or totally double down with both to the left for doom-y tones,or both to the right for super bright and cutting tones
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Drive
You’re going to want to start with this near zero at first, as with most pedals
A cool trick is to dial in a really dry and clear tone, then slowly turn the drive knob up to around 1-2 until you get the level of saturation and thickness you’d like
We put a lot of effort into this portion of the circuit to make it actually usable, so feel free to turn it up for mid-gain tones, or to add saturation and sustain to your solos
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Gate
Towards the left, the gate will eliminate most noise, with minimal tonal effect
To the right, you will get very tight bass response, but it will begin to interfere with your soloing a bit
Noon is a good middle ground that will work for most players and their applications
Like any gate, as you use your gain, your sound becomes less tight
However, please take note that using a lot of gain (tons of amp gain, tons of pedal gain, tons of both) can simply overload the gate and keep it from working properly
No one wants to be that guy with screeching undefined tone, so using the proper amount of gain is always a good call
Specifications:
- Switch: True Bypass Switching
- AC Adapter: 9VDC (Not Included), Negative Tips (Regulated recommended)
- Dimension: 4.53 x 2.56 x 1.97in / 11.5 x 6.5 x 5cm
- Weight: 11oz / 320g
Note:
- Please note that the power supply adapter, guitar and bass shown in the picture are not included
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