Armstrong Effects Dan Armstrong 'Orange Squeezer' Effects Unit

The Orange Squeezer is a signal compressor which provides 30 db of clean (undistorted) sustain.

They're back! The legendary Dan Armstrong Sound Modifiers are now available again and they're better than ever. These units are now 100% USA made and are hand-built to authentic 1975 Dan Armstrong specifications by Grafton Electronics.

Dan Armstrong Sound Modifiers are a range of simple, compact, and rugged accessories that can be used with any electrified instrument. They are designed to plug directly into the output of a guitar or bass guitar to give the player fingertip control of the sound, but they work just as well plugged into an electric keyboard or the output of any electronic accessory. Any musician, who wishes to use these units at the input of the amplifier, rather than at the instrument, need simply interchange two colour-coded wires inside the box.

All six units are built in a heavy duty aluminium casing, using only the finest quality components available. Overall dimensions are 59mm wide x 59m high x 70mm deep (including plug). The unit only protrudes 43mm from the face of the guitar. Weight is only 41/2 ozs, including battery.

Each unit has a specific effect or function, but several of them can easily be combined by plugging one into another to produce more complex effects. For recessed output jackplates (e.t.c Strat) adaptors are available to facilitate use.

All units come complete with a 9 volt battery already fitted, so all you need to do is plug in and play!

The Orange Squeezer amplifies quieter signals more than loud ones, so that there is not as much difference between the loud and soft notes. This can be used to ",,tighten up",, the sound of an instrument or to let a note or chord ",,ring out",, or sustain several times longer than it would normally. The Orange Squeezer compresses the dynamics of the music or of the individual notes without adversely affecting the attack of the note and without adding any significant noise or distortion to the signal. An internal adjustment lets the user adjust the Output level to suit the instrument and playing style, while the compression threshold is pre-set at the factory. Input Impedance is 80 k Ohms. Output Impedance is 1800 ohms, and the Signal/Noise ratio is a quiet 86 db.