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CARVIN ENGINEERING DATA VLD1 CARVIN ENGINEERING DATA VLD1 STEVE VAI LEGACY DRIVE STEVE VAI LEGACY DRIVE
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WARRANTY
This CARVIN AMPS product is guaranteed in normal use to be free from electrical and mechanical defects for a
period of 1 year from date of purchase. Retain proof of purchase. This warranty is in lieu of any and all other
guarantees or warranties, expressed or implied. There shall be no recovery for any consequential or incidental
damages.
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the Legacy
DRIVE VLD1 signature tube preamp pedal. The Legacy
DRIVE is designed to feed nearly any power amp to
drive guitar speaker cabinets with the Legacy sound.
If you already have a favorite guitar amp and want to
add a new sound, the Legacy DRIVE also works as a
pedal into the front of your amp with a true hardwire
bypass. Even if you are playing without an amp,
Carvin Amplifier’s third generation cabinet voicing
circuit emulates the frequency response of a guitar
speaker cabinet so you can send Legacy tones direct
to headphones, effects, recording inputs or live PA
without having to mic a speaker. Steve Vai began his
journey with Carvin Amplifiers very early in his
career, with Frank Zappa’s recommendation to use the
X-100B. In 1999, Carvin worked very closely with Vai
to develop the Legacy Series amplifiers which he has
been using ever since.
LEGACY DESIGN
The design criteria for the Legacy DRIVE was to
deliver the original sound of Steve Vai’s Legacy
amplifier in a compact package. The result is a full
tube preamp in a pedal format, able to fit in a
carry-on or backpack. The Legacy DRIVE incorporates
tube technology with simple, yet comprehensive
modern features to interface with many types of gear.
FULL TONE CONTROL
The passive BASS, MID, TREBLE, and PRESENCE tone
controls are the same tube driven tone circuits used
in the Legacy amplifiers. The great range of these
controls comes from the use of high impedance 1
Megohm sealed potentiometers. The Drive channel’s
PRESENCE control is designed to adjust the “edge” on
your sound. It’s range allows for warm, thick sounds at
lower settings or turn it up to cut through. The Clean
channel’s PRESENCE switch adds sparkling clear highs
to clean tones.
WHAT, NO SPEAKERS?
The Phones jack uses Carvin Amp’s 3rd generation
analog Cabinet Voicing circuit to emulate the frequency
response of a guitar speaker cabinet. Connect
headphones for “silent” practice, or feed to any
combination of effects, recording inputs or live gear to
capture Legacy tones without miking guitar speakers.
12AX7 TUBE STAGES
The ability to reproduce the true Legacy sound could
only come from real 12AX7 tubes, utilizing the full
Legacy preamp circuit. The four gain stages and tone
stacks are faithfully incorporated, running at the same
operating conditions as they do in the full Legacy
100-watt amps.
MORE PLEASE...
Steve liked the extra GAIN switch from the Legacy
3 so much, we included it in the Legacy DRIVE. Why
add another pedal for over-the-top solos when you
can footswitch in more gain at the tube circuits?
REMOTE CONTROL
The Legacy DRIVE has 3 top mounted footswitches
for Drive/Clean, Gain and Bypass. Rear 1/4” jacks
allow you access these functions from external
foots witches like the FS22, or by using automated
switchers. The glowing “VAI” hieroglyph symbol at
the top lights a different color for each mode so you
always know what channel you’re on.