EarthQuaker Devices Speaker Cranker User manual

OPERATION MANUAL
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<<< Tech Specs >>>
• Current Draw: 10mA
• This device can be powered by a 9v battery or a standard 9-volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm
negative center barrel. We always recommend pedal-specic, transformer-isolated wall-wart
power supplies or multiple isolated-output supplies. Pedals will make extra noise if there is
ripple or unclean power. Switching-type power supplies, daisy chains and non-pedal specic
power supplies do not lter dirty power as well and let through unwanted noise. DO NOT RUN
AT HIGHER VOLTAGES!
• Input Impedance: 2.2M Ohm • Output Impedance: <10K Ohm
<<< Warranty >>>
This device has a limited lifetime warranty. If it breaks, we will x it. Should you encounter any
issues, please email [e-mail].
www.earthquakerdevices.com
<<< Switching >>>
This device is true bypass and uses electronic relay-based switching. Audio will not pass
without power.

<<< Controls >>>
More: Controls the amount of dirt.
Hey scranker! Welcome to your new overdrive! The Speaker Cranker™ is a discrete, all-analog
distortion enhancement device (i.e., not a booster), designed to give your signal some extra grit
and a slight boost without drastically altering your tone. Think of it as sticking an extra preamp
tube in your amplier for more overdrive.
Single notes will blossom and bloom with rich harmonics and responsive, tube-like sag. Power
chords will sound thicker and crunchier, a little more ragged around the edges. Complex chords
will remain distinct and complex, as the Speaker Cranker is designed to preserve your tone’s
integrity without muddying up the low-end, or “rounding out” the mids, or adding any top-end
“shimmer,” or “sparkle,” or any of that other garbage. It’s your tone. Cranked. Ya got that?
You want more? Turn up the More knob. That’s all there is to it. If you want “More,” you got
it. The Speaker Cranker’s More knob works just like a tube amp: lower on the dial you’ll nd
thinner, quieter tones. Crank it up, and you’ll hear your tone, only fuller and with a slight touch of
compression. If you want a boost, buy a booster, because the Speaker Cranker is an overdrive,
buddy, and don’t you forget it.
Need to add some tube-like breakup to an amp on the edge of distortion without overloading the
preamp? Speaker Cranker. Want to fatten up the sound of your favorite pedal? Speaker Cranker.
Wish your amp had a second channel? Speaker Cranker. Low output pickups got you down?
Speaker Cranker. Dying to stack some overdrives for that classic, touch-responsive, cascading gain
shred tone? Speaker Cranker. Just remember, the Speaker Cranker is an overdrive, not a boost.
Repeat after me: “The Speaker Cranker is an overdrive, not a boost.”
Each and every Speaker Cranker is all-analog, true bypass, and built one-at-a-time by a white-
gloved team of experts in Akron, Ohio, USA – home of the best burgers on THIS Earth.
The Speaker Cranker is an overdrive, not a boost.
<<< Suggested Settings >>>
Dirt Road Dust
Add some open air and dirt to your go to amp
gainstage.
Six String Salute
Makes all those full chords thrust wide open.
It’s Just Better
Your already great amp just got better.