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Your CSF
pedal is a silicon fuzz that captures the tone of guitar legends from the late sixties
through to today. This classic fuzz tone has been used in countless recordings.
Be sure to use the CSF as the first pedal in the chain. Putting it after another pedal will not
harm anything, but it will reduce a lot of the touch control and playing dynamics.
Four ways to get great tones out of the CSF:
1) Set the DRIVE to maximum and use the guitar volume control to back off the dirt –the
pedal will clean up very nicely using the guitar volume control. The guitar tone control
(if you have one) will give some interesting variations.
2) With the DRIVE set to maximum and the guitar volume on full another great set of tones
can be found using picking dynamics alone. Check out the difference in dirt tone
between very light picking and really digging in...
3) Set the DRIVE lower (say, 12 o’clock) and leave the guitar volume at full. The dirt
cleans up but this time the mood of the pedal is darker than when you use the guitar
volume to back off the dirt. This is a carefully designed feature of the pedal – to give
you more versatility.
4) Explore the options above and find your favorite tone… then crank up the LEVEL
control to drive your amp harder – there is plenty of boost available!
Experiment with all of the above then try the other pickup(s) available in your guitar, plus try
other guitars to find all the tones packed into this awesome little pedal.
Your CSF pedal was designed in North America by fellow musicians. Because we live here,
we understand how a pedal should sound for the music you like to play. Our certified
engineers also know how to make pedals that are tough, reliable, and easy to use.
DingoTone cares about TONE. And our standards are high. All our pedals have great tone,
great feel, and sound fantastic live.
All DingoTone pedals are hand built in our factory in North America using premium parts
sourced extensively from North America and Europe. We use vintage design and
manufacturing techniques wherever possible, and we purchase vintage specification
components where available.
About your pedal:
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Inserting a lead into the input jack will turn power on. With a lead inserted the pedal will still
be using power even if the LED is off. If using a battery, please unplug the input lead when
the pedal is not in use.
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Assuming the pedal is correctly powered and a lead is plugged into the input, the pedal is
in true-bypass when the LED is off. True-bypass will work even if power is lost (the LED
doesn’t work if power is lost).
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The pedal will operate from an internal 9V battery or an external 9VDC power supply
(center negative). For best results, the battery should be a cheap carbon type. We have
found the cheapest “dollar store” batteries to be the best.
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The battery can be accessed by removing the base-plate screws. If the pedal is not used
for an extended period, please remove the battery.
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When changing the battery please be careful!
Knocking your fingers on the circuit board can damage your fingers or the circuit
board assembly (not covered under warranty).
Excessive force on the battery snap can damage the snap (not covered under
warranty).
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Note that some unregulated external power supplies may cause hum or noise. If this
happens, please switch to a regulated supply or battery.
