JHS Wanderer Overdrive Effects Pedal

FEATURES

• Two JHS circuits in one compact vertical enclosure: Morning Glory V4 and NOTAKLÖN

• Individual input and output jacks for each circuit so the two effects can be used completely independently

• Main input (far right) and main output (far left) for standard two-in-one operation

• Center Order toggle selects which circuit comes first in the chain when using the main jacks

• Morning Glory Gain toggle adds an entire additional gain stage, with the LED turning red to indicate high gain mode

• NOTAKLÖN +/- toggle engages the Shamrock Mod: +4 dB of gain, more midrange and an additional stage of hard clipping

• Red Remote jack for each circuit to flip either toggle with a latching amp-style footswitch

• Works with switchers that have amp-control outputs to flip both toggles from a preset

• NOTAKLÖN side offers up to +16 dB of clean boost with Gain fully counterclockwise

• Inset Bright Cut switch on the Morning Glory side tames excessive top end

• NOTAKLÖN controls: Volume, Gain, Treble

• Morning Glory V4 controls: Volume, Drive, Tone

• Silent Soft-Touch Switching with buffered bypass

• Top-mounted jacks and power

• Runs on 9VDC center negative, 165mA

DESCRIPTION

The JHS Wanderer puts the two overdrives JHS loves most — the Morning Glory V4 and the NOTAKLÖN — into one compact vertical enclosure with top-mounted jacks and power. The Morning Glory is Josh Scott's take on the Marshall Bluesbreaker and the best-selling pedal JHS has ever made; the NOTAKLÖN is the company's Klon-inspired circuit, complete with the Shamrock mod that started life as a JHS modification of Bill Finnegan's KTR.

Where the Wanderer breaks from every other two-in-one is routing. Use the far right input and far left output and it behaves like a traditional dual pedal, with a center Order toggle pointing at whichever circuit comes first. Use the four individual I/O jacks instead and the two circuits become completely separate — put a compressor or a fuzz between them, or give each side its own loop on a switcher and save them in presets like two different pedals. They just happen to share a case and a power supply.

Each side also has its own toggle for a second voice. Flipping the Morning Glory Gain toggle brings an entire additional gain stage into the circuit for more gain, a slight volume bump and a fuller sound, with the LED turning red to confirm it. Flipping the NOTAKLÖN +/- toggle engages the Shamrock mod for +4 dB of gain, extra midrange and another stage of hard clipping, while the down position is the original Klon voicing exactly replicated. That's four gain stages from two footswitches.

Both toggles have a Red Remote jack, so any latching amp-style footswitch can flip them from the floor — and if your switcher has amp-control outputs, it can change both from a preset with no Red Remote needed. Morning Glory stock, Morning Glory high gain, NOTAKLÖN stock, NOTAKLÖN with the mod: two rhythm sounds and two lead sounds without touching a knob. Single coils and humbuckers both work, and the inset Bright Cut switch on the Morning Glory side pulls the top end down if your rig is already bright. With Gain fully counterclockwise, the NOTAKLÖN side becomes a clean boost of up to +16 dB.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Switching: Silent Soft-Touch Switching, Buffered Bypass

• Jacks: Individual input and output jacks for each circuit

• Remote Control: Red Remote jack for each circuit

• Jack Placement: Top-mounted jacks

• Power: 9VDC Center Negative, 165mA

Model# Wanderer