Pendletone Effects Blood Drive – Raw Touch-Sensitive Medium-Gain Overdrive

Pendletone Effects Blood Drive – Raw Touch-Sensitive Medium-Gain Overdrive

Blood Drive is a raw, touch-sensitive medium-gain overdrive for players who like to shape their drive with pick attack and the guitar’s volume knob rather than a separate gain control.

Its response is immediate and expressive. Dig in for more bite and aggression, or roll back the guitar’s volume to clean it up smoothly without switching the pedal off.

Blood Drive has no separate gain control. Its gain character is built into the circuit, while the two controls keep operation straightforward.

Controls

Rage — Output Volume
Sets the pedal’s output level. Use it to match your bypassed volume or push the amplifier or next pedal harder.

Thirst — Tone
Shapes the overall tonal balance. Depending on the setting, pickups and amplifier, Blood Drive can move from darker and fuller to more cutting and forward.

The transistor bias is set internally, keeping the pedal face focused on output and tone.

Best suited for

• Raw medium-gain overdrive
• Touch-sensitive response to pick attack
• Smooth cleanup from the guitar’s volume control
• A straightforward two-control layout
• Tonal adjustment from dark and full to cutting and forward

Blood Drive may not be the right fit if you want a separate gain control, heavy distortion or a heavily compressed drive response.

Current enclosure version

The Blood Drive units currently available use the original enclosure design. Future production will move to a revised look after the remaining original enclosures are sold.

The planned change is visual. The pedals currently available deliver the Blood Drive circuit and playing response described above.

Construction

Each Blood Drive is hand assembled by Pendletone Effects using through-hole components on a professionally manufactured printed circuit board.

Every pedal is individually tested before shipping, then dated, serialized and signed inside the enclosure.

Specifications

Effect type: Medium-gain overdrive
Controls: Rage, Thirst
Gain range: Raw, touch-sensitive medium gain
Transistor bias: Internally set
Bypass: True bypass
Switching: Soft-click footswitch
Power: Standard 9V DC, center-negative
Battery operation: Not supported
Power supply included: No
Enclosure: Standard 1590B
Dimensions: 67 × 117 × 52 mm / 2.64 × 4.61 × 2.05 in
Measurement basis: Includes installed knobs and jacks
Input and output: Side mounted
Power connection: Top mounted
Made in: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

Shipping

In-stock orders normally ship through USPS within two business days of purchase, excluding weekends and holidays.

Free shipping within the United States. International shipping is not currently available.

Included with purchase: Blood Drive overdrive pedal. Power supply not included.

Four-year limited warranty

Blood Drive includes a four-year limited warranty for the original purchaser, beginning on the original purchase date. Proof of purchase is required.

The warranty covers manufacturing defects. It does not cover damage caused by abuse, incorrect power or environmental exposure.

The customer is responsible for shipping the pedal to Pendletone Effects for evaluation. For an approved claim, Pendletone Effects will repair or replace the pedal at its discretion and cover shipping back to the customer.