It continues to use the famed 4558 chip to create deeper bass, smoothed out mids, and biting overdrive.
Charleston, SC (May 11, 2016) -- Pro Tone Pedals has just introduced its new Essentials line of pedals that includes a newly designed version of its highly popular Dead Horse Overdrive.
The scaled-back Essential Edition offers all the tone players have come to expect with half the size and at a fraction of the price.
According to Dennis Mollen, founder of Pro Tone Pedals, "We’ve removed the diode selection switch, a feature that added such subtle differences that we decided to remove it. That’s really all that’s worth mentioning. The rest of the changes are production-based, allowing us to shrink the pedal, the build time and the price."
The new Essential Dead Horse still offers the renowned tone that made its big brother famous – the classic TS808 voice with deeper bass, smoothed out mids, and biting overdrive when cranked. It continues to use the famed 4558 chipset for the mythical mojo.
$169 MSRP
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The third iteration features a more bass friendly curve for the 7- and 8-string players.
Charleston, SC (September 10, 2015) -- Pro Tone Pedals has just introduced the 3rd iteration of its flagship product, The Dead Horse Overdrive MKIII. With unrivaled tone and flexibility, it’s been called the best overdrive for modern metal guitar tones on the market today.
In 2007, Dead Horse Overdrive was Pro Tone Pedals’ entry into the Tube Screamer clone space. They modified the classic TS design to their liking, gave it a tongue in cheek name, and with its huge success has evolved to this 3rd iteration.
Now you can dial in the classic Dead Horse response, the traditional mid hump of the TS line, a more bass friendly curve for the 7 and 8-string players, or even the extreme bass cut found on their Attack Overdrive.
Most notable to this new version is the addition of the 6-way Bass Frequency selection switch, which, combined with the Bass foot switch, offers a total of seven different settings to dial in the ‘voice’ of the overdrive.
A question that comes to mind is why a switch, why not a sweeping knob? According to Dennis Mollan, founder of Pro Tone Pedals, “Performing a clean sweep would require adding more components to the audio path, which detracts from the overall voice of the pedal. Consider all the Screamer clones that added active EQs and have come and gone from the market. The reason they fail is that the active EQ destroys the tonal character players have come to know and trust. To cure this, we have seven frequency roll-off settings that require almost zero additional components to gum up your tone.”
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The pedal emulates the sound of country music drenched in party liquor.
Charleston, SC (June 2, 2014) -- Pro Tone Pedals gets down and gritty with the Unknown Hinson Signature Overdrive. He may be The King Of Country Western Troubadours but the youngins and womerns do like it when the King plays the rawk git-tar.
Marked by the kings chart-toppin’ hair and sideburns imagery, the Unknown Hinson Signature Overdrive pedal continues on the legacy of brilliant guitar talent drenched in party likker. We’ve captured the gritty grind that rips through the solos and underlying drive that is the Unknown Hinson experience.
Specs:
- Gain, Tone and Volume controls
- Operates on a standard 9 volt battery or 9v negative tip style adapter (sold separately)
- True Hardwire Bypass with grounded input for noise free operation
- Stomp switch built to withstand years of hard stomping shows
- Durable aluminum housing
- Super-Bright LED for easy onstage identification
- Proudly built by hand in he U.S.A.
- As these are hand crafted, the lead time is 6-8 weeks
Street: $227
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