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TM
good tone comes from tweaking ...
Welcome! Thanks for purchasing your TightMetal™
Welcome! Thanks for purchasing your
pedal, another Amptweaker™
pedal, the first Amptweaker™ handmade product
designed with
desigded with consumersʼ advice. After the success
of the TightDrive™, I received many requests for other
gain pedals. The TightMetal is a high gain distortion
pedal, and includes a special Chomp gate setting that
really stops the notes hard! It works great either in front
of a clean channel or into the effects return. Keep those
ideas coming!
James Brown,
Cool Ideas:
True Bypass switching–buffered when pedal is ON
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Tight Attack control lets YOU dial in the chunk
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Gain, Volume, and Tone with Mid-Thrash switch
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2 position gate with Chomp setting for hard stops
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Pre/Post selectable Effects Loop-tracks Bypass Switch!
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Battery On/Off switch with red ʻDonʼt Forgetʼ indicator
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LED lit knobs when using a DC adapter
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14 Ga. steel chassis with magnetic sliding battery door
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Amp Engineer
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How does the work?
Vol ume–a
Master
Volume, set
for some boost
or balance
with bypassed
levels
Output Jack–
connect to the
next pedalʼs
input or to amp
True Byp ass Swit ch–when
bypassed, the guitar signal
bypasses all circuitry. When
active, this circuit is buffered,
to avoid signal loss.
Ton e–EQ,
shelves
highs up
and down
to balance
with low-end
Mid SW–two different midrange
settings, normal and Thrash–
which is more
heavily
scooped
GateʻChompʼ
makes
the note
stop hard!
Tight– set
higher for an
aggressive,
chunky attacklower for thick,
fatter distortion
DC Jack– use
regulated 9V–
18VDC supply
with center pin
grounded–9V
sounds like a
In Jack–from the
guitar or previous
effect. The battery
disconnects when
unplugged
50W amp tone
while 18V is a
cleaner, louder
100W tone.
Like a variac!
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sideways
EFX Loop Switch–selects Pre(before) or
Post(after) position for the Loop. Usually
Compressors sound best on Pre, while
Delays & Reverbs sound better on Post
Battery Door–
The battery
door is held
closed by a
magnet, and
can be opened
just by pulling
Battery Switch–
This switch turns
off the battery
when not in usenot active when
using an adapter
Effects Send & Return– Itʼs
easy to create your own effects
chains using this series loop–
and the added effects track with
the TightMetalʼs On/Off Switch
Specs:
Input impedance: 100K Ohm (effect on)
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Output Impedance: 1K Ohm (effect on)
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Current: 12mA with 9V battery, 28mA with 9V adapter
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(adds knob LEDs)
Housing: 14 Gauge galvanized steel
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Weight: 2 pounds, Dimensions: 3.75”W X 5”D X 2”H
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Adapter: 9-18VDC adapter w/ 5.5mm X 2.1mm
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positive barrel center ground
LEDs–light up
the knobs if an
adapter is used
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Other Tips & Tricks:
Effects like compressors, treble boosters, octavers, over-
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drives/distortion work best with the Effects Loop set to Pre.
Effects like delay, reverb, EQ, chorus, vibe/tremolo, and
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most others tend to sound best with the Loop set to Post.
Add an overdrive/distortion/boost pedal in the Effects Loop
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(set to Pre) to give this even more distortion!
Add an overdrive/booster pedal in the Effects Loop (set to
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Post) to give more output level to this pedal.
If youʼre having difficulty getting the tone you like, try
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connecting the output of the TightMetal into your ampʼs
effects return or power amp input–bypassing the preamp.
The Thrash position of EQ reduces the mids, so for more
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low-end, switch to Thrash, turn down the Tone, and crank
up the Volume–the result will be more low-end.
Select Pre/Effects Send to use it as a switchable ʻcleanʼ
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send to another effects chain, tuner input or amp.
Select Post/Effects Send to send to some other amp
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AFTER the TightMetal for a big stereo solo tone.
When using extremely high settings on the Tight control,
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you might need to increase your ampʼs bass control..
TM
good tone comes from tweaking . . .
Amptweaker, LLC, P.O. Box 387, Batavia, OH 45103
handmade in USA www.amptweaker.com
©2011 Amptweaker, LLC
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