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TAURUS
Blues Overdrive
OWNER’S MANUAL
The Celestial Effects™ Taurus Blues Overdrive delivers a new very versatile spin on an old trusted overdrive circuit.
It has the ability to deliver a creamy yet clean rhythm boost to near distortion, sustaining crunchy tones with a plethora of
versatility. Built like a tank and using the best components available, this pedal will keep you rocking for many years to come.
The Taurus is a true bypass pedal and uses no buffers or inline tone circuits in its design. It features a single paralleled
RC4558P opamp amplifier to achieve its gain. The Taurus does not take over your tone but enhances it transparently.
With the gain set one to one of your guitar signal, you will notice a fuller, clearer tone. With all the controls set to 10,
a crunchy, edgy, harmonically rich tone is produced. Rolling back the EDGE control will smooth out the
tone to your exact preference.
There is very little noise filtering in the circuit which allows your guitar’s entire signal to come through. The Taurus
is extremely touch sensitive and responds beautifully to every nuance of your guitar playing. The Taurus features a
clipping diode selector switch for immense versatility. Set to the left, symmetrical silicon diodes are placed in circuit which
gives a nice smooth compressed tone with slightly less volume. Set the switch to the right for an asymmetrical MOSFET
feature which produces a very nice crunchy tone. Place the switch in the middle to remove all diodes and let all the tone come
through unclipped for a larger, more open and vocal tone. The Taurus also cleans up nicely when you roll
back the volume on your guitar.
All Celestial Effects™ pedals are hand built and individually tested in Hudson, MA by a company that cares about
quality, durability and value and we back all our products with our stellar 5 YEAR WARRANTY.
