“Achenbach” Double Dreamer

About the “Achenbach Series”:

John Achenbach is a Storyboard Artist and Animation Professional with a long history on the legendary show “The Simpsons” and a guitarist/musician. The “Achenbach Series” is the result of a loving friendship that has developed through the years out of mutual respect for what each of us does!

Here’s a short video of him talking about the story behind our collaboration:

The story behind the JAM pedals Achenbach series!

About Double Dreamer:

Tubedreamer side
A warm, rich 808-style overdrive built around the JRC4558D chip and three-diode asymmetrical clipping. Its tuned midrange cuts through while remaining touch-sensitive.

Lucydreamer side
A dry/wet overdrive with less of a mid hump, extended low end and a wide gain range. The Mix control blends clean and driven signals to preserve attack and chord definition.

Assignable high-gain stage
A three-way toggle routes the middle HIGH GAIN footswitch to the Tubedreamer, Lucydreamer or both. Separate internal trimmers set the high-gain output level for each circuit.

Flexible routing

• Default mode runs input -> Lucydreamer -> Tubedreamer -> output.
• Independent Y mode converts the IN and OUT jacks into breakout points for the two circuits, allowing switcher control, separate signal-chain placement or parallel stereo use. Two TRS-to-dual-TS insert cables are required.

Controls

• Tubedreamer: Level, Tone and Gain.
• Lucydreamer: Level, Tone, Gain and clean/drive Mix.
• Footswitches: Lucydreamer, HIGH GAIN and Tubedreamer.
  
  
  
  

• Bypass: true bypass
• Power: 9V DC, centre-negative
• Current draw: 110 mA
• Dimensions including jacks and controls: 13 x 10 x 5.1 cm / 5.1 x 3.9 x 2 in
• Weight: 430 g / 0.95 lb