EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker - Boost / Medium-Gain Overdrive guitar effect pedal

EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker

An all-discrete analog distortion enhancement device designed to give your signal some extra grit and boost without drastically altering your tone and retaining all of the natural nuances and character of your amp. Think of it as sticking an extra preamp tube in your amplifier for more saturation. Single notes will blossom and bloom with rich harmonics and singing sustain with responsive, tube-like sag. Power chords will sound thicker and crunchier, a little more ragged around the edges. Complex chords will remain distinct and complex, as the Special Cranker is designed to preserve your tone’s integrity without muddying up the low-end or smearing the midrange.

1. Level: Adjusts the output volume. Unity gain is between 10-12 o’clock depending on which diodes are selected.
2. Diode Selector: Germanium on the left for a softer and more transparent tone and Silicon on the right for a brighter and more modern edge.
3. More: Adjusts the gain. This control changes the bias of the transistor, so you may hear a little noise when adjusting. Don’t worry; this is perfectly normal. At maximum gain, the Special Cranker can achieve explosive overbiased tones depending on the output of your pickups.
4. Tone: Rolls off highs counterclockwise and boosts highs clockwise. A flat response can be found right around 3 o’clock.

Specifications:

• adds extra clarity and gain to your signal without drastically changing the sound
• retains all the natural nuances and character of your amplifier
• extremely responsive and dynamic response to guitar volume control
• flexible tone control provides control of the treble frequencies for excellent tonal clarity
• mode switch toggles between two different clipping settings (germanium / silicon)
• germanium mode provides a softer, more rounded response with tame highs and lower power output
• silicon mode provides a brighter, more modern response and higher power output
• fully analogue signal path
• silent relay-based soft-touch switching allows both standard and momentary switching (Flexi-Switch technology)
• Level, Tone, More control
• Mode switch (Ge / Si)
• Bypass footswitch
• LED
• metal housing
• 6.3 mm mono input/output jacks
• power supply via optional 9-18 V DC power supply, 2.1 x 5.5 mm barrel plug, polarity (-) centre