JHS 3 Series - Pherb
BOTH EFFECTS, ALWAYS ON
There's no blend on purpose, no order switch because we wanted it one way and no way to run one effect without the other (because it's called PHERB) — with one exception. Turn Speed all the way left in normal mode and the phaser steps out, which leaves you the reverb by itself. Three knobs and a toggle, and every position on all of them does something worth hearing.
BREAK MODE
Flip the toggle up and your signal hits an “asymmetric bitcrusher” with analog-style clipping on the way in. The reverb and phaser are built on top of the wreckage. The phaser can't be stepped out in this mode. The destruction sounds amazing — it reminds us of an old Jordan Bosstone fuzz from the 60s if it collided with a DOD Grunge!
WHAT SURPRISED US
How usable it is. The plan was a novelty, a fun joke for our fans, and we were fine with that. Then the first prototype landed on my bench and there were good sounds at every location on the knobs. The bit turned into a pedal that we knew we had to make for the masses — it’s musical, inspiring and most of all fun!
HOW TO USE IT
Put it near the end of your board where you would normally put a reverb, after your dirt, and leave your amp set the way you already like it. Or don’t. Maybe “just try stuff?”
Mix low, Length low, Speed around ten o'clock: the feeling of a lively room instead of an effect you can point at.
Length all the way up, Speed slow: a pulsing drone that sits under everything and keeps breathing like a synth pad.
BREAK with a short Length: a fuzz that screams out of the speaker. Good for riffs that need to sound broken.
BREAK with a long Length: the sound of a nightmare you wouldn’t mind having again. This is the setting that some people will hate but a lot of people are going to love!
WHO THIS IS FOR
Players who love building sounds instead of chasing tones. Shoegaze, industrial, noise, experimental pop, ambient records where the reverb is the floor of the sound rather than something poured on top of it later. Anyone who has ever wanted a reverb that fights back — this is it.
WHO THIS ISN'T FOR
If you want a vintage style spring reverb for a blues gig, this is not that pedal and we won't pretend it is. If you want a precise phaser to sit politely under a clean chord, it isn't that either. And if you came here for a Flerb, we've already explained ourselves…
P.S. We hope the Phineas and Ferb theme song gets stuck in your head. We've decided that's a feature.
CONTROLS
MIX – Controls the amount of reverb/phaser. Clockwise increases the level, counterclockwise decreases it.
SPEED – Controls the speed of the phase shifter. Clockwise is faster, counterclockwise is slower. Fully counterclockwise disables the phaser when the BREAK toggle is in the down position (normal mode).
LENGTH – Controls the decay time and pre-delay of the reverb. As the decay time increases, the pre-delay increases proportionally. Higher settings naturally allow more phasing to be present. Clockwise is more, counterclockwise is less.
BREAK – Toggle up engages BREAK mode, which distorts your incoming guitar signal before it hits the reverb and phaser. Toggle Down is normal.
JACKS
INPUT – 1/4" jack, right side.
OUTPUT – 1/4" jack, left side.
POWER – 9VDC center negative, 70mA. Do not exceed 9VDC or the warranty is void.
SPECS
Three controls: Mix, Speed, Length
BREAK toggle
Reverb into a four-stage phase shifter, recombined with your dry signal
Phaser rate 0.05 Hz to 5 Hz
Reverb decay (RT60) 241 ms to 49.83 seconds
9VDC center negative, 70mA
THIS PEDAL MEASURES 4.42” X WIDTH 2.38” X HEIGHT 1.22 AND CONSUMES 70mA. DO NOT USE MORE THAN 9VDC. DAMAGE MAY OCCUR AND YOUR WARRANTY WILL BE VOIDED.