USER MANUAL
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Front Panel •A •B Toggles between 3 different Drive circuits for the A effect. Toggles between 3 different Drive circuits for the B effect. Ge - A circuit combining the softer response of Germanium diodes with a parallel path that blends in the dry signal as the Drive is lowered. At higher gains the lower-mid-range frequencies are emphasized to create a tight, thick response.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Front Panel (cont.) • LEVEL Controls the output volume of each channel. • TONE • DRIVE Adjusts the amount of gain applied to each channel. Adjusts the treble frequencies for each channel. The character and response of the control varies with the circuit type. • A (footswitch) • B (footswitch) Engages and bypasses the A channel. Red LED on indicates that the effect is engaged.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Rear Panel • BRIGHT switch • CONFIG switch Tailors the highest frequencies of the output signal. Try the middle for a balanced sound with most setups. Try minus (-) for a smooth top end. Try plus (+) to cut through with a warm amp/speaker setup. Selects the effect order for the 2 sides of Sunset. Selecting A+B will place the effects in a parallel signal chain. • POWER Use an adapter with the following rating: 9VDC center negative. 250mA minimum. • IN Mono instrument input.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Noise Gate Threshold Sunset has a variable-threshold noise gate feature to tame hum and buzz when you’re not playing. A downward expander with advanced signal detection techniques creates a seamless transition to noise gate silence with all types of input signal dynamics, including staccato bursts and slowly sustained notes. 1 Press and hold the B footswitch until the A LED blinks. Release the B footswitch.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® FAV Switch Setup Connect MiniSwitch or other external latching footswitch with a TRS cable to store and recall your Favorite setting. 1 2 Connect a(n) external switch to the FAV jack of Sunset. Dial in your desired sound on Sunset. or 3 Press and hold the A footswitch for 2 seconds to save this setting as a new Favorite sound. TRS 4 Step on the external footswitch to toggle between your favorite setting and the current setting on Sunset.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Power Up Mode – Bypass Mode Selection Setting Sunset to Buffered Bypass mode preserves the high frequency response of your guitar signal through your pedal chain and long cable runs. 1 Press and hold the B footswitch while powering up the pedal. 2 Turn the LEVEL knob on the B side to select True Bypass or Buffered Bypass. GREEN (LEFT) - True Bypass (default) RED (RIGHT) - Buffered Bypass. A connected expression pedal will still work in Volume Mode when using Buffered Bypass.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Power Up Mode - Expression Jack Options Selecting what the EXP jack will do. 1 Press and hold the A footswitch while powering up the pedal. 2 Turn the LEVEL knob on the B side to set the EXP jack mode. • GREEN (LEFT) Expression Pedal Mode (See page 9 for more info) • RED (RIGHT) Volume Mode (Default) (See page 10 for more info) 3 Press the A or B footswitch once again to store power up modes and begin using Sunset.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Expression Mode Use a TRS Expression pedal to control the knobs of Sunset 1 Connect the Expression pedal to the EXP jack of Sunset using a TRS cable. 2 Press and hold both A and B footswitches for a few seconds until both LEDs begin blinking GREEN. 3 Rock the expression pedal back to the HEEL position and only the A LED will blink GREEN. 4 Set the knobs the way you would like them to be in the HEEL position.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Volume Mode Use a TRS Expression pedal to control the output volume. 1 Connect the Expression pedal to the EXP jack of Sunset using a TRS cable. NOTE: When Sunset is in Buffered Bypass mode and the Expression Jack is configured for Volume Mode, the pedal will still function as a Volume pedal whether the effect is bypassed or engaged.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Factory Reset Restore the pedal to factory power up modes and secondary functions. 1 2 Press and hold the B footswitch during power up. Both LEDs will blink. Release the footswitch and turn the A channel LEVEL knob from 0-100% and back two (2) times. The A channel LED will change to AMBER at the extremes of the knob range and blink RED to indicate that the reset is taking place. Once the A channel LED stops blinking RED, the reset is complete and Sunset is ready for use.
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Sample Settings Heavy Stack Blues Stack Fat Stack Texas Classic Dirty FET Boost Defined Fuzz Thick & Juicy Harmonic Drive pg 12
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Features • Two independent effects that can be configured and controlled separately or blended together as a single effect • Selectable noise gate minimizes buzz and hum • The ability to run the two effects in series (in either direction) or parallel • Ultra Low Noise, high performance A/D and D/A Converters • Six hand crafted circuit algorithms provide a wide range of drive from clean to heavy distortion • High Performance DSP • Bright Switch tailors the sound for use with
Sunset - Dual Overdrive ® Strymon Non-Transferrable Limited Warranty Warranty Strymon warranties the product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years from the original date of purchase when bought new from an authorized dealer in the United States of America or Canada. If the product fails within the warranty period, Strymon will repair or, at our discretion, replace the product at no cost to the original purchaser.
