is that it’ s still a Dumble circuit in there. Let’ s dive into this pedal and see what the fuss is about.
OUT OF THE BOX: NOTADÜMBLË comes in a cleverly designed white box. Inside are all the parts needed to build it, along with easy-to-read instructions and a QR code for online instructions. A couple of stickers, a JHS button, small feet, and a tube of goop are also included to hide the circuit from anyone copying it. The only tools necessary are a small screwdriver for the Knobs and a pliers for the circuit boards. The circuit boards come in one large piece and must be broken into several sections. They also include a couple of simple open-end wrenches for assembly. The case is about the same size as the JHS Flight Delay. On top are five knobs divided into two circuits. The Overdrive circuit has Volume, EQ, and Drive. The clean circuit only has output and input. There is also a small black slider switch to choose circuits, a single true bypass footswitch, and an LED indicator. Inside you will also find a small Presence trim pot. It controls the upper-mid range and treble frequencies in the gain stage. Left is less, right is more. The input and outputs are on the left and right sides, and the 9vDC jack is on the top side.
slightly scooped and well-balanced on the high and low ends. The overdrive channel is exceptionally smooth and silky, which I describe as awesome. In fact, at first listen, it may be the smoothest overdrive I ever played. My favorite sound is with the EQ and Drive all the way up, as well as the Volume set to taste in relation to the clean channel. The pedal is perfect for the slightly broken up smooth sustain singing lead tones. You could use this as a fantastic clean boost or a super transparent overdrive. It’ s especially killer with strat-like guitar pickups.
MY TAKEAWAY: Josh Scott is a brilliant pedal maker. Even though most new pedal companies nowadays make copies of older designs, he comes up with innovative ideas that guitarists love. I never owned a Dumble, but I have a similar and fantastic vintage amp called the Jim Kelly FACS. Kelly and Dumble were competing to make the ultimate Fender-like custom guitar amp. Jim built me a rackmount preamp version for my old Bradshaw rack. JHS could make a pedal of that. The interesting thing is that nobody knows the future of this pedal. JHS says new production has already been discontinued as they take the last orders for this pedal. I’ m sure guys are ordering, hoping to take advantage to sell at a much higher price online. In the meantime, I love this pedal and will likely quickly purchase a second one. My only wish list would be for a second foot switch to change channels. I’ ve seen that someone has already done that, and maybe when the second version comes out, JHS might add it. At the end of the day, if you can still get one by the time this review comes out, go for it. Building the pedal is great fun and such a sweet sound. You can’ t go wrong picking up one of these. The NOTADÜMBLË sells for $ 119.00. Editor’ s note: as of this writing they are currently out of stock. For more information, go to https:// jhspedals. info.
$ 119.00 JHSpedals. info
THE BUILD: I made a quick video of the building process, which took less than 14 minutes. Breaking apart the circuit boards was scary, but they were designed to separate efficiently at the right spots. I loved Legos growing up, and this is the next closest thing as an adult. I did have an issue with one knob screw that was stripped. Strangely, I discovered that somehow, miraculously, there was an extra knob included. I quickly put that one on instead, and instantly, I was finished. Like they say” It’ s NOTADÜMBLË till you build it.”
IN USE: I imagined this would be a cool pedal since the NOTAKLÖN really delivered when I compared it to the real thing. The clean channel is perfectly balanced tonally without a tone knob. It’ s
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