“What I wanted to achieve was the J-20 sound without the reverb and the trem”: Thorpy FX teams up with boutique amp specialist Lazy J to give guitarists premium vintage Tweed tone in a pedal

The J, from Thorpy FX, is a new collab between the high-end British guitar effects pedal company and boutique amp brand Lazy J, and the amp that inspired it can be seen illustrated in white on. black on the enclosure's front.

Take yourself down to the local guitar shop, peer into the pedal cabinet, and you will find all kinds of amp-in-a-box drives and preamps.

There will be overdrive pedals promising Marshall tone in a compact housing. There will be those offering Vox ACO chime, the tubular spank of a vintage Fender amp from the '60s. Many of them do the job superlatively, and can be used as a boost, overdrive, or as a powerful tone-shaper.