Michelangelo uses JFET transistors to give a dynamic & warm sound. There are 3 distortion modes with silicon, germanium & JFET semiconductors.
Michelangelo is an extremely flexible drive from a boost, to light crunch, to overdrive up to a very defined distortion. Also there is a pream & an output boost, separately controllable and activated through a dedicated “BOOST” footswitch
There are two independent true bypass footswitches: DRIVE activate/deactivate the drive effect & BOOST activate/deactivate the preamp, the output boost or both. A second toggle switch allows you to keep the preamp always active or only in correspondence of the BOOST footswitch on.
The preamp acts on the input signal & distortion section of Michelangelo. The control is through the dedicated PRE knob to give more control by acting exclusively on the preamplifier.
With the PRE switch set to OFF the preamp is only be activated when the BOOST foot switch is activated. If the PRE switch is in the ON position, the preamplifier will be active regardless of the on / off status of the BOOST footswitch.
The DRIVE section of Michelangelo has four controls available: GAIN2, LEVEL, B and M.
GAIN2 defines the amount of distortion, LEVEL the output volume of the DRIVE section.
B and M are the equalization of the distortion - low frequencies B & high frequencies M.
The SIL / GER / FET selector acts on the DRIVE section of Michelangelo, modifying its distortion mode
The BOOST knob adjusts the output boost
The BLEND control lets the output signal be a mix of the amount of distorted & clean sound from completely distorted sound to completely clean sound to a desired mix of two.
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