Bass Drive
- Delivers famous John Entwhistle tone—big, round, and phat with perfect sustain to make bass sit properly in the mix and pop in live and recording situations.
- Drive control blends naturally with bass tones rather than sitting on top, maintaining full bottom-end without losing low-frequency punch or clarity.
- Complete tone shaping with Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, and Level controls for precise sound sculpting tailored specifically for bass frequencies.
- Built-in regulated switchable power supply (115-240V) provides tons of headroom for clean, dynamic overdrive response without compression or signal loss.
- Specifically designed to add warm tube character to modern digital bass amps, enhancing their performance with analog warmth and harmonic richness.
All about Carl Martin Bass Drive
Even though the BassDrive has been listed in the catalogue for years, Carl postponed the release of this pedal until we were able to tweak the EQ and crunch to where it could add a warm ‘tube’ sound to modern digital bass amps and actually improve their performance. The new Carl Martin Bass Drive now does exactly that….creating that famous John Entwhistle (The Who) tone … big, round and phat with just the right amount of sustain to place your bass properly in the mix and allow it to ‘pop’ in live and recording situations. The Drive control blends evenly with your bass tones, rather than sitting on top like so many others, and very naturally maintains a full bottom-end. Gain, Bass-Mid-Treble, Level Controls look after your sound, and the regulated and switch-able Power Supply (115-240V) provides the Bass Drive with tons of headroom….Carl, is smiling again!
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