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JHS Morning Glory V4 Transparent Overdrive Pedal

Clean Boost/Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal with Volume, Drive, Tone, and Gain Controls
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Unbelievable Tone and Touch Sensitivity

The JHS Morning Glory overdrive pedal adds dirt to your guitar tone without changing its fundamental character. Dialing in your sound with the Morning Glory is a piece of cake, thanks to its straightforward layout. Simply crank the Drive control until you reach your desired level of overdrive, twist the Tone knob to hit the sweet spot, then set your master output level with the Volume knob. A Gain toggle activates a boost mode that yields more power, more low end, and more high-gain sizzle. When we demo'd the JHS Morning Glory overdrive pedal here at Sweetwater, we loved the tone and touch sensitivity it imparted when we put it in front of our favorite tube amps.

For Transparent Overdrive, Nothing Tops the JHS Morning Glory

Winning more awards than any other pedal in JHS's extensive pedal library, the JHS Morning Glory is a modern standard in transparent overdrives — famed for its ability to ramp up an input signal with tasteful touches of bite, color, and tubelike touch and saturation. The Morning Glory pedal belongs to the BB/KOT family of transparent overdrives adored by guitar greats like John Mayer and John Petrucci. So whether you're searching for bluesy grit or silky-smooth leads, the Morning Glory delivers. The Version 4 Morning Glory pedal (featured here) gives players twice the headroom of previous generations, along with the fan-favorite Gain toggle and Red Remote support, the latter effectively turning the JHS Morning Glory V4 into a powerful always-on pedal with the ability to call up a massive boost whenever needed.

For more information on transparent overdrives, see our 6 Transparent Overdrive Pedals article.

Along with increased headroom and Red Remote support, the V4 JHS Morning Glory pedal also includes a powerful Gain toggle for even richer shades of tubelike saturation.

JHS Morning Glory V4 Overdrive Pedal Features:

  • Extremely transparent clean boost/overdrive pedal
  • Straightforward layout makes dialing in your tone easy
  • Makes a great always-on pedal for transparent tone sweetening
  • Volume control acts as a master output level control
  • Drive control slightly increases treble as you crank it up
  • Tone control is a highpass filter that gets brighter when you turn it clockwise
  • Remote-controllable Gain toggle increases power, low end, and high-gain sizzle
  • Bright Cut toggle removes harshness from bright-sounding rigs

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Tech Specs

  • Pedal Type: Overdrive, Boost
  • Analog/Digital: Analog
  • Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (instrument)
  • Outputs: 1 x 1/4"
  • Other I/O: 1 x 1/4" (remote gain)
  • True Bypass: Yes
  • Power Source: 9V DC power supply required (sold separately)
  • Power Usage: 43mA
  • Height: 1.6"
  • Width: 2.2"
  • Depth: 4.8"
  • Weight: 0.58 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: MG V4

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Rated 5/5

Insert guitar tone buzzwords here

All jokes aside, this is the best transparent overdrive I've played. There is a good reason that this legendary OD is on countless guitar hero's boards. The circuit is based on the Boss Blues Driver, but it has a high gain mode with external switch jack. Super versatile, this pedal is one of the best gain stacking pedals I've owned. I wouldn't use it alone for metal, but for low to medium gain (or gain stacking) it's hard to beat without going boutique. Also it's gold and sparkly. Nuff said. JHS make great pedals that work as intended, have great tone, and stand the test of time. The first time I plugged it up, it was like fireworks, and also it comes IN A BOX!!!
Music background: Guitarist and musician, (off and on) for 20 years. Tone junky and G.A.S.
Rated 5/5

Consummate Worship OD (?)

I went through several iterations of OD in effort to get tones commiserate with modern Praise & Worship. This pedal kept coming back with positive reviews from far and wide.

Purchased MG v4 with Red Remote, which cuts through Bridges with ease.

I cannot be more satisfied with this OD - I use this also to stage a Monte Allums modded Boss BD2, all this flows to Strymon Iridium- a game changer of a box on its own accord.

Alan and team are great - but that's why I love me some Sweetwater!
Music background: Lead (Only Electric) in Modern Worship Church Band
Rated 5/5

Sounds incredibly clean!

Sounds good to stay on almost all the time ! Provides just a little crunch and then it can sky rocket to a beast drive ! I have a Gretsch Falcon and a Morgan AC20 and it's chimes away !!!
Music background: Worship Guitar
Rated 5/5

Best low/medium gain pedal

This pedal just sounds so so good, to the point where you just want to keep playing. Awesome low gain pedal, pair it with the red remote for a boost to give it a medium gain sound if needed. One of my favorite pedals ever.
Rated 5/5

As advertised

I think JHS statement about this pedal sums it up the best. transparent low medium gain overdrive that never gets in the way. The overdrive you always wanted but could never find. This is true in my experience I’ve had several overdrive pedal’s and they never quite do what I wanted them to do this one does and I am glad I found it.

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Isaac Melton

I’ve been playing live music for over half my life at this point, and I’ve been a pedal fanatic for about the last eight years. I’ve tried dozens of OD pedals at this point, and this one has become the mainstay on my board. I typically use it as a boost for leads and solos, but I’ll also crank the gain knob to dirty up my Strat tone when I need something a little more aggressive.
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