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stand alone pedals
TheToneLabEXprovideselevenmodelsofthemostpopular
effectpedals.YoucanusetheGAIN,TREBLE,MIDDLEand
BASScontrollerstoadjustthemajorparameters.
HINT:
Each pedal type’s GAIN (adjusted by the top panel
GAINcontrol)canbeassignedtothe ex pressionpedal
forcontrol.Fordetailsonhowtoassignaparameterto
theexpressionpedal,referto“Assigningafunctionto
theexpressionpedal(Q
uickAssign)”(p.31)
.
1. TONE DRIVE
Thisef
fectmodelsaCaliforniaboutique pedalth
atoffersa
cleanboostandoverdriveinoneeffect.Dialinthe right
amountofsingingdistortionandgiveyouramptheboostit
needstogetextrasustain.
2. BRIT LEAD
Thismodel
sapedalthatwa
snicknamed“TheLeader”.Itisa
BritishOverdrivedesignedtogivemorepowerandpunchto
anyamp.
3. FAT DIST
Basedonapedalnamed after one
ofthemos tdisliked
rodentstoeverwalktheplanet!Theresultisasmoothdistor‐
tionrichinharmonics...nastybutnice.
4. META
L DIST
Thisisadistortionunitthat’sidealformetal.
5.
ROCK PLANET
Needme
tal?Wellthisisit.Thismodelisbasedoffa
popular
metaldistortionthatusesamid‐frequencysweepthatscoops
yourightdownintotheinnerdepthsoftheplanet.
6. TUBE DX
Thisef
fectmodelsarelativelynewultrahig hgaindist
ortion
designedbyaBritis hampcompany usinganECC83tube
andhightension300voltcircuit.
7. BIG FUZZ
Thismodelisbasedonapedaloftenreferredtobyitsni
ck‐
name—the“Ramshead”.ThesewereproducedinNewYor
k
between1972and1977andarehighlycollectibleandknown
forhavingacomplexharmonicfuzzedoutdist ortionwith
longsustain.
8. VOX TONE BENDER
Thismodelisbasedonouroriginal60’s
Tone Benderfuzz pedal. The VOX
TONEBENDERwasanaggressivefuzz
thatutilizedtwotransistors.TheTone
Bender wa s innovative because it
allowedmorecontroloverthedistor‐
tionwithcontrolsforat
tackandlevel.
9. OCT
A FUZZ
Thismod els alegendaryUFO ‐shapedfuzzunitthatgene r‐
atesstandardfuzze
ffects,andaddsapitchoneoctaveabove
theoriginal .Togetthebestresults,besuretouseyourfro nt
pickup.