Electro Harmonix SPRUCE GOOSE Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

Liftoff
with the Electro Harmonix Spruce Goose Overdrive, an elevated take on a
Bluesbreaker-style OD with a smooth, rich breakup that retains clarity and
dynamics. The Spruce Goose soars with a host of new features including a Lift
switch accessing 3 input gain settings, additional output, and expanded EQ to
send your tone flying. From meaty boosts to smooth singing leads, the Spruce
Goose steers your tone into a variety of inspiring and musical directions.

Boosts Your Sound

The engine of the Spruce Goose is an overdrive circuit renowned for its natural
breakup and amp-like response. This circuit is then elevated to new heights by
the Lift switch which selects between 3 levels of input gain. Lift effectively
works as an input boost, goosing the front end of the drive circuit hitting
harder, and producing a more compressed, saturated tone while still retaining
its dynamic feel and transparent tone. Gain and Vol knobs adjust for exact
drive and output levels. EQ of the pedal consists of a Treble knob for taming
topping and an active Bass knob to cut or boost bass frequencies. Bass is
especially helpful for adding girth to single coil guitars or tightening the
low end on warmer humbucker guitars. The Spruce Goose also features mechanical
relay true bypass switching with latching and momentary action. Tap the
footswitch for a normal latching toggle or press and hold the footswitch for a
momentary blast of gain and boost. Great for stepping out in front of the mix
for pulling a quick lick or moment of sonic chaos.

Versatile Footswitch

The soft footswitch works both like a standard latching footswitch and a
momentary footswitch. The latching action means each press and release of the
footswitch will toggle between bypass and effect modes. A momentary change
between bypass and effect occurs when you press and hold the footswitch. The
Spruce Goose changes state immediately upon pressing the footswitch. If you continue
to hold the footswitch for more than half a second it will return to the previous
state when you release the footswitch. Momentary hold action can be disabled
completely by performing the following procedure, first, power down the Spruce
Goose. Press and hold the footswitch. While holding down the footswitch, apply
power to the Spruce Goose. Continue to hold down the footswitch. After about 2
seconds, the LED blinks. A slow blink means momentary footswitch holds are
disabled. A fast blink means momentary footswitch holds are enabled. Release
the footswitch. The momentary footswitch hold setting is remembered through
power-cycles so you can set it and forget it.