DEMO VIDEO SETTINGS
The settings used in the official Catalinbread RAH demos on YouTube are:
Gain: max, Master: noon, Treble: noon, Middle, noon, Bass: 11:00.
Your guitar’s controls
The controls on your guitar are important in getting the most out of your RAH pedal and should be considered
as part of the pedal’s control set.
Your basic “bridge pickup, volume all the way up” setting is still appropriate for all out riffs and solos. You can
then roll back the volume for any degree of clean-up you desire.
Soloing or riffing out with the neck pickup on full with the pedal’s gain also on full can result in a almost
‘fuzz’-like sound that is actually more akin to a non-master volume stack cranked all the way up then a fuzz
pedal.
If your guitar is a Les Paul or has a similar control layout (two pickups, 3-way toggle and individual volume and
tone controls) then you can get a lot of great sounds by using the middle position. Try this - set the bridge
pickup’s volume *almost* all the way up (around 9 - 9.5) and then set the neck pickup’s volume *almost* all the
way off (around .5 - 1.0). You can get a cool clean sound that is great for playing songs like SIBLY. And then when
the epic part of the song comes up, flip to the bridge pickup and wail, returning to the middle position when
you are ready to go back to comping. (In fact, this is the technique that was used in the Catalinbread YouTube
demo for SIBLY. (Oh, for non-zep heads, SIBLY = Since I’ve Been Loving You.) *FUTURE CBREAD VIDEO ELABORA-
TION!*
Experiment with those controls on your guitar!
AMPLIFIERS
OK, so if you own and use a plexi Marshall or a repro of Jimmy’s Hiwatt then you obviously wouldn’t be reading
this user guide! Or maybe you have gear like this but still want to get the basic sound at a much lower volume
and use small combo amps that are easier to lug around and won’t get you fired from the gig for being too
loud...
The RAH was designed to give common tube amp combos, especially clean American amps, the sound and
response of a much bigger rig.
For example, Fender amps, we recommend and use the following general rule for setting your amp’s controls,
often called the rule of 6:
Treble: 6, Middle: 6, Bass: 3, Reverb: 2 (or add to taste)
Volume: from 1 up to around 4. The key here is to not have the amp overdriving *too much* on its own. No
matter which sized Fender, we find this is almost always the optimal setting for the tone controls, whether you
are using pedals or not. In fact, these are the settings we use when voicing our pedals.
