When most people hear the name "Tonebender," they think Vox. Even though Sola Sound released the Tonebender from London in 1965, it was, in fact, Vox who a year later mass-produced the circuit from Italy. VOX mass distributed this pedal worldwide alongside their iconic products like the AC30 amplifier and Wah pedal, making it a recognized product for guitarists everywhere. The earliest version of the Vox Tonebender circuit (1966-1968) is very similar to the 1.5 Tonebender and the Arbiter Fuzz Face, but it is much more aggressive and sharp in tone. This circuit lies nicely between the thick and wooly Arbiter and the bright and cutting Rangemaster boost. Many consider this the perfect middle of the road germanium fuzz that can give you a powerful yet articulate fuzz tone. This circuit has a lower output volume than many fuzzes, so it is normal to have the volume near maxed.I advise maxing out the Attack control as well and using your guitar's volume as a gain control! As with most classic fuzz pedals, it loves a dirty amp or overdrive afterward in the signal path. Staying true to the original, I used high-grade carbon composition resistors, oversized capacitors, and two germanium transistors that I hand-matched to the circuit. 

Each small batch of Italy's will use different transistors as it is challenging to find reliable sources of these devices in large quantities. The circuit uses vintage positive ground voltage, so do not daisy chain your power with other pedals. Inside the pedal is a battery snap or use any isolated power supply with a normal polarity power cable like your other pedals as I have wired it internally to work that way. The Italy is identical to the original except that I adjusted the taper of the pots to feel more intuitive, I also added a single power supply filter capacitor to help with noise. The switching is true-bypass. Each pedal in this batch is built-in identical form, but because of parts tolerances and the slight variance in the transistors, they will all be a bit different while still being the same. Be sure to always have this pedal first in your signal chain; the guitar must be plugged into its input due to the impedance it requires on its input, no exceptions. 

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Der Bonsai ist JHS Hommage an eines der großartigsten Pedale, das je geschaffen wurde - den Tube Screamer. ihres Muffuletta verwendet der Bonsai einen einfachen Drehschalter, um durch neun klassische, Vintage, seltene oder schwer zu findende Variationen des Screamers zu wechseln. Der Bonsai ist eine exakte Nachbildung, keine Emulation. Wenn du einen Modus auf dem Bonsai-Dreh-Schalter wählst, aktivierst du für jeden Modus spezifische Komponenten und spielst den Schaltkreis, den Josh ausgewählt hat, mit allen Macken, Drift, Vintage-Mojo und Individualität, die ein Vintage-Pedal hat.

The Bonsai is JHS tribute to one of the greatest pedals ever created  the Tube Screamer. Following in the steps of their Muffuletta, the Bonsai utilizes a simple rotary knob to switch through nine classic, vintage, rare, or hard to find variations of the Screamer. The Bonsai is exact replication, not emulation.  When you choose a mode on the Bonsai rotary, you are actually activating components specific to each mode and playing the circuit Josh chose along with all the quirks, drift, vintage mojo, and individuality that a vintage pedal has.

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Im Jahre 1968 drang ein schneidender Gitarrensound durch die Lautsprecher der Welt – in den Beatles Songs auf „Revolution 1“. Dies ist wohl das berühmteste Beispiel für eine direkt an das Mischpult angeschlossen Gitarre, um den Sound, der mittlerweile als „Direct-In Distortion“ bezeichnet wird zu erreichen. Dieser Sound ist einer der einzigartigsten Gitarrensounds mit enormem Wiedererkennungswert, der in den letzten 60 Jahren unzählige Gitarristen und auch die JHS Colour Box inspiriert hat. Viele haben daraufhin eine etwas abgespeckte Version der Colour Box angefragt – eine schlichte Direct-in dirt box, ohne XLR, ohne 3-Band EQ… Einfach nur simplen Dirt. Also haben JHS einfach den Crayon aus der Colour Box herausgenommen…

In 1968 a piercing guitar tone came through the speakers on the Beatles “Revolution 1”. This is one of the most famous uses of plugging a guitar straight into a mixing console and creating the now referred to as “Direct-In Distortion". That tone is one of the most recognizable and unique guitar tones of the last 60 years and was one of the inspirations for the JHS Colour Box that we released in May of 2014. Many players over the last few years have expressed their interest in a unit that is like the Colour Box but more streamlined for the one basic application of a dirt box. No XLR function, no 3 band EQ… Just the dirt in an easy to use format for guitarists… So JHS decided to pull the Crayon out of the Colour Box.

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1978 wurde in Kalamazoo, MI, eines der vielseitigsten und einflussreichsten Distortion-Pedale aller Zeiten erfunden. Die JHS Pedals PackRat ist die ultimative Hommage an die über 40-jährige Entwicklung der Proco RAT und deren Einfluss auf den Klang der Gitarre. Künstler aller Genres haben die ikonischen Klänge in dieser bescheidenen Blackbox verwendet, um ihre Sounds zu kreieren, darunter Nirvana, John Scofield, Pink Floyd, Metallica, REM, die Eagles, Jeff Beck und Radiohead. Das JHS Pedals PackRat verwendet das gleiche einzigartige digitale Switching-System wie das Muffuletta und das Bonsai, um den Signalweg über 40 einzelne Schalter durch insgesamt 261 Komponenten zu lenken. Das bedeutet, dass in jedem der insgesamt neun wählbaren legendären oder extrem seltenen Modi (OG V1, White Face V3, Turbo V5, BRAT V6, Dirty V7, LA, Landgraff MO'D, Caroline, JHS Mode) vollständig analoge Schaltungen genutzt werden, die die Original-Vorlage bis hin zu den alternden Komponenten perfekt replizieren. 

In 1978, one of the most versatile and influential distortion pedals of all time was invented in Kalamazoo, MI. The JHS Pedals PackRat is the ultimate tribute to the 40+ years of rodent evolution of the Proco RAT and its impact on the guitar's sound. Artists from every genre have used the iconic tones in this unassuming black box to create their sounds, including Nirvana, John Scofield, Pink Floyd, Metallica, REM, the Eagles, Jeff Beck and Radiohead. The JHS Pedals PackRat uses the same unique digital runway system as the Muffuletta and the Bonsai to direct the paths of 261 components through 40 individual switches. This means that when you choose one of the nine legendary or rare modes (OG V1, White Face V3, Turbo V5, BRAT V6, Dirty V7, LA, Landgraff MO'D, Caroline, JHS Mode), you are playing fully analog circuits that perfectly replicate that mode, even down to the aging components (also known as component drift). The operation of the PackRat is about as simple as it gets. 

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