JHS Wanderer

The JHS Wanderer is a dual overdrive pedal from JHS Pedals that puts two of the company's best-known circuits in one enclosure: the Morning Glory, JHS's take on a Marshall Bluesbreaker and its best-selling pedal ever, and the NOTAKLÖN, its Bill Finnegan-derived Klon-style overdrive with the Shamrock mod¹²³. Announced in October 2026, it is the first pedal in JHS's new vertical two-in-one format, with top-mounted jacks and power⁴⁵¹³.

Josh Scott, who designed the pairing, says the combination comes straight from his own boards: "Every board I've owned since 2009 has had the same two pedals on it"⁴. On the JHS launch video, the presenter calls it "my ultimate dream overdrive. This combo is kind of like your signature go-to drive pairing"⁶.

What each side does

The Morning Glory side carries Volume, Drive and Tone controls, with Drive adding brightness as it increases¹⁵. Its Gain toggle engages a high-gain mode, and can be flipped remotely⁵. The NOTAKLÖN side has Volume, Gain and Treble, plus a +/- switch that, per Guitar World, "kicks things up by 4 dB, increases the midrange and engages an additional stage of hard clipping"⁵. In total the pedal has six dials, two footswitches and two mini switches⁵.

Guitar World notes that JHS is billing the pedal as "the ultimate overdrive"⁵.

Routing: series pedal or two separate drives

The Wanderer has four jacks. Using the main input on the far right and the main output on the far left, it behaves as a standard series dual overdrive, with a center Order toggle that swaps which circuit comes first⁴². The toggle has no effect when you use the individual FX jacks⁴.

The individual input and output jacks for each circuit let you split the two sides entirely: put another pedal between them, or give each side its own loop on a switcher⁴. As the JHS demo puts it, "With ins and outs for each side, you can run each side separately"⁸.

Four gain stages with the Red Remote

Each side has its own Red Remote quarter-inch jack: one on the upper left for the Morning Glory Gain toggle, one on the lower left for the NOTAKLÖN +/- toggle⁴. Each jack accepts a JHS Red Remote (sold separately), any latching amp-style footswitch, or a switcher with amp-control outputs, letting you flip either toggle on the fly³. With both toggles remotely switchable, the pedal offers four gain stages in one box³⁵.

The Red Remote approach is not new for JHS: the Morning Glory V4 has long had a Remote Gain jack that switches its Gain toggle with a standard patch cable, and the Double Barrel V4 carried the same feature⁹.

Power and connections

The Wanderer runs on 9VDC center negative and consumes 165mA⁴.

At 165mA, the draw is well above what a 9V battery or a low-current daisy chain output is meant to supply, so plan on a dedicated 9V supply output³⁴.

What reviewers said

Coverage at launch was broadly positive about the concept. Gearnews noted that the Wanderer "contains two of JHS Pedals' most popular drive circuits" and should be pretty decent, packing two proven circuits¹⁰. Guitar Pedal X called the pairing essentially a Klon-Breaker, combining a Bluesbreaker-style channel with a Klone². Delicious Audio described it as a structural leap forward for the dual-overdrive format¹.

The JHS demo video walks through the format, the individual FX jacks, the Red Remote jacks and the power requirements, and shows the four gain stages available with Red Remote control on both sides³.

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A second JHS video presents the pedal as "a Morning Glory and NOTAKLÖN 2-in-1 overdrive pedal" and shows the two overdrives running in one enclosure⁷.

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Price and availability

The Wanderer lists at $299.00 USD on the JHS product page⁴. Guitar World reported it available now for $299 at launch⁵, and Guitar Pedal X lists it at £299 at UK retailer Andertons². Gearnews reported it would be available at Thomann and at Sweetwater¹⁰.

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