JHS Pedals - 3 Series Oil Can Delay

With the JHS Pedals 3 Series Oil Can Delay, discover an unusual echo tone, inspired by the vintage oil-can delays that first appeared in the late 1950s. These vintage effects were renowned for their distinctive echoes, accompanied by a rippling quality that lent movement to notes and chords. This pedal captures that unique character to enrich your playing with warm, flowing textures, a far cry from a standard, straight-forward delay.

The MIX knob adjusts the balance between your original signal and the echoes, whilst SPEED controls their duration from 100 to 330 ms, ranging from fast slapback to more spaced-out ambience. With FEEDBACK, you control the number of successive echoes to achieve a subtle effect or a denser trail of sound. The 2-position switch controls the intensity of the modulation: choose a subtle movement to breathe life into your sound, or turn it up further for a more pronounced undulation.

True to the spirit of the 3 Series, this pedal prioritises immediate playability with three controls and a single switch, whilst leaving plenty of scope for experimentation. Its compact size makes it easy to integrate into your pedalboard, whether you’re looking to enrich chords, add depth to sustained notes or explore psychedelic textures. Manufactured by JHS Pedals in Kansas City, Missouri, it operates on a centre-negative 9 V DC power supply and draws 65 mA.