4 OVERDRIVE PROFILES AT THE TURN OF A KNOB

100% ANALOG

SILENT SWITCHING CIRCUITRY

DESCRIPTION

The new Crash Box 4 Pedal is an all-analog distortion pedal that dynamically emulates 4 different distortion types found in popular tube and solid-state distortion circuit topologies and then gives the player additional flexibility and control over drive/gain, distortion path (only)–high pass and low pass filters and separately a clean signal path blend. The result is the ability to tailor and fine tune the distortion to fit a wide spectrum of music and playing techniques, without the loss of touch sensitivity, musicality, or the addition of excess noise.

1st GEAR: Reminiscent of a tube amp’s moderately driven channel (including natural harmonics) with a bit of compression when driven hard. Many players will find that this works well as a mellow/milder, smoother overdrive/distortion with plenty of even ordered harmonic richness, and dimensional texture.

2nd GEAR: Emulates a tube amp’s more heavily overdriven tone, with more odd order harmonics and compression, depth and top-end. While moderately compressed, there is still plenty of depth of tone, dynamics and feel present.

3rd GEAR: An aggressive up-shift from 2nd gear, this heavier and edgier distortion is higher in odd order harmonics as well as having greater compression for a tighter feel. The harder you dig in, the thicker the harmonics and texture, and the more compressed the feel, with greater sustain.

4th GEAR: This is the most aggressive gear of all — a heavy, symmetrical, mostly odd order harmonics style distortion. While there are a lot of harmonics and compression present, this gear does not give up tone but adds additional crush and increased sustain.

TECHNICAL

Dimensions:
5” [12.7cm] Wide
4.1” [10.4cm] Deep
2.3” [5.8cm] High

Weight: 1 Lb. [0.45Kg]

Accepts Power Supplies From 9VDC – 18VDC (low noise type), Either Polarity (auto detecting) 40mA Max — (Power Supply Not Included)

FEATURES

High/Low Drive Sensitivity Switch

Parallel Clean Signal Path

4 Position Distortion “Gear” Selector Switch

High-Pass and Low-Pass Filter (Distortion Engine Only)

Low-noise, Silent Switching Circuitry

Rugged Stomp Switches

Black Lightweight Aluminum Chassis

SPECIFICATIONS

Input Impedance: >1M ohm

Output Impedance: 1k ohm

Overdrive Engine Input HPF: 30Hz – 200hz

Overdrive Engine Output LPF: 1kHz – 14kHz

Input Sensitivity (nominal): -20dBu (high sensitivity), -10dBu (low sensitivity)

Maximum Input Level: 0dBu (9V supply), +5dBu (12V supply), +10dBu (18V supply), high sensitivity, DRIVE at 9:00

Maximum Input Level: +5dBu (9V supply), +12dBu (12V supply), +18dBu (18V supply), low sensitivity, DRIVE at 9:00

Maximum Output Level: +9dBu (9V supply) +14dBu (12V supply), +20dBu (18V supply)