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Steve Vuich of the
River Saints
River Saints
| Praise from Mike Datillo on his new LiveDriver "I've used the Duncan Pickup Booster, the MXR Micro Amp, EQ's, a variety of Boss pedals and old Tube Screamers and I REALLY love what the LiveDriver does and most importantly doesn't do to my sound!! It's better than anything I've ever used. It's a winner!!" Thanks Mike, I'm glad you're into it! UE |
| The LiveDriver |
The design of this pedal is unique in that it is actually two pedals in one box, a
simple and also brutal Boost and a Hard Clipping Distortion.
LiveDriver Demo
simple and also brutal Boost and a Hard Clipping Distortion.
LiveDriver Demo
The Boost although very simple is also very useful and effective. It can give a
clean slight boost up to a loud distorted sound. The Boost features a Bright
switch that turns the Boost into a Treble Booster. With the Bright off the
Boost has a flat tonal response.
The Distortion is a Hard Clipping single stage distortion with a flat tonal
response. It's very simple in design and use and is most effective when used
for hard rock and metal. This is great in front of a higher gain tube amp, i.e.
Marshall. If you want that 80's distortion sound it's in here. For the modern
metal sound then the pedal will hammer your amp and being a flat response
allow your amp to handle the tone and not have a stacked EQ thing going on.
Sometimes simple is best.
The two circuits combine in such a way that the Boost doesn't stack loud on
distortion but rather a push over the edge without too much increase in
unpleasant stacked distortion. If this was designed to be loud on distortion
then the end result would end up sounding horrendous. The upper order
harmonics would introduce too much noise and lower note clarity.
I will warranty these units for 5 years for parts and labor. Obviously if the unit
is damaged from abuse then arrangements can be made. The unit should
last for as long as any other solid state pedal out there. If one should need
repaired thereafter, I have a VERY modest bench fee.
As too modifactions, to add tone controls into this pedal would also mean
adding more opamps or transistors to make up for losses created by adding
either active or passive controls. This effectively makes the pedal another
thing altogether. It's not that it can't be done it's just going to be a full on
custom job and won't be a LiveDriver when it's done. The LiveDriver is a
straight forward and highly effective design that allows the amp to be part of
the sound and not just the thing that drives the speakers. Other Metal pedals
are really more of a preamp that defines the whole sound and don't make
much use of the amps sound. These pedals are effective with a smaller
solid-state amp but you don't pay $1500 for a Marshall or Boogie head to
have your sound determined by a $80 Chinese made stomp box.
clean slight boost up to a loud distorted sound. The Boost features a Bright
switch that turns the Boost into a Treble Booster. With the Bright off the
Boost has a flat tonal response.
The Distortion is a Hard Clipping single stage distortion with a flat tonal
response. It's very simple in design and use and is most effective when used
for hard rock and metal. This is great in front of a higher gain tube amp, i.e.
Marshall. If you want that 80's distortion sound it's in here. For the modern
metal sound then the pedal will hammer your amp and being a flat response
allow your amp to handle the tone and not have a stacked EQ thing going on.
Sometimes simple is best.
The two circuits combine in such a way that the Boost doesn't stack loud on
distortion but rather a push over the edge without too much increase in
unpleasant stacked distortion. If this was designed to be loud on distortion
then the end result would end up sounding horrendous. The upper order
harmonics would introduce too much noise and lower note clarity.
I will warranty these units for 5 years for parts and labor. Obviously if the unit
is damaged from abuse then arrangements can be made. The unit should
last for as long as any other solid state pedal out there. If one should need
repaired thereafter, I have a VERY modest bench fee.
As too modifactions, to add tone controls into this pedal would also mean
adding more opamps or transistors to make up for losses created by adding
either active or passive controls. This effectively makes the pedal another
thing altogether. It's not that it can't be done it's just going to be a full on
custom job and won't be a LiveDriver when it's done. The LiveDriver is a
straight forward and highly effective design that allows the amp to be part of
the sound and not just the thing that drives the speakers. Other Metal pedals
are really more of a preamp that defines the whole sound and don't make
much use of the amps sound. These pedals are effective with a smaller
solid-state amp but you don't pay $1500 for a Marshall or Boogie head to
have your sound determined by a $80 Chinese made stomp box.
Users of the LiveDriver
Uncle Ernie's has it's first national recording artist!!!! There's been
talk about this for a couple months and we finally sealed the deal. Billy
Morris of Warrant fame is using the LiveDriver on tour with Quiet Riot!
I'm proud to provide the pedal that Billy is tromping on daily and I hope it
serves him perfectly throughout the summer and into the future. Catch
the Riot on tour near you and check out the LiveDriver.
talk about this for a couple months and we finally sealed the deal. Billy
Morris of Warrant fame is using the LiveDriver on tour with Quiet Riot!
I'm proud to provide the pedal that Billy is tromping on daily and I hope it
serves him perfectly throughout the summer and into the future. Catch
the Riot on tour near you and check out the LiveDriver.
Billy Morris and Uncle Ernie Kevin Dubrow, Quiet Riot Rules!
| Hey, I recently purchased a LiveDriver from my local music store,R&R Music, here in XXX. I liked it in the store, but when i got it home i really saw how great of a pedal this thing is. My amp is never driven loud enough for the tubes to really saturate except at live gigs. Well, now I have that sound in my basement in a totally transparent boost. The distortion is beautiful as well, very harmonically rich and keeps my gear sounding like my gear just like the boost. Im glad I happened across your pedal, it actually knocked my Zinky True Grit overdrive off my board, and I hadn't found anything that could do that. I'll look forward to playing more of your pedals someday... Ever think of doing something in the Big Muff vein? Thomas Gamble Thanks Thomas, When I find the right transistors for that Triangle Muff sound, you'll be the first to know. UE |