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Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Mod Overdrive Pedal

Overdrive Pedal with Clean Boost, Overdriven Tones, True Bypass, and Selectable Three Circuit Mods
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Add More Drive to Your Sparkle!

The original Sparkle Drive pedal quickly became a staple in many players' pedalboards. Voodoo Lab's Sparkle Drive Mod adds a new set of functionality to the old standard. Three new circuit mods give you a wider range of tones. You still get the original "clean" control that lets you blend a clean signal with your distorted tones. This restores the attack and feel of your amp, and gives you the feel of playing two amps at the same time.

New Sparkle Drive Mod Tones

The Sparkle Drive Mod has added three new distortion/overdrive circuits: Lead, Rhythm, and High Gain. The Lead circuit adds extra gain, smooth highs, and a thicker bottom end. Rhythm adds punch to the mids that is perfect for power chords and funk. The High Gain mod gives you an aggressive low end with pronounced highs. Of course, you still get the classic tone of the original pedal too. Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Mod - a classic just got better.

Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Mod Features:
  • Four distortion circuits: Stock, Lead, Rhythm, and High Gain
  • Clean boost circuit
  • True bypass switching
  • Made in the USA

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Tech Specs

  • Pedal Type: Overdrive
  • Inputs: 1 x 1/4"
  • Outputs: 1 x 1/4"
  • True Bypass: Yes
  • Power Source: 9V DC power supply (sold separately)
  • Batteries: 1 x 9V
  • Height: 2"
  • Width: 3.75"
  • Depth: 4.75"
  • Weight: 1.15 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: VDM

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A sleeper!

I didn't by this one from Sweetwater, as a friend had a used one I scarfed up. Man, this thing is SERIOUSLY underrated. First of all, like the Blessed Mother, JHS's Moonshine, and a few other overdrive pedals, this has a wet/dry mix control (they call it 'clean') which takes you from 100% overdrive to 100% clean. EVERY overdrive pedal should have this! You get to have a thick, harmonically dense and tasty sound and still retain note and pick transient detail in chords (hence the 'sparkle' in the name. I don't know if they were the first to do this, but I believe they were among the first. It's a prerequisite for me from now on ANY pedal I buy, and, for the life of me, I don't know why reverbs, delays, modulation pedals etc. have all had it for years, but only a few overdrive pedals do.

On top of that, the 4 mods are quite useful (well, 3 of the 4 are for me - the 3rd position (which is position 2, because they oddly number 'em from 0-3) sounds squashed and nasty, but I can see how it'd cut through a mix and work for things like shred-metal.

On top of that, The second position (mod position 1, LOL), has a really great shimmery/warbling quality to it. It reminds me of when I saw The Clash way back in the 80's, and their Marshalls were on the verge of melting down - a similar shimmer/warble emanated from them that I'll never forget. At any rate, I CANNOT get this sound out of my fancy, muy expensive Golden Boy (which I seriously underuse, as I mostly use it in Bluesbreaker mode). No way I can tweak that 'all in one', super-sophisticated overdrive to do what this much cheaper box does - and the Golden Boy has no wet/dry 'clean' blend either. I'm seriously thinking of buying another one of these and selling the Golden Boy.

This pedal flies under the radar, it doesn't have a serious 'boutique' vibe, and I think the graphics suck, and the tiny knobs seem silly (although the feel on them bespeaks of good quality pots), but it's a friggin' great pedal!
by Samuel Claiborne from Mid-Hudson Valley, USA on
Music background: Musician, Engineer, Composer, Producer

Straight up the most useable and versatile on the market!

The Voodoo Labs Sparkle Mod overdrive has four of legendary overdrives on one pedal; all useable and all sound stellar. I'm not a pedal guy and have been playing professionally for 58 years so I've seen everything that's come down the pike. There is always a "flavor of the day" but this is something different. I currently play a Rivera Fandango through a Revsound 212 or in stereo through a 1966 Fender Pro Reverb or Vox AC10 separated with a Boss CE1 (the CE1 is always in the signal chain and although I don't use the chorus or vibrato often in a night it adds something and yes I've tried all the chorus pedals thinking something smaller and newer could be as good. Well, it can't. ) The Rivera provides everything I need on it's own but when using the Pro Reverb on it's own (or VOX) I need something to kick it for some things. The Sparkle Mod does it all: blues overdrive to Dire Straits and Steely Dan. The Mod also features something unusual. The ability to mix your clean and processed signal and with the 4 available ODs this is a game changer. It's also from Voodoo Labs and if you've ever dealt with them, like Sweetwater they have exceptional customer support. Just get one. You won't be disappointed that I am quite sure of.
by David Luke from NH on
Music background: over 50 years professional and owner of Revsound

The First Pedal on The Board

I play a 64' Princeton and sometimes, for our five piece band, even that's too loud. The Sparkle Drive gives a very nice, slightly overdriven tone without adding a ton of compression or peeling off the high end. I can get a nice break up without jacking the volume. My tone is boosted but it retains that "sparkle". It's a fantastic clean boost.

I still use a Muff Pi or Park Fuzz for the heavier fuzz tones. For my mildly overdriven tones, Sparkle Drive is fantastic.

I've also used the Sparkle Drive a ton in my acoustic rig. If you want that "Nirvana Unplugged" album tone, this is the pedal for that.

I'm surprised it's nit more popular. Great pedal!
by SkiTown Cover Band from Colorado on
Music background: Guitar, Mando, Banjo, Dobro, Trained Audio Engineer

Always on

My wife bought this for me for my birthday because she liked the name and the graphics. At first I was like, what the heck is this? but after plugged it in and messed with the knobs, I realized that it was completely indispensable. This is the only pedal on my board that is pretty much always on. It makes your clean tone super punchy, adding only the amount of dirt you want. I've also found that it makes a less-than-great amp sound way better. If you favor cleaner guitar tones, this pedal is absolutely wonderful. It also works great as a boost for soloing on a distorted channel.
by David Graham from COSTA MESA, CA on

Love this thing

The clean blend knob is the kind of thing you didn't know you needed but can never go back to not having. All drive pedals should have this knob. Awesome drive pedal. Love the sound.
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See also: Distortion/Overdrive, Voodoo Lab, Voodoo Lab Distortion, Overdrive, Boost & Fuzz Pedals
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