NUX Horseman NOD-1 Overdrive Mini Pedal

The NUX line of mini pedals offers a line smartly engineered products that pack quality features at a great price. The Horseman is an expertly designed to emulate the classic sounds of Klon pedals from two eras all in one tiny package. While in a mini pedal there are constraints in space and component selection, the engineers at NUX were very faithful to the design intent of the original, and there is even a blog on their website to describe their painstaking design process. NUX also added a selectable buffered or true bypass option so that it will play nicely with fussy pedals like some wah's and germanium fuzzes. 

Great sound by itself very and stackable with other pedals the NUX Horseman is a lot of fun at 1/50th the cost of the real thing. 

In the words of NUX:

One of the most sought-after dual overdrive pedals produced in the mid ’90s is now in one unique pedal design-with a pocket size. NUX Horseman pays homage to the legendary Centaur pedal. There are 3 dials for primary settings and 2 modes: Gold and Silver, and it offers massive headroom usually requiring an 18v input.

Gold Mode mimics its classic predecessor; the transparent Gold Centaur overdrive pedal and the Silver Mode is a powered-up version with an extended gain range (Silver Centaur).

The sound is based on the Centaur’s voltage converter circuit. But the Horseman’s characteristic design is crafted with a built-in OP-AMP voltage-converter driving the 18V to OP-AMP. Higher voltage-supply orders-up more harmonics, and convincingly reproduces the sound of this unique pedal.

Very useful when used in combination with the amplifiers drive channel (or any other drive pedal).  And, depending on the Gain – Output adjustment, it lets the Horseman be used as a clean boost.  Dial-up a low-gain with a high output setting, and it adds mostly volume and minimal color to your sound. 

Additionally, the controls can be set to distort the sound signal in the pedal, where two Schottky diodes perform a waveform clipping. ( The germanium diodes are discontinued, we especially select the Schottky diodes to replicate the waveform clipping ) The “gain” knob is a double potentiometer (a “dual-ganged gain pot”), which controls bass and middle frequencies. Treble and volume are each controlled with separate knobs.

NUX Horseman has an optional bypass mode. You can use the pedal in True Bypass mode to keep your signal untouched when the pedal is OFF in the chain. We highly recommend to select buffer bypass mode if you have more than 4 pedals connected together; switch to Buffer Bypass mode and there will be no signal loss in your pedal chain! 

Push and hold the footswitch and power-up the pedal; the LED indicator will show which bypass mode is activated; RED – True Bypass / GREEN – Buffer Bypass.

• Input impedance: 1MΩ
• Output impedance:10kΩ
• Working current: 20mA
• 9V center negative DC supply, 90mA current draw 
• Dimensions: 94(L)x51(W)x53(H)mm/3.7(L)x2.0(W)x2.08(H)inches
• Weight: 174g/6 oz