Donner Yellow Fall vs JHS Pedals JHS Mod Shop Deluxe Memory Boy

The Donner Yellow Fall and the JHS Pedals JHS Mod Shop Deluxe Memory Boy are both pedals sharing analog warmth. The Donner Yellow Fall leans warm and ambient. The JHS Pedals JHS Mod Shop Deluxe Memory Boy leans modulated and dark. Current prices: $39.95 vs $350.

Similarity
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48% somewhat different

Shared tone character
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  • analog warmth
Citation fame
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Price

$39.95via Reverb

$350via Reverb

Description

The Donner Yellow Fall is an analog bucket brigade delay pedal from the Chinese budget effects manufacturer Donner, using genuine BBD (Bucket Brigade Device) chips for warm, naturally degrading analog delay repeats. Controls include Time, Feedback, and Level for standard analog delay adjustment with up to 600ms of analog delay time. One of Donner's most popular and recognized products, the Yellow Fall delivers authentic analog delay warmth at a breakthrough budget price.

The JHS Mod Shop Deluxe Memory Boy is a JHS Pedals-modified version of the Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy BBD analog delay, with JHS adding an external tap tempo jack so players can sync the delay time to a footswitch rather than relying on the onboard tap button alone. The underlying circuit keeps the Deluxe Memory Boy's warm, dark bucket-brigade analog delay character with built-in chorus/vibrato modulation; the JHS modification only extends its tap-tempo flexibility rather than altering its core tone. It suits players who already want the Deluxe Memory Boy's analog warmth but need external, footswitch-based tempo control on a gigging pedalboard.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Ambient
  • Rockabilly
  • Blues
  • Country
  • Classic Rock
  • lo fi
  • ambient
  • rockabilly
Tonal lean
  • warm
  • ambient
  • slapback
  • modulated
  • dark
Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
  • Live
  • Studio
  • Live
  • Studio

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