DigiTech Artist User Manual

DigiTech® Artist Series

even signature sounds

with fourteen unique

variations, spanning over

thirty years of tone. From

the umistakable solos of “We Will Rock You”

and “Bohemian Rhapsody” to the one and only

“Deacy” amp, the Brian May Red Special Pedal

lets you walk in the footsteps of one of rock’s

most inﬂ uential guitar masters and achieve one

of guitarists’ most sought-after tones.

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Keep Yourself Alive

Rich tape-ﬂ anged intro or

solo with ﬂ anging.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Vocal-like tone with tons of sustain or Heavy Rock Rhythm

and Finale Orchestral Fanfare with “Deacy” amp.

Tie Your Mother Down

Intro with moderate sustain and distortion or solo

close-miked with higher gain for more sustain and distortion.

We Will Rock You / Champions

Creamy distortion with a churning phaser effect.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Acoustic guitar model with delay, or

clean rockabilly tele tone with reverb and delay.

Brighton Rock Solo - Live

Solo with delay (3 amps) and tight chorus or

with 3-part Orchestral Harmonizer effect.

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Deacy Tone / Winter’s Tale

Raw tone through treble booster and Brian’s “Deacy” amp

or delay and reverb added as a post effect.

The Red Special Pedal’s cast metal treadle also offers Heel and Toe switches that let you select two distinctive tone variations of each model. The LED lights Green (toe) or Red (heel) to show the

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selection.

All tones are modeled from Brian’s Red Special

(Burns™* Tri-Sonic™ pickups) with a treble booster and

Vox®* AC30 amp unless otherwise noted.

Keep Yourself Alive

Intro with modeled tape ﬂ ange.

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Solo with tape ﬂ ange.

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Working closely with Brian May

and Eddie Kramer, Senior Production Modeling Consultant (and world-class recording engineer), our Production Modeling™ team delivers the tone that has inspired a generation of guitarists.

The meticulously crafted tones of the Red Special Pedal are modeled with the same gear used in the original recordings.

Design your own unique tones using the Red Special Pedal’s models and modes. Tweak the gain, level, bass,

treble and control knobs to create

your own tone.

We’ve even included a proprietary

guitar knob that re-voices your guitar

to sound like Brian’s legendary Red Special’s Burns™ Tri-Sonic pickups.

Beginning at the 12 o’clock position, customize each tone with GAIN, LEVEL, TREBLE, BASS,CONTROL and GUITAR.

Flexible Output Mode™ lets you choose between mono amp or mixer, stereo mixer or stereo amp output options in setup during power-up.

change. DigiTech, Audio DNA, Red Special and Flexible Output Mode are trademarks of Harman International Industries, Inc. *Other product names modeled in this product are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or afﬁ liated with DigiTech or Harman International Industries, Inc. Vox, Foxx, Burns, Tri-Sonic, Ovation, Les Paul and Fender Telecaser are trademarks of other manufacturers and were used merely to identify products whose sounds were reviewed in the creation of this product.

GUITAR knob (outer ring) re-voices single coil and humbucker pickup-equipped guitars to sound like Brian’s legendary Red Special guitar.

Bohemian Rhapsody

The timeless rock anthem truly comes to life thanks to DigiTech® Production Modeling™.

1st Solo with vocal-like sustain achieved with out-

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of-phase Red Special guitar neck and middle pickups.

Heavy Rock Rhythm and Finale Orchestral Fanfare

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with “Deacy” amp.

Tie Your Mother Down

Intro with Brian’s “main” tone with volume backed

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off to ¾ using bridge and middle pickups.

Solo tone using the bridge and middle pickups and

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the volume full up. Just add a bottle slide for the

perfect ﬁ nishing touch to this great tone.

We Will Rock You / Champions

The classic rally anthem for the people.

“Take on the world someday…wavin’ your

banner all over the place”

Fiery rhythm and lead tones using neck

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and middle out-of-phase and in-phase into the

treble booster, Foxx™* Foot Phaser and AC30.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Stunning acoustic intro modeled

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from an Ovation®* 6-string.

Solo — a rare instance where Brian used a Fender™ *

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Telecaster™* and a mid 60’s guitar amp

for a more rockabilly sound.

Brighton Rock Solo - Live

Brian’s main live solo tone with tight chorus and

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delay. Bridge and middle pickups in phase, treble

booster and three Vox® *AC30 amps.

Alternative main live tone with Orchestral

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Harmonizer in 3-part pitch-shifting.

Deacy Tone / A Winter’s Tale

Clean Red Special Guitar tone,

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treble booster, deacy.

Same clean tone with delay and reverb

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added as a post effect.

OPTIONAL FS3X FOOTSWITCH

Gives you fast, Hands-Free access

to all Red Special Pedal models and modes.

Seven signature models with

14 distinctive, highly-sought-after tones

Models Include: Red Special Guitar, Treble Booster,

Deacy Amp, Vox® AC30, Foxx Foot Phaser™,

Pickup Conﬁ gurations, Delay, Reverb, Flanger,

Acoustic, Tele® and more…

Integral hard-wired dynamic

analog treble booster

Guitar knob lets you optimize

Red Special Pedal’s voicing to suit

your guitar’s pickups

Flexible Output Mode™ – Mono amp or

Mixer and Stereo Mixer and Stereo Amp

Vintage wood grain ﬁ nish unique to each

pedal inspired by Brian’s own handcrafted

one-of-a-kind guitar, the Red Special

Includes embroidered bag, Brian’s

plectrum of choice, a British Sixpence

and power supply

Optional FS3X footswitch available

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