About The Rd Compact Hot Rod - Origin Effects RD COMPACT HOT ROD Owner's Manual

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ABOUT THE RD COMPACT HOT ROD

Like many guitarists, our favourite tones of all time come from plugging straight into a vintage, non-
master-volume valve amp, turned up loud. When we designed the original RevivalDRIVE Compact,
we recreated every stage of a valve amp's signal path using all-analogue components, allowing us to
capture the sound and circuit behaviour of a wide spectrum of classic amps.
Just like the legendary amp techs of the '70s and '80s, the RD Compact Hot Rod takes this platform and
pushes it to the extreme – more gain, more sustain and more aggression. We didn't compromise when
we "hot-rodded" our pedal's circuitry, so it has all the tone, dynamics and feel of those searing, chugging,
fire-breathing amps from Hard Rock's golden age.
While most overdrives tend to work well with one style of amp and less well with others, we want our
pedals to sound great into lots of different amps, so we designed an ingenious Post-Drive EQ filter that,
together with a three-way mode switch, makes the process of adjusting the pedal to suit your amp much
more intuitive.
The RD Compact Hot Rod features our push-pull output stage as well as a specially designed rectifier
circuit, while the Highs control gives an endlessly variable set of preamp characteristics from British to
American, subdued to unhinged. Also included is a Blend control, which simultaneously backs off the
gain as you mix in your clean tone, ensuring pleasing, musical results throughout the control's travel.
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