JHS adds 3 Series Tape Delay to its 3 Series delay line

May 19, 2025 · 2 sources

JHS Pedals has added the JHS 3 Series Tape Delay to its 3 Series line, the company's product page shows. Delicious Audio reported on May 19, 2025 that the pedal follows the 3-Series Delay and the Oil Can Delay in the company's delay offerings¹.

The pedal has three knobs and one toggle. Mix sets the blend of clean and delayed signal, Tape Speed sets delay time from 15ms to 950ms, and Repeats sets the number of repeats after each note². The Flutter switch, down in its standard position, introduces mild modulation in the up position that JHS describes as reminiscent of vintage units with mechanical wear². JHS says Tape Speed simulates the tape motor of the RE-201 speeding up and slowing down, and that the Mix control was called Echo Volume on the original unit². Delicious Audio reports that the pedal uses a digital circuit to replicate vintage tape tones and their modulation, known as wow and flutter¹.

JHS lists the pedal at $99.00². It takes 9VDC negative center power, draws 65mA, and measures 4.42 by 2.38 by 1.22 inches, with the input jack on the right side and the output on the left². JHS says each 3 Series pedal is made by the company in Kansas City, MO².

JHS traces tape delay to the late 1940s, when Les Paul linked two Ampex Model 200A reel-to-reel recorders, and cites Ray Butts's Echosonic in 1953, the Echoplex EP-1 in 1961 and the Roland Space Echo in 1974². Delicious Audio describes the pedal as part of the company's mission to deliver affordable, boutique-quality pedals¹.