Description
Version 2 of the Palisades now features Earthquaker's new "flexi switch" switching, which allows the selection of either momentary or latching modes. Additionally, the pedal now has soft-touch relay-based switching instead of hard-click switching seen in past models.
After loads of requests Earthquaker finally buckled. They ran tests with every popular clone on the market as well as several vintage originals, compared, contrasted, and took loads of notes. It was exhausting but informative. In the end, they threw it all away, used their ears, and came up with what they feel is the most versatile relative of the 808 available today.
With 6 different clipping voices, 5 bandwidth settings and 2 gain channels you will be hard-pressed to not find a setting that will wipe every mid-boosting overdrive off your board. The clipping voices determine how transparent and open or tight and crunchy the distortion is. They will vary drastically depending on where the gain is set, what channel is active and how much bandwidth is being used. The bandwidth sets the frequency response of the distortion, and goes from thin, light, and clean to fat, heavy, and crunchy. It may very well be the single most important control the Palisades has, and it’s what really sets it apart.
Gain A is a lower gain channel with a wider range of grit that is great for strumming open chords. Gain B is a higher gain channel with a tighter range that is great for palm muting and/or shredding solos. The Palisades also has a foot switchable volume boost with adjustable level to take it over the top when you want to throw your foot up on the monitor and rip your sweet leads, or maybe just push the front end of you amp a little harder. Not enough? How about a normal/bright switch to mix and match the overall tone to different amps and guitars? Still not enough? Okay then, how about a buffer on/off switch to tighten up the tone and make it sparkle when set to “ON” or warm it up and make it sag when set to “OFF”?
The Palisades is versatile and will give you years of loving companionship. Each Palisades is handmade one at a time in the tiny tree house community of Akron, Ohio.
Controls:
-Boost: Sets the level of the output boost.
-Volume: Sets the output level.
-Tone: Brighter clockwise, warmer counter clockwise.
-Gain A: Sets the gain for the Channel A (lower gain)
-Gain B: Sets the gain for Channel B (higher gain)
Foot Switches:
-Activate: True bypass switch
-Gain B: Activates Gain Channel B
-Boost: Activates the output level boost
Toggle Switches:
-Normal/Bright: Normal is a warm full tone, Bright is livelier tone with more chime.
-Buffer: Turns the input buffer on or off. ON is a tighter and brighter tone while OFF is a warmer tone with more sag. The buffer is part of the drive circuit & is only available when the Palisades is activated.
Rotary Switches:
-Bandwidth: This sets the overall tone and gain structure of the Palisades. 1 is the thinnest setting with the least amount of gain and 5 is the fattest setting with the heaviest gain. Everything else is in between. This control has a major effect on all the settings of the Palisades, especially the gain and voice controls.
-Voice: This sets the nature of the Palisades distortion by changing the clipping diodes. 1- No diodes: The most open and least distorted. 2- LED clipping: light clipping with a lot of volume. 3- Mosfet clipping: light gain OD with great harmonics. 4- Asymmetrical Silicon clipping: Tighter light gain OD closest to stock 808. 5- Symmetrical silicon clipping: tighter distorted tone. 6- Schottky Diode clipping: Looser fuzzy tone.
-Measures 5.5″ x 4.5″ x 2.5″ with knobs.
Power:
-A standard 9volt DC power supply intended for musical instruments with a negative center 2.1mm barrel.
