The Transparent Overdrive lets more of your guitar’s voice shine
through, even at high overdrive settings. Very useful for
everything from modern Country to American and British Rock.
CONTROLS:
GAIN: Sets the amount of overdrive
applied to the signal, counter-clockwise
is minimum overdrive, turn clockwise to
increase overdrive. As overdrive increases,
low frequencies will “bloom” slightly.
TREBLE / BASS: Adjusts the tone of the overdrive
sound. The two controls are stacked; the inner control is for
Treble, the outer for Bass. These controls cut and boost – they are
flat (no effect) at 12 o’clock. Tuning the Treble control counter-
clockwise from 12:00 cuts the treble, advancing the Treble control
beyond 12:00 boosts the Treble. The Bass control operates in the
same fashion. Turning the Bass knob can be tricky, here’s how to
do it: turn both knobs at the same time until the Bass is where
you want it, then adjust the Treble control. Don’t be surprised if
you leave these controls set nearly flat.
VOLUME: This control adjusts overall volume when the
Transparent Overdrive is turned on. Usually, the Volume control is
set to be a little louder than the bypassed signal, or loud enough
to serve as a solo setting. There is lots of volume boost available,
so you can get even low gain settings loud enough. With high
gain settings, the Volume control adds another dimension of gain
that will generate even more overdrive. Be careful – this pedal
goes way beyond eleven!
BYPASS: The true bypass footswitch engages and disengages
the pedal. HINT: Don’t forget to try setting your guitar’s volume
and tone controls lower than their maximum: the Transparent
Overdrive won’t “collapse” on you like other pedals.
SAMPLE SETTINGS: (Remember, these are just starting points.)
“Country ’Tude”
(single coil pickups; add three chords and the
truth, goes well with fried chicken – and chicken pickin’)
Gain: 9:30
Treble / Bass: 12:00 (flat) / 12:00 (flat)
Volume: 1:30
“Leeds Crunch”
(use with bridge pickup and play some big
windmill chords - how high can you leap?)
Gain – 1:30
Treble / Bass – 12:00 (flat) / 12:00 (flat)
Volume – 11:30
“Woman Tone”
(use with your neck pickup, roll off your guitar’s
tone control and follow your soul; great with humbuckers)
Gain – Wide open!
Treble / Bass – Wide open! / wide open!
Volume – Wide open! (or as much as
your amp can handle – WARNING: Start with your amp turned
down, this setting is LOUD!)
TRANSPARENT
OVERDRIVE
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