Carl Martin Greg Howe's LickBox Bedienungsanleitung Seite 3

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Dear customer!
Thank you for your purchase of a Carl Martin Greg Howe's Signature Lick Box from Carl Martin.
As a discerning guitarist, you know the road to great tone begins with great components, carefully selected
parts, and craftsmanship.
Please take the time to read this manual. We hope it will answer any questions that you may have.
Introduction
While chatting over a...um 'coffee' one day a while back, guitar ace Greg Howe asked Carl whether he could
develop a pedal that would re-create his signature sound. A pedal that would combine Greg's unique High Gain
and Crunch tones, but allow him to manipulate these sounds and layer them for even more guitar fun. A little
unorthodox yes, but Carl was never one to back down from a challenge, nor one to think inside the box. The
result is the Greg Howe Signature Lick Box, and not only does it fulfill Greg's requirements, but it adds even
more great tones to Greg's palette!
So what is this crazy pedal? Well, at first glance it looks like many other Carl Martin pedals...there is a High
Gain channel which has loads of bottom end and nice crisp highs, a very dynamic Crunch channel which
emphasises the mids with very little compression, and of course that famous 12db Boost channel that we are
all so familiar with. So that's it? Ok, so the High Gain and Crunch channels were voiced to Greg's spec's, but
it's still just a pedal based on Greg Howe's own signature tones? Nope....underneath the simple cosmetics is
a rethinking of how these channels work together. Yes, you can use either the High Gain or Crunch channels
on their own (and they are awesome!), and you can adjust the tone for each with it's dedicated Tone control,
and yes, you can also add up to 12 db of crystal clean Boost to either of those channels....but you can also
turn on both gain channels together! By placing the High Gain first in the chain, you allow the Crunch voicing
to overrule the High Gain while adding a few db to your volume. You lose some of the lows and highs, but this
results in a focused and controlled mid-range that cuts through the mix. Of course you can add up to 12 db of
clean Boost as well for meatier leads dripping with tone and sustain!
The Greg Howe Lick Box features the usual cast metal casing, the high quality switches with 'on' indicating
LED's, and the new Carl Martin DC/DC converter circuitry. This new power circuit allows you to use a 9V Po-
wer Supply while still maintaining the +-12V circuitry that is crucial for component quality and extra headroom
above most 9V pedals. Of course we recommend the Carl Martin ProPower Version 2 as the power supply of
choice. Power consumption is a surprising 100 mA.
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