Spitfire
Design
Philosophy
“Sounds Like An Amp!”
Qualities
- Pure
“Class A” Gain stages.
No Muddy distortion – Special
attention to
critical phasing of natural and derived harmonics.
Musical –The breakup is subtle and
smooth, Chords are enhanced by the careful manipulation of harmonics.
Soothly transitions from clean to crunch with “pick
English”.
Expressive, Bends and compresses like a classic
tube amplifier.
Genuine quality – Top quality
components, carefully hand selected for best performance. Mix of modern
technology blended with vintage Germanium mojo.
Tough, durable and road ready.
True Bypass Switching
$199
Performance
Points Pick
Attack – Very sensitive input. Very expressive with
pick English High input impedance (5 meg) works well with any pickup
whether high or low output. The Spitfire will render the delicate
resonances of your guitar for optimal tone.
Not
a
“Distortion” pedal –
The focus is on overdrive tone instead of over-the-top hard
clip. Smooth transition from Clean to Compressed Crunch with a bit
hair. Drive breakup is controlled by your volume on the guitar.
Transitions like a thoroughbred tube amp. The Spitfire has a bit of
vintage British tone.
Harmonic amplitude and phase – Careful
attention was given to the creation and phasing of multiple layers of
harmonics and their time domain symmetry to the fundamental signal.
Careful metering of harmonic amplitude reduces rattle and spit as they
are introduced into the signal. Correct phasing of the harmonics
maintains integrity of the fundamental. This phase integrity becomes
apparent when playing complex chords. The drive controls the Symmetry,
(or asymmetry), of the amplitude of the harmonics.
Gain – Two class A gain stages, 30db input
gain compressed to 15db max overall gain.
Keep it Simple! - All FX Engineering pedals have the
KISS philosophy. Set the Spitfire controls to 12:00 and Play!
Note: The DRV control crackles when turned. This is
normal as designed.