EarthQuaker Devices Ledges, Manual

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Hey you! Yeah you. Get over here. There you go … a little
closer, a little closer, a few more steps up and … voilà!
Pretty sweet up here, isn’t it? Don’t be nervous, your fear
of heights need not apply here, even at this altitude. This
is a different kind of ledge we’re so majestically standing
upon. Just breathe in the fresh air and fix your gaze
upon this wonderous masterpiece before you that is the
EarthQuaker Devices Ledges
®
Reverb.
Now we know you’re wondering what this compact and
impeccably designed stomp box has in store, because
you’re a curious person, and we like that about you.
Well, this here is a three-mode reverb with the ability
to save and recall six presets and user-assignable
expression control with loads of customizable options.
If you’re looking for that classic, standard reverb tone
from the players and songs you love without any other
effects, then this is your pedal. If you want to push the
limits and take it further to sonic reaches that only you
can uncover, then this is also your pedal. It’s everything
you’ve ever wanted and needed out of a reverb and it’s
the reason we brought you all the way up to this towering
tone precipice.
The three switchable modes each deliver a unique blend
of reverb, but are connected through a spectrum where
the Room (R) reverb’s longest setting is the Hall (H)
reverb’s shortest setting, the Hall reverb’s longest
setting is the Plate’s (P) shortest setting, and the Plate’s
longest setting just keeps on going. That’s why it’s
dubbed the infinity plate. Makes sense. At the shortest
Length setting, the Room mode achieves a small, boxy
room sound that gradually gets bigger as you turn it
up. In Hall mode, as you increase the Length setting, it
morphs into a Cathedral
™
-style reverb that becomes
really big, boomy and echoey with distant reflections.
Turn up Length in Plate mode to get bouncy reflections
that recycle and reverberate forever. The rest is in your
hands, so you do you.
For lovers of amp-style reverb, such as yourself, we made
this pedal with you in mind. Dial this baby in to go from an
‘80s slapback reverb mix to a bigger room spring reverb
with the twist of the dials. The Mix knob lets you control
how much your signal is affected, while the Length knob
controls the size of the reverb. The Damping knob subtly
mutes the high frequency reflections of the reverb,
which you’ll hear clearly by adjusting your gain. When
EQD founder Jamie Stillman set out to make this classic,
all-encompassing reverb, he created about 700 circuit
settings, and these were the three that he meticulously
selected. The man basically resonates reverb when he
walks in a room now. Our office walls are still shaking.
And let’s not forget that you have six, count ‘em, six
presets available at your disposal. Simply select a
number with the switchable knob and then engage the
Save on the center button and dial in this sucker to your
heart’s content. A quick Recall on the same button and
you have all of your personalized reverb sounds with the
tap of your toe. And the best part is that you can assign
an expression pedal to each of the three controls and
then save it all in the presets. So go wild! Now that you’ve
gotten the gist of this we can finally climb down from up
here. Hey, I can see my house!
Each Ledges pedal is handcrafted on the highest peaks
of the extreme altitude of Akron, Ohio, USA, where they
are then transported down for delivery by carrier falcon.
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