JHS Pedals Morning Glory V4 Overdrive Effects Pedal

Since it came out in 2009 the Morning Glory has been an extremely popular model for JHS with no end of praise and many awards to its name. Now with some added improvements the V4 has even more headroom than before, in fact twice as much as V3 and can deliver many classic drive tones without changing the tonal colour of your instrument.

The 'T' Word

Okay, I'm going to say it, the unavoidable cliché term used to describe every overdrive pedal since the dawn of time. Ready? The Morning Glory was designed to be a (here it comes) 'transparent' overdrive. Its goal is to give you more of what you already had, adding the magic ingredient to your rig. It can work with any guitar or amp combination, whether you play single coils or humbuckers you can be sure it will fit in with your existing setup with some useful features to tailor your drive sound.

Mastery Of Control

Drive control. This distinctly dials in more overdrive as you turn it but it also slightly increases the high end adding a little more sizzle.

Tone control. Nothing too radical here but a traditional and simple high pass filter, the tone becomes brighter as you turn it up and darker as you turn it down.

Gain toggle. This is a new feature for the V4. Flicking this little switch up gives you a more powerful sound with added low-end, plus more gain when the drive control is set higher. On top of that, your LED will turn red when activated, letting you know from a distance which mode you are in. If you wish, you can remotely switch this mode on with an external latching pedal connected to the Remote Gain 1/4 jack located on the side of the pedal. 

This is very handy for getting extra thrust during the throws of a live performance. With this added feature, It is like having two drive pedals whilst managing to keep your signal chain shorter.

Bright cut toggle. An effective feature to adjust the overall brightness to suit your rig. If you have a particularly bright sounding setup or you prefer to use the Morning Glory always in high gain settings just flip this toggle to take some brightness away if desired. It is now located on the side of the pedal, where you can get to it easily if need be.

Glorious Tones Morning, Noon, Or Night!

As with all JHS pedals, the Morning Glory is built to a very high standard, with top quality components, true bypass switching, and the tried and true consistency that comes with buying a new American made pedal. So that's it, there is not much more to say about this pedal except, if you want to take your sound to the next level with some of the best drive tones available in a really easy to use pedal, this is it, simple!