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www.whirlwindusa.com • 99 Ling Road, Rochester, NY USA  14612

 

HANDMADE IN ROCHESTER, NY 

The Rochester Series Pedals

Summary of Contents for Gold Box Distortion

Page 1: ...www whirlwindusa com 99 Ling Road Rochester NY USA 14612 HANDMADEINROCHESTER NY The Rochester Series Pedals ...

Page 2: ...ovations within the music industry certainly are From the first mass produced effects boxes to the most sophisticated digital touring system on the planet it s Michael Laiacona behind the wheel 40 years behind the scenes Michael with his 53 Les Paul given to him by Les Paul himself ...

Page 3: ...ounds while teaching himself what would later become a calling By 15 out of necessity he hand built his first PA system complete with a mixing console monitors power amps and handmade speaker enclosures It didn t take long to go from solderinghomemadegearinhisgaragetobeginningwhatwouldlaterbecomeanundeniablestaplein every up and coming guitar player s rig A few years later he graduated from the ga...

Page 4: ...itar players The answer was priceless Michael literally spent his evenings going from nightclub to nightclub plug ging his handwired effects boxes into the rigs of any guitar player that would let him Needless to say every single player ended up buying one at the end of the night Michael knew he wasn t going to get rich this way but how else could he spread the word Then the Magic moment happened ...

Page 5: ...s handwired classic featuresselectresistorspairedwithhand matchedcomponentstoachieve thesamesmoothandwarmmodulationastheoriginal Theresult Gobs of thick rich tone This little power chord of a box can be heared on more hit albums than any other FX box in history hands down ...

Page 6: ...on This classic handwired tank of a box delivers a wide range of sonic distortion from a subtle warm tube driven tone to balls to the walls searing hot over drive with that vintage sustain and classic tone you grew up with ...

Page 7: ... Box compressor is a true classic and can be heard in almost every great rock recording of the 70s and 80s It s known best for its crisp percussive attack when applied to a clean guitar as well as its lush rich sustain when soloing ...

Page 8: ...s A and B or select both Send one guitar to two amps or use it the other way around to select between two guitars into one amp Thanks to our patented state of the art optical switching there s no added noise pops or crackles and no alteration of your tone Bright LEDs indicate channel status The Selector AB box ...

Page 9: ...der plug s patented cable grip absorbs any typical straining in the field Its flexible boot extension has virtually eliminated breakage at the cable exit Combined with Accusonic 1 cable the Leader is the highest quality instrument cable manufactured today and we back themupwithalimitedlifetimewarranty Availablein1 3 6 10 15 18 25 30and50ft lengths Cablesarealsoavailablewitharightangleclassicstylep...

Page 10: ...Voltregulated DC supply with a 2 1mm barrel type connector center contact negative TheWhirlwind PS9V EFX power supply is recommended for proper operation 4 SPEED CONTROLVaries the speed of the phasing effect 5 STATUS LED Illuminates when the effect is active 6 FOOTSWITCHTurns the effect on and off When OFF the unit is completely removed from the signal path TRUE BYPASS 7 BATTERYCOMPARTMENTRemove4s...

Page 11: ...reltypeconnector centercontactnegative TheWhirlwind PS9V EFX power supply is recommended for proper operation 4 OUTPUT LEVEL Controls the overall volume when the effect is engaged 5 DISTORTION Controls the amount of distortion applied to the signal 6 STATUS LED Illuminates when the effect is active 7 FOOTSWITCHTurns the effect on and off When OFF the unit is completely removed from the signal path...

Page 12: ...recommended for proper operation 4 OUTPUT LEVEL Controls the overall volume when the effect is engaged 5 SENSITIVITY Controls how much compression is applied to the signal Turning the control clockwise applies more compression resulting in increased sustain by limiting the loud peaks and boosting the soft parts of the signal 6 STATUS LED Illuminates when the effect is active 7 FOOTSWITCHTurns the ...

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