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RIPPED SPEAKER

FUZZ PEDAL

Congratulations on your purchase of the Ripped Speaker, an entirely analog

emulator of the earliest type of guitar distortion! At low fuzz settings, The Ripped

Speaker is capable of reproducing a pristine, slightly cracked tone similar to a

maxed out, low watt amplifier in a 1950s blues club. With the fuzz knob dialed up,

the pedal attains a searing, fully saturated tone which can tear that same room in

half. Finally, by adjusting the RIP knob, the Ripped Speaker can travel from full

harmonic expressiveness to a sputtering gate for shrunken, choked tones in a

more modern character. The Ripped Speaker features true bypass.

TRIVIA: The story of intentionally damaging amplifiers to achieve desirable new

tones originates from an accident which occurred in the early 1950s to

guitarist/singer, Ike Turner. While unloading gear before a show, Turner’s band

dropped one of their amps from the tour-van on to the sidewalk and in doing so,

perforated the speaker. They didn’t realize what had occurred until plugging in to

play, but ultimately Turner decided he liked the sound, so the amp was later used

in recording sessions.

CONTROLS

FUZZ Knob — Controls the amount of input gain that goes into the fuzz circuit.

Turn FUZZ clockwise to go from light to heavy fuzz.

RIP Knob — The RIP knob is a bias control that varies the amount of clipping at

either the top or bottom of the signal waveform. The least compressed and open

sound is with RIP set to noon. As you turn RIP in either direction from noon, the

character of the fuzz is altered: becoming choked or gated, creating interesting

textures and sputtering effects.

TONE Knob — Controls an active tilt-shift type EQ to further shape your fuzz

tone. Set TONE to noon and the EQ is flat. As you turn TONE counterclockwise,

the frequency response gets darker with more pronounced lows and less highs.

Clockwise yields a brighter tone with more highs and rolled back lows.

VOL Knob — Adjusts the output volume of the Ripped Speaker.

FOOTSWITCH and LED — The footswitch toggles the Ripped Speaker between

effect and true bypass mode. The LED lights when the effect is engaged.

Summary of content (4 pages)

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RIPPED SPEAKER FUZZ PEDAL Congratulations on your purchase of the Ripped Speaker, an entirely analog emulator of the earliest type of guitar distortion! At low fuzz settings, The Ripped Speaker is capable of reproducing a pristine, slightly cracked tone similar to a maxed out, low watt amplifier in a 1950s blues club. With the fuzz knob dialed up, the pedal attains a searing, fully saturated tone which can tear that same room in half.
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CONNECTIONS & POWER INPUT Jack — This 1/4” jack is the input to the Ripped Speaker. Plug your instrument into here. The input impedance is 1MΩ. AMP Jack — This 1/4” jack is the Ripped Speaker’s output. Connect this to the input of your next effect or amplifier. Output impedance is 100Ω. PWR Jack — The Ripped Speaker can be powered by a 9V battery or you can use an optional 9VDC AC Adapter capable of delivering at least 25mA to the 9V power jack, such as the EHX9.6DC-200.
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NOTES & SPECIFICATIONS • • • • Audio input impedance at INPUT jack: 1MΩ Audio output impedance at AMP jack: 100Ω Current draw: 10mA at 9.0VDC Bypass type: True COMPLIANCE The CE logo indicates that this product has been tested and shown to conform with all applicable European Conformity directives.
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WARRANTY INFORMATION Please register online at http://www.ehx.com/product-registration or complete and return the enclosed warranty card within 10 days of purchase. ElectroHarmonix will repair or replace, at its discretion, a product that fails to operate due to defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from date of purchase. This applies only to original purchasers who have bought their product from an authorized Electro-Harmonix retailer.