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Earthquaker Devices Special Cranker Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

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Key Features

  • Sculpt your tone with the Special Cranker Overdrive, adding warmth and grit to any guitar.
  • Achieve vintage overdrive tones effortlessly; this pedal enhances your amp's natural sound.
  • Experience dynamic, responsive overdrive; great for blues, rock, and country styles.
  • Crafted for durability, this compact overdrive pedal withstands rigorous touring and gigs.
  • Simple controls make dialing in your perfect overdrive easy, no matter your experience.
  • This Earthquaker Devices overdrive provides exceptional sound quality at an affordable price.
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Shopper : Why Did You Choose This?CHRISTOPHER H : This pedal will probably work well with a bass guitar.THOMAS P : On-line Reviews and Demos

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2022-06-13T09:05:02

Rated 5 out of 5

Great Pedal, Fast Delivery, Non Stop Jamming

Love this Transparent Overdrive. It works perfect for me as a Always on pedal. Can?t wait to discover more sounds from this thing.

KILSON T.

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Earthquaker Devices Special Cranker Specifications

  • Current Draw

    15 mA

  • Input Impedance

    5 M Ohm (Approx.)

  • Output Impedance

    <25 k Ohm

  • Power

    9V DC power supply

  • Dimensions

    4.75 x 2.50 x 2.25" (121 x 64 x 57mm) (with knobs)

  • Weight

    15 oz (425g)

  • Battery Info

    Optional, not included

  • Battery Material

    Alkaline

  • Battery Type

    9-volt

  • Battery Quantity

    1

  • UPC Code

    810019912504

Designed For Use With:

  • Guitar Pedal

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About Earthquaker Devices Special Cranker

FEATURED REVIEWS

Great Pedal, Fast Delivery, Non Stop Jamming

By KILSON T.

Love this Transparent Overdrive. It works perfect for me as a Always on pedal. Can?t wait to discover more sounds from this thing.

Be the master of your sound with the Special Cranker Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal, a reliable and innovative addition to your musical arsenal. This high-quality, all-discrete analog distortion enhancement device is designed to add a touch of grit and boost to your signal without compromising your unique tone. It's like adding an extra preamp tube to your amplifier for an increased saturation, allowing your single notes to flourish with rich harmonics and a singing sustain.

This versatile pedal enhances your power chords, making them sound thicker and crunchier, while preserving the distinct and complex nature of your complex chords. The Special Cranker Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal is designed to maintain the integrity of your tone, preventing muddying of the low-end or smearing of the midrange.

The Level control allows you to adjust the output volume, with unity gain found between 10-12 o'clock depending on the selected diodes. The Diode Selector offers a choice between Germanium for a softer, more transparent tone, and Silicon for a brighter, modern edge. The More control adjusts the gain, changing the bias of the transistor for a range of tones, from nearly clean to a medium gain overdrive at maximum.

The Tone control lets you shape your signal, rolling off highs counterclockwise and boosting highs clockwise, with a flat response found around 3 o'clock. The Special Cranker Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal is a refined version of the beloved Speaker Cranker, offering more gain, double the output volume, an added Tone control, and a diode selector switch.

The pedal features Flexi-Switch Technology for both momentary and latching style switching, offering you complete control over your sound. For optimal performance, power this device with a standard 9-volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative center barrel.

Experience the durability and versatility of the Special Cranker Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal, a trusted product from Earthquaker Devices, and elevate your music to new heights.

Earthquaker Devices Special Cranker Features

  • Gives your signal extra grit and boost without drastically altering your tone and retains all of the natural nuances and character of your amplifier
  • Two distinct clipping modes that are both exceptionally responsive to playing dynamics: Germanium and Silicon
  • Germanium mode delivers a softer, more rounded response with tamed highs and lower output
  • Silicon mode delivers a brighter, more modern response with higher output
  • At maximum gain, the Special Cranker can achieve explosive overbiased tones depending on the output of your pickups
  • Flexible Tone control to give the user full command over the treble frequencies for excellent tone shaping and clarity
  • All-analog signal path
  • True bypass
  • Silent relay-based switching with Flexi-Switch Technology

Warranty Information

This product has a limited lifetime warranty.

Product Documents

User Manual

Key Features

  • Sculpt your tone with the Special Cranker Overdrive, adding warmth and grit to any guitar.
  • Achieve vintage overdrive tones effortlessly; this pedal enhances your amp's natural sound.
  • Experience dynamic, responsive overdrive; great for blues, rock, and country styles.
  • Crafted for durability, this compact overdrive pedal withstands rigorous touring and gigs.
  • Simple controls make dialing in your perfect overdrive easy, no matter your experience.
  • This Earthquaker Devices overdrive provides exceptional sound quality at an affordable price.

What's in the box:

  • Earthquaker Devices Special Cranker Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal
  • Manual
  • EarthQuaker Devices Lifetime Limited Warranty