Northborough, MA, United States
About this listing
If you buy more than 1 pedal from my store, shipping is free on subsequent purchases for this shipment. Select local pick up on the additional pedals and I will ship them all together. Many Thanks!!The JHS 424 Gain Stage is a pedal that recreates the preamp/gain sound of plugging a guitar directly into a Tascam Portastudio 424 MKI — the classic '80s/'90s 4-track cassette recorder that gave musicians and songwriters the ability to bring their songs to life from home studios and ended up on records like Springsteen's Nebraska and Wu-Tang's Enter the Wu-Tang. JHS Pedals
What it actually does:
JHS replicated the original 424 MKI circuit using the original UPC4570 and NJM4565 op-amps and all the original controls — so it's not a generic overdrive, it's a faithful clone of that specific tape-recorder preamp circuit. JHS Pedals
Controls:
Gain 1 (Trim) – replicates the Trim on the original 424 MkI, adjusting preamplification of the input signal Perfect Circuit
Gain 2 (Channel) – sets the volume level of the second gain stage; on the 424 MKI this is the CHANNEL fader JHS Pedals
Volume – corresponds to the Master fader
Bass/Treble – simple cut/boost tone controls JHS Pedals
XLR out with ground lift, plus a standard 1/4 out — so you can run DI to a mixer/interface and to an amp simultaneously JHS Pedals
The tone: it's distinctly not an amp-style overdrive — it's lo-fi, rubbery, and gets saturated/broken-up quickly like a low-wattage amp with a simplified circuit rather than classic tube breakup. It's essentially the Mk.gee/Portastudio sound — that elastic, dreamy texture from running a guitar straight into a 4-track instead of an amp, also associated with Mac DeMarco, Steve Lacy, D4vd, etc.
Price€163.93
+ €32.05 Shipping
