Lovepedal Eternity

The Lovepedal Eternity is an overdrive pedal first released in 2005 by Lovepedal, built around a hand-wired circuit and a two-knob control layout of Drive and Glass. Aion FX places it in the Tube Screamer family: like the Zendrive, it can be seen as a stripped-down Tube Screamer, based on the original 1997 Son of Screamer circuit by Jack Orman¹. Lovepedal's history article describes it as delivering "fantastic, tubey overdrive at every setting"².

Where the circuit comes from

The Eternity's lineage is the Tube Screamer, but simplified. Aion FX describes it as a stripped-down Tube Screamer based on Jack Orman's 1997 Son of Screamer circuit, and notes that the Zendrive sits in the same family¹. On That Pedal Show, Mick put it this way:

Aion FX adds that all Eternity versions share the same basic circuit, with differences typically only in component values and the number of clipping diodes¹. For players comparing it against a Boss SD-1 vs Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, the Eternity is the reduced-parts take on that same mid-forward design.

The controls: Drive and Glass

The Eternity keeps its face simple. Lovepedal's history article explains that through variation of the Drive and Level knobs you can alter the mix of pedal distortion sound and your amp's natural overdrive, which is the pedal's main tool for sculpting overdrive sounds and blending with the amp². The Burst Eternity page describes the Level control as setting the overall output of the effect, with unity gain between the effected and bypassed signal around 8:00 to 9:00 on the knob³.

The Glass knob is the Eternity's signature control. Lovepedal says that through manipulation of the Glass knob you can dial in sweet Brian May style tones, or roll it off for dark, warm tones². MusicRadar's Trevor Curwen notes it is "the Glass knob that you find in Lovepedal's Eternity and Kalamazoo overdrives", so the same treble-shaping control also appears on the Lovepedal Kalamazoo⁴.

Versions: Burst, Fuse, Kanji and the rest

The Eternity has been issued under several names. Aion FX lists Burst, Fuse, Kanji, D-Mod and Roadhouse among them, and repeats that they all have the same basic circuit¹. The Lovepedal Burst Eternity is built to order, with a hand-wired circuit and N.O.S. components, according to Lovepedal's product page³.

The Eternity circuit has also been paired with other Lovepedal designs. The Lovepedal COT50 Eternity Stack is a dual overdrive pedal combining the COT50 and Eternity circuits in one enclosure, with separate controls for each circuit⁶.

Who plays it

Lovepedal's history article names the Eternity as "currently played by Andy Summers of The Police and Richard Fortus of Guns N' Roses, among others"². The Burst Eternity page adds that the unit is "still a staple in his rig to present day" for Andy Summers³.

That Pedal Show has used an Eternity on the show as one of its reference overdrives: "Our overdrives today are the Fire Custom Shop Carpe Diem and a Lovepedal Eternity," from an episode with Daniel and Mick⁷.

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