JHS Plugin Fuzz Pedal produces the same unique tone as the original 1966 Boss Tone.
In the mid-’60s, the world’s first nuclear company, Victoreen Instruments, launched Jordan Electronics. Though they started out manufacturing transistorized guitar amps, they released the first commercially successful U.S. based plug-in effect at the 1966 NAMM Show: the Boss Tone. At the time, fuzz was still a new frontier for most guitarists, but nothing else on the market looked or sounded quite like the Boss Tone (a true testament to the ingenuity of Jordan Electronics’ owner, George Cole, and head engineer, Bob Garcia).
The original unit is a small 1 3/4 by 2 1/4 inch molded plastic box that plugs directly into the guitar’s output jack. Unfortunately, plug-in effects never quite captured the practicality of a good old-fashioned stompbox, so we’ve created a floor-based pedal that features the same unique tone.