EarthQuaker Devices Special Granker, Operation Manual

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Hey Friends! Welcome to your new overdrive! The Special Cranker
™
is an all-discrete analog
distortion enhancement device designed to give your signal some extra grit and boost without
drastically altering your tone and retaining all of the natural nuances and character of your amp.
Think of it as sticking an extra preamp tube in your amplifier for more saturation. Single notes
will blossom and bloom with rich harmonics and singing sustain with responsive, tube-like sag.
Power chords will sound thicker and crunchier, a little more ragged around the edges. Complex
chords will remain distinct and complex, as the Special Cranker is designed to preserve your
tone’s integrity without muddying up the low-end or smearing the midrange.
The Special Cranker picks up where our beloved Speaker Cranker left off. It has the same
spongy, dynamic, and touch-sensitive character of the original but with more gain, double the
output volume (now with a user-friendly Level control), an added Tone control to shape your
signal, and a diode selector switch featuring the original asymmetrical Silicon diodes as well as
a hot, new Germanium diode option.
The More control goes from nearly clean to a medium gain overdrive when at maximum. This
control adjusts the bias of the transistor, so you may hear a little noise as you turn the control.
Don’t freak out; it’s totally fine. The gain characteristics are dependent on which diodes are
chosen. When the Germanium diodes are selected, the Special Cranker delivers a softer, more
rounded response with tamed highs and lower output, while the Silicon diodes add a brighter,
more modern edge and higher output. Both are exceptionally responsive to playing dynamics
and have excellent clarity. The Tone control gives the user full command over treble frequencies,
cutting the highs when counterclockwise and adding a slight high frequency boost when turned
clockwise. The Level control adjusts the output from nothing to nearly double at maximum.
Each and every Special Cranker is all-analog, true bypass, and built one-at-a-time by some
serious experts in Akron, Ohio, USA – home of the best burgers on THIS Earth.
Controls
More: Adjusts the gain. This control changes the bias of the transistor, so you may hear a
little noise when adjusting. Don’t worry; this is perfectly normal. At maximum gain, the Special
Cranker can achieve explosive overbiased tones depending on the output of your pickups.
Tone: Rolls off highs counterclockwise and boosts highs clockwise. A flat response can be
found right around 3 o’clock.
Level: Adjusts the output volume. Unity gain is between 10-12 o’clock depending on which diodes
are selected.
Diode Selector: Germanium on the left for a softer and more transparent tone and Silicon on the
right for a brighter and more modern edge.
Power
This device should be powered a standard 9-volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative center
barrel. We always recommend pedal-specific, transformer-isolated wall-wart power supplies or
multiple isolated-output supplies. Pedals will make extra noise if there is ripple or unclean power.
Switching-type power supplies, daisy chains and non-pedal specific power supplies do not filter
dirty power as well and let through unwanted noise.
The Special Cranker can be safely operated from 9-18 volts.
Current Draw: 15 mA
Input Impedance: ≈5 MΩ
Output Impedance: <25 kΩ
Flexi-Switch
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Technology
This device features Flexi-Switch Technology! This relay-based, true bypass switching style
allows you to simultaneously use momentary and latching-style switching.
• For standard latching operation, tap the footswitch once to activate the effect and then
tap again to bypass.
• For momentary operation, hold the footswitch down for as long as you’d like to use the
effect. Once you release the switch, the effect will be bypassed.
Since the switching is relay-based, it requires power to pass signal.
Warranty
This device has a limited lifetime warranty. If it breaks, we will fix it. Should you encounter any
issues, please visit www.earthquakerdevices.com/warranty .
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Hal lo Am igo ! D a ist es als o – Ihr neu es O ver driv e-P eda l! D er S pec ial Cra nke r is t ein v olls tän dig
dis kre tes auf geb aut es Dis tor tio n-P eda l, mit dem Sie dem Sig nal Ihr er Gita rre ein e or den tlic he
Por tio n Sch mut z ver pas sen u nd e s krä ftig a nhe ben k önn en, o hne d ass s ich I hr S oun d allz u
dra stis ch v erä nde rt. A uch d ie n atü rlic hen N uan cen u nd d er C har akt er I hre s Am ps b lei ben e rha lte n.
In g ew iss er W eis e ist d ies e her e ine z usä tzl ich e Vor ver stä rke rrö hre f ür I hre n Am p, d ie f ür e ine n och
sch öne re S ätti gung sor gt. E inz elne Not en „e rbl ühen “ re gel rec ht; ü ppi ge O ber töne wer den hör bar ,
und ein sing ende s Su sta in m it a nsp rec hendem , rö hren arti gem Abg ang erfreuen das Ohr . P ow er-
Cho rds k lin gen f ette r und k nac kig er, m it e tw as m ehr S chä rfe a n den R änd ern . Kom ple xe A kko rde
ble ibe n erk enn bar u nd t ran spa ren t, d a der S pec ial C ran ker s o kon zip ier t wur de, d ass e r die I nte grit ät
des S oun ds e rhä lt; o hne d ass e s im B ass ber eic h ode r den M itte n „m ats cht “.
Der Spe cia l C ran ker mac ht g ew iss erm aße n da wei ter , w o un ser bel ieb ter Spe ake r C ran ker auf geh ört
hat . Es h at d en g lei che n saf tig en, d yna mis che n und s ens ibl en C har akt er w ie d as O rig ina l, b iet et
abe r meh r Gai n, d ie d opp elte r Aus gan gsl aut stä rke ( die h ier m it e ine m ben utz erfr eun dlic hen L eve l-
Reg ler ein ges tell t w erd en kann ), e inen zus ätz lic hen Ton e -R egl er z ur F orm ung d es K lan gch ara kte rs
sow ie einen Dio denw ahls cha lte r, m it dem S ie zw isc hen den urs prü nglic hen a symm etri schen
Siliz ium dio den und eine r neuen Ger mani um dio den-V aria nte ums cha lten kön nen.
Der More -R egler reic ht v on „ bei nah e c lean “ b is z u ei nem Gai n-O ver driv e m ittler er S tär ke i n d er
Max imu m-P osi tio n. M it d ies em R egl er w ird di e V ors pann ung de s T rans ist ors ge ände rt. Dah er ka nn
es sei n, d ass Sie bei m E ins tel len ein lei cht es Rau sch en hör en. Nic ht a usfl ipp en; das ist völ lig in
Ord nung . D ie V ers tär kungse igen sch aften häng en d avo n a b, w elc he D iod en a usg ew ähl t s ind . W enn
die Ger mani um -D ioden aus gew ähl t s ind , li efe rt de r S pec ial Cr ank er e inen wei che ren , g efä llig eren
Kla ng m it ehe r z urü ckh alten den Höhen und ger ing ere r L eis tung . D ie S iliz ium dio den sor gen für einen
höhen rei che ren , k ont urie rte ren Sou nd u nd e ine höhe re L eis tung . B eid e V aria nten rea gie ren sehr
gut auf die Dyn am ik Ihr es Spi els und bie ten ein e he rvo rra gen de Tra nsp are nz. Mit dem Ton e -R egler
hab en S ie d ie v olle K ont rol le ü ber d ie H öhe n. D reh en S ie i hn g ege n den U hrz eig ers inn , um d ie H öhe n
abz use nke n un d im Uhr zei ger sin n, u m di e H öhe n et was anz uhe ben . M it d em Lev el -R egl er k önnen
Sie d en A usg ang spe gel i m Ber eic h von „ kau m hör bar “ bis b ein ahe a uf d as D opp elte e ins tel len .
Jed er S pec ial C ran ker ist ein vo llst ändi g a nalo g a ufg eba ute s T rue -B ypas s-P eda l, das von ech ten
Exp erte n in Akr on, O hio , USA , geb aut wird – und d a gib t es a uch d ie b est en Ham bur ger d er W elt.
Nun , zum ind est d ies er W elt.
Reg ler
Mor e: Z um E ins tel len de r V ers tär kun g. M it d ies em R egl er wird di e V ors pan nun g d es Tra nsi sto rs
geä nder t. D aher kan n b eim Ein ste lle n m ögl icher weis e ei n leic hte s R aus che n h örb ar w erde n.
Kei ne S org e – das i st v öllig n orm al. B ei m axi mal er V ers tär kun g kan n der S pec ial C ran ker – j e nac h
Aus gang sleistu ng der Pic kup s Ih rer G ita rre abh äng ig von der Leis tun g Ih rer To nabn ehm er e xpl osiv e
übe rspa nnte Tön e e rzi ele n.
Ton e: Drehen Sie die sen R egl er g egen den Uhr zei ger sin n, u m H öhen zu d ämp fen . D rehen Sie den
Regl er i m U hrz eig ers inn , u m H öhen anz uheb en. U m e inen wei tgehen d li nearen Fre quen zga ng z u
erh alte n, s tel len S ie i hn a uf d ie P osi tio n „3 U hr“.
Leve l: Reg elt d ie A usg ang sla uts tär ke. F ür d en V ers tär kun gsf akt or E ins ( Uni ty G ain ) ste lle n Sie d en
Reg ler a uf e ine P osi tio n zw isc hen 1 0 und 1 2 Uhr , je n ach dem , wel che D iod en a usg ew ähl t sin d.
Mod e D iod enw ähl er: In d er l ink en P osi tio n wer den d ie G erm ani um dio den a usg ew ähl t, d ie f ür
einen wei che ren und tra nsp aren ter en S oun d s org en. i n d er r ech ten Pos itio n s ind die Siliz ium dio den
aus gew ähl t, d ie e inen höhen rei chen , m ode rne ren Kla ng lie fer n.
Stro mve rso rgu ng
Die ses P eda le s ollt e mit e ine m han del süb lic hen 9 -Vol t-N etz tei l mit e ine m 2,1 -m m-S tec ker
(In nenle ite r ne gat iv) bet rieb en w erd en. W ir emp feh len grun dsä tzl ich die Ver wen dung von
iso lie rte n, f ür d ie Nut zun g m it E ffe ktg erä ten aus gel egt en Net zte ile n od er e ine Stro mve rso rgu ng mit
meh reren iso lie rten Ans chl üssen . R est wel lig kei t u nd unz uve rlä ssi ge Spa nnu ngsque llen kön nen
zus ätz lic he S tör ger äus che bei Effe ktp eda len v erur sac hen . S cha ltn etz tei le, D ais y-C hai ns u nd
nic ht f ür E ffe ktp eda le a usg ele gte N etz tei le fi lter n v ersc hm utz ten S tro m n icht zu frie den ste lle nd u nd
ver urs achen ung ew ollt e S tör ger äus che .
Der S pec ial C ran ker k ann p rob lem los i n ein em B ere ich v on 9 b is 1 8 Vol t bet rie ben w erd en.
Stro mbed arf : 15 m A
Inpu t-Imp edan z: ≈5 M Ω
Out put-I mped anz: <25 k Ω
Fle xi-S witch
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-Tech nolo gie
Dies es G erä t v erfü gt ü ber die Fle xi-S witc h-T ech nolo gie ! D iese a uf R ela ys b asie ren de T rue -B ypas s-
Sch altu ng e rm ögl ich t sow ohl M om ent ary - als a uch L atc hin g-B etri eb.
• Drü cke n Sie f ür d en S tan dar d-L atc hin g-B etri eb e inm al a uf d en F ußs cha lte r, u m den E ffe kt z u
akt ivi ere n, u nd d ann e rne ut, w enn S ie w ied er i n den B ypa ss s cha lte n wol len .
• Für de n M om ent ary -B etri eb hal ten Si e d en Fuß sch alte r s o la nge ge drü ckt , w ie Sie de n E ffe kt
ver wen den m öch ten . Las sen S ie d en S cha lte r los , ist d as G erä t wie der i m Byp ass .
Da d ies e Sch altu ng R ela ys- bas ier t ist , ist e ine S tro mve rso rgu ng n otw end ig, d am it d as S ign al
dur chgel ass en w ird .
Gar ant ie
Für d ies es G erä t wird e ine b egr enz te l ebe nsl ang e Gar ant ie g ew ähr t. W enn e s kap utt g eht ,
wer den w ir e s rep arie ren . Sol lte n Sie a uf P rob lem e sto ßen , ruf en S ie b itte z unä chs t die S eite
ww w.ea rth quak erd evic es. com /w arr ant y auf .
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Ehi a mic i! Dat e il b env enu to a l vos tro n uov o ov erd riv e! Spe cia l Cra nke r è u n dis pos itiv o di
dis tor sio ne ana log ica con p rog etta zio ne i nte ram ent e dis cre ta, pen sat o per con fer ire a l tuo
seg nal e una c ert a ent ità d i grin ta e i nte nsi tà e xtr a, sen za a lte rar e dra stic am ent e il t ono e
man ten end o tu tte le sfu mat ure nat ura li e il car atte re del l’a mpl ific ato re. Lo si può con cep ire
com e u n p rea mplifi cat ore va lvol are ex tra in serit o ne ll’a mplifi cat ore , p er o ttene re una ma ggi ore
sat ura zio ne. Le not e si ngo le sbo cci ano e fio ris con o, c on arm oni che ric che e so ste nut i ca nta bili
uni te a un s ag r esp ons ivo e da l sap ore v alv ola re. I po wer -ch ord r isu lte ran no p iù vol um ino si e
cru nch , co n una m agg ior e irr ego lar ità a tto rno a lla s ogl ia d i dis tor sio ne. Gli a cco rdi c om ple ssi
rim arr ann o in alte rat i e ben dis tin ti, dat o ch e lo Spe cia l C ran ker è st ato pro get tat o pe r
pre ser var e l’in teg rità ton ale o rig ina le, evi tan do cos ì di offu sca re la p art e bas sa del le fre que nze
o di d ete rio rar e la g am ma m edi a.
Spe cia l Cra nke r pro seg ue i l per cor so d al p unt o in c ui e ra g iun to i l nos tro a mat o Spe ake r
Cra nke r. P oss ied e lo s tes so c ara tte re s pug nos o, d ina mic o e sen sib ile a l toc co d ell’ orig ina le,
ma a ppl ica u n mag gio re g uad agn o, i l dop pio d el v olu me i n usc ita ( ora c on u n con tro llo Lev el
int uiti vo) , un u lte rio re c ont rol lo Ton e pe r m ode lla re il s egn ale e un sel etto re di d iod o ch e pu ò
dis por re d i ver sio ni a l sili cio a sim met ric i orig ina li, non ché u na n uov a ed e ntu sia sm ant e opz ion e
con d iod o al g erm ani o.
Il c ontrol lo More per met te d i im pos tar e il s uon o var ian do d a una t im bric a pra tic am ent e cle an a
un ove rdr ive dal gua dag no med io, qua ndo reg ola to al m ass im o. Q ues to con tro llo reg ola il b ias
del t ran sis tor , per c ui p otr ai a vve rtir e un l egg ero r um ore r uot and o la m ano pol a. N ien te p ani co:
è no rm alis sim o. L e c ara tter istic he d el g uad agno dip endo no d ai d iod i s ele zio nat i. Q uando
ven gon o sel ezi ona ti i d iod i al g erm ani o, S pec ial C ran ker r est itu isc e una r isp ost a più m orb ida
e arr oto nda ta, c on a lte f req uen ze a ddo mes tic ate e u n liv ello d ’us cita i nfe rio re, m ent re i d iod i
al s ilic io a ppo rta no u na s ogl ia d i dis tor sio ne b rill ant e e più m ode rna i nsi em e a un’ usc ita p iù
ele vat a. E ntra mbi o ffr ono u n’e cce zio nal e rea ttiv ità a lla d ina mic a ese cut iva e d esp rim ono u na
chi are zza e cce lle nte . Il c ont rol lo Ton e for nis ce l a ges tio ne c om ple ta d elle f req uen ze a cut e,
tag lia ndo la ga mm a a lta se ru otato in se nso an tio rar io opp ure in ten sifi can dol a le gge rm ent e s e
ruo tat o in s ens o ora rio . Il c ont rol lo Lev el reg ola i l liv ello d i usc ita p ass and o da z ero a q uas i il
dop pio , se r uot ato a l mas sim o.
Ogn i ese mpl are S pec ial C ran ker è c om ple tam ent e ana log ico , dot ato d i circ uita zio ne t rue -
byp ass e d è cos tru ito s ing ola rm ent e da u n gru ppo d i tec nic i esp ert i e com pet ent i, in q uel d i
Akr on, O hio , US A: l a pat ria d ei m igl ior i ham bur ger s u QU ES TA T err a.
Cont rolli
Mor e: R ego laz ion e del g uad agn o. Q ues to c ont rol lo r ego la i l bia s de l tra nsi sto r, p er cui p otr ai
avv ert ire u n leg ger o rum ore d ura nte l a cor sa d ella m ano pol a. Non d evi p reo ccu par ti: è un
fen om eno del tut to nor mal e. A i m ass im i liv elli di g uad agn o, l o S pec ial Cra nke r pu ò es prim ere
ton i esp los ivi e d ist ort i a sec ond a del l’u sci ta d ei p ick up d ella c hita rra .
Ton e: S mor zam ent o o int ens ific azi one del la gam ma alta , ru ota ndo ris pet tiv am ent e in sen so
ant ior ario o o rar io. P osi zio nan do l a man opo la a o re 3 è p oss ibi le i mpo sta re u na r isp ost a flat .
Leve l: Reg ola zio ne d el v olu me d ’us cita . Il g uad agn o uni tar io è c om pre so t ra l e pos izi oni a o re
10 e 1 2 del la m ano pol a, i n bas e ai d iod i sel ezi ona ti.
Sel ettor e d iodo Mod e: Ger man io a s ini str a, p er u n ton o più m orb ido e t ras par ent e, e S ilic io a
des tra p er s ogl ie d i dis tor sio ne p iù b rill ant i e mod ern e.
Alim ent azi one
Que sto d isp osi tiv o dev e ess ere a lim ent ato t ram ite u n alim ent ato re D C sta nda rd a 9 v olt, dot ato
di c onn etto re b arr el d a 2. 1m m co n po lo neg ativ o al c ent ro. Rac com and iam o sem pre l’u so d i
alim ent ato ri s pec ific i pe r pe dal i, c on tra sfo rm ato re iso lat o di tip o da par ete , op pur e al im ent ato ri
con usc ite m ulti ple iso lat e. I pe dal i ge ner ano r um ore ext ra n el cas o in cui l ’al im ent azi one
pre sen ti u n’o sci lla zio ne r esi dua o s ia p oco p ulit a. Gli a lim ent ato ri d i tip o sw itc hin g, que lli
per il col leg am ent o a cat ena opp ure gli alim ent ato ri non spe cifi ci per ped ali, non filtr ano
l’a lim ent azi one non pul ita e las cian o pas sar e ru mor i in des ide rat i.
Lo S pec ial Cra nke r p uò e sse re u tili zza to i n s icu rez za c on u na t ens ion e c om pre sa t ra 9 e 1 8 v olt.
Ass orbi men to d i cor ren te: 15 m A
Imp eden za d’ ing ress o: ≈5 M Ω
Impe denz a d ’us cita : <25 k Ω
Tecn olo gia Fle xi-S witch
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Que sto d isp osi tiv o ado tta l a tec nol ogi a Fle xi-S witc h
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! Si t rat ta d i un t ipo d i com mut azi one ,
bas ata su rel è e con tru e by pas s, che con sen te di util izz are sim ulta nea men te le mod alit à
“m om ent anea ” e “la tchi ng” .
• Pe r un ’op era tiv ità lat chi ng sta nda rd, bat ter e un a vo lta sul pul san te a pe dal e pe r at tiv are
l’e ffe tto ; bat ter e di n uov o per b ypa ssa rlo .
• Per un’ ope rat ivi tà di t ipo mom ent ane o, t ene re pre mut o il p uls ant e fin o a qua ndo si i nte nde
util izz are l ’ef fet to. U na v olta r ila sci ato i l pul san te, l ’ef fet to s arà b ypa ssa to.
Poi ché la com mut azi one è ba sat a su rel è, è nec ess aria l’a lim ent azi one per far sì c he il s egn ale pas si.
Gara nzi a
Que sto d isp osi tiv o pre ved e una g ara nzi a lim ita ta a v ita . In c aso d i rot tur a, c i occ upe rem o del la
rip araz ion e. P er q ual siasi pro ble ma, visit are il sito ww w.ea rth quak erd evic es. com /w arr ant y .
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