PettyJohn Electronics Iron

The PettyJohn Electronics Iron is a meticulously crafted overdrive pedal designed to deliver a wide range of gain and tone shaping capabilities. Here are the technical specifications and features:

- Dimensions: 2.75”W x 4.75”L x 2.5” H
- Weight: 2 lbs
- Handmade in the USA
- Wide gain range with 3 wide sweet spot zones:
- Zone 1: Low Gain Harmonically Rich Preamp/Boost
- Zone 2: Touch-sensitive, Edge of Break Up
- Zone 3: Fully saturated Lead Channel Overdrive
- Clean Mix control with a warm bypass preamp circuit for adding extra depth and transparency
- Clipping Selection: Three carefully selected Clipping options for distinctly usable breakup characteristics include MOSFET, LED, and Asymmetrical Silicon
- Low Cut Selection: Three carefully selected Low Cut frequencies interact with the gain control and clipping section to provide easy recall for different guitars, amps, and even bass
- High Cut: Musical passive tone circuit with an Orange Drop tone cap for authentic vintage amp-style tone shaping
- Dual-rail power section with 9V to 18V operation range, providing 18V-36V of voltage swing for huge internal headroom while drawing under 100mA
- Audiophile, Studio-Grade Performance:
- Burr Brown OPA series high-performance audiophile Op-Amps
- Audiophile grade, through-hole 1% Metal Film resistors
- Top shelf WIMA and Silver Mica caps used in tone-sensitive operations
- Internally Direct Coupled stages for the purest signal path possible
- Extremely Low Noise
- Extra JRC4558 chip included for additional tonal options
- True Bypass Switching
- Powered with optional 9-18V DC power supply (center tip negative, 150mA)
- Battery operation not possible

The Iron pedal is designed to provide a full, natural tonal range that allows the guitar's tone and playing nuances to shine through while imparting punch and depth with natural, musical harmonic weight and presence often associated with cranked American-style amps. It offers huge internal headroom and carefully selected parts contribute to an open sound with less compression and less harsh in-harmonic distortion artifacts than your average overdrive pedal.