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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

Page 1: ...ls you ll ever own this pedal will serve you well for years and quickly become a trusty secret weapon whether you re playing live or trying to nail a remarkable in context tone that get s you called back again and again for session work As simple as you want it to be Plug it up dial everything to noon and go On the other hand if you re more into the fine details of crafting tone that s unique to y...

Page 2: ...he original content of your guitars tone the more clipping you select the more you ll need to adjust the output volume to get back to your original signal strength Even at the most compressed setting asym switch up there s an abundance of available volume to drive the front end of any amp into saturation Each setting interacts with the gain tone and pure control differently It s safe to consider t...

Page 3: ...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 ma...

Page 4: ...ht as the only guitar player in a trio Amp Saver This adds a big overdrive channel to your already great sounding amp Adjust the volume for jumps use the boost after the drive Pure knob White for more volume Adjust Tone CW for chirp and chime Warm Marshall Need a big and dark Marshall kind of sound Give this a shot adjust the tone control for presence Dual Clean Boost Two separate forms of pristin...

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Page 6: ...icrocontroller that can be changed to meet your needs For example you have a clean part after using the boost and Drive together in most or all of your set and you d like to turn both of at the same time for a cleaner transition Your pedal can be programed to switch on each effect normally but when both are active the Drive switch can be programed to turn off both effects simultaneously when hitti...

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