THE DOUBLE DRAGON
Lo-Fi Octave Device
The riff machine.
In a world of perfect digital octaves, we looked backward.
The
Double Dragon Lo-Fi Octave Device is built on shoulders of 40-50 year
old analog octave divider technology — the same technology that gave us
the MXR Blue Box, DOD Octoplus, the Boss OC-2, Ibanez OT10, Electro
Harmonix Micro-Synth, and other circuits that synth designers helped
inspire.
Pre-DSP. Pre-precision. All analog warmth.
Play
single notes and you have a riff machine. Play a chord and the circuit
starts to stutter, jump, and fight itself, making something new. It's
not trying to replicate you perfectly — it's trying to play along with
you.
It's alive!
THE SOUND
The
Double Dragon is an all-analog monophonic octave-down and up effect.
The lower octave is the foundation — thick, analog, with the
characteristic behavior that made vintage octave circuits legendary. The
upper octave is pure bonus: an octave-up distortion that lands
somewhere between an Octavia and a Superfuzz. Gritty. Usable. With a
mid-range sting that cuts through the mix.
Turn on the Double
Dragon and you can't help but start playing riffs. Your guitar feels
twice the size. You fill out the space that used to need a band.
A MILESTONE
In
our entire JHS Pedals history, this is our first octave device. We've
done octave fuzz but we never landed on a sub octave circuit that felt
at home in our brand — until now. Weird, wild, and lo-fi. We're glad we
waited to get it right.
WHO’S IT FOR?
For
riff lovers. For anyone who's ever listened to Led Zeppelin and wanted
that synchronized guitar-and-bass weight under their fingers. For fans
of The White Stripes, Hendrix, and Rage Against The Machine, Muse, Royal
Blood. Also — For bass players who know what a vintage OC-2 can do to
your basslines. For creative players who want something more than
digital precision and clinical accuracy. For people who want a
collaborator, not just a tool.
CONTROLS
VOLUME
controls the master output level with extra boost available. Turn the
octaves off, dry full on, and you have an amazing always-on preamp.
DRY
mixes in your clean signal to the octave effects — all the way up is
where we suggest you start, all the way down goes fully wet for glitchy
vintage synth textures.
OCT− controls the lower sub-octave mix.
OCT+ controls the upper octave and distortion (activated by right footswitch).
Left footswitch is ON/OFF. Right footswitch engages OCT+ circuit.
The
main effect must be on for OCT+ to function — it's the way it's
designed — not a limitation. For octave-up only, engage and turn OCT−
down.
PAIRS WELL WITH
Overdrive
after (especially Tube Screamer - mid heavy types). Fuzz after for
chaos. Pitch vibrato for a more synth-like texture. The Double Dragon's
tracking quirks become even more alive and useful when layered with
other effects.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Top-mounted jacks
- 9VDC Center Negative
- Silent Buffered Bypass Switching
THIS
PEDAL MEASURES 2.6” X 4.8” X 1.6” AND CONSUMES 75mA. DO NOT USE MORE
THAN 9VDC. DAMAGE MAY OCCUR AND YOUR WARRANTY WILL BE VOIDED.
