Doomsday (Germanium)
Bio
Doomsday
A multitude of explosive sounds, blasting through the doors, tearing down walls.
Bomb after bomb drops…
A roaring vibration.
The feeling of impending doom.
An evil dissonance wreaking havoc.
The dust settles.
Static and a low rumble are heard.
It’s Doomsday.
Controls
Volume: controls the output level
Gain: controls the amount of fuzz as well as the pitch when the pedal is oscillating. This knob is inactive when an expression pedal is plugged in.
Stab: controls the stability of the circuit, turning it down will allow it to self oscillate. It also changes the pitch of the oscillations and will change the character of the fuzz.
Gate: this is essentially a built in noise gate, turn it up to prevent the pedal from oscillating, for optimal fuzz tones set this knob just a hair above the cut-off point where the oscillations stop.
Comp: controls the amount of compression, at extremely high settings it can start to bit crush. This knob can also help to prevent the pedal from oscillating but it will start to get very gated/sputtery and it can result in some cool glitchy octave dive bombs if you set it right with the stab and gain knobs.
Body: controls the amount of bass going into the circuit. Turning it up cuts the bass frequencies allowing for more clarity. This also effects the pitch of the oscillations.
Tone: turning it up cuts the high frequencies and mellows it out. I find it has more of a germanium fuzz sound with the tone knob set fairly high.
Soft: turning it up softens the fuzz into more of an overdrive tone and allows it to clean up better when you turn down the guitars volume.
Exp: Plug in an expression control to control the gain knob on the fly. (A 10K expression pedal will work best.)
Technical Specs
Size: 125B 122mm x 67mm x 40mm.
Power: +9V centre negative (boss style)
Current: 50mA
Bypass: Smart relay true bypass (hold for momentary, tap for latching)