A Pedal Mystery

[guitarmonkus]

I was just told by one of my favorite guitarists that he uses a Sansamp Para Driver here on his live rig. I didn't get a chance to ask him the purpose of the pedal, and after looking at the description of the product on musicansfriend, I still don't get it. Isn't this a DI box just used in recording?

What would be the purpose of having this pedal as part of your live rig?

 

[Rodger Hartlett]

A bit of extra gain to overdrive the next stage?

 

[ermghoti]

Regular Sansamp with sweepable tone controls. The rest is just marketing.

 

[Minion]

It just looks like an Active DI with Tone controlls and since it is active it can also act as a preamp to give you a Boost in Volume/Gain......

 

[Paj]

This type pedal is often used by acoustic-electric players to get the "piezo" out of their sound. They can definitely make playing an acoustic-electric live a pleasure for you and your audience.

Paj
8^)