Thursday, January 19, 2023

OVERDRIVE- CARL MARTIN DC Drive ... don't you wish the Dumble's? were this good

CARL MARTIN DC DRIVE 
$140.00 USD
This is the current model that arrived in 2018. The pedal has been made for 12 years in 
3 forms. The latest is sleek and compact. The quality is impeccable.
When the this first came out there was no such thing as a 'Dumble'. Dumble now means a clean OD with a lot of headroom with a smooth glassy sound it has zero to do with cloning an amp. These day makers try to voice their so-called Dumble to beep up the average buyers less than great gear. Carl's goal was to give you an even sound across the guitars whole range so you get very smooth mids so primarily your amp/guitar tone was not f.d with. Even the boost on it it is a smooth linear curve and not a bump in the upper or lower mids. If nothing this pedal is the ultimate boost. Even if stacked it will push or fatten but never mess with your sound. 
CONCLUSION
What can I say about a pedal without pretense that blows most Dumble pedals out of the water and has a robust quality yet attractive build and killer specs. Totally hype free. Designed to improve your sound not wallpaper it over with bullsh*t.
 
Strat at 1:08
A Strat is a 'transparency test. 
If if smothers the chime on a Strat 
it simple means it fails.

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