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The Small foot Box of War™
Thank you for picking up your new Small Foot Wren and
Cuff Box of War.
This is the compact, more pedalboard friendly version of
or original Box of War pedal, but do not worry, the circuit is
exactly the same as the original Box of War pedal!
A Few things about the Box of War:
Much like it’s brighter even less fuzzy brother, our Tall
Font Russian, you’ll probably notice that you’ll have to turn
the volume up higher (relatively speaking) than with most
other generations of muffs and their clones. This is
intentional and inherent to the original vintage design.
Thee early Russian Pi’s can have less of a “wow” factor in the bedroom. You don’t get
as much of that dripping saturation you may be expecting from current EH muffs. This is
also a very important aspect to the design, and contributes to the uniqueness of this
pedal.
Where the pedal will really shine is in a live setting. You’ll still have a warm but cutting
presence in the mix and will likely find more than enough gain on tap to make this one
of your favorite fuzzy distortions (bordering on overdrive) that sits in the mix beautifully
without having the disappearing fuzz syndrome. This is a players pedal.
These pedals love the neck pickup for super sustaining leads. Put a mild compressor in
front of it, a longish delay after, and it’ll sustain for about a week and a half. A fantastic
ambient lead tone (the civil war era muffs were even used by Mr Gilmour from time to
time).
On the bridge this pedal can get over-drivey and nasty, but still retain a pleasant
smoothness. It is a darker pedal overall compared to our Tall Font Russian, and good
for those who like the toothy-ness of the tall-fonts, but like the highs a little more
attenuated.
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DRAW
The response to volume adjustments on the instrument is second to none.
Pro tip: Turn the fuzz to max and do all adjustments at the volume knob on your guitar.
You can cover a lot of ground that way.
Take some time to settle in with your new pedal and you’ll discover what makes the old
EH Russians, and your new Box of War, such a treasure to many.
The Controls:
VOLUME
Makes it louder or not so loud when ya turn it.
TONE
SUSTAIN
Other Info:
CURRENT
POWER
BYPASS
Controls the sweep of the passive mid-notch
Makes things more…. FUZZY!
The Box of War will draw around 5.5mA
This pedal uses a 9V battery or a center-negative 2.1mm barrel regulated
power supply (typical guitar pedal power unit). If using a power supply,
please use one intended for effects pedals.
Effect on/off switching is done via a 100% mechanical 3PDT foot-switch,
otherwise known as “true- bypass”
Wren and Cuff is not affiliated with nor endorsed by Electro-Harmonix Inc.
Wren and Cuff
3529 Old Conejo Rd • STE 101 • Newbury Park • CA • 91320 • USA
www.wrenandcuff.com • [email protected]
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