Released within Reverb.com multi-builder 2023 Blackout Series promotion, the JHS Oil Can Delay is the first non-white pedal in the company’s 3 Series. It’s a digital delay voiced after the vintage and murky-sounding oil can delay, based on a short-lived technology that’s been rediscovered for its unique sonic character.
The idea of a delay inspired by the sound of the oil can circuit was conceived in a meeting between JHS owner Josh Scott and Wilco’s guitarist Nels Cine, who brought up the idea when the two met at Wilco’s 2022 Solid Sound Fest.