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The Electro-Harmonix Bass Soul Food is a transparent overdrive and clean boost pedal optimized for bass guitar. It is based on the original Soul Food—renowned for its "Klon-like" transparency—but modified to retain low-frequency response and provide the high headroom required for bass instruments. Tested with a OneSpot power supply prior to listing. Power supply not included. Used only in a smoke-free studio environment.Natural Overdrive: Delivers a wide range of sounds from a pure, colored clean boost to warm, amp-like saturation and mild distortion.Transparent Character: Designed to enhance the original tone of your instrument and amplifier without coloring or losing its essential character.Boosted Power Rails: Internal circuitry boosts the power rails to provide extended headroom and extra definition, which is crucial for handling the high dynamic range of bass.Low-End Retention: Unlike standard guitar overdrives that may thin out bass frequencies, this version is specifically tuned to maintain a rich, full low-end. Blend: This critical knob allows you to mix your dry, unaffected signal back into the overdriven signal, ensuring your note definition and low-end punch remain intact.Drive: Sets the amount of input gain, ranging from a subtle lift to more aggressive growl.Treble: An optimized tone control that adjusts the high-frequency content of the effect.Volume: Controls the overall output level of the pedal.-10dB Pad Switch: A switchable attenuator that compensates for high-output active basses, preventing unwanted clipping of the pedal's input stage. Bypass Options: Features an internal switch to select between True Bypass (for a clean signal path when off) or Buffered Bypass (for driving long cable runs).Power: Operates on a 9V battery or a standard 9.6V DC center-negative power supply.Current Draw: Low power consumption of approximately 22mA.Dimensions: Approximately 2.75" x 4.5" x 2.1".