Moog Minifooger Mf Drive Five Star Guitars

the mf drive is a unique filter based overdrive pedal that employs a moog ladder filter boutique fet amplifiers and classic otas in its drive section making it highly reactive to input gain and picking dynamics the bi polar tone control and sweep able filter work with input gain to offer each player completely customizable sounds from creamy british overdrive to cranked american tube amplifier and even fuzz when the filter peak switch is engaged and an expression pedal is connected the harmonic content is shifted to the filter s cutoff position adding tonal and dirty wah performance possibilities not found elsewhere controls gain sets the input level sent through the ota before passing through the 4 pole moog ladder filter at lower settings the mf drive is cleaner with a smooth breakup as gain increases ota and filter distortion increase causing the mf drive to become more aggressive and reactive to picking dynamics drive in the down position the gain knob range is from 6 8db to 48db in the up position the gain range is from 16db to 57db this allows for extended control over gain staging the input of the mf drive filter interacts heavily with the tone knob and filter peak switch with peak off the filter can be used to reduce top end and add heft to an amplifier with peak engaged the filter can be used to add low mid or high frequency boost to your instrument the mf drive by nature has a large bottom end so this position is extremely useful for dialing in a more focused guitar tone peak when engaged peak creates a 15db boost at the filter cutoff it is extremely useful for accentuating mid range or high frequencies when paired with an expression pedal peak unlocks a whole new range of performance sounds tone a variable lowpass mid scoop highpass voicing section sent through a boutique fet for color at minimum the sound is dark and full approaching the mid position the sound varies from a slightly scooped american tube amp to a more british mid forward tone at maximum