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There’s no beating the Boss: Reverb reveals its best-selling guitar pedals of 2023

From an orange classic to Josh Scott’s fake-it-til-they-make-it hit, here are the stompboxes that shifted over the last year

Guitar World · Dec 12, 2023

“A dirt device that covers all the gain bases”: Catalinbread sees the JHS Pedals Notaklön and raises the Knight School Overdrive – an $85 DIY pedal kit based on a timeless circuit favored by Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer and Paul Gilbert

The $85 kit can come ready for assembly or readymade for your pedalboard, and harks back to an early overdrive circuit that has been tweaked by EHX, Way Huge and many more

Guitar World · Nov 28, 2023

"We severely underestimated your response to this product" – JHS planned to make 3,000 NOTAKLÖN pedals to sell at launch, a week later it has sold 12,000 of them. But why?

The appeal is strong with this one

MusicRadar · Nov 23, 2023

“It's not a replica or a clone. It’s the actual thing”: JHS Pedals revives influential gear brand Ross Electronics – and recruits John Mayer, Brian Wampler and Robert Keeley for new documentary

A 30-minute film has been released to chart the history and revival of the cult classic company, which is back with five new stompboxes

Guitar World · Aug 16, 2023

JHS Pedals resurrects the Ross Electronics brand and relaunches it with five new pedals – and a documentary

The Ross Chorus, Compressor, Distortion, Fuzz and Phaser are based on classic designs and each share a simple two-knob setup and switchable modes

MusicRadar · Aug 15, 2023

Electro-Harmonix Lizard Queen review

The pedal that Electro-Harmonix could have made in the 1970s (but didn’t) is now here with some help from JHS Pedals

Guitar World · Jul 28, 2023

"This may be his best drive" – Bad Monkey champion and JHS founder Josh Scott is blown away by Brian Wampler's new $99 overdrive and distortion pedals

A salute to the new Triumph and Phenom

MusicRadar · Jul 7, 2023

“This is huge”: Josh Scott says this new $99 drive pedal is “better than the Bad Monkey”

Monkey see, Monkey do: the JHS man invokes the most powerful name in pedal land – and, yes, we have absolutely taken the bait

Guitar World · Jul 6, 2023

Jalen Hood-Schifino says he grew up a fan of Kobe Bryant

Jalen Hood-Schifino, the first player the Lakers took in Thursday's draft, says he's always been a fan the late Kobe Bryant.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 23, 2023

Josh Scott of JHS Pedals recommends four cheap overdrive pedals so you don’t have to freak out about the Bad Monkey anymore

Just don't go blaming him should any of these hitherto slept-on drive pedals rise in price

MusicRadar · Apr 25, 2023