The Rich Drive Pedal has been discovered in Houston Texas

The Rich Drive Pedal has been discovered in

Houston, Texas USA !

 

Mr Craig Feazel of Houston Texas, guitar &

pedal-steel player with Katie Stuckey & also

'The Small Sounds' (see below) has recently

purchased the 'Rich Drive' pedal.

 

Please check out his very thorough review here:

 

 

Ivan,

 

Thanks for the pedal. After a week of 'test driving'

it, I am ready to give you my impressions. Let me

begin by saying the 'Rich Drive' is an exceptional

pedal. Extremely rugged, well-constructed and

beautiful sounding. My expectations were exceeded.

I initially tested it with a Gibson SG into my custom

built 'Airtight Garage' 2X12 valve amp. The 'Airtight

Garage' is my amp of choice currently, which is just

basically a modified hand-wired version of a Fender

DeLuxe Reverb amp.

 

The pedal was much more natural sounding than my

'Tube Screamer' and did not have that nasal and

harsh midrange which is all too common with the

TS9/TS808's. The overdrive was smooth and glassy,

never brittle. Very impressive. Further, there is

the perfect amount of boost at your disposal to

get your 'leads' out in front of the mix.

 

I next tried the pedal through the same amp,

but with a 'Telecaster'. Great sound. This pedal

is much more responsive with single coils when

using a Fender-style amp. I felt with the Telecaster

there was less tonal colouration, in that the

sound of the Telecaster remained true whether

the Rich Drive was engaged or not. When engaged,

the same tone was there but overdriven into a

useable overdrive that I found suitable not only

for leads, but when I backed off the volume on

the pedal, worked great to simulate a DeLuxe

Reverb maxed out.

 

Here is where things get better. At the Houston

Press Music Awards show, I used the Rich Drive

through a custom-shop, hand-wired Marshall

JTM45 Limited Edition. I will not try to capture

in words just how beautiful it sounded. But to

my ears, it was perfact, like as if you took

the best sounding 'Rangemaster' and blended

it with the perfect TS808. I will leave it at

that. I am a man of simple vocabulary and

limited skills of expression. I don't want to

do it an injustice. Thanks, great pedal !

 

Craig F.

 

 

Katie Stuckey

Houston, Texas

folk/folk-rock/americana

www.myspace.com/katiestuckey

 

The Small Sounds

Houston, Texas

folk/indie

www.myspace.com/thesmallsounds

 

Bob Spencer Update Winter 2008

Bob Spencer Update: Winter 2008.

 

Bob has recently upgraded his FX pedal

set up with the acquisition of an FX

management device called the 'Switchblade

GL', which has resulted in some changes

to his favourite overdrive pedals.

 

 

Dear Sir.

 

I initially favoured the 'Rich Drive' over the

'Class-A Distortion' pedal. BUT, taking

advantage of the opportunity presented by

the Switchblade GL to immediately & simply

connect devices via dragging a mouse across a

screen has been very interesting & has changed

my opinion.

 

I am currently digging the 'Rich Blues' into

the 'Class-A'. It's a bit middier, hence more

Bob-like, than the 'Rich Drive', which is very

broad by comparison. Oddly, the guitar turned

down into the 'Rich Drive' has a lovely, sparkly

clean sound !

 

Over,

 

Bob.

 

 

check out some of Bob's work at -

 

www.myspace.com/bobspencermusic

 

Drawings On A Chalkboard

Drawings On A Chalkboard

 

Aussie garage/indie band DOAC, from

the New South Wales South Coast, have

recorded some demo tracks, two of which

feature the 'Class-A Distortion' pedal

quite prominently

 

 

Hey Ivan

 

come check out our new tracks featuring

the 'Class-A Distortion' pedal

 

1. The Blues Ain't My Cuppa Tea

2. Brother Where Out thou

 

Cheers,

 

DOAC

 

 

Hey Ivan,

 

just pasing through to say I love your

'Class-A Distortion' stomp box, its got

this cool harmonic effect happening,

keep up the great work

 

take it easy,

 

DOAC

 

 

check them out at

 

www.myspace.com/drawingsonachalkboard

 

The Land of the Rising Sun embraces the Rich Drive pedal

the Land of the Rising Sun embraces the RICH DRIVE pedal !

 

 

Dear I van.
I am atsushi ikeda.
richdrive was received today. Very wonderful tone has moved.

Distortion was also alike and JMP has moved it. Thank you for

making a very wonderful pedal. In Japan, it advertizes for my

acquaintance. It is a wonderful pedal.

atsushi ikeda

 

 

Rich Drive pedal is designed to retain the tonality and dynamics

of your guitar and amp combination at all but the most extreme

settings. The Rich Drive design features soft clipping, retains

the bottom-end, and is more touch-sensitive than most overdrive

pedals.

 

Because the Rich Drive pedal doesn't boost the midrange and

leaves the bass intact, it works especially well with "Tweed"

type amps as well as "British" voiced amps [eg JMP/AC30/AD30].

 

The Rich Drive pedal is compatible with both single coil and

humbucking pickups, and can be used as a booster to make other

pedals sound bigger, as well as a stand-alone overdriver.