Overdrive
Distortion
Fuzz
Delay + Verb
Comp + EQ
Modulation
Other
PALE HORSE
Dynamic Overdrive
The Pale Horse pedals are designed to be the ultimate in modern overdrive pedals, with copious amounts of headroom, dynamics, and output volume.
BLUES KING
Low-Gain Overdrive
The Blues King royal family focuses on giving you a tool to sculpt your own amp's drive, pushing it into its sweet spot without changing your tone.
THE SCREAM
Classic Overdrive
The Scream family is made up of clones of the classic TS808, but these pedals let you be the circuit designer and modify the tone to your precise tastes.
ALPHA DOG
Vintage Distortion
The Alpha Dog pack growls with thick vintage distortion tone. Each is based on a simple op amp gain circuit with an extremely wide gain range.
DARK HORSE
Hard-edge Distortion
The Dark Horse series takes a classic hard-edge distortion circuit and gives it many modern updates, including active, post-gain Baxandall EQ controls.
DRAGON HOUND
Overdrive + Distortion
DISTORTION3
Boost + Overdrive + Distortion
TRIUMVIRATE
Multiband Distortion
The Distortion3 family boasts three tone pedals under the hood, offering various shades of boost, overdrive, and distortion.
The Dragon Hound blends our most popular overdrive and distortion circuits, yielding the clarity of an overdrive with the saturation of a distortion.
The Triumvirate multiband distortion splits your signal into three paths - low, mid, and high. You control the gain, volume, and crossover of each band.
FIERY RED HORSE
Saturated Fuzz
The Fiery Red Horse is our most versatile fuzz. pedal.. In v2, we increased the power range, for both big distortion tones as well as starved fuzzy goodness.
BLUEPRINT
Analog-voiced Delay
The Blueprint series is built around the digital PT2399 chip, but employs analog components to voice the pedal to get a rich, warm delay sound.
MOBIUS STRIP
Dual Delay
The Mobius Strip uses dual independent delay circuits, each with dedicated time and feedback knobs. Criss-cross the feedback to create unique rhythmic textures.
WHITE HORSE
Optical Compressor
The White Horse series are full-featured clean compression pedals. Each White Horse pedal includes a dry blend, so you can retain your natural dynamics.
BUMBLEBEE
Compressor + Swell
The Bumblebee series all contain Slow Gear inspired swell circuitry for bowed guitar, reverse delay, and synth pad effects.
THE TRIPLET
3 pedals, one box
The Triplet combines three tone tools in one box, and then lets you blend them together to create unique lead tones.
TRACTOR BEAM
Analog Phaser
The Tractor Beam explores the edges of what is possible in a compact phaser pedal. From subtle sweeps to resonant peaks, the Tractor Beam does it all.
BUMBLEBEE
Compressor + Swell
The Bumblebee series all contain Slow Gear inspired swell circuitry for bowed guitar, reverse delay, and synth pad effects.
THE TRIPLET
3 pedals, one box
The Triplet combines three tone tools in one box, and then lets you blend them together to create unique lead tones.
The VFE Difference
Build Quality (exterior)
Build Quality (interior)
Component Sourcing
QUALITY
We strive to improve our build quality every year. Since 2010, we have made dozens of upgrades to our product line, including many USA made parts. Our pursuit of perfection is evident every time you use a VFE Pedal.
TWEAKABILITY
Our goal is to empower the player with more control over their tone. We add extra features and extend the range of many controls because your tone should not be based on any ear
or gear but your own.
CUSTOMIZATION
Our custom shop lets you design your unique pedal through the Pedal Wizard. You choose the color, knobs, graphics, and more. Best of all, most options are free, and many pedals are built-to-order in just 1-2 weeks.
Custom, low profile Carling toggle switches stay out of the way, but are still easy to use with their medium bat length.
Solid aluminum knobs give a smoother action to the pots, making it easier to fine tune each setting.
Alpha pots are used throughout, including several with custom tapers made in the USA. We even hand-paint a silver marking on the mini-knobs for better visibility.
Specific Neutrik jacks were chosen for their durability, and their compatibility with either TS or TRS instrument cables.
Rugged Carling footswitch has a smoother action than the standard 3PDT type. Unlike spring action switches, it still provides solid haptic feedback when depressed.
Our pedals are built in a tough aluminum casing with durable powder coats and a new, UV-cured printing process that is both more precise and longer-lasting.
Low-tolerance passives ensure consistent performance from unit to unit. Most film caps are made by WIMA in Germany, and many pedals have USA-made resistors.
We select op amps and transistors based both on our subjective ear tests and objective spec sheets. Our goal is to use the best part for each job that's done in the circuit.
True bypass, latching relay switching is combined with solid state FET switching for a smoother on/off transition. Our relay switches are rated beyond 100,000,000 cycles!
We employ heavy power filtering so our pedals stay quiet with any power supply. A pair of diodes also prevent reverse-voltage or over-voltage damage to critical parts.
Our pedals accept standard 9V power supplies, battery power. Most pedals accept up to 15V, and some up to 18V (see tech specs for each pedal).
We are committed to building products with the highest quality. That commitment also means that we ask the hard questions about how the components we use are made, and what role VFE Pedals can play to promote fair treatment of workers across the globe.
Component - Manufacturer - State/Country
Enclosures - New Sensor - Made in China
Drilling/Painting - Pedal Parts Plus - Louisiana, USA
Switches - Carling Technologies - Made in Mexico
Stock Potentiometers - Taiwan Alpha - Made in Taiwan
Custom Potentiometers - Alpha Products - Made in California, USA
Circuit Boards - Advanced Circuits - Made in Colorado, USA
Small-Run Circuit Boards - Advanced Circuits (USA) or OSH Park (USA)
Relay Switch - Panasonic Electric Works - Made in various countries, all in Asia
Semiconductors - Too many to list - Made in various countries, primarily in Asia
Film Capacitors - WIMA - Made in Germany
Other Capacitors - Too many to list - Made in various countries, all in Asia
Blue Resistors - Xicon - Made in ??? (distribution warehouse in Texas, USA)
Red Resistors - Precision Resistive Products - Made in Iowa, USA
Audio Jacks - Neutrik - Made in China
Knobs - Sourced from Small Bear & 4site Electronics in USA - Manufacturers unknown
Solder - Cardas Audio - Made in Oregon, USA
LEDs - Sourced from Pedal Parts Plus - Manufacturer unknown
Stickers - Sticker Giant - Made in Colorado, USA
Please email sales@vfepedals.com if you have a possible new source that will be an upgrade in terms of quality and social justice (worker conditions, environmental costs, etc.). Also, please contact us if you have documented evidence of any of these components being made in poor working conditions. VFE Pedals is a very small player in the electronics industry, but we want to play our part in promoting the fair treatment of workers throughout the world.
All VFE Pedals are proudly assembled by hand in Puyallup, Washington, USA