Pistol Slapper by Butcher Pedals

The Pistol Slapper is unlike any other booster or overdrive and responds differently than your standard overdrive pedal. It works great with amps that have limited controls, and can be used like an extra channel. Using the powerful EQ, you can use it to brighten a dark sounding amp or humbuckers and darken a bright sounding amp or single coil pickups. Are you a fan of overdrive and fuzz pedals? Well the Pistol Slapper also stacks well with other pedals. Try it with your other overdrive and fuzz pedals. After a fuzz, try setting the gain to unity, the drive down low, and use the EQ to shape your fuzz tone without losing the sound of your fuzz.

This unit is based on the extremely rare Hawk II Tonal Expander booster made in limited numbers by S. Hawk Ltd. back in the 1970's and used by Rory Gallagher. Butcher Pedals took that effect and improved upon it in many ways while still keeping true to the core tone - the Pistol Slapper was developed alongside an original Hawk II to ensure the positive characteristics remained the same.

Some features of the Pistol Slapper include:

More gain available and much less noise than the original. 3 band independent EQ for cut and boost tone shaping. Footswitchable treble boost. Fine tune the treble boosts frequency and response with the Filter and Select controls. Circuit runs on 18V for maximum headroom and power but still only requires a regular 9V DC power supply. Bi-colour LED. Green is standard mode while red is for treble booster mode. Open, natural and dynamic tone, with no clipping diodes. Here are the controls:

Treble: Adjust the treble content of the pedal. Middle: Adjust the midrange content of the pedal. Bass: Adjust the bass content of the pedal. Select: 3 position toggle switch (previously a 6 position rotary switch on the Maritime Analog version) selects the treble boost's corner cut off frequency. Only functions when the Treble Boost is active. Filter: Fine tune the treble boost's corner cut off frequency. A subtle sounding but useful feature. Only functions when the Treble Boost is active. Drive: Adjusts the amount of gain in the pedal. Level: Controls the overall volume output of the pedal. Boost Switch: Activates the Treble Boost feature of the Pistol Slapper (red LED lit). It also raises up the gain a bit as well. Only works went the pedal is on.

The Pistol Slapper is true-bypass.

This unit does not have a battery compartment and requires a power supply (not included). Power requirements: Regulated 9V DC with 12mA of current via standard 2.1mm connector with center negative (using a supply higher than 9V can result in damage to the unit). As with all boutique effects pedals, a high quality power supply is recommended (such as a ). The Pistol Slapper is safe to daisy chain with other pedals for power, but keep in mind that sharing power supplies with certain pedals can sometimes cause undesirable noise - daisy chaining with digital effects and time-based effects should definitely be avoided.

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