The Appaloosa is a true workhorse low- to mid-gain overdrive that reacts to picking dynamics like a tube amp and does it with a smooth, natural sounding breakup free of any fizz in the note decay. A neutral EQ profile keeps your guitar and amplifier sounding like your guitar and amplifier.
With boost, gain and master controls, the Appaloosa uses gain staging like a tube amp and makes it simple to dial in an edge-of-breakup tone or any amount of grit or dirt you need. The tone controls add another layer of versatility. For example, you can turn down the bass control if you need a mids-forward type of overdrive, or turn up both tone controls for a scooped-mids sound.
Note: All pedals are made to order and there might be a short lead time between your order and when your pedal is shipped.
Germanium overdrive
Appaloosa
Technical specifications
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Master: Overall output volume level
Gain: Sets amount of drive and breakup
Boost: Level of input signal boost pushing the gain stage with emphasis on mid frequencies
Bass: Lower frequency level
Treble: Higher frequency level
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9 to 18 volts DC
Center-negative 2.1mm plug
18 mA current draw
Protected against reverse polarity, over-voltage and over-current conditions
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True bypass
Mechanical relay rated for minimum 2 million cycles
Industrial momentary footswitch rated for minimum 1 million cycles
Built-in memory restores pedal to it’s previous state when powered on
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100% analog signal path
Hand-selected germanium diodes
Studio-grade, Mosfet opamps
Metal-film resistors
Audio-quality film capacitors
Noise-filtering choke
Hand-wired
All pedals come with a lifetime warranty and a 30-day return policy. If you need a return, contact Bolt & Forge within 30 days of receiving your pedal. Customers are responsible for return shipping.
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Touch sensitivity
A big part of what makes tube amps so iconic is the way they respond and break up with picking dynamics. The Appaloosa gives that feel and response by using amp-like gain staging and hand-selected germanium diodes.
With the Appaloosa, you literally have control over the level of breakup at your fingertips. The softer compression also allows those dynamics to better reach your amplifier.
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Neutral EQ
The Appaloosa was engineered to enhance your sound, not to totally take it over.
A neutral EQ profile preserves the sound of your guitar and amp and a set of active tone controls ensure you can get the sounds you’re after, regardless of how much gain you’ve dialed in.
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Intuitive control
The amp-like gain staging design makes controlling the Appaloosa very intuitive.
The boost, gain and master controls operate exactly how you would expect on a tube amp. Adjust the gain control to set the minimum gain range and then use the boost control to goose the input. The master sets the overall volume.
With this level of control, you can fine tune anything from clean boost to edge-of-breakup to a galloping thunder.