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ToadWorks Death Rattle is something dark and twisted. It is not what you expect. It is pure evil.
Death Rattle hates your other pedals. It wants to degrade them, humiliate them, drive them from your pedalboard. It knows it can, and it won't hesitate for a second. Your other pedals are doomed because Death Rattle wants what they have, and it won't let anything stand in it's way.
Design
ToadWorks Death Rattle is a dual mode distortion device. It consists of two completely separate circuits, as well as a third "fat" boost circuit, capable of increasing both the volume and the sustain. The two modes do dead-on impressions of both 50's era Fender Tweed and 60's era Marshall Plexi amplifiers. Each mode was designed to emulate a very specific sound, giving bedroom players and working musicians an affordable, reliable method of reproducing the tone of these highly prized amplifiers.
The Tweed circuit is transistor based, and is designed to give smooth, rounded breakup, and to be extremely sensitive to attack, just like a vintage Fender amp. The Plexi circuit uses an op-amp do simulate the higher gain, marshallesqe sound - it's smooth with lots of high end and scooped mids, with a nice, soft attack that is the signature of the 60's plexi.
Strange things were done when designing this pedal. Basic audio electronics rules were thrown out like Vanilla Ice at the Apollo Theater. Plus it has three large footswitches right on the top, providing hours of battery-free fun.
Operation
Switches (left to right)
On/Off: Turns the effect on/off. This switch is wired for true-bypass; when it is off, your signal is routed around the distortion circuit, regardless of where the other switches and controls are set.
Tweed/Plexi: Selects between the Tweed and Plexi circuits. The LED for the currently selected mode will ALWAYS be lit, regardless of it the effect is on or off, so you'll never have to wonder what will happen when you kick it on.
Boost: Turns the "fat" boost on/off. When the distortion circuit(s) are engaged, the boost circuit will give you an adjustable increase in gain, bottom end and sustain. When the distortion circuit is bypassed, the boost circuit will fatten up your tone, and give it a little extra edge. This switch is wired for true-bypass; when it is off, your signal is routed around the boost circuit, regardless of where the other switches and controls are set. The boost circuit is independent of the distortion circuit - this means that even with the distortion effect off, you can still use the boost feature! To clarify, this is NOT a "clean boost" - this is a unique, ToadWorks flavored boost that can be used to either fatten up your bypassed tone, or to goose your distorted tone, giving it more gain, better bottom end, and thick, long sustain.
Controls (left to right)
Gain (Top and Bottom knobs): Controls the amount of gain in the circuit. The top knob controls the gain for the Tweed circuit. The lower knob controls the gain for the Plexi circuit.
Boost: Controls the amount of boost. When the distortion circuits are bypassed, this controls the volume of the boost effect. When the distortion circuits are engaged, this controls the amount of increased gain present in the signal.
Tone (Tweed): Contols the tone of the Tweed Circuit only.
Level (Tweed): Contols the output level of the Tweed Circuit only.
Tone (Plexi): Contols the tone of the Plexi Circuit only.
Level (Plexi): Contols the output level of the Plexi Circuit only.
Manufacturing
Death Rattle features three true-bypass circuits, so your tone won't suffer went you want a little peace and quiet. Each pedal is carefully manufactured by hand, using only the finest components. The box is cutom made for ToadWorks (similar to the Hammond 1590DD), the switch is the highest quality 3PDT we could find, the jacks are Switchcraft. The knobs are solid machined aluminum, custom made specifically for ToadWorks. Capacitors are a mix of mylar film, ceramic & electrolytic, resistors are 1% metal oxide, transistors are silicon - none of these decisions was made based on cost, they were made purely for sound and reliability.
ToadWorks pedals are made in the USA.
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