Hot Cake Distortion V2
by Crowther Audio
£189.00
In stock
Effect: Distortion
The Hotcake is designed to leave the un-distorted component of the guitar sound unchanged, while providing a nice fat distortion sound without resorting to a treble cut circuit which will also affect the guitar tonality.
With the Drive and Presence controls set to minimum, and the Level at around 2 o’clock, you should be hard pressed to hear any change in the sound at all when you switch the Hotcake in and out.
You can get a clean volume boost by increasing the Level control. Increasing the Drive will give you a thick distortion sound with a little bit of edge to it, and the Presence control adds some mid-range punch to the sounds. The Hotcake also handles chords superbly, just like an over driven amp. There are two switches, XLF supplies extended low frequency and CREAM supplies a tonal variation providing a slightly smoother sound.
Tech Specs.
- Input impedance: 1 Megohm. (equivalent to a typical valve amplifier. )
- Output impedance: less than 13k Ohm
- Recommended minimum output load impedance: 100k Ohm.
- Bypass type: Circuit converts into a high quality buffer with simple, quiet, seamless switching, using gold plated contacts.
- Phase polarity: Non inverting.
- Continuous current consumption approx. 3.5 mA (LED on)
- External power supply socket. 9-12VDC, 2.1mm, pin negative. Compatible with most popular AC adapters.
- If more than one pedal is powered from the same adapter, a regulated type should be used to minimise "hum" (100/120hz) which can be caused by circulating ripple currents.
