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JHS Pedals is an American boutique guitar effects pedal company founded by Josh Scott in 2007.

Known for its innovative designs and high-quality craftsmanship, JHS Pedals has become a prominent name in the pedal industry, offering various effects including overdrives, distortions, fuzzes, delays, and modulation. The company is particularly celebrated for its ability to blend classic tones with modern features, often incorporating unique twists on traditional effects. JHS Pedals are also recognized for their reliable performance and distinctive visual designs, making them a favourite among musicians of all levels.

Josh is known for his educational and entertaining content on the history and design of guitar pedals, further contributing to the brand’s influence and appeal in the guitar community.

Distortion

A distortion pedal is a type of guitar effects pedal used to add gain, saturation, and harmonic distortion to the guitar signal, resulting in a more aggressive and gritty tone. Distortion pedals are widely used across various music genres, particularly in rock, metal, punk, and alternative styles, to achieve heavier and more intense guitar tones.

Here are the key features and functions of a distortion pedal:

1. **Gain (or Drive)**: The gain control adjusts the amount of distortion applied to the guitar signal. Increasing the gain setting increases the level of saturation and overdrive, resulting in a more distorted and aggressive tone. Lower gain settings produce a cleaner sound with less distortion.

2. **Tone**: The tone control adjusts the frequency response of the distorted signal, allowing you to tailor the tonal characteristics of the distortion effect. Depending on the pedal, the tone control may boost or cut specific frequency ranges, such as bass, midrange, or treble, to shape the overall sound.

3. **Level (or Output)**: The level control adjusts the overall output volume of the distorted signal. This allows you to match the level of the distorted signal with the rest of your effects chain or amplifier, ensuring consistent volume levels when engaging the pedal.

4. **Mode (or Voice)**: Some distortion pedals feature multiple modes or voicings that offer different types of distortion or gain characteristics. These modes may include options such as “Vintage,” “Modern,” or “High Gain,” each providing a distinct tonal flavor and level of saturation.

Distortion pedals offer several benefits and creative uses for guitarists:

– **Increased Gain and Sustain**: By adding gain and saturation to the guitar signal, distortion pedals increase the overall volume and sustain of the instrument, allowing notes and chords to ring out longer and with more intensity.

– **Tonal Shaping**: Distortion pedals often include tone controls that allow you to shape the frequency response of the distorted signal. This allows you to dial in the desired amount of bass, midrange, and treble to suit your playing style and musical preferences.

– **Emphasis of Harmonics**: Distortion pedals emphasize the harmonics and overtones present in the guitar signal, resulting in a richer, more complex tone with added depth and character. This can make lead lines and solos stand out and cut through the mix more effectively.

– **Versatility and Flexibility**: Distortion pedals come in a wide range of styles and voicings, from mild overdrive to high-gain distortion. This versatility allows you to choose a pedal that best suits your playing style, musical genre, and tonal preferences.

Overall, distortion pedals are essential tools for guitarists seeking to achieve heavier, more aggressive, and saturated tones. Whether used subtly to add warmth and edge to clean tones or used more aggressively to create crushing distortion, distortion pedals can enhance your guitar tone and bring new dimensions to your playing.

Guitar Effect Pedal

A guitar pedal, also known as an effects pedal, is a device used by guitarists to alter the sound of their instrument in various ways. These pedals are typically small, foot-operated units that are connected in a signal chain between the guitar and the amplifier. They can modify the guitar’s tone, pitch, and dynamics by applying different effects such as distortion, reverb, delay, chorus, and more. Guitar pedals come in both analog and digital formats, and they allow musicians to create a wide range of sounds, enhancing their musical expression and creativity. They are essential tools for guitarists in genres ranging from rock and blues to jazz and electronic music.

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Signature

JHS Pedals -14 Paul Gilbert Signature Distortion Pedal

£195.09

Overdrive/Distortion Effect type: Overdrive Construction type: analogue Special features: Signature model Mono/Stereo: Mono In, Mono Out

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JHS Pedals Cheese Ball Orange Distortion Fuzz Pedal

£175.71

Has your standard volume, gain, and tone knobs found on most distortion fuzz boxes, but comes with an extra Mode selector knob that gives you four different overall tone and gain selections In the “off” position, the tone knob is disengaged, giving you a bright and trashy fuzz/distortion sound In the “1” position you have a mid-scooped sound that will give you a big Muff style buzz for a rounded sound reminiscent of fine mozzarella that sits just right on your pizza but doesn't get in the way The “3” position gives you a biting, gated fuzz tone that, when cranked, spits, spats, and bites like Gorgonzola naturale

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JHS Pedals JHS Active A/B/Y Stereo Output Switcher Guitar Pedal

£99.99

The perfect solution when you need to send one signal to two outputs with the ability to choose either output (or both) on the fly Just plug in your instrument Cable (or patch Cable) into the input, then use the outputs to send signal to any combination of amplifiers, interfaces, mixing board, or anywhere else you want to send your signal Once hooked up, use the left footswitch to select between a and B channels When the led is Red, the a channel is engaged. When the led is Green, the B channel is engaged. Hit the right “Y” footswitch, and both channels are engaged for full stereo output Because the active a/B/Y has an output transformer on one of the outputs, there is no need for a ground lift as the transformer eliminates any hum

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JHS Pedals JHS Clover Preamp/Boost Guitar Effects Pedal

£204.01

The Volume control allows you to set your volume at unity or as a boost to push your amp or dirt pedals 3 EQ controls to give you tons of control to cut or boost Bass, Mid and Treble The rotary switch has 3 settings: Full EQ, No Mid and No EQ Low Cut dip switch removes some of the lows if you feel your tone is too muddy and can help you cut through a mix In addition to the standard 1/4 inch input and output; the Clover has an XLR output for using as an acoustic or bass preamp

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JHS Hard Drive Distortion Pedal – Black

£192.56

Modern High-gain Disttion Pedal with 3-b EQ Silent Soft-touch Switching Buffered Bypass Sweepable Mids

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