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Assembly Instructions
The
ALL-AMERICAN
is one of the great stompboxes from
JHS, makers of high-end effects pedals. Whenever JHS adds
a new pedal to their line, they retire an existing design.
This means great JHS pedals like the
ALL-AMERICAN
have
become rare and sought-after. You can’t buy one, but you
can build yourself one—and it's fun!
The
ALL-AMERICAN
is based on the original ProCo Rat,
an early distortion pedal designed and built in Kalamazoo,
Michigan in the 1970s. Vintage Rat pedals are one of the
most sought after overdrive pedals out there. Favored by
such greats as Joe Perry, Nels Cline, and David Gilmour The
Rat is known for its unbelievable range of tones, spanning
from clean/grit all the way to compressed sustaining fuzz.
JHS tweaked the Rat circuit for a more focused frequency
range with tamed highs. The result is the
ALL-AMERICAN
. Its
bass and mids melt perfectly into a combination that’ll make
a 1x12 combo sound like you have a stack of cabs backstage.
The addition of a sweep knob gives instant control over the
feel of the gain structure as a whole. JHS also gave the
ALL-
AMERICAN
a three-way gain switch, allowing LED/Silicon/
Open clipping for one explosively versatile pedal!
C L A S S I C P E D A L K I T
ALL AMERICAN
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