Cusack Music Screamer Bass 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 effects

you want after this effect.

Bypass Switch - Kick the switch
to change from

effect off

.

effect on

to

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 amplify power supply

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 ad-

just 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 bass playing. The brightness

will vary depending on guitar pickups

and Drive setting, 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!

noise.

Power Consumption - ~8mA.

Updated 7/16/10

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