![]() ![]() The modern Colorsound Overdriver is a reissue of the classic 9v version of the pedal made in 1971. The modern Colorsound Power Boost is a reissue of the classic 18v pedal released in 1969-70. Other well known users were Jan Akkerman of Focus and Marc Bolan of T Rex. Jeff Beck was another Power Boost/Overdriver user and it can be heard all over his early 1970s studio recordings and live work, including the Blow by Blow album. He also used it heavily on Pink Floyd's 1972-1977 Pink Floyd tours and was later seen using the Overdriver version in the 1990s. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd used the old orange Power Boost version throughout the 1970s on such tracks as Shine On You Crazy Diamond, the solo in Have A Cigar, Sheep and many other mid to late late 1970s Pink Floyd songs. ![]() It was later changed to run on 9v power and renamed the Overdriver. The Power Boost was the original 18v version of the circuit. These were essentially pre-amplifiers with a bass and treble boost, designed to drive amplifiers into overdrive or fuzz, and they were LOUD. They are generally acknowledged to be the first "overdrive" pedals on the market and were sold by the legendary Macaris music store of London. ![]() The COLORSOUND POWER BOOST and OVERDRIVER are pieces of British fuzz history that were very popular in the 1970s. The COLORSOUND POWER BOOST and OVERDRIVERĬLICK HERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE DAVID GILMOUR SECTION ![]()
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