OVERDRIVE- MARSHALL ...re-issue of a classic

MARSHALL DRIVE MASTER

$250.00 USD

This was the 3th of 4 pedals that were pedals that in the 80's Marshall designed and built right at their amp factory. They sold really well but competition  from both the Japan and the U.S. made them unprofitable to make. They are now re-issued and made at that same Brit factory with only the pots and the jacks being different as it is the only thing no longer available from the original parts makers. 

The layout is gain, treble, bass and volume an a contour that refocuses the mids. It is voiced for the slightly hot rodded JCM 800 the 80's. The 4th, the Shredmaster is the same but a bit hotter.

CONCLUSION

It is what it is and what it does not do that the best 

modern MIAB pedals can do it makes up for with a 

lot of character and mojo thanks to Steve Greenwood's designs. Yes they were designed by one guy not the marketing team at head office, lol.

the fine print

Oddly by today's standards the worse seller was the Blues Breaker The coveted King of Tone is 2 BB's in a box, lol. Every one wanted to turn their old Fenders into a Marshall not a Blues Breaker which is at root a Fender Bassman. The biggest seller was the Gov'nor because it was meant to mimic a factory unaltered 

JCM 800. Judge for yourself. I posted a video so you can compare.