JAM Pedals Partners With Artists for “Lending a Hand” Campaign

July 2, 2020 · 5 sources

JAM Pedals announced its "Lending a Hand" campaign, a partnership program built around the artists who play the company's pedals. The campaign put the spotlight on hand-painted, one-of-a-kind artwork versions of the maker's effects, each painted individually so that no two pieces look alike. JAM Pedals noted that every limited artwork pedal is "a one-of-a-kind hand-painted piece" and that the pedal a player receives will differ in detail from the photos shown¹.

The campaign drew on a roster of players the Greek maker has built since guitarist Jannis Anastasakis founded the company in 2005. Among the artists associated with the line are Steve Lukather, John Scofield, Bill Frisell and Nile Rodgers². The Wahcko wah has been part of the family since 2008, used by the likes of Nile Rodgers, Mick Thomson and Mateus Asato, and the current mk.2 builds on that history with an expanded expressive range and greater control over its response³. Steve Lukather's own words appear on the maker's artist page:

The Double Dreamer

The campaign also featured the Double Dreamer, a dual overdrive that combines the Tubedreamer and Lucydreamer circuits in one fully handmade pedal, delivering warm 808-style drive, clean-blend clarity and up to six footswitchable gain stages. Each side keeps its own distinct voice while a shared high-gain footswitch expands the sounds available in real time. It listed at £289.00¹.

Its controls break down as follows¹:

• Footswitches: Lucydreamer, HIGH GAIN and Tubedreamer¹

In its default mode the signal runs input, then Lucydreamer, then Tubedreamer, then output. An Independent Y mode converts the IN and OUT jacks into breakout points for the two circuits, allowing switcher control, separate signal-chain placement or parallel stereo use¹.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd is among the guitar players using it¹.

The WaterFall chorus/vibrato

The WaterFall chorus/vibrato, listed at £239.00, also featured. It is an analog BBD chorus and vibrato pedal with a C/V toggle to select between the two effects, true bypass, 9V DC center-negative power at 47 mA, and the same 7.5 x 12 x 5.6 cm (300 g) enclosure as its bass sibling². The maker describes the circuit's character:

The "Achenbach" WaterFall Bass

For bass players, the "Achenbach" WaterFall Bass carried the campaign's artist connection into a bass chorus/vibrato, listed at £314.00 tax included. It shares the WaterFall's analog BBD circuit, true bypass, 9V DC center-negative power and 47 mA current draw⁵.

At maximum settings it produces rotary-speaker-style movement. Bassist Jonathan Maron called it "a fantastic chorus pedal for bass" that he had already used a lot⁵.

Warranty and shipping

JAM Pedals backs the campaign pedals with a 30-day money-back guarantee, with a refund no questions asked on return, and ships them DDP with 20% UK VAT and all duties included, so there are no extra charges on delivery¹⁵.