Stewart MacDonald ALL AMERICAN, Assembly Instructions Manual

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Assembly Instructions

The 

ALL-AMERICAN

 is one of the great stompboxes from 

JHS, makers of high-end effects pedals. Whenever JHS adds 
a new pedal to their line, they retire an existing design. 
This means great JHS pedals like the 

ALL-AMERICAN

 have 

become rare and sought-after. You can’t buy one, but you 
can build yourself one—and it's fun!

The 

ALL-AMERICAN

 is based on the original ProCo Rat, 

an early distortion pedal designed and built in Kalamazoo, 
Michigan in the 1970s. Vintage Rat pedals are one of the 
most sought after overdrive pedals out there. Favored by 
such greats as Joe Perry, Nels Cline, and David Gilmour The 
Rat is known for its unbelievable range of tones, spanning 
from clean/grit all the way to compressed sustaining fuzz. 

JHS tweaked the Rat circuit for a more focused frequency 
range with tamed highs. The result is the 

ALL-AMERICAN

. Its 

bass and mids melt perfectly into a combination that’ll make 
a 1x12 combo sound like you have a stack of cabs backstage. 

The addition of a sweep knob gives instant control over the 
feel of the gain structure as a whole. JHS also gave the 

ALL-

AMERICAN

 a three-way gain switch, allowing LED/Silicon/

Open clipping for one explosively versatile pedal!

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ALL AMERICAN

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