The Fumble is a faithful production version of the other circuit JHS cloned for John: the Dumble BBC-1. Once the NOTADÜMBLË V1 was discontinued, customers started telling us how much they loved that circuit and how they wished it was sold separately. The Fumble is that exact circuit, now in its own compact enclosure with its own self-deprecating name, an $89 price point, and no kit to build. Here is where the story gets stranger than fiction. While digging back through the original Dumble unit's history, JHS realized the BBC-1 isn't really a Dumble circuit at all. It's a JFET preamp lifted almost part for part from a Barcus Berry acoustic preamp made in the 1970s — the kind of small utility box that bridged piezo pickups into electric guitar amps in an era when nobody had a modern acoustic preamp. Howard cloned it. Put it in his own enclosure for a handful of local LA players. He then used the same JFET stage inside his amplifiers and called it the FET mode. Which means the legendary Dumble FET sound — the one inside $200,000 to $400,000 amps — is a clone of a 1970s piezo preamp. The Fumble is a clone of that clone of that clone. Three generations deep into one of the strangest chains of events in pedal history

Product Features

• JFET clean boost pedal identical to the clean section of the JHS NOTADÜMBLË V1
• Straightforward 2-knob controls for simple adjustment
• Output serves as the master volume to set the level
• Input simultaneously attenuates bass and gain for dynamic tone shaping
• Works as a front-of-board buffer, an overdrive pusher, a dirty-amp slammer, or an end-of-chain solo boost

Attributes

• Color: Gold

Technical Specifications

• Dimensions: 1.96" H x 1.21" W x 3.93" D
• Inputs: 1 x 1/4"
• Outputs: 1 x 1/4"
• Power Source: 9V DC power supply (sold separately)
• Effects: Boost
• Processing Type: Analog
• Power Usage: 5mA