Jam Pedals Koch Ness Monster

The Koch Ness Monster is JAM Pedals' multi-pedal built with Greg Koch, combining four of the company's analog effects in one travel-ready unit: the Lucydreamer overdrive, the Eureka! fuzz, the Harmonious Monk tremolo and the Delay Llama delay¹. JAM Pedals describes it as "Greg Koch's compact all-analog multi-effect"¹, which is the key distinction from most multi-effects pedals: there is no digital modeling here, just four of the maker's own pedal circuits hard-wired into a single box.

Guitar World reported the launch in October 2024, with the standard edition at $790 and shipping from the end of October that year². Koch himself has called the streamlined edition a "pared-down, throw-and-go, orange-clad warrior"².

Four JAM pedals in one unit

The idea is simple: instead of carrying four separate pedals and a patch-cable board, a player gets the same circuits in one enclosure. Each of the four sections is a JAM Pedals design in its own right, so a player who knows the standalone pedals knows what the sections do¹.

The signal chain

The four sections are wired in a fixed order, with a send/return loop in the middle¹:

1. Lucydreamer (overdrive)
2. Eureka! (fuzz)
3. Send/return loop
4. Harmonious Monk (tremolo)
5. Delay Llama (delay)

That order follows the conventional pedalboard logic: gain first, then time-based effects last. The loop is the useful part. JAM Pedals says a send/return loop "separates the gain and modulation sections so external pedals can be placed exactly where they belong"³. In practice that means a player can insert their own chorus, phaser or any other pedal between the fuzz and the tremolo, rather than having to put it before the whole unit or after the delay.

Standard, Supreme and artwork editions

The Koch Ness Monster comes in several versions. The standard edition carries the four effects described above. The Koch Ness Monster Supreme is a larger build that "combines eleven analog effects and performance tools in a single custom multi-pedal"⁴, including two delays: Guitar World reported that Koch uses the Delay Llama MkII as a slapback echo and the Delay Llama Xtreme for all his other delay needs². The Supreme also comes with a tailored gig bag and optional plexiglass guides with labeled controls².

Alongside the standard unit, JAM Pedals sells hand-painted artwork editions. Every limited artwork pedal is a one-of-a-kind hand-painted piece, and the pedal you receive will differ in detail from the photos shown¹. These editions share the same sound and the same signal chain as the standard version³.

Power and practical details

The standard Koch Ness Monster runs on 9V DC with a center-negative plug and draws 400 mA¹. That current draw is well above what a typical single pedal pulls, so it needs a power supply rated for it, and the artwork editions ship without a power supply included⁵.

The Supreme differs: it runs on 12V DC, tip-positive, and JAM Pedals says to use only the included universal power supply⁴. A player mixing the two units on one board cannot share a supply between them.

At 40 x 17 x 7.3 cm and 1.65 kg, the standard unit is roughly the footprint of four compact pedals laid side by side, but with no patch cables between them¹.

What the press said

Guitar World covered the launch in October 2024, reporting the standard edition at $790 and the Supreme at $2,190, with the Supreme "more than doubling its pedal offerings"². MusicRadar's Jonathan Horsley framed the two versions as covering gig and session needs, with the Supreme at £1,500/$2,190 at announcement⁶. Note that JAM Pedals' own store now lists the Supreme at £1,999.00 regular price with tax included⁴, a higher figure than the 2024 launch coverage.

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