OVERDRIVE SPECIAL...

enjoy the expressive, creative freedom of switching between a warm but glassy clean guitar representation to a luscious, sustaining tone rich in harmonics. It features a build-in tube buffered digital-to-vacuum interface called the JWATER for the use of effects between the preamp and the power amplifier. The OVERDRIVE SPECIAL provides the guitar player with an almost endless selection of tones making it an extremely valuable instrument with a palette of sounds instantly available at the tip of your toe.

Welagen Overdrive Special

Clean channel

The clean channel features Normal and FET inputs, Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass and a Bright switch for bell-like highs, a Rock/Jazz switch to select between two EQ’s, and a Deep switch (or optional Mid switch). The amp features a Pre-Amp Boost for singing clean sounds, which can be accessed through a footswitch. This feature compliments the Overdrive Channel but can also be used without the Overdrive engaged.

Overdrive Channel

The signal is shaped in the clean channel and fed into the overdrive channel. The Overdrive Channel starts where the clean channel ends, from light clean compression to singing overdrive, featuring an Overdrive and a Volume control to balance the clean and overdrive levels.

Two Overdrive voicing options are available: The standard voicing provides full overdrive sounds, the Hot Rubber Monkey voicing is a more modern voicing, suitable for high gain. Channel switching is also accessible via a footswitch.

JWater

This is an all tube series interface to allow the use of effects between the preamp and the poweramp. It features Send level and Bright, and Return Level and Bright to shape the response and gain. A true bypass switch provides maximum transparency when switched off.

The amplifier will be voiced on a custom basis.


SPECIFICATIONS

Power output: 100 watts true power
Power Consumption: 120–240VAC, 50/60 Hertz
Output impedance: 4, 8, 16 Ohms
Input Impedance: NOR = 1M Ohm, and FET = 3.3M Ohms

TUBE COMPLIMENT

4 x 7025 high-mu twin triodes
4 x 6L6-GC beam power tubes, 4 x 6CA7 power pentodes or 6V6 optional

CONTROLS AND EQ SWITCHES

Preamp Controls: Volume, Treble, Middle, and Bass
Preamp Switches: Bright, Deep or Mid, Rock/Jazz
Overdrive Controls: Level, Volume, with internal trigger (h.f. taper or optional Hot Rubber Monkey)
Preamp Boost (PAB): manual/pedal select
Overdrive Switch: manual/pedal select JWater: Send level and bright, Recovery level and bright, Bypass
Master Section: Master Volume, and Presence

SIGNAL CONNECTIONS

Inputs: NOR, and FET
Access Ports: Preamp Out/Send, and Poweramp Input/Return
Outputs: Main Speaker, and Extension Speaker

POWER SWITCHES

A.C. mains on/off
Operate/Standby
100 Watt or 50 Watt output select

REMOTE SWITCHING

Overdrive on/off
Preamp Boost on/off
Rock City on/off (optional)

Tan Suede covering is standard
Special design footswitch is included

For more information, please contact:

Welagen Musical Sound
Manhattan, New York, USA
Jelle Welagen