Solid Metal

Damage Control Solid Metal: Tube-amplified high gain distortion.

The Damage Control Solid Metal is no longer being made.

Controls

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• Knob 1 - "Level":
• Knob 2 - "Drive":
• Knob 3 - "Treble":
• Knob 4 - "Bass":
• Knob 5 - "Scoop":
• Footswitch 1 - "Engage":
• Footswitch 2 - "Radiation Symbol (Boost)":

Access

• Jack 1 - "Input":
• Jack 2 - "Amp Out":
• Jack 3 - "Direct Out":
• Jack 4 - "Power":

General Information

Highest Gain Distortion made by Damage Control

As the Damage Control Solid Metal powers two 12ax7 vacuum tubes, it requires a special, high-powered AC adapter.

marketingspeak scraped from the Damage Control web site:

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Pure Class A Distortion

   Massive dual 12AX7 tube saturation.
   Unruly amounts of class A gain.
   Active EQ with treble, bass and mid scoop controls.
   Unique bass control adjusts your speaker’s resonant peak response for chest pounding lows. “Palm mutes from hell.”
   High order multi-stage treble control for detailed high end response.
   Scoop control allows you to easily shape your mid EQ from classic to progressive/modern.
   20dB of additional footswitchable gain via “nuclear” footswitch.
   Remote switchable via standard TRS cable and remote switching controller.
   Crafted with love in the USA

Superior Analog Performance

   True Bypass. No compromise relay true bypass for zero loss bypass signal performance. NO tonal degradation.
   Premium low noise signal path.
   Dual 12AX7s run at their full 250V plate voltage. No starving plates here.

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Artists

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

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