Video Demo by Brett Kingman ( www.youtube.com/@BrettKingman )
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Australian Distributor: www.innovativemusic.com.au/
The Octonaut Hyperdrive( interstellaraudiomachines.com/collections/pedals/products/octonaut-hyperdrive ) is unabashedly based on the mighty Klon Centaur, an overdrive now out of production and priced beyond the means of most. The Interstellar Audio Machines version features inner switchable buffered or true bypass and all of the tonal magic found in the original. The included manual suggests using the Octonaut Hyperdrive with an amp that's already going into break-up, but I quite like the gain stage and subsequent overdrive characteristics of this pedal with a clean amp as well. Hopefully I've appropriately demonstrated both scenarios here. Regardless, this is a pedal that should find a permanent home on most pedalboards or collections as it's a very useful classic.
Today's tools:
Guitars: 2002 Gibson Les Paul Classic with JJ's Sovereign '59 A5 Pickups (www.jjsguitarpickups.com). Gordon Smith 'Griffin Flip', stock.
Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 25.02. Marshall SLP1959 and '65 Deluxe Reverb (Normal Channel) models.
Cables: BOSS
Strings: Ernie Ball 10-46
Pick: Signature Honey Pick www.honey-picks.com/collectio...
Mic: Audix USA A231 - audixusa.com/products/a231/
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - www.presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2con...
Headphones: Audix A150 - audixusa.com/products/a150/
All Stands: Gravity Stands - www.gravitystands.com/en/
Computer: 2017 Apple iMac Pro, 2.5 GHz 14-Core Intel Xeon W, 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4, Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB
Backing track: "Frampton's Room" courtesy jamtrackcentral.com