The White Rabbit Deluxe

*Discontinued/Limited run*

While I was still in the throes of Shadow Hills full time years ago, I made a few pedals that got kicked around studios and friends here around Austin, TX. So then, I decided, hey, why not make 50 or so of these? So I did. I wanted to hire my friends and musicians who were artists and give them some cool part time work making these and hand painting these for me. Hiring hands, not computers. So, I did. We did. These things were a labor of love and took hours to make. I may still have a few left. Now you know.

DUAL STAGE INSTRUMENT AND LINE DRIVER PEDAL

The White Rabbit is a vintage studio line amp in a pedal that comes from the sonic heritage of tape machine playback circuits and classic analog consoles. The White Rabbit both “finishes” and enhances tone, punch, color, and clarity by simply patching through it.

The White rabbit has two footswitch modes:

The unity-gain “Blue” mode with a one knob “character” control that tones in how open or “tight” the amp sounds.

The two knob “red” mode that you can set and “dial” in both the amount and nature of your boost- from more wide open enhancement to a tighter and punchier, almost ‘sagging’, or ‘compression without a compressor” effect at any boost level- small to huge.

The Rabbit itself also breaks up and sings smoothly at extremes in both modes- but mainly, it enhances anything before it and drives the most into anything you put after it- especially when boosting straight into your main amplifier.

Owner's Manual (PDF)

Premier Guitar's NAMM 2018 'Editors Pick'
Premier Guitar's Top Pick, 'The Pedals Issue', Oct 2018

The White Rabbit 'Live At NAMM '18'

Specs:
  • Built using brass turrets punched into fiberboard - just like vintage Fender amps


  • direct wired using Switchcraft jacks, NOS transistors and selected parts


  • Classic studio console 'line amp' topology - full range, and great on ANYTHING- guitar, bass, keys, etc. Amazing for drums and snare, too!


  • True bypass switching


  • Powder coated and hand-painted finish
  • Handmade (20 miles outside of) Austin, TX, USA

Electrical Info:
  • High Active Input Impedance (>500k, active buffer)


  • -9V rail / ~100mA current draw (uses it's own, dedicated power supply due to current and negative voltage rail use)


  • Drives Line Input (10k) & Instrument Input loads HOT, drives 600ohm studio loads to "0 dBu"