Crazy Tube Circuits / Venus JAPAN Limited Edition

Immediately after its release, Crazytube Circuits' ""Venus"" garnered the biggest response in the manufacturer's history, becoming the brand's top seller in terms of domestic shipments. It was selected as ""Gear of the Year"" by the famous British monthly Guitarist Magazine and won ""Drive Effects of the Year."" Now, the ""Venus JAPAN Limited Edition,"" based on the legendary Tubedriver, is available in Japan, with only 50 units available!

■ Limited Model Specifications
- The built-in vacuum tube has been changed from an ECC832 dual triode to a separate JJ 12AX7 Gold Pin.

Shares specifications with the following standard models:
● Real tube overdrive.
● Compact housing less than half the size of a classic tube drive unit.
● Power supply: Uses a center-negative power supply with 9V DC and a current capacity of 500mA or more.
● Like the classic vacuum tube drive units it is inspired by, it operates internally on ±15V DC (via internal boost and inversion circuits).
● Maximum current draw: 400mA.
● Clickless true bypass design with high-quality relays.
● Footswitch power-up, bypass, and preset functions.
● Top-mounted jack.
● Metallic amber sand die-cast housing.
● Dimensions: (W x L x H): 126 x 66 x 57 mm.
● Weight: 317g.
● Made in Greece.

●Product description shared with the standard model below

Venus is a true tube overdrive pedal inspired by all pedal and rack versions of the BK Butler/Chandler Tube Driver, producing tones ranging from smooth, light overdrive to high-gain, wicked distortion.

Various versions of the original BK Butler Tube Driver have been used by guitarists such as Eric Johnson (used on albums like ""Ah Via Musicom"" and ""Venus Isle""), David Gilmour (used on Pink Floyd's ""Division Bell"" and ""Pulse,"" as well as his subsequent solo albums), Joe Satriani (""Surfing With the Alien""), J Mascis, Billy Gibbons, and Joe Bonamassa.

With ultimate versatility and tone sculpting in mind, we set out to recreate one of the pedal museum's greatest masterpieces with modern refinements. We've packed the circuitry into the smallest possible enclosure without sacrificing tone, making it less than half the size of the original pedal unit.
The Tube Driver is a unique overdrive design using vacuum tubes, operating in a ""starved plate"" setup. The original design's power supply used an internal step-down transformer to reduce the line voltage to +/-15V DC, which typically resulted in a lot of background noise and hum. To minimize these issues, we chose to power the Venus from a standard 9V DC power supply. The pedal operates from an isolated 9V DC center-negative power output capable of supplying 500mA of current. A properly designed internal boost/inverter circuit then provides the correct voltage conditions (±15V DC) for vacuum tube operation.

■Controls
Drive: Controls the amount of tube drive/saturation and sustain.
Bias: Sets the tube cathode bias depending on the type of tube and the desired overdrive/distortion texture.
Volume: Sets the effect output level
3-band EQ (Hi, Mid, Lo)
Fat/Tight pushbutton
Line driver/buffer + booster pushbutton