Resonant Electronic Design Manifold Drive

The Resonant Electronic Design Manifold Drive is an overdrive pedal built around a deliberately small control set: two knobs, Gain and Volume, and a 3-way EQ switch. Premier Guitar reviewed it in 2010 and described its character as highly transparent, saying the circuit is "designed to preserve a player's voice instead of fundamentally altering it."¹ For a player, that places it among overdrives meant to sit behind the guitar and amp rather than reshape them, a lane shared by many pedals in the overdrive family.

Controls

The control layout comes from Premier Guitar's review, which describes the pedal as "built around a simple control set of two knobs, Gain and Volume, and a 3-way EQ switch."¹

Power

The pedal runs on a 9-volt battery. It also ships with a short adapter cable that lets you use a power supply rated between 9V and 18V DC.¹

Where it came from

The Manifold Drive came from Resonant Electronic Design, a maker whose pedals were built around a particular principle: as the company put it, they're "designed to preserve a player's voice instead of fundamentally altering it." The Manifold Drive is described as "an excellent example of that principle in action," carrying a highly transparent character that keeps the player's own tone at the center.¹

What reviewers said

Premier Guitar's 2010 review, part of its Tone Games 2010 roundup, found the Manifold Drive highly transparent and hard to surpass for value, quality, or character at its $200 street price.¹

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