JHS Pedals Hard Drive Modern Distortion

It’s NEW JHS PEDALS DAY here at Pedal of the Day once again, and we’re checking out their latest original circuit offering. 8 years in development, the Hard Drive Modern Distortion instantly transforms your sound into the heavy, amp-crushing tone you’ve probably been searching for years for. A simple but effective control section lets you dial in the perfect sound for any rig…let’s jump right in and see what it can do!

The JHS Hard Drive is the first attempt in our company’s fifteen-year history at a full-blown and respectable modern distortion pedal that is not based on a previous circuit or classic topology. In 2016, Josh Scott had the idea to develop a circuit that covered the best high-gain distortion tones of the ’90s and 2000s, a sound that embodied the post-grunge alternative rock movement. JHS started by looking at pedals, then amps, and after exploring the typical paths of circuitry, they took a sharp turn and started from scratch. Eight years later, the pedal is finished and ready to take you to the next level. The Hard Drive goes harder and further than any gain or distortion they’ve released so far.

Grab a Hard Drive at Vintage King – https://vintagekingaudio.sjv.io/m56ZMD

A fresh approach to achieving high gain distortion in a pedal format, the Hard Drive includes cascaded gain stages and a hard limiting circuit, followed by a class AB amplifier section that drives a “sweepable midrange” EQ and Baxandall bass and treble controls. With its generous external controls, the Hard Drive lets you dial in everything from grinding tube amp crunch to a bona fide wall of distortion that can easily cut through any stage or studio mix. The Hard Drive holds a special place in JHS history as the final design work of our former head engineer, Cliff Smith. The prototype and design had been finalized just weeks before he passed away in 2021.

Sounding heavy and unique, the Hard Drive Modern Distortion will most certainly push any amp into gorgeous breakup territory. Dial the Drive back a bit, and you have a wonderfully warm drive sound, with an extra hint of bite, that’s perfect for riffs and fat lead runs alike. There’s more info on the JHS Pedals website, of course, and we’ve got a great demo video for you below, too. Be sure to check those both out, and grab a Hard Drive from one of our affiliates using the links below – cheers!

Affiliate Links:
Sweetwater – https://sweetwater.sjv.io/MX05KP
Vintage King – https://vintagekingaudio.sjv.io/nLGZd7
StewMac – https://stewmac.sjv.io/P0X7BQ
Amazon – https://amzn.to/3FN04Mq