The Thunderdrive, Overdrive Pedal Kit

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SKU:K-950

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$29.95

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The Thunderdrive is an overdrive pedal kit that will provide a signal boost at low gain settings and its own distortion at maximum gain settings. You can use it to push your preamp into overdrive or as a source of smooth distortion. Adjusting volume control and gain control results in a wide variety of tones in spite of its simple construction. This pedal is capable of overdriving the preamp section of your guitar amp or adding its own layer of distortion at lower volume.

Using point to point wiring and easy to follow instructions you can have a working overdrive pedal in a matter of hours.

All you need to provide is solder and a soldering iron. Uses 9 volt battery which is not included.

Product Specifications

Type	Value
Weight:	0.55 lbs.
Packaging Length:	9 in.
Packaging Width:	7 in.
Packaging Height:	1.5 in.

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Anonymous - June 1, 2011

This is a very good beginner-level kit. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. Can be completed in a couple of hours. All parts are included (except rubber feet.) The overdrive sounds good through my little Fender Champ. I only completed the kit a couple of days ago so am still experimenting with the sound. If you are looking for a project to get started building guitar pedals, this is a good choice.

Anonymous - May 2, 2011

This pedal was easy to build. The directions are clear and the sound is great. This was a fun project.

neill - April 21, 2011

This was a fun project that gives you a solid overdrive pedal for under $30. What more could you ask for? The instructions were, as always, very clear and concise.

The end result is very tight in some places; I found myself having to mash the battery in at the end but everything does fit.

This kit was much easier to build than the Persuader Tube Driver pedal and took much less time (about 2 hours total). The distortion is beefy and dynamic - with the tone knob you can go from acidy fuzz to real nice chunk. Apart from being a good distortion pedal you can also use it as a power booster to drive your amp into tube distortion (very cool)

Also I experienced very low noise from this pedal, even at full volume.

Thanks again MOD Kits DIY!