Suhr Shiba Drive Reloaded Effects Pedal

Suhr Shiba Drive Reloaded has more gain and a tighter bass than the original Shiba Drive. It’s the ideal choice for players seeking classic Blues, Jazz, and Rock style tones. Shiba Drive Reloaded is the result of countless hours of listening, testing, and tweaking Suhr’s original overdrive circuit to create a pedal that is more amp-like, has a tighter low-end, focused mids, and features more gain (50% more than the original Shiba).

Designed to work equally well with single coil and humbucking instruments, the Shiba Reloaded responds dynamically to every nuance of your playing, just like the overdrive channel of a tube amplifier. With a simple twist of your volume knob, you can easily morph from pushed clean to full on Classic Rock style tones.

The Shiba Drive Reloaded offers over 50% more gain than the original Shiba Drive. Suhr engineers fine tuned it’s gain stage, increased saturation and upper harmonics, which resulted in improved midrange articulation and more sustain, allowing your notes to sing without sacrificing low end definition.

The pedal features an easy to tweak layout which includes Drive, Level, Tone, and a Smooth switch. Drive controls the amount of Drive from the circuit. This will take you from a bluesy crunch to a sustained, compressed overdrive. Level controls the output level of the pedal. Shiba provides enough level to push the front end of any tube amp into natural clipping, or adds sustain to an already overdriven amp. Tone shapes the the overall tonal response of the pedal – from warm and smooth to bright and cutting.

Shiba Drive Reloaded also features a Smooth Switch with three modes: Left activates as a mild high-end roll off. Effective for warming up guitars with single-coil pickups. Middle is voiced to produce a natural, open sounding overdrive. Right creates a more pronounced high-end roll off. Note: The modes have less effect at lower gain and tone settings.

Suhr redesigned Shiba’s Smooth switch to be more apparent offering flexibility, giving you the ability to fine tune your sound. Whether you prefer warm violin-like solos or an open and defined full-bodied rhythm tone, Shiba Drive Reloaded is your ideal overdrive pedal for a variety of playing styles.

An excellent companion to the original Shiba Drive, Shiba Drive Reloaded is a versatile overdrive pedal that delivers a broad range of pushed/overdriven tones, with an amp-like feel, all within a compact stompbox.

True Bypass: Shiba is true bypass via a relay. This function allows for the remote switching, and the battery monitor feature. The relay produces less popping when switching the pedal on and off.

FX Link: The FX Link connector allows the pedal’s switching function to be controlled from an external switch, pedal board, loop switcher, or any other custom interface. FX Link also provides the ability to power up in the On/Off state.

Low Battery Monitor: A unique battery monitor alerts the user to low battery conditions. In addition, the battery monitor will automatically switch the pedal to True Bypass if the battery voltage is too low for the circuitry to correctly operate.

Specifications

• Controls: Drive, Tone, Level, 3-Way Smooth Switch, FX Link Off / FL / On Switch
• True Bypass Relay Switch
• Inputs: 1x Instrument In 6.3mm (1/4”), 1x FX Link 3.5mm Jack In
• Outputs: 1x Instrument Out 6.3mm (1/4”)
• Power: 9VDC Power Supply or 9V Battery (Not included)
• Construction: Heavy Duty Anodized Aluminum Billet Enclosure
• Made in USA