JHS Coyote Octave Fuzz Pedal

A new breed of octave fuzz based on a lost circuit that belongs to no known lineage. Three effects all contained across one knob. A tribute to an unknown pioneer who deserved to be famous.

Every octave fuzz you've ever played traces back to just a handful of circuits: the Octavia, the Super Fuzz, and the Tone Machine. The Coyote doesn't originate from any of these classic topologies. The Coyote is a complete replication of the obscure and very difficult to find Moonrock Fuzz by G.S. Wyllie, a reclusive North Carolina builder who sandcast his own enclosures, etched his own boards, and designed a unique fuzz utilizing a transformer in an unconventional way that sounds like nothing else. He never mass-produced them. He passed away in 2014, still building. This is our tribute to Glenn and the wily circuit he left behind.

The Swell / Fuzz / Octave control is the heart of this pedal. It sweeps continuously through three distinct zones — each one a different effect.

Swell — Notes bloom in with a gated, reverse-tape-like quality. The attack is softened and delayed, rising smoothly instead of hitting all at once. This happens because the final stage of the circuit is allowed to turn on gradually rather than instantly, easing the signal into the stage and creating a natural swell that responds to picking dynamics.  We've only ever seen one other pedal attempt this — a thousand-dollar vintage pedal with a dedicated footswitch for it. Glenn built it into a knob sweep.

Fuzz — At noon, a fully realized fuzz tone. Not a Fuzz Face. Not a Big Muff. The texture sits in Tone Bender territory — rich low end, aggressive mids, the kind of fuzz that handles chords. Shoegaze. Psychedelic rock. Grown-up fuzz.

Octave — When the control is clockwise, the clipping becomes intentionally uneven, shifting the harmonic balance of the signal. Even-order harmonics, especially the second harmonic, rise to the front, creating a strong octave-up character on single notes. This is pure Hendrix territory — and Glenn, who met Jimi several times in Greenwich Village, was always pointing to this sound.  He landed on that iconic Hendrix tone perfectly, his own way.

The transitions between zones are continuous. Explore everything in between.

Roll back your guitar's volume knob and this pedal transforms. At lower settings on the Swell / Fuzz / Octave control, the Coyote becomes remarkably touch-sensitive — light picking gives you warm, controlled fuzz while digging in triggers the swell. It cleans up better than any octave fuzz we've ever played. That kind of dynamic response is almost unheard of in this category.

Put it first in your chain. Play it into another overdrive or an overdriven amp — that's how almost every iconic octave fuzz tone was created. Clean amps work, but the sound in your head usually has some dirt after the fuzz.

This pedal isn't for everyone, and we're good with that. If you love Hendrix, Jack White, Gary Clark Jr., Black Keys, or the octave fuzz on John Mayer's "Belief" — you already know you want this. If you're a doom player, a riff rocker, a blues explorer. If you've tried every fuzz on the market and you're still looking for the one you haven't played — you're the Coyote. You're the fuzz scavenger. We found something for you.

Volume Controls
Swell/Fuzz/Octave Controls
True Bypass