Decibelics Golden Horse Professional Overdrive is the result of all my experience studying and building Klon Centaur clones squeezed into a mini enclosure. Handmade from thru-hole and New Old Stock components and same values as the original. No SMD or approximated values – My goal was to give Tone and Mojo in a mini footprint. You are not buying a mass-produced and lifeless pedal here.
The Decibelics Golden Horse is the only klone in the market, that is A/B tested against a real gold Centaur prior to be shipped to you.
Exact sonic reproduction of my original gold Klon Centaur, horsie close-tail, serial number 2505 from 2001 (See pictures below) Among my original Klons, this particular unit was undoubtely the one with the best tone.
Mini luxury format, vintage and thru-hole components, built one by one, with extreme dedication. Fruit of years of experience studying the circuit and building Klones for professional guitar players.
Same Panasonic ECQ-Series N.O.S. capacitors as the original
Same N.O.S. 1N34A Germanium diodes (Clear crystal and black band as the original, made in USA) – The commonly known as Magic Diodes. The Golden Horse is most probably the only Klone using them.
Same combination of carbon and metal film resistors
Same Tantalum capacitor in position C16
Same format on capacitors in values above 1uf -Electrolytics- adapted to the size of the peda
Same Charge Pump that raises internal voltage from 9V to 18V for bigger headroom
Same values and highest quality in the other components: Opamps TL072 from Texas Instruments, noiseless Charge Pump from superior quality, Bourns Pro Audio potentiometers, Footswitch Alpha DPDT, Lumberg Japan jacks, Hammond enclosure powdercoated and screen-printed by hand
Buffered bypass, same as the original, with correct values
PCB board of my own design, with parasitic noise level optimization
Accessories included: White Shipping Box de luxe (plus foam), External 9V Battery Adapter, 4 Rubber Feet, English Manual, Certificate of Authenticity.
Dimensions with jacks: L 95mm (3.74in) x W 49mm (1.92in) - Current Draw: 25mA