Blackstar LT DRIVE Overdrive Pedal with Buffered Bypass
The LT DRIVE is Blackstar's take on a smooth overdrive pedal, with a patent applied for clipping circuit at its centre. That circuit is what gives the pedal its tube like response and tone, and it covers a lot of ground between a light push and a full lead sound.
- Smooth overdrive: Blackstar attitude on a classic pedal format.
- Patent applied for clipping circuit: the source of the tube like response and feel.
- Wide range: from a warm boost all the way to saturated lead tones.
- Rugged metal housing: built to survive life on a pedalboard.
- High integrity buffered bypass: keeps the signal intact when the pedal is off.
- Silent switching: no pop or click when you engage it.
- Power: runs on a single 9V battery or an optional power supply.
Kick in the overdrive with the Blackstar LT DRIVE. This rugged pedal delivers the smooth overdrive tones you want with a touch of Blackstar attitude, and it is built to sit on a board and get used every night rather than live in a drawer.
The clipping circuit
At the heart of the LT DRIVE is a patent applied for clipping circuit that gives the pedal a tube like response and tone. In practice that means the pedal reacts to how hard you play rather than flattening everything to the same level of dirt. The range runs from a warm boost in front of a clean amp all the way to saturated lead tones.
From warm boost to saturated lead
The LT DRIVE covers a usefully wide span for a single overdrive. With the gain low it works as a warm boost, pushing an amp that is already close to breaking up without changing its character much. With the gain up it delivers saturated lead tones on its own. Most of what a rock or blues player asks of an overdrive sits between those two settings.
Build and signal path
- Rugged metal housing for durability
- High integrity buffered bypass so the tone stays intact when the pedal is bypassed
- Silent switching, with no pop when you step on it
- Powered by a single 9V battery or an optional power supply