Electronic Audio Experiments documents Limelight V2 overdrive

July 13, 2022 · 2 sources

Electronic Audio Experiments has documented a Version 2 of its Limelight overdrive, the maker's changelog showing a new mechanical form factor rotated to portrait orientation, "various improvements to the circuit including noise reduction and refined bypass switching functionality"¹. Delicious Audio reported the V2 on July 13, 2022².

The Limelight is a dual channel overdrive developed with the LA-based punk band Touché Amoré, built around the tones of guitarists Nick Steinhardt and Clayton Stevens¹. The maker says it was originally developed to commemorate the band's 2020 LP, Lament¹. It pairs a drive circuit with an independent front-end boost, each on its own footswitch: the left engages the drive, the right the boost¹. Delicious Audio describes the circuit as starting from a vaguely Blues Breaker-inspired design with a series of mods for articulation and gain range².

Controls are Boost, Gain, Tone, Volume and Focus¹. The maker rates Boost from 0dB to +21dB of clean gain, Gain at approximately 50dB at maximum with a natural midrange boost as it turns clockwise, and Tone as an adjustable low pass filter¹. Focus is a variable low cut in the drive section that adjusts chime and midrange presence¹. Delicious Audio describes Focus as a toggle²; the maker's control list does not specify its form.

The maker recommends a regulated, isolated supply rated for 100mA and states the pedal does not accept a battery¹. The Limelight is listed at $249.00¹.