Celestial Effects The Virgo Rock Overdrive

The Virgo Rock Overdrive

Looking for that thick, saturated guitar tone reminiscent of '60s and '70s classic rock guitarists, thought only possible through a cranked stack? Well search no more. This little lady was born to scream!

Virgo is extremely tone transparent, highly touch sensitive and one of the best overdrives you will ever play.

The Virgo Rock Overdrive is based on a dual opamp circuit with hard clipping. It produces a heavy, tight, in your face, saturated tone. The gain derived from this pedal can vary from a clean boost to all out near distortion, sustaining, crunchy tones with a plethora of versatility. Built like a tank using the best components available, including an aluminum powder coated enclosure, CTS pots and Neutrik jacks. Totally hand built, this pedal will keep you rocking for many years to come.

The Virgo is a true bypass pedal and uses no buffers or inline tone circuits in its design. It features two paralleled TL082 opamp amplifiers to achieve its gain. The Virgo 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, crunchy, edgy and harmonically rich notes bounce of the fingerboard. 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 Virgo is extremely touch sensitive and responds beautifully to every nuance of your guitar playing. The Virgo also cleans up nicely when you roll back the volume on your guitar.

The Virgo also 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 slightly compressed tone with slightly less volume. Set the switch to the right for an asymmetrical MOSFET and germanium diode mix which produces a more crunchy tone with some "hair" on the notes. 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.




Specifications

• True bypass switching via high grade 3PDT footswitch
• High grade Panasonic ECQ series capacitors
• CTS high grade potentiometers
• Neutrik input and output jacks
• C&K clipping diode selector switch
• Wide 2oz. copper PC board circuit etch-line in the signal paths
• PC Board ground plane for superior stray noise reduction
• Battery or +9vdc to +18vdc power jack (Boss type - center negative)
• Controls are Volume, Tone, Edge and Gain
• 3 Position switch for different diode clipping options
• Clipping options include:
• Left: Symmetrical silicon rectifier diodes
• Right: Asymmetrical MOSFET and Germanium diode mix
• Middle: No Clipping diodes
• Ultra-bright blue indicator LED
• Extremely tone transparent, organic and touch sensitive
• Input impedance: 500K Ohms
• Output impedance: 10K Ohms
• Current draw: Approximately 30 mA at full ON
• Max gain: Approximately 15.5 dB of gain
• Dimm: 4.85"d x 3.88"w x 1.98"h (including switches and knobs)
• Weight: 12.1 oz. (Not including battery)





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