Troy McLawhorn of Evanescence checks out the RD Compact Hot Rod!

We asked Troy to take the new RD Compact Hot Rod pedal for a test drive! Impressed with how the pedal sounds, we filmed a demo the following day to capture Troy’s 70’s, 80’s & EVH Inspired settings. The RD Compact Hot Rod is a super-charged version of our celebrated RevivalDRIVE Compact pedal, paying homage to the heavily modified amps that came to define the sound of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Using all-analogue components and replacing the valves with discrete transistor- based circuitry, we have reproduced the sound, response and circuit behaviour of these “hot rods”, delivering aggressive high gain and massive sustain. • Class-A preamp stage with realistic, “hot-rodded” amp gain-staging • Phase inverter and push-pull output stages • Variable negative feedback in the output stage • Specially designed power supply, emulating rectifier and mains transformer sag • Reactive load to simulate interaction between amp and speaker • Wide gain range, from clean to fu