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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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The VSW would normally be the first pedal in the chain. Putting it after another pedal will
not harm anything, but the swell effect may be harder to dial in. If you are having trouble
getting consistent swell, try putting compressor/limiter in front of the VSW.
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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). 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 external power supplies may cause hum or noise. If this happens, please
switch to a regulated supply or battery.
CAUTION
The external power supply must not exceed 12VDC – if the supply exceeds 12VDC the protection
circuitry in the pedal will operate and the pedal or the power supply WILL be damaged.
Note that some unregulated power supplies with a nameplate rating of 9VDC give out in excess of
12VDC. If in doubt, please measure the actual voltage on your power supply.
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The VSW pedal is proper (3PDT) True Bypass. All True Bypass pedals may make a small
noise when switched – this is normal and does not indicate a fault in the pedal. Your
DingoTone pedal has been carefully designed to minimize this.
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The pedal has a set-point/bias control trim-pot mounted on the circuit board. This has been
calibrated in the factory using specialized test equipment and should not be adjusted.
Moving this trim-pot will degrade or eliminate the swell effect. Re-calibration is not covered
under the warranty.
A tribute to the Boss SG-1
This pedal is a tribute to the vintage Boss
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SG-1. It sounds just like an SG-1. Every VSW pedal is hand
calibrated with a purpose built test rig then tested against an untouched 1980 vintage SG-1.
A few things to note about the VSW:
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The VSW is true-bypass. There is no FET switching as in the original
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The VSW uses modern components where appropriate – the signal path contains all metalized
polyester capacitors unlike the electrolytic capacitors in the original, and the small-signal transistors
are all modern low-noise specification. This makes no difference to the operation of the swell effect,
and it does open the sound up a fraction.
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