ThorpyFX releases The Dane MKII with switchable clipping

August 31, 2023 · 3 sources

ThorpyFX released the MKII version of The Dane, the signature overdrive and boost pedal for Pete Honore, also known as Danish Pete, on 31 August 2023, according to MusicRadar¹. The update marks five years of the pedal¹².

The MKII keeps the two-sided layout of the original, with a boost on one side and an overdrive circuit on the other¹. Gearnews describes the two sides as "a complex light to medium gain overdrive on the left and a high headroom super clean boost on the right," as characterized by ThorpyFX². The new version adds a toggle switch to select a hard-clipping (HC) mode or the signature Danish Pete voicing (DP)¹. Gearnews reports the switch moves the boost from the standard DP clipping to Heavier Clipping (HC), similar to the second channel of the Heavy Water pedal². MusicRadar describes the new hard-clipping mode as a voicing similar to the second channel of ThorpyFX's Heavy Water high-headroom boost¹.

The controls are Level, Boost, Gain, Tone and Lows¹. MusicRadar notes the Level control on the MkI was originally titled Volume, and that the Boost controls the boost output volume feeding the overdrive section, Tone acts as a global EQ, and Drive controls the gain¹. The pedal comes in a smaller black enclosure¹². Gearnews describes it as a smaller, black anodised aluminum enclosure².

Adrian Thorpe, in a reveal video posted to the Andertons YouTube channel, said of the design:

Gearnews reports both versions of The Dane listed at the same price on the ThorpyFX site, and gives $235.00 for the standard version at Thomann². The standard full-sized version remains available without the extra clipping mode².

A commenter on the Guitar FX Layouts blog, posting on 5 September 2023, noted the version 2 and said they believed it added a switch for selecting clipping options, including germanium diodes for the boost³.