Description
The Vise Grip gives you a real studio-style VCA compressor in pedal form, with enough range to cover subtle dynamic control right through to slammed, sustain-forever compression. Rather than just squashing your signal and hoping for the best, Seymour Duncan built in a Blend knob so you can mix compressed and dry signal together in parallel, keeping your pick attack and note definition intact even at heavy compression settings.
- Sustain knob shapes how long notes ring out
- Attack control sets how fast the compressor reacts, from tight and immediate to a delayed clamp-down that lets your initial pick transient through first
- Mid/Full/High voicing switch tailors the tonal character of the blended signal, restoring top-end sparkle, adding low-mid body, or matching your bypassed tone
- Volume knob does double duty as level match and clean boost when paired with Blend
Set it subtly for a cleaner solo with a touch more clarity and sustain, or push it hard for that classic squished funk chicken-scratch rhythm tone or a gritty, treble-forward garage edge. Because the dry and compressed paths blend together rather than fight each other, you can dial in heavy compression for sustain and consistency without losing the feel of your playing.
Specifications
- Compression Ratio: Soft-knee, 1:1 to over 20:1
- Maximum Compressor Gain: +50dB
- Attack Speed: 2.0ms to 50ms, adjustable
- Input Impedance: 1 Megohm
- Output Impedance: 2.75K ohms maximum
- Maximum Input Level: 3 Vrms
- Distortion: less than 0.3% at 300mV RMS output, 1 kHz
- Noise referred to Input: -110dBV, 400 Hz – 20 kHz, input shorted
- Compressor Type: Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA)
- Power: 9V battery or 9V-18Vdc regulated adapter, center pin negative
- Current Consumption: 21mA operate, 19mA bypass
- Dimensions: 2.60″ W x 5.0″ L x 1.45″ H
- Weight: 0.67 lbs.
Includes two free patch cables to get it wired into your board right away.
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