Port City Amplification Sahana Drive Overdrive

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Last year, we were privileged enough to check out not one, but TWO amazing, excellent-sounding amplifiers (the Grandville and Merino) from our friends down the road, Port City Amplification. Another company local to the Asheville area, Port City has been around for years, crafting the signature look and sound of their amps, and getting them into the hands of some incredible players. Today, we’re taking a look at one of their pedals, the Sahana Drive, which blends boost and overdrive into one beautiful tone…

The Port City Sahana Drive is adapted from an ever-popular overdrive circuit and tailored to our standards. It has a smoother drive section with a great low-mid presence, the tone control has a larger sweep, and it is noticeably more sensitive than other mid-gain overdrive pedals. The Sahana Drive works as well in front of a clean amp as it does pushing a mid to high gain amp.

The distortion that the Sahana Drive delivers blooms and will add a new dimension to your current tone. It is a great mid-gain overdrive to add harmonic complexity to any setup. The Sahana Drive is the new version of our previously released Sahana Boost, and features Switchcraft input and output jacks, a 3PDT true bypass switch and a 1590BB enclosure size.

The Sahana Drive is like a warm sonic blanket, comforting your original tone without becoming smothering or overbearing, for the perfect push of any amplifier. I drove down to the Port City shop to meet Daniel and grab this pedal, and see how their operation runs – small, handbuilt and an exquisite attention to detail is what these guys are all about. Be sure to check out their website for more info and a lot more gear, and don’t forget to head to our YouTube channel as we explore this beautiful overdrive pedal – cheers!!

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