Bigfoot Germanium EQ Drive
Inspired by the tones of classic blues amplifiers from both sides of the Atlantic, we have created a truly unique drive pedal complete with a sweetly tuned three-band equaliser. It's the ultimate Swiss Army knife, capable of everything from deep luxurious American tones, right through to snarling British bite.
This pedal begins with a JFET circuit designed to mimic a high voltage tube, which provides a highly responsive input. This then feeds into a studio-quality transformer for inimitable ‘core saturation’ and increased harmonics. We then feed this signal into a stunning gold-pin germanium transistor to push it into blissful blues overdrive. Finally, the whole circuit is topped off with a specially designed tone-stack which encompasses all the classic sounds of both British and American amps. The result is a totally immersive sound, bursting with character, colour, and authenticity.
This pedal is inspired by classic non-master volume amplifiers, and features a Volume control without a separate Gain control. The amount of overdrive is dictated by the player’s dynamics and by adjusting the controls on the guitar. The overall level of the pedal can also be cranked up for maximum saturation.
Housed in a custom enclosure and hand finished in genuine Lake Placid Blue nitrocellulose lacquer, this special edition is the ideal choice for superb amp-like tones.
Unlike typical Germanium pedals, this one can be used with buffers, active pickups, and even wireless systems.
Controls
-Bass pot (top left) adjusts the amount of low frequencies.
-Middle pot (top middle-left) adjusts the amount of midrange frequencies.
-Treble pot (top middle-right) adjusts the amount of high frequencies.
-Volume pot (top right) sets the output level.
-On/off footswitch (bottom middle) with true bypass wiring.
-On/off indicator LED (top middle).
Connections
-Mono 1/4" input and output jack sockets (side-mounted).
-Industry standard 2.1mm centre negative power supply socket (top-mounted).
Power requirements
9vDC power supply (no battery option). Current draw > 5mA.
Specification
-Length 95mm (3.74").
-Width 122mm (4.79") / 151mm (5.95").
-Height- 39mm (1.54").
-Weight 0.35 kg (0.77 lbs).