Slug manual

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Intro

SLUG is an extreme, heavily-gated fuzz pedal capable of generating everything from walls of rumbling doom to weird “boink” noises. Users seeking subtle or polite sounds should look elsewhere; some settings veer into unpleasant or unusable territories.

SLUG is handcrafted in Seattle, WA.

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Operation

The controls on SLUG are very interactive and interdependent. Changing one control setting will affect the function of the other controls.

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Output

Controls overall output level.

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Input

Attenuates input level. Please note: lower settings may not pass any signal at all. Increase input level to begin making noise again. We suggest keeping this control turned up for use with instrument-level signals, like guitars.

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Timbre

Controls amount and type of fuzz. Also influences the gating effect of SLUG.

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Balance

Blends between filter sections to sculpt your sound.

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Sustain

Changes function of SLUG from slightly gated, to heavily gated.

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Gate

Toggles between two levels of gating, one very extreme, the other more permissive. Most noticeable with SUSTAIN switched off.

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Tone

Changes the level of filtering controlled by the BALANCE knob.

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In

¼” mono input jack.

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Out

¼” mono output jack.

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9V

Power input jack. Industry standard center-negative 2.1mm barrel plug. DC9V ONLY. Do not attempt to run at higher voltages. SLUG only requires a few mA of current to run. We recommend using only high-quality isolated power supplies designed for effects pedals, and to avoid daisy-chaining effects for quietest operation.

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Power

LED status indicator. When lit, SLUG is active. When not lit, SLUG is bypassed. SLUG features true-bypass switching.

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Note

SLUG uses an odd number of transistor gain stages, and therefore flips the phase of the output signal 180°. This will not affect operation unless attempting parallel processing. Producers using SLUG as an insert may wish to flip the send or return by 180° to avoid phase cancellation.