Supercool Pedals
Supercool Pedals 800 Preamp / Distortion
The pre-amplification filtering provides a deep and modern tone, with fuller mids, booming bass, and glasslike treble, before the amplification stage of a classic 741 op amp smashes the sound against a wall of selectable clipping diodes. The first option is a pair of modern silicon diodes in hard clipping mode (8.0% , enough buzz for the heaviest user)Ā and gives deep and chunky distortion that can border on fuzz tones, and harkens back to the grunge sound of the early nineties. The second set is a pair of LED diodesĀ (0.01%, for the abstaining or sober-minded)Ā which provides a softer clipping and a much higher clipping threshold, thus providing a mid-rich and warm boosted signal that leads to jangly overdrives and clean tones reminiscent of mid 70ās Ā and classic tube overdrive vibes.
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TheĀ 800 Distortion v2Ā features an internal DIP switch that will toggle the output treble filter on or off. This mostly affects the soft clipping mode which has a mid heavy treble rolloff, and can be very useful if your guitarās pickups are particularly dark, and you wish to inject some higher frequencies into your chain.
The 800 Distortion has a very high output, and on its lowest distortion setting can provide a beautifully coloured character as a āalways onā light clipping signal boost on a pedal board, or as a temporary level boost for guitar solos that need to stand above the mix.