LET’S GET STARTED!
1. Plug in any regulated 9 volt - 18 volt DC power supply with a negative polarity center terminal.
2. Run good quality, unbalanced, shielded guitar cables from your guitar to the input jack and from the output
jack, or jacks, to your amp’s input, or to the next pedal on your pedalboard.
Dialing in your sound:
A)
Typical distortion setup – Begin with the Bass, Treble, Mid Level, Mid Freq, Presence, Gain and Resonance
controls at 12 o’clock, and Level control set all the way counterclockwise. Engage footswitch to turn on
pedal (status LED will light up indicating pedal is active). Gradually bring Level control up until you reach
the same output level as your clean guitar signal. Experiment with the range of each control until you find
your personal sound, from ‘satisfying chunkiness’ to ‘all-out metal mayhem.’
B)
Dialing in the midrange – Because Palladium’s mid control is semi-parametric, you have the ability to
fine-tune your tone far beyond what most pedals offer. To dial in your mids, start with the Mid Level control
all the way up, and then use the Mid Freq knob to sweep through the frequencies until you find either a
sweet frequency that you’d like to boost, or an unwanted frequency that you’d like to cut. Now adjust the
Mid Level control to put that frequency at just the right level.
C)
Setting boost level – Set the Boost level at 12 o’clock. Engage Boost footswitch (LED will light up). Adjust
Boost until you find the sweet spot where your pickups and the Palladium’s distortion section work together
with the Boost to create your dream high gain tone.