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EBS Billy Sheehan Signature Drive Deluxe B-Stock

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The awarded EBS Billy Sheehan Signature Drive is now followed by a Deluxe model. It is a complete analog design with exceptional features to turn it into your own ‘signature’ drive.

More gain

The new Billy Sheehan Drive Deluxe offers significant more gain than the original version. It is also equipped with a ‘Boost’ footswitch for the Drive to really push the gain to the extreme when needed. The level of boost can be adjusted internally by a trim pot.

Phase inverter switch

This new feature changes the character of the sound a lot. By activating the inverted phase you will notice significant more low-end when using the drive compared to the original pedal.

Swappable op-amp

There are a lot of drive pedals that are considered to be classics. Many of them use some variation of a standard type of op-amp circuit design called an ‘8-pin dual inline op-amp’. The new EBS Billy Sheehan Signature Drive Deluxe offer the user the ability to change this ‘chip’ to one that offers different characteristics to the Drive effect. A list of suitable chips will be listed on the EBS website, and there might be a few different EBS branded chips coming later as well. The chip is accessed easily by removing the bottom plate of the pedal. It’s attached to the board by an IC-standard socket, and does not require any soldering to be swapped.

The loops: You can still benefit from the super cool Drive and Clean Loop features. Use the Clean Loop to send a clean signal to an octave pedal and obtain optimized tracking while the Drive channel is still in use. Or put an Equalizer in the Drive Loop to fine tune your distortion character. There are countless options to use these loops in creative ways; these are only two examples to get your mind spinning.

The built-in compressor: The Billy Sheehan Signature pedals comes with a built-in compressor that you can leave off, in Mid or High position. The compressor helps to maintain definition of tone while you’re using heavy distortion. It also helps to blend together the distortion and clean tone better. There are two internal trim pot’s that let you change the Threshold value and adjust the level of compression in the MID position.

The controls: Both pedals include four distinct controls. Drive sets how hard the distortion ‘engine’ will work. TONE changes the character of the drive sound; LEVEL sets the level of the drive sound, and CLEAN sets the level of your clean tone.

Features

  • Boost Drive Footswitch. NEW!
  • Phase Inverter Switch. NEW!
  • Drive, Tone, Level and Clean controls.
  • Three Compressor Modes – High, Mid, Off
  • Clean Loop and Drive Loop (use an insert cable, such as the EBS ICY-30 to separate send and return).
  • Low Noise Relay Type Footswitches. NEW!
  • Replaceable Drive Circuit. NEW!*
  • Fine tuning trimmers to adjust Threshold level of compressor (THR.) and the level of Compression when mode switch is set to MID (COMP).
  • You can also trim the new BOOST switch level inside.
  • * 8-pin Dual Inline Op-Amp Controlling Drive Circuit
  • 9V DC battery or EBS AD-9+ Power Supply (not included)
Specifications
  • Nominal Input Level - 8 dBv
  • Input Impedance 700 kohms
  • Drive 20 - 50 dB
  • Boost +3- 10 dB adjustable
  • Tone Filter Range 175 - 4500 Hz Q 0.7-0.9
  • Nominal Loop Level -8 dB
  • Output Impedance Loops 2 kohms
  • Input Impedance Loops 47 kohms
  • Mix Level
  • Drive Channel +3 dB max
  • Clean Channel +6 dB max
  • Compressor
  • Ratio 5:1 (max)
  • Threshold -25 +6 dB
  • Attack Time (80%) < 7 ms
  • Release Time (80%) 75 ms typ
  • Makeup gain 0, +3, +6 dB
  • Output Impedance < 100 ohms
  • Dimensions W x H x D 3.5" x 4.5" x 1.4" (90 x 115 x 35 mm)
  • Weight 480g (1.07 lb.)
  • Type Analog Effect, Relay type Switching
  • Power Requirements 9 - 12 V DC Regulated, 35 mA max
Warranty & Returns

Hand in Hand Certified Refurbished products can be demo units, opened box items, review units or customer swaps. All products go through a full test to make sure that they meet the performance specifications of brand new products. All products ship with a 6 month warranty, and a 14 day no-hassle return policy with only the shipping costs being covered.

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