Boutique effects company Nuclear Audio has introduced their debut pedal: the Fission Drive is two drives in one pedal, each acting on different parts of your guitar or bass signal.
With the Fission Drive you can split your signal into highs and lows at a frequency you select, then drive them each separately – from subtle breakup to thick distortion. Apply separate outboard effects to each channel using the independent effects loops. Use the recombined signal from the output jack or just use the send jacks from the effects loops to drive separate rigs – or use all three.
Nuclear Audio’s unique approach to clipping, not based on any previous circuits, smoothly and dynamically transitions between clean, soft clipping, and hard clipping, providing unparalleled responsiveness and dynamics while maintaining exceptional clarity.
Fission Drive highlights include:
- Separate drives for highs and lows, each with their own gain and level controls
- High/Low gain switch on each drive channel
- Control the frequency where the high and low channels are divided
- Post-drive effects loop send/return jacks for each channel
- Notch switch enables an aggressive scoop at the selected split frequency
- True bypass on/off stomp switch
The Nuclear Audio Fission Drive is available now for $300 street price from www.nuclear-audio.com and select retailers.
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