Laney 85 User guide

INTRODUCTION

The Black Country Customs range of BASS pedals are born
out of the desire to achieve the best BASS tone possible.

The result of hours of dedicated tesng and listening, each

Black Country Customs pedal is built using the highest

quality components and engineered to last a lifeme on

your board.

WHAT IS “THE 85”

The 85 is an octave pedal oering studio quality pitch

tracking and sound.

The 85 gives you independent control of an Octave down

and an addional switchable “Interval” control, allowing
for an extra octave up, 2 octaves down or a perfect 5th

above your original note. The FOCUS control used in con-

juncon with the two pitch controls allows you to ne tune

the character of octave and interval ranging from classic
funky subs to massive synth-like chords.

FEATURES

Each of the BCC pedals have been designed to incorporate

features that really maer: -

• Transparent fully buered operaon at all mes.

• Super high output drive provides an excellent

interface between bass guitar and eects pedals/

amp.

• Much reduced cable loss.

• Consistent bass guitar volume performance at all

sengs.

• Signal phase integrity.

• Excellent consistent load for passive
Volume pedals.

• Ultra-low noise circuitry.

• Tri-coloured LED showing mode of

operaon.

• Silent switching.

LAYOUT

The layout of your pedal has been ergonomically designed

by players, for players, to give you control over all the
features you need, quickly and eecvely.

The following pages will give you an insight into how the
controls on the The 85 work and interact with each other.

FEATURES

1

1

3

4

2

5

6

CONTROLS

FOCUS

1

Changes the “Focus” of the two pitch shiers.
Lower sengs will remove higher harmonics, this
will give a more dark and subby mbre. Higher
sengs add more harmonics giving a fuller more
synth like mbre.

- OC TAVE

2

Control for the -1 Octave down level.

DIRECT

3

Level control for the direct (uneected) signal.

INTERVAL SWITCH

4

Selects the interval pitch in semitones.

UP - +12 (+1 Octave Up)
MID - -24 (-2 Octaves Down)
DOWN - +7 (+5th Up)

5

INTERVAL

Control for the current interval pitch level. The
interval is determined by the mode switch 4.

FOOTSWITCH

6

Enables / Disables the pedal.

FEATURESFEATURES

7

8

CONTROLS

CONTROLS

EXPRESSION PEDAL

7

Input for an expression pedal. 10K TRS style
needed.

An expression pedal can be used in two dierent

8

modes.

Pitch Mode – The expression pedal controls the
pitch of either the –OCTAVE or INTERVAL or
both.

Level Mode – The expression pedal controls the
level of either the – OCTAVE or INTERVAL or both.

EXP EDIT - Changes the expression pedal input

mode. (See above).

To change the mode, hold down the EXP EDIT (8)
buon and move the INTERVAL SWITCH (4)

Interval switch UP - PITCH MODE
Interval switch MID - NOTHING
Interval switch DOWN - LEVEL MODE

See following diagrams.

FEATURES

exp edit

+1

-2

th

+5

oct

PITCH MODE

1.PRESS & HOLD

2.MODE UP

exp edit

+1

-2

th

+5

oct

LEVEL MODE

1.PRESS & HOLD

2.MODE DOWN

FEATURES

exp edit

+1

-2

th

+5

oct

-OCT

INT

-OCT

INT

2. TURN FOCUS

1.PRESS & HOLD

DUAL CONTROL (-OCTAVE & INTERVAL)

exp edit

+1

-2

th

+5

oct

-OCT

INT

-OCT

INT

2. TURN -OCTAVE

-OCTAVE CONTROL

1.PRESS & HOLD

exp edit

+1

-2

th

+5

oct

-OCT

INT

-OCT

INT

2. TURN INTERVAL

INTERVAL CONTROL

1.PRESS & HOLD

FEATURES

10

11

9

CONTROLS

SIGNAL INPUT

9

Bass / Guitar / Instrument input.
Opmized for bass guitar but can accept other

instruments.

FX OUTPUT

10

The main FX Output (this is a mono device).

DI RECT/DRY

11

Direct Dry “Buered” signal output with no
eects / level shi.

FACTORY RESET

The expression edit sengs are stored on the
on-board memory, so once set there is no need

to set them again on power cycle. Though if
required it is possible reset the pedal back to
factory defaults

In order to iniate a factory reset, press and
Hold the EXP EDIT buon when powering on the

pedal and this will reset the pedal back to its
factory shipped status.

SPECIFICATIONS

Model : The 85

FX Type : BASS OCTAVE

Input Impedance : 1MΩ

Output Impedance : 100Ω

Noise Level (20-20KHz Filter) : <50μV

Frequency Respose Bypassed : 20-20KHz (+/- 0.5dB)

Recommended Minimum Load Impedance : 10KΩ

Power Supply : Regulated 9V DC PSU (Not Included),
centre negave, 2.1x10mm connector type

Current Consumpon : 90mA

Unit Dimensions : 58.5 x 74 x 121.55mm,

2.3” x 2.9” x 4.8”

Net Weight : 0.38Kg, 0.8lbs

Carton dimensions : 78.5 x 114.5 a 158mm,

3.1” x 4.5” x 6.2”

Gross Weight : 0.6Kg, 1.3lbs

This dev ice complies wi th Part 15 of the FC C rules.

Opera on is subject to t he following tw o condions:

1) This dev ice may not cause ha rmful interf erence

2) This dev ice must accept a ny interferen ce received, th at may cause
undesired operaon.
Warning: C hanges or modi caon to the equi pment not appro ved by Laney

can void t he user’s author ity to use the equ ipment.

Note: This equipm ent has been test ed and found to com ply with the limit s

for Clas s B digital devic e, pursuant to Par t 15 of the FCC Rule s. These limit s
are desig ned to provide re asonable prot econ agains t harmful inter ference
in a reside nal installa on. This equi pment generate s, uses and can rad iate

radio fr equency ener gy and if not ins talled and used i n accordance wi th

the instr ucons, may c ause harmful int erference to r adio communic aons.
However, ther e is no guarantee t hat interfere nce will not occu r in a parcular
instal laon. If this eq uipment does ca use harmful inte rference to ra dio or
televis ion recepon , which can be dete rmined by turnin g the equipment o 
and on, the u ser is encoura ged to try and cor rect the inter ference by one or

more of the following measures.

Reorie nt or relocate th e receiving ante nna.

Increas e the separao n between the equ ipment and rece iver.

Connec t the equipmen t into an outlet on a ci rcuit diere nt from that to whic h

the recei ver is connec ted.

Consul t the dealer or an exp erienced rad io/TV tech nician for help.

This product conforms to the requirements of the following European

Regula ons, Direc ves & Rules:
CE Mark (93/6 8/EEC), Low Voltage 2 014/35/EU, EMC (2014/30/EU), R oHS
(2011/65/EU), RE D (2014/30/EU), ErP 200 9/125/EU

In order to r educe environ mental damage, at t he end of its usef ul life, this
produc t must not be disp osed of along wi th normal house hold waste to lan dll

sites. I t must be taken to an ap proved recyc ling centre acc ording to the

recomm endaons of the W EEE (Waste Electr ical and Elect ronic Equipmen t)
direc ve applicabl e in your countr y.

SIMPLIFIED EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Hereby, La ney Electroni cs Ltd. declar es that the radio eq uipment is in com pli­ance wit h Direcves 2014 /53/EU, 2011/65/EU,20 09/125/EU

Full tex t of the EU declara on of conformi ty is available a t the following
interne t address:

support.laney.co.uk/approvals

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