The IdiotBox Necrofier Echo Drive is an overdrive and echo pedal in one box: a tube screamer style overdrive running into two separate echo circuits, built as a collaboration between IdiotBox Effects and the black metal band Necrofier. The maker's pitch for it is blunt: "Plug this sucker in and bring on TOTAL SOUTHERN DARKNESS!!!"1 It sits in the same family as other IdiotBox drive pedals like the IdiotBox Power Drive and IdiotBox Han-Taun Overdrive, and for players weighing a tube screamer style circuit against the alternatives, the Boss SD-1 vs Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer comparison covers that ground. More broadly, it combines an overdrive with delay style echo circuits.
Controls and switching
The pedal has two footswitches, one for each half of the circuit. The left switch engages the echoes and the right switch engages the overdrive, so the two can be used separately or together, with the overdrive feeding the echo circuits when both are on1. The maker's product page names the first echo control REFLECTION, labeled "REFLECTION - echo 1"1.
Power
The Necrofier Echo Drive runs on a common 9V DC center negative BOSS style power input and draws 50mA1. A power supply is not included, so you will need your own adapter or a supply output of that type1.
The pedal uses buffered bypass switching rather than true bypass1. If your board is built around a fully true bypass signal path, that is worth knowing before you slot it in.
Size
The enclosure is a 1590BB2 sized box measuring 4.72" x 3.71" x 1.49"1. That is a wide, low chassis, so plan board space accordingly.
Questions
Is the IdiotBox Necrofier Echo Drive true bypass?
No. IdiotBox Effects lists the Necrofier Echo Drive with buffered bypass switching, so the signal passes through a buffer when the pedal is off rather than connecting the input straight to the output as true bypass would. That can help keep the signal strong on long cable runs, though players who prefer a fully mechanical bypass should know the difference before putting it on a board.
Does the Necrofier Echo Drive come with a power supply?
No. The maker's product page states plainly that a power supply is not included. The pedal runs on a common 9V DC center negative BOSS style power input and draws 50mA, so a standard pedalboard supply output or a one spot style adapter of that type will run it, but you need to supply one yourself.
Can I use the echoes and overdrive separately?
Yes. The pedal has two footswitches: the left switch engages the echoes and the right switch engages the overdrive, so each part can be switched on its own. The signal path runs the tube screamer style overdrive into the two echo circuits, so when both are engaged the overdrive feeds the echoes.
How big is the IdiotBox Necrofier Echo Drive?
IdiotBox Effects lists the enclosure at 4.72 x 3.71 x 1.49 inches, in a 1590BB2 sized enclosure. That is a wide, shallow box by pedal standards, so it takes up a fair amount of board width but sits low, and it is larger than a standard single footswitch enclosure.
Sources (1)
- Necrofier Echo Drive, IdiotBox Effects
