Premier Guitar | 9 years ago
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Unless you’ve been off-planet for a while, you’ll know Tube Screamer derivatives are popular stuff. T-Rex’s Diva, though, is a Screamer with enough twists to make you forget it’s TS-inspired. It’s dynamic, multi-voiced, and twitchingly alive, and one of the more satisfying TS-style stomps we’ve played in a while.
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The Diva’s guts are built around the 4558 op-amp that drives most TS-style designs. It sits prominently on the PC board, though the board itself could be a bit tidier. I saw several traces of errantly applied solder sealer—not what you expect from an overdrive pedal just under 200 bucks. In general, though the Diva feels sturdy and sound.
The control set differs from a simple TS circuit in two important respects: There’s a voicing switch incorporating low- and mid-boost settings, and there’s a mix control that blends clean and overdriven signals. Together, they considerably expand the Diva’s tone potential.
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