J. Rockett Audio Designs Tour Series Archer Overdrive and Boost Guitar Effects Pedal
The Archer is a versatile overdrive/boost with amazing headroom that is designed to help you cut through the mix. The Archer is sort of a two-in-one pedal. It can be used as just a clean boost by turning the gain all the way down. As you introduce gain it will attenuate the clean signal but there is a magical blend in between that you will find. Experiment with the settings and be careful with the output.this dude is loud!Output: The volume control is very powerful and drives fairly hard relatively early. This allows you to hit the front end of an amp or pedal to get very aggressive or crystal clear.Treble: The Treble control is a very effective EQ that goes from dark to a very “chimey”, bright tone. It’s great to create that midrange clarity.Gain: The gain also acts as a mixer control between the clean boost and the gain. Turn the gain all the way down and your output becomes the volume for all clean boost.Start blending in the gain control and it will simultaneously reduce clean volume and introduce gain…somewhere in the middle is the sweet spot or mix of the two.Power SupplyAll J. Rockett Audio Designs pedals operate off of the standard BOSS type 9 volt adapter or a single 9-volt battery. The power input is a 5.5 mm x 2.1 mm jack with the positive voltage on the outer sleeve. Using an external power supply will automatically disconnect the battery. Disconnect the input jack to preserve battery life when not in use or when not used with an appropriate, external power supply.
Product Features
- A recreation of an iconic circuit matching all of the wonderful qualities of the original
- A great clean boost that goes all the way to a chimey classic organic gain
- Can be used as just a clean boost by turning the gain all the way down
- Introduce gain to attenuate the clean signal until you find the magical blend in between
- Can be powered by a 9V battery; battery is NOT included
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A Keeper
Love it! It’s a keeper!!! Dude where’s my guitar? Love this pedal! On it’s own it’s a very full sounding low to mid gain OD pedal that just has a really smooth sound and feels great to play thru. Nice rich drive, good sustain and compression. Very tweakable controls. You can also use it to boost other drive pedals in your chain that are after The Dude and it works great. I ran The Dude into my Suhr Eclipse over drive pedal set to a medium gain crunch and I got one of the best lead tones I’ve ever heard from any rig I’ve ever had. You can…
Great tone and should be first on the pedal board. Wow! Iâve got plenty of pedals, including TS808, OCD, Wampler, Boss, Visual Sound and others. In a side by side comparison of all my OD pedals this Ikon wins hands down. Not going to say itâs totally different, just better for the first pedal on my board. Itâs quiet and has great tone plus a range from clean boost to just enough drive. Iâm looking forward to experimenting with all my guitar/amp combinations now. I played my Strat with Dimarzio Area pups through it into a 12AX7 preamp SS…