Behringer Centaur Overdrive

Legendary Transparent Boost Overdrive with Huge Dynamic Range, Gain on Tap and Soft Clipping Diodes Inspired by Germanium Characteristics

It’s a pedal as legendary as the many mythological creatures it’s named after. But whatever shape it takes, or whichever four-legged animal it goes by, it’s popularity and mythical status among guitarists is unquestionable. Introducing the Behringer CENTAUR OVERDRIVE.

Features:

• Legendary overdrive with transparent “amp-like” tone, touch and feel
• Dual-potentiometer gain control with wide range for boost, overdrive and distortion
• All analog circuitry with Germanium diodes for soft transitional clipping
• Stepped up internal voltage provides huge dynamic range
• Treble control for custom tailoring high frequencies
• Discrete buffered true bypass avoids high-frequency loss from long cable runs
• Robust housing with authentic vintage styling
• Runs on 9 V battery or Behringer PSU-SB DC power supply (not included)

The CENTAUR Mythos
The heart of CENTAUR OVERDRIVE’s transparent circuit is a dual potentiometer gain control – an improved version of the original concentric gain control which makes it more reliable and precise. Simply put, you get to easily dial in your tone to get a completely clean signal or have more overdrive mixed in as you turn the knob all the way up.

Squeaky Clean or Awesomely Dirty
Another great characteristic of CENTAUR OVERDRIVE is its natural ability to respond well to picking dynamics. The pedal’s high headroom and high-quality diodes make this possible. With CENTAUR OVERDRIVE in the chain, you can dance lightly on the strings for a cleaner tone or really dig in to make your guitar, and amp, roar.

Our Favorite Ways to Play
CENTAUR OVERDRIVE is a really versatile overdrive pedal but here are some great ways to set it up:

• As a clean boost (perfect for kicking on during a solo)
• In front of an amp at the edge of breakup, gain at around 60% with the rest of the controls at noon
• Overdrive at full for balls-to-the-wall, saturation

Amazing Flexibility
Whatever guitar, amp and pedal combination you have, CENTAUR OVERDRIVE can easily make its home in your rig and give you all the legendary tones you’ve been searching for, or let you discover new ones never knew you wanted.

Specifications:

Connections
In
Connector: 1 x 1/4" TS, unbalanced
Impedance: 1300 kΩ
Out
Connector: 1 x 1/4" TS, unbalanced
Output impedance: 0.56 kΩ

Controls
Gain
1 x rotary knob, dual-ganged pot
Treble
1 x rotary knob ±12 dB @ 3 kHz
Output
1 x rotary knob
Maximum output gain
41 dB
Effect on / of
1 x footswitch

System
Bypass mode
Buffered bypass
Frequency response
20 Hz to 20 kHz (+0 / -0.3 dB)
Dynamic range
> 68 dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Signal-to-noise ratio
> 60 dB

*Specifications subject to change without notice.