JHS Double Barrel V3 Hand Painted – 11/10/2011 – Serial #242 – Rare Early JHS

For sale is a particularly interesting piece of early JHS Pedals history: a hand-painted JHS Double Barrel V3, Serial #242, with a documented internal date of November 10, 2011.

This is not simply an estimated production date. Inside the original enclosure, the pedal is handwritten “JHS Pedals ‘Double Barrel’ V3” and dated 11/10/11, providing direct documentation of this pedal’s early 2011 origin.

Early Hand-Painted JHS

Long before today’s standardized JHS production pedals, the company was producing pedals with individually hand-painted enclosures. These early examples have become particularly interesting to JHS collectors because each enclosure has its own artwork and represents a period when JHS was still a much smaller pedal builder.

This example features an elaborate, completely hand-painted scene across the enclosure rather than the standardized graphics found on later Double Barrels. The artwork alone makes it a unique piece—there won’t be another one exactly like it.

Double Barrel V3

The Double Barrel became one of JHS’s signature dual-overdrive pedals, combining two independently switchable drive circuits that can also be stacked together.

This early V3 provides a wide range of gain options, from lower-gain and dynamic overdrive sounds to considerably more saturated tones when the two sides are combined. The additional switches and controls allow for substantially more tonal flexibility than a conventional two-channel overdrive.

Beyond its usefulness as a pedal, however, this particular example is most interesting today as an early artifact from the development of one of JHS’s longest-running pedal designs.

Collector Highlights

• Original JHS Double Barrel V3
• Hand-painted enclosure
• Serial #242
• Internally dated 11/10/2011
• Handwritten internal “JHS Pedals ‘Double Barrel’ V3” identification
• Early JHS production
• Individually hand-painted artwork
• Two independently switchable and stackable overdrive sections
• Pre-dates the standardized production artwork of later Double Barrel versions
• Made in the USA

Condition

The pedal is in Very Good condition, with cosmetic wear consistent with its age and use. Importantly for a collector, the original hand-painted artwork remains intact and presents extremely well.

The inside of the enclosure retains the handwritten JHS identification and 11/10/11 date. Photos of both the exterior artwork and internal markings are included so collectors can see exactly what they are purchasing.

The pedal functions as it should.

For a JHS collector, this one checks a lot of boxes: an early Double Barrel V3, original hand-painted artwork, Serial #242, and—most importantly—a clearly documented November 10, 2011 production date inside the enclosure.

A genuinely cool surviving example from the early years of JHS Pedals.

Ships carefully packed and fully insured.