JHS PEDALS
PULP ‘N’ PEEL V4
REVIEW BY IAN GARRETT
STREET PRICE $229.00
When putting together a
pedalboard, there’s a lot to
consider. With experience
and often a lot of trial and
error, players discover
what works well depending
on their musical style,
and how various pedals
interact with the amp and
guitars. Some pedals are
easy to figure out—take
a Muff for example. It has
one basic purpose: sonic
annihilation. Other pedals
can take a little more time
to understand what they
do, and how they do it.
The compressor is one
such pedal.
The common misconception
is that a compressor will
squash the tone and kill
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the dynamics, which isn’t
accurate or fair. The right
compressor can be a
valuable tool that nobody
can be without.
The primary purpose of a
compressor is designed
to keep a signal even no
matter how hard one plays.
Dig in hard or play with a
light touch, the signal is
supposed to remain fairly
steady, with no sudden
spikes or surges. This is
especially helpful if you play
with a lot of emotion that
can find yourself getting
a little carried away! The
newly updated JHS Pulp
N Peel v4 compressor
achieves this admirably, plus
much more.
JHS Pedals Pulp ‘N’ Peel v4
After playing the PnP
for a while, my biggest
compliment is that I almost
didn’t realize how good
it is and what it’s doing,
until I turned it off. That’s
when I noticed what it’s
doing. I like to call it a tone
sweetener—it seriously
enhanced my base tone.
So what’s new on the latest
v4 model? First, there’s
more headroom, helping
the clean tone stay clean
or, when turning up the
volume, push the amp a
little harder. There is a new
EQ control to add extra
treble or bass when needed,
left-of-center for bass and
right-of-center for treble—
at noon, it’s off. Another