The Fender Santa Ana V2 is a JFET-based class-A overdrive pedal running at 18V internally -- a design that provides the touch sensitivity and high-headroom drive that players expect from a Fender tube amp pushed hard and then some. At its heart, this dual-voice drive circuit sports three straightforward controls and a Voice switch to push your guitar from natural-sounding tight overdrive (voice A) to smooth, thick lead tones (voice B). The Drive and Tone controls provide a wide range to dial in just the right flavor of gain and treble presence in the drive signal, while the rear-mounted Tight switch pulls some pre-drive bass frequencies out for an even more focused feeling drive.

To further sculpt the frequency response of your drive, a standalone, independently switchable 3-band EQ circuit is built around the Santa Ana V2 drive engine. Active Bass, Middle, and Treble controls offer a wide range of adjustment, cutting or boosting each frequency range with a center detent to mark flat response. Determine exactly how the EQ circuit interacts by using the EQ Placement switch to stack the EQ before or after the drive: Pre-drive EQ flavors the overdrive's response by determining which frequencies are clipped most by the drive circuit; post-drive EQ lets your guitar hit the drive head on and shapes the resulting gain tones for a more dramatic EQ effect.

With a fine-tuned JFET drive engine, independent EQ circuit, conveniently switchable buffered and true bypass modes, and multiswitch… read more enabled footswitches for momentary and latching activation, the Santa Ana V2 is an ultra-flexible, intuitive overdrive with tons of tones on tap. Requires 9VDC adapter (not included).

Features:

- JFET-based class-A overdrive with internal 18V operation for high headroom and tube-like touch response
- Dual-voice circuit with Voice switch for tight overdrive (A) or smooth, thick lead tones (B)
- Drive and Tone controls plus rear Tight switch for refined gain shaping and low-end tightening
- Independently switchable 3-band active EQ with pre/post drive placement options
- Flexible switching with true/buffered bypass and multiswitch footswitch functionality

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