Saturday, August 11, 2018

OVERDRIVE- CHANDLER LTD. Germanium Drive ...a hybrid sound that is it's own thing

 CHANDLER LTD. GERMANIUM DRIVE 

$335.00 USD
Germanium transistors have a very warm sound and can be easily overdriven. All the first Fuzz boxes used them.
OD's being a more  sophisticated circuit did not happen until silicon transistors arrived but really took off with the arrival of FET's
Going back to germanium is a full circle venture.

Oddly enough it is a bit harder to get right. Chandler has done
a fairly good job. But if not set up right germanium signals can get buzzy or nasally.

The first vid gives you a great heads up on how it works.
Keep in mind this is a near hybrid with a Fuzz.




It has a great aggressive sound and was probably the first to follow this route. 
Others followed
hence we also have pedals like the  Deep Trip Hellbender
which has some saying it took 3 months to make an order and 3 more to get it.
But is that wait worth it???
YES!!!

Check the Post ...check the vid...put your name in. lol  :-)


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