Earthquaker Crimson Drive Germanium Overdrive
The Crimson Drive is a cutting and dynamic overdrive designed around a single germanium transistor and vintage germanium diodes. It creates a very open tone with excellent harmonics and a pleasing raw grit that can't be duplicated with more common FET or opamp based overdrives. With a simple twist of the gain control, the Crimson Drive can go from a gritty Rangemaster style treble boost to a rattling overdriven sound that is reminiscent a vintage plexi style amp at full bore. Works great with single coils as well as humbuckers and has excellent clean up with your guitars volume control.
Upgrades From V1 Include:
-Added Tone control
-Vintage black glass OC139 germanium transistors and germanium diodes
-Lower noise floor and improved power filtering
Measures
4.37" X 2.37" X 1.75" with knobs
Power
A standard 9 volt DC power supply intended for musical instruments with a negative center 2.1mm barrel. We strongly recommend a high quality power supply with isolated outputs and good filtering to avoid unwanted noise. Will also run off a 9v battery for you olde tymee types.
Controls
Drive: Controls the amount of gain
Tone: Rolls off high end by turning counter clockwise
Level: Controls the output
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Earthquaker Crimson Drive Germanium Overdrive
Earthquaker Crimson Drive Germanium Overdrive
The Crimson Drive is a cutting and dynamic overdrive designed around a single germanium transistor and vintage germanium diodes. It creates a very open tone with excellent harmonics and a pleasing raw grit that can't be duplicated with more common FET or opamp based overdrives. With a simple twist of the gain control, the Crimson Drive can go from a gritty Rangemaster style treble boost to a rattling overdriven sound that is reminiscent a vintage plexi style amp at full bore. Works great with single coils as well as humbuckers and has excellent clean up with your guitars volume control.
Upgrades From V1 Include:
-Added Tone control
-Vintage black glass OC139 germanium transistors and germanium diodes
-Lower noise floor and improved power filtering
Measures
4.37" X 2.37" X 1.75" with knobs
Power
A standard 9 volt DC power supply intended for musical instruments with a negative center 2.1mm barrel. We strongly recommend a high quality power supply with isolated outputs and good filtering to avoid unwanted noise. Will also run off a 9v battery for you olde tymee types.
Controls
Drive: Controls the amount of gain
Tone: Rolls off high end by turning counter clockwise
Level: Controls the output
Original: $140.25
-65%$140.25
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Description
The Crimson Drive is a cutting and dynamic overdrive designed around a single germanium transistor and vintage germanium diodes. It creates a very open tone with excellent harmonics and a pleasing raw grit that can't be duplicated with more common FET or opamp based overdrives. With a simple twist of the gain control, the Crimson Drive can go from a gritty Rangemaster style treble boost to a rattling overdriven sound that is reminiscent a vintage plexi style amp at full bore. Works great with single coils as well as humbuckers and has excellent clean up with your guitars volume control.
Upgrades From V1 Include:
-Added Tone control
-Vintage black glass OC139 germanium transistors and germanium diodes
-Lower noise floor and improved power filtering
Measures
4.37" X 2.37" X 1.75" with knobs
Power
A standard 9 volt DC power supply intended for musical instruments with a negative center 2.1mm barrel. We strongly recommend a high quality power supply with isolated outputs and good filtering to avoid unwanted noise. Will also run off a 9v battery for you olde tymee types.
Controls
Drive: Controls the amount of gain
Tone: Rolls off high end by turning counter clockwise
Level: Controls the output
