Black Cat OD-1History: Black Cat Pedals was founded in the heart of Texas by Fred Bonte in 1993, at the dawn of the boutique pedal era. Black Cat users have included Eric Johnson, Billy F. Gibbons, Trey Anastasio (Phish), Scott Henderson, Steve Lukather, Michael Landau, and countless others. Fred Bonte discontinued production of Black Cat in late 2007. The company has since been restructured from the ground up to make way for a newly revamped line of Black Cat Pedals. Using Fred’s same great designs, the next generation of Black Cat Pedals has received a super-boutique makeover, featuring high-quality components and PCBs, top-notch build quality with consistent production, eye-catching graphics and deluxe packaging. Not everything has changed, however – Black Cat Pedals are still individually hand-wired and made in the USA.

The Black Cat OD-1 (a.k.a. Freddie Fuzz) is an original design Fred created based on the unique properties of the OP275, a dual operational amplifier chip made by Analog Devices. The OP275 is a high-quality op-amp that gives a distinctive linear output waveform. The Black Cat OD-1 can go from clean, to slightly crunchy, to all-out saturated distortion. It is unique in that it is extremely sensitive to the guitar; it responds to the player’s pick attack, and like a good Fuzz Face, it cleans up well when you roll back the volume on the guitar. The Black Cat OD-1 has been used by Scott Henderson, Steve Luthaker, Beck, Lyle Workman, Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty), and many others.

Features:• Durable powder-coat “Holographic Sparkle” finish• High-quality OP275 dual op-amp• Professional glass epoxy double-sided PCB• 3PDT True Bypass switch and Switchcraft jacks• Uses 2.1 mm Boss style power jack, or internal 9V battery• Hand-wired, Boutique quality, Made in USA• Wide range of dirt tones from mild to wild• Cleans up as guitar volume is turned down• Responds to pick attack and player dynamics

two modes of Operation:

overdrive/boost: The Black Cat OD-1 is a very loud pedal with tons of volume on tap. Try setting the Drive control at around 9 o’clock, then adjust the volume to 12 o’clock or greater. This setting will give a cleaner output signal that is boosted in volume and will overdrive the input stages of your guitar amp. For an even greater boost, turn up the volume control, but be careful not to get it too loud. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

DISTORTION: To get an all-out full-blown distortion sound, turn the Drive control to about 3 o’clock. Then start with the Volume control turned all the way down and turn it up until you reach the desired level. Again, the Black Cat OD-1 is louder than most overdrive/distortion pedals; try clicking the bypass stomp switch on and off to determine unity gain.

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