Walrus Audio Iron Horse V3 Distortion Pedal

£199.99

This is the Walrus Audio Iron Horse V3 Distortion Pedal from Walrus Audio, listed in Distortion Pedals on Just Pedals. Read More below.

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The Iron Horse V3 Distortion is an updated version of Walrus Audio's classic high-gain distortion pedal. The V3 update sees the addition of a Si/LED knob which allows you to blend between symmetrical silicon and diode clipping for a variety of new tones. The silicon clipping diodes produce a more highly compressed distortion compared to the more natural sounding, less compressed LED diodes. By blending the two, you have an all all encompassing distortion that can be used for a number of different applications from Blues to Metal. 

Unlike many distortion pedals, the Iron Horse V3 is incredibly dynamic and responds to your playing style effortlessly whilst maintaining pick attack. At lower settings, the Iron Horse produces a clear, articulate overdrive and when you let it off the reigns, you'll have a full on distortion that's thick and punchy!  The Iron Horse's soft-relay true bypass circuit ensures there will be no loss of signal when the pedal is bypassed and its top-mounted jacks allow for seemless intergration onto your pedalboard.

Key Features

  • Classic distortion circuit 
  • V3 update of original Iron Horse pedal
  • Very responsive to the dynamics of your playing and guitar
  • Si/LED knob to blend between Silicon (high compression) and LED (less compression) clipping diodes
  • Combination of blend & distortion knob opens up a wealth of ways to alter your tone
  • From clear overdrive to thick & punchy full-on distortion
  • Controls: level, tone, distortion, Si/LED blend
  • Top mounted jacks
  • Soft relay true bypass
  • 9-volt DC, Centre Negative, 10mA
  • Power Supply not included
  • Made in the USA 

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Brand

Walrus Audio

Walrus Audio is an American boutique guitar effects pedal company based in Oklahoma City, known for its high-quality, innovative designs and artistic approach to pedal-making. Founded in 2011 by Brady Smith, the company quickly gained a reputation for creating pedals that offer a unique blend of rich, expressive tones and striking visual aesthetics.

Each Walrus Audio pedal is designed with meticulous attention to detail, often incorporating complex circuitry that allows for a wide range of sonic possibilities.

The pedals feature distinctive, hand-drawn artwork on their enclosures, making them visually appealing as well. Walrus Audio’s product lineup includes a variety of effects such as reverb, delay, overdrive, modulation, and more, and their pedals are widely appreciated by musicians for their creativity, durability, and superior sound quality.

Category

Distortion Pedals

Distortion clips the waveform more firmly than overdrive, generating dense upper harmonics, longer sustain and a more compressed response. Circuit topology and filtering decide whether the sound is tight and focused, broad and aggressive, smooth or deliberately abrasive. Gain sets the amount of clipping, while pre- and post-distortion tone controls strongly influence low-end definition, midrange presence and high-frequency texture.

Tags

True Bypass

Connects input directly to output through mechanical or relay switching when the effect is off, removing the active circuit from the audio path. It avoids buffer colour but leaves cable capacitance and switching design to influence high-frequency loss and possible switching noise.