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  • Page 2 This piece of gear is, in my opinion, a work of genius! I claim no credit! An Manufacturer’s Name: DigiTech® amazing DigiTech team led by legend Eddie Kramer have created a device For your protection, please read the following: Manufacturer’s Address: 8760 S.

  • Page 3: Included Items

    ® 2. Connect the pedal output to the amplifier/mixer input. 3. Connect the guitar to the pedal input. • DigiTech Red Special Pedal 4. Connect the power supply to the pedal. • Red Special Artist Series Gig Bag 5. Turn up your amplifier/mixer level to your desired listening level.
  • Page 4 For more than 30 years, Brian’s signal path has begun with the Red Special Brian May’s Signal Path (Example) guitar and its multitude of pickup selections and phase options. The guitar signal is run almost exclusively through a treble booster and then directly into his customized Vox * AC30s.

  • Page 5: Control Descriptions

    CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS 4. INDICATOR LED This LED indicates the present (Ring) - GUITAR 1. OUT 1 (AMP)* mode of the model selected: Transforms your guitar tone to Connect this output jack to your OFF=bypass, GREEN=toe mode, sound more like Brian’s, using guitar guitar amplifier.

  • Page 6: Expression Pedal

    The Guitar Knob 4. We Will Rock You/Champions and the HEEL SWITCH (which The Red Special Pedal was designed to work Guitar Knob Crazy Little Thing Called Love enable different modes within each in conjunction with Brian’s Red Special guitar, (outer ring) 6.
  • Page 7 Model Tone Table Model Control Table Expression Expression Control Control Tone - Tone- Pedal - Model Model Pedal - Knob - Knob - Heel Mode (Red LED) Toe Mode (Green LED) Toe Mode Heel Mode Toe Mode Heel Mode Tape flanger Tape flanger Intro with tape flanger Solo with tape flanger...

  • Page 8: Model Descriptions

    MODEL DESCRIPTIONS Selecting and Enabling an Effect Model MODEL 1. “Keep Yourself Alive,” Queen, 1973 1. Use the MODEL KNOB to select a Model. (Refer to the Model Control table for a list of Models.) Written by Brian, “Keep Yourself Alive” was the first track on Queen’s 2.
  • Page 9 MODEL 2. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” A Night at the Opera, MODEL 3. “Tie Your Mother Down,” A Day at the Races, 1975 1976 The multi-part harmonies alone on this landmark recording took over 80 Brian wrote this song’s opening riff one morning while working toward hours to complete.
  • Page 10 MODEL 4. “We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions,” MODEL 5. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” The Game, News of the World, 1977 1980 Brian May wrote “We Will Rock You” specifically so audiences could participate in the song, and they still do today, both at Queen concerts Written by Freddie Mercury, “Crazy Little Thing”...
  • Page 11 MODEL 6. “Brighton Rock Solo - Live,” Live at Wembley MODEL 7. Deacy Tone / “A Winter’s Tale,” Made in ‘86, 1992 Heaven, 1995 This song’s famous solo originally appeared in a tune performed by a band The lyrics to “A Winter’s Tale” – the last Freddie Mercury would ever named Smile, of which Brian May and Roger Taylor were members.
  • Page 12 Flexible Output Mode Flexible Output Mode Setup The Red Special Pedal has three Flexible Output Modes : Mono, Stereo Mixer and Stereo Amp. These modes let you send a mono signal to an 1. Power up the Red Special Pedal. amp or mixer, or a stereo signal to two amps or two channels of a mixer.

  • Page 13: Stereo Mixer)

    Connections Diagram - Connections Diagram - Flexible Output Mode 1 (Mono) Flexible Output Mode 2 (Stereo Mixer) PS0913B PS0913B MIXER MIXER FS3X FOOTSWITCH FS3X FOOTSWITCH AMPLIFIER (OPTIONAL) (OPTIONAL)

  • Page 14: Calibrating The Expression Pedal

    Calibrating the Expression Pedal Connections Diagram - If the Expression Pedal’s range becomes diminished over time, it may be Flexible Output Mode 3 (Stereo Amp) necessary to re-calibrate the pedal. Here is the procedure for calibration: 1. Begin with the power disconnected from the Red Special Pedal. PS0913B 2.
  • Page 15 Using the Optional FS3X Footswitch FS3X Footswitch (Optional) The optional FS3X footswitch gives you hands-free access to each of the DOWN Red Special Pedal’s different models quickly and seamlessly, and lets you Selects the next lower Model. switch between heel and toe modes in each. The FS3X comes complete MODE Hold for three seconds to select with a 1/4”...

  • Page 16: Specifications

    In no event shall DigiTech or its dealers be liable for special or consequential damages or from any delay in the performance of this warranty due to causes beyond their control.
  • Page 17 Industries, Inc. Other product names modeled in this product are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with DigiTech. They are trademarks of other manu- facturers and were used merely to identify products whose sounds were reviewed in the...

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