01—Pedal catalog
JHS Pedals Smiley
The Fuzz Face sound, Hendrix to Gilmour, in a two-knob box with a modern high-gain mode.
If you want one specific fuzz, the classic Fuzz Face, buy this. If you want flexibility, buy something else.
02—On the bench
JHS's recreation of the Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face, voiced after the early silicon units and released in 2020 as part of the Legends of Fuzz series. Two knobs, Volume and Fuzz, plus a side-mounted JHS Mode button that pushes it into a higher-gain, gated fuzz. Tonally it's the classic two-transistor Fuzz Face: thick, raspy, and touch-sensitive, with the cleanup off the guitar's volume knob that made the circuit a Hendrix, Gilmour and Eric Johnson staple. Best with the volume rolled back on the guitar for cleaner rhythm parts, then opened up for the solo. Not a versatile fuzz. A specific fuzz.
- 01cleans up off the guitar's volume knob
- 02silicon-era voicing, brighter and more aggressive than germanium
- 03JHS Mode button adds a higher-gain, gated fuzz
- 04singing sustain on bent notes
- 05two knobs is the right number of knobs
Planning its power? The label lists its voltage and draw; compare it with the power draw for 211 pedals.
03—In the room
Where else this pedal lives.
Boss TB-2W if you want the germanium Tone Bender branch of 60s fuzz instead.