Haunted Labs and Dirty Haggard unveil Hell Horse fuzz/delay pedal

October 18, 2022 · 3 sources

Haunted Labs and Dirty Haggard, based in Charlotte, NC and Portland, OR respectively, have released a collaborative fuzz and delay pedal called the Hell Horse¹. Guitar World and MusicRadar reported the pedal in December 2020, with Guitar World listing it at $220 and saying it was available then²³.

The fuzz circuit is paired with a delay built on a PT2399 chip, which Guitar World says offers between 50 and 460ms of delay time with crushed, degrading repeats². MusicRadar describes the delay as "a savoury, sinister analog-style echo of up to 460 milliseconds," with the shortest delay time a slapback friendly 50 milliseconds³. The number of repeats is hard-set and not user adjustable¹. A single footswitch engages both circuits at once²³.

The EQ works on two frequency peaks, one in the bass and one in the treble¹³. The Tone knob boosts or cuts both peaks by up to 15dB either way, and at noon the EQ is flat and the Shift control has no effect¹³. Shift sets the distance between the two peaks, further apart when turned clockwise and closer together when turned counter-clockwise¹.

The six knobs are Fuzz, Delay Time, Delay Mix, Tone, Shift and Volume¹. Delay Mix sets how much delayed signal is mixed with the dry signal, and Delay Time runs from about 460ms fully counter-clockwise to about 50ms fully clockwise¹. Volume attenuates or boosts output, with unity gain at approximately 3 o'clock as tested with single coil pickups¹. Fuzz is an input attenuator arrangement¹.

The pedal is true bypass, engineered and manufactured in the USA, and runs on a standard 9V DC supply, which is not included; there is no battery compartment¹. Guitar World and MusicRadar both give the price as $220²³.