Cusack Music Screamer Owner's Manual

LEVEL - This is the overall level of the af-

fected signal. Adjust this for the correct
sound level between off and on.

Tone - Controls overall tone of the pedal.

Drive - All the way counter clockwise is no

gain, all the way clockwise is about twice

Status LED (Red/Green) - When the effect is on

the LED is Red. When battery voltage is below
~7.5V, the LED will blink a few times when the pedal
is engaged. By default the LED is Green when by­passed. To have the LED off in bypass HOLD the By­pass Switch for several seconds until the LED Blinks.

Hold again to turn the LED back on in Bypass.

the gain of a typical Overdrive pedal.

IN—Guitar Input to the pedal. This jack dis-
connects power, so unplug when not in use.

OUT - Output of the pedal. Plug this either
into your amp or into any other ef-

fects you want after this effect.

Bypass Switch - Kick the switch
to change from

effect off

.

DC Power Jack - Used

to power your pedal
from a DC supply. This has
the same pin-out as the
standard pedal supplies,
tip is ground, sleeve is
9V. Use a filtered
supply, especially
on high gain over­drive and distortion
pedals, since they tend to

effect on

to

Clip Mode Toggle - Select the type of Clipping

Diodes. To the Left is “Stock”, to the right is

“Crushed”, and in the middle is “LED” (Asymmetrical

LED clipping). Different diodes cause the overall

level to change, so you may have to adjust

the level after moving the Clip

Mode Toggle.

Clip LED -

This is the

LED above the Toggle

Switch. When in LED Clip

Mode, this LED will follow

your guitar playing. The

brightness will vary depending

on guitar pickups and Drive set-

ting, and does not light up at low

gain settings. If you jam the front

end with another high gain pedal, you

can use the Clip-O-Meter to tune your

guitar. Hit your 5th fret and next open;

Tune until the Clip-O-Meter stops blinking. A

great trick to impress your friends with!

amplify power supply noise.

Power Consumption - ~8mA.

Updated 7/16/10

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