Pettyjohn announces Foundry Version 3 pedal line for 2023

March 1, 2023 · 1 sources

Pettyjohn Electronics announced an updated Foundry Version 3 line of pedals for 2023, according to the maker's product page for the IRON V3. The page states that the updated pedals incorporate features explored during the company's 2022 limited runs and some custom shop options, and that each pedal in the series will have either an inductor based EQ or a transformer option¹.

The IRON V3 is the model detailed on the page. Pettyjohn describes it as "a cullmination of nearly nine years of exprimenting" with ways of optimizing the IRON circuit originally issued in the PettyDrive V1¹. The maker says the pedal is "all about that cranked thick american amp sound" and borrows features from its STEEL and SILVER limited runs and from the M*A*S*H¹. Its clipping section uses a three-way toggle that selects among three soft clippers arranged in the feedback loop of a JRC4558 running at +/-18v for 36 volts of headroom, according to the page¹. The toggle switches between symmetrical NOS silicon diodes in TS mode, asymmetrical silicon clipping in OD1 mode, and LED clipping in the middle position¹.

Controls listed are DRIVE for overdrive gain, LEVEL for output signal level, HIGHS for a passive high cut filter sweeping from 20kHz to 1kHz, LOWS for a sweepable high pass filter, a high pass filter mini knob, and a Clean Mix circuit that blends the clean signal with the overdriven signal post EQ¹. The pedal runs on 36 volts of internal power from a standard 9v adapter at 200mA standard or 300mA deluxe, and uses relay bypass switching with a soft touch switch and auto-bypass when power is off¹. The enclosure measures 2.75 inches wide by 4.75 inches long by 2.5 inches high and weighs 2 lbs; the maker says all Foundry Series pedals are handmade in the Pacific Northwest, USA¹.

The IRON V3 is listed at $369.00¹. The page shows "Limited Stock: 1 Left!" and states the company does not currently have an estimate for another run¹. Pettyjohn says it hopes to start shipping in mid-March but that supply chains remain difficult to estimate, with pedals shipped in order of payment received¹.

Custom shop mods listed on the page include a dual 990 discrete opamp mod at $99, a transformer color mod at $39, NOS germanium clipping at $29, and an NOS resistor mod at $19¹. The page also lists a transformer mod at $29 and a HIGHS capacitor mod with an Emerson Custom oil-in-paper cap at $29¹.