WREN AND CUFF White Elk Small Foot Fuzz Pedal Operating instructions

Brand: WREN AND CUFF

Model: White Elk Small Foot Fuzz Pedal

Type: Operating instructions

WREN AND CUFF White Elk Small Foot Fuzz Pedal: Unleash your inner fuzz monster with this recreation of a classic Japanese fuzz pedal. Experience unique, "wrong" tones that sound incredibly right, thanks to carefully matched components. Dial in the perfect amount of fuzz, brightness, and low end with the SUSTAIN, TONE, and VOLUME knobs. True-bypass switching ensures pristine signal integrity when the pedal is off. Connect a 9V battery or standard 2.1mm center-negative power supply (not included) and get ready to turn heads with your fuzzed-out riffs.

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White Elk Small Foot

We hope you enjoy your new pedal!

A recreation of a recreation? Yes.

Elk inc was a Japanese company from the 70’s that made ampliers as well as a

handful of pedals. Most of the pedals were knockoﬀs of existing pedals, and

were made with very unreliable components, cheap circuit boards, thin metal

enclosures, and were not "true-bypass." ey would break very easily!

However, there were some musicians who discovered that many of the elks

had a tone that was very unique, most famously, Wata and Takeshi from the

band Boris, who favored these pedals for their fuzzed-out tones and crazy

feedback.

Although Elk intended for them to sound like a Triangle Knob Big Muﬀ, they

sound quite diﬀerent. e carbon-comp resistors and cheap capacitors meant

that when the pedals became older, the sound would change as the component

values drifted.

When looking inside an original Elk, an electronics person would say the parts

are almost the same as a Triangle Muﬀ, BUT these parts are actually MUCH

diﬀerent! Here at Wren and Cuﬀ, the models we took apart and measured

were sometimes 60-70% diﬀerent than the stated value of the components!

Take these truly whacked out values that should never be used, do some

component matching that we specialize in doing, and you get a nasty sounding

fuzz monster with a uniquely mild mid-scoop, raunchy gain, and a rumbling low end that will have heads turning no

matter where you lay your riﬀs.

So plug in your new White Elk, and you'll see that "wrong" can sound very right sometimes.

VOLUME: Makes it louder or not so loud when ya turn it.

TONE: Turn it right, things get bright, turn it left and… damn, can’t nd a rhyme. Turn it left and it gets darker

and thicker.

SUSTAIN: A fancy way to say distortion or fuzz. Turn it up for more, and turn it down for less!

POWER: is pedal uses a 9V battery or a standard center-negative 2.1mm barrel regulated power supply (same

kind used for Boss, Ibanez, etc). If using a power supply, please use one intended for eﬀects pedals.

CURRENT DRAW: e White Elk will draw around 6mA

BYPASS: Eﬀect on/oﬀ switching is done via a 100% mechanical 3PDT foot-switch, otherwise known as “true-

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WREN AND CUFF White Elk Small Foot Fuzz Pedal Operating instructions

Brand: WREN AND CUFF

Model: White Elk Small Foot Fuzz Pedal

Type: Operating instructions

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