{"product_id":"jackson-audio-the-optimist-cory-wong-dual-overdrive","title":"Jackson Audio The Optimist Cory Wong Dual Overdrive \u0026 EQ Pedal, Germanium OD, MIDI","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Optimist stacks two completely different overdrives, a mid-focused germanium boutique voice and a flat, transparent drive, behind a switchable studio-grade EQ, giving Cory Wong's rhythm and lead tones in one board-friendly pedal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOD1 recreates a sought-after germanium-diode overdrive circuit in the Klon tradition, OD2 is a Timmy-inspired flat full-range overdrive built for boosting OD1 or driving an amp on its own, and a 3-band active EQ can follow either drive, both, or run standalone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy guitarists choose the Optimist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo independently footswitchable overdrives, mid-focused germanium OD1 and flat full-range OD2, can run alone, stacked, or used to boost each other.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA switchable 3-band active EQ (\u003cstrong\u003e+\/-12dB\u003c\/strong\u003e, Baxandall-style, flat at noon) works after the drives or completely standalone as a clean tone-shaping tool.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMIDI on\/off control of OD1, OD2, and EQ lets you recall exact tone combinations from a pedalboard controller.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCenter-detented pots on the EQ make it fast to find and return to a flat reference setting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA compact \u003cstrong\u003e2.7 x 4.875 in\u003c\/strong\u003e footprint keeps two drives and an EQ on a normal-size pedalboard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eControls and switches\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOD1 footswitch\u003c\/strong\u003e — Engages the mid-focused germanium-diode overdrive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOD2 footswitch\u003c\/strong\u003e — Engages the flat, full-range overdrive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoth footswitches\u003c\/strong\u003e — Press and release both together to toggle the EQ.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e3-band EQ (Bass\/Middle\/Treble)\u003c\/strong\u003e — Active Baxandall-style EQ, flat at 12 o'clock, \u003cstrong\u003e+\/-12dB\u003c\/strong\u003e per band with center detents; 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