VaLEDine’s Day - Love Pony 2025
Out of war became a love – the story of Love Pony.
In Blackfeet culture, there was arguably no stronger or more impactful love than the bond between a warrior and their war horse. This year, we want to honor this beautiful connection with the Love Pony, inviting you, the musician, to experience this powerful bond.
The Love Pony is a variant of our most aggressive and dynamic overdrive/distortion pedals, War Pony. The term 'War Pony' reminds us of the powerful bond between a warrior and their beloved horse. In Blackfeet culture, the horse was more than just transportation; it was an extension of the warrior. Warriors would proudly ride their War Horse into battle, earning respect and recognition within the tribe. Often, the horse was adorned with the same patterns and colors as the warrior, providing a visual testament to the warrior's bravery and accomplishments. Like the deep connection between the warrior and their horse, Love Pony aims to deepen the connection between you and your instrument.
TLDR:
Love Pony: A limited-edition overdrive/distortion pedal inspired by the warrior-horse bond in Blackfeet culture.
Tone: Aggressive distortion, refined low-end, smooth harmonics, and increased dynamic range.
Special Valentine's Day Package: Includes exclusive goodies like custom M&Ms, a handwritten card, and a premium pedal box.
Based on war but meant for love.
The Love Pony started off as our War Party circuit, but it's transformed into an absolute beast of a tone machine. In the move from War Party to War Pony, we totally revamped the clipping structure and high pass filtering in the gain circuitry to open even more room for creativity. Then moving from War Pony to Love Pony, we redesigned the post-gain, filtering circuit which opened up the high-end content wayyyyy more. The best way to think about it? It's like flinging open the gates of tone and letting your tone horse run wild, with no boundaries holding it back.
So, how does Love Pony’s gain structure sound?
Additional headroom for low frequency content. The low frequencies retain their structure through all levels of gain, making this pedal perfect for all bass lovers and guitarist who don’t mind thick tone.
No bacon sizzle. No annoying bacon sizzle sound when you push the pedal to towards the higher gain range, only smooth and elegant tone that’s a little rageful.
High-end clarity. Every single note can be heard at all stages of gain so whether your slinging jangly tunes or throwing down the D-stortion, individual notes maintain maximum clarity when met with complex chording.
A Hybrid approach to love.
I'm not going to bore you with the nerdy details because, at the end of the day, we're musicians. So, I'll cut to the chase: we made a few subtle tweaks under the hood to keep the tone party going strong.
Here's what the hardware upgrades will give you:
•More robust low/high gain. The low and high gain tones feel a lot fuller now. You'll definitely notice this tweak—it adds that extra “umph”!
•Slight bump in the low mids. The best way to describe this is that it adds body to your power chords and lower-end riffs.
•Smoother harmonics. You’ll notice that the highs in the distortion continue to help keep the sizzle in check, resulting in a smoother gain response, especially when you crank up the gain.
•Increased dynamics. More headroom means more range to play with. You can play softly or lower the volume for a smooth overdrive sound, or dig in for a loud, aggressive distortion—it's like having two pedals in one!
All great relationships require focus and clarity.
The Love Pony retains the raw power of its predecessor, the War Pony, while introducing refinements. The gain stage delivers the aggressive distortion you expect, but the redesigned post-filter circuit provides greater control. We've tightened the low-end response, resulting in a more focused and articulate tone that sits well within a mix, regardless of your instrument.
Packaged with love.
Not only is Love Pony built with love, but it’s also packaged with love as well. We didn’t cut corners on this year’s bundle of love. In addition to the Love Pony’s heart-themed enclosure, the package will also include:
Custom M&Ms printed with the Love Pony logo and other prints of love.
A hand-written V-Day card from the NativeAudio team addressed to you because you mean so much to us and deserve only the best.
A NativeCo. and NativeAudio Loves Me sticker because the world needs to know how much we love having you a part of our fam.
A completely decked-out pedal box to showcase all the love that’s included in this special run of V-Day pedals.
The final rose.
We’re in the third year of our VaLEDine’s Day celebration and always have a blast with this special build and just want to say we appreciate you and don’t miss your chance on love. We’ve only produced a limited amount of Love Pony pedals and once they’re gone, they’re gone. As always, we love you and thank you for supporting NativeAudio!
Much love.
-Mike Trombley, Founder
Let’s make some noise!
Now that we’ve explored the possible, let’s go and create the impossible. Visit here for Love Pony.
