Asym - down, Sym - down
Rounds off the louder grit from the down-mid setting,
very subtle but a handy option when splitting
asymmetrical hairs.
Asym - down, Sym - up
Further rounds, warms up and tightens the bass
compared to the down-mid setting, more noticeable than
the down-down setting.
Asym - up, Sym - any
This overrides all other clipping settings for a more
traditional overdrive sound, the most available grit, most
compressed, tightest bottom end. The volume will need
to be increased to compensate for the additional clipping
of the waveform. At higher gain settings this can achieve
a very heavy rock sound (even with extended range and
baritone guitars) without sounding muddy.
Effect Order Switch:
On the back of the pedal between the input and output jacks is a small hole which allows you access to a slider
switch that changes the order of the two effects inside the Ghost Drive. Because this pedal is considered a “2 in
1” you can use it either as a Boost as and additional gain stage into the Overdrive, or as a “louder” Boost that
just makes the drive and whatever is before it jump out when engaged.
The glowing PURE knob is also and effect order indicator. The color of the knob tells you which effect is
LAST
:
PURE is BLUE = Drive is after Boost:
the boost will act like a pre-gain stage when both effects are active. You
will notice the drive signal “fill out” or become “fatter” with longer sustain and a more aggressive breakup.
PURE is WHITE = Boost is after Drive:
when both are active the Boost switch will simply make the existing
drive tone louder.
Thinking of the Ghost Drive as having Modes:
Other than thinking of the pedal as a “2 in 1” you can approach the Ghost Drive from two other perspectives that
will help you leverage the adjustments to invoke subtleties in your tone that make a world of difference in your
total signal chain: as a complex clean Booster or a versatile overdrive.
Using the Pedal as a Dual Booster:
If you find your circumstance or equipment setup requires you to cascade clean boosts to manipulate your amp
you're in luck! The Ghost Drive can be thought out as two types of pristine clean boosts, one transistor based
(Boost) and the other OpAmp based (Drive).
By adjusting the Boost knob and it's internal gain pot you can establish either a true clean signal jump or a boost
with a little bit of grit.
On the Drive side, turn the Pure knob full counter clock wise to have copious amounts of clean signal at your
disposal. Here the tone knob, gain control and clipping switches have no effect on the Drive signal.
If you find that you need this boost to specifically but subtly color the tone ease the Pure knob back to about
9:00, leave both clipping switches in the middle position, turn the tone knob either full CCW to warm up the tone
or CW to brighten the treble side, then increase the gain until you hear the the change become prevalent. If you
start to get grit from the drive, back off on the gain just a bit, then increase the Pure knob CW until the tone color
comes back.
If you find yourself needing to use the pedal exclusively as a dual booster for a season, you can adjust the bass
control on the inside to further taylor the tone boost color. Turning the Bass control off will make the drive side
act more like a treble booster, increasing the bass will make it more of a fat-booster. If you ever want to induce
grit, remember you have the clipping switches to further shape the tone boost!
Summary of Contents for Ghost Drive V2F-L
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