PRODUCT MANUAL
DRAKON
Power and Safety
This pedal requires a 9v DC negative center tip power supply (standard pedalboard power) to operate. Do NOT operate at higher voltages, with positive center, or AC current. It is highly recommended that you use an isolated power supply rather than daisy-chaining, as it will help keep the noise floor down.
This is an electrical device. Take care to keep dry and avoid liquids as they may be a shock hazard or damage the pedal.
Controls
LEVEL: set the overall output volume of the pedal
GAIN: set the amount of gain. As you turn this knob, the pedal will get louder, and you will notice more color and harmonics. Turn it enough and it will overdrive. Depending on how the internal trimmer (bias) is set, maximum settings may begin to fuzz and/or gate slightly. NOTE: you may hear crackles/noise while rotating this control–this is normal, and due to the way in which the potentiometer interacts with the transistor.
LOW: a passive cut for bass frequencies (high pass filter). Use this control to shape your tone: warm, fat, treble-boost, etc.
CLIP: this switch offers multiple compression settings. As you change its setting you will notice more drive saturation (effect is interactive with the gain knob). NOTE: stronger clip settings will result in some volume loss, due to the way in which diodes work; simply raise the LEVEL control to compensate.
Internal
BIAS: The Drakon features an internal bias control. NOTE: care must be taken while making adjustments so as not to damage internal components. This bias control sets the maximum reach of the gain knob. By adjusting this control (set the gain knob to max while doing so) you can push the transistor into fuzz/gating. Extending the reach of the gain control has no effect on the lower regions (all of those tones are still present on the sweep). For some serious fuzz fun, set the bias to VERY stuttery, and place another overdrive or boost in front of the Drakon. Slamming the gated signal with a lot of volume unlocks a lot of interesting sounds.
LED BRIGHT: Many PHD Pedals have an internal trimmer control that allows some adjustment to LED brightness. This can be found on the PCB attached to the footswitch. Care must be taken while making adjustments so as not to damage internal components. If adjustments are made while the power is on, be extra careful not to create electrical shorts.
