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Table of Contents
- 1 Safety Precautions
- 2 OD808 Overdrive
- 3 Features and Controls
- 4 Sample Setting
- 5 Connection Diagram
- 6 Specifications
- 7 Distortion and Sustainer
- 8 Distortion and Sustainer II
- 9 PT999 Phase Tone
- 10 GE601 Graphic Equalizer
- 11 CP101 Compressor
- 12 Battery Replacement
- 13 Optional Accessories
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- Page 2 ●SAFETY PRECAUTIONS● Please be sure to observe. The safety precautions listed below are intended to ensure your safety whenever you use the equipment. ■Precaution text is generally accompanied by the following symbols to alert you and others to the risk of personal and material injury that may be caused if the precaution is ignored.
- Page 3 Warning BEWARE OF HEAT BUILT UP ・ Never cover AC adaptor with cloth or other objects. 《Built up heat creates the danger of the equipment deformation and fire.》 Caution USE SPECIFIED AC ADAPTOR ONLY ・ Be sure to use only the AC adaptor specified in this User's Guide.Use of non- specified AC adaptors creates the danger of fire and electrical shock.
- Page 4 OD808 OVERDRIVE ●OD808 produces natural and mild overdrive effects suggestive of vacuum tube amplifier while retaining your guitar s original tone. ●As a booster, it gives you pleasant gain without spoiling amplifier s original char- acter. FEATURES AND CONTROLS ①OVERDRIVE (Overdrive Control) ⑤...
- Page 5 ●Easy-to-see LED enables you to check the effects ON/OFF and battery condition at a glance. ●Two types of power supply - 9V battery or special AC adaptor.
- Page 6 Works with amplifier s clean and drive setting. OD808 No.2 OD808 No.5 (for humbucking pickup) Setting for the tone exclusive to OD808. It boosts up Setting to add overdrive effects to amplifier s drive level and sustain for solos, with your guitar and am- for high gain drive with long sustain.
- Page 7 : 61mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (main body) : 70mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (overall) : 9V battery (6LR61 or 6F22) x 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Weight : 260g Standard Accessories : 9V manganese dry battery x 1, skid x 1 * Specifications are subject to change without notice.
- Page 8 D&S DISTORTION & SUSTAINER ●Amazingly long sustain and hot distortion without spoiling your guitar s original tone. ●D&S produces a wide variety of distortion from heavy and thick distortion sugges- tive of vacuum tube amplifier to extreme vintage fuzz. FEATURES AND CONTROLS ①DISTORTION (Distortion Control) ⑤...
- Page 9 ●Easy-to-see LED enables you to check the effects ON/OFF and battery condition at a glance. ●Two types of power supply - 9V battery or special AC adaptor.
- Page 10 SAMPLE SETTING D&S No.1 (for humbucking pickup) D&S No.4 (for single-coil pickup) Characteristic tone of D&S, with power and sharp- Fuzz-type distortion with low TONE for soft and pow- ness of original D&S. erful single-coil pickup timbre. (amplifier / clean setting) D&S No.2 (for single-coil pickup) D&S No.5 (for humbucking pickup) High gain drive of stack amplifier reproduced by sin-...
- Page 11 : 61mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (main body) : 70mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (overall) : 9V battery (6LR61 or 6F22) x 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Weight : 260g Standard Accessories : 9V manganese dry battery x 1, skid x 1 * Specifications are subject to change without notice.
- Page 12 D&S Ⅱ DISTORTION & SUSTAINER Ⅱ ●Soft type distortion for thick, heavy tone and relaxed natural sustain. ●D&SⅡ produces a wide range of distortion sounds, from warm tone characteristic of tube amplifier overdrive to aggressive distoetion. FEATURES AND CONTROLS ①DISTORTION (Distortion Control) ⑤...
- Page 13 ●Easy-to-see LED enables you to check the effects ON/OFF and battery condition at a glance. ●Two types of power supply - 9V battery or special AC adaptor.
- Page 14 SAMPLE SETTING D&SⅡ No.1 (for single-coil pickup) D&SⅡ No.4 Setting for solid boost sound with your amplifier s High gain type distortion to boost amplifier s drive. original character preserved. Adjust the balance between amplifier s gain volume and D&SⅡ s DISTORTION. D&SⅡ...
- Page 15 : 61mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (main body) : 70mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (overall) : 9V battery (6LR61 or 6F22) x 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Weight : 290g Standard Accessories : 9V manganese dry battery x 1, skid x 1 * Specifications are subject to change without notice.
- Page 16 PT999 PHASE TONE ●Low-noise design with wide dynamic range for live and recording. It s for all kinds of electric instruments like guitar, bass and keyboard. ●You can produce various sounds with only one control volume (speed) - from clear and mild phase tone that gives your sound a subtle flavor to radically rolling FEATURES AND CONTROLS ①SPEED (Speed Control) ④...
- Page 17 phase sound. ●Easy-to-see LED enables you to check the effects ON/OFF and battery condition at a glance. ●Two types of power supply - 9V battery or special AC adaptor.
- Page 18 SAMPLE SETTING PT999 No.1 PT999 No.3 Blues phasing to add to overdriven sound. Subtle phasing timbre to make your solo thick and smooth in distortion sound. PT999 No.2 Best phasing sound for sixteen beat rhythm play.
- Page 19 : 61mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (main body) : 70mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (overall) : 9V battery (6LR61 or 6F22) x 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Weight : 270g Standard Accessories : 9V manganese dry battery x 1, skid x 1 * Specifications are subject to change without notice.
- Page 20 GE601 GRAPHIC EQUALIZER ●Six-band graphic equalizer and an overall level volume to produce various sounds at will. ●Six band ranges covering 100Hz to 3.2KHz for easy tone making to your taste. It also works as a point booster for special effects. FEATURES AND CONTROLS ①Ajust each slide volume (100Hz, is low or not installed.
- Page 21 ●Easy-to-see LED enables you to check the effects ON/OFF and battery condition at a glance. ●Two types of power supply - 9V battery or special AC adaptor.
- Page 22 SAMPLE SETTING GE601 No.1 (for humbucking pickup) GE601 No.4 (for humbucking pickup) Setting for passive pickup bass to simulate active Setting to cut off the middle range of humbucking pickup bass with GE601 as pre-amp. It produces pickup to simulate sharp sound of single-coil pickup. clear tone peculiar to active-type bass.
- Page 23 : 61mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (main body) : 70mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (overall) : 9V battery (6LR61 or 6F22) x 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Weight : 240g Standard Accessories : 9V manganese dry battery x 1, skid x 1 * Specifications are subject to change without notice.
- Page 24 CP101 COMPRESSOR ●Clean and natural compression effects with little change of original tone. ●Limiter-like effects for evenly leveled rhythm cutting sound. Tasteful pick attack and relaxed sustain for lead guitar. It s great for bass guitar and semi-acoustic gui- tar as well. FEATURES AND CONTROLS ①SUSTAIN (Sustain Control) ④...
- Page 25 ●Easy-to-see LED enables you to check the effects ON/OFF and battery condition at a glance. ●Two types of power supply - 9V battery or special AC adaptor.
- Page 26 SAMPLE SETTING CP101 No.1 CP101 No.4 Setting for bass guitar and also for MTR. Attack tone Setting for balanced attack of chord stroke both in in slapping can be adjusted by SUSTAIN volume. drive and clean sound. CP101 No.2 CP101 No.5 Setting for even attack of fingerpicking and arpeggio For smooth lead sound by adding CP101 s sustain to to get balanced tone.
- Page 27 : 61mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Dimensions (overall) : 70mm(W) x 112mm(D) x 35mm(H) Weight : 9V battery (6LR61 or 6F22) x 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Standard Accessories : 270g : 9V manganese dry battery x 1, skid x 1 * Specifications are subject to change without notice.
- Page 28 ATTENTION : ■ Turn down the volume of effect and amplifier to the minimum before connecting Maxon effects to guitar, amplifier or other effects in order not to damage other connected equipment by unintended noise. ■ When not in use, disconnect plug from input jack to preserve battery.
- Page 29 If you want to dispose this product, do not mix with general household waste. There is a separate collection system for used electronics products in accordance with legislation under the WEEE Directive (Directive 2002/96/EC) and is effective only within European Union.
- Page 30 AC210 100VAC Maxon shall not be held liable to you or any third party for any losses caused by incorrect operation of this equipment, malfunction or any other failure of this equipment to operate as expected, or normal use of this equipment, except to the extent stipulated by law.
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