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Most overdrives are built around one particular character. The Empress Drive gives you the tools to shape your own. Instead of locking you into a single flavour of overdrive, it le ts you shape the harmonic structure that determines how a drive sounds and responds.With pre-overdrive mid shaping, flexible boost routing, clean blend, and post-mix EQ, the Empress Drive can move from subtle edge-of-breakup push to saturated, harmonically rich drive, either enhancing the character of your guitar and amp or taking your sound somewhere entirely new. Features Tube-like overdrive with advanced tone control Sweepable Midrange for precise harmonic shaping Mix control to preserve your amp’s natural breakup Active Bass and Treble shelving filters Up to 30 dB of pre- or post-clipping, footswitchable boost Built-in analog clipping meter with selectable LED colour Adaptive noise gate Show more