Sunday, September 1, 2019

OVERDRIVE- FRIEDMAN Motor City Drive ...a tube OD & as good as the hype!

 FRIEDMAN MOTOR CITY DRIVE 
$250.00 USD

There is a lot of buzz going around about this pedal
It sounds great ...real tube and reasonable price.

Well it lives up to the hype ...but does not surpass it.
The lay out is straight forward with Drive, 3 way EQ and volume.
It goes to the high end of low gain to a healthy crunch. There is no denying it's tube sound. It is fat but not at all tight.
It is more like buying an amp because it sounds like one so much. You either like it or not. 
It comes with it's own power supply because tubes
need high voltage.

It has that romance that some players get from an old
50's budget amp made in the Chicago area.


CONCLUSION
Well it has a lot of funky charm. It reminds me of an old mid 60's National I started out on.
BUT ...it is just too muddy and wooly for me and if I want a chunky, funky sound my 
$20.00 USD Danelectro FAB D-2 OD will cover for that one tune that it is perfect on.
Finally although it is a little smaller then it looks it is still big.
There are very good tube OD but they are really preamps and the price reflects it.

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