Tone Report Weekly Issue 93 | Page 26

Cyberdrive Cyberdrive Cyberdrive Ibanez There is a ton of pedals in this Soundtank series, and most of the cool ones are not cheap, which makes them not underrated by default. However, the Cyberdrive is probably the coolest one of them all, and it is still both cheap and underrated. The topology of the Terminator’s favorite pedal resembles an MXR Distortion+ with LED (instead of germanium) clipping and a twin filter circuit that resembles a wah (think Tychobrahe Parapedal). Usually a banal combination of fundamental building block effects is a total yawnfest, but the description of this pedal is enough to make users comb eBay in search of the Cyberdrive. Seekers of the most cyber of drives will be handsomely rewarded, but good luck finding a demo—it doesn’t exist. Just trust me on this; it’s awesome and impossible not to love. Did I mention it’s pretty cheap? Finding a Cyberdrive for around $50 is pretty commonplace. 26 TONE TALK // Vastly Underrated (and Not Currently Made) Cheap Pedals: Revisited