Red Special Pedal Brochuer

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Seven signature models with

14 distinctive, highly-sought-after tones

Models Include: Red Special Guitar, Treble Booster,

Deacy Amp, Vox® AC30, Foxx Foot Phaser™,

Pickup Conﬁ gurations, Delay, Reverb, Flanger,

Acoustic, Tele® and more…

Integral hard-wired dynamic

analog treble booster

Guitar knob lets you optimize

Red Special Pedal’s voicing to suit

your guitar’s pickups

Flexible Output Mode™ – Mono amp or

Mixer and Stereo Mixer and Stereo Amp

Vintage wood grain ﬁ nish unique to each

pedal inspired by Brian’s own handcrafted

one-of-a-kind guitar, the Red Special

Includes embroidered bag, Brian’s

plectrum of choice, a British Sixpence

and power supply

Optional FS3X footswitch available

Working closely with Brian May

and Eddie Kramer, Senior Production

Modeling Consultant (and world-class

recording engineer), our Production

Modeling

™

team delivers the tone that

has inspired a generation of guitarists.

The meticulously crafted tones of the

Red Special Pedal are modeled with the

same gear used in the original recordings.

Design your own unique tones using

the Red Special Pedal’s models and

modes. Tweak the gain, level, bass,

treble and control knobs to create

your own tone.

We’ve even included a proprietary

guitar knob that re-voices your guitar

to sound like Brian’s legendary Red

Special’s Burns

™

Tri-Sonic pickups.

The Red Special Pedal’s cast metal

treadle also offers Heel and Toe switches

that let you select two distinctive tone

variations of each model. The LED lights

Green (toe) or Red (heel) to show the

selection.

All tones are modeled from Brian’s Red Special

(Burns™* Tri-Sonic™ pickups) with a treble booster and

Vox®* AC30 amp unless otherwise noted.

Keep Yourself Alive

•

Intro with modeled tape ﬂ ange.

•

Solo with tape ﬂ ange.

Bohemian Rhapsody

The timeless rock anthem truly comes to life

thanks to DigiTech

Production Modeling

™

•

1st Solo with vocal-like sustain achieved with out-

of-phase Red Special guitar neck and middle pickups.

•

Heavy Rock Rhythm and Finale Orchestral Fanfare

with “Deacy” amp.

Tie Your Mother Down

•

Intro with Brian’s “main” tone with volume backed

off to ¾ using bridge and middle pickups.

•

Solo tone using the bridge and middle pickups and

the volume full up. Just add a bottle slide for the

perfect ﬁ nishing touch to this great tone.

We Will Rock You / Champions

The classic rally anthem for the people.

“Take on the world someday…wavin’ your

banner all over the place”

• •

Fiery rhythm and lead tones using neck

and middle out-of-phase and in-phase into the

treble booster, Foxx™* Foot Phaser and AC30.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

•

Stunning acoustic intro modeled

from an Ovation®* 6-string.

•

Solo — a rare instance where Brian used a Fender™ *

Telecaster™* and a mid 60’s guitar amp

for a more rockabilly sound.

Brighton Rock Solo - Live

•

Brian’s main live solo tone with tight chorus and

delay. Bridge and middle pickups in phase, treble

booster and three Vox® *AC30 amps.

•

Alternative main live tone with Orchestral

Harmonizer in 3-part pitch-shifting.

Deacy Tone / A Winter’s Tale

•

Clean Red Special Guitar tone,

treble booster, deacy.

•

Same clean tone with delay and reverb

added as a post effect.

OPTIONAL FS3X FOOTSWITCH

Gives you fast, Hands-Free access

to all Red Special Pedal models and modes.

Flexible

Output Mode™

lets you choose

between mono amp or mixer,

stereo mixer or stereo amp output

options in setup during power-up.

www.digitech.com

Scenic Sandy, UT USA

801.566.8800

change. DigiTech, Audio DNA, Red Special and Flexible Output Mode are trademarks of Harman

International Industries, Inc. *Other product names modeled in this product are trademarks

of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or afﬁ liated with

DigiTech or Harman International Industries, Inc. Vox, Foxx, Burns, Tri-Sonic, Ovation, Les Paul

and Fender Telecaser are trademarks of other manufacturers and were used merely to identify

products whose sounds were reviewed in the creation of this product.

Photo: Jill Furmanovsky / www.rockarchive.com

GUITAR knob (outer

ring) re-voices single

coil and humbucker

pickup-equipped

guitars to sound like

Brian’s legendary Red

Special guitar.

Beginning at the 12 o’clock

position, customize each tone

with GAIN, LEVEL, TREBLE,

BASS,CONTROL and GUITAR.