There’s just a handful of truly artisan pedal makers out there with probably JAM Pedals and Beetronics at the top of that tree in terms of artistic impact and consistency. Both do a number of gorgeous custom hand-painted special and custom editions - where JAM Pedals recent Halloween Series selection is particularly appealing. It’s not long ago since I did a feature on how JAM Pedals won a Gold European Design Award for its Packaging - they just keep going from strength to strength!
I also have wanted one of their custom shop Rattlers for a long while - which I featured in both my JAM Pedals Tale of Rats feature, and of course my well received ’Inner Beauty’ article - hopefully that will happen some day soon too!
For this Halloween - JAM Pedals have 11 pedal iterations on offer across their largest Multi-Pedal format (14 pedals-in-one!), then Delay Llama MK3, Harmonious Monk, Red Muck MK2, Lucydreamer, Rattler, and Retrovibe MK3 pedals - with 3 different iterations of Delay Llama MK3 and Harmonious Monk in particular. These are across 4 different themes - Monsters, Candy Fingers, Yelloween, Procession, and Boogeyman - where the 3 series of 3 are featured in the main visual.
You can buy the series of 3 individually or as a slightly discounted bundle - where all 3 pedals make up a single diorama / vista when set side-by-side.
As of my writing this the massive Monsters Multipedal is already sold out - as is the full Candy Finger set of 3 - while those can still be bought individually.
You obviously pay a premium on each of these - where I’ve included the standard pricing in square brackets after the special edition pricing in rounded brackets. I feel the exceptional quality of the visuals kind of make it worth it really - these are strictly limited hand-painted editions - and never to be repeated!
JAM Pedals undeniably make gorgeous looking and sounding pedals - and I feel they’ve really outdone themselves this year with this particular seasonal themed series.
It all comes a little late in the month for me - as I’m already way over-committed on my October acquisitions - had I some budget left I would seriously be considering some of these - I actually really like the look of every single one of these. If you don’t have any JAM Pedals in your collection yet - now is definitely a good time to start!
Overview
Monsters Multipedal (entirely custom 14-pedals-in-one - €3,000 - already SOLD)
Signal flow is : Boss TU3 Waza Tuner > Wahcko > Retrovibe > Rooster ltd > Fuzz Phrase ltd > Dyna-ssoR > Double Dreamer > Rattler ltd > Eureka > Red Muck > Boomster > Send / Return > Amp FX loop > Ripply Fall > Harmonious Monk > Delay Llama Xtreme
Candy Fingers Series (€850 for set) - Delay Llama MK3 (€329)[€259 standard] + Harmonious Monk (€319)[€259 standard] + Red Muck MK2 (€289)[€219 standard]
Yelloween Series (€850 for set) - Delay Llama MK3 (€329)[€259 standard] + Harmonious Monk (€319)[€259 standard] + Lucydreamer (€289)[€219 standard]
€937
Procession Series (€840 for set) - Delay Llama MK3 (€329)[€259 standard] + Harmonious Monk (€319)[€249 standard] + Rattler (€279)[€209 standard]
Boogeyman Series - Retrovibe MK3 (€459)[€389 standard]
I would of course be interested to hear from anyone who decides to pick up any of these.
As mentioned, the Halloween Specials are open for orders right now on the JAM Pedals Webstore - where they should ship out in approximately 4 weeks time - very limited quantities available - so you need to be quick!