Chandler Limited Little Devil Colored Boost User Manual
The Little Devil Colored Boost and Germanium Drive pedals, as with most Chandler products, were
designed to ll a need and a sound I had in my own head. I had become increasingly unhappy with
my old amps needing more exibility and the pedals I had could not do the job. Too many times I had
put a pedal on my $4000 Marshall, that I had saved my whole life to get, only to be disappointed and
have an unusable tone.
Both pedals are designed to take the tone you have and get the most from it. They are not “clean boosts”
by any extent of the imagination; but they are not meant to be a soggy, “I might use this once every six
months,” type of fuzz pedals either. They are full, colored, Class A tone that are variable from slight fuzz
to tight in your face plexi, from sweet singing Tele to overdriven blues.
In the shop during testing we used a variety of classic and modern amps to assure we delivered in many
situations from country, blues, and classic rock to full on metal and pop-punk.
Here is a list of amps we used to test:
Selmer Stadium (modded by Wade)
Selmer TV12
Selmer Bassmaster (early Treble n Bass 50)
Marshall PA100
Vox AC30
Vox AC10
Watkins Dominator
Peavey 5150 (early version)
Mesa Dual Rectier (early version)
Fender Champ (blackface)
Matchless Chieftan
Peavey Classic 20
Laney GH100
Park 100 watt
Each amp takes the pedals in its own way and we found the pedals interacted with each in subtle but
interesting fashion, “loading” each in its own way. On modern high gain amps we found ourselves using
less gain just to be able to kick the pedal on and pickup some of its avor and tight tone.
Little Devil Colored Boost - Designed by Wade Chandler Goeke
Chandler Limited, Little Devil and the Little Devil Flame Logo are trademarks of Chandler Limited Inc.
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OPERATION-
IN- connects to guitar, bass, or keyboard.
OUT- connects to amplier or other source such as computer input.
BYPASS SWITCH- true bypass, full bypass, or hardwire bypass whichever term you like!
POWERThe Little Devil Colored Boost pedal runs on any 9-volt “BOSS” style power supply or single 9-volt
battery. Only use power supplies with the following polarity symbol. Four screws on the
side panel must be removed to change the battery. Battery not included.
Dimensions 5.7” x 3.45”
COLOR BOOSTThis is the amount of gain you can select from the pedal. Depending on the Feedback/Bias setting you
can get as much as 37db of boost. The Colored Boost Control is not linear in its sound. The pedals gets
brighter as you boost more. You will nd it important to use the Boost Range in conjunction with boost
to tailor your sound to your needs.
BOOST RANGESelect the frequency response of the pedal here. This is at the beginning of the pedal circuit to keep the
sound as focused as possible.
HIGHs- Similar to old school treble boosters. Just the high frequency is boosted.
MIDs- A broader range treble boost adding in high mid range and just a touch of low mid range.
FULL- The widest range boost. Boost covers the low mid and into the low frequency. We left out just
enough of the lows to keep the sound tight. This is also a great setting for bass and keyboards.
HIGHsSets the overall brightness of the pedal. We found this useful when using amps of dierent sizes
especially when combined with the range. Small bright combos can be ne tuned easily or a muddy
stack brightened up with a throw of the toggle.
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