Dos Rios Llano Estacado V2 Plexi Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

In mint condition, this boutique guitar effects pedal shows no damage at all and operates perfectly. Faintly visible on the side is #32, so fair to say, only a handful of these pedals have been hand built to order. 

Settings

Volume - Master volume for the pedal

Gain - Controls the gain going from the first stage to the second stage, same place as the amplifier

Presence - Controls the overall brightness of the pedal.

Treble - Active high end control. Noon is no change. To the right boost high end, to the left cuts high end.

Bass - Active low-end control. Noon is no change. To the right boost low end, to the left cuts low end.

Variac - clockwise reduces the voltage to the power amp section causing compression and sag the same way turning the voltage down on a real variac would.

All 10 Switch - Eddie Van Halen was notorious for turning all the knobs on his amplifier all the way up to obtain his particular sound. This has a very specific effect on the amplifier that does not translate exactly in pedal form. However, we have found a way to replicate that using a simple switch. Up turns all the knobs to 10, Down all knobs at noon. Up adds more gain, tightness, and compression.

Jose/Eddie Switch - Throughout the 80s there was a particularly gifted amp modder in LA named Jose. Jose Arredondo would modify marshall amplifiers to give them the sound of being turned up at lower volumes. Eddie Van Halen throughout the most famous years used a completely stock amplifier. That’s right, stock. The LLano Estacado Gives you both options. Down (Eddie) is a stock amplifier with No mods. Up (Jose) adds the standard Jose mod to the circuit. In Jose mode, the sound is tighter and more responsive but does not push the power section as hard.

Internal controls -

Poweramp - Controls the amount of gain added by the power amp section. This control should really only be used to adjust for lower output pickups that may need more gain. ***WARNING*** turning this up too high with high output pickups can overload the pedal

Bright - Adds the notorious bright cap to the gain knob adding more treble to the overall sound.

Deep - A common modification added by Jose Arredondo to the third stage. This adds a bit more gain, more bass, and more fullness but can be less tight and responsive.