USED Pete Cornish BD-1 Bass Drive

Mint condition, 9/10, including original box and manual, price brand new is 6595SEK (about 650USD), more info:

The BD-1 is not a variant of any existing product but a completely new and original design. Initially designed for Bass Guitar, the BD-1 has also proved very popular with Baritone Guitars and dropped tuned Guitars when heavy overdrive is required at the lower frequencies of these instruments. With Germanium components for added musicality this new design features full Bottom-End retention and is flat down to below the bottom B on five string basses. The tone controls are very powerful and feature an active boost and cut with a combined range of 34dB at maximum settings.

Being active, the two tone bands can be both cut and boosted as desired with the zero or neutral point being 12 o'clock on each control knob. I have included a second linear boost stage after the tone circuit to compensate for any reduction in overall volume when the tones are in "cut" mode. The benefits of this active tone circuit, compared to the usual passive (Cut only) tone circuit is that the two bands are completely independent and there is no interaction between the Bass and Treble tone controls.

An output Master Volume is included to allow for perfect matching between bypassed and overdriven and EQd signal level and there is plenty of signal headroom available to overdrive amp inputs if required. My well established Class A input buffer and radio frequency suppressor is, of course, included and the output buffer impedance is low to easily drive long cables or other loads without loss of signal or tone.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

Overall boost with Gain = 100% and Volume = 100% is +55 dB {Reference: input = -52dBm(V) and output = +3dBm(V)}

Overall boost with Gain = 0% and Volume = 100% is +19 dB {Reference: input = -16dBm(V) and output = +3dBm(V)}

The above with Bass and Treble set to 50% (Neutral point).

Bass Control range +16/-13dB @ 30Hz

Treble Control range +12/-18dB @ 3KHz

Maximum signal output with Volume 100% is +10dBm(V)/ 2.5vrms/6v Peak to Peak (at clip point)

FEATURES:

High Impedance RFI rejecting input and bypass buffer. Each unit is hand built, wired and tested by Pete, Lynda and Mingus Cornish. Housed in a Rugged Die-cast box with easy to set Number Knobs. Heavy Duty all-metal footswitch with Hi-Brite LED.

Dimensions: 145 X 95 X 49 mm An input for a DC adaptor is fitted: the size of the coax connector is 5.5/2.1mm and the centre pin is negative (-VE). The voltage rating of the adaptor should be noise free, fully stabilised at 9V DC and capable of supplying 20mA.

We recommend the use of the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus adaptor as meeting the above criteria and cannot accept any liability for damage caused to this unit by the use of, or to, any other type of AC/DC adaptor. An adapter providing an output of an AC voltage should not be used as it will permanently damage the pedal: such damage is not covered under our warranty. If only a single unit is to be powered the BOSS PSA series may be more cost effective