Electric guitars use magnetic pickups to convert string vibrations into an electrical signal, which is then amplified. Unlike acoustic guitars, they rely on amplification for volume and tone shaping, making them highly versatile in genres like rock, blues, jazz, and metal. Electric guitars come in many body styles—solid, semi-hollow, and hollow—and feature different pickup configurations, neck types, and hardware. From smooth clean tones to aggressive distortion, they offer a wide sonic range, making them the backbone of modern guitar music.
Fuzz is a type of guitar effect that produces a highly distorted and saturated tone characterized by its thick, buzzy, and aggressive sound. It’s achieved by clipping the guitar’s signal in a way that creates extreme distortion and compression, resulting in a velvety, sustaining fuzziness. Fuzz pedals typically feature controls for adjusting parameters such as gain (the amount of distortion), tone (the frequency response of the fuzzed signal), and volume (the output level). By manipulating these controls, guitarists can create a wide range of fuzz tones, from gritty and raw to smooth and singing. Fuzz is commonly used in genres such as rock, blues, and psychedelic music, where it adds texture, power, and intensity to guitar solos, riffs, and rhythm parts. Popular fuzz pedal models include the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi, Dunlop Fuzz Face, and ZVex Fuzz Factory.
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JHS Pedals was founded by Joshua Heath Scott in Jackson, Mississippi. He began by repairing and modifying his pedals and then sold modified pedals at the local guitar shop before designing his own. Among his early models were the Morning Glory overdrive and the Pulp ‘N’ Peel compressor. In 2009 Scott moved the company to Kansas City, Missouri, eventually expanding to 10 employees.JHS released the Panther analogue delay in 2011 and the SuperBolt overdrive and Prestige booster/buffer/enhancer in 2012.
JHS manufactures and sells pedals with a variety of effects, including the Morning Glory V4, the Muffuletta, the 3 Series, the Pulp’N’Peel V4, the Andy Timmons AT+, the Paul Gilbert PG-14, the Legends of Fuzz series, the Unicorn Univibe, the Lucky Cat, the Double Barrel V4, the 1966 Series and the Colour Box preamp.
£99.00
Made in Kansas City USA This pedal represents years of Josh playing around with the legendary Tube Screamer circuit and wanting to offer those changes in an affordable package You will find more clean headroom, better usability as a boost, more versatile drive and tone controls as well as a more pleasing frequency response This may be the most well…
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£177.16 £158.83
1969 Kay Fuzz Tone Replica Dimensions: 5.68 X 3.62 X 2 Inches Weight: 0.85 lbs This pedal requires 9V DC negative center. 4MA consumption. Do not use more than 9V DC, or your warranty will be voided. The Mary-K does allow for battery operation via a single 9V battery. Just loosen the two rear screws from the enclosure and the backplate will swing o…
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£249.94
The Big Muff fuzz has been around so long, been on so many classic recordings, and been through so many variations that every guitarist out there has a favorite version of its iconic tone We crammed five all-analog re-creations of the pedal’s most beloved tones into this box We even threw in a JHS-exclusive tone that is our take on the historic sto…
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£198.52
Compact and versatile tone-machine When both toggles are down, you are in the lightest gain setting, amp-like chimney breakup G1 flipped up adds a touch of drive for more riffy grit G2 flipped up puts you almost into distortion land, with more saturation and sustain for lead tones Both toggles flipped up sends the Kilt V2 into almost uncontrollable…
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£218.87
Volume control sets the overall output level of the effect; turn it up and it gets louder Fuzz is the distortion control; the more you turn it clockwise, the more fuzz you create On the side you will see a “Mode” control. Push this button to access our own unique “JHS Mode” JHS Mode sends the Smiley into high gain / gated fuzz territory that you ma…
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