Spruce Effects and Pelican NoiseWorks Pelitaur Ge V2

Note: These are being built to order and will ship in approximately 1-3 weeks.

Description

Pelican NoiseWorks developed the Pelitaur in 2015 to be a gnarly, nasty, unique fuzz with simple, interactive controls. The result was wildly successful, paying satirical homage to a similar looking "taur", but sounding nothing like anything else out there. No clones about it!

Leon from Pelican NoiseWorks and Brian from Spruce Effects became friends around the same time as the Pelitaur came out and Spruce released their first line of effects. A collaboration in the future was almost guaranteed. After sticking a former Spruce Effects favorite, the Growth Ring Germanium boost, in front of a Pelitaur, magical things happened. Brian and Leon started throwing around ideas on how to get new and unique sounds out of the already awesome Pelitaur circuit. After much iteration, Brian added his signature Germanium touch to the Pelitaur circuit and incorporated a full-range Germanium boost to the front end of the Pelitaur. The Germanium sections of the new Pelican and Spruce brainchild feature hard-to-find NOS components.  

The fuzz side features a souped-up, gain-juice filled, germanium-ified Pelitaur circuit. The clipping structure has completely changed from the original Pelitaur for a ton of really new and unique sounds on tap. Depending on the gain knob settings, you can get sputtery, gated fuzz all the way to high gain, smooth Germanium clipping. Overall, it is a little lower gain, yet higher in gnarlyness.

 The boost side features light-up hidden controls. The lefthand LED (knob) controls the gain of the boost. The righthand LED (knob) controls the frequency of the boost. Counter-clockwise is treble, clockwise is bass. Dial it in for a treble or full-range boost. You can add some vintage color to your tone, or slam your amp or Pelitaur circuit with 20dB of boost.

Originally released in 2017, this collaboration has received a well deserved update. Soft touch relay bypass switching has been added for ease of use and ultimate reliability on stage. A NOS Telefunken BC108 has been adapted into the left side fuzz of the Pelitaur and tone stack has been modified to accept this change with open arms. The pure white 1470 series knobs didn't exist until Pelican and Spruce had a manufacturer custom make them. If you find them online for sale, you're welcome. Oh and it’s dressed up in a white suit.  

Features

• True Bypass
• Enclosure printed and drilled in the USA
• Hand wired and assembled in California and Oregon
• NOS Germanium transistor and diodes
• High-quality Wima/Kemet/Nichicon capacitors
• Standard negative ground power--this pedal plays nicely with others!

Power

We always recommend high-quality, isolated power supplies. 

Controls

• Top-mounted jacks, input on right, output on left
• Soft touch stomp switches control each channel independently
• By activating the "boost" side alone, the LED above the “boost” switch turns on and activates the germanium boost circuit
• By activating the "fuzz" side alone, the LED above the “fuzz” switch turns on and activated both Pelitaur fuzzes.
• When both fuzz and boost are activated, Both LEDs turn on and the boost slams the front end of the Pelitaur.
• "Gain" is a blend control of two internal fuzz circuits. Full counter-clockwise is one fuzz, full clockwise is the other. The freedom is yours to blend any way you see fit
• "Treble" is where things get even more interesting. Each fuzz circuit has its own dedicated tone stack, but both are controlled by the single "Treble" knob. Each tone circuit works in reverse of the other. When cutting highs in one circuit, lows of the other circuit are cut
• "Output" controls the overall volume of the fuzz side
• Lefthand indicator LED plays double duty as the control knob for the boost gain while the righthand indicator LED plays double duty as the control knob for the boost tone control
• Gain controls for both fuzzes are available inside the pedal as trim pots. They come maxed, because duh. Don't touch the other trimmers!