Catalinbread Galileo 4K (Foundation Celebration) Pedal
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UPC: 853710006820
Model Number: Galileo 4K (Foundation Celebration)
Brand: Catalinbread
Product Description
Only 25 of these are available worldwide! Extremely limited.
This is part of our Foundation Celebration series, where we honor the amps and circuitry that inspired our Foundation overdrive pedals.
Greetings, tonal astrophysicists and laypersons alike, welcome to the Galileo 4K, a pedal that serves as the next chapter in our Galileo’s history. Our newest version keeps the Rangemaster-Vox pipeline intact but expands the last version’s equalization section into a two-band Baxandall EQ to surprising effect. Our last iteration of this circuit features a solitary EQ control called “Tone” that acts as a treble control while fixing the low end. We tried swapping out this arrangement for a standard AC30-style tone stack and the result sounded far beyond a simple tweak—our gain, your gain! Now with the additional tonal flexibility, you can dial in a far greater variety of Vox-like tones that really bloom when pushed by an iconic treble booster circuit. All that same Galileo punch and bite you’ve come to expect remains untouched, adding a little flexibility to what was once a rather rigid circuit.
TREBLE: This now comprises one-half of the full EQ stack found in a Vox AC30 amplifier. This knob at maximum boosts the helpful frequencies at around 2KHz and above. At minimum, it flattens out every frequency to -20dB from 2KHz upward.
VOLUME: That trusty knob you know and love.
BASS: This knob at maximum boosts the helpful frequencies at around 100Hz and below. At minimum, there’s a steeper cut at 200Hz (about -24dB) and a huge cut to the sub bass. While not the intended purpose, the Bass control sounds reminiscent of a “depth” knob that some amps have, which is essentially a bass control taken from the power amp section.
GAIN: Rather than control the gain of the amp circuit, this controls the gain of the treble booster in front. The amp circuit’s gain is fixed, allowing to saturate the front end of the amp circuit to your desired level.
The Galileo 4K accepts a 9-18V DC center-negative power supply. The supply must be able to provide over 5mA of current, which is likely all of them. Plugging in the wrong supply (wrong polarity, voltage, AC, etc.) will make your pedal perform poorly, as it will not work (at best) or fry the pedal (at worst). The latter voids your warranty, it’s very very frightening.
This is part of our Foundation Celebration series, where we honor the amps and circuitry that inspired our Foundation overdrive pedals.
Greetings, tonal astrophysicists and laypersons alike, welcome to the Galileo 4K, a pedal that serves as the next chapter in our Galileo’s history. Our newest version keeps the Rangemaster-Vox pipeline intact but expands the last version’s equalization section into a two-band Baxandall EQ to surprising effect. Our last iteration of this circuit features a solitary EQ control called “Tone” that acts as a treble control while fixing the low end. We tried swapping out this arrangement for a standard AC30-style tone stack and the result sounded far beyond a simple tweak—our gain, your gain! Now with the additional tonal flexibility, you can dial in a far greater variety of Vox-like tones that really bloom when pushed by an iconic treble booster circuit. All that same Galileo punch and bite you’ve come to expect remains untouched, adding a little flexibility to what was once a rather rigid circuit.
TREBLE: This now comprises one-half of the full EQ stack found in a Vox AC30 amplifier. This knob at maximum boosts the helpful frequencies at around 2KHz and above. At minimum, it flattens out every frequency to -20dB from 2KHz upward.
VOLUME: That trusty knob you know and love.
BASS: This knob at maximum boosts the helpful frequencies at around 100Hz and below. At minimum, there’s a steeper cut at 200Hz (about -24dB) and a huge cut to the sub bass. While not the intended purpose, the Bass control sounds reminiscent of a “depth” knob that some amps have, which is essentially a bass control taken from the power amp section.
GAIN: Rather than control the gain of the amp circuit, this controls the gain of the treble booster in front. The amp circuit’s gain is fixed, allowing to saturate the front end of the amp circuit to your desired level.
The Galileo 4K accepts a 9-18V DC center-negative power supply. The supply must be able to provide over 5mA of current, which is likely all of them. Plugging in the wrong supply (wrong polarity, voltage, AC, etc.) will make your pedal perform poorly, as it will not work (at best) or fry the pedal (at worst). The latter voids your warranty, it’s very very frightening.