Today’s guest review comes to us from Sean G. – find him on Instagram (@TheNoiseReel), Twitter (@TheNoiseReel) and Facebook (The Noise Reel).
The Third Rail is a dual overdrive with multiple switching modes. Both sides have clipping options via a toggle for Schottky Diodes, Standard Silicon Diodes, or no diodes. Volume, Gain, and Tone available on both sides. The right channel features a low cut toggle while the left side features a higher gain toggle.
The switches are programmable to three modes: Blue (independent mode), Green (flip-flop mode), and Red (Third Rail) mode. Blue allows you to use each side independently or together. Green allows you to toggle between sides with one switch. Red creates a momentary switch for both sides on or off upon release. This mode can be switched to off or on upon release with the second switch.
None of this technical jumbo and options would matter if the drive is lacking. The Third Rail allows me to go from low overdriven tones with enough frequencies on the tone knobs to be dark or higher depending on what I’m going for at the time to also allowing higher gains. The sound of the drive is unique in that Function f(x) does not seem to be copying anything but rather creating their own drive with options.
I use the Third Rail as a compact alternative to throwing multiple drives on my pedalboard. The options allow me to shape the drive to nearly anything I want. Third Rail from Function f(x) is one of the more unique drives available today and it’s not leaving the pedalboard any time soon.
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