For more than 20 years, the jaw-dropping tone of the Diezel VH4 amplifier has been heard on the world’s biggest stages. Now we made all the lush, dynamic overdrive character of the VH4’s famous third channel in a rugged, built in USA, preamp pedal which delivers an authentic representation of it’s namesake.

Unlike traditional overdrive stomp boxes, the VH4 Pedal is a true preamp which delivers an authentic representation of its namesake – real Diezel tone – not emulated, not modeled, but sincerely reproduced. The entire signal architecture is faithful to the original: Bass, Mid, Treble and variable Deep and Presence controls allow you to tailor the uniquely Diezel Overdrive character. The command found in the Gain control gives a player everything they will ever need with lower gain settings producing the classic Diezel sparkle and chime to saturated mid-gain sounds, to scorching Diezel leads by cranking it all the way up.

As close to the original VH4 preamp, the VH4 pedal can be used as either an overdrive or as a standalone preamp to feed into your amps power section. What players take away by going direct into the power amp is all the dynamic, unfiltered Diezel tone by simply plugging into your amplifiers clean channel. Two outputs are provided with the first intended to connect to the front of a guitar amplifier and the second allows for a connection to a line-level power amp or power section of your amp via the Effects Return.

  • Preamp pedal based on the legendary VH4 Channel 3
  • Controls: Volume, Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Presence and Depth
  • Pedal be powered between 12-18VDC (no battery)
  • 12V power supply included
  • 18V power supply cable included (for use with 9V isolated power supplies)
  • Assembled in USA