Highland
The Highland is a low-gain, discrete overdrive. At its core, this circuit utilizes a single-stage, silicon transistor to drive your guitar’s signal into a natural breakup with warm, transparent tone and a great dynamic feel.
Unlike op-amp based overdrives, this overdrive utilizes a discrete transistor in its circuit topology. What I love about this approach is how warm and responsive it can be. It’s got a nice low-gain overdrive sound for a little push, but it can also become somewhat unstable and delve into mild fuzz territory. The Highland is loaded with tons of tone shaping features and functionality, which makes it a great overdrive or boost for any setup. I’m excited for you to give it a try!
LEVEL : Controls the overall volume of the overdriven signal.
GAIN : Controls the gain structure of the overdrive by manipulating the signal being fed into the single-stage transistor.
TONE : Controls the amount of treble frequencies in the amplified signal. Turning the knob clockwise adds more treble while turning the knob counterclockwise removes treble from the signal.
CLIP : Toggles between three different hard-clipping modes: symmetrical (up), none (center), & asymmetrical (down).
BODY : Toggles between three different voicing options: mid-range (up), treble (center), & full range (down).
This pedal is powered with a standard, center-negative 9V power supply. Daisy chain power supplies are not recommended. For the best user experience, an isolated power supply is recommended for powering all Awestruck Amplification pedals.
Description
The Highland is a low-gain, discrete overdrive. At its core, this circuit utilizes a single-stage, silicon transistor to drive your guitar’s signal into a natural breakup with warm, transparent tone and a great dynamic feel.
Unlike op-amp based overdrives, this overdrive utilizes a discrete transistor in its circuit topology. What I love about this approach is how warm and responsive it can be. It’s got a nice low-gain overdrive sound for a little push, but it can also become somewhat unstable and delve into mild fuzz territory. The Highland is loaded with tons of tone shaping features and functionality, which makes it a great overdrive or boost for any setup. I’m excited for you to give it a try!
LEVEL : Controls the overall volume of the overdriven signal.
GAIN : Controls the gain structure of the overdrive by manipulating the signal being fed into the single-stage transistor.
TONE : Controls the amount of treble frequencies in the amplified signal. Turning the knob clockwise adds more treble while turning the knob counterclockwise removes treble from the signal.
CLIP : Toggles between three different hard-clipping modes: symmetrical (up), none (center), & asymmetrical (down).
BODY : Toggles between three different voicing options: mid-range (up), treble (center), & full range (down).
This pedal is powered with a standard, center-negative 9V power supply. Daisy chain power supplies are not recommended. For the best user experience, an isolated power supply is recommended for powering all Awestruck Amplification pedals.
