User Manual

True to the Music

Radial Engineering

Classic Trimode

MAKING CONNECTIONS

As with any pedal, make sure your amp is off and the volume

turned down before making connections. Connect your guitar to

the input of the Trimode and the output of the Trimode to your

ampliﬁer. There is no power switch on the Trimode. Connecting

the 15VDC power supply automatically activates the Trimode.

The Trimode is designed to stay on for long periods and leav-

ing it on will exert very little wear and tear on the tube. Like a

tube ampliﬁer, the Classic Trimode should be allowed to warm

up for a few minutes so the tube can reach a stable operating

temperature.

USING THE TRIMODE

The Trimode is now ready for operation. Turn on your amp and

bring up the volume slowly to ensure proper connections have

been made. To start, set your amp to a clean sound so you can

hear how each of the Trimode functions work.

Footswitches

The Trimode features two footswitches. The ﬁrst footswitch is

labeled TRUE-BYPASS and selects the clean sound of your

amp. When in true-bypass mode, the bypass LED will illuminate,

signaling the Trimode is switched 'OUT' of your signal chain. The

second footswitch, labeled TOGGLE, selects between the two

Trimode distortion channels. Each channel has its own LED to

indicate the Trimode’s channel status. The cool thing about true-

bypass mode is you can still toggle between the rhythm and lead

channels to prepare for the next sound. Try it! Activate the true-

bypass footswitch. Now switch between the Trimode channels

by stepping on the channel TOGGLE footswitch. The channel

LEDs will alternately light up but the Trimode will remain in by-

pass mode until the true-bypass footswitch is depressed again.

Control Panel

The Trimode is extremely versatile and easy to use. To get

started, we recommend setting the Trimode up as follows:

Note the tone controls (HIGH, LOW and FILTER) are set at

12 o’clock in what is commonly known as ‘ﬂat’. Begin by set-

ting the DRIVE GAIN switch to the MEDIUM position and set

the DRIVE-1 control to 9 o’clock and the DRIVE-2 control to 3

o’clock. Now, adjust the output LEVEL controls for each channel

to your desired listening level. With these settings, the rhythm

and solo channels will sound quite different. You are now ready

to start experimenting.