True to the tweed tube amps of the 50s, the Empress Effects Germ Drive delivers warm, harmonically rich overdrive that cleans up with a twist of your volume knob. Its tube-like break-up sounds extremely natural and will enhance your sound without masking the original tone of your instrument.
Features:
- All Analog Signal Path – no digitals in here!
- Natural Break-up – Stays true to your original tone
- Cleans up well – Seamlessly clean up your sound by rolling back your volume knob
- Dynamic – Responds well to your dynamics like a tube preamp
- Sustain – Good sustain with warm, tube-like overdrive
- EQ – Hi-shelf and low-shelf EQs let you tweak your sound
- Bass – Works great on bass!
- True Bypass – The Empress Germ Drive employs true bypass, so you can be sure that it’s not affecting the signal when disengaged
- Small Size – The enclosure measures approximately 4.5″ by 2.5″ by 1.5″, which is delightfully small when considering all the features packed into this unit
Specifications:
- Input Impedance: 1M
- Output Impedance: 2.2k
- Frequency Response: (-3 dB) 20 Hz – 20 kHz
- Power Input Voltage: 9 V DC (negative tip)
- Power Input Connector: 2.1 mm barrel connector (negative tip)
- Power Consumption: ~35 mA
- Enclosure Material: Die Cast Aluminum
- Input connector: 1/4″ Jack
- Output connector: 1/4″ Jack
- Height: (Enclosure only) 1.5″
- Height: (including controls) 2″
- Width: 4.5″
- Depth: 2.5″
- Weight: 0.5 lb



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