Quick Start Manual

Overdrive – Based on* the DOD
®
Overdrive/Preamp 250
This preamp is designed to slam the input of a tube guitar amp as well as add distortion. This increase of input level causes the
amp to distort in such a way that guarantees a visit from your mom, who obviously does not share your enthusiasm for distortion!
Forseveralguitarists,includingYngwieMalmsteen,theOverdrivePreampbecameanintegralpartoftheirsignaturesound.
Onceagaintheoriginalhadonlygainandlevelcontrols,soyourDM4hasknobstospare.Fearnot!Youmaynowapproachthe
EQ.Whenusedtastefully,you’llbringateartoyourmomma’sonegoodeye.Or,youcangofortheextremesandstartlooking
foranewplacetosleep.We’lltrustyouonthisone.
Screamer – Based on* the Ibanez
®
TS-808 Tube Screamer
®
FromStevieRayVaughantoMichaelLandau,thesimpleTubeScreameristheoverdriveheard’roundtheworld.Thismedium-
gainpedalwasintroducedintheearly’80s,andinmanybluescircles,you’renotallowedtosolowithoutone.Overtheyears,
IbanezissuedseveralvariationsofthevenerableTubeScreamer,butnonehavereachedthefabledstatusoftheTS-808.The
MIDknobontheDM4actsliketheTubeScreamer’stoneknob.Inaddition,youcanshapeyourtoneusingtheBASS and
TREBLEcontrols.(Orleavetheseinthe12o’clockposition,andthey’llhavenoeffect).
Tube Drive – based on* the Chandler Tube Driver
®
OriginallydesignedbykeyboardistBrentButlertoaddgrindandgirthtohisFarsa.Utilizingasingle12AX7preamptube,the
TubeDriverdeliversthesweetsingingsustaincravedbyguitaristsworldwide,andhasbeenastapleofEricJohnson’srigsince
themid’80s.OurmodelofthisclassicofferssweettonewithHiandLoEQcontrolsliketheoriginal.Andaswithmanyofthe
DM4models,we’veaddedanoptionalMID control that allows you to boost or cut the midrange to tailor the tone for you and
your guitar - MIDinthe12o’clockpositionhasnoeffect.
Boost/Comp – based on* a MXR
®
Micro Amp
This box was used by many a guitar god to “push” the front-end of their non-master volume tube amp, helping them to achieve
that cranked sound at a somewhat-less than stadium level. Our model delivers the same “goose the input of the amp” experience
andservesupalittlesecretsauceontheside.Yousee,theMicroAmphadonlyoneknob.Thatleftuswithfourotherknobs
readyandwillingtoserve.SetBASS and TREBLEto12o’clockfortheclassicsound.MID adjusts the amount of compres-
sion.
* All product names used in this manual are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers
whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’s sound model development. MXR® is a registered trademarks of Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. Tube Driver® is a registered trademark of Butler Audio, Inc. Ibanez® is a registered trademark of
Hoshino, Inc. Tube Screamer® is a registered trademark of Hoshino Gakki Co. Ltd. DOD® is a registered trademark of DOD Electronics Corp.