3rd Power's Excellent New Wave-Shaping, Harmonically Detailed Love Drive Preamp is a fitting homage for a Dear Friend lost to Cancer

Some of you may recall that 3rd Power Amplification AKA 3P Electronics released the fantastic ’Roosevelt Drive’ take on the Ibanez Mostortion a couple of years ago - which I featured in my Mostortion Roundup article back then.

3rd Power is famous for having been founded and run by Dylana Nova Scott - sometime guitarist for band Vain - who is an established innovator and inventor with several patents to her name, and where her flagship 3P Kitchen Sink Amp is in high demand. The Kitchen Sink Amp, currently in 6VEL edition, famously combines / delivers the most essential amplifier voicings of Fender, Marshall and Vox all in one box - the Amp Trifecta as far as I’m concerned!

And while Dylana’s main expertise is in Tube Amplification Circuitry - she has carried all that knowledge across into compact pedal transistor circuitry too. Making use of the finest amp-grade components - like the Analog Devices dual channel AD822ANZ precision low power FET input op-amp - to produce a foundation preamp platform with the most incredibly transparent, harmonically rich and 3-D amp-like feel and output.

Controls - Drive, Level, Bass, Mid, Treble.

The Love Drive is a further evolution of this platform where the 3-Band Tone Stack has been significantly evolved to a so-called - Wave-Shaping EQ where the full range of those controls consistently yields superior tones - and where the predictable and even tapers can deliver even AC and Plexi style tones - while the emphasis is very much on a smooth and rich, amp-like harmonic output.

So in may ways this carries Dylana’s amp legacy through to her pedal productions too - and this special Preamp / Drive was inspired by the passing of her Dear Friend Christy Lynn Michell who also happened to be wife to one of Dylana’s long-time bandmates.

The Love Drive is available in both While and Black editions - direct from the 3rd Power Webstore for $279 - and where 5% of the profits go to the Christy Lynn Michell Foundation to fund scholarships for college-bound students.

So it’s a fantastic pedal as well as a great cause! I’m definitely down for one of these - and it’s a priority buy on my wishlist - while in my usual fashion I’m already way overcommitted for this month - so September at the earliest for me!

The Roosevelt Drive is still down as a nice-to-have for me - where the Love Drive is a definite must-have!

Anyone else tempted by the Love Drive?