The Ruby Red is a collaboration with one of our favorite artists, producers, and writers in the industry, Butch Walker. He is most known for his breakout work in the Marvelous 3, as well as his long list of producing successes afterward such as: Pete Yorn, Pink, The Academy Is, Weezer, Panic! At The Disco, Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Fallout Boy, Ryan Adams, and many more. As one of the busiest and most in-demand guys in the industry, when he isn't in the studio, he’s on a stage. Butch contacted us to let us know that he loved the SuperBolt and had been using it in session after session. We started a conversation about his live rig for upcoming dates, and the rest is history. He needed one pedal that could do everything he needed and do it in the simplest and easiest way possible. Primarily playing a cranked Deluxe Reverb and depending on his guitar’s volume control for much of his dynamics, the pedal had to respond like an amp as well as feel like it was an extension of his amp. This is how the Ruby Red was created.

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Ruby Red (Butch Walker Signature)

Das JHS Pedals 3 Series Fuzz ist eine extrem vielseitige Fuzz Box, die wunderschön mit dem Volume-Regler der Gitarre interagiert. Das Pedal bietet mit einem 'sägenden' Sustain und einer definierten Ansprache die perfekte Balance aus Vintage und Modern. Über die einfachen Regelmöglichkeiten lässt sich ein breites Spektrum an möglichen Sounds abdecken. Der Bias-Regler kontrolliert die Spannung in der letzten Gain Stage und erzeugt Gated Fuzz Sounds, wenn man ihn aufdreht. Der Fuzz-Regler erzeugt im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Pedalen spielbare Sounds im kompletten Regelweg und ermöglicht sogar Distortion- oder Overdrive-ähnliche Verzerrungen. Der Fat-Kippschalter bietet einen Bass Boost, der den Sound des Pedals insgesamt kräftiger und satter macht. Jedes Pedal der 3 Series wird von JHS Pedals in Kansas City, MO, hergestellt. Wie man es von JHS Pedals kennt, überzeugen auch hier hochwertige Teile, eine zuverlässige Qualitätskontrolle und die Liebe zum Detail. Jedes Pedal kommt mit drei einfachen Regelmöglichkeiten und einem Schalter, die eine breite Palette an möglichen Sounds bieten und sowohl für Anfänger als auch für Profis geeignet sind. Die JHS Pedals 3 Series wurde entwickelt, um Musiker zu inspirieren und bei der Suche nach neuen Sounds zu einem absolut erschwinglichen Preis zu helfen.

The JHS Pedals 3 Series Fuzz is a versatile fuzz box that cleans up well with your guitar's volume knob. The Fuzz is the perfect balance of vintage and modern with soaring sustain and clear articulation. The controls allow you to create a wide variety of sounds via the Bias knob, which gives the Fuzz a more gated sound as you turn it up. Unlike many fuzz pedals, the fuzz knob is usable across 100% of the sweep for many different flavors not typically found in a fuzz, like distortion, and even pushed amp-style overdrive tones. The Fat toggle engages a bass boost for an overall fatter, more powerful sound. Each 3 Series pedal is made by JHS Pedals in Kansas City, MO, using high-quality parts, quality control, and attention to every detail. Each pedal has three simple controls and one toggle that offer a wide range of sounds, perfect for beginners and professionals alike. The JHS Pedals 3 Series will inspire your playing and help you explore new sounds at a totally approachable price point.

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JHS Pedals 3 Series - Fuzz / Reverb / Delay - Demo / Review Video - Rabea Massaad

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3 Series Fuzz

Review by guitarsforidiots

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In 1966 the electric guitar was still in its infancy. As early as the mid-1940's guitarist had discovered the magic of turning up their valve amplifiers to create overdrive and distortion, but this sound was a very new frontier. In 1962 we saw the first mass-produced fuzz box in the Maestro Fuzz-Tone as well as the second-ever in 1965 by Sola Sound, the Tonebender. These fuzz boxes produced massive amounts of distortion and fuzz within themselves, even if your amp's tone was clean. In 1966 a company called Dallas Musical LTD who was known for producing amplifiers and guitars released something different, a first of its kind. The name of this effect was the Rangemaster Treble Booster. It wasn't a pedal but a stand-alone box with no footswitch that sat on your amplifier. The Rangemaster is similar in design to what we consider a fuzz to be, but the sound is not. In 1966, English manufactured amplifiers such as Vox and Marshall were much darker than the American made Fenders. This new effect unit allowed you to boost the middle and high-frequency range of your guitar into these darker amps so that you could achieve a brighter and more aggressive tone that would cut through a band mix. It also gave the guitarist a powerful amount of boost/volume that could push the preamp valves into beautifully overdriven and distorted tones. This circuit gave us some of the most beloved tones in guitar history as players like Rory Gallagher, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Marc Bolan, and Billy Gibbons made it their secret weapon. 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 a single germanium transistor that I hand-selected. 

Each small batch of Boosts 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 Boost is identical to the original except that I adjusted the taper of the pot to feel more intuitive. I also added a single power supply filter capacitor to help with noise and pull-down resistance to relieve switch pop. 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 Calhoun V2 ist eine Kollaboration mit dem legendären Gitarristen, Autor und Producer Mike Campbell, bekannt für seine Rolle in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers und Arbeit mit Don Henley, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, George Harrison, Jackson Browne, Brian Setzer, Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac and The Wallflowers um nur einige zu nennen. Es ist ein Overdrive/Fuzz Pedal, das komplett nach Mike’s Wünschen designt wurde – für Live- und Studio-Performances. Die Linke Seite ist die Drive Section, die  rechte ein Fuzz. Ein Toggle Switch erlaubt dir deren Reihenfolge in der Signalkette zu ändern für noch mehr Soundmöglichkeiten. Perfekt für Gitarristen die einen geradlinigen Setup one Chi-Chi wollen. Ein einfach zu benutzendes Dirt-Pedal, dass alles was Rock und Blues Tones angeht mit Leichtigkeit abdeckt.

The Calhoun V2 is a collaborative signature pedal for legendary guitarist, writer, and producer Mike Campbell. Mike is most known for his role in Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, but he has worked closely with such artists as Don Henley, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, George Harrison, Jackson Browne, Brian Setzer, Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac and The Wallflowers to name a few. The Calhoun V2 is a 2-in-1 overdrive/fuzz pedal that is designed around Mike's specific desires for live and studio performance. The left side of the Calhoun is the drive portion of the pedal, the right side is the fuzz portion. A toggle switch allows you to choose the order of the two effects when stacked (both on at the same time). The Calhoun is the perfect pedal for the player who wants straightforward, no frills and easy to use dirt tones in a single package. It covers everything you need for rock and blues tones with ease.

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