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Apex Distortion is a versatile distortion pedal which was originally inspired by a particular LM308 rodent pedal. The goal was to create something new, while still paying homage to the original. This is not a clone. It is a reimagination of a classic. Top of the food chain. The Apex predator.
History
I decided to challenge myself to design a pedal around that chip with a circuit inspired by the said rodent pedal. So… I found some LM308s and got to designing. The pedal went though many revisions, in fact I had a version that I almost released. I really liked it, but I felt after playing it at band practice a few times, I thought I could do more… it needed more toanz for my snobby ears. I wanted to improve some aspects of the original by increasing its versatility, improve the gain range, smooth and thicken the tone, while still maintaining some bite.
Circuit Breakdown
I love boosting the RAT with another drive, bit so I added a JFET front end gain stage. JFETs are great because they react extremely well to the dynamics of your playing… dare I say it?... are very amp-like in their character. Next is the LM308 primary gain stage. I completely changed it’s voicing. I wanted a nice low punch with crisp highs and it had to preform well in both low gain and high gain situations. Next is the clipping section. I wanted to a blend of smoothness and crunch so I combined a mixture of diodes and an LED. Up next, the tone stage, which similar to the RAT, functions as a classic low pass filter however it is reversed so to the left is darker, right is brighter. Finally in true classic form a JFET buffer which also adds some color as it saturates. I’m really digging the result, I hope you do too.
Controls:
Volume: Control the output volume of the pedal
Tone: Low-pass filter. Turn to the left for darker tone and to the right for a brighter tone
Gain: Controls the amount of distortion. From cleanish boost to full gnarr!!
Internal LED Brightness Trimmer: Adjust the brightness of the LED indicator to taste
Power Requirements:
9-volt Center Negative 2.1mm barrel
Higher voltages will damage the pedal
Current Draw: ~8mA
No batteries
Warranty:
We only use high quality components for reliability and consistency.
But if it breaks, we'll fix it.
All pedals are designed and built by hand, in a garage, in Redlands California.
**For US buyers pedal will ship Priority Mail.**
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