With
six different clipping voices, five bandwidth settings and two gain
channels, you will be hard-pressed to not find a setting that will wipe
every mid-boosting overdrive off your board. The clipping voices
determine how transparent and open or tight and crunchy the distortion
is. They will vary drastically depending on where the gain is set, what
channel is active and how much bandwidth is being used. The bandwidth
sets the frequency response of the distortion and goes from thin, light
and clean through fat heavy and crunchy. It may very well be the single
most important control the palisades has and what really sets it apart.
Gain
A is a lower gain channel with a wider range of grit that is great for
strumming open chords. Gain B is a higher gain channel with a tighter
range that is great for palm muting and/or shredding solos. The
Palisades also has a foot-switchable volume boost with adjustable level
to take it over the top when you want to throw your foot up on the
monitor and rip your sweet leads¦ or maybe just push the front end of
you amp a little harder. Not enough? How about a normal/bright switch to
mix and match the overall tone to different amps and guitars. Still not
enough? OK then, how about a buffer on/off switch to tighten up the
tone and make it sparkle when set to ON or warm it up and make it sag
when set to OFF.
FEATURES
- Controls
- Boost: Sets the level of the output boost.
- Volume: Sets the output level.
- Tone: Brighter clockwise, warmer counter clockwise.
- Gain A: Sets the gain for the Channel A (lower gain)
- Gain B: Sets the gain for Channel B (higher gain)
- Foot Switches
- Activate: True bypass switch
- Gain B: Activates Gain Channel B
- Boost: Activates the output level boost
- Toggle Switches
- Normal/Bright: Normal is a warm full tone, Bright is livelier tone with more chime.
- Buffer: Turns the input buffer on or off. ON is a tighter and
brighter tone while OFF is a warmer tone with more sag. The buffer is
part of the drive circuit & is only available when the Palisades is
activated.
- Rotary Switches
- Bandwidth: This sets the overall tone and gain structure of the
Palisades. 1 is the thinnest setting with the least amount of gain and 5
is the fattest setting with the heaviest gain. Everything else is in
between. This control has a major effect on all the settings of the
Palisades, especially the gain and voice controls.
Order today for your preferred mid-boosting drive pedal.
SPECIFICATIONS
Palisades Mega Ultimate Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal
- Dimensions
5.5? x 4.5? x 2.5? with knobs.
Power
A standard 9volt DC power supply intended for musical instruments with a negative center 2.1mm barrel.
NOTE:
The first 400 Palisades say 9-18v. Some things changed between the
prototype and production phase that no longer allow the palisades to
operate correctly at 18v. We apologize for any inconvenience this may
have caused. In all honesty, it sounds way better at 9v than 18v anyhow.