The JHS Analog Tone Mod is a modification performed by JHS Pedals on the Boss DD-5 Digital Delay. Rather than replacing the pedal, the mod adds an installed toggle switch to the stock DD-5, giving the player a choice between the pedal's normal digital delay voice and an added analog-style delay voice1.
What it does
The DD-5 is a digital delay, and its stock repeats are bright and defined. The JHS mod does not change that voice; it sits alongside it. When you flip the installed toggle switch provided by the mod, the delay is transformed from the stock sound into what Pedal of the Day's reviewer described as "a warm, fuzzy, soft & familiar analog delay sound"1.
In practice, that gives a DD-5 owner two delay characters in one enclosure: the original digital repeats for clean, precise echoes, and the modded analog-style voice for darker, softer repeats of the kind players usually associate with dedicated analog delay pedals. The mod is controlled entirely by the added toggle, so the DD-5's existing controls keep working as before1.
"when you flip the installed toggle switch provided by the JHS mod, your delay is transformed from a stock, bright and sharp digital delay into a warm, fuzzy, soft & familiar analog delay sound"
Context among JHS mods and delays
The Analog Tone Mod is one of several modifications JHS has offered on classic delay pedals, sitting alongside the JHS Boss DM-2 Mod and the JHS Boss DD-20 Soft Touch Mod1. Where those work on other Boss units, this one targets the DD-5 specifically.
For players who want an analog-style delay without modifying a pedal, JHS has also built dedicated delay units, including the JHS Panther Analog Tap Tempo Delay and the JHS Panther Delay. A wider look at the category is on the Delay Pedals page.
Sources (1)
- Boss DD-5 Digital Delay (JHS Analog Tone Mod), Pedal of the Day, 2015-02-09
