Description
If you're a gigging player or studio guitarist chasing that sweet spot between rich overdrive and pristine clean boost, the ThorpyFX The Dane MK II Special Edition is absolutely worth a look. This version celebrates the first 1,000 units sold with a striking purple finish, new artwork, and a signed certificate from Danish Pete Honoré himself-the man behind the tone. It's a limited run, but everything that makes the standard MKII great is here too.
You've got two independent but stackable circuits: a medium-gain overdrive on the left and a high-headroom clean boost on the right. That pairing gives you everything from articulate edge-of-breakup tones to fat, harmonically rich drive when you stack them. Inside, it's all top-shelf components-Burr-Brown op-amp, WIMA caps, and 1% metal film resistors-so you're getting studio-level clarity and stage-ready durability in one box.
The layout is intuitive, with a feel that rewards dynamic picking and cleanup via your guitar's volume knob. Whether you're running it as an always-on tone shaper or using both sides as separate tools, it's built to be a real workhorse. We trust this one completely-reliable, flexible, and made with the kind of care that makes you want to keep it on your board long-term.
Controls:
- Level: Controls the volume output of the drive side of the pedal
- Gain: Adjusts the amount of drive, from light crunch to heavier saturation
- Tone: Shapes the treble and bass response of the drive; counter-clockwise for smoother tones, clockwise for brighter tones
- Boost: Adds high-headroom clean boost; can be used alone or stacked into the drive for enhanced harmonics and layered overdrive
- Lows: Adds low-end to the boost side; useful for fattening up brighter pickups
- HC/DP Switch: Toggles between Heavier Clipping and the original Danish Pete boost mode
- Left Footswitch: Activates or bypasses the drive side
- Right Footswitch: Activates or bypasses the boost side
Specifications:
- Power: 9V DC center-negative power supply required (e.g., GigRig Generator or Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Plus 2); do not use alternate voltages or polarities
Sku: DANEII-SE
