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NAMM 2023: Electro-Harmonix makes Josh Scott’s dream a reality with the release of his Lizard Queen Octave Fuzz pedal design
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Based on the JHS Pedals mastermind’s vintage EHX effects pedal that never existed, the new octave fuzz is available in big-box and Nano formats

5 alternatives to the DigiTech Bad Monkey that you can actually afford
By Matt McCracken published
Swerve the hype and bag yourself a bargain whilst everyone's attention is elsewhere

Gary Moore’s Bad Monkey is now on sale for $12,000 and JHS has debuted BM T-shirts. When will the Bad Monkey bubble burst?
By Matt Parker published
The DigiTech Bad Monkey bubble inflated fast and will burst just as quickly. In the meantime, brace yourself for the meme wave

JHS Pedals responds to DigiTech Bad Monkey price hikes: “Learn to listen with your ears and not trends, and you will be a much happier guitarist”
By Matt Owen published
Brand founder Josh Scott posted a statement after Bad Monkey price tags soared to $650 seemingly in response to his latest demo video, which compared the discontinued DigiTech to the Klon Centaur

JHS pays tribute to three foundational fuzz pedals with new Mary-K, Berkeley and Plugin stompboxes
By Jackson Maxwell published
The three simple fuzz units are true to their late-'60s/early-'70s-era ancestors, with a touch of added 21st century functionality in each case

Those tones you’ve been hearing on The JHS Show came from a Kemper, not the tube amp onscreen
By Michael Astley-Brown published
“I'm leaving my tube amp for a Kemper!” declares Josh Scott, as he reveals the show’s daring year-long blind test and launches his own amp profiles for Kemper and Line 6

JHS Pedals partners with Madison Cunningham for signature Artificial Blonde vibrato pedal
By Matt Owen published
The indie artist's sleek stompbox seeks to supply her signature sound, which had previously been provided by a custom JHS prototype

JHS Pedals adds $99 Harmonic Tremolo and Octave Reverb to its 3 Series range
By Matt Owen published
Two new units pay tribute to Leo Fender's 1960 harmonic tremolo circuit and Brian Eno's early-'80s shimmer reverb

JHS Pedals crams its popular Tube Screamer Strong Mod into the new $99 3 Series Screamer
By Matt Owen published
The circuit alteration was first introduced in 2008, after brand founder Josh Scott spent years tinkering with the TS circuit to create a more "well-balanced" alternative

JHS Pedals introduces the Overdrive Preamp pedal, inspired by a DOD 250 “that didn’t exist”
By Matt Owen published
Brand owner Josh Scott based the unit on an unobtainable v1 DOD Overdrive Preamp circuit, and treated it to a slider switch that gives access to a secondary clipping arrangement
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