Electro-Harmonix BASS SOUL FOOD User manual

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BASS SOUL FOOD
Overdrive
Congratulations on your purchase of the Bass Soul Food, an exquisite bass
overdrive and clean boost from Electro-Harmonix, designed for the tone-concious
player ho ants to retain the essential character of his or her instrument. The
Bass Soul Food delivers a ide range of sounds, including a pure clean boost, a
colored clean boost, a mild amount of dirt, and full-on overdrive.
The capability to blend your pure bass signal into the overdrive circuit assures an
articulate, full tone ith no lo -end loss. The Bass Soul Food also has plenty of
volume available to assert your place in the mix. Whatever your style or setup,
the Bass Soul Food can give your tone a lift in all the right places ithout
compromising it.
WARNING: Your Bass Soul Food comes equipped ith an Electro-Harmonix 9.6DC-200
po er supply (same as used by Boss
®
& Ibanez
®
: 9.6 Volts DC 200mA). The Bass Soul
Food requires 22mA at 9VDC ith a center negative plug. Using the rong adapter may
damage your unit and void the arranty. The Bass Soul Food also accepts 9V batteries, e
recommend alkaline.
- CONTROLS -
DRIVE Knob – Controls the amount of input gain. As you turn DRIVE clock ise,
the overdrive ranges from a colored clean boost in the fully counter-clock ise
position, to full distortion in the fully clock ise setting. There are many great
sounds found ithin the full range of the DRIVE knob; e recommend
experimenting ith different positions in both halves of the DRIVE knob to find
just the right amount of grit for your needs.
TREBLE Knob – Acts as a tone control. When set to 12 o’clock (50%), the tone
is neutral. As you turn TREBLE clock ise from the 12 o’clock setting, the treble
gain increases making your overall sound brighter. As you turn TREBLE counter-
clock ise from the 12 o’clock setting, the high end is reduced giving you a
bassier sound.
BLEND Knob – Sets the mix bet een your clean bass signal and the Bass Soul
Food effect. When set fully counterclock ise (0%), the output signal is your dry
bass sound. The DRIVE and TREBLE knobs do not affect the signal in this
setting. When BLEND is set fully clock ise (100%), the output signal is the Bass
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Soul Food’s overdrive signal. Set the knob at 12 o’clock (50%) for a 50/50 blend
of the dry and overdrive signals.
Tip: experiment using the BLEND control ith various settings of DRIVE. When
DRIVE is set lo , the BLEND can control the color of the Bass Soul Food’s clean
boost, ranging from a completely dry (BLEND at 0%) to a fully colored (BLEND at
100%) clean tone.
VOL Knob – Sets the master output level of the Bass Soul Food. As VOL is
turned clock ise, the output volume increases. This control affects your signal
level after the BLEND control.
PAD Swi ch (-10dB/0dB) – Sets the initial input level of your bass signal. Set
the s itch do n for no attenuation, and set it up to engage -10dB of
attenuation. Active basses and some very high-output passive basses may need
this s itch to be set to -10dB to avoid overloading the Bass Soul Food circuit.
Putting the Bass Soul Food in a pedal chain after high-output pedals may also
necessitate setting this s itch to -10dB. Overload most commonly occurs hen
the DRIVE knob is set lo and the TREBLE knob is set high.
FOOTSWITCH and LED – The Foots itch selects hether the Bass Soul Food
is engaged or in bypass mode. When the effect is engaged, the LED is lit. An
internal Bypass Mode s itch is included to select bet een True Bypass and
Buffered Bypass. See belo for more information on the internal s itch.
INPUT Jack – This ¼” jack is the audio input for the Bass Soul Food. The input
impedance is 1MΩ.
AMP Jack – This ¼” jack is the audio output from the Bass Soul Food. The
output impedance ranges from 650Ω to 3.3kΩ.
In ernal Bypass Mode Swi ch – If you remove the Bass Soul Food’s bottom
cover, you ill see the bat of a small s itch sticking out of the board that holds
the foots itch. This is located in the bottom right area of the pedal, belo the
AMP jack. The right side of the foots itch board has the follo ing text:
Buffer  True
When the s itch is set to True, its upper position, bypass ill be True Bypass.
When the s itch is set to Buffer, its lo er position, bypass ill be Buffered
Bypass. The s itch is normally set to “True” in the factory.
In True Bypass mode, hen the Bass Soul Food is set to bypass, the INPUT jack
is connected directly to the AMP jack and nothing else. In Buffered Bypass mode,
the bypass signal passes through a high quality buffer circuit before it is output
from the AMP jack. The buffer circuit requires po er to hear your instrument in
bypass mode.
9V Power Jack – Although the Bass Soul Food accepts 9V Batteries, EHX
supplies your Bass Soul Food ith an Electro-Harmonix 9.6DC-200 po er supply.
Plug the output of the supplied AC adapter into the 9V po er jack located at the

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top of the Bass Soul Food. The Bass Soul Food dra s 22mA at 9VDC ith a
center negative plug. The Bass Soul Food accepts Boss
®
and Ibanez
®
style AC
Adapters.
- REMOVING BOTTOM COVER / CHANGING THE BATTERY -
To flip the internal Bypass Mode s itch or change your 9-volt battery, you must
remove the 4 scre s on the bottom of the Bass Soul Food. Once the scre s are
removed, you can take off the bottom plate and change the battery or adjust the
s itch. Please do not touch the circuit board hile the bottom plate is off or you
risk damaging a component.
- SAMPLE SETTINGS -
NOTE: The follo ing settings all display the PAD s itch set to 0dB. For each
setting, adjust this s itch to match the output level of your particular instrument.
Pure Clean Boos Effec ed Clean Boos Mild Overdrive
Smoo h Solo Drive Warm Rock Drive Picking A ack
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- WARRANTY INFORMATION -
Please register online at http:// .ehx.com/product-registration or complete and return the enclosed
arranty card ithin 10 days of purchase. Electro-Harmonix ill repair or replace, at its discretion, a
product that fails to operate due to defects in materials or orkmanship for a period of one year from
date of purchase. This applies only to original purchasers ho have bought their product from an
authorized Electro-Harmonix retailer. Repaired or replaced units ill then be arranted for the
unexpired portion of the original arranty term.
If you should need to return your unit for service ithin the arranty period, please contact the
appropriate office listed belo . Customers outside the regions listed belo , please contact EHX
Customer Service for information on arranty repairs at in[email protected] or [phone]. USA and
Canadian customers: please obtain a Re urn Au horiza ion Number (RA#) from EHX Customer
Service before returning your product. Include ith your returned unit: a ritten description of the
problem as ell as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and RA#; and a copy of
your receipt clearly sho ing the purchase date.
Uni ed S a es & Canada
EHX CUSTOMER SERVICE
ELECTRO-HARMONIX
c/o NEW SENSOR CORP.
55-01 2ND STREET
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
Tel: [phone]
Email: [email protected]m
Europe
JOHN WILLIAMS
ELECTRO-HARMONIX UK
13 CWMDONKIN TERRACE
SWANSEA SA2 0RQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
This arranty gives a purchaser specific legal rights. A purchaser may have even greater rights
depending upon the la s of the jurisdiction ithin hich the product as purchased.
To hear demos on all EHX pedals visit us on the eb at www.ehx.com
Email us at [e-mail]
FCC COMPLIANCE
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply ith the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance ith the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. Ho ever, there is no guarantee that interference ill not occur in
a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, hich can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try
to correct the interference by one or more of the follo ing measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation bet een the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to hich the receiver is
connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment under FCC rules.