DETAILS

The Highland is a low-gain, discrete overdrive. At its core, this circuit utilizes a single-stage, silicon transistor to drive your guitar’s signal into a natural breakup with warm, transparent tone and a great dynamic feel. Unlike op-amp based overdrives, this overdrive utilizes a discrete transistor in its circuit topology. What I love about this approach is how warm and responsive it can be. It’s got a nice low-gain overdrive sound for a little push, but it can also become somewhat unstable and delve into mild fuzz territory. The Highland is loaded with tons of tone shaping features and functionality, which makes it a great overdrive or boost for any setup.

LEVEL : Controls the overall volume of the overdriven signal.

GAIN : Controls the gain structure of the overdrive by manipulating the signal being fed into the single-stage transistor.

TONE : Controls the amount of treble frequencies in the amplified signal. Turning the knob clockwise adds more treble while turning the knob counterclockwise removes treble from the signal.

CLIP : Toggles between three different hard-clipping modes: symmetrical (up), none (center), & asymmetrical (down).

BODY : Toggles between three different voicing options: mid-range (up), treble (center), & full range (down).

This pedal is powered with a standard, center-negative 9V power supply. Daisy chain power supplies are not recommended. For the best user experience, an isolated power supply is recommended for powering all Awestruck Amplification pedals.

SPECS

Input: 1/4″ TS, Unbalanced

Output: 1/4″ TS, Unbalanced

True Bypass

Dimensions: 4.8″ x 2.6″ x 1.6″

Power Requirements: 9VDC center-negative, 5mA

MEDIA

FEATURES

GAIN, LEVEL, and TONE controls with CLIP and BODY switching options.

Hand-wired and assembled in the USA with the utmost care and attention to detail.

Top-mounted Jacks.

Fully Analog Signal Path.

Top quality components, including: Alpha potentiometers, WIMA capacitors, & Royal Ohm resistors.

Daisy chain power supplies are not recommended. For the best user experience an isolated power supply is recommended for powering all Awestruck Amplification pedals.

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