CELESTIAL
EFFECTS
SAGITTARIUS
OVERDRIVE BOOST
REVIEW BY SAM HILL
STREET PRICE $189.00
As a child, I remember
going to the local
planetarium on elementary
school field trips. As we
sat in the reclining chairs,
the lights went out and
we gazed upward into
the model night sky on
the ceiling. A high school
teacher would describe
the constellations. “This is
Orion,” he said, because
there was a belt. Where?!
I never saw a belt. “As you
can see,” he’d point out,
“this is a scorpion.” In my
estimation, you need a lot
of lines connected to stars
and quite an imagination
to come up with Scorpio
and the master hunter. Why
do I bring this up, you ask?
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Well, my friend, if you’ve
found yourself disappointed
by the constellations, be
disappointed no more—
Celestial Effects has given
us tangible zodiac devices
that do not require deep
astrological interpretation.
The Sagittarius is one such
device. Identified as an
Overdrive Boost, it has,
as you may suspect, Drive
and Boost knobs, as well
as a two-band EQ (Treble
and Bass) and Volume. Two
independent footswitches
control the Drive and Boost
functions, and the order
of the effects can be set
via a small latching pushbutton switch located on
the bottom of the pedal.
The stock setting is Driv P