User Manual

Tap Button Extra Functions
The Tap button, in addition to setting the time of your
echo effects, also lets you access a Distortion Boost
and a built-in Noise Gate.
Distortion Boost
Press and hold the Tap Delay Time button as you turn
the Drive knob up past twelve o’clock. As you do this,
Micro Spider’s CLEAN Channel light comes on to
indicate that the Distortion Boost is on. This gives
the kind of extra ‘dirt’ that you’d expect from a
Distortion pedal with the distortion control set low
and the output control set high. It boosts your guitar
signal before it reaches the Amp Model, so you hit
the model harder and get a more distorted sound.
Noise Gate
Press and hold the Tap Delay Time button as you turn
the echo/reverb knob up past twelve o’clock, and you’ll
turn on a built-in Noise Gate to help cut down on
hiss and noise. As you do this, the INSANE Channel
light comes on to indicate the Gate is on.
Special Hidden Functions
When you select an Amp Model, Micro Spider
automatically sets its tone controls and effects to match
that Amp Model. You can disable the auto-FX selection
(but not tone control auto-selection) by powering up
Micro Spider with the INSANE Channel button held.
The auto-selection will be re-enabled next time you
power up.
Factory Reset
You can reset your Micro Spider's programmable
channels to their factory-programmed states by holding
down the Clean channel button as you turn on the
power.
Warning: This will erase ALL custom sounds you
may have created. Ask yourself, “Do I really want to
do this?” If your answer is “yes”, then go for it!