JHS CALHOUN V2
The Calhoun is one bad dog. I had the
privilege of reviewing this beast of a pedal,
and it was a ton of fun. If you love vintage
style fuzz and overdrive, look no further.
Designed to emulate the breakup and
sweet distortion of Campbell’s favorite old
school tube amplifiers, the drive section has
plenty of raunchy dirt on hand and can be
tweaked with treble and bass knobs. The fuzz
section is inspired by the Tone Bender, and
using the Bias knob, you can get all kinds of
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conventional or whacked out fuzz tones. The
real magic happens when you use the two
circuits together. For your convenience, you
can select the order of the effects. Run the
overdrive into the fuzz section for wicked,
saturated lead lines, or run the fuzz into the
overdrive for a spitty, yet dynamic vintage dirt
sound. There’s a lot of tone in this box—it’s a
modern classic.
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