

The Engine by DryBell is a highly versatile and fully analog foundation preamp pedal with distinct voicing inspired by 60's British classic amps and sounds. It consists of two fully analog sections, Side A and Side B. Side A captures the sound, feel, and dynamic response of a real 60's British non-master-volume amp, offering cranked tube-like distortion without the need to play at ear- shattering levels. Side B features a powerful Range boost, high headroom, distortion-free clean boost, and versatile low and high EQ for further tone tailoring. The pedal also allows stacking these A&B; sections with the Order switch to yield numerous rich sounds.
The technical specifications of The Engine are as follows:
- Input impedance: 900kΩ/1kHz
- Output impedance: 250Ω/1kHz
- The Engine’s nominal input level: All types of electric guitar pickups
- A Side max output level (9V PSU): 8.5 V pp / 11.7 dBu
- A Side max output level (18V PSU): 10.1 V pp / 13.3 dBu
- A Side max gain (all pots on max): 53dB / (mid-range freq. )
- B Side max output level: 20.5 V pp /19.2 dBu
- B Side max gain (all pots on max): 41.0 dB (mid-range freq. )
- Max bypass level w/o clipping: 14.0 V pp / 16.1 dBu
- External power supply: Adapter 9V DC, (9.0V min - 18.1V max), 100mA minimum
- Power supply connector type: Barrel, Plug 5.5mm/2.1mm, Center Negative
- Nominal current (with guitar): 83mA
- Length (w/o jacks): 95 mm / 3.74 inch
- Width: 120 mm / 4.72 inch
- Height (w/o knobs): 35 mm / 1.38 inch
- Weight: (w/o package): 0.43 kg / 0.95 lb
- Weight: (with package): 0.51 kg / 1.12 lb
- Standard color/finish: Dark blue metallic matte / Powder Coating
The pedal also comes with a 2-year warranty and is designed and manufactured by DryBell Music Electronic Laboratory in Croatia.
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