Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret - User Manual

User Guide
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Dirty Little Secret! If you're reading this, you obviously wanna bring the rawk! We're here
to help you on your quest!
The Dirty Little Secret was designed to be the secret weapon in your tone arsenal. Want to get cranked
amp tones at bedroom rocker levels? Playing gigs but have to use whatever amp is provided as the back-
line? Like your clean amp sound but don't care for its overdrive channel? Love your fuzz pedal but it needs
to be plugged into a cranked amp to sound good? Enter the Dirty Little Secret!
The Dirty Little Secret (DLS) is an overdrive pedal designed to bring you the sound and response of a
classic Marshall amplier. It, like the other pedals in our Foundation Overdrive range of pedals, is designed
to be a "foundation" pedal - it is your "always on" pedal that forms the core of your guitar sound which you
can enhance and embellish by adding boosters, fuzzes, lters, and other overdrives in front of it - just like
you would in front of a real amp. And the reason you can leave it always-on is that you can get a great
clean sound just by rolling your guitar's volume knob back! That's the way the old school Marshall players
did things!
This is the latest evolution of our famous Dirty Little Secret, the most dynamic Marshall-style overdrive out
there.
The Dirty Little Secret features:
* Two distinct voicings - "Super Lead" and "Super Bass" switchable via an internal slider switch.
* A full three-knob treble-middle-bass tone control complement that reproduces exactly the tone circuits
of the Super Lead and Super Bass amps.

Summary

INTRODUCTION

MODES AND OPERATION

Super Lead and Super Bass Modes

Explains the sonic characteristics and intended use of SL and SB modes.

SL;SB Mode Switch Functionality

Details how the internal switch reconfigures tone stack and gain stages.

QUICK START

CONTROLS AND SETTINGS

Tone Controls

Explains the function and interaction of Treble, Middle, and Bass controls.

Tone Control Differences (SL vs. SB)

Details how Treble, Middle, and Bass controls differ between Super Lead and Super Bass modes.

Pre-Amp and Master Controls

Explains the Pre-Amp gain and Master volume controls.

Guitar Volume Knob Interaction

Explains how the guitar's volume knob affects the DLS.

INTERNAL ADJUSTMENTS

Mode Switch

Accessing and adjusting the internal mode switch.

Presence Trimpot

Fine-tuning pedal brightness with the presence trimpot.

POWER SUPPLY

Power Supply Options

Information on powering the pedal with different voltages and battery use.

USAGE AND COMPATIBILITY

Amplifier Integration

Guidance on using the DLS with different types of guitar amps.

Pedal Stacking

Information on how to integrate the DLS with other pedals, including specific advice for fuzz pedals.

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Specifications

General

Type	Overdrive
Technology	Analog
Input(s)	1 x 1/4"
Output(s)	1 x 1/4"
Power Source	9V DC power supply (not included)
Power Requirements	9V DC
Bypass	True Bypass
Input Impedance	1 MΩ
Output Impedance	10k ohm