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Welcome!  Thanks for purchasing your FatMetal™
pedal,  another  Amptweaker™  handmade  product 
designed with your advice.   The TightMetal ST is the 
next  iteration  of  our  popular  TightMetal™  distortion 
pedal, with the addition of our popular SideTrak™ loop, 
a  second  effects  loop  that  works  when  the  pedal  is 
OFF. It has a built-in noise gate, Thrash EQ and a High 
Gain  switch  to  select  modern  or  vintage  metal  tones.  
Keep those ideas coming!

Cool Ideas:

• True Bypass switching–buffered when pedal is ON
• Tight Attack control lets YOU dial in the chunk
• Gain, Volume, & Tone with Gain and Thrash switches
• “Chomp’ gate w/ automatic gain control tracking
• Pre/Post selectable Effects Loop-tracks Bypass Switch
• SideTrak™ Loop comes on when pedal is OFF
• Battery On/Off switch with red ‘Don’t Forget’ indicator
• LED lit knobs when using a DC adapter

James Brown,
Amp Engineer

good tone comes from tweaking ... 

TM 

Welcome! Thanks for purchasing your TightMetal ST™ 
pedal,  another  Amptweaker™ 
designed with

Summary of Contents for TightMetal ST

Page 1: ...or vintage metal tones Keep those ideas coming Cool Ideas True Bypass switching buffered when pedal is ON Tight Attack control lets YOU dial in the chunk Gain Volume Tone with Gain and Thrash switches Chomp gate w automatic gain control tracking Pre Post selectable Effects Loop tracks Bypass Switch SideTrak Loop comes on when pedal is OFF Battery On Off switch with red Don t Forget indicator LED l...

Page 2: ... connects Input Jack through the SideTrak loop to the Output Jack SideTrak Loop this loop is active when the TightMetal ST is bypassed Send to clean effects Input Return from clean effects Output See back page for other ideas Input Jack from guitar or previous effect The battery disconnects when unplugged Mid selects normal or Thrash tone Gain controls distortion amount and adjusts gate DC Jack us...

Page 3: ...bs if an adapter is used Battery Switch This switch turns off the battery when not in use not active when using an adapter Specs Input impedance 100K Ohm effect on Output Impedance 1K Ohm effect on Current 14mA with 9V battery 20mA with 9V adapter 45mA with 18V adapter adapter adds knob LEDs Adapter 9 18VDC adapter w 5 5mm X 2 1mm positive barrel center ground Housing 14 Gauge galvanized steel Wei...

Page 4: ...TAR SideTrak 3 Channels TM2 ON Lead TM1 ON TM2 OFF TM1 Crunch Rhy TM1 TM2 OFF Clean Dual Effects TM has Delay only clean has Chorus only Fix Clean Tone The EQ only works on Clean so the amp tone can be set right for TM Dual Amps TM goes to black amp clean goes to tweed may need ground lift on 1 amp only 2 1 ...

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