Given Jack White’s slightly elusive and incredibly hip reputation, when it comes time for a partnership between his Third Man Hardware brand and another pedal company, you’d be forgiven for expecting him to team up with an underground builder for something equally exclusive. Not so. Because for the Triple Threat, Mr W has thrown his hat into the ring with Donner, a Chinese brand specialising in affordable gear.

The Triple Threat houses three analogue pedals in a single aluminium chassis. These circuits are based on Donner’s own effects pedals, including the Pearl Tremor phaser and Yellow Fall delay, with the form factor borrowed from its Alpha Cruncher , and White and Third Man beefing up the components to ensure better sound and sturdier build quality. Our review model comes in the limited-edition Yellow finish, but the standard Black edition costs $99/£95, with the finish being the only difference.

It’s a simple affair. The three ‘pedals’ are arranged in a fixed order from input to output, starting with the distortion, then the phaser and finally the echo. Each circuit comes equipped with a metal footswitch, complete with an LED to indicate when the pedal is engaged, and around the parameter control mini-pots are protective bumpers to keep them safe.

Aside from that, there’s an input, output and connection for the included PSU. You’ll quickly notice that the Triple Threat is pretty small at 25mm x 195mm x 60mm, making this a great grab ’n’ go pedal if y.