Description: Used and in working condition with wear to box. Description One of the great pedals from the mid to late 80's, the Digitech PDS 1550 Programmable Distortion, allows you to program two channels of distortion and switch between the two or bypass them all together. There are seven knobs on this contraption with a level and gain for each channel, a frequency selector (100hz-3.7khz) and cut/boost, and an octave control. This pedal is set up not only to switch on and off, but also has two separately controllable distortions! You can also completely customize your distortion sound by removing the bottom panel. Inside is a series of 7 DIP switches that controls 10, 20, or 40 ms of delay going to A channel, B Channel or both, Parametric to A channel or Both, Hi Filter controls, Low boost controls, and Delay on/off. Also has a trimpot inside to control Hi Filter cut/boost. They took a heavy metal distortion and a overdrive design, and put them in one box. They added a delay to the Metal channel, and they put a powerful parametric EQ on the output to sculpt the sound further. Despite being called a “programmable distortion”, it’s not programmable in any sense we’d understand today. “Tweakable” is more like it. You can open up the back and twiddle some little pots and switches, so it actually has more controls than they put on the front panel. Since that front panel has seven controls already, this is a pretty flexible pedal. The Metal Distortion channel of this pedal is pretty much identical to the Boss HM-2 pedal, affectionately known by fans as the “Swedish Chainsaw”. The PDS-1550’s Channel A has the same distortion stage, followed by the same gyrator-based tone shaping. It adds a few things, but all the bits of the HM-2’s distinctive sound are there. https://electricdruid.net/digitech-pds-1550-distortion-pedal-analysis/
Price: 149.99 USD
Location: Stratford, Connecticut
End Time: 2024-12-06T21:16:02.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.5 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: DigiTech
Type: Distortion, Overdrive
Model: PDS 1550
Analog/Digital: Analog
MPN: PDS 1550
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
To Fit: Electric Guitar
