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  • Page 2   ●SAFETY PRECAUTIONS● Please be sure to observe.  The  safety  precautions  listed  below  are  intended  to  ensure  your  safety  whenever you use the equipment.  ■Precaution text is generally accompanied by the following symbols to  alert  you  and  others  to  the  risk  of  personal  and  material  injury  that  may be caused if the precaution is ignored.                 This symbol indicates an item that can result in death or  Warning        serious personal injury if ignored.         This  symbol  indicates  an  item  that  can  result  in  serious  Caution        personal injury or material damage if ignored. ...
  • Page 3 Warning BEWARE OF HEAT BUILT UP  ・ Never cover AC adaptor with cloth or other objects.  《Built up heat creates the danger of the equipment deformation and fire.》   Caution USE SPECIFIED AC ADAPTOR ONLY  ・ Be  sure  to  use  only  the  AC  adaptor  specified  in  this  User's  Guide.  Use  of  non- specified AC adaptors creates the danger of fire and electrical shock. UNPLUGGING AC ADAPTOR  ・ Never  try  to  unplug  AC  adaptor  while  your  hands  are  wet.  Doing  so  creates  the  danger of electrical shock. ...

  • Page 4: Features And Controls

    Maxon research) Employs subminiature tube with US Military specification. ●Provides comfortable and powerful tube sound which is very difficult to create with a digital processing simulator. TOD9 has a tube circuit before distortion circuit, which creates powerful overdrive sound retaining the sound character of TOD9.
  • Page 5 ●TBS (True Bypass Switching) using 4PDT mechanical switch lets your instrument's signal pass through a non-electronic bypass line when the effect is disengaged, feeding your amplifier with direct, unaltered signal from your instrument. ●Employs tube heater inrush current control circuit to extend tube’s life. ●AC adaptor AC2009 can be used worldwide from 100VAC to 240VAC by auto voltage sensing.

  • Page 6: Sample Setting

    SAMPLE SETTING TOD9 Please visit www.maxon.co.jp to listen to audio samples. No.1 Tube powered (G: Les Paul STD) No.3 Fat drive (G: Les Paul STD) Orthodox overdrive sound with the com- Fat and powerful overdrive sound. bination of straight amp sound and Smooth distortion is most suitable for TOD9’s tube overdrive.

  • Page 7: Connection Diagram

    CONNECTION DIAGRAM AC2009 TOD9 SPECIFICATIONS Input Impedance : 500k ohms Output Impedance : 10k ohms or less Maximum Gain : 48.5dB (1.6 kHz) Equivalent Input Noise : -106.8dB or less (IHF-A) Control : TUBE, DRIVE, TONE, LEVEL Internal Circuit Voltage...
  • Page 8 TBO9 True Tube Booster / Overdrive ●World’s smallest tube-based Booster Overdrive in a 9-series enclosure. (Jan. 2008 Maxon research) Employs subminiature tube with US Military specification. ●Provides comfortable and powerful tube sound which is very difficult to create with a digital processing simulator. Wide range of tube sound is available without spoiling the sound character of your guitar and amplifier.
  • Page 9 ●TBS (True Bypass Switching) using 4PDT mechanical switch lets your instrument's signal pass through a non-electronic bypass line when the effect is disengaged, feeding your amplifier with direct, unaltered signal from your instrument. ●Employs tube heater inrush current control circuit to extend tube’s life. ●AC adaptor AC2009 can be used worldwide from 100VAC to 240VAC by auto voltage sensing.
  • Page 10 SAMPLE SETTING TBO9 Please visit www.maxon.co.jp to listen to audio samples. No.1 Real tube booster No.3 Full boost (G: Les Paul STD) (G: Combat Custom 3S, PU: Single) The TBO9 tube level is powerfully boost- Gain booster setting retaining the sound ed for amp.
  • Page 11 CONNECTION DIAGRAM AC2009 TBO9 SPECIFICATIONS Input Impedance : 500k ohms Output Impedance : 10k ohms or less Maximum Gain : 52dB (1.6 kHz) Equivalent Input Noise : -110dB or less (IHF-A) Control : BOOST, DRIVE, TONE, LEVEL Internal Circuit Voltage : 30VDC (DC to DC converter) Power Consumption : 270mA/9VDC...
  • Page 12 PAC9 Pure Analog Chorus ●High-quality pure and clear analog chorus sound with Maxon BBD IC (MC4107D). ●PURE and BRIGHT switches are added to standard SPEED and WIDTH controls. Addition of these switches allows creation of a wide variety of cho- rus effects such as pleasant chorus and bold and deep chorus.
  • Page 13 Jack for connection of external pow- low-frequency range of chorus sound er supply to effect. Be sure to use is decreased, creating a brighter the correct Maxon AC adaptor. sound. When switch is off, standard Turn down amplifier’s volume flat chorus sound is available.
  • Page 14 SAMPLE SETTING   PAC9 Please visit www.maxon.co.jp to listen to audio samples. No.3 Light tremolo No.1 Pure chorus (G: Combat Custom 3S) (G: Combat Custom 3S) Sharp tremolo chorus sound with PURE Natural and transparent chorus sound and BRIGHT switches ON. Suitable for with PURE switch ON.
  • Page 15 : 74(W) x 124(D) x 54(H) mm Dimensions : 580g (including battery) Weight : 6F22 9V battery x 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Power Supply : manganese battery 8.5 hours 25deg C (Panasonic 6F22NB) Battery Life : alkaline battery 20 hours 25deg C (Panasonic 6LR61G) : Maxon AC adaptor (Refer to page 29.)
  • Page 16 VJR9 Vintage Jet Riser ●Vintage Jet Riser VJR9 is a contemporary version of 70s legendary JETLYZER JL-70. ●Employs newly-developed Jet sound generator. Internally generated jet signals are processed in VCA (voltage-controlled amplifier) and VCF (voltage-controlled filter), and then mixed with inputted guitar sound source.
  • Page 17 Jack for connection of external power supply to sition. effect. Be sure to use the correct Maxon AD ⑥SENSITIVITY adaptor. Controls sensitivity of jet sound. Set it to pickup * Turn down amplifier’s volume to the mini-...
  • Page 18 SAMPLE SETTING VJR9 Please visit www.maxon.co.jp to listen to audio samples. No.1 VJR jet cutting No.3 VJR tremolo ® ® (G: Sugi Guitars DS499) (G: Fender Stratocaster Flanging sound with subtle touch of jet Auto filter-like tremolo sound with faster sound.
  • Page 19 Weight : 630g (including battery, excluding AC adaptor) Power Supply : 6F22 / 6LR6 9V battery 1 or Maxon AC adaptor × Battery Life : manganese battery 50min. 25deg C (Panasonic 6F22NB) : alkaline battery 3 hours 25deg C (Panasonic 6LR61G)
  • Page 20 ST9Pro+ Super Tube ●ST9Pro+ was developed based on the legendary overdrive Maxon ST9, which was released in the 80s and still well-known even after it was discontinued. ST9 was reborn as ST9Pro+ with new circuitry. ●ST9Pro+ creates powerful, heavy, fat sound like a stack amp with midrange boost control.
  • Page 21 ⑫ DC INPUT (power input jack) range. The low-end boost circuitry provides boost  Jack for connection of external power supply to by approx. 10dB around 100Hz.  effect. Be sure to use the correct Maxon AC ⑧ FOOTSWITCH adaptor.  Switch for effect/bypass. Stepping on this switch  * Turn down amplifier's volume to the min-...
  • Page 22 SAMPLE SETTING ST9Pro+ Please visit www.maxon.co.jp to listen to audio samples. No.1 Overdrive booster No.3 Tube crunch (Amp:Clean / G:Fender ® Stratocaster ® / (Amp:Crunch / G:Gibson Les Paul STD / Mode SW:LOW BOOST / Voltage SW:9V) Mode SW:CLASSIC / Voltage SW:9V)
  • Page 23 Dimensions : 74 (W) ×124 (D) × 54 (H) mm Weight : 610g (including battery) : 6F22 / 6LR6 9V battery × 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Power Supply Battery Life : 9VDC manganese battery 26 hours 25℃(Panasonic 6F22NB) : 9VDC alkaline battery 48 hours 25℃(Panasonic 6LR61G) : 18VDC manganese battery 2 hours 25℃(Panasonic 6F22NB)
  • Page 24 SM9Pro+ Super Metal ●SM9Pro+ was developed based on the distortion core of Maxon SM9 (Super Metal 9). Original SM9 was sold just after NWOBHM which created a big boom in the late 1970s. ●SM9Pro+ creates scooped heavy metal tones with high-level gain circuitry and cut midrange circuitry.
  • Page 25  Switch for effect/bypass. Stepping on this switch  Jack for connection of external power supply to ef- alternately turns effects on and off. fect. Be sure to use the correct Maxon AC adap-  * Effect turns on when you depress the switch and tor.
  • Page 26 SAMPLE SETTING SM9Pro+ Please visit www.maxon.co.jp to listen to audio samples. No.1 Classic distortion No.3 80s distortion (Amp:Drive / G:Fender ® Stratocaster ® / (Amp:Clean / G:Gibson Les Paul STD / Voltage SW:9V) Voltage SW:9V) Retaining the amp sound, adds distortion Turns clean sound into 80s pleasant and with SM9Pro+.
  • Page 27 : 74 (W) ×124 (D) × 54 (H) mm Dimensions Weight : 600g (including battery) : 6F22 / 6LR6 9V battery × 1 or Maxon AC adaptor Power Supply Battery Life : 9VDC manganese battery 27 hours 25℃(Panasonic 6F22NB) : 9VDC alkaline battery 50 hours 25℃(Panasonic 6LR61G) : 18VDC manganese battery 1.3 hours 25℃(Panasonic 6F22NB)

  • Page 28: Battery Replacement

    ATTENTION : ■ Turn down the volume of effect and amplifier to the minimum before   connecting Maxon effects to guitar, amplifier or other effects in order not   to damage other connected equipment by unintended noise. ■ When not in use, disconnect plug from input jack to preserve battery.
  • Page 29 Optional accessories: Maxon AC adaptor model name input output country polarity 1  AC2009* 9VDC/2000mA worldwide  100VAC to 240VAC  AC210N  120VAC  USA, Canada  ＋  −  AC210U  220VAC  9VDC/200mA Europe (except UK)  center-/sleeve+ AC210UK  230VAC  UK  AC210  Japan  100VAC  9VDC/200mA AC310 100VAC 9VDC/300mA Japan *1 Plug type of AC2009 varies with the suffix as shown below.  Please specify exact model (like AC2009AN, AC2009C) when ordering. suffix country suffix country AN ...
  • Page 30 To identify this product, refer to the model number found on the product. Maxon shall not be held liable to you or any third party for any losses caused by incorrect operation of this equipment, malfunction or any other failure of this equipment to operate as expected, or normal use of this equipment, except to the extent stipulated by law.

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