ThorpyFX The Dane Mk II – Dual Boost & Overdrive

ThorpyFX The Dane MkII

The ThorpyFX The Dane Mk II is a creation that meets the exacting needs of Peter “DANISH PETE” Honoré.

And now it is in a Mk II version

The MkII The MkII is housed in a smaller, anodized aluminum enclosure. This makes it more pedalboard-friendly compared to the larger MkI

It also has Switchable Clipping Modes which is new. A new toggle switch selects between the standard Danish Pete (DP) clipping and a Heavier Clipping (HC) mode. The HC mode provides extra grit, similar to the second channel of ThorpyFX’s Heavy Water pedal

The Dane is simply put a tonal tool for Pete’s signature sounds – articulate driven and clean . And all from one flexible box, no matter what clean amp platform he uses.

This pedal gives vast flexibility over your guitar tone and enhances and improves your sound.

What is it like?

THE DANE has two sides. A complex light to medium gain overdrive on the left and a high headroom super clean boost on the right.

The pedal’s boost runs into the drive side. This yields three distinct tonal variations ranging from clean boost all the way through to full and fat saturation.

The pedal cleans up impeccably from your volume control and, as such, it is ideal for dynamic players who like to adjust their playing style.

To ensure consistency, reliability, low noise and tonal supremacy The Dane is made with extremely high-quality components.

• 1% metalfilm resistors,
• WIMA and Panasonic capacitors where possible,
• A Burr-Brown Op-amp and robust
• Through hole plated PCB’S.

In short, all of this means you won’t have to worry about your pedal and it should give you many years of inspiring tonal bliss

See The Dane here

Controls

• VOLUME: Use this control to increase the volume output of the drive side of the pedal.
• DRIVE: This control increases the level of the drive available on the drive side of the pedal. Everything
  from lightly crispy through to heavier sounds is available here.
• TONE: This control allows massive amounts of control over the treble and bass response of the drive. Counter clockwise yields smoother sounds whilst clockwise yields brighter sounds.
• BOOST: This control gives you huge amounts of control and adds high headroom clean boost to your signal.
  Use it on its own as part of the boost side of the pedal or when stacked into the drive it can really make the pedal sing with complex harmonics and layered overdrive.
• LOWS: This control gives you a lot of control to add a low end to the boost side of the pedal. The amount of low-end on tap is fantastic for fattening up even the spankiest Strat bridge pickup.

LEFT FOOTSWITCH:

This turns the drive side on/off.

RIGHT FOOTSWITCH:

This turns the boost side on/off.

POWER: The Dane is designed to work at voltages of 9V DC. This should be from a quality centre negative power supply