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The JHS Pedals 3 Series is a collection of pedals designed to give you affordability and simplicity without compromising quality. Each 3 Series pedal is made by us 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.

How We Got the Oil Can Delay After being discharged from the army in 1946, Ray and Marv Lubow formed Tel-Ray Electronics, specializing in Television and Radio repair. As the company grew, Ray also began dabbling in audio inventions – specifically, delay. Les Paul had already pioneered an effect called tape echo, but folks were trying to figure out how to make a smaller, more practical version of this oversized effect. Inspired to do just that, on June 30, 1959, Ray submitted the patent for an electro-static delay apparatus known today as the oil can delay.

These delay units contained oil in a tuna-can shaped drum that was moved by a belt mechanism that turned the drum while a special disk apparatus on which the audio signal “charge” was written and read through rubber wiper “heads.” The playback speed was directly related to the drum’s rotation speed. The oil acted as a protective layer to keep the audio signal “charge” electrons in place, creating a truly unique echo effect with elements of vibrato and slapback delay. Ray Lubow began licensing the oil can delay technology to amplifier companies, including Fender, Gibson, and Rickenbacker. In the late 1960s, Ray and Marv decided they wanted to start selling their devices under their own brand name and launched the now legendary effects company, Morley. Ray chose the name as a none-to-subtle jab at their competitor Leslie: “Why settle for less with a Leslie when you can get more with Morley?” Morley manufactured oil can delays up until 1989.

Why Are We Making One? At Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival in 2022, JHS founder Josh Scott found himself in a discussion with legendary guitarist Nels Cline. Nels brought up the subject of weird delays, leading to an in-depth discussion of the strangest pedals they’d ever played. Josh received a message from Nels a few days later asking if JHS made an oil can style delay and began explaining the particular sound he wanted from this type of echo. Though JHS didn’t have one in the official lineup, Josh and team developed a one-off oil can delay pedal. When they presented it to Nels as a gift, he liked it so much that he used it through the recording and touring process for Wilco’s Cruel Country and now their latest release, Cousin.

Though the JHS Oil Can Delay isn’t a signature artist pedal, we’re still grateful to Nels Cline for inspiring it. We’re proud to offer you this unique pedal for your own collection.

CONTROLS

MIX

• Controls the mix of echo and clean signal. Left is less, right is more.

SPEED

• Controls the length of the delay time from 100ms to 330ms. Left is shorter, right is longer.

FEEDBACK

• Controls the amount of feedback or repeats of the delay signal. Left is less, right is more.

+/-

• The toggle allows you to switch between modulation intensities. In the down position, you have light movement, and in the up position, you have heavier movement. The modulation speed is associated with the delay time control (shorter is faster and longer is slower, reminiscent of the oil can warble in relation to the delay speed).

JACKS

INPUT

• 1/4” jack on the right side of the pedal.

OUTPUT

• 1/4” jack on the left side of the pedal.

THIS PEDAL REQUIRES STANDARD 9VDC NEGATIVE POWER, CONSUMES 65m, AND MEASURES 4.42” X 2.38” X 1.22”

The JHS Pedals 3 Series is a collection of pedals designed to give you affordability and simplicity without compromising quality. Each 3 Series pedal is made by us 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.

Tape delay was invented in the late 40s when Les Paul strung two Ampex Model 200A reel-to-reel tape recorders together. A little later, in 1953, Ray Butts invented the Echosonic, the first actual tape delay unit. This would be followed up by the Echoplex EP-1 in 1961 from Mike Battle and the Space Echo from Roland in 1974. The JHS Pedals 3 Series Tape Delay is a simplified and faithful throwback to these classic units. The Mix control lets you control how much clean signal is blended in with the wet (delayed) signal (on the original unit, this was called Echo Volume). Tape Speed acts as a simulation of the RE-201’s tape motor speeding up and slowing down and determines how short or long the delay effect is. The Repeats control goes from a single repeat to many, reminiscent of a sound being written onto the tape loop with loss of fidelity each time. Finally, when the Flutter toggle is turned on (up position), it replicates the wear & tear to the mechanical parts of a tape machine that happens over time. This causes mild modulation, warble, and flutter sounds in the echo path of the delay that so many players desire.

CONTROLS

MIX - Controls how much clean signal is blended in with the wet (delayed) signal. Left is more dry signal. Right is more wet signal.

TAPE SPEED - Controls the length of delay effect from 15ms to 950ms.

REPEATS - Controls how many repeats occur after you play. Left is less. Right is more.

FLUTTER - Switch down is standard effect. Switch up introduces a mild modulation reminiscent of vintage units with mechanical wear.

JACKS

INPUT - ¼” jack on the right side of the pedal.

OUTPUT - ¼” jack on the left side of the pedal.

POWER - Requires 9VDC negative center power and consumes 65mA. Not not use more than 9VDC. You will void your warranty.

THIS PEDAL REQUIRES STANDARD 9VDC NEGATIVE POWER, CONSUMES 65m, AND MEASURES 4.42” X 2.38” X 1.22”

The JHS Pedals 3 Series is a collection of pedals designed to give you affordability and simplicity without compromising quality. Each 3 Series pedal is made by us 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.

The rotary effect was one of the earliest modulation effects to hit the music scene. Originally designed for Hammond* organs, the Leslie* was a rotating speaker that created the recognizable Doppler effect (think church organ). You’ve heard rotary effects on everything from It’s Only Love by the Beatles to Cold Shot by Stevie Ray Vaughn and from City Love by John Mayer to Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden. It’s everywhere! The JHS Pedals 3 Series Rotary Chorus brings you this classic, spinning chorus tone in an affordable, easy-to-use pedal format!

Intensity determines the modulation depth. Speed lets you control how fast the simulated speaker “spins.” When you turn the Room toggle on (up position), it adds a roomy, reverb ambiance to the sound, much like the ambient “room microphone” sound that happens when recording a real Leslie*.

CONTROLS

VOLUME - Controls the overall volume of the pedal. Left is less, right is more.

INTENSITY - Controls the modulation depth. Left is less, right is more.

SPEED - Controls how the rate of modulation. Left is slower, right is faster.

ROOM - Switch down is standard effect. Switch up adds a roomy reverb.

JACKS

INPUT - ¼” jack on the right side of the pedal.

OUTPUT - ¼” jack on the left side of the pedal.

POWER - Requires 9VDC negative center power and consumes 65mA. Not not use more than 9VDC. You will void your warranty.

THIS PEDAL REQUIRES STANDARD 9VDC NEGATIVE POWER, CONSUMES 65m, AND MEASURES 4.42” X 2.38” X 1.22”

*Hammond and Leslie are registered trademarks. The JHS Pedals 3 Series Rotary Chorus is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hammond or Leslie.

The MXR Gran Torino Boost Overdrive amplifies and enriches the natural sound of your rig with the warm, organic sound of classic tube amps, from clean boosting with rich sustain to smooth, mellow overdrive.

The MXR Gran Torino Boost Overdrive harnesses MOSFET technology to amplify and enrich the natural sound of your rig with the the warm, organic sound of classic tube amps—and it comes with a simple-yet-effective set of controls to shape its tone to complement your setup. Setup is easy—just dial in your desired Master volume and Gainlevels, fine-tune it all with the 3-band EQ, and then choose your output mode with the BOOST/OD switch: Boost for cleaner notes and rich sustain, OD for smooth, mellow overdrive. On top of that, this pedal uses a Class A Low Impedance Output Driver to preserve the integrity of your sound and prevent signal loss across long FX chains.

Get the MXR Gran Torino Boost Overdrive for organic boosting and goosing that you can tweak to match any rig.

This is the first component reverb system of its kind. A dramatically scaled down version of the Sole-Mate with the same heralded sound of its forerunners. This little two-piece miracle consists of a control head unit with a remote spring tank that can be mounted anywhere on or under your pedal board. Available with the 9VDC Power Output Jack Option, just like it’s big brothers. All in all, an indispensable addition to any pro’s pedal arsenal. The Sole-Mate Jr. is hand assembled and wired, built to the high quality standards that people expect from VanAmps and features the “Tru-Out” impedance matched non-loading circuitry which ensures guitar tone integrity. Hard wired buffer free bypass too! The Sole-Mate Jr. employs a bipolar fully regulated power supply for increased headroom and low noise operation.

The Original Reverbamate by VanAmps, the reverb that started it all! Designed old school, for use with vintage amps of the tweed, brown and blackface eras, or any amp with two separate channels. Many tube amps built in the 50’s and 60’s had multiple input channels for use with accordions, microphones and of course guitars. The Reverbamate takes full advantage of the available channels by offering two outputs, one dry and one wet so that the user can essentially “mix” these outputs at the amp. In this manner one can use the tone and volume controls on the amp to tweak the wet and dry signals independently, allowing for total control over your sound. What creative musician or studio engineer wouldn’t want this type of flexibility? Reverbamate is a solid-state analog spring reverb pedal that runs on two nine-volt batteries or supplied power supply. It uses a three-spring 9” MOD™ reverb tank, considered to be one of the most vintage sounding tanks available. The dry output is a hardwired connection from the guitar input, ensuring guitar tone integrity. Internal circuitry is impedance matched for balanced levels and no “rolled off highs”. The Reverbamate employs a bipolar fully regulated power supply for increased headroom and low noise operation.