Difference between revisions of "SFT"

Revision as of 03:07, 23 September 2018

Knob 1 - "Treble": Turn the knob increasingly clockwise to increase the treble frequencies.
Knob 2 - "Bass": Turning the knob clockwise increases the bass frequencies.
Knob 3 - "Volume": Turning the knob clockwise increases the volume output on the pedal.
Knob 4 - "Gain": Turning the knob clockwise increases the amount of distortion available and output by the pedal.
Footswitch 1 - "On/Off": This toggles the pedal between being engaged (on), and bypassed (off).

Not unlike the Catalinbread Manx Loaghtan fuzz, the SFT implements a Baxandall tone stack.

NOTE: Newer versions of the SFT have a push-button switch to toggle between "Stones" (up/disengaged) and "Stoner" (pressed down/engaged). Our version is older and does not have this button. According to the latest Catalinbread SFT Owner's Manual, that push button is a gain boost, pushing the button down increases the gain. Our experience is that the gain knob on our earlier model has a wider sweep, enabling all the gain that is available on the latest pedal. We suspect Catalinbread retooled the SFT with a gain potentiometer designed to offer a tighter range, and that range is shifted to "gainier" when the button is depressed.

The Catalinbread SFT is True Bypass.

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Unaware of any copyright claims. Juansolo website no longer exists.

We are currently unaware of any artists actively using the pedal now, or who have in the past.

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 ==Controls==
 [[File:Cbread_SFT_front.png|right|frame|<div style="text-align:right">Image from [https://motorcityguitar.com/products/catalinbread-sft-bass-overdrive-pedal Motor City Guitar]</div>]]
+* Knob 1 - '''"Treble"''': Turn the knob increasingly clockwise to increase the treble frequencies.
+* Knob 2 - '''"Bass"''': Turning the knob clockwise increases the bass frequencies.
+* Knob 3 - '''"Volume"''': Turning the knob clockwise increases the volume output on the pedal.
+* Knob 4 - '''"Gain"''': Turning the knob clockwise increases the amount of distortion available and output by the pedal.
+* Footswitch 1 - '''"On/Off"''': This toggles the pedal between being engaged (on), and bypassed (off).
+Not unlike the Catalinbread [[Manx Loaghtan]] fuzz, the SFT implements a [[Baxandall]] tone stack.
+; NOTE: Newer versions of the SFT have a push-button switch to toggle between '''"Stones"''' (up/disengaged) and '''"Stoner"''' (pressed down/engaged). Our version is older and does not have this button. According to the latest Catalinbread SFT Owner's Manual, that push button is a gain boost, pushing the button down increases the gain. Our experience is that the gain knob on our earlier model has a wider sweep, enabling all the gain that is available on the latest pedal. We suspect Catalinbread retooled the SFT with a gain potentiometer designed to offer a tighter range, and that range is shifted to "gainier" when the button is depressed.
 ==Bypass:True==