JD Distortion True Vintage User Manual - page 4
PRESENCE SWITCH: This brings the tone forward. It makes the tone sound like it's been
moved from the amp to right there in your face. It lifts the tone up, and is perfect for
when you use the pedal as a solo boost where you want to come out of the mix and be
heard in front of the other band members. Also, if you have your presence down on the
amp itself, then adding this brings a nice balance to the amp settings. Use this switch
alongside your amps presence switch or dial and you will find a nice placement of your
pedals overall tone.
OUTPUT KNOB: This is the main output of the pedal, as with any volume knob, it will
boost the overall flow of the signal and give the pedal a boost in dB to the output tone.
FILTER KNOB: This is "not" a tone knob. It's a filter circuit that is wired in series with the
other knobs to attenuate the overall tone. This knob works different for each setting on
the other knobs. Zero is not deep, and 10 is not bright, yet the filters tone may be like
that, yet overall it's mainly based on where the other knobs and switches are set at the
time. This is a strictly use and tune by ear knob, and will give very pleasing results to your
overall tone.
DISTORTION: This knob is the pedals main distortion tone circuit adjustment, and will give
that classic grinding tone. It is set to add just enough distortion to the overall tone as you
turn it up, a little bit at a time, yet the knob is designed to suddenly boost the distortion
signal at about 8 onwards into some serious distortion tones. Use the filter to fine tune
high distortion settings and also use the FUZZ KNOB and FUZZ ATT to great effect.
Super Bright led: so you can see when the pedal is on no matter what.
Heavy Duty Input and Output Socket: for less wear and tear - very long lasting.
Heavy duty and hard wearing Easy to understand front pedal face plate: so you can see
where you have the dials set easily on the fly.
Tone settings demo link for the online manual (youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE0ksmfm3ZI
More demos are coming all the time - check them out.
The Pedals Website: http://jdanalog.webs.com/