JHS PedalsJHS Angry Charlie V3 Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal

Wow this pedal sounds amazing. Definitely exceeded my expectations. It’s a keeper for the long haul…

The JHS Angry Charlie was one of those pedals I was "around" for years, but somehow never tried out...until now. Like many JHS pedals, its circuitry is based on a classic pedal of yesteryear (The 90's era Marshall Guv'nor), along with some further tweaks and enhanced EQ control. The V3 edition has bass, middle, and treble controls - these are set so that a 12:00 setting is basically "flat", and then you can cut or boost each frequency band. The mids control is crucial to pedal's versatility, as it will transform your sound from chunky to cutting, or from scooped to punchy.The idea of the Angry Charlie is that it's a "Marshall JCM800 in a box", which is the classic, hi-gain Marshall sound from 80's rock and metal. However, what's most notable to me about the pedal isn't how close it gets to a Marshall, but the variety of different sounds and styles it can accommodate. I've tried plenty of pedals that go for that similar driven sound - the MI Audio Crunch Box and Wampler Pinnacle come to mind. But few of them can do that...and also crunchy, just-breaking-up blues sounds with lower gain settings. In fact, the pedal puts out usable sounds with decent output almost through the entire sweep of the gain knob, which is an impressive and much-appreciated design feat. The Angry Charlie has stood the test of time for a reason, and I was pleasantly surprised how well it could be dialed in to work with different guitars, cover different gain ranges, and pair with other overdrives/boosts in front of it.

So I got this one at a discount because it was supposedly used or returned or something. It has some scratches on the knobs like it got knocked upside down and slid on concrete or something. I don't care though because this is the single best sounding pedal I've ever heard! This is my new sound! I like to play a Slash type of distorted rock and this puts me right there! Sounds 9 out of 10 of a Marshall amp. I'd imagine that if it sounded 100% like a Marshall the end user wouldn't know though because in the end, the amp you're using isn't a Marshall and the speakers in it aren't cellestions. If they were you wouldn't need this pedal, that's why you buy this pedal. It's cheap than that set up. It sounds good and right at normal practice levels and at higher volume (bar band volume) it sounds exactly like a cranked up Marshall on about 7 or as close as one can get without having the real thing. I've played it only through my solid state amp thus far because my tube amp is waiting on new tubes at the moment but when I finally get to play it through my tube amp I will update if there's a negative you need to know about. Otherwise assume it works equally well on either style of amp. I was worried it wouldn't be able to "push" my solid state the right way to get the right sounds but it works perfectly. I also turned up my amp to the same levels with its onboard distortion and while it sounds damn good, this pedal blows it away because of the pedal's specific Marshall-y sound. There's just something more powerful and trebly about the pedal even at the same levels of my amp's distortion. I've played a lot of pedals in my life and none have ever compared to my amp's distortion but this one is definitely better! This also doesn't produce obnoxious feedback like many other pedals do. This just pushes the amp just hard enough to sound like a loud Marshall halfstack instead of overly compressing your sound into a fake crappy distortion that is unusable like pretty much all other destortuon pedals do. If I were buying again I'd get this or the @ version.

This thing kills. It's emulating a JCM800 amplifier and sounds great for classic and harder rock. It doesn't really do the modern scooped-mids metal sound, but its active 3-band EQ is very versatile. JHS knocked it out of the park with this one.

The latest pedal in my collection is one that spent years on my wish list--the JHS Charlie Brown v4.Note first off that the Charlie Brown is not a 'Marshall in a box' pedal. I think some buyers expect a lot more gain from this pedal than it really brings. By itself, it's actually a fairly low output overdrive. If you want best results, it needs a little bit of gain from a Marshall style amplifier, or it needs to drive another Marshall style pedal.Jack Griffiths, who was until recently the main presenter/guitarist for retailer Peach Guitars in the UK, describes the JHS Charlie Brown v4 as one of his very favorite overdrive pedals, providing a warm sounding Marshall JTM45 sound when paired with a slightly overdriven amp.I'm using this with my main at-home amp, an OG Blackstar HT-5, with a Tung-Sol 12AX7 preamp tube and an Electro-Harmonix 12BH7 Gold power amp tube. The HT-5's treble is dimed, mid and bass are both at 10 o'clock, and ISF is all the way to the right (UK side). For this particular pedal I want amp gain set fairly low, at or below 10 o'clock, which is actually quite clean sounding through my 1x12 cab with a Celestion Greenback.At the pedal side, I have volume and treble dimed, gain at about 10 o'clock, bass just below 2 o'clock, and mid at about 11 o'clock.With these settings, played with a Fender Stratocaster with early 60s specs, I agree with Jack Griffiths--this combination sounds convincingly like a mid 60s Marshall JTM. I can dial it back or put a little more hair on it, and it still has 'that sound.' I've tried it with several of my fuzz pedals in front of it, and they respond as expected. I've also tried the Charlie Brown in front of an LPD Sixty8 (a Marshall Plexi style pedal), with the LPD as the preamp instead of the amp's gain. That's not as warm as the amp itself, although that is because the LPD Sixty8 is kind of dry sounding.I'm taking off a point for the almost useless volume knob. As at least one other reviewer has accurately stated, unity gain is around 3 o'clock or higher. So it's a volume suck anywhere below that, and it gets slightly noisy right before it's dimed. IMO that lack of headroom is unacceptable from a manufacturer of this stature. I think the v5 Charlie Brown should correct this obvious oversight.Judging by the quality of sound when paired with a Marshall style preamp, this is as close as I've heard to a JTM sound from a pedal. Well done, although it does have some room for improvement.

Vale cada peso, muy buena versatilidad y diferentes sonidos, eso si necesitas una buena fuente de poder o va a meter mucho ruido, pero lo normal con cualquier pedal de efecto

Il pedale per effetti JHS Charlie Brown V4 Overdrive è come portare con te un pezzo di storia del rock 'n' roll: è una simulazione del leggendario Marshall JTM45! Con questo pedale, puoi catturare l'essenza e il carattere unico di uno degli amplificatori più iconici della storia della musica. È come avere il suono vintage e potente di un vero JTM45, tutto racchiuso in un pedale compatto e versatile. Preparati a immergerti nel classico crunch del rock 'n' roll e a far vibrare le pareti con i toni leggendari che hanno plasmato generazioni di chitarristi.Con il suo suono caldo e ricco, il Charlie Brown offre una vasta gamma di toni overdrive, dal sottile crunch al pieno distorto, adattandosi perfettamente a una varietà di stili musicali. La costruzione solida e resistente garantisce una lunga durata e affidabilità sul palco o in studio. I controlli intuitivi consentono un facile tweaking per ottenere il suono desiderato. In sintesi, il JHS Charlie Brown V4 è un pedale versatile e di alta qualità che sicuramente soddisferà le esigenze di qualsiasi chitarrista alla ricerca di toni overdrive autentici e dinamici.

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