The Drive Gate, the first pedal in the TopTone line, is the culmination of many years of working the custom effect pedal field. The DG-1 is an exceptionally well-defined and full-bodied distortion. Based on the classic four transistor, sustaining Big Muff circuits of the 1970’s, the DG-1 is heavily refined and improved, similar modifications made by Pete Cornish to David Gilmour in the Big Muff, overcoming the limitations of those traditional mid-scooped circuits.
The enhanced tone control covers a wide tone spectrum, with a well defined mid range, and no unusable settings in the tone control sweep. The Sustain control ranges from a light overdrive fuzz to full-on, high gain distortion. Perfect for classic drive, modern lead tones, or high powered, but very articulate powerchords. The circuit is very responsive to pick attack, allowing subtle soloing or aggressive, blistering leads, with excellent harmonics. The tone and sustain controls are also very interactive. Adjusting one alters the characteristics of the other, giving a wide range of tonal possibilities.
Technical Information
Samplers
PRS Custom 24 > DG-1 > Hiwatt Studio Stage > MIC JTS NX7 > Boss BR 1600
Sampler Solo
Sampler Base
PRS C24 > DG-1 > Orange Dual Terror > Cx Marshall 4x12 > SM57 > ProTools
Sampler Solo
The Light Drive is designed for those seeking an overdrive with the characteristics of warm, natural sounding tube amp saturation, allowing subtle harmonics and clear pick response to shine through, yet still transparent enough to retain your guitar tone.
This is an extremely versatile pedal, whether plugged into the drive channel of your amp, or using as a booster into your clean amp channel. The natural sounding overdrive created by the Light Drive can be controlled with the volume knob on your guitar, allowing a very articulate volume response from light cleans to crunchy rhythms. It can go from subtle, lightly driven tones, to full-on blues overdrive saturation.
Technical Information
Samplers
PRS Custom 24 > Light Drive > Hiwatt Studio Stage > MIC SM57 > Boss BR 1600
Sampler Light Drive
The DG-2 is based on the classic Big Muff circuit architecture like the DG-1, but the DG-2 is a whole different animal that is in a tone class all by itself, very unlike a Fuzz line. The DG-2 is a blend of overdrive and warm tube amp style distortion. It harnesses the best elements of classic British plexi amp tones, with the tone coloring enriched by germanium components and saturation reminiscent of a Rat, with and a hint of Big Muff harmonics mixed in.
The DG-2 can be dialed low for warm, crunchy rhythm and lead tones, almost like an overdrive, or dial the sustain to maximum for searing, saturated, overdriven British amp-like distortion. The mid tones are very clear and articulate, allowing the DG-2 to sound just as good on the clean channel of your amp as it does on the drive channel.
Technical Information
Samplers
PRS Custom 24 > DG-1 > Hiwatt Studio Stage > MIC JTS NX7 > Boss BR 1600
DG-2 Solo
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Warranty
Lifetime for the first owners.
Return Policy
Return item in like-new condition within 5 business days (received-date) for full refund, discounted the transport value.
