JPTR Jive NPD

[eddododo]

Man oh man, I just had to come here and gush about this pedal. I'm in kind of a weird mood, because I went to go finally test the pedal after the family was asleep (dadlife) and accidentally stayed up til 3 in the morning exploring it.

I got clued into this on a thread I made in search for dirt pedals that sweeten fingerstyle playing without getting farty-

holy moly does the Jive pull it off and more.. for those who don't know it is a "reel saturator" I guess sim? It's supposed to warm up your tone and make it Ooeygooey, and also it has some clipping diodes if you want some real dirt.

I was prepared for it to have a rounded high end, maybe a sweet amount of harmonic distortion, but to be perfectly honest I expected to be selling it pretty quickly because I got several petals that are working for me after the thread I mentioned.. instead this one is going on the board as a TRUE always-on

Not only that, but as much as I don't tend to be looking for a hard clipping, virtually every corner of settings sound fantastic, and it's truly unbelievable how good it sounds with a bunch of gain and clipping diode's with my semihollow Ibanez..
unbelievably fat old school sound



I also wanted to add, and mods please tell me if this is not OK, but it is currently on sale from the manufacturer for ~$85 on reverb. Came with some cool goodies, and I think they literally included a PCB of the circuit, or maybe some kind of DIY circuit almost as a business card

I also ALSO wanted to add that I ordered direct from them on reverb, and they're in Germany. They shipped out pretty much immediately, but as you can imagine it took some time to get here… it was about five weeks through a combination of DHL and USPS- I think if you contact them they will ship it a faster method if you desire, but my real point is this: I was a really annoying customer, with everything from a variety of questions to asking if various parts of the delay are "normal" all the way to my package having shipping damage, and them being extremely responsive and helpful about it.


I can't recommend this company enough, and I can't recommend this pedal enough at all..


there are a couple of videos on YouTube about the Jive, and they sound fine but it's hard to capture just 'nice tone' in a video like that, so let me assist by saying that IF YOU'RE ON AN ALMOST CLICHE QUEST FOR 'SWEET' TONE, OR YOU'VE ALWAYS READ ABOUT HAVING A 'BIT OF HAIR' BUT EVERYTHING IS EITHER TOO DIRTY OR TOO CLEAN, THEN TRY THIS ONE

 

[Col Pruse]

Nice. I ordered one of these after all of the positive comments in your other thread!

Hard to pass up for $110. All of JPTR pedals on reverb are marked down pretty low right now.

I ordered on 8/4 and it's still not here. Tracking is showing as processing thru customs. Can't wait until it gets here!

Bass the World has some pretty good videos of the JPTR pedals. Dude reeeeeeally likes the Jive too.

 

[eddododo]

Nice. I ordered one of these after all of the positive comments in your other thread!

Hard to pass up for $110. All of JPTR pedals on reverb are marked down pretty low right now.

I ordered on 8/4 and it's still not here. Tracking is showing as processing thru customs. Can't wait until it gets here!

Bass the World has some pretty good videos of the JPTR pedals. Dude reeeeeeally likes the Jive too.

Mine shipped 7/29, hit customs 8/18 arrived 9/6. After it leaves customs the visibility was terrible, it just says 'in transit to next facility' once a day, with no location update..

Talking with JPTR, it seems like my situation was a little extra slow, but that it does happen that way often enough

 

[spufman]

Steal of a deal! I've had mine for a while now (maybe a couple years already) and still love it. The Jive and SS/BS Mini are my two drives that always come out on top by a good margin.

 

[heavyfunkmachin]

I recently got one and I really like it, extremely flat freq response and very wide range of dirt (from rounded "is it on?" To farty dirty). I think it's a keeper, good price and tow quality.

But, and this is very subjective, I do find it's more sensible to distorting the lows than the mids or highs (something very common in overdrives), so in some dirt settings your low e string settings sound very dirty while the higher register in the g string just sounds mildly driven

in that respect I have to admit that the Blackstone mosfet sounds better… they have quite a bit of overlap, but the Blackstone is less sensitive to the low end, giving to my ears a more even response across the fretboard.

I plan to keep both in my board, they kicked off my beloved Hot Wax!

 

[RestlessBoom]

I loved my first one so much I bought a second. Now I have one as an always-on tone shaper and one for some great crunch

 

[JimboP]

View attachment 4806907 Man oh man, I just had to come here and gush about this pedal. I'm in kind of a weird mood, because I went to go finally test the pedal after the family was asleep (dadlife) and accidentally stayed up til 3 in the morning exploring it.

I got clued into this on a thread I made in search for dirt pedals that sweeten fingerstyle playing without getting farty-

holy moly does the Jive pull it off and more.. for those who don't know it is a "reel saturator" I guess sim? It's supposed to warm up your tone and make it Ooeygooey, and also it has some clipping diodes if you want some real dirt.

I was prepared for it to have a rounded high end, maybe a sweet amount of harmonic distortion, but to be perfectly honest I expected to be selling it pretty quickly because I got several petals that are working for me after the thread I mentioned.. instead this one is going on the board as a TRUE always-on

Not only that, but as much as I don't tend to be looking for a hard clipping, virtually every corner of settings sound fantastic, and it's truly unbelievable how good it sounds with a bunch of gain and clipping diode's with my semihollow Ibanez..
unbelievably fat old school sound



I also wanted to add, and mods please tell me if this is not OK, but it is currently on sale from the manufacturer for ~$85 on reverb. Came with some cool goodies, and I think they literally included a PCB of the circuit, or maybe some kind of DIY circuit almost as a business card

I also ALSO wanted to add that I ordered direct from them on reverb, and they're in Germany. They shipped out pretty much immediately, but as you can imagine it took some time to get here… it was about five weeks through a combination of DHL and USPS- I think if you contact them they will ship it a faster method if you desire, but my real point is this: I was a really annoying customer, with everything from a variety of questions to asking if various parts of the delay are "normal" all the way to my package having shipping damage, and them being extremely responsive and helpful about it.


I can't recommend this company enough, and I can't recommend this pedal enough at all..


there are a couple of videos on YouTube about the Jive, and they sound fine but it's hard to capture just 'nice tone' in a video like that, so let me assist by saying that IF YOU'RE ON AN ALMOST CLICHE QUEST FOR 'SWEET' TONE, OR YOU'VE ALWAYS READ ABOUT HAVING A 'BIT OF HAIR' BUT EVERYTHING IS EITHER TOO DIRTY OR TOO CLEAN, THEN TRY THIS ONE

Thanks for the heads up on this. I remember seeing the Bass The World vid when the Jive first came out, but then forgot about it. Just grabbed one on special for a price too good to pass up

 

[DrHooper]

I recently got one and I really like it, extremely flat freq response and very wide range of dirt (from rounded "is it on?" To farty dirty). I think it's a keeper, good price and tow quality.

But, and this is very subjective, I do find it's more sensible to distorting the lows than the mids or highs (something very common in overdrives), so in some dirt settings your low e string settings sound very dirty while the higher register in the g string just sounds mildly driven

in that respect I have to admit that the Blackstone mosfet sounds better… they have quite a bit of overlap, but the Blackstone is less sensitive to the low end, giving to my ears a more even response across the fretboard.

I plan to keep both in my board, they kicked off my beloved Hot Wax!

I've got a Jive inbound since 19 Aug; very excited for that to arrive.

Have been curious about the Blackstone. I dig the idea of the topology as described on Jon's website, but have yet to hear one in person. How does it handle active pickups? Curious, as Jon mentions putting it first in the chain, how it handles relatively low impedance active pups.

 

[heavyfunkmachin]

I've got a Jive inbound since 19 Aug; very excited for that to arrive.

Have been curious about the Blackstone. I dig the idea of the topology as described on Jon's website, but have yet to hear one in person. How does it handle active pickups? Curious, as Jon mentions putting it first in the chain, how it handles relatively low impedance active pups.

I can't tell, all my basses are passive, BUT the latest version has an internal switch for input type (direct or buffered), I'm sure it works ok with active basses!

I love the tone, but I'm leaning towards the lighter side of the gain dial as it can get quite angry yet compressed if you dime the gain

 

[sifrancis]

I've got a Jive inbound since 19 Aug; very excited for that to arrive.

Have been curious about the Blackstone. I dig the idea of the topology as described on Jon's website, but have yet to hear one in person. How does it handle active pickups? Curious, as Jon mentions putting it first in the chain, how it handles relatively low impedance active pups.

I have a Jive on the way, and currently own two Blackstone Mosfet overdrives - I love that pedal. Excited to see how they compare (will endeavour to share some thoughts when mine arrives).
Blackstone is all good with active pickups and in all sort of spots in the signal chain (there is a "buffer" switch which you can use to help with placement).

Soundclips/Demos of the Jive seem to showcase a slightly fuzzier character to my ears then the gain is pushed, and it seems to have a good bit more range in the lower "is-it-on" gain range, whilst doing something a but thicker/syrupy... Very excited to try it out properly, and similarly hoping to use both together.

 

[heavyfunkmachin]

I have a Jive on the way, and currently own two Blackstone Mosfet overdrives - I love that pedal. Excited to see how they compare (will endeavour to share some thoughts when mine arrives).
Blackstone is all good with active pickups and in all sort of spots in the signal chain (there is a "buffer" switch which you can use to help with placement).

Soundclips/Demos of the Jive seem to showcase a slightly fuzzier character to my ears then the gain is pushed, and it seems to have a good bit more range in the lower "is-it-on" gain range, whilst doing something a but thicker/syrupy... Very excited to try it out properly, and similarly hoping to use both together.

I would say there's some overlap area between the two, but the jive does better the "is it on?" Subtle coloration and when pushed harder does more a "clipping" thing than a distortion thing…

 

[sifrancis]

I would say there's some overlap area between the two, but the jive does better the "is it on?" Subtle coloration and when pushed harder does more a "clipping" thing than a distortion thing…

Great! My plan is to free up the Blackstone for two proper drives, and let the Jive cover the always on grit I like (which I currently use the brown channel on the Blackstone for). Sounds like I might be well on my way for that.
I also want to explore the squishier/fuzzier possibilities within the jive too.

 

[DrHooper]

Great! My plan is to free up the Blackstone for two proper drives, and let the Jive cover the always on grit I like (which I currently use the brown channel on the Blackstone for). Sounds like I might be well on my way for that.
I also want to explore the squishier/fuzzier possibilities within the jive too.

I'm curious, too, about the fuzziness of the Jive. I have this love/hate thing going on with fuzzes lately.

 

[Col Pruse]

I got mine on Friday and velcroed it to the board. Think it sounds great so far.

I will mess around more with the settings tonight, but I set it with no gain on clip setting 1 and it sounds great. Light breakup warmth when I get going.

I'll with the gain up it gets there faster. I'll see what just gain and volume do with no clip setting.

 

[HoochfromP]

Just bought a JPTR Jive, interesting, find the gain pot being (quite) scratchy though. Is it something related to the circuit design, or is it related to my pedal ?

 

[cnltb]

View attachment 4806907 Man oh man, I just had to come here and gush about this pedal. I'm in kind of a weird mood, because I went to go finally test the pedal after the family was asleep (dadlife) and accidentally stayed up til 3 in the morning exploring it.

I got clued into this on a thread I made in search for dirt pedals that sweeten fingerstyle playing without getting farty-

holy moly does the Jive pull it off and more.. for those who don't know it is a "reel saturator" I guess sim? It's supposed to warm up your tone and make it Ooeygooey, and also it has some clipping diodes if you want some real dirt.

I was prepared for it to have a rounded high end, maybe a sweet amount of harmonic distortion, but to be perfectly honest I expected to be selling it pretty quickly because I got several petals that are working for me after the thread I mentioned.. instead this one is going on the board as a TRUE always-on

Not only that, but as much as I don't tend to be looking for a hard clipping, virtually every corner of settings sound fantastic, and it's truly unbelievable how good it sounds with a bunch of gain and clipping diode's with my semihollow Ibanez..
unbelievably fat old school sound



I also wanted to add, and mods please tell me if this is not OK, but it is currently on sale from the manufacturer for ~$85 on reverb. Came with some cool goodies, and I think they literally included a PCB of the circuit, or maybe some kind of DIY circuit almost as a business card

I also ALSO wanted to add that I ordered direct from them on reverb, and they're in Germany. They shipped out pretty much immediately, but as you can imagine it took some time to get here… it was about five weeks through a combination of DHL and USPS- I think if you contact them they will ship it a faster method if you desire, but my real point is this: I was a really annoying customer, with everything from a variety of questions to asking if various parts of the delay are "normal" all the way to my package having shipping damage, and them being extremely responsive and helpful about it.


I can't recommend this company enough, and I can't recommend this pedal enough at all..


there are a couple of videos on YouTube about the Jive, and they sound fine but it's hard to capture just 'nice tone' in a video like that, so let me assist by saying that IF YOU'RE ON AN ALMOST CLICHE QUEST FOR 'SWEET' TONE, OR YOU'VE ALWAYS READ ABOUT HAVING A 'BIT OF HAIR' BUT EVERYTHING IS EITHER TOO DIRTY OR TOO CLEAN, THEN TRY THIS ONE

Has that particular isting been taken down? Would you post a link to it?

 

[Derek Williams]

Just bought a JPTR Jive, interesting, find the gain pot being (quite) scratchy though. Is it something related to the circuit design, or is it related to my pedal ?

That happens with both of the JPTR pedals I have, especially the Jive. For the price of the pedal I don't mind, I would be a bit more annoyed if the Jive cost double (I'd still buy it though)

 

[HoochfromP]

Looks like it may be related to the circuit design

 

[eddododo]

That happens with both of the JPTR pedals I have, especially the Jive. For the price of the pedal I don't mind, I would be a bit more annoyed if the Jive cost double (I'd still buy it though)

it's a conscious design choice. I'd bet that there was a compromise made- either you deal with a tiny bit of crackle, or increase output impedance by like 10x, much like the Fairfield barbershop. I haven't traced the circuit, but JPTR is a great designer, and wouldn't have just overlooked crackle as a whoopsie.

 

[eddododo]

Has that particular isting been taken down? Would you post a link to it?

JPTR FX Jive - Reel Saturator Overdrive | Reverb

$85 right now