The KarDiaN Nitroglycerin C3H5N3O9 is a versatile overdrive / distortion pedal. Imagine a little Fender Champ Vintage on steroids? That's what KarDian offers you with this superb "so amp like" drive. Usually, most ODs on the market sound... like pedals! At Guitars Rebellion, we like what is organic, we love what sounds rich, like an amp channel. Here, no cardboard compression, no thin drive. The C3H5N3O9 benefits from 7 diodes to give it foundation, density and complexity.
Let's start at the beginning, the chassis. Long story short, it's a killer. No more, no less. The finish is magnificent, the attention to detail is rarely seen for a product of this type (a pedal), everything is handmade, it's light, super well insulated and it hits the pedalboard once.
Inside, it gets tougher for the competition. It's simple, it's the best there is and it's beautiful. Yes, it's beautiful to look at because it's so well done. Quality OPamp, Amtrans AMRG resistors (1% tolerance, non-magnetic, brass tips, gold-plated oxygen-free copper outputs...), oversized Jantzen Audio capacitor, a JFET input stage based on Texas instrument opamp, top-of-the-line PCB, etc... 4 buttons: Volume, Drive, Treble, Bass, 9VDC power supply. Let's go for the test session!
Connected with a Les Paul on a Two-Rock Traditional, everything at 12:00, we get a very warm drive with a big dynamic and a little "crisp" side in the very pleasant low end. The mids are slightly scooped and the high end is very soft, very fluid. There is a nice halo rich in harmonics around the drive which allows to have a lot of fluidity even with a reduced gain. But it is by pushing the gain and the formidable EQ a little that we love the Nitroglycerin. Because indeed, it becomes literally explosive as soon as we start to push it. It cuts through the mix, it stacks superbly with another pedal thanks to its superb transparency (you can also hear it in this configuration on our excellent video). It maintains articulation and dynamics whatever the configuration. Here no hard compression, the pedal offers very open tones and will deliver all its quintessence with a little TS-like behind (for those who would like to push it even further).
The ADD CBF model benefits from additional controls: Blend, Clean-LPF, Clean-Vol. The ADD CBF mode allows you to work with precision on the low end of the spectrum while scrubbing the dynamics of the signal not processed by the effect by re-injecting it via a mixer in parallel with the processed sound.
The KarDiaN Nitroglycerin C3H5N3O9 is a real Swiss army knife with an ultra-responsive EQ that will adapt to the rest of your pedalboard. Its impressive manufacturing quality, its almost total absence of noise and the unique sound signature it benefits from make it a pedal that can be used in many configurations. With this one, you will clearly not sound like everyone else!
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