Special Cranker Overdrive Pedal

EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker

Expanding upon their beloved Speaker Cranker, the EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker is an all-analog boost and overdrive pedal for pushing your amps hard while still retaining your tone. On guitars, the Special Cranker can create beautiful boosts as well as gnarly overdrives that still retain your guitar's original timbre for easy distinction of notes and chords. However, once fed more complex material such as synths and drums, the Special Cranker gets a bit more wild and crunchy, accentuating all the rich harmonic content in your sounds.

Unlike its predecessor, the Special Cranker features three distinct knobs for a more malleable enhancing effect with independent control over gain on the More control, tone, and output level. The More control's effect on your incoming signal is dictated by the Mode selector, offering both a Germanium clipping option for smoother yet fuller sounding boost and a Silicon clipping option for in your face tones and levels. No matter how you use the Special Cranker, it provides the perfect amount of texture to any instrumentalist looking for attitude without sacrificing tone.

Special Cranker Features

• Discrete analog boost pedal
• All-analog signal path offering grit and boost to retain the tone
• More control can push from a clean signal to a halfway overdrive tone when pushed to the max
• Two distinct clipping voices: Germanium (softer, rounded signals) and Silicon (brighter and higher output)
• Dedicated level and tone controls
• True-bypass with silent relay-based switching (Flexi-Switch)