East River Drive : Great TS Style Overdrive

So this is the first Pedal built by Electro Harmonix like the famous green overdrives by a well known japanese company. I was looking for a Ts-808 Style Overdrive for quiet a while but did not find a really good sounding OD that sounds the way the old ones sound and respond.

The EHX East River Drive does also not sound like an vintage tubescreamer and first I was really disappointed and thoughr about sending it back. But then i tried the east river driver in front of my very good sounding Rockbox Boilingpoint. And in that combination the east river drive gives my sound the boost I was looking for. The great thing about this pedal is, that it adds this mids to the sound that cuts through the whole bandmix.

In my opinion the east river drive is absolutely great when you are looking for a boostpedal that colourises your overdriven sound and gives you this SRV Sound. It is also great for clean sounds when you look for that midboost for a little bit of flavour.

I do not recommend it if you are looking for a standalone overdrive for crunshsounds because it does not sound open and fresh.