JHS PEDALS USER MANUAL AS OF JANUARY 2019 JHS PEDAL MANUAL 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS WARRANTY INFORMATION OVERDRIVE & DISTORTION Angry Charlie V3 Bonsai Charlie Brown V4 Double Barrel V4 Moonshine V2 Morning Glory V4 Ruby Red Superbolt V2 Sweet Tea V3 The AT+ The Calhoun The Kilt V2 Twin Twelve V2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mini Bomb Boost The Prestige Bunrunner V2 Firefly Four Wheeler V2 Mini Foot Fuzz V2 Muffuletta Pollinator V2 9 10 JHS PEDAL MANUAL 2 REVERB Alpine Reverb Spring Tank The VCR 11 13 14 PREAMP Clover Colour Box Haunting Mids The Crayon Active A/B/Y Buffere
WARRANTY INFORMATION Thanks for buying a JHS Pedal. You might not have realized it but you also just received one of the best warranties in the business! This pedal is backed by a limited lifetime warranty. If anything happens in any way that is our fault or the fault of a part that we use, we will fix it 100% free of charge with no questions asked. Simply email repairs@jhspedals.com or call 816 216 7953.
OVERDRIVE & DISTORTION Angry Charlie v3 Charlie brown v4 Modern Marshall tones that lean toward the classic JCM 800. Heavy overdrive and distortion that is rich in British character, feel and attitude. A specially designed three band EQ allows you to sculpt it perfectly into any rig. Vintage Marshall tones that lean toward the classic JTM45. Light, medium, and high gain overdrive at it’s best. From Hendrix to AC/DC you will be right at home.
OVERDRIVE & DISTORTION Moonshine v2 Ruby Red Non-transparent overdrive that goes down as smooth as your grandaddy’s White Lightning. Thick rich mids, clear top end, the best bass response of any drive we make, more volume than you will ever need, and the ability to do medium/high gain overdrive like nothing you’ve ever heard make this a hard habit to kick. Controls Jacks Butch Walker’s signature 2-in-1 overdrive/boost.
OVERDRIVE & DISTORTION Sweet Tea V3 Calhoun V2 Everything possible, medium to high gain. Our very own Angry Charlie V3 and our Moonshine V2 make this a high gain monster that goes down easy on a summer night. RIGHT SIDE - MOONSHINE V2 VOLUME - Controls the output volume. Controls LEFT SIDE - ANGRY CHARLIE V3 VOLUME - Controls the output volume. DRIVE - Controls the amount of drive or gain just like a tube amp being cranked at high volumes. BASS - Controls the amount of bass.
COMPRESSION OVERDRIVE & DISTORTION Twin Twelve v2 For the first time ever, the legendary tones of the Silvertone 1484 amplifier are at your feet. Rich preamp/overdrive tones with a unique voice and character not found in any other pedal on the market. Controls Jacks VOLUME - Controls the output volume. DRIVE - Controls the amount of drive or gain just like a tube amp being cranked at high volumes.
BOOST COMPRESSION Steak & Eggs With these modified classic overdrive and compression circuits in one box, the Steak and Eggs is the perfect staple for your pantry. Marinate your ears and incubate your tone with the Steak and Eggs. LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE JHS Morning Glory w/High Gain Toggle Keeley Electronics 3 Knob Compressor Volume - Controls the output volume. Level - Controls the output level. Drive - Controls the amount of drive, or gain, just like a tube amp being cranked at high volumes.
FUZZ Four wheeler v2 Bass fuzz that is nasty, beautiful, and flexible all in one casing. Gated or smooth tones that will bring your rig to another level. Great on guitar as well. Controls Jacks VOLUME - Controls the output volume. FUZZ - Controls the amount of fuzz. INPUT - Jack on the right side of the pedal. TONE - This works as a tone cut. Left is brighter, right is darker. OUTPUT - Jack on the left side of the pedal. GATE - Controls the amount of gate on the fuzz.
FUZZ TREMOLO Muffuletta Honey comb deluxe When you are hungry for fat, rich and legendary fuzz tones, look no further than the six course meal that the Muffuletta serves up. Controls The Civil War - More midrange, brighter overall tone, and less gain. Volume - Controls the output volume. Left is less volume, right is more. The Russian - Less clarity, less low end. Sustain - Controls the amount of fuzz which increases the sustain when turned up, just like the vintage units.
TREMOLO MODULATION Tidewater Classic Vox and Fender Blackface tremolo tones in a tiny package. The Tidewater will have you floating on the waves of tone in no time. Controls VOLUME - Controls the overall volume of the unit. You can set the volume at unity gain or use it to boost your signal. Speed - Controls the speed of the tremolo effect. Left is slower and right is faster. Mix - Controls the depth of the tremolo effect. With the mix all the way down you can use the Tidewater as a boost preamp.
MODULATION DELAY Lucky Cat Delay With a full second of delay, tap tempo, ratio, modulation, eq, and more, the Lucky Cat Delay is everything you want and nothing you don’t need. It’s your lucky delay! DARK - Darkens the tone of the repeats. Fully clockwise is stock mode. Turning the knob counterclockwise rolls off high end on the repeats only. Controls TIME - Controls the time of the repeats. Left is faster/shorter, Right is slower/longer. MIX - Controls the mix or volume of the delay signal.
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REVERB PREAMP Spring tank Classic spring-like reverb in a simple package with enough options to satisfy any spring reverb enthusiast. Blow them away with the Spring Tank! Controls BOOST - Controls the amount of volume boost when the pedal is turned on. HIGHS - Functions as a high pass filter. Turning right is brighter, left is darker. DEPTH - Controls the size or space of the reverb. Left is smaller, right is bigger. LENGTH - Controls the decay time of the reverb. Left is shorter, right is longer.
PREAMP Colour Box Studio grade Pre-Amplifier Introduction INPUT MODES & OUTPUT FUNCTIONALITY Thanks for purchasing a Colour Box! The JHS Pedals Colour Box is designed and created to allow you to recreate the infamous guitar tones of the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and countless others with your live rig, or in a studio environment by using 100% analog circuitry true to the design and schematic of vintage Neve* circuitry. The Colour Box is completely free from any digital modeling.
PREAMP Haunting Mids The Haunting Mids is a frightfully effective sweepable mids EQ pedal that can turn any amp or pedal into a midrange monster. With its ability to sweep mids and then boost/ scoop them, you can find the ghastly tone that haunts your imagination. Controls VOLUME - Controls the overall volume of the unit. MIDS - Controls how much the mids are boosted or scooped. SWEEP - Controls which mid frequencies are boosted or scooped by the Mids knob. Below noon is low-mids, above noon is high-mids.
UTILITY Little Black Amp Box Active A/B/Y Take one input and send it to two different outputs, or to both at once! Completely silent switching makes this the perfect tool for your rig in a multitude of situations. The A channel is engaged when the LED is red, and the B channel is engaged when the LED is green. Both channels are engaged when the Y switch is engaged. If your amp has a “send/return” effects loop simply connect the input your SEND and the output to your RETURN.
UTILITY Red Remote Mini a/b A good solid A/B box can be a guitarist’s best friend. Choose between two amps on the fly, take your guitar tuner out of your signal chain, or choose between two guitars with no unplugging of cables. Anywhere you need inputs or outputs, this box does the job! *This pedal is passive but requires 9V DC Negative power for the LED to function. The Red Remote works with the JHS Pedals Morning Glory, SuperBolt, and Twin Twelve to remotely activate the on-board toggle.
UTILITY Summing amp Take two inputs and create one output with this simple little box that adds up to a whole lot more! Inputs Power Output POWER - Uses 9V DC Negative Center. Do not use more than 9V DC. Your warranty will be voided. 31mA consumption. Switchback The ultimate switcher for all the tough tonal mountains you need to climb. Plug in your guitar and use two loops for all kinds of switching applications. Use the Red Remote for on the fly loop-swapping.
ABOUT JHS PEDALS JHS Pedals is an American company located in Kansas City USA that started in 2007 when Joshua Scott fixed some broken pedals and modded some existing classics. Today JHS Pedals has evolved into a respected and well recognized boutique pedal company with products that are available at over 200 Dealer locations worldwide. Our offerings include a Modification Shop, Custom Shop, Hand Painted pedals, Bass Effects, and the ever growing core line of Guitar Effects.
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