JHS Pedals adds Screamer overdrive to 3 Series at $99

April 8, 2022 · 7 sources

JHS Pedals released the 3 Series Screamer, an overdrive pedal based on its Tube Screamer Strong Mod, on April 8, 2022, the date of the company's release video¹. The pedal is part of the 3 Series line of $99 stompboxes²³⁴⁵⁶⁷.

The Screamer is a modded Tube Screamer circuit. JHS describes it as "the beloved JHS Tube Screamer 'Strong Mod', but in a brand-new $99 pedal"². The Strong Mod was developed by founder Josh Scott, who said he began the work around 2008 or 2009¹; Guitar World dates the mod's introduction to 2008⁷. Scott said the mod was for players who wanted the Tube Screamer "louder, clearer and different enough that no-one else was doing a mod in that fashion"⁵.

The pedal has three knobs for Volume, Tone and Drive, plus a two-way toggle for clipping³⁴⁷. Gearnews reports the up position is asymmetrical clipping, the Strong Mod style, and the down position is symmetrical clipping in the style of a stock TS9 or TS808⁴. JHS claims the circuit offers "more clean headroom, better usability as a boost, more versatile drive and tone controls as well as a more pleasing frequency response"².

JHS lists the pedal at $99.00 USD². MusicRadar gave the price as "£/$99"³; the US list price is $99. The pedal was available at the time of the April 2022 reports³⁵⁷.