JHS Pedals and Coppersound launch $119 Short Circuit DIY pedal

August 7, 2026 · 3 sources

JHS Pedals has partnered with DIY pedal specialist Coppersound for its latest make-it-yourself stompbox, the Short Circuit, which is available now for $119¹. The kit was the project JHS founder Josh Scott was working on before a mountain biking accident in 2025¹.

The Short Circuit has been described as a three-in-one Boost-a-Drive-a-Fuzz pedal¹. It has controls for Volume, Gain and Filter, a Mode switch to select between the three voices, a single footswitch and an on LED indicator¹. Guitar World reports that it uses a more rugged chassis than the white enclosure of the Notaklönn and Notadümble kits¹. Gearnews describes the circuit as hard clip distortion comparable to a RAT, silicon fuzz comparable to a Silicon Fuzz Face, and single transistor overdrive comparable to an Electra Distortion, each selected by a three-way mini toggle switch². Delicious Audio describes it as a multi-stage hybrid circuit that takes the two-transistor LPB-1 architecture and evolves it into a multi-mode saturation engine, with dual high-gain transistor topology, a passive low-pass tone filter comparable to a RAT-style EQ knob, dedicated Gain and Master Volume pots and internal biasing trim pots³.

The build is more involved than JHS's earlier kits. Guitar World reports that the Notaklönn and Notadümble only needed a few cables connecting and some screws tightening, while the Short Circuit has a PCB board on which builders attach electrolytic caps, film caps, diodes, resistors, transistors, potentiometers, ribbons, power jacks and more, using a soldering iron, wrenches, a screwdriver, flush cutters, needle nose pliers and optionally a multimeter¹. Gearnews states that the kit requires soldering skills and proper equipment, and can be purchased direct from the Coppersound Pedals website².

Scott discussed the timing of the release in a build-along livestream¹:

Guitar World reports that in August 2025 Scott stepped back from his business to recover from the accident¹.