JHS Pedals announces NOTADÜMBLË V2 DIY kit with corrected boost

June 29, 2026 · 6 sources

JHS Pedals announced the NOTADÜMBLË V2 on June 29, 2026, with the first batch due to launch on Tuesday, June 30 at 10 am CST¹. The kit is the second edition of the company's second build-it-yourself pedal, which was discontinued after a circuit mix-up in the first version¹².

The V2 replaces the V1's incorrect BBC-1 clean circuit with the Box It Later, a copy of the "A Box Later" unit built by Howard Dumble³⁴. It pairs that clean boost with the overdrive channel, and adds two independent footswitches in place of the V1's channel slider, a front-edge order toggle to set which side comes first, and a TRS effects loop for the clean channel⁴³. The Presence control, an internal trim pot on the V1, moves to the face of the pedal⁴. Controls are Volume, Drive, EQ and Presence for the overdrive, and Output and Input for the clean boost⁵³. Ports are a 1/4-inch TRS effects loop that needs a TRS Y-splitter cable, 1/4-inch TS in and out, and 9V DC center negative at 25mA³.

The price is $119²³. The first batch is limited to 6,000 units, and JHS says the pedal will be available indefinitely rather than as a limited edition¹⁴. Guitar Pedal X reported a postponement of the release due to a parts issue⁴.

The V1, released in May 2025, shipped with the wrong clean circuit; JHS discontinued it after its batch of 15,000 sold out and refunded anyone who asked to return a unit⁶. The BBC-1 circuit was later released on its own as the Fumble, an assembled pedal at $89⁶².

Reviewer Stefan Karlsson, writing in Guitar Pedal X, said he assembled the V2 in under 10 minutes and called the knobs and set-screws inconsistent, while describing the pedal as only marginally better sounding than its predecessor⁵.