Pirate Guitar Effects Peg Leg Overdrive & Compressor Guitar/Bass Pedal
SKU:
PegV1
$179.00
$179.00
per item
The Pirate Guitar Effects Peg Leg Overdrive & Compression guitar/bass pedal is our take on the classic tube tones of 1960's and 70's. This pedal features two modes aimed at providing a wide range of compressed and overdriven sounds perfect for guitar and bass.
In parallel mode the incoming signal is split, run through both the drive circuit and the compression circuit, and then joined back together at the output. You can turn the overdriven sound all the way down for a nice clean compressed tone, or dial in as much overdrive as you want to mix with the compressed sound. You can even turn the amount of compression all the way down to get an unaffected clean blend along with distortion effect making this a particularly useful in maintaining very low frequencies and attack.
In series mode the signal is routed through the compression circuit first, followed by the drive circuit. More distortion saturation can be achieved in this mode by turning up the amount of compression to push more signal into the drive circuit. This mode is fantastic as a low to medium gain distortion effect for guitar. The compression adds a smooth mid-focused sustain perfect for solo runs.
Operation
The foot switch turns the effect on and off, and the LED lights up to indicate when the effect is active. The Peg Leg is true bypass, which means when the effect is off, your signal is routed directly from the input to the output.
External Controls
DRIVE VOL - This controls the volume of the drive circuit with plenty of room to boost your signal. When in parallel mode, this control can be rolled all the way counter-clockwise to remove the distorted signal completely, leaving on the clean compressed signal. When in series mode, this controls the output volume of the effect.
DRIVE - This controls the amount of distortion. In parallel mode, this is blended in with the clean compressed signal. In series mode, this controls the amount of overall distortion.
TONE - This controls the frequency curve of the distorted signal. Rolling clockwise past noon boosts the treble frequencies, and rolling counter clockwise from noon boosts the bass frewquencies. When in parallel mode this control onlt affects the distorted signal. When in series mode this controls the overall tone of the effect.
COMP - This controls the amount of squash in the compression signal. Fully counter-clockwise is a relatively unaffected clean signal. The apparent volume and amount of compression increases as you roll clockwise, providing a smooth and musical feel. In parallel mode, this control can be used to increase or lower the presence of the blended clean sound as needed. In series mode, this control can be used to provide more sustain and saturation.
Internal Controls
COMP VOL - trimpot on the left side of the circuit board when oriented so the foot switch is down and jacks are up. This trimpot allows you to adjust the volume of the compression portion of the effect. This is particularly useful for parallel mode in case you want your clean signal just barely blended in or a clean boost when the effect is active.
COMP BIAS - trimpot of the right side of the circuit board when oriented so the foot switch is down and jacks are up. This has been factory set for optimum compression range. If it gets move away from the sweet spot, turn the COMP control fully clockwise, start with the trimport fully clockwise, and roll the trimpot back until the volume of the signal just starts to decrease. Bump it back up a touch from there and confirm that the COMP control has a usable range.
Specs:
Configuration: As you look down at the front of the pedal, the input jack is near the right edge of the top side, the output jack is near the left edge of the top side, and the power jack is near the middle of the top side.
Power: You can power the Peg Leg pedal with either an internal 9V battery or with an external power supply (9 VDC) with the commonly used center-negative barrel connector. The maximum current draw is 65mA.
In parallel mode the incoming signal is split, run through both the drive circuit and the compression circuit, and then joined back together at the output. You can turn the overdriven sound all the way down for a nice clean compressed tone, or dial in as much overdrive as you want to mix with the compressed sound. You can even turn the amount of compression all the way down to get an unaffected clean blend along with distortion effect making this a particularly useful in maintaining very low frequencies and attack.
In series mode the signal is routed through the compression circuit first, followed by the drive circuit. More distortion saturation can be achieved in this mode by turning up the amount of compression to push more signal into the drive circuit. This mode is fantastic as a low to medium gain distortion effect for guitar. The compression adds a smooth mid-focused sustain perfect for solo runs.
Operation
The foot switch turns the effect on and off, and the LED lights up to indicate when the effect is active. The Peg Leg is true bypass, which means when the effect is off, your signal is routed directly from the input to the output.
External Controls
DRIVE VOL - This controls the volume of the drive circuit with plenty of room to boost your signal. When in parallel mode, this control can be rolled all the way counter-clockwise to remove the distorted signal completely, leaving on the clean compressed signal. When in series mode, this controls the output volume of the effect.
DRIVE - This controls the amount of distortion. In parallel mode, this is blended in with the clean compressed signal. In series mode, this controls the amount of overall distortion.
TONE - This controls the frequency curve of the distorted signal. Rolling clockwise past noon boosts the treble frequencies, and rolling counter clockwise from noon boosts the bass frewquencies. When in parallel mode this control onlt affects the distorted signal. When in series mode this controls the overall tone of the effect.
COMP - This controls the amount of squash in the compression signal. Fully counter-clockwise is a relatively unaffected clean signal. The apparent volume and amount of compression increases as you roll clockwise, providing a smooth and musical feel. In parallel mode, this control can be used to increase or lower the presence of the blended clean sound as needed. In series mode, this control can be used to provide more sustain and saturation.
Internal Controls
COMP VOL - trimpot on the left side of the circuit board when oriented so the foot switch is down and jacks are up. This trimpot allows you to adjust the volume of the compression portion of the effect. This is particularly useful for parallel mode in case you want your clean signal just barely blended in or a clean boost when the effect is active.
COMP BIAS - trimpot of the right side of the circuit board when oriented so the foot switch is down and jacks are up. This has been factory set for optimum compression range. If it gets move away from the sweet spot, turn the COMP control fully clockwise, start with the trimport fully clockwise, and roll the trimpot back until the volume of the signal just starts to decrease. Bump it back up a touch from there and confirm that the COMP control has a usable range.
Specs:
Configuration: As you look down at the front of the pedal, the input jack is near the right edge of the top side, the output jack is near the left edge of the top side, and the power jack is near the middle of the top side.
Power: You can power the Peg Leg pedal with either an internal 9V battery or with an external power supply (9 VDC) with the commonly used center-negative barrel connector. The maximum current draw is 65mA.