Valeton marks Darktale vintage distortion pedal discontinued

September 1, 2025 · 1 sources

Valeton has listed the Darktale as discontinued on its product page. The page, headed "Darktale (Discontinued)," carries product photos dated September 2025¹.

The Darktale is a distortion pedal that Valeton describes as a "Vintage Distortion"¹. It uses an LM308 chip, which the maker says is for "perfectly recreating the most famous undergroundoverdriven-distortion tone," and has a 100% analog signal path¹. Valeton lists a true bypass footswitch, an aluminum-alloy die cast case, a heavy duty metal footswitch with an on/off status LED, and four knobs¹.

The controls are volume, bass/treble and distortion. Valeton says the volume knob controls output volume, the bass/treble knob controls the low/high EQ level, and the distortion knob controls the gain¹. The pedal has a 2-band EQ, and Valeton describes its range as running "from cleaned-up, overdrive to distortion, and even fuzz tones"¹.

The page does not give a price or a date for the discontinuation, and it does not name a replacement¹. A user manual, Darktale_Manual_EN_V02_150202, is still available for download from the page¹.