Mike Fortin is world-renowned as the undisputed master of modern high-gain tone. Ever since Fortin introduced their highly distinctive and now legendary tone, that tone has become the backbone of many outstanding modern live and studio tones, never before experienced and now available from a pedal. The Fortin NATAS pedal is a brutally articulate, bone-crunching modern distortion with all the features that NATAS amplifiers are famous for. This pedal has a lot of tone-shaping features, but the key to finding your perfect tone is the Grind and Girth controls. ■Control ON: True bypass, relay-based soft footswitch. Powers up in the same state as when powered off. KILL: Adds an additional gain stage. BASS: Active circuit controls the low frequency range. MIDDLE: Active circuit, controls the midrange. HIGH: Active circuit controls the high frequencies. MID SHAPE: Apply an EQ curve to your bass tone to get a more modern scooped tone or a classic mid-hump. Tighten up your tone with Hump or go all-out thrash with the Scoop setting. GIRTH AND GRIND: Tone shaping takes place here, both of which boost certain frequencies to liven up your tone. NATAS IN: Signal input. NATAS OUT: Signal output.Due to the nature of the circuitry, the NATAS distortion pedal requires a minimum input of 600mA to power up. Once on, the pedal draws approximately 150mA. Power: DC 9V center pin negative external adapter/power supply only. Power consumption: 150mA Pedal dimensions (W/D/H): 4.8 x 2.64 x 1.6 (122mm x 67mm x 39.5mm) Weight: approx. 400g