Pale Horse

The VFE Pale Horse is a dynamic overdrive pedal designed to provide smooth, transparent, and dynamic overdrive tones. It offers a range of features and functionalities to cater to various use-cases. Here are the technical specifications and details for the Pale Horse:

- FX Type: Overdrive
- Dimensions: 2.17” x 2.025” H
- Controls:
- TONE: Active boost/cut of frequencies above the threshold set by the internal FREQ trimpot.
- FREQ: Internal trimpot to make the tone control a treble boost/cut or higher up like a presence boost/cut.
- DRIVE: Sets the gain in the drive section, from clean boost to cascading layers of high gain saturation.
- LEVEL: Sets the output level of the Pale Horse.
- IMPEDANCE: Sets the input impedance via an internal trimpot.
- COMP: Uses Variable HCC technology to transition between a sweet, asymmetrical drive tone to a dynamic mosfet drive.
- HIGH: Post-gain treble cut for tonal adjustments.
- LOW: Pre-gain bass cut for tonal adjustments.
- Additional Features:
- Variable HCC circuitry allows fine-tuning of harmonics, compression, and clipping character of the tone.
- Bass-friendly overdrive functionality.
- Components:
- Utilizes various resistors, capacitors, transistors (2n5484, BS170), and operational amplifier (OPA2134a).
- Power Supply: Requires a split-rail supply.
- Documentation: The Pale Horse dynamic overdrive files are available for download, including schematics, Eagle files, Gerber files, assembly files, and templates for drill holes.

The Pale Horse is designed to offer a wide-ranging overdrive that can cover a variety of tonal bases, making it suitable for guitarists seeking versatile overdrive tones with dynamic and transparent characteristics.