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The Walrus Audio Iron Horse V3 is your ticket to meaty, punchy distortion. Park this pedal in front of any amp, and things are guaranteed to get rowdy. An innovative clipping knob blends between different clipping diodes, generating tones not achievable with single-diode circuits. Beyond that, you get Level, Tone, and Distortion controls to shape your sound. With the Iron Horse, there’s a flexible amount of gain on tap: it handles high-gain situations with ease, but if you back off the Distortion knob, it pulls double duty as a thick, warm overdrive. Now in its third generation, the Iron Horse V3 has been enhanced with player-requested features, including top-mounted jacks, a soft relay true bypass switch, and a fixed volume drop-off when the Distortion knob is at minimum. The Walrus Audio Iron Horse V3 is perfect for any rock guitarist who’s into chunky rhythms and blistering solos.





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Clipping diode knob opens up new tonal possibilities





Previous generations of the Iron Horse distortion pedal used a 3-way switch that allowed you to select different clipping diodes for different flavors of drive. With the Iron Horse V3, you have more sonic options than ever, thanks to its continuously variable control that replaces the switch. All the way to the left, you get the harder-edged clipping that silicon diodes are favored for. All the way to the right, you have the smoother, rounder character of LED diode clipping. In between, you can explore a blend of the two types of clipping, allowing you to fine-tune your drive tone in a way most distortion pedals can’t offer.





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The artists, musicians, and engineers at Walrus Audio take pleasure in chasing sounds that inspire, like the perfect breakup of an overdrive, a beautifully thick distortion, an endlessly sustaining reverb, and a self-oscillating delay. Simply put, these guys love to play with sound. They design stompboxes that re-create the sonic textures that they hear in their heads. Built by sound tweakers for sound tweakers, Walrus Audio’s guitar pedals are as versatile as they are functional. Complete with eye-grabbing graphics, Walrus Audio’s pedals are the perfect tools for guitarists who want to sculpt their own unique sounds.





Walrus Audio Iron Horse V3 Features:


Variable clipping control allows you to select silicon diode clipping, LED diode clipping, or a blend of both


Level, Tone, and Distortion controls for further sound shaping


Handles everything from thick, warm overdrive to high-gain situations


Perfect for any rock guitarist who’s into chunky rhythms and blistering solos


True bypass switching preserves your tone when the effect is switched off


Requires 9V power supply (sold separately)