Danish guitar pedal company LunaStone is launching a new overdrive pedal at NAMM 2017.
The firm’s TrueOverDrive concept is not tied in with a single pedal. Based on a cascaded gain stage approach, TrueOverDrive 1 builds on the technoogy of the company’s most popular drive, Big Fella. The knobs are not only placed diagonally to allow for quick tweaking mid-song. With the Volume and Drive knobs accessible by the edges, they can be tweaked on the fly with the foot.
LunaStone founder and head engineer, Steen Grøntved, commented: “It was paramount to me to preserve the fundamental nature of the TrueOverDrive character in this new pedal, and I am very pleased with the result. TOD 1 is characterised by extreme transparency even at high gain settings. Something you would normally only be able to achieve with good old tube amps driven hard and not from a drive pedal.
“The characteristics of your beloved guitars, pick-up settings and amplifiers stay intact and will not get smudged by over-saturation, when you increase the gain/drive amount on the pedal. Also, turning down the volume knob on your guitar will clean up your sound steplessly, thanks to the TrueOverDrive technology based on cascaded gain stages. I truly believe that TOD1 will grow with you and be your ‘always-on-the-board’ pedal. Your one true drive love.”
It will retail around £129.
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