I HAD NO IDEA THESE SOUNDED SO COOL! - 1967 Maestro Rhythm 'N Sound

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  • @rickmiller7884
    @rickmiller7884 Рік тому +16

    That fuzz is wicked.

  • @HereComesSnorlax
    @HereComesSnorlax Рік тому +3

    Yes, I'm on the toilet and I can hear it

  • @wrayven
    @wrayven Рік тому +6

    The Maestro Rhythm & Sound always sounds like instant late 60's Frank Zappa. The Rhythm & Sound and the Woodwind W-2 model are both all over the place on late 60's Mothers of Invention recordings. Glad you discovered it. I am not sure if Tom Oberheim helped in designing this, but some of the Maestro pedals of the late 60's are part of what became early sythesizers. Oberheim designed a few of them( for sure the Filter Sample & Hold, PSA-1 Phaser and Ring Modulator, I bet he designed the Fuzz Phazzer and Brassmaster as well. I can find no mention of Oberheim playing a part in the G2). They were quite revolutionary decades before your co-host was in gestation. The engineers barely had transistors in the mid 60's, so the fact that this device was even built for guitar players is fairly remarkable. They didn't design the G2 for people in the 21st Century that had 5 decades of sythesizer development behind them to evaluate how well they did.
    I am not sure a digital G2 would necessarily be better than the original though it would likely track better. Part of the charm of the G2 is its inherent lack of perfection. That's where the action is happening. Kind of like a Mellotron with stretched tapes vs a sampled Melllotron. Digital reproductions are often like having sex with a condom. The "echo" seems simlar to a Vox Repeater. I wouldn't be surprised if the Maestro R&D had a Vox Repeater on hand at their Lincolnwood, IL facility. For sure some organs had similar circuits, so it could from that end. The engineers basically took parts of early drum machines that came onboard with late 50's early 60's organs and combined it something like a band pass envelope filter & fuzztone. A tech said the fuzz is a simplified Maestro FZ-1. I think sounds it sounds far better. That fuzz circuit works great for recording fuzz bass. I am glad I bought mine for $300 though it seemed expensive at the time.
    As a piece of constructive criticism, you're playing the theme from Peter Gunn a bit incorrectly. First off it's in F. More importantly, you're missing the chromatic walkup to the 4th back to maj 3rd part. Most players don't play it correctly. It's just one small pickup note, but it makes the riff turnaround better. Here is a clip of Bob Bain, the original guitarist on the TV theme recording, playing the riff a couple of years before he died. He plays the riff a bit after 1:30. The sound quality isn't the best, but you get idea of how he uses the open A string. He's playing his famed early 50's Telecaster that he played the riff on.
    ua-cam.com/video/77EnFTmOZCs/v-deo.html
    Anyways thanks for the video clip. It was a fun way to spend a 1/2 hour.

  • @carnage77
    @carnage77 Рік тому +2

    @60 Cycle Hum - The tremolo/repeat is likely a UJT powered tremolo much like the Vox Repeat percussion .

  • @BillHaleyInTheComments
    @BillHaleyInTheComments Рік тому +3

    I've been crazy about the G2 for ages but they're always so expensive - the fuzz is the greatest sound ever but it's not the same as their other fuzz (I think). I just want that circuit in a new box please please please !!!!

  • @Vazmusic
    @Vazmusic 6 місяців тому

    Makes me feel good just to know a device like this exists!!!!

  • @Vazmusic
    @Vazmusic 6 місяців тому

    Now you are talking my language!!!! Would love to own one of these!!!!!

  • @togfuma
    @togfuma Рік тому +2

    Paiging warm audio! Paiging warm audio! Paiging warm audio! Paiging warm audio!

  • @Steve-mp7by
    @Steve-mp7by 8 місяців тому +1

    Finally found the guitar effect they used for Do Your Thing by Isaac Hayes

  • @ricksegal3065
    @ricksegal3065 Рік тому

    I can listen to you jam 24/7!!

  • @octave-up-up-up
    @octave-up-up-up Рік тому +7

    I’m on the toilet, and I can hear it
    And she's calling a cab
    While he's having a smoke
    And she's taking a drag

  • @taurushamilton2739
    @taurushamilton2739 Рік тому +2

    1st!...I saw this online on Reverb a while back... Great content!

  • @bretthartzell9454
    @bretthartzell9454 Рік тому +4

    One of my favorite guitar riffs ever is Me And Your Mama by Childish Gambino, and this pedal was all over that song, and all over the entire "Awaken, My Love!" album! Im pretty sure it was used for the guitar solo on Redbone too! I'm high key envious ngl

    • @Alan-su5bg
      @Alan-su5bg Рік тому +1

      Im pretty sure it was just used specifically used for redbone only as demonstrated by Ludwig.

    • @lw1391
      @lw1391 11 місяців тому

      Ludwig is the man! That whole video deconstructing Redbone is amazing.

  • @TheSkarocker56
    @TheSkarocker56 Рік тому +1

    I need one NOW!!

  • @daccrowell4776
    @daccrowell4776 Рік тому +3

    Very weird tech period...this is also the same timeframe that gave us madness that IS the Vox Starstreamer and, a bit later, Electra's weird built-in effects guitars. There's also a confusing thing that Ludwig had out around the same time that was...if I remember right...an FX unit for percussion. Very hip candy-color lighted switches, incomprehensible pedal switches, bizarre housing that sorta "puked" out the pedal controls when opened. Oh...and the EMS Hi-Fly, but that was a tad later. Still all over the place on "DSOTM", tho.
    I've seriously had a jones for that Maestro's woodwind sibling, actually. Never likely to find one without giving up a kidney, tho...best examples of that little monster are Ian Underwood's work on Zappa's "Uncle Meat" (+ Frank on the one you've got there) and Van Der Graaf Generator's "Pawn Hearts". David Jackson is the perfect player to seriously push the hell out of the W3. Nuts!
    But while you push whoever owns Maestro now to put out the G2jr, put a bit of a nudge on Josh and get him to reissue the Ross Stereo Delay. I've coveted those literally for decades since first running into one in some Nashville studio or another where it was being used as an outboard slap...in the control room!

    • @lw1391
      @lw1391 11 місяців тому +1

      Instant like for describing that as 'puked out' 👍

  • @lw1391
    @lw1391 11 місяців тому +1

    Go where no man has gone before and plug that pedal into a theramin.

  • @BigFuzzyLHG
    @BigFuzzyLHG Рік тому +2

    Man, with all these features and a loop pedal, you don't friends anymore

  • @GetOffset
    @GetOffset Рік тому +1

    We played the Peter Gunn riff through this totally independently.

  • @guitarcd
    @guitarcd Рік тому +4

    Forget relying on Gibson: why is it that with this golden age of guitar pedal maker sthats been happening for years - all of them making Klones and TS copies, etc.; why has none of them remade this? This is an amazing sounding device. No one can copyright a circuit after all.

  • @paoloferrata8504
    @paoloferrata8504 10 місяців тому

    Love the fuzztone very satisfaction like

  • @kashimean
    @kashimean 5 місяців тому

    Adam Yauch used this for "The Maestro." This pedal was so amazing, and I'm dying for one however I'm super broke and can't afford it right now

  • @Dungeon_of_Regret
    @Dungeon_of_Regret Рік тому +2

    That Meastro is the soundtrack to the epic dump I'm taking right now. In the sink on this Jetblue flight to JFK.

    • @PursonMusic
      @PursonMusic 10 місяців тому

      Why would you dump in the sink

  • @BillHaleyInTheComments
    @BillHaleyInTheComments Рік тому +2

    The acid fuzz Sonic Boom 3-in-one pedal is also a good unit with some of these effects

    • @lw1391
      @lw1391 11 місяців тому +1

      Outstanding username

  • @greylocke100
    @greylocke100 Рік тому +1

    Why does that remind me of the old sci-fi movie sound tracks from the 60's, 70's and 80's?

  • @F1carsguitar
    @F1carsguitar Рік тому

    Im on the toilet and I can hear it!!!

  • @phladjki
    @phladjki Рік тому +1

    Literally yes I’m on the toilet with my iphone speaker and I can hear it 😂

  • @jg8928
    @jg8928 9 місяців тому

    I need that fuzz tone

  • @kristopherguilbault5428
    @kristopherguilbault5428 Рік тому

    Im listening on the toilet and i can totally hear ;)

  • @leightnite3056
    @leightnite3056 Рік тому

    That might be the coolest thing ever....cant wait for your next episode of "Your all on the toilet!"

  • @colinedmunds2238
    @colinedmunds2238 Рік тому

    Yes I’m on the toilet and I can hear it

  • @gsbguitarsgsb679
    @gsbguitarsgsb679 Рік тому

    New tee shirt: yes I’m on the toilet and I can hear it… lol 😂

  • @RalphPacheco2
    @RalphPacheco2 Рік тому +1

    Steve and the other guy

  • @BillHaleyInTheComments
    @BillHaleyInTheComments Рік тому

    The echo sound is a repeat percussion like the Vox unit or EQD hummingbird :) Check out the Vox Starstream or Ultrasonic guitars that have these built in

  • @imafunkyman
    @imafunkyman Рік тому +2

    Not a fan of the percussive instruments on it, but everything else is brilliant! C'mon Maestro! Make it happen!

  • @jamesthelesser9345
    @jamesthelesser9345 Рік тому +1

    ...and they landed on the moon with Speak and Spell Tech...😘

  • @moonboogien8908
    @moonboogien8908 Рік тому

    Yes, im on the toilet.... and I can hear it.
    Kind of.😮

  • @sonicase
    @sonicase Рік тому

    yeah pretty cool...I think the "echo" is trem, but with an envelope so that it decays over time.

  • @butchlauer
    @butchlauer Рік тому

    Maestro smorgasbord rhythm & sound @2000 is cool beyond control.

  • @bwa_8
    @bwa_8 Рік тому

    I love this machine 👌

  • @buddhamus
    @buddhamus Рік тому

    I want one. They need to reissue this.

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc Рік тому +1

    Sounds almost like something used on the original Star Trek, but I think they were using a baritone guitar.

  • @nocode881
    @nocode881 8 місяців тому

    Super creeped out, because I’m literally on the toilet. No lie. Great demo, but I gotta wrap this session up.

  • @Caligulon
    @Caligulon Рік тому

    I love you always forever
    Near and far, closer together
    Everywhere I will be with you
    Everything I will do for you

  • @paulj0557tonehead
    @paulj0557tonehead Рік тому +1

    'Maestro W-3 Sound System for Woodwinds' will always be the most successful effect in this series. If Sweetwater is going to jack the $400-$500 market into a $4,000-$5,000 thing, perhaps they should encourage reissues. Although the Thomas Band Box & Playmate sequencer (below) seem light years ahead of Maestro's Rhythm 'N Sound in the same era, they just had better drum sounds and organ has 2 keyboards and pedals for three trigger sources instead of just 1(guitar) on the Maestro. CONTROL VOLTAGE (cv), VCA's, and VCO's were in their infancy.
    Bring back the 1st Ring Modulator, Maestro RM-1 ! Tom Oberheim's college thesis, with incredible Control Voltage In (CV-in).The 'demo record' isn't anywhere close to what it can do.
    The Thomas Organ Band Box with the Playmate Rhythm is total interactive genius on Thomas organs from 1966 to 1974 or so. Your total notes amplitude on each keyboard manual (upper and lower) determine the sound level of each drum/rhythm sound. Each drum sound is assignable to upper or lower manual [inc. pedals]. You might be surprised to know that the incredible snare, open/closed hi-hat, toms, kick, etc. on the Band Box are all 1-transistor sounds (and blow away this Maestro they're playing).
    The Band Box can be played in real time with your fingers, as there is a soft scissor contacts button below each rhythm sound. It was Grand Master Flash's first drum machine. Devo built their first electronic drums from Band Box circuits. 1 transistor sounds with a little EQ and a little reverb can sound realistic. The Drum Roll and Castanets use 2 transistors. Someone should remake the Thomas Band Box & Playmate sequencer, and have 3 adjustable CV-in's. This way the dynamics of the straight 'drum beat' is controlled in real time by the dynamics of the guitar, bass, keys, etc.
    SAVE THE ORGANS!!

  • @TRUSTLBLACKMETAL
    @TRUSTLBLACKMETAL Рік тому +1

    i would buy this, even with all the bongos and stuff, but honestly the aesthetic of it is what is most attractive to me, but that fuzz, i don't even like fuzz but that is tasty

  • @dmthandmade5674
    @dmthandmade5674 Рік тому +1

    If Gibson don't, Mike Matthews will.

  • @rickmiller7884
    @rickmiller7884 Рік тому +1

    We're doing this of our own derision. LOL.

  • @SuperKazmierski
    @SuperKazmierski Рік тому +1

    I feel like Beastie Boys used this. Some of the sounds, sound very much like their sound.

  • @BigFuzzyLHG
    @BigFuzzyLHG Рік тому

    Also you can trigger those sounds with a practice drum pad and a piezo pickup

  • @swordman521
    @swordman521 Рік тому

    i've never seen that doubleneck steve is using before

  • @MisterJWJ71
    @MisterJWJ71 Рік тому

    Maybe it isn't "perfect" but for something over 50 years old it's pretty spot on. Modern technology could make it smaller and probably better simulation of the instruments but, I don't think they could make it any better than they did back then.

  • @cvanhetkaar96
    @cvanhetkaar96 Рік тому

    That was fun!😁
    But what do the controls on the top half of the unit do?

  • @MarkRigler
    @MarkRigler Рік тому +4

    28:36 Can I get off the loo now?

    • @spev11
      @spev11 Рік тому +1

      Only if you not in "motion" anymore and beware the dead legs

    • @MarkRigler
      @MarkRigler Рік тому +1

      @@spev11 good tip

  • @lipdavis13
    @lipdavis13 Рік тому +1

    Still waiting for that Alameda Fuzz Pedal Video

  • @spev11
    @spev11 Рік тому +4

    I was on the toilet, now I’m not, should I go back in there?

    • @60CycleHumcast
      @60CycleHumcast  Рік тому +1

      Go when you’re ready. Make sure it’s while you are in the clock though.

    • @spev11
      @spev11 Рік тому

      @@60CycleHumcast Sadly i'm self employed 😖

    • @davedavid7061
      @davedavid7061 Рік тому +1

      ​@@spev11always on the clock then

    • @spev11
      @spev11 Рік тому

      @@davedavid7061 the wife says I'm always on the toilet 🤷‍♂

  • @tymime
    @tymime Рік тому

    Were you aware that the 2K and 4K versions of your videos are no longer available in UA-cam Premium?

  • @Kulturmatt
    @Kulturmatt Рік тому

    Toilet works. Hum is old British slang for a strong smell. So 60 Cycle Hum: best enjoyed in the bathroom.

  • @skywipe1949
    @skywipe1949 Рік тому

    I was thinking that this sounded like something Jack White might use. I'd like to hear what he'd do with it.

  • @vintdest
    @vintdest Рік тому +1

    I am on the toilet

  • @waynegram8907
    @waynegram8907 Місяць тому

    RYAN, have you heard anything back from Gibson if they are ever going to make this Maestro Rhythm N Sound unit into guitar pedals 2024?

    • @60CycleHumcast
      @60CycleHumcast  Місяць тому

      lol no. But templo devices made one and its pretty great. I did a demo recently.

  • @mickdestiny6542
    @mickdestiny6542 Рік тому

    Sheesh!

  • @BleedBlsSdmf
    @BleedBlsSdmf 5 місяців тому

    What doubleneck is that!!!!

    • @60CycleHumcast
      @60CycleHumcast  5 місяців тому

      I think it was something a Sweetwater employee had commissioned - steve

  • @ROBBBBBB
    @ROBBBBBB Рік тому +1

    how'd you know I'm on the toilet?

    • @60CycleHumcast
      @60CycleHumcast  Рік тому +1

      I’m willing to bet at least 5% of viewers watch these videos on the toilet. So far 3,000 views on this video so at least 150 watched it on the toilet.

  • @chrisgeo1642
    @chrisgeo1642 Рік тому

    That is a cool bit of retro tech that can have modern applications. I think the two questions on everyone’s mind are. Does Josh from JHS have one and if so does he have the box.
    I would hate to see it modernized, the beauty of old analog is the weird shit that can just happen. All those things can be done digitally and sound “perfect” but that’s not what makes the thing brilliant what makes it brilliant is the way it does the stuff it does.
    Digitizing it would ruin it.

    • @wrayven
      @wrayven Рік тому

      The original came in a briefcase with a Maestro logo. The case has a molded interior with a small area to put the power cable. I would assume Josh would have the briefcase if he owns a Maestro G2

  • @MillerCustomGuitars
    @MillerCustomGuitars Рік тому +1

    what a weird thing

  • @keithhampton9700
    @keithhampton9700 Рік тому

    Behringer,are you watching? CLONE? Only problem is if they decide to clone this, it would take 3 years for it to come out😂

  • @1rwjwith
    @1rwjwith Рік тому

    Hey MR. TAMBOURINE Man! Claves BONGO FURY …WTF!

  • @fritsvanzanten3573
    @fritsvanzanten3573 Рік тому

    People unable just to go order 'a real cool epiphone'. It might be an EPIPHONE Uptown Kat ES - topaz gold metallic.

  • @rickmiller7884
    @rickmiller7884 Рік тому

    Ryan, you're not gonna be satisfied with a pedal that doesn't have the echo and the trem included.

  • @royalslim2024
    @royalslim2024 Рік тому +1

    Isn't there a trash can behind the building

  • @mjdbruyn
    @mjdbruyn Рік тому

    I sent in an ad for one of these last year, which you completely ignored, and now it's the greatest thing ever? Unsubbed.

  • @masterofreality230
    @masterofreality230 Рік тому

    1:29 Men only want one thing and its gross!!! 🤣

  • @hughschick6847
    @hughschick6847 Рік тому +2

    wow-wow plus fuzz please. note to crazy person that invented this: percussion on every note is pretty gd annoying

  • @booitsnick
    @booitsnick Рік тому

    You should have hit the cancel button that would have tripped y’all out

  • @MondoJim
    @MondoJim Рік тому

    Seems the echo is similar to the Vox Repeat Percussion. ua-cam.com/video/xfI-7Ool8NI/v-deo.html

  • @tymime
    @tymime Рік тому

    the fuzz on the bass hurt my ears...

    • @60CycleHumcast
      @60CycleHumcast  Рік тому +2

      Oh yeah...there's something on the real high end that's a bit painful isn't there? - steve