Electro-Harmonix TURNIP-GREENS Users Manual

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WARNING: Your Turnip Greens comes equipped with an Electro-Harmonix 9.6DC-200BI
power supply (same as used by Boss® & Ibanez®: 9.6 Volts DC 200mA). The Turnip Greens
requires 125mA at 9VDC with a center negative plug. Using the wrong adapter may
damage your unit and void the warranty.

TURNIP GREENS

Soul Food Overdrive + Holy Grail Max Reverb

Congratulations on your purchase of the Turnip Greens, a combination of our transparent
Soul Food overdrive and lush Holy Grail Max reverb. Beyond just combining these two
great effects into one box, we added some bells and whistles to help inspire you to create
new sonic landscapes.

The Soul Food delivers a wide range of sounds from sweet clean boosts for added volume,
to just a touch of dirt for livening up your sound, to full-on overdrive. Soul Food has plenty
of volume on tap to push your amplifier into saturation, delivering distortion that is actually
created by your amp! It can also do wonders when placed in front of other dirt pedals,
pushing them into new worlds of distortion. Whatever your style or rig, the Soul Food gives
your tone a lift in all the right places without compromising it.

The Holy Grail Max delivers four types of studio quality reverb: SPRING, HALL, PLATE and
REVERSE all designed for the discerning guitarist but also great with other instruments on
stage or in the studio. Included is a newly designed analog wet/dry control which provides
a constant volume curve as you turn the BLEND knob from fully dry to fully wet while also
keeping your dry signal analog through the pedal.

SOUL FOOD CONTROLS

DRIVE Knob – Controls the amount of input gain. As you turn DRIVE clockwise, the

overdrive ranges from clean boost, in the fully counter-clockwise position, to classic
distortion, in the fully clockwise setting. There are many great sounds found within the full
range of the DRIVE knob, we recommend experimenting with different positions in both
halves of the DRIVE knob to find just the right amount of grit for your needs. In addition,
turning DRIVE clockwise will bring out more mids in your tone.

TREBLE Knob – Acts as a tone control. When set to 12 o’clock (50%), the tone is neutral.
As you turn TREBLE clockwise from the 12 o’clock setting, the treble gain increases making

your overall sound brighter. As you turn TREBLE counter-clockwise from the 12 o’clock
setting, the high end is reduced giving you a bassier sound.

VOL Knob – Sets the output level of the Soul Food section of the Turnip Greens. As VOL is
turned clockwise, the output volume increases.

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OVERDRIVE Footswitch and LED – The OVERDRIVE footswitch selects whether the
Soul Food section is engaged or in bypass mode. When the Soul Food is engaged, its
corresponding LED is lit. An internal Bypass Mode switch is included to select between True
Bypass and Buffered Bypass. See below for more information on the internal switch.

HOLY GRAIL MAX CONTROLS

REVERB Switch Knob – This rotary switch chooses the reverb mode. Clockwise, the

modes are SPRING, HALL, PLATE and REVERSE.

TIME Knob – Adjusts the decay time, or reverb length/size, for the SPRING, HALL and
PLATE reverbs. In REVERSE mode, the TIME knob sets the length of time between striking
a note and the reverb fade-in. While in PLATE mode, when TIME is set to its maximum
position, the reverb decay is over 30 seconds creating a lush reverb wash with each new
note.

BLEND Knob – Controls the wet/dry mix from 100% Dry (counter-clockwise position) to
100% Wet (clockwise position). As the BLEND knob is turned, the overall output volume
remains nearly constant. Your Dry signal remains analog from input to output through the
Holy Grail Max section of the Turnip Greens.

REVERB Footswitch and LED – The REVERB footswitch selects whether the Holy Grail
Max is engaged or in True Bypass mode. When the effect is engaged, its corresponding
LED is lit.

EFFECT ORDER Switch – This toggle switch, located in the middle of the Turnip Greens,
selects which effect is first in the signal chain. With the switch to the right, the signal chain
is OD  Reverb, which produces a sound most players are used to – their boosted tone
with some added reverb. With the switch to the left, the signal chain is Reverb  OD,
which produces a slightly different and interesting sound. Now the reverb is being boosted
by the overdrive which, when used in conjunction with pedals in the effects loop, can
create some very lush textures.

INPUT Jack – This ¼” jack is the audio input for the Turnip Greens. The input impedance
is 1M.

OUTPUT Jack – This ¼” jack is the audio output from the Turnip Greens. The output
impedance ranges from 500 to 3.3k.

SEND Jack – This ¼” jack can be used to put effects in the signal path between the Soul
Food and Holy Grail Max to expand its sonic capabilities. This output can also be used to
split your signal to a separate effects chain or amplifier input.

RETURN Jack – This ¼” jack must be used in conjunction with the SEND jack. Connect
this jack to the output of the effect(s) in the loop.

Internal Bypass Mode Switch – If you remove the Turnip Greens’ bottom cover, you
will see a small switch on the board that holds the footswitch for the Soul Food. It is
located in the bottom-left area of the pedal, below the INPUT jack. Above the switch is the
label TRUE BYPASS and below the switch is the label BUFFERED.

When the switch is set to TRUE BYPASS, its upper position, bypass for the Soul Food
section will be True Bypass. When the switch is set to BUFFERED, its lower position, bypass