This is a Swiss Army knife pedal, that bills itself as a "Live/Recording Guitar Amp Emulator, Footswitchable Humbucker Emulator, Preamp, Overdrive, EQ, Headphone Amp".
Sounds like all one could ever need!
This pedal is in good shape and works perfectly. Extremely rugged and well made in the UK. Leave it to Morley to print the instructions on the bottom of the pedal!
From Morley:
Named after Jerry Donahue of the Hellecasters, the JD10 MkII is a truly pro
sounding machine. Primarilly modeled on
the tone of those classic American 4x10"
combos of the 50s and 60s revered by bluesmen the world over, this pedal goes way beyond to cover the full gambit of rock, nu-metal and nu-country tones. Clean to mean, the JD10 MkII is great at
on-the-edge blues to full-on scooped metal.
This re-designed JD10 Stomp/PreAmp pedal has been re-focused as a ‘recordable’ Stomp box version of the famous direct recording preamp/pedal first introduced in 1995. It’s 110% analogue class in a small pack-age!
The JD10 is a decendent of our first ‘rack-mounted’ direct recording pre-amp from 1991 called the SessionMaster (AW10). This pre-amp was requested by Jerry Donahue for use on the first Hellecasters album ‘Return Of The Hellecasters’ which won a Guitar Player award for best instrumental album in 1993.
JD10 As A Stomp Box:
Just plug JD10 into the input of your guitar amp, like any ordinary
stomp box, and it’ll reward you with a myriad of fine rock, country,
nu-metal or any other sounds you can think of. It works just like a
high class preamp from boutique
amps. All the controls operate exceptionally smoothly and have greater
than average range, from jangly cutting rhythm tones, to chunky bass
line drive.
In low gain setting (Classic), the distortion character has grunt and
is fizz free just like a low powered class A/AB1 boutique combo. It’s
‘the real deal’ blues tone! Think Eric Clapton 'Me And Mr Johnson' or
'From The Cradle'!
Hi-gain (Rock) tones have been said to be... well, “almost too much”.
The drive depth is simply more than most would ever need.
This combined with clever use of it’s powerful EQ controls, can provide
that classy big 4x12" tone effortlessly through many small combos!
TruTone Bypass:
The footswitchable TruTone bypass circuit prevents tone losses when in
bypass mode. It will even drive a cable up to 100 metres long without
tone loss!
TruTone stops those economy chorus, flanger and delay pedals from
squashing your guitars tone when ALL the pedals are in bypass mode and
placed after JD10. A real bonus... thanks TruTone!
JD10 As A PreAmp:
Just connect JD10 to the ‘Line In’ of almost any guitar amp. Using it
this way prevents the guitar amp’s own preamp from affecting JD10’s
tone.
Many players who travel the world playing sessions never know what amp
they may be given to use, so JD10 ensures that ‘their own tone’ is
guaranteed whatever amp is provided. Jerry says... “Own your tone”.
JD10 As A Recording PreAmp:
JD10 can be set up to plug directly into your computer’s soundcard
‘line in’ and recorded just like any other instrument. JD10’s credited
G12T Speaker Simulation has been in use since 1991 by many of the
worlds top players for
recording albums and other projects.
JD10 can be used to play along with backing tracks through any HiFi
system with suitable mixing inputs (centre mic’ inputs).
Many players and duos use JD10 as a guitar amp simulator through a PA
system for small gigs.
JD10 As A Back-up Amp:
Guitarist have bought JD10 as a ‘spare amp’ for that odd time your
valve amp lets you down at a gig.
Just plug into any guitar amp and you have your tone right there at the
end of your guitar lead! You can plug it into the PA too if things get
really urgent!
AutoSense Allows Use Of Most AC Adapers:
JD10 runs from 9V battery or virtually any 9 to 16 volt AC Adapter
giving a positive or negative voltage polarity (not supplied).
Thanks to its clever AutoSense circuit, it automatically sets the
correct voltage polarity, so NO harm can be done by use of an incorrect
adapter - GUARANTEED.
A-Class™ Distortion:
Unlike other pedals and preamps, JD10 does NOT use simple diode
clipping. It’s asymmetric second harmonic rich tone is generated by a
unique circuit which mimics the distortion characteristics of a valve
biased in true single ended Class A. No other tranny circuitry can
equal the tone generation system employed inside JD10 MkII.
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