User Manual
Product Information Document
High-Quality Bass Preamp and
Drive Pedal with Built-In TubeDrive
and SpectraComp TonePrints
Stompboxes
SPECTRADRIVE
High-quality bass preamp ported
directly from TC’s line of bass
amps gives you exceptional
tonal options for practice, live,
and studio performance
TubeDrive with TonePrint
technology emulates preamplier
and power amplier tube stages,
oering you everything from subtle
drive to full-on distortion
SpectraComp control with TonePrint
technology provides a variety of
ultra-transparent and highly musical
multi-band compression proles to
cut through any mix
Intelligent EQ stack dedicated to
bass has four simple control dials
to give you easy and impressive
tone-shaping
Balanced DI with pre/post switch
allows direct connection to mixing
consoles or recording equipment
Superior analog buering from
the BONAFIDE BUFFER pedal
prevents signal distortion from
long cable runs
Auxiliary rehearsal input for
playback through speaker
or headphones
Parallel outputs for tuning or
sending clean signal to your
amp and mixer
Studio-quality headphone amplier
with speaker emulation for personal
practice and silent rehearsals
SPECTRADRIVE Bass Preamp and
Line Driver is a powerful tool for
serious bass players in search of an
exceptional sounding and ultra-
exible preamp. Jam-packed with
useful features, SPECTRADRIVE
includes built-in TonePrint-
customizable SpectraComp
compression and distortion, as well
as a custom built studio-grade DI
Output. And SPECTRADRIVE easily
pulls double-duty as the perfect practice companion thanks to its
high-quality headphone amplier and Aux input.
Ready, Set, TubeDrive...
The TubeDrive TonePrint utility gives your bass
the dynamic and warm sound and feel of a
full blown tube amp.From just a single knob,
TubeDrive serves up everything from a slightly
overdriven tone with organic, rich harmonics
all the way out to fuzzed out, edgy hard
rock distortion and beyond. Plus, TubeDrive
features its own dedicated footswitch – so you
always kick it in at the ideal moment!