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Controls
Controls
Controls
Controls
High / Low Z
High / Low Z
High / Low Z
High / Low Z
switches between high or low impedance pickups.
Passive pickups are High impedance and Active pickups are Low impedance.
You can also use the switch in either position regardless of pickups –
whatever gives the better signal and useful sweep range of the gain pot.
Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain controls how much gain is sent to the following stages.
It also supplies the signal to the FX loop Send.
After the Gain
Gain
Gain
Gain knob reaches the maximum clean headroom setting, any further rotation of
the knob will slightly raise the volume and make the distortion more saturated and compressed.
The EQ section of the Big Boy
Big Boy
Big Boy
Big Boy is designed to suppress or boost certain frequency ranges in an
interactive manner.
EQ band ranges are 50, 160, 500, 1600 and 5000 Hz with 6 dB/octave roll-off between peaks
and flat below 50 and above 5000.
Sub
Sub
Sub
Sub
50 Hz
Low
Low
Low
Low
160 Hz
Mid
Mid
Mid
Mid
500 Hz
High
High
High
High
1600 Hz
Bright
Bright
Bright
Bright
5000 Hz
Master
Master
Master
Master
allows for lower volume and a complex and natural overdriven tone at lower volume levels.
It is completely bypassed, when turned all the way up, for maximum clean headroom.
