Fender Bassman Driver Pedal

£76.00

This is the Fender Bassman Driver Pedal from Fender, listed in Specialist Effects Pedals on Just Pedals. Read More below.

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The Fender Bassman Driver pedal is a meticulously crafted effects pedal designed to expand your bass tone with analog and digital circuits inspired by the original Bassman tube amp line. This pedal allows you to conjure varying shades of gain from light tube-like breakup to hi-gain chunk all while keeping your low end intact. Utilizing JFET circuitry and dynamic clipping stages the Bassman Driver emulates the behaviour of a bass tube amp driven to breakup. The voice switch adds an additional layer of clipping for heavy modern distortion while the mids switch offers two levels of growl. An internal tone control lets you set the high frequency content to your liking and the blend control keeps your low end solid by mixing in your clean tone.The Bassman Driver is built for durability and performance featuring a soft-touch relay true bypass with auto bypass when no power is present. The side-mounted pad switch is perfect for active basses and the top-mounted jacks make for easy pedalboard integration. The road-ready aluminium enclosure and inset aluminium face plate draw in vintage Fender aesthetics ensuring this pedal not only sounds great but looks great on any setup. Whether youre performing live or recording in the studio the Bassman Driver is a versatile addition to your bass rig.

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Fender

In the current JustPedals catalogue, Fender is represented by Distortion Pedals, Fuzz Pedals and Delay Pedals. Current listings include The Pelt Fuzz, Tone Master Pro and Bassman Fuzz. That makes the range relevant to players looking for drive, gain and clipping, plus time-based effects and ambience. Check each model for its exact circuit or processing platform, controls, power requirements and connections, particularly where the catalogue includes both pedals and supporting gear.

Category

Specialist Effects Pedals

Specialist effects alter the signal in ways that do not sit cleanly inside one established family. They may use granular processing, frequency shifting, resonators, freeze or sustain, bit reduction, ring modulation, feedback networks or combinations of several techniques. The relevant distinction is the underlying process, its tracking or latency, and how completely the dry signal can be blended or replaced.

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Analogue

Analogue products use continuous audio circuitry for some or all of the signal path, so clipping, filtering or modulation arises from physical components rather than sampled algorithms. The label does not guarantee a particular tone; component choice, headroom, bias, noise and the surrounding gain stages still matter. Check whether the switching, presets, control section or cabinet stage is digital when the exact signal path is important.

Bass

Bass products are designed or voiced to retain low-frequency information and usable headroom with bass guitar or other low-register sources. Controls may centre on clean blend, low-end EQ, compression, crossover points or drive character. A guitar pedal can sometimes work well on bass, but it may remove the fundamental or compress the transient. Check the frequency response, input impedance, output level and dry-signal path with the intended tuning and amplifier.

Digital

Digital products use conversion and processing to create, store or control the effect. This can provide presets, complex routing, repeatable algorithms, USB, MIDI and firmware features, but conversion, latency, power requirements and clocking depend on the design. Check the input and output levels, sample or impulse-response support, bypass behaviour and current draw when combining a digital unit with analogue pedals or a direct recording setup.

True Bypass

True bypass removes the effect circuit from the audio path when bypassed, usually by mechanical, relay or switching circuitry. This can preserve the direct signal but does not automatically solve long-cable loading, and it may create a pop or leave no buffer for the rest of the board. Check the actual switching method, trails or spillover, input and output loading and the number of other true-bypass pedals in the chain.

Vocal

Vocal products process a microphone signal with harmony, reverb, delay, doubling, pitch correction, distortion or tone shaping. Microphone type, phantom-power handling, input gain, footswitch control and balanced output are as important as the effect list. Check key or scale settings, monitoring, feedback control, dry-signal routing and the intended PA or interface connection before using a vocal effect on stage.