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Seven signature models with 

14 distinctive, highly-sought-after tones

Models Include: 

Red Special Guitar, Treble Booster,

Deacy Amp, Vox® AC30, Foxx Foot Phaser™,

Pickup Confi gurations, Delay, Reverb, Flanger,

Acoustic, Tele® and more…

Integral hard-wired dynamic

analog treble booster

Guitar knob lets you optimize

Red Special Pedal’s voicing to suit

your guitar’s pickups

Flexible Output Mode™ – Mono amp or 

Mixer and Stereo Mixer and Stereo Amp

Vintage wood grain fi nish unique to each 

pedal inspired by Brian’s own handcrafted 

one-of-a-kind guitar, the Red Special

Includes embroidered bag, Brian’s

plectrum of choice, a British Sixpence

and power supply

Optional FS3X footswitch available

W

orking closely with Brian May 

and Eddie Kramer, Senior Production 
Modeling Consultant (and world-class 
recording engineer)

, our Production 

Modeling

 team delivers the tone that 

has inspired a generation of guitarists. 

The meticulously crafted tones of the 

Red Special Pedal  are modeled with the 
same gear used in the original recordings. 

Design your own unique tones using 

the Red Special Pedal’s models and 
modes. Tweak the 

gain

leve

l

bass

treble

 and 

control

 knobs to create 

your own tone.

We’ve even included a proprietary 

guitar

 knob that re-voices your guitar 

to sound like Brian’s legendary Red 
Special’s Burns

 Tri-Sonic pickups.

The Red Special Pedal’s cast metal 

treadle also offers Heel and Toe switches 
that let you select two distinctive tone 
variations of each model. The LED lights 
Green (toe) or Red (heel) to show the 
selection.

All tones are modeled from Brian’s Red Special 

(Burns™* Tri-Sonic™ pickups) with a treble booster and 

Vox®* AC30 amp unless otherwise noted. 

Keep Yourself Alive

• 

Intro with modeled tape fl ange.

 

Solo with tape fl ange.

Bohemian Rhapsody

The timeless rock anthem truly comes to life 

thanks to DigiTech

®

 Production Modeling

.

• 

1st Solo with vocal-like sustain achieved with out-

of-phase Red Special guitar neck and middle pickups.

 

Heavy Rock Rhythm and Finale Orchestral Fanfare

with “Deacy” amp.

Tie Your Mother Down

• 

Intro with Brian’s “main” tone with volume backed 

off to ¾ using bridge and middle pickups.

 

Solo tone using the bridge and middle pickups and 

the volume full up.  Just add a bottle slide for the 

perfect fi nishing touch to this great tone.

We Will Rock You / Champions

The classic rally anthem for the people. 

Take on the world someday…wavin’ your 

banner all over the place

• 

 

Fiery rhythm and lead tones using neck 

and middle out-of-phase and in-phase into the 

treble booster, Foxx™* Foot Phaser and AC30.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

• 

Stunning acoustic intro modeled 

from an Ovation®* 6-string.

 

Solo — a rare instance where Brian used a Fender™ * 

 Telecaster™* and a mid 60’s guitar amp 

for a more rockabilly sound.

Brighton Rock Solo - Live

• 

Brian’s main live solo tone with tight chorus and 

delay. Bridge and middle pickups in phase, treble 

booster and three Vox® *AC30 amps.

 

Alternative main live tone with Orchestral 

Harmonizer in 3-part pitch-shifting.

Deacy Tone / A Winter’s Tale

 Clean Red Special Guitar tone,

treble booster, deacy. 

 

Same clean tone with delay and reverb

added as a post effect.

OPTIONAL FS3X FOOTSWITCH

Gives you fast, Hands-Free access 

to all Red Special Pedal models and modes.

Flexible 
Output Mode™ 
lets you choose 
between mono amp or mixer, 
stereo mixer or stereo amp output 
options in setup during power-up.

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©

2006 Harman International Industries Inc., All Right Reserved. Specifi cations subject to 

change. DigiTech, Audio DNA, Red Special and Flexible Output Mode are trademarks of Harman 
International Industries, Inc. *Other product names modeled in this product are trademarks 
of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affi liated with 
DigiTech or Harman International Industries, Inc.  Vox, Foxx, Burns, Tri-Sonic, Ovation, Les Paul 
and Fender Telecaser are trademarks of other manufacturers and were used merely to identify 
products whose sounds were reviewed in the creation of this product.

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GUITAR knob (outer 
ring) re-voices single 
coil and humbucker 
pickup-equipped 
guitars to sound like 
Brian’s legendary Red 
Special guitar.

Beginning at the 12 o’clock 
position, customize each tone 
with GAIN, LEVEL, TREBLE, 
BASS,CONTROL and GUITAR.

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