The new jhs pedal that will be revealed later
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Joben Magooch
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Apparently they sold out in something like 7 minutes.
I know JHS gets a lot of hate from some but TBH I have generally liked their stuff. Even if it's at times been heavily "inspired" by existing designs...usually they're either very well-executed or have some sort of tweak that stands out a bit. And I must admit I am a big fan of their youtube show. But to each their own on all of that.
With all that being said I can't imagine paying $250 - or of course higher if having to buy secondhand - for a Rangemaster...
Good for them but it's cases like these that REALLY illustrate the value in learning to build for yourself at times...even if you went really premium you'd be out what, 50 bucks?
I know JHS gets a lot of hate from some but TBH I have generally liked their stuff. Even if it's at times been heavily "inspired" by existing designs...usually they're either very well-executed or have some sort of tweak that stands out a bit. And I must admit I am a big fan of their youtube show. But to each their own on all of that.
With all that being said I can't imagine paying $250 - or of course higher if having to buy secondhand - for a Rangemaster...
Good for them but it's cases like these that REALLY illustrate the value in learning to build for yourself at times...even if you went really premium you'd be out what, 50 bucks?
KR Sound
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Seriously. They’ve got a good thing going and are riding that train. Kudos to Josh and his teams.
JHS did a Klon Clone, I purchased one for a Friend around January 2011!
It was in a 1590BB with a letter stamp for the controls.
Spaghetti all over it & resistors hanging off the 3PDT Footswitch.
He stopped when Bill released the KTR!
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Harry Klippton
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It was a germanium treble booster
Feral Feline
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I’m down for building a Strychnine…how aboutView attachment 37903
Joben Magooch
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You know this does make me wonder how much meat he left on the bone, so to speak...
I know he has a spotty reputation for many but I get the sense that Josh is a guy who really just likes making pedals and doesn't intend to totally gouge people for every cent on these limited runs. But selling out in 7 minutes at $250 a pop for a treble booster....I still get the sense he probably could've charged 300, 400, 500 bucks each and probably still have sold out in short order. I'm sure people would still convince themselves they could flip it for profit...
Will be interesting to see how it plays out. Look at the Solo Boost he came out with. I think it was $100 new, something like 750 units also? They all got snatched up and immediately listed for double or triple on Reverb and elsewhere. Back in August the average sale price was ~$220. Now it's more like $150. Sooner or later will probably be darn near retail. So I'm interested to see how long the prices stay up for this one...
I know he has a spotty reputation for many but I get the sense that Josh is a guy who really just likes making pedals and doesn't intend to totally gouge people for every cent on these limited runs. But selling out in 7 minutes at $250 a pop for a treble booster....I still get the sense he probably could've charged 300, 400, 500 bucks each and probably still have sold out in short order. I'm sure people would still convince themselves they could flip it for profit...
Will be interesting to see how it plays out. Look at the Solo Boost he came out with. I think it was $100 new, something like 750 units also? They all got snatched up and immediately listed for double or triple on Reverb and elsewhere. Back in August the average sale price was ~$220. Now it's more like $150. Sooner or later will probably be darn near retail. So I'm interested to see how long the prices stay up for this one...
benny_profane
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They did that in 2019 with the “1966 Series.” MSRP $399.
benny_profane
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Has JHS released anything in the past four years that wasn't either a classic circuit or a dressed up DIY mainstay?
sticky1138
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I won't pretend that I would turn down the opportunity to sell someone a $400 boost or whatever, but at least I'd have the dignity not to use circa 2003 MS Word clipart for the graphics and white plastic washers - an unforgivable sin.
Mentaltossflycoon
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I bet Josh has a stash of 1,000 more of both of those buried in his yard waiting to sell them off slowly when they hit peak ebay price. It's a good racket. No one would ever know.
Coda
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Actually Josh Scott is an actor, hired by the investment group Ripp-Toff to sell the same pedal everyone else is selling…because they are all actors. It’s a well-established fact that all pedals since 1985 have been, in fact, DS-1’s, and not the good ones, either…
jesuscrisp
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I think one of his most creative releases was the Crayon, which according to one of his videos was sort of a commercial flop. Can't speak about his modulations, but the Overdrive Preamp, Legends of Fuzz series, 3 Series dirt pedals etc. feel sort of lazy. Even stuff like the Packrat, which is just 8 modes of not-quite sounding like the actual thing it copies.
But then you can argue similar things about e.g. EQD, whose latest releases are an Electra version that they already did for Japan, a basic Big Muff and the Life Pedal V3, which is an ever so minimally updated version that is now more widely avaible... And essentially just stuffs 3 classic pedals into 1 huge enclosure. Or Wampler releasing YATS that is marketed as a TS10 while the TS10 and all other TS versions are basically the exact same thing and the Mojo chips and diodes sets them apart aren't something that mass produced mini pedals would have inside them.
I mean at the end of the day everything is based on something that already existed for sure, but many "smaller" mass-produced boutique guys at least have an aura of innovation. Hell, even Boss has had more interesting releases than JHS recently.
ChrsGuit
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I agree to a point, however I do have my own contradicting observation. A TS is pretty much the same circuit, but given that, I certainly notice a difference between them... and I don't think it's just cork-sniffing. Some minor changes do have dramatic effect... Let me give a bit of clarification to kinda explain my anti-cork-sniffing observations...
In my years of playing I have owned a ton of TS pedals... Ibanez Tone Lok TS7
Way Huge Green Rhino
Sonicake Blue Screamer
Demon FX TS808/TS9 Screamer (you can toggle between them
Ibanez TS-808 Reissue
JHS 3 series Screamer...
My findings are surprising... The worst sounding of all these pedals are the most expensive... The Green Rhino and the TS-808 Reissue.
I replaced the Tone Lok TS-7 with the Green Rhino and immediately regretted it.
IMO, The BEST is a toss between the JHS Screamer and the TS-7. I no longer have the TS-7 to do a direct A/B, but I used it long enough to know it was much better than the TS-808. The 808 stayed on my board the least. The $30 Demon FX could do anything the 808 did and more, albeit it had a touch more background noise...
I just bought the JHS Screamer and it's staying on the board. It immediately kicked the 808 off the board within a few minutes of playing
The Sonicake Blue Screamer is the absolute "dark horse"... $25 and the tone is somewhere between a TS and bluesbreaker... It's like a TS you can clean up and get those Mayer B.B tones abd that is how I used it for years.
In my years of playing I have owned a ton of TS pedals... Ibanez Tone Lok TS7
Way Huge Green Rhino
Sonicake Blue Screamer
Demon FX TS808/TS9 Screamer (you can toggle between them
Ibanez TS-808 Reissue
JHS 3 series Screamer...
My findings are surprising... The worst sounding of all these pedals are the most expensive... The Green Rhino and the TS-808 Reissue.
I replaced the Tone Lok TS-7 with the Green Rhino and immediately regretted it.
IMO, The BEST is a toss between the JHS Screamer and the TS-7. I no longer have the TS-7 to do a direct A/B, but I used it long enough to know it was much better than the TS-808. The 808 stayed on my board the least. The $30 Demon FX could do anything the 808 did and more, albeit it had a touch more background noise...
I just bought the JHS Screamer and it's staying on the board. It immediately kicked the 808 off the board within a few minutes of playing
The Sonicake Blue Screamer is the absolute "dark horse"... $25 and the tone is somewhere between a TS and bluesbreaker... It's like a TS you can clean up and get those Mayer B.B tones abd that is how I used it for years.
cdwillis
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That's weird. I had a Green Rhino mkIV and it was probably the best modded tube screamer type pedal I've ever messed with. I traded it off when I was experimenting with ODs. I think Jeorge Tripps has gone back and forth with the added controls on the different versions of the Rhino so it's hard for me to keep track of which version is which.
I never messed around with the JHS Moonshine. I assumed it was a Sparkle Drive clone with a clipping switch.
I never messed around with the JHS Moonshine. I assumed it was a Sparkle Drive clone with a clipping switch.
Laundryroom David
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I find best / worst tends to fluctuate for me over time.
Some pedals are more useful than others. One may have a little extra something that works well with one setup but not with another. Glad you found what works for you.
ChrsGuit
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Absolutely... purely subjective... A T.S can seem to be a "one trick pony" due to how the circuit functions. You can't really dime the gain and use it for distortion, so most of it's use is in the realm of the SRV/Mayer application... though I also used it quite a bit in the way metal players did. I played in a pop punk sorta band a decade ago and used it to push the crunch channel of my Marshall JCM into a lead tone... which it's phenomenal for... but for me, it was always the SRV/Mayer thing through a clean Fender. It's why I first bought one, then I sorta used it out of necessity with the crunch/lead thing. I guess my opinion is just a general comparison of all. I like the JHS because it gives you that traditional TS thing but covers more ground and sounds more dynamic control-wise. The Green Rhino has options for tweaking, but the extra frequency controls just don't seem to really do much in comparison... The 808 isn't bad, but I feel you need to stack it with other pedals like a katana and bluesbreaker, while the JHS doesn't really need that... from my observations.
That being said, I guess it's possible my TS-808 could be defective or have a component out of spec causing it to feel lethargic
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