- CIRCUIT UTILISES A 12AU7* PREAMP VALVE (INCLUDED) TO
PRODUCE TRUE VALVE OVERDRIVE & DISTORTION.
- LOW FREQUENCY-CUT TONE CONTROL.
- HIGH FREQ. ROLL-OFF TONE CONTROL.
- MASTER VOLUME/BOOST CONTROL.
- POPLESS TRUE BYPASS SWITCHING.
- SUPER LOW-NOISE CIRCUIT DESIGN.
- 1/4" / 6.35MM INPUT & OUTPUT JACK SOCKETS.
- INPUT IMPEDANCE (APPROX): 1M
- OUTPUT IMPEDANCE (APPROX): ≤20K
- POWERED BY STANDARD 9V DC (NEGATIVE CENTER).
- CURRENT DRAW (APPROX): <130MA
- REVERSE POLARITY CIRCUIT PROTECTION & POWER FILTERING.
- STANDARD 2.1MM POWER SOCKET FOR REGULAR PEDAL POWER SUPPLIES & DAISY-CHAINS. (BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED WHEN POWER JACK IS INSERTED).
- SATIN VINTAGE-STYLE ACRYLIC FINISH.
- VINTAGE STYLE AMBER LED INDICATORS.
- ROBUST & COMPACT DIE-CAST ALUMINIUM CHASSIS.
- FULLY SHIELDED UNIT TO ELIMINATE INTERFERENCE AND NOISE.
- COMPATIBLE BEFORE AND AFTER MOST OTHER EFFECTS UNIT -
BUT LET YOUR EARS DECIDE!
- HAND WIRED & FINELY CALIBRATED FOR STUDIO-QUALITY TONE.
WHY SIMULATE THE WARMTH OF VACUUM TUBES WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THE REAL THING? THE VALVE CLASSIC UTILISES A SINGLE PREAMP VALVE TO PRODUCE A WIDE RANGE OF AUTHENTIC TONES, FROM CLEAN BOOSTING, SOFT & TRANSPARENT OVERDRIVE, TO THICK & SILKY DISTORTION.
CONVENIENTLY THIS UNIT REQUIRES A STANDARD 9V DC NEGATIVE CENTER POWER SUPPLY.
THE VACUUM TUBE IS THE HEART OF THIS UNIT. DIFFERENT VALVES WILL PRODUCE DIFFERENT TONES - EVEN VALVES OF THE SAME TYPE. WITH EASY ACCESS TO THE VALVE SOCKET, CHANGING TUBES IS SIMPLE.
*OTHER COMPATIBLE VALVES/TUBES: 12AU7, ECC82, CV4003, M8136 WE RECOMMEND YOU ‘TEST DRIVE’ AS MANY VALVES AS POSSIBLE; EVEN VALVES OF THE SAME TYPE CAN PRODUCE DIFFERENT TONAL CHARACTERISTICS.