Colombo Audio Electronics - Utopia Overdrive
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A fundamental feature is the mode selector: a lever aiming to radically change the voice and the feeling of the overdrive, inspired by 2 milestones of the overdrive pedals of the past and an innovative system that internally recreates the characteristics of a saturated tube amp.
Vintage: inspired by the iconic green Ibanez TS808 overdrive, made famous by hundreds of past and present guitarists around the world. This mode offers a very warm, not overly distorted tone, with abundant compression characterized by symmetrical clipping.
Hot: inspired by the legendary Klon Centaur, which has become a true cult; the sound becomes creamier and acquires a very particular “bronzed” grain, the output volume also increases considerably and the upper harmonics become more present.
Ultra: this exclusive mode recreates the so-loved effect of an overdrive pedal connected to a distorted amplifier using only the internal pedal circuitry. This happens by reconfiguring the second stage of the pedal, in order to obtain those acclaimed lead tones, full of saturation and fatness, without the aid of other dedicated pedals or even having to change channels on the amplifier.
Controls
Utopia has 3 interactive and self-configuring controls depending on the chosen mode.
Volume: sets the output volume, Ultra mode offers more output volume than the others.
Tone: works on the high frequencies; low values generate warm and thick sounds, high values can reach sharp and incisive sounds without exceed in unusable tones, interesting sounds remain available even at extreme settings.
Overdrive: sets the saturation amount; the 3 mode lever acts to completely change the overdrive response.
Vintage/Hot/Ultra: sets the mode.