NUX Ace of Tone Dual Overdrive

The Ace of Tone is a dual overdrive pedal featuring the Tubeman MKII and Morning Star overdrives from NUX. Why? Because great guitarists love 2 overdrives to stack their tone.

In the left corner~ Tubeman with FAT mode. The Tubeman offers way more clarity and gain than any classic Tubescreamer, and we modified the circuit with a useful secondary function by simply holding the foot switch~ FAT mode. It cranks way more bass response to enhance the low-end yet makes the tone warmer!

In the right corner~ Morning Star with SHINE mode. Morning Star is based on legendary Bluesbreaker circuit: very transparent, low gain drive. Like our Morning Star, it also features a simple FOOT SWITCH HOLD to engage the iconic SHINE mode. In SHINE mode, you can get way more treble sound to make your tone crystal-clear. Versatile routing and toggle switches. You can adjust the order as MS->TM or TM->MS. On the top side, you can toggle BF/TB switch for Buffer-Bypass or True-Bypass, and 9V/18V switch to 18V for internal double voltage for wider dynamic range.

 

Left Side (Tubeman)

• DRIVE Knob：Controls the gain of Tubeman circuit.
• TONE Knob：Controls the treble frequency of Tubeman circuit
• LEVEL Knob：Controls the volume of Tubeman circuit.
• Footswitch：Engage/disengage Tubeman circuit. Hold it for 1 second, you can turn on/off FAT mode.
• FAT Indicator：While you engaged FAT mode, the indicator will turn on.

Right Side (Morningstar)

• DRIVE Knob：Controls the gain of Morning Star circuit.
• TONE Knob：Controls the treble frequency of Morning Star circuit.
• LEVEL Knob：Controls the volume of Morning Star circuit.
• Footswitch：Engage/disengage Morning Star circuit. Hold it for 1 second, you can turn on/off SHINE mode.
• SHINE Indicator：While you engaged SHINE mode, the indicator will turn on.
• Routing Toggle Switch：You can adjust the order from Morning Star to Tubeman or Tubeman to Morning Star. It's very useful to stack the sound.

I/O

• Input: Connect your guitar side to INPUT jack.
• Output: Connect the OUTPUT signal to amp side.
• EXT. SW: You can use external foot controller (like NUX NMP-2) to remote this pedal.
• BF/TB Toggle Switch: BF means Buffer-Bypass, TB means True-Bypass. You can choose BF while you connect with several pedals in your signal chain to solve tone-loss situation.
• 18V/9V Toggle Switch: ACE of TONE can double the voltage internally while you toggle to 18V position, that can increase dynamic range and headroom.