Aclam Guitars Windmiller, User Manual & Safety Instructions

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Page 2: ...01 local 08011 Barcelona Spain Llevinac S L CIF B64412406 Thank you for purchasing The Windmiller Preamp Push your amp to its raw power Disponible en otros idiomas en www aclamguitars com Available in...

Page 3: ...Where to put The Windmiller Preamp on the effects chain Eq setting suggestions What impedance is and how it affects The Windmiller Preamp s tone Setting up on a pedalboard Trouble Shooting Security In...

Page 4: ...en though it was intended as a studio reverb unit Pete used the built in preamp of the 636 to fatten his tone and boost the guitar signal bypassing the reverb altogether Since Pete used it for a short...

Page 5: ...er so the player can decide the tightness of the resultant tone Another thing we achieved was to refine its background noise The vintage Grampian has a remarkable hiss especially when the Aux Channel...

Page 6: ...ller Preamp more versatile we have included tone cut controls for high and low frequencies which are extremely useful when using on different amps and guitars Single coils humbuckers El84 s 6l6 s It w...

Page 7: ...ick or clack noises And obviously like all our pedals it is true bypass to ensure signal integrity SMART TRACK FASTENING SYSTEM All our pedals use a custom enclosure designed to perfectly match our Sm...

Page 8: ...1 x The Windmiller Preamp pedal 1 x Anti sliding rubber pad 1 x Velcro pad THE WINDMILLER PREAMP REF AP0030 DIMENSIONS 13 6 x 8 7 x 5 5cm 5 4 x 3 4 x 2 2 with knobs WEIGHT 450g 0 99 lbs BYPASS Relay T...

Page 9: ...ou use a good quality power supply and avoid using generic SMPS type adapters which can induce high pitched noise to the audio CAUTION Please note this pedal MUST not be powered with any voltage above...

Page 10: ...10 Operating Diagram GUITAR AMP INPUT OUTPUT INPUT...

Page 11: ...11 Controls INPUT JACK POWER JACK OUTPUT JACK 1 2 3 1 3 2...

Page 12: ...e harder you play the brighter it will glow as it reacts with the signal dynamics LO CUT When using The Windmiller Preamp a la Townshend style to saturate your amp you may find the resultant overdrive...

Page 13: ...13 for darker pickups and as you move the knob it will remove highs until the fully clockwise position where it is enough to tame the brightest pickup 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 14: ...nding on the position on your pedalboard To keep things simple we will say The Windmiller Preamp will add color to the tone when it s able to see the high impedance signal coming from the guitar or ba...

Page 15: ...as you turn the Gain knob up drives the amp s preamp to increase saturation When placed in a pedalboard the location of The Windmiller Preamp pedal within the effects chain is crucial to get the desir...

Page 16: ...tune your tone To use it like a regular booster louder signal with the less tone coloration possible without overloading the following pedals you should put it at the end of the effects chain By doing...

Page 17: ...nd obviously your hands But since the The Windmiller Preamp has more features than the vintage Grampian 636 we can suggest you some basic settings to start from so you can fine tune them to match your...

Page 18: ...18 SINGLE COILS HUMBUCKERS...

Page 19: ...s will have difficult times traveling through the guitar cable and ultimately getting into the circuit of the effect pedal And here s the second actor of this game The input impedance of the effect pe...

Page 20: ...ows the same philosophy behind the Smart Track fasteners but integrated in the enclosure reducing the space occupied by each pedal That translates into more pedal density for the same space and who do...

Page 21: ...21 Loosen the 2 thumb screws to unlock the bottom pieces out of the pedal Place the pedal inserting the bottom pieces inside the grooves Move the pedal to its final position 2 3 4...

Page 22: ...it with a bolt and a nut you could find at any hardware store or instead of passing the zip tie over the pedal you can take advantage of the Smart Track enclosure and put the zip ties over the holes...

Page 23: ...nternal preamp Even some vintage style guitars can have one and possibly make the signal impedance to drop This will make The Windmiller Preamp pedal unable to interact with the pickups 2 Make sure th...

Page 24: ...ould result in serious damage to persons and property Open the package and check that the assembly instructions and all the parts of the product are there Check that none of the parts are defective Ke...

Page 25: ...g This product is covered by a two year warranty from the purchase date under the conditions and supporting evidence regulated by current Spanish Legislation The product warranty will only be applicab...

Page 26: ...26 Your own settings Use this space to save your best setting samples and share them on your social media using aclamguitars...

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