VFE Killer Rabbit

The VFE Killer Rabbit is a stereo distortion machine built by VFE Pedals, containing four drive circuits in a single enclosure: two overdrive/boost circuits derived from the VFE Dragon overdrive, a distortion circuit from the Alpha Dog, and a fuzz circuit from the latest version of the Fiery Red Horse¹. The maker describes it as a pedal made for a personal stereo pedalboard, and it is offered as a pre-order upon request, with limited slots and an estimated ship date of December 2026¹.

Four drive circuits in one box

The Killer Rabbit's four circuit blocks break down as follows¹:

• Two overdrive/boost circuits, derived from the VFE Dragon overdrive. Their clipping uses mosfet transistors with a very high clipping threshold, so low gain settings stay clean¹.
• A distortion circuit taken from the Alpha Dog, VFE's vintage distortion pedal¹².
• A fuzz circuit from the latest version of the Fiery Red Horse¹.

The input stage uses an FET op amp buffer with internal impedance trimpots before sending the signal along its multiple possible pathways¹. Each circuit block has a dedicated footswitch to turn them on and off separately¹.

The Dragon lineage is worth some background. The Dragon's designer notes that popular drive circuits, including the Tubescreamer, Rat, Klon, OCD, Tim and KoT, all cut bass before distortion and cut treble after distortion, and the Dragon exposes that recipe through separate knobs controlling a Lo-Pass and a High Pass filter³⁴. Delicious Audio described the Dragon's approach this way:

The Alpha Dog side brings VFE's take on the ProCo Rat, a thick, vintage distortion that the maker describes as dynamic and responsive⁵⁶. The same Alpha Dog circuit appears in the Dragon Hound, which combines the core circuits of the Alpha Dog and Pale Horse into one pedal, with its A DRIVE knob setting the gain of the Alpha Dog distortion circuit⁵.

The controls

The Killer Rabbit's shared and per-circuit controls, as described by the maker¹:

The DRY knob is the parallel-blend control: because the FET input buffer keeps a clean copy of the signal, the dry blend lets the four drive circuits sit on top of untouched tone rather than replacing it¹. The POWER knob on the fuzz and distortion side works like a sag control, trading between the compressed, gated feel of a dying battery at lower voltages and more headroom and bass at higher voltages¹.

The 6 dB / 12 dB switch ties back to the Dragon's filter design. Where the Dragon gives the pre-gain bass cut and post-gain treble cut their own knobs¹, the Killer Rabbit's overdrive/boost side lets you choose how steep those cuts are, with the gentler 6 dB slope or the sharper 12 dB slope¹.

Running it in stereo

The pedal handles mono or stereo inputs and outputs purely by how you plug it in, and TRS cables can be used to connect stereo gear¹. The two overdrive/boost circuits map onto the two sides of the stereo field, which is what makes the STACK switch a real trade-off: stacking one overdrive after the other gives you more gain in series, but it leaves one half of the stereo field with no overdrive or boost circuit¹. The BYPASS switch takes that further by putting one overdrive circuit permanently in bypass so only one side turns on, a feature the maker notes is still in the experimental stage¹.

Buying, warranty and returns

The Killer Rabbit is listed at $599.00 regular price and $499.00 sale price, available as a pre-order upon request with limited slots and an estimated ship date of December 2026¹. All pedals assembled by VFE Pedals carry a 1-year warranty on parts and labor, and the pedal can be returned in new condition within the first 30 days for any reason for a full refund¹.

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