Rivera Shaman Series Overdrive Pedals Owners Manual
Your Rivera® Shaman™ series effects pedal was designed and built for discerning and professional musicians. Constructed
of stainless steel with long-life heavy-duty footswitches, and built internally with costly audiophile quality components, these
pedals are at home in any environment, whether onstage or in the studio. All three are compact with a small footprint, and
have striking graphic finishes and LED function indicators. We have engineered this product for a long lifetime of continuous
use. With simple precautions and proper handling, you can help maintain the performance and great looks for years to come.
Rivera’s Blues Shaman™, Double Shaman™, and Metal Shaman™ are uniquely voiced to give guitarists near-mystical
control over tone and overdrive, responding to the player’s dynamics and articulation. All three are voiced for specific
distortion/overdrive tones, and feature true-bypass footswitching that eliminates coloration to the instrument’s signal when
they’re not activated. Sophisticated low-noise circuits ensure tone integrity, and all controls have a musical and linear feel to
their function.
Blues Shaman
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The Blues Shaman™ emulates the tonal and dynamic
range of a small Class A tube amp, with buttery warmth
and soft clipping in its overdrive. Its Ascension footswitch
delivers feisty gain boost, and its Tone control shapes
highs while retaining beefy lows. Further tone shaping
comes by flipping the Stack/ Combo switch, which
emphasizes tones characteristic of compact, open-
backed amps or large-volume closed-back speaker
stacks.
Quick Start:
Plug the input jack of the pedal into your
guitar, and plug the output jack of the pedal into the input
of your amplifier or recording equipment. Start with the
knobs in the 12 o'clock position, and the Combo-Stack
switch set in Combo. Plug in the AC Adaptor, or if you
have already installed a battery (not supplied from the
factory), skip this step. Make sure the Ascension™
switch is off. Set the level so that when the pedal is on or bypassed, there is the same sound level. Now adjust the tone and
gain to taste. Use the Ascension™ switch to boost the gain and overdrive. Use the Stack-Combo switch to alter the bottom
end tone to your taste
Dual Shaman
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With two individual footswitch-selectable voices, the
Double Shaman™ offers a vast range of versatile tones,
providing distinct, separate texture ranges via its two
“destinations,” Austin (for a modern blues-rock vibe) and
LA (classic ’80s rock overdrive). Each destination
includes its own controls for Level, Tone, and Drive, plus
a Stack/Combo selector for maximum sonic flexibility.
Quick Start:
Plug the input jack of the pedal into your
guitar, and plug the output jack of the pedal into the input
of your amplifier or recording equipment. Start with the
knobs in the 12 o'clock position. Plug in the AC Adaptor,
or if you have already installed a battery (not supplied
from the factory), skip this step. Set the Level controls on
either channel so that when the pedal is on or bypassed,
there is the same sound level. Now adjust the Tone and
Drive to taste on either the Austin or LA channel. Now
adjust the Level controls to achieve the level difference desired between bypass and on. The Stack setting allows you to fatten
up your Strat or Tele. Want to tighten up your Humbucker? Flip to Combo mode.
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