Caroline Guitar Company Arigato vs JHS Artificial Blonde
The Caroline Guitar Company Arigato and the JHS Artificial Blonde are both pedals sharing modulated. The Caroline Guitar Company Arigato leans dynamic. The JHS Artificial Blonde leans shimmer.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.49% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Indie
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- modulated
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$219via Reverb
The Caroline Guitar Company ARIGATO is a 4-stage analog OTA-based phaser and vibrato pedal designed with intentionally off-balance LFO behavior for quirky, expressive modulation. Based on the Somersault platform but modified to deliver phaser and vibrato rather than chorus. The dual LFOs can be pushed into wild, unstable territory for pitch-bending vibrato effects, and with Feedback turned up produces pseudo auto-wah sounds. Running 100% wet enables pure pitch vibrato with no dry signal blend. Boutique US construction.
The JHS Artificial Blonde is a signature vibrato pedal designed in collaboration with singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham, priced at $249. The pedal features two independent, footswitch-selectable Speed and Depth preset sections plus a shared Volume and EQ section, allowing instant switching between two distinct vibrato characters. Built around Madison Cunningham's always-on, slightly three-dimensional pitch vibrato sound, it produces vintage-style pitch modulation suited to clean and lightly driven tones. Includes stereo left/right outputs. Made in Kansas City, Missouri by JHS Pedals.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Shoegaze
- Experimental
- Folk
- dynamic
- shimmer