JHS Morning Glory Clean

WHEN TRANSPARENT OVERDRIVE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH

We took our most legendary overdrive to a new level and redefined what it means to be transparent. Clearer pick attack, improved low end, and more versatile gain stacking. 

This is the ultimate first-stage overdrive pedal. 

THIS ISN'T A CLEAN KNOB SLAPPED ON A MORNING GLORY. 

For those won­der­ing — let's talk about what's ac­tu­al­ly hap­pen­ing in­side.

The Clean con­trol uses a dual-gang po­ten­tiome­ter. As you turn it, clean gain scales pro­por­tion­al­ly with the drive sig­nal — it’s per­fect­ly en­gi­neered from the ground up. Most clean blends are an af­terthought — a sim­ple mix knob tacked onto an ex­isting cir­cuit. This one was de­signed so the two sig­nals track to­geth­er across all gain settings. No vol­ume jumps. No weird phase is­sues. Just seam­less blend­ing from Morn­ing Glo­ry to pure sig­nal and every­thing in-be­tween. 

The pow­er sec­tion runs on a ±9V dual sup­ply — the same topol­o­gy as our V4 — which gives you high­er head­room than the orig­i­nal V1 cir­cuit and any oth­er Bluesbreak­er-style ped­al out there. This is where most clones get it wrong. Think of it as the orig­i­nal Ver­sion 1 Morn­ing Glo­ry voic­ing with the V4 en­gi­neer­ing en­hance­ments. 

The Tone con­trol af­fects only the over­drive path. Your clean sig­nal stays par­al­lel and un­touched. For the peo­ple who care about this stuff: this is the most thought-out and so­phis­ticat­ed Morn­ing Glo­ry we've ever built. 

CON­TROLS 

Vol­ume — Adjusts the overall volume in conjunction with the drive and clean.   

Clean — Full left: orig­i­nal Morn­ing Glo­ry. Full right: pure clean sig­nal. Start with Clean and Drive maxed, dial Clean back (counter clockwise) un­til you find your perfect bal­ance. 

Drive — Sat­u­ra­tion. Crank it and use the Clean con­trol as your bal­ance. This ped­al is de­signed to be used this way. 

Tone — Clas­sic Morn­ing Glo­ry tone stack. Af­fects only the drive path. Back for warmth, for­ward for clar­i­ty. 

Clean Boost Pro Tip – Morning Glory Clean can be used as a stand-alone clean boost.  Set the Clean to 100% (fully clockwise) and  increase the Drive.  In this configuration, the Drive will not produce any overdrive clipping - only clean volume boosting. 

SPEC­I­FI­CA­TIONS

- ±9V Dual Sup­ply (mas­sive head­room) 
- Top-mount­ed jacks 
- 9V DC Cen­ter Neg­a­tive
- Silent Buffered Bypass Switching

THIS PEDAL MEASURES 2.6” X 4.8” X 1.6” AND CONSUMES 60mA. DO NOT USE MORE THAN 9VDC. DAMAGE MAY OCCUR AND YOUR WARRANTY WILL BE VOIDED.