GigRig WetBox User Manual

The GigRig Ltd

Mar 2009

TheGigRig

Wet Box Manual

TheGigRig WetBox is the ultimate guitar/effects signal mixing system.

It can be manually set or controlled by the GigRig EXP Expression pedal and

used on your pedal board, in the input or in the effects loop of your amp.

Basic operation:

There are so many great ways to use your Wet Box, here are just a few examples.

1. as a parallel mixer

You start with your guitar signal in 'signal A' input. The guitar signal is split at this point

and a mirror image of what is at the input is sent out of send B. Plug the send B into the

inout of the effect you want to mix in parallel with your original signal. You can plug

anything in here from Fuzz's to delays, even drum machines. The output of the effect is

plugged nto the 'return B'. Use the 'balance' control to balance between the 'A' signal

(your original signal) and the 'B' signal (the effect that is in the parallel loop). Use the

'gain' control to set the overall level of gain or master volume. Using the 'gain' control

the output can be boosted by 2 or attenuated (reduced) to 1/3.

Phase switch - If as you mix the effect into your original signal the output seems to get

weaker, this means that the effect that is in the loop is 'out of phase' with your original

signal. Simply select the phase button to change the phase at 'input b' to correct this

problem.

The phase switch reverses this signal before it is mixed with input A.

2. A---B mixer

This is a really cool way to use the WetBox. If you split your original signal before the

WetBox (with a HumDinger for example) and send these two signals into 2 different

effects (chorus and OverDrive for example) you simply take the outputs of these two

effects and plug them into 'input A' and 'input B'. Now as you dial the balance knob you

can 'blend' these two effects in parallel. Try it, it sounds amazing.

The GigRig ltd. Wet Box, Revised Feb 2009

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Do you have a question about the WetBox and is the answer not in the manual?

Page 1 The phase switch reverses this signal before it is mixed with input A. 2. A---B mixer This is a really cool way to use the WetBox. If you split your original signal before the WetBox (with a HumDinger for example) and send these two signals into 2 different effects (chorus and OverDrive for example) you simply take the outputs of these two effects and plug them into ‘input A’...
Page 2 You can use the EXP pedal’s vol in and out between the ‘send A’ and the delay pedals input. Set the mix at the balance control on the WetBox. Now with the EXP pedal all the way on the Delay pedal will see the original signal and the effect will be mixed in with the original.
Page 3: Technical Data
Mixer: Simple High level transistor mixer. Low latency, non op-amp design. Max input at min gain = 3V p-p Power: External power supply minimum 20mA regulated. Thermal and short circuit protected (see the GigRig Generator). Protected against reverse polarity inputs. Centre negative supply required. Will work from 7V up to 20V...