The Engine is a highly versatile and fully analog foundation preamp pedal with distinct voicing inspired by 60’s British classic ampsand sounds. It covers all the classic overdriven tones on a variety of amps and can be pushed even more with our take on the classicRange(master) and a powerful EQ/Boost section.
Imagine having a quality, compact go-to pedal to cover all the classic overdriven tones on any type of amp with inspiring results. With that idea in mind, we have created The Engine – a highly versatile and fully analog foundation preamp with distinct voicing inspired by 60’s British classic amps and sounds
The Engine consists of two fully analog sections.
Side A is very carefully tuned to capture the sound, feel and dynamic response of a real 60’s British NMV amp. It’s open sounding and very touch sensitive so the amount of dirt on tap is easily controlled by your pick attack. Besides familiar controls such as Level, Gain and Tone, we have added a special feature called Shape. It is a unique control which helps you adjust the overall character and level of the mid frequencies. It’s a key feature for adjusting the voice of your foundation tone and it can really help you fine tune the tonal details in your sound on any amp that you’re playing.
Side B‘s most powerful feature, Range(master) is our take on the Treble Booster from the 60’s. Range controls specific mid-frequencies whose complex overtones are great for pushing through the mix, whilst also adding some of the nicest sounding sparkle to your tone. Besides that, high headroom and distortion-free Clean Boost (thanks to the high internal power supply voltage) and versatile Low & High EQ will help you even further in tailoring your tone. For those of you who are familiar with our Unit67, think of this section as a Unit67, but without the compressor.
Both The Engine’s sections share a high headroom ultra-low noise buffer, designed to have no signal loss. Given that we use only long-life highly reliable components, your Engine will be running for years and years to come.
Stacking these two sides can yield some incredibly rich sounds. To help you answer the million dollar question: “Boost in front or after OD/Distortion?”, we created what we see as an essential feature called Order.
With the Order switch, you can choose the stacking order of the A&B sections. If you choose the right side B to go into left side A, the result will be much more distortion and complex overtones, depending on your settings. If you choose the left side A to go into B, the final result will be much more volume (if your amp has enough clean headroom) and much more sparkle and detail in your tone. It’s a really fun way to explore your tone with different settings and really helps in terms of pedalboard position.
Drybell | The Engine | Foundation Preamp | Treble Booster & EQ | Plexi in a Box Drybell
$ 525 Original price was: $ 525.$ 158Current price is: $ 158.
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We have a range of shipping options because of our long-term relationship with UPS FedEx DHL. Our warehouse personnel will pack all goods to our exacting requirements. Your items are carefully inspected and secured properly prior to shipping. We ship to thousands customers every day across multiple countries. This demonstrates our dedication to become the biggest online retailer in the world. Both Europe as well as the USA have distribution and warehouse centers.
Note: Orders that include more than one item will be assigned a processing date in accordance with the item.
Before shipping, we will conduct a thorough inspection of the items you've purchased. The majority of orders will be shipped within 48 hours. Expected delivery times are between 3-7 days.
Returns
The inventory is always changing, and not fully managed by us because of the involvement of many parties including the factory and our warehouse. Stocks are subject to change at any moment. It is possible that you will not receive your purchase after the order has been made.
Our policy lasts 30 days. If you don't receive your product within the 30 days period, we are unable to offer the option of a refund or exchange.
The item cannot be used and in its original condition. You must have the item in its original packaging.
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