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Tone City Bad Horse Overdrive Pedal

The legendary Klon tone without the huge price tag

£44.99

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SKU: BADHORSE

Product Description

This pedal will not work with a 9V battery, and requires a 9V DC power supply (not included).

This may be the smallest and most affordable pedal based on the legendary Klon available today! The Tone City Bad Horse is a musical overdrive that captures the essence of the iconic gold pedal, fitting the circuit into an ergonomic mini pedal enclosure.

If you're after a super-sweet overdrive without spending the crazy amounts that some people pay for the original, the Bad Horse is an amazing choice!

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Versatile Range of Drives

This small yellow pedal has a lot to live up to, being based on the highly-desirable Klon circuit. However, the Bad Horse blows away any expectations you may have of small pedals, especially when it's based on such a complex and admired overdrive.

The Tone City Bad Horse has enough grit to take you into a medium-gain crunch on its own, but it is really in its element when used in conjunction with an already driven amp. The slight mid-range boost that it offers will help you to cut through in a mix, and the extra gain that it delivers will push your guitar's sustain to a new level.

Small & Portable

All Tone City pedals are built in a micro pedal format, which not only helps to save precious real-estate on your pedalboard, but also keeps your bank balance healthy thanks to their amazingly low price. But don't worry, you don't lose any quality when going down to this small size or cost.

The controls all use high-quality components, and with true bypass switching, your signal will stay as clean and pure as possible.

Specifications

  • Technology: Analogue
  • Input Impedance: 500k
  • Output Impedance: 10k
  • Mono / Stereo: Mono In, Mono Out
  • Controls: Gain, Volume, Tone
  • Bypass Mode: True bypass
  • Power supply: 9VDC, Centre negative
  • Power Consumption: 15 mA
  • Housing size: Mini
  • Dimensions WxHxD (cm): 4,2 x 5,2 x 9,3
  • Country of Origin: Made in China
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Customer Reviews

4.8

69 reviews

Value

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Trusted Customer18th Nov 2023

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 4

Trusted Customer15th Nov 2023

It does what pedals that cost five times as much do!

Value 5Sound 5

Trusted Customer24th Aug 2023

Not a bad pedal but it depends what you're comparing it with, my baseline for distortion effects is an original Nobels overdrive special, so it stands up quite well against that.

Value 4Looks 3Sound 4

Mr Jimmy Walker19th Mar 2023

Value 5Looks 5Durability 4Sound 5

Trusted Customer20th Nov 2022

Value 5Looks 3Durability 5Sound 4

Mr Steven McKay1st Sep 2022

I'm probably not the best person to review this. I play metal and really just use overdrive pedals to tighten up an already overdriven amp. For that, this works about as well as a Tubescreamer or Boss overdrive. However, I did try putting it into my Marshall on the clean channel, stacking it with the Boss, and wow, they work brilliantly together! Found my new tone I think! I also use this with the tiny Blackstar Fly amp - I play that at night when the kids are in bed and I'm watching TV but the amp's gain channel is a bit weak. Adding this pedal to it gives a much better saturated tone so overall I'm very happy with the pedal for the money. Nice wee size too!

Value 4Looks 4Durability 4Sound 5

Mr Toby Mearing31st Aug 2022

they were even better than Andertons YT videos

Value 5Looks 5Durability 4

Mr Gustavo Ramirez24th Aug 2022

Value 5Looks 4Durability 5Sound 4

Trusted Customer11th Aug 2022

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Mr Matthew Knight22nd Jul 2022

This is the best Klone I have played so far. I own 3 different brands all trying to make the sound of a $3000 peal in a small format and these guys nail it for under $50.

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

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