Quick Start Manual

Jet Fuzz – Based on* the Roland
®
Jet Phaser
Yeah,yeah.Weknow.ThephasersbelonginourMM4ModulationModeler–butwiththislittlefella,wejustcouldn’tresist.It’s
theAP-7JetPhaser.ARoland
®
catalogfromthe’70ssaysitbest:“...theJetPhaser/AP-7isaphaseshifterproducingdynamic
jetsoundsforrockguitar.”OnelistentothefuzzyswooshofthismodelisallittakestoremindyouofErnieIsley’sWho’sThat
Lady,andUliRoth’sworkwiththeScorpions.TakeacloselookatthesmalltextlabelingtheBASS and TREBLE knobs of
yourDM4.Theseknobshavespecialfunctionsforusewiththismodel:BASS controls feedback and TREBLE sets the rate of
the phaser. The trusty MIDknobgivesyoutonecontroloverthefuzzpartoftheeffect.Thenoisegatefunctiondoesnotwork
withJettFuzz.
Fuzz Pi – Based on* the Electro-Harmonix
®
Big Muff
®
Pi
NottobeoutdonebytheBrits,thecoloniescameupwiththeirowntwistonthefuzzrage.MikeMathewshadbeencookingup
allsortsofniftyeffectswhentheirattentionturnedtothedistortion/fuzzpedal.TheirmostpopularofferingwastheBigMuff
®
Pi,knownmoreforitssweetsustainthanforitsbuzz.Electro-Harmonix
®
was famous for their use of surplus parts, and the results
ofthispracticewereever-changingcircuitdesignsandpartsspecs.Asyoucanseeinthepictureofourcollection,theBigMuff
had several looks, but the sweetheart of the bunch is the one in the middle, known as the “triangle knob pattern” model. MID
functionsliketheoriginaltonecontrol.SetBASS and TREBLEto12o’clockfortheclassicsound.
Jumbo Fuzz – Based on* the Vox
®
Tone Bender
HaveyounoticedhowtheBritishmusicsceneofthe’60snotonlygaveusgreatbands,butalsoinspiredabunchofcoolgear,
too?ThusisthecasewithToneBender.Tomeasureit’ssuccess,allyouhadtodowastrackdownJimmyPage.Onceyoufound
him,ifyoulookedcarefullyyou’dndaToneBenderclose-by.TheclassicToneBendersignaturecanbeheardalloverthe
rsttwoLedZeppelinrecords,andisespeciallyapparenton“CommunicationBreakdown.”SetBASS, MID, TREBLE to 12
o’clockfortheclassicsound.
Facial Fuzz – Based on* the Arbiter
®
Fuzz Face
Sometimeinlate1966,thisinfamouscircularstompboxhittheLondonmusicscene.DesignedandbuiltbyArbiterMusic,the
FuzzFacewouldsoonbeginitsfamousassociationwithguitarlegendJimiHendrix.Likeallstompboxesfromtheearlyera,the
FuzzFacewouldseemanydesignchanges,aswellasre-issues.Ourmodelisbasedonthegermanium-powerederaaspictured
here:Anoriginal,veryearly“graywithblackscreening”ArbiterFuzzFace.Thislegendisnowyours,thankstotheDM4’sfaith-
fulrecreationofitsfuzzandglory.SetBASS, MID, TREBLEto12o’clockfortheclassicsound. 
* 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. Roland® is a registered trademarks of Roland Corp. Arbiter® is a registered trademark of Arbiter Group PLC. Vox® is a registered trademark of Vox R&D Limited.
Electro-Harmonix® and Big Muff Pi® are registered trademarks of New Sensor Corp.