Kingdrive

Built around your touch

AN OVERDRIVE THAT FEELS CONNECTED TO YOUR HANDS.

Kingdrive does not flatten your playing with an unwanted amount of compression or cover your tone with a fixed distortion character. Its highly responsive circuit follows pick attack, playing dynamics and every change from your guitar’s volume control.

From clean lift to full voice

ONE PEDAL.
THREE ROLES.

Clear and transparent at low settings. Dynamic and addictive through the middle. Vocal, sustaining and harmonically complex when pushed.

01 / LOW GAIN

TRANSPARENT BOOST

Push your amplifier or another overdrive without cutting low frequencies or radically changing the original tone.

02 / MID GAIN

DYNAMIC RHYTHM DRIVE

Responsive blues and rock rhythm tones with definition, warmth and an addictive playing feel.

03 / HIGH GAIN

SINGING LEAD TONE

Long, vocal sustain and complex harmonics. Notes bloom, bends stay expressive and lead lines remain articulate.

Asymmetrical clipping

MUSICAL HARMONICS.
NATURAL RESPONSE.

Kingdrive’s asymmetrical clipping circuit creates a complex, musical harmonic structure instead of a flat or overly compressed distortion texture.

The harmonics become richer as the Overdrive control is increased, while the fundamental character of your instrument remains present.

Warm. Open. Responsive.

Vintage warmth meets modern clarity—with controlled lows, sweet mids and an upper response that stays open without becoming harsh.

Simple controls. Wide range.

SHAPE YOUR DRIVE.

V

VOLUME

Set unity gain, add a substantial volume lift or push the input of an amplifier or another drive pedal without losing low-end body.

T

TONE

Reduce mids while keeping bass controlled, or reveal sweet mids with increased high-mid response and a tighter feel.

O

OVERDRIVE

Move from transparent boost and edge-of-breakup textures to harmonically rich lead tones approaching high gain.

Built to work with your rig

YOUR GUITAR.
YOUR AMPLIFIER.
STILL YOUR TONE.

Use it with a clean amplifier for the pedal’s complete overdrive character, place it in front of an amplifier set at the edge of breakup to increase its harmonic richness, or use it to push another overdrive and create additional sustain without sacrificing clarity.

HIGH QUALITY COMPONENTS

Kingdrive is built with carefully selected, high-quality components for consistent performance, low noise and long-term reliability—on stage, in the studio and on the road.

Artists

ON STAGE WITH KINGDRIVE.

“Kingdrive sounds genuinely warm and beautifully lively. I added it to my pedalboard and it will be staying with me from now on. I placed it before the elMo OD that forms the foundation of my main tone. It feeds that pedal beautifully and gives me the clean, crunchy character I want for rhythm parts without significantly changing the original tone.”
— CAN BAYOĞLU

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Hear Kingdrive

SOUND CLIPS & VIDEOS.

WATCH THE KINGDRIVE PLAYLISTOpen sound clips and performance videos directly on YouTube

Details

SPECIFICATIONS.

Circuit: Fully analog

Bypass: True bypass

Controls: Volume · Tone · Overdrive

Power: 9V DC, center-negative

Dimensions: 10 × 13.3 × 6 cm

Warranty: 4 years

A compatible battery-to-DC barrel adapter may be used. No internal battery compartment or battery clip.

LET EVERY NOTE SING.

Designed and manufactured by Merlin Musical Electronics.

Pay with Money Order $125.00

Credit Card Single Payment $125.00