Hitting a chord with an amazing overdrive pedal plugged into your amp is one of the best feelings there is. Period. Luckily, we get to experience this feeling time and time again here at Pedal of the Day, and today’s little box of joy absolutely delivered in this department. The MusicBoxPedals Lyla Drive is a classic styled pedal that covers everything from clean boost to preamp to low/mid gain overdrive – lets see what it’s all about!
Lyla is a very tweakable “transparent” overdrive, based on the infamous Timmy, with a 2 Band EQ & 3-way Clipping Toggle, great for a wide range of tone shaping. The EQ controls are ‘cut’ controls enabling you to roll off any desired frequencies, while the Clipping Toggle has 3 options of clipping to work with any rig. Headroom is always key with pedals of this nature, and you can run the Lyla Drive at any voltage from 9v-18v.
The Lyla Drive works fantastic as a Foundational Overdrive and sits well in any spot on your pedalboard, stacking excellently with other pedals. It also maintains the dynamic/natural tones of your guitar and amp, is extremely musical-sounding and acts as a real tone enhancer for your entire setup. The easy 4-knob, 1-toggle setup lets you dial in a beautiful tone in minutes, and a little bit of tweaking down the road will have it fitting in perfectly with your rig. Cheers to Rob and the MusicBoxPedals crew on the gorgeous Lyla Drive – be sure to visit their website for more info, and don’t forget to check out our demo below to hear it in action!
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