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100 made. Aged 1,310 days in a charred oak Kentucky whiskey barrel. Every dollar goes to funding free music lessons for kids in our local community.

In 2022 I began the greatest experiment of my professional life. I took 100 JHS Moonshine overdrives, sealed them inside a charred oak Kentucky whiskey barrel, and walked away. In 2023 I opened the lid and dropped in a gold Klon Centaur. I wanted those chewy Centaur notes to be heard in every single note that the pedal produced. Then I waited.

1,310 days later, I pulled them out and they sound delicious.

A fresh Moonshine off the line is a great pedal but it's also a bit young. It hasn't sat in the dark long enough to develop body, texture, or a good finish. The charred oak did what charred oak does and the Klon did what a Klon does. I let the Missouri humidity and punishing winter climate do the rest.

I can't legally call it bourbon. But I can safely say — it's bourbon-esque.

TASTING NOTES

When you plug in, the first thing you will notice is the age. Hints of charred oak on the front. Rubbery notes of vanilla in the mids. An oily finish that stays on the strings after the note is gone. Turn the Proof toggle down and it packs a punch — like a top-dollar bottle of Old Crow. Turn the Drive up and the aromatics open: buttered popcorn and wet concrete. Gooey. Moist. You will feel it on the nose.

Stack it in front of a Tube Screamer or Bluesbreaker style drive and it brings out a mouthfeel that's a lot like an old Band-Aid. Not a used one. A pharmacy Band-Aid, still in the drawer, ten years after everyone left. You open it and think, "I like that. I like that a lot, actually." Totally normal.

WHAT YOU GET

- One of 100 Moonshine V2 overdrives, barrel-aged since 2022
- Special barrel-aged logo and stamp of authenticity on the enclosure
- A certificate of authenticity, signed by me
- The greatest body, texture, and notes that have ever existed inside an aluminum enclosure

It's yours. Nobody else's. Never let anyone else play it.

WHERE THE MONEY GOES

$299. All the proceeds go towards free guitar, piano, and drum lessons for kids in Grandview, Missouri, through Art House Grandview, the nonprofit art center my wife Alice and I run down the street from JHS. You get a collectible that sounds amazing. A kid down the road gets lessons they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. Both of those are real.

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OVERDRIVE      

Are you looking for an overdrive that is not transparent and adds its own character and attitude? The Moonshine V2 is for you. Our Moonshine V2 overdrive is a highly unique and massively tweaked version of the most famous overdrive ever created and housed in a little green enclosure. Blues, rock, country, jazz, and even hardcore/metal players will find this is an indispensable tool for shaping and creating unique mid heavy tones for almost any need.

CLEAN BLEND

The Moonshine V2 is still the core tone of the version one and retains the simple  Volume, Tone, and Drive knobs.  However on the Moonshine V2 we added a new Clean knob to blend in any amount of clean signal to your tone!

CONTROLS

The simple 2-position “Proof ” toggle gives you everything from low gain amp-like breakup with powerful colored boost settings to grinding, heavy overdrive that reaches to the very edge of cranked amp distortion. In the down position, you’ll find the highest gain settings, lots of saturation and sustain and the most mid-range goo available. In the up position are the more open and forceful crunchy tones that will make any amp beg for mercy. The up position also adds more overall volume and more headroom to those searching for cleaner applications.  The tone control goes down as smooth as Grandpa’s White Lightning, with none of the harsh ice-pick characteristics that many overdrives often have in the brighter settings.

CHARGE PUMP

Just like our SuperBolt pedal, the Moonshine uses an internal 9V to 18V charge pump that allows it to run on normal 9V but converts it internally to 18V for an enormous amount of headroom, added low-end, and more overall punch.

We wouldn’t be surprised if this is the most girthy, thick overdrive you have ever plugged into. If you’re a fan of stacking overdrives, you’ll love putting this in front of or behind your favorite drive, booster, or fuzz. The Moonshine delivers on any style amp, easily producing anything from SRV classic Stratocaster/ Fender amp tones with class to huge “wall of rock”/The Edge-style force through a Vox.

DUMBLE-ESQUE

On another note, you might find a few Dumble-esque lead settings that will have you feeling like you saved a cool $100,000 in search of that sacred tone. It also kills on bass guitar, the reason it was originally designed.

THIS PEDAL REQUIRES STANDARD 9V DC CENTER NEGATIVE POWER, CONSUMES 30MA, AND MEASURES 2.2" X 4.8" X 1.6"