Electro-Harmonix Tone Tattoo Instruction Manual

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WARNING: Your Tone Tattoo comes equipped with an Electro-Harmonix

9.6DC-200BI power supply (same as used by Boss® & Ibanez®: 9.6 Volts
DC 200mA). The Tone Tattoo requires 75mA at 9VDC with a center
negative plug. The Tone Tattoo does not take batteries. Using the wrong
adapter may damage your unit and void the warranty.

TONE TATTOO

ANALOG MULTI-EFFECT PEDAL featuring

METAL MUFF, NEO CLONE & MEMORY TOY

Congratulations on your purchase of the fully analog Electro-Harmonix
TONE TATTOO, the first true multi-effect from Electro-Harmonix! The
TONE TATTOO combines three of the most popular guitar effects:
distortion, chorus and delay, into one small and convenient package.
Each section in the TONE TATTOO is taken directly from some of EHX’s
best selling effects: Metal Muff for distortion, Neo Clone for analog
chorus and analog delay from the Memory Toy.

The effects in the TONE TATTOO are completely independent from each
other. Three separate footswitches, one for each section, allow for
individual control over which effect is on or off. Each effect has its own
dedicated knobs and switches all of which are tweakable at any moment;
there are no menus to scroll through or dual function knobs.

The chain of effects in the TONE TATTOO is fixed as the following:

IN  METAL MUFF  NEO CLONE  MEMORY TOY  OUT

Using the TONE TATTOO is like having three separate effects pedals on
your pedalboard but without the need for the additional cables or
separate power supplies and all in the footprint of one medium sized
pedal. The TONE TATTOO’s footprint is 5.75” x 4.75”.

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- CONTROLS, INDICATORS & I/O -

METAL MUFF SECTION

DRIVE Knob – Controls the amount of input gain. As the DRIVE knob is turned

clockwise, the input gain of the Metal Muff increases and the sound gets more
distorted: getting crunchier, thicker and increasing in saturation.

BASS Knob – Is an EQ control for the bass or low frequency response of the
Metal Muff. At its full clockwise position, the BASS knob provides +18.5dB of
boost at a center frequency of 105Hz. At its full counter-clockwise position, this
knob provides -18.5dB of attenuation at the same center frequency of 105Hz. In
the middle, center-detent position, the bass frequencies are not altered.

TREBLE Knob – Is an EQ control for the treble or high frequency response of
the Metal Muff. At its full clockwise position, the TREBLE knob provides up to
+20dB of upper frequency boost starting at 700Hz. At its full counter-clockwise
position, this knob provides up to -20dB of upper frequency attenuation starting
at the same 700Hz frequency. In the middle, center-detent position, the treble
frequencies are not altered.

SCOOP Switch – Provides two settings of attenuation in the middle frequency
range. The middle position of the SCOOP switch, labeled LO, provides a
low/medium amount of scoop, attenuating by -7.5dB, centered at a frequency of

1.2kHz. The upper position of the SCOOP switch, labeled HI, provides for a
bigger scoop with an increased mid frequency attenuation of -11dB centered at

1.2kHz. In the down position, labeled OFF, there is no mid frequency
attenuation.

GATE Button – When pushed down, the GATE button enables the gate function
of the METAL MUFF. When the GATE button is enabled, the METAL MUFF LED is
green. In the up position, the GATE button disables the gate function and the
METAL MUFF LED is RED.

Gate THRESHOLD Knob – Controls the input amplitude needed to open the
GATE. As you turn the THRESHOLD knob clockwise, the amount of gating
increases, requiring a louder signal to open the gate and allow your instrument
to pass through. Turning the THRESHOLD knob down all the way is equivalent to
disabling the GATE function.

Please see Page 4 for more information on how to use the gate function.

VOLUME Knob – Controls the overall output volume of the METAL MUFF
section of the TONE TATTOO.