Seymour Duncan Forza User Manual
-FORZA-
OVERDRIVE
USER’S GUIDE
OVERDRIVE
Congratulations, and thank you for your purchase of the Seymour Duncan Forza Overdrive.
Forza is a full-range, highly adjustable and transparent overdrive for players who want more gain and
sustain without sacrificing the natural voice of their guitar amp. While many overdrives emphasize particular
frequencies, Forza is voiced across a balanced frequency spectrum so it sounds just as good through a clean
channel or enhancing an already overdriven amp. In addition to up to 37dB of gain, there’s a three-band EQ for
controlling the lows, mids and high end, and the Level control has plenty of range to allow use as a clean boost.
HOW IT WORKS
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Level – This control dials in the amount of output so you can level-match your dirty and clean sounds, dial
in a solo boost or deliver more drive to your amp.
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Drive – This control dials in a gain boost of 11dB to 37dB for everything from subtle coloring to more
intense overdrive.
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Bass – This control dials in the amount of low end, centered on 90 Hz with +/-11dB boost or cut.
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Mid – This control lets you dial in the amount of midrange, centered on 750 Hz with a boost or cut of 11dB.
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Treble – Dials in the amount of high end with a 2.1kHz center frequency and +/-12dB of boost or cut.
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Status LED - Indicates when the Forza is active. LED is on when the unit is engaged, o when in true
bypass mode.
True Bypass Footswitch – Activates the pedal. When
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the pedal is o, the circuit from your guitar’s signal runs via a
hardwired connection from the input jack to the output jack for
true bypass operation.
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Input Jack – Connect your guitar or other pedal cable here.
Output Jack - Run a cable to amp input or to the next eect
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pedal.
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Power Jack - You can use any 9V - 18V regulated DC adapter
(negative polarity center terminal).
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LET’S GET STARTED!
1. Plug in any regulated 9V - 18V power supply with a negative polarity center terminal.
2. Run good quality, unbalanced, shielded guitar cables from your guitar to the input jack and from output jack
or jacks to your amp’s input or to the next pedal on your pedalboard.
3. Dialing in your sound:
Start with the Gain, Treble, Mid and Bass controls at twelve o’clock and the Level at zero. Gradually increase
the level to the desired volume, then experiment with the range of the Gain and EQ controls to find your
tone, whether it’s a subtle coloration or a more sculpted sound.
SAMPLE SETTINGS
LEVEL
DRIVE
Sparkly Overdrive
Think of this as “a little more” on top of a clean amp channel: plenty of body with
a little midrange dip to smooth out the tone. This setting sounds especially jangly
with a Stratocaster.
BMT
LEVEL
BMT
DRIVE
British Crunch
Use this setting with a clean amp channel for vintage crunch tone. The mid-range
response is flat with lower bass for more focus, and it features maximum drive with
a slight high-end boost. This setting pushes your guitar into a bright, tubey growl
and works equally well with single coil and humbucking pickups.
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