The Anasounds FX Driver full kit is a do-it-yourself pedal kit: everything you need to build the FX Driver, an overdrive pedal, in one box. Anasounds describes it as "the complete kit to build your own FX Driver"1. The FX Driver itself is the maker's Ego Driver under another name: "The FX Driver is exactly the same pedal than our Ego Driver but with a different name for the US market"1. Anasounds directs US buyers to the FX Driver kit and sells the Ego Driver kit elsewhere2.
The circuit is "inspired by a popular green mid-boost overdrive"1, a lineage players will recognize from the Tube Screamer family. Anasounds says the FX Driver "can reproduce the vintage sound of the original pedal from which it was inspired, but it also provides more" settings for shaping a custom sound1. The maker also positions it as a boost as well as an overdrive, saying it allows "to boost a crunched amp as well as to provide a warm and organic overdrive"1, and credits its "18V headroom" with providing more dynamics1.
What is in the kit
The full kit is the version with the enclosure included, so you end up with a finished, standard-sized pedal rather than a bare circuit. The kit contains the PCB and the components, and the switching is true bypass: Anasounds includes "1 true bypass kit with 3PDT"1, meaning a three-pole double-throw footswitch and the parts to wire it so your signal passes through untouched when the pedal is off.
The current version of the kit ships in a new look. Anasounds updated it with "a new black enclosure and grey and black design," while noting that "the circuit remains the same, with only one change": the voicing capacitor choice1. So if you have seen an older build, the sound character is intended to be the same apart from that voicing option.
"The FX Driver is exactly the same pedal than our Ego Driver but with a different name for the US market."
Kit versus assembled pedal, and FX Driver versus Ego Driver
Two distinctions matter here. First, this page covers the full kit, which you solder and assemble yourself; Anasounds also sells its pedals pre-assembled, and its kit range spans both approaches across the lineup. Second, the FX Driver and the Ego Driver are the same circuit under different names, split by market. If you are in the United States, Anasounds asks that you buy the FX Driver version2.
| FX Driver full kit | Ego Driver full kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit | Same as Ego Driver1 | Original version1 |
| Market | United States2 | Outside the United States2 |
| Enclosure | Black, gray and black design1 | Standard Ego Driver look1 |
| Price | 129,00 €1 |
The FX Driver full kit is inspired by a popular green mid-boost overdrive, the same circuit as the Ego Driver1.
Availability and price
Anasounds lists the FX Driver full kit at 129,00 € (as stated on the maker's product page, February 2025)1. The kit weighs 0,5 kg as shipped, in packaging measuring 16 × 12 × 8 cm1. Its circuit is inspired by a popular green mid-boost overdrive1.
How it fits the Anasounds overdrive range
The FX Driver also exists in kit form as the Anasounds FX Driver full kit, a build-it-yourself version of the same circuit, which Anasounds says is inspired by a popular green mid-boost overdrive1. The kit is listed at 129,00 € and weighs 0,5 kg1.
Questions
Is the Anasounds FX Driver full kit true bypass?
Yes. The kit includes a true bypass switching kit built around a 3PDT footswitch, so the finished pedal passes your clean signal untouched when the effect is off. You solder the bypass wiring yourself as part of the build.
How much does the Anasounds FX Driver full kit weigh?
Anasounds lists the FX Driver full kit at 0,5 kg, with packaged dimensions of 16 by 12 by 8 cm. That covers the enclosure, PCB, components and bypass kit as shipped to you.
Sources (2)
- FX Driver, Anasounds, 2025-02-15
- Ego Driver, Anasounds, 2026-06-20
