![]() ![]() This is easy because you can put your foot on both switches at once and alternate between the two channels if you want. Level 3, you turn off Channel 1 and turn on Channel 2. Level 1, your guitar is true-bypassed with both channels off. This pedal gives you a total of four volume levels, ranging, at your choice, anywhere from perfectly clean to ragingly overdriven. I don't think there's a musician around who wouldn't be happy to have multiple clean boost pedals set to predictable levels available on stage. Of course, this is not the only setting on the pedal. I can't get my Les Paul to stop feeding back at any audible volume level on my Marshall when both channels are wide open, and that's with the amp set at 1. You might wonder just how insane this pedal sounds when you crank up both channels and turn them both on. If you leave the Master wide open, you have two identical SHO pedals in one box, which are cascaded. When both channels are on, or if only Channel 2 is on, the Master Volume is active. The knob on the left is the gain, and the middle knob is the Master Volume, and the LED is red. This channel has the very same circuit as Channel 1, but the bleeder resistor on the output has been replaced with a Master Volume control, which allows the user to turn down the output volume even if the gain is set quite high. Channel one has no Master Volume control, but it's cascaded into Channel 2, which does. If you are familiar with the SHO, you'll know that it's a very sparkly sounding high input-impedance preamp with incredible headroom, wide-ranging gain (unity to 60 X), and a maximum volume that will knock out your fillings. ![]() Its gain control is on the far right, and it's LED is yellow. This channel is a conventional Super Hard-On (TM), which I will henceforth refer to as the SHO, in order to reduce potential offense to young ears and sensitive persons. Don't do what I did, and lean over in front of your speaker cabinet while turning it up. My my! How conventional, you say! Well, suffice to say, if it weren't there, you'd go deaf with both of those channels cranked up. HEY! I responded to your multitude of complaints that I don't put in LED's! Also, in this SUPER-DUPER 2-IN-1 (TM) (gosh I love saying that) is a Master volume control that lets you use it as an overdrive/distortion with any output volume. The SUPER-DUPER 2-IN-1 (TM) has two of my infamous but rather delightful Super Hard-On(TM) pedals in one small box, with two switches and LED indicators. All right, I'll try to stay on track here.Īhem. Well, at least he poked his speakers out. Unless that's what you want, of course, and well, gosh darn it, it's your right. Don't have too much fun! OK, have too much fun, but don't blow up your amp in the process. When using this pedal, start off slow, and monitor your amp for potential damage. So let's just start this off by saying I WARNED YOU TO BE CAREFUL. This pedal is so dangerous that I'm sure I'll be getting a lot of complaint emails that people have blown up their amps using it. ![]() This funny parody of new technology also gets a warty, thumbs-up from the “Monster Safety Council.” Put down your iPad, Super-Duper Monster Vieweris pure interactive fun.This is the less expensive, silkscreened (not hand painted) imported version. Kevin Sylvester’s digitally created illustrations are packed with laugh-out-loud details, like a close-up view of monster-sized nose hairs, and a faux literary medal, “New Scary Honor”, affixed to the cover. Luckily, there is a built-in, auto-repair mode. Speech bubbles coach the reader: “No! No! No! Try aiming lower.” After much shaking and maneuvering of the equipment, the shots are still amiss, and the impatient hairy models start to wreak havoc. ![]() A green, spiky-horned ogre and his shaggy, purple pal appear out-of-focus on the simulated screen, and tech support is provided by the monster subjects themselves. The owner’s manual on the opening page provides a clear list of rules including, “Hold viewer very, very steady”, and an even clearer warning, “Don’t make monsters mad.” Like any new device, this innovative Viewer takes some getting used to. Designed to look like a tablet, this quirky picture book claims to give readers the ability to see all the monsters that lurk around us. Gadget lovers will adore Super-Duper Monster Viewerby award-winning writer, illustrator and broadcaster, Kevin Sylvester. ![]()
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