Thank you for purchasing the
Audiostorm F258 Drive
About
The F258 Drive is an overdrive pedal inspired by all that is awesome
about the DOD250™, TS-808™, and Fuzz Face™.
The clipping stage follows the preamp, much like the DOD250™, so that
both preamp and diodes can be overloaded for a two stage drive.
The tone control is reminiscent of the critical range of the TS-808
™
.
The diodes are switchable between classic silicon and an asymmetrical
array of six vintage Germanium diodes ala the golden Fuzz Face™ era.
All this is wrapped up with high impedance FET inputs and ultra modern
components for a low noise, aggressive and sweet overdrive that has a
wholly unique sound all of it’s own
.
Instructions for use
Drive: Adjusts the dirt. The first three quarters of turn allow you to gently
control the overdrive levels but the last quarter really beefs up the
gain and takes you into aggressive territory.
Tone: The mid-point is an even balance. Clockwise towards Warm
thickens up the sound like a big box exhaust, anti-clockwise
towards Edgy adds some screeching tyres and can even
overload the tone stage for your third layer of aggression.
Vintage: Leaving this out runs a standard pair of silicon diodes just like
nearly every popular overdrive. Activating Vintage switches to
Germanium diodes configured asymmetrically. This clips more
smoothly but sooner. The result is an even more sensitive and
easily overloaded sound like a twitchy overpowered race-car.
Level: The output level. Crank it up to abuse your tube amp input valve
for a fourth gain stage. As any pro knows this is the moment of
truth, where it all comes together and the magic happens. Turn it
up and hold on to leave Kansas behind!
