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HERE’S HOW THE CONTROLS WORK
VOLUME:
This is a master volume control for the pedal. Turn it up and the signal gets stronger. Turn it
down and the signal gets quieter. Increasing the volume can also increase the distortion in your amp by
hitting the preamp tubes with a stronger signal, but it does not increase the distortion from the pedal.
DRIVE:
This controls the amount of grit you hear from the pedal. Being a relatively clear overdrive, you will
have to turn this knob up pretty far before the pedal will produce any grit on its own. Remember, this pedal
is designed to push preamp tubes into distortion. It wasn’t designed to cause distortion all on its own.
TONE:
This is a standard issue tone control. Turn it clockwise for more treble, and turn it counter-clockwise
for more bass. Although this is what your ear perceives, the way the tone control actually works is by
cutting bass as you turn the knob clockwise, and cutting treble as you turn the knob counter-clockwise.
POWER:
Use a standard 9 volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative-center barrel (not included).
We always recommend pedal-specific, transformer-isolated, wall-wart power supplies or supplies with
separate isolated outputs. Pedals will make extra noise if there is ripple or unclean power. Switching-type
power supplies, daisychains, and non-pedal specific power supplies do not filter dirty power as well and let
through unwanted noise. Do not run at higher voltages!
INPUT
OUTPUT
9V DC
VOLUME
DRIVE
TONE
