The Morning Glory Clean is not a new pedal. It is the same Bluesbreaker-style overdrive JHS has been building for years, but with one significant architectural change: a parallel clean blend integrated at the circuit level rather than tacked on as an afterthought.
Most clean blends are simple mix knobs. This one uses a dual-gang potentiometer designed so the clean gain scales proportionally with the drive signal across all settings. No volume jumps, no phase cancellation. The two paths track together.
Why bother? Even transparent overdrives compress pick attack and roll off low-end. That is not a flaw; it is how clipping works. The Morning Glory Clean allows you to retain the harmonic richness and soft compression of the driven signal while reintroducing the low end and transient detail that clipping typically removes. The Tone control affects only the drive path; the clean signal remains untouched.
The ±9V dual-supply topology (shared with the V4) provides higher headroom than most Bluesbreaker variants. The Clean control functions as a standalone clean boost when set fully clockwise—Drive becomes a volume knob, clipping disengages.
Controls are minimal: Volume, Clean, Drive, Tone. Full left on Clean is standard Morning Glory. Full right is clean signal only. Everything between is a balance of saturation and clarity.
It is not for players seeking radical textures or extensive tweakability. It does one thing: preserve what overdrive typically removes. For players who want their overdrive to sound less like an effect and more like an amplifier simply working harder, this is a considered, functional tool.
