JHS Pedals - Double Dragon

With the JHS Pedals Double Dragon, your guitar or bass takes on a whole new dimension thanks to an analogue circuit that generates both lower and higher octaves. The lower octave thickens the notes with deep bass, whilst the upper octave adds a gritty distortion, somewhere between the sounds of an Octavia and a Superfuzz. The result is particularly inspiring for building powerful riffs, filling the sound space or venturing into more unpredictable electronic textures.

The OCT− knob adjusts the sub-octave, whilst OCT+ controls the upper octave and its distortion, which is activated via the right-hand footswitch. The Dry control blends the original signal with the octaves: turning it up preserves more of your natural tone, whilst turning it down takes you into more synthetic and glitchy textures. Volume adjusts the output level and also allows you to use the pedal as a preamp, by cutting the octaves and leaving the direct signal at full volume.

Unlike highly precise digital effects, the Double Dragon embraces the sometimes erratic behaviour of its vintage analogue circuits: single notes trigger solid riffs, whilst chords can produce unexpected variations and dropouts. Try it before an overdrive or fuzz to push its wild character even further, or with a bass to flesh out your lines. Its top-mounted jacks make it easy to fit onto your pedalboard, and its silent buffered bypass operates on a centre-negative 9 V DC power supply, drawing 75 mA.