The EBS Multi Drive is an analog overdrive pedal for bass, made by EBS, the Swedish bass equipment company. It pushes the bass signal into overdrive, adding grit and saturation to the tone, and it does so with three selectable effect modes so you can shape the character of the drive rather than settling for one fixed sound1.
What it does
The Multi Drive is an overdrive pedal, which means it drives the bass signal hard enough to add harmonic saturation and grit while leaving the core of the note intact, rather than the heavier clipping of a distortion or fuzz pedal. EBS builds it with analog circuitry, and the pedal offers three effect modes1:
- Standard: the basic overdrive character of the pedal.
- Tubesim: a mode that aims at a tube-like drive feel.
- Flat: a flat frequency response, so the drive is added without the pedal shaping the rest of your tone.
The three modes are the main way the Multi Drive differs from a single-voice overdrive: instead of one fixed clipping character, you switch between three, which lets one pedal cover a range of drive sounds on a bass pedalboard1.
The version documented here is the MultiDrive Studio Edition, part of EBS's Studio Edition line of compact bass effects, which also includes pedals such as the MultiComp Studio Edition, the MetalDrive Studio Edition and the UniChorus Studio Edition1.
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What does the EBS Multi Drive do?
It is an analog overdrive pedal for bass, built by EBS. It pushes your bass signal into overdrive while its analog circuitry keeps the low end of the instrument intact, so you add grit and growl without losing body.
What modes does the EBS Multi Drive have?
It has three effect modes: standard, Tubesim and Flat. Standard is the basic overdrive character, Tubesim aims at a tube-like feel, and Flat keeps the frequency response flat so the pedal does not color your tone beyond the drive itself.
Sources (1)
- MultiDrive Studio Edition by EBS, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026
