Hey everyone! Please check out the full description for info on the gear in this episode, the white JHS amp, Josh's guitar and strap and links to gear and the record in Record Time. Thanks for watching!
Back in '85 (or around that time) I had a Boss walkman-sized headphone-amp. It had built-in distortion, tone-controls and chorus/flanger/verb. I actually used it in my setup, on bass, to get a really heavy distortion going on. Do you know that unit? Unfortunately I don't recall it's model number, but it would be awesome to see it reviewed/demo'ed :)
Cool video. Albums: Big Country - Steeltown is insane. Also Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain. Both produced by Steve Lillywhite. Both are crazy good.
Josh, I've been playing guitar for over 50 years & I'm still riding a high from seeing Hendrix in Detroit in '69. I'm disabled and on a very limited income, but my guitar helps me cope with pain and the tribulations of life. Your videos are entertaining and educational. You've helped me find less expensive ways to get great sounds and your enthusiasm inspires me to find even greater joy in making music. Thanks for the work you do, and for sharing your joy. Peace & blessings!
I walked into a new nightclub in Melbourne, Australia last year. Turned out to be a cocktail bar; not really my thing and I wasn't crazy about the menu ... then I saw a Leslie cabinet sitting on the stage. I hadn't been in the presence of a real Leslie in 20 years. I stayed. The physical experience of a real Leslie is something that no pedal or emulator can even come close to. Your Leslie gets my vote.
AK, blues-rock powerhouse Tab Benoit hosts a 3-day *free* music festival every October in his hometown of Houma Louisiana*. There were two Leslie's on the stage ( one for a backup/ spare), and about half of the bands used it. And yeah, THAT SOUND! Ain't nothin' else like it! Some years back I saw a quadruple-bill show featuring Tommy Castro, John Hiatt, Buddy Guy, and BB King. BB had a huge guy, Tommy T I think they called him, playing a Hammond B3 thru a Leslie, and I practically levitated! *the Voice of the Wetlands festival. Excellent mix of local and national talent. A boatload of great guitar players and several worldclass bassists....the multiple-guitarist jams, and after-hours get-togethers, were fabulous, and it was free! And Tab Benoit himself, my oh my....he's like a two-legged Anti-Pedal ! A battered Tele Thinline and two Category 5 amps. No pedals or effects, unless you count the snarling alligator head on his amp where he keeps a slide, spare earplugs, and some rarely used picks (plays mostly with his fingers like Jeff Beck does, the picks often get thrown to the audience).
I can honestly say that was the best chorus sound I've ever heard (not a big chorus fan in general). So I guess the question is, how many hundreds of pounds/ dollars better is it than the top chorus pedals?
The typical Leslie 122s toted by most rock bands of what I like to call 'the era', were actually less than 120lbs, but bulky enough you'd need a box truck or a trailer to move the whole rig, and The Hammond, at 400+ lbs, depending on options, was a two-man carry, with the not-in-the-least-bit optional cradle, and particularly not where the load-in included flights of stairs, with a landing between. My spine throbs at the very thought, but we hauled those magnificent bastards, and Altec-Lansing Voice Of The Theater speakers and the custom folded-horn subs with the Crown boat-anchor power amps, because that's what the Allman Brothers did, before the Grateful Dead followed suit; thus began a stampede, of sorts. Difference was, the Allmans and the Dead had roadies.
@@m0j0b0ne at one magical moment I got to hear and play a hammond B100 (could've been an A100) with a leslie 122 (I'm pretty positive that was the combination) I've literally never heard a 'GROWL' like that (in person) to that point.. or since.. it shook my buddies whole house, and switching the leslie on and off gave me absolute chills.. a VERY cool moment as a musician I'll never forget, because my chances of playing a combo like that again are pretty slim. I will try to recall the actual combo the next time I talk to my buddy, and report back to you hahaha, all I do know is it's a HIGHLY sought combo of organ and amp.
@@m0j0b0ne my whole point of the first message (before I started ranting) was to 100% agree with you about the weight of them damn things.. the organ to be specific, even the chopped ones were a two man job... or a very heavy job for one strong man with a busted back afterwards Haha. Cheers!
Actually, that was the main song they were famous for in the UK, and rightly so. "Take On Me" came out afterwards, and had a lot of people saying, "That's not English!" Good song, but played to death, even today. Must dig out my cassette, if it hasn't self-destructed/destroyed/disintegrated.
I'd love to have that for just one gig just so I can be that guy that takes up all the room on a tiny stage in a small bar. "Excuse me, guys, you're going to have to move that keyboard to make room for my one button pedal."
That Leslie has "No Quarter" written all over it! And possibly the best footswitch of all time... Awesome episode Josh...keep it going, more weird stuff please!
I have a Yamaha Leslie from that time and I'm almost certain that is what the zep guys used on NQ - but I might be wrong. The sound when it's played in this video, reminds me more of Soundgardens 'Black Hole Sun' :)
I stand corrected: "Jones used a Hohner Electra-Piano. An EMS VCS3 was utilised to create the underwater 'wobble' effect on 'No Quarter'. Jones ran the audio signal of the Hohner piano through the filter, and modulated the filter with a sine-wave LFO. This made the filter rise and fall rapidly, creating a shifting tone not unlike a phaser, or Leslie speaker."
One of my favorite 80s albums is Schon and Hammer's Untold Passion. I also love King Crimson's Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair! Leslie's are awesome! I wish I had one!
That A-ha record is so underrated. The song "The Blue Sky" is amazing. Great playing and song writing. I even like the dated sounds. My brain is broken and I got nothin for mid 80s. but a couple 81 records come to mind that don't get enough attention from guitar players and musicians in my opinion. Everyone loves Marquee Moon, but nobody seems to listen to Dreamtime by Tom Verlaine. Tin Drum by Japan is another album that I not enough people know about. Incredible rhythm section. As exotic as an Eno pop album. Also: Speaking of anti-pedals. I sometimes use old reel to reels as distortion "pedals" Sound crazy good and are approximately as portable as a Leslie. Thanks for the videos.
I saw a-ha play in February last year, just before the world went into lockdown. They played the entire “Hunting High and Low” album, from top to bottom (which meant that they opened with “Take On Me”, and we could then get on with enjoying the show). They’re still a great band. I’m glad you like them.
there are a lot of videos on UA-cam of people demoing them. There distortion and chorus two separate units. they are either going to be cheap because it’s old tech or really expensive
When I saw those, 1st thing I thought of was Rockman's anti-pedal original stuff. All the half rack noise those things made. Would be cool again. For about 10 minutes, then get sick of it again
I read that Johnny Ramone never learned how to tune his guitar and left it up to his road manager who used that strobe tuner thing. He complains about it in his book, On The Road With The Ramones.
If you liked that book, I would recommend a look at Commando. It's Johnny Ramone's *auto*biography although it was released posthumously. It's excellent
Yep. I read the book last summer. Johnny was apparently very strict about it, insisting that "No, you MUST use the strobo!". His tech secretly switched to a different tuner, and Johnny was none the wiser.
I'd love to see him walk into the room, put on a sweater and sneaks while singing Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood :) ...it's a beautiful day for a pedal,...would you be mine?...could you be mine?
My band teacher used that tuner for our band throughout high school. Had a great year and could isolate anyone within orchestra and band. This one was for you Dave Lennox. Thank you sir.
The Sun Always Shines On TV is great indeed, definitely one of the biggest 80s classics for me. :) Hunting High and Low itself is also a great song by the way. If you like the real 80s sound definitely check out these albums by Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring (1986) and It's My Life (1984). The other 80s albums by them are also cool, but these are the best. One of the most original and best bands of the 80s if you ask me.
A-ha got saddled with the boy pop band tag in the UK and to be fair they did encourage that to some degree but musically they were way above that. The 1986 album, Scoundrel Days, has some real class on it: Cry Wolf, I've Been Losing You et al.
Honestly, I could have the absolute worst day ever, ( wife left me, lost my job, dog ran away, Les Paul headstock snapped,etc), then see a notification of a new JHS pedals video, and everything is right with the world. Just imagine how incredible it is when I’m having a good day to begin with,.. Thank you so much for taking the time to create these ! It brings back the joy of 1970’s after school jam sessions, when one of showed up with a new find.
I used to own a white Kramer single p/up deal that was a Korean? import but still had the Neptune NJ neckplate. Had a Kramer branded neck that was supposedly made by ESP on it but I am not sure on the legitimacy of that. Body was broken in half, and the neck was later stolen.
Yeah pretty sure my Kramer is Korean made too. Heavy like a Gibson, which is getting a bit much for the back these days, so I tend to use my Epi Broadway more.
I loved Talk Talk's song It's my life when it came out but for some reason never looked further into their music till quite recently. Within a month I had all their albums. Just an amazing band from start to finish even though album one is light years different from their last. Maybe I need to give Tears for Fears another look since I love 'the Big Chair'.
Talk Talk, Tears for Fears the Hurting, I had it when it came out, but now it's rather dark when I listen to it. I would have to ad Icehouse, some great music from that era, I feel real bad I sold my 80s cassette collection & I had tons of great music I should have ripped to my PC & cleaned up, from Ah-ha to U2 & every new wave / pop group for that period. Good times.
Was speaking to the manager of the estate where my parents live recently and he told me he played keyboards on Spirit of Eden (Michael something). That was a bit random.
Have you heard Collin Hay's (singer and Guitarist from men at work) solo work... I first heard a song of his on the Garden State soundtrack then looked up his whole discography some amazing stuff.
Back in the 80s I got a FREE Boss RPD10 delay with the purchase of a Roland DEP5 reverb rack. Gave the delay to our keyboard player. That was a dumb idea. As far as 80s albums... The Fixx “Reach The Beach” is great. The super compressed, and crystal clean sound of Jamie West-Oram still has a place in my heart.
I love the Leslie 760. I have been waiting a rotary speaker since I found out about them. When you are finished with the leslie I will give you my address so I can enjoy it. Keep up the videos they are very informative, and entertaining.
Mid-80s Boss shred...your greatest 20 seconds on U-Tube... favorite early 80s unsung Lp? 1982's "Code Blue " from Code Blue of course. Featuring former Motels guitarist, former bassist from Vibrators/Roxy Music, and former drummer from Mud Crutch!
I was once offered a precision bass that had belonged to gary 'mr' tibbs. had to pass as I was cleaned out after buying a '63 p-bass off eric stewart... :-)
Josh, no one else will do this so I'm giving the idea to you (just send me one). A harmonic tremolo style high/low splitter that goes into two separate uni-vibe circuits that are a completely analogue take on a Leslie. Mid-80's album would be VH 1984
New Clear Days by the Vapors, known for its hit "Turning Japanese" is overall a KILLER album overall. Trains, Letter From Hiro, Sixty Second Interval, all great tracks. Would recommend
I still might have the album, but I do have the CD, it was fresh. Letter from Hiro & 60 Second Interval some great songs off that, your right. Now that you bring that up, there are a lot of bands like that, Record company went with the pop song but other songs as good or better, the Knack & Blind Melon jump out at me, but I could come up with tons more. Jump over my Sharona & listen to the rest of the album. Good insight Ty.
What about the pignose?! Greatest sound ever (?!) Zappa had his studio ones wired up for lo-impedance and recording. Here's a clip of Zappa ripping it up on live TV with just an SG, a Pignose and the house band. It's the whole dang rig.(!) ua-cam.com/video/_q0nImsfMvE/v-deo.html one reason I can't take Phillip McKnight's or anyone else's "practice amp shoot-outs" seriously is because they never mention The Pignose. Asked him so many times... If you do a practice amp amd classic amp shoot-out and never mention Pignose after years and years then I think you are selling gear. Which is fine the way Anderton's type people are honest about what they are doing. But what about Pignose. I ran my Pignose preamp out into my '65 Fender Twin = unbeleivable Twin sized Pignose. Only "Anti-Pedal" you need
So. Since I'm older than you, Josh, I can tell you something about that a-ha album that you might not know. The title track Hunting High and Low was released with a music video on Mtv that was so over the top, even for the 80s, that the complaints made Mtv remove it from their rotation. I personally never knew what all the fuss was about. So it features a man who turns into an eagle, then a man again, who turns into a shark, then a man, who then turns into a lion that breakdances. Pretty standard 80s stuff. Honestly, Living a Boy's Adventure Tale and Here I Stand and Face the Rain are both great songs from that album. Cheers.
@@thBrilliantFool technically and definitionally anything that amplifies signal is an amplifier, if it goes in one side and comes out louder....it's an amp. Sorry
Ive always preferred multi-effects rack mountables. Cleaner, and I really dont go nuts with my sound. Of course Im a home player so there is that, not a gigging musician
My mid-80s album pick is "The Crossing" by Big Country. Everyone knows the song "In A Big Country" but the rest of the record is great too. Very 80s production and guitar sounds but in a good way.
Hunting High and Low is one of my favourite ever records - it’s magic from start to end. As for further recommendation? The Circle and the Square by Red Box is insanely great.
In band in high school, we had a large mechanical strobe tuner...it had a separate strobe for each tone in the scale and was so big it had its own heavy duty stand with casters so it could be rolled into and locked up in the band director's closet for safe keeping. I remember not so fondly playing and holding a note and squeezing my embouchure to get it into perfect tune. I should have focused on guitar and dumped the clarinet.
Best 80's album that gets overlooked due to a 'one hit wonder'.....Thomas Dolby's Golden Age of Wireless. The hit was 'She Blinded Me with Science' which I hated, but the rest of the album is so good, I would dare label one of the best kept secrets of the 80's.
Anyone looking for a great anti pedal, take a look at old Dynacord Echocord tape echoes (delay + spring reverb). They're dirt cheap (500$ canadian), they sound amazing and, ya know, german engineering and all Oh and when you overdrive the preamp (it's got a VU meter and you're playing in the red zone, what more do you really want?) the gain is gritty, punchy without being harsh. Just get one
The guitarist for Til Tuesday was Robert Holmes, from Boston. He was a fabulous blues player who formed his own band, Ultra Blue, which played great rock, nothing like Til Tiesday. He played through a Leslie and sounded great. So Josh clearly understands the cosmic connections between all these 80's bands and anti-pedals.
Great video, and some cool anti-pedals. I have some older Yamaha stuff, not super pre-historic...but they are fun to tweak around with. This is my current anti-pedal collection. Yamaha GEP-50 - Guitar Effects Processor Definetly has that 80's vibe in the sound and has a lot of fun 'in there' Yamaha REV-7 - Digital Reverberator Really cool piece, and with the keypad & knobs it makes it easy to quickly make tweaks to settings Great sounding reverbs and delays etc du jour Yamaha SPX-90 - Digital Multi-Effect Processor Lots of effects options to twist up your sound into new dimensions ADA MP-1 - Tube Preamp It definitely has some good sounds in it, a nice tube growl, I need to give it some care and feeding lol! I got it really beat up and in shambles on the cheap, it's noisy, needs a new battery and probably new tubes I might take it to get a tune up at Audio Electronics in the near future and try to resurrect it's glory.
My anti-pedal of choice is the original Tom Scholz ROCKMAN. I really wish someone would make a pedal version of it for me. It's an integral sound of almost all music made in the 80's, and being born in '83, I just can't live without that sound in my tonal color palette.
I have a Boss DE-200 Digital Delay Rack I bought in the early 80's. You can get so many sounds from this thing. It even had a way to capture or Loop a phrase and you could jam on top of it. Still works like a charm. Then I have a ART SGE Mach II Multi Effect Rack. This thing was ahead of its time. The only issue using it live was that your pre-amp on your amp would mess with the Distortion tone, but direct into a old Tascam 244 4 track it rocked. The other effects are really good, especially the delays and reverbs.
Hi, I own the Billy Zoom one (Little Kahuana) made by him for me happy happy and lucky for have some friendship with him, now it is on sale at TV Jones this is the brand which distribute Billy Zoom creations, awesome tube reverb and tremolo tank
I mean, after Fraggle Rock where do you go to be honest? ....but for pure, concentrated 80s give "In Your Room" by Yazoo a listen (comprising Alison Moyet, who coincidentally did guest vocals on A-ha's MTV Unplugged album; with Vince Clarke (of Depeche Mode and Erasure). It's not ALL synthpop. ;) "The Innocents" by Erasure is another super 80s album!).
Josh, you are a tall, beautiful person and we appreciate almost all that you do. Hated that Ibanez HD1000…sounded like sound effects from Stanger Things…which is great if you’re doing sound effects. Favorite was the Dano…I had an old DM25 head with the weirdest reverb tank…a foot long tube with one inch sides and completely wacky tone. Where was the tape echo unit? Seems like the ubiquitous anti-pedal effect. Why, Josh, do I dislike chorus but love the Leslie? I’m conflicted. Best album from the mid 80’s - the Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime” Funky punk alt-rock blues country at its best.
The maestro PS1A Phase shifter is my favorite anti pedal. Its the No Quarter effect for real, also who's that lady. I liked the Ibanez thing, not sure what to call it:) love your video's
SLEEPER Album /// "Confusion is Sex" by Sonic Youth, 1983 (Neutral Records) ua-cam.com/video/AL-Zzo9_Qy4/v-deo.html&start_radio=1&t=3 Engineered and recorded in Chelsea, NYC by Wharton Tiers, this debut full length album for Sonic Youth was the stepping stone from the "no wave" genre and into the budding hardcore "noise rock" scene that was coming alive in Chelsea. In the winter of 1983 when released, its individuality captures enough attention locally that by that summer its momentum sends the band jet setting out of the Chelsea streets and out over to the UK where musicians and critics alike were open and on board. Coming back off their tour, we see the advent of Moore's zine "Killer" which counters and aims to disarm the Village Voices' critical authority on what Moore enthusiastically thought was out of touch from the hardcore punk/noise scene happening in NYC. Coming off the album even still and with some help, Moore then dreams up "Noise Fest" and in its first bill we see an accumulation of what was an esoteric scene -- and in so gifting the chance for festival participants to experience the genre in but a day and night. All in all the sleeper that is "Confusion is Sex" is an elusive yet potent ingredient of what ultimately ends up germinating the influence of "noise" and "punk" styles into popular music so that it reaches out into the 90's with the game changer that was Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." And for Sonic Youth this 1983 winter release excites the Chelsea scene and in hindsight, pushes the band forward and into what is an incredibly creative and decorated career. One could say that like many sleepers, its creative impact on music as an art form is the subtle part of learning the history of music the exact type of stuff that makes digging for records and learning the nuances of its history so amazing! It can lead us to discover beautiful understandings of musical development -- it helps us draw a line in time from influence to influence, style to style -- and all the while providing us some truly great tunes! ////
Hey everyone! Please check out the full description for info on the gear in this episode, the white JHS amp, Josh's guitar and strap and links to gear and the record in Record Time. Thanks for watching!
About time! I thought you forgot us...
Back in '85 (or around that time) I had a Boss walkman-sized headphone-amp. It had built-in distortion, tone-controls and chorus/flanger/verb.
I actually used it in my setup, on bass, to get a really heavy distortion going on. Do you know that unit? Unfortunately I don't recall it's model number, but it would be awesome to see it reviewed/demo'ed :)
Cool video. Albums: Big Country - Steeltown is insane. Also Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain. Both produced by Steve Lillywhite. Both are crazy good.
I want to recommend you New wave's band called Modern English. Album: Pillow Lips and songs like Take Me Away or their biggest hit I Melt With You.
Great albums from the 80's… any Oingo Boingo album would do.
Josh, I've been playing guitar for over 50 years & I'm still riding a high from seeing Hendrix in Detroit in '69. I'm disabled and on a very limited income, but my guitar helps me cope with pain and the tribulations of life. Your videos are entertaining and educational. You've helped me find less expensive ways to get great sounds and your enthusiasm inspires me to find even greater joy in making music. Thanks for the work you do, and for sharing your joy. Peace & blessings!
hope ur doing well!!
Thanks for sharing and reminding me of what’s important 🤘🏾
Daaang, that Danelectro reverb sounds beautiful!
Yeah, but that MilkMan.......
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Lera Lynn sounds like she's gonna start singing any second...
Sounds heavenly with those p90s
I walked into a new nightclub in Melbourne, Australia last year. Turned out to be a cocktail bar; not really my thing and I wasn't crazy about the menu ... then I saw a Leslie cabinet sitting on the stage. I hadn't been in the presence of a real Leslie in 20 years. I stayed. The physical experience of a real Leslie is something that no pedal or emulator can even come close to. Your Leslie gets my vote.
AK, blues-rock powerhouse Tab Benoit hosts a 3-day *free* music festival every October in his hometown of Houma Louisiana*. There were two Leslie's on the stage ( one for a backup/ spare), and about half of the bands used it. And yeah, THAT SOUND! Ain't nothin' else like it! Some years back I saw a quadruple-bill show featuring Tommy Castro, John Hiatt, Buddy Guy, and BB King. BB had a huge guy, Tommy T I think they called him, playing a Hammond B3 thru a Leslie, and I practically levitated!
*the Voice of the Wetlands festival. Excellent mix of local and national talent. A boatload of great guitar players and several worldclass bassists....the multiple-guitarist jams, and after-hours get-togethers, were fabulous, and it was free! And Tab Benoit himself, my oh my....he's like a two-legged Anti-Pedal ! A battered Tele Thinline and two Category 5 amps. No pedals or effects, unless you count the snarling alligator head on his amp where he keeps a slide, spare earplugs, and some rarely used picks (plays mostly with his fingers like Jeff Beck does, the picks often get thrown to the audience).
I live in Melbourne! which bar is it?
@@Jacob-lf7sd It was Jaspers, right next to Paris Cat. I can't recall the name of the band though.
100% agree.. NOTHING like a leslie sound.
Yeah every time I see a Leslie online I'm like "it doesn't work unless you're in the room with it!"
That Danelectro spring reverb sounds absolutely fantastic !
The Leslie speaker weighs 1,000 pounds, but that is much smaller compared to the footswitch that weighs 10,000 pounds
that switch is roo much badass
I can honestly say that was the best chorus sound I've ever heard (not a big chorus fan in general). So I guess the question is, how many hundreds of pounds/ dollars better is it than the top chorus pedals?
The typical Leslie 122s toted by most rock bands of what I like to call 'the era', were actually less than 120lbs, but bulky enough you'd need a box truck or a trailer to move the whole rig, and The Hammond, at 400+ lbs, depending on options, was a two-man carry, with the not-in-the-least-bit optional cradle, and particularly not where the load-in included flights of stairs, with a landing between. My spine throbs at the very thought, but we hauled those magnificent bastards, and Altec-Lansing Voice Of The Theater speakers and the custom folded-horn subs with the Crown boat-anchor power amps, because that's what the Allman Brothers did, before the Grateful Dead followed suit; thus began a stampede, of sorts. Difference was, the Allmans and the Dead had roadies.
@@m0j0b0ne at one magical moment I got to hear and play a hammond B100 (could've been an A100) with a leslie 122 (I'm pretty positive that was the combination)
I've literally never heard a 'GROWL' like that (in person) to that point.. or since.. it shook my buddies whole house, and switching the leslie on and off gave me absolute chills.. a VERY cool moment as a musician I'll never forget, because my chances of playing a combo like that again are pretty slim. I will try to recall the actual combo the next time I talk to my buddy, and report back to you hahaha, all I do know is it's a HIGHLY sought combo of organ and amp.
@@m0j0b0ne my whole point of the first message (before I started ranting) was to 100% agree with you about the weight of them damn things.. the organ to be specific, even the chopped ones were a two man job... or a very heavy job for one strong man with a busted back afterwards Haha. Cheers!
“The Sun Always Shines on TV” is criminally underrated
Actually, that was the main song they were famous for in the UK, and rightly so. "Take On Me" came out afterwards, and had a lot of people saying, "That's not English!" Good song, but played to death, even today.
Must dig out my cassette, if it hasn't self-destructed/destroyed/disintegrated.
Hunting High and Low is truly epic as well! That whole record is awesome!
The massive size of the footswitch for the rotary box is ridiculous and amazing.
That is the 2nd biggest footswitch I have ever seen......
@@christisgod3354 Fuck, dude.... you can NOT say that and NOT tell us what it is
Pretty sure it's also the tube preamp for the Leslie in there. Still ridiculously big.
I'd love to have that for just one gig just so I can be that guy that takes up all the room on a tiny stage in a small bar. "Excuse me, guys, you're going to have to move that keyboard to make room for my one button pedal."
You can use that switch to lock the wheel of your car on slopes
Agree about The Sun Always Shines On TV. Stunning production, particularly for the 80s. Killer band.
I physically gave you a round of applause when Black Hole Sun started. Great episode as always!
That Milkman reverb sure was smooth!
That Leslie has "No Quarter" written all over it! And possibly the best footswitch of all time...
Awesome episode Josh...keep it going, more weird stuff please!
Exactly, it has this wobbly-ness that no pedal can really replicate.
I wish they had more than two speeds built in, and you'd need a roadie just for that footswitch!
I have a Yamaha Leslie from that time and I'm almost certain that is what the zep guys used on NQ - but I might be wrong. The sound when it's played in this video, reminds me more of Soundgardens 'Black Hole Sun' :)
I stand corrected: "Jones used a Hohner Electra-Piano. An EMS VCS3 was utilised to create the underwater 'wobble' effect on 'No Quarter'. Jones ran the audio signal of the Hohner piano through the filter, and modulated the filter with a sine-wave LFO. This made the filter rise and fall rapidly, creating a shifting tone not unlike a phaser, or Leslie speaker."
One of my favorite 80s albums is Schon and Hammer's Untold Passion.
I also love King Crimson's Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair!
Leslie's are awesome! I wish I had one!
THREE of a Perfect Pair is a phenomenal album!!!
That A-ha record is so underrated. The song "The Blue Sky" is amazing. Great playing and song writing. I even like the dated sounds. My brain is broken and I got nothin for mid 80s. but a couple 81 records come to mind that don't get enough attention from guitar players and musicians in my opinion. Everyone loves Marquee Moon, but nobody seems to listen to Dreamtime by Tom Verlaine. Tin Drum by Japan is another album that I not enough people know about. Incredible rhythm section. As exotic as an Eno pop album.
Also: Speaking of anti-pedals. I sometimes use old reel to reels as distortion "pedals" Sound crazy good and are approximately as portable as a Leslie. Thanks for the videos.
That Leslie is the most awesomest ever! And Black Hole Sun with it?!? You made my day, now I'm happy. 😁😁😁😁🤘🤘🤘🤘
Mid-80s genius from Prefab Spout: Swoon or Steve McQueen: perfect!
Ha! Prefab Sprout was my 80's pick as well!
I saw a-ha play in February last year, just before the world went into lockdown. They played the entire “Hunting High and Low” album, from top to bottom (which meant that they opened with “Take On Me”, and we could then get on with enjoying the show). They’re still a great band. I’m glad you like them.
Daaamn those Boss rack units sound awesome. Instant 80's tones. 👍🏻Although nothing beats that Leslie.
Yes it did. I was blown away by that unit and I want to buy one if it’s available to purchase
My thoughts exactly! Oh my god, as a Boss fanboy I really need to find one
there are a lot of videos on UA-cam of people demoing them. There distortion and chorus two separate units. they are either going to be cheap because it’s old tech or really expensive
When I saw those, 1st thing I thought of was Rockman's anti-pedal original stuff. All the half rack noise those things made. Would be cool again. For about 10 minutes, then get sick of it again
I had the RDD-10 and RSD-10 and loved them.
I read that Johnny Ramone never learned how to tune his guitar and left it up to his road manager who used that strobe tuner thing. He complains about it in his book, On The Road With The Ramones.
That's just typically PUNK isn't it?
If you liked that book, I would recommend a look at Commando. It's Johnny Ramone's *auto*biography although it was released posthumously. It's excellent
@@creamcannon825 Yeah, it was good. I read all of 'em. Dee Dee's book was the best
Yep. I read the book last summer. Johnny was apparently very strict about it, insisting that "No, you MUST use the strobo!". His tech secretly switched to a different tuner, and Johnny was none the wiser.
I swear Josh Scott IS the Mr. Rodgers of our time. And of pedals. All the pedals. All of them. 🖤💜🖤💜
I'd love to see him walk into the room, put on a sweater and sneaks while singing Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood :)
...it's a beautiful day for a pedal,...would you be mine?...could you be mine?
Bring on the puppets!
@@valvenator I second that! Josh, time to get a cardigan sweater and a pair of Keds!
My band teacher used that tuner for our band throughout high school. Had a great year and could isolate anyone within orchestra and band.
This one was for you Dave Lennox. Thank you sir.
The Sun Always Shines On TV is great indeed, definitely one of the biggest 80s classics for me. :) Hunting High and Low itself is also a great song by the way.
If you like the real 80s sound definitely check out these albums by Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring (1986) and It's My Life (1984). The other 80s albums by them are also cool, but these are the best. One of the most original and best bands of the 80s if you ask me.
Color Of Spring is so good. I love Spirit Of Eden and Laughingstock just as much.
@@MisterNiles Living In Another World is such a freakin' awesome powerhouse of a song!
@@valvenator Indeed, especially the London 1986 live version :) : ua-cam.com/video/_X_MydOUV3Q/v-deo.html
@@MisterNiles Yes, love "Laughing Stock" - such a milestone album. Good heavens, I love that.
the sun always shines on tv is incredible and so is morten's voice!!! amazing taste
A-ha got saddled with the boy pop band tag in the UK and to be fair they did encourage that to some degree but musically they were way above that. The 1986 album, Scoundrel Days, has some real class on it: Cry Wolf, I've Been Losing You et al.
Honestly, I could have the absolute worst day ever, ( wife left me, lost my job, dog ran away, Les Paul headstock snapped,etc), then see a notification of a new JHS pedals video, and everything is right with the world. Just imagine how incredible it is when I’m having a good day to begin with,.. Thank you so much for taking the time to create these ! It brings back the joy of 1970’s after school jam sessions, when one of showed up with a new find.
Kramer guitars were also located in Neptune NJ. I worked there in the late 80early90s. Lot of guitar history in Neptune.
I still use my Kramer and it has the Neptune New Jersey plate on the back.
Bonus fun Neptune fact - it's Jack Nicholson's home town.
I used to own a white Kramer single p/up deal that was a Korean? import but still had the Neptune NJ neckplate. Had a Kramer branded neck that was supposedly made by ESP on it but I am not sure on the legitimacy of that. Body was broken in half, and the neck was later stolen.
Yeah pretty sure my Kramer is Korean made too. Heavy like a Gibson, which is getting a bit much for the back these days, so I tend to use my Epi Broadway more.
Nj has a great musical instrument history, Guild is another.
The Outfield "Voices of Babylon".
Please keep making these great gear nerd videos. Cheers!
Re: the record time question about a mid-80s album -- it doesn't get any better than Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden or Tears For Fears' The Hurting
I loved Talk Talk's song It's my life when it came out but for some reason never looked further into their music till quite recently.
Within a month I had all their albums. Just an amazing band from start to finish even though album one is light years different from their last.
Maybe I need to give Tears for Fears another look since I love 'the Big Chair'.
Spirit of Eden is my favorite record EVER. ❤🤙
April 5th is a jewel.
Talk Talk, Tears for Fears the Hurting, I had it when it came out, but now it's rather dark when I listen to it. I would have to ad Icehouse, some great music from that era, I feel real bad I sold my 80s cassette collection & I had tons of great music I should have ripped to my PC & cleaned up, from Ah-ha to U2 & every new wave / pop group for that period. Good times.
Was speaking to the manager of the estate where my parents live recently and he told me he played keyboards on Spirit of Eden (Michael something). That was a bit random.
I listen to that Aha album regularly with a pickering xv15 . So happy to see someone else picked up on the quality of the recording and musicianship!
"Men at Work - Business as Usual"
a really great 80's album that gets overlooked due to a one hit wonder.
Have you heard Collin Hay's (singer and Guitarist from men at work) solo work... I first heard a song of his on the Garden State soundtrack then looked up his whole discography some amazing stuff.
@@BrendonMacintosh yes, he is an awesome songwriter and never lost it
Men at Work are not a one hit wonder band. They had a nice run of hit songs. Check their Greatest Hits album
Please review the art sgx 2000 as the first tube rack pre with effects
Back in the 80s I got a FREE Boss RPD10 delay with the purchase of a Roland DEP5 reverb rack. Gave the delay to our keyboard player. That was a dumb idea.
As far as 80s albums... The Fixx “Reach The Beach” is great. The super compressed, and crystal clean sound of Jamie West-Oram still has a place in my heart.
Christopher Clement to this day I will use 'One Thing Leads To Another' to check my PA system. The production was so clean amd still really holds up.
The danelectro reverb
That stuff is amazing. Moral of the story; never sell anything.
amen
I had had a real Univibe & some really cool weird gear & great amps from the 60s & 70s.
I love the Leslie 760. I have been waiting a rotary speaker since I found out about them. When you are finished with the leslie I will give you my address so I can enjoy it. Keep up the videos they are very informative, and entertaining.
Favorite antipedal= the leslie
And the 80' Album? Kiss me kiss me kiss by the cure♥️ Robert Smith is an underated ambient/texture guitar player.
Mid-80s Boss shred...your greatest 20 seconds on U-Tube... favorite early 80s unsung Lp? 1982's "Code Blue " from Code Blue of course. Featuring former Motels guitarist, former bassist from Vibrators/Roxy Music, and former drummer from Mud Crutch!
I was once offered a precision bass that had belonged to gary 'mr' tibbs. had to pass as I was cleaned out after buying a '63 p-bass off eric stewart... :-)
Cocteau Twins - anything, but Blue Bell Knoll fits your 80's request.
I love Bluebell Knoll, such a great album
at last....something decent from the 80's...most of the other suggestions are too pop for me.
Would have to say "Treasure"
any of the 4AD stuff. I'm out after that.... bluebell knoll is terrific though.
Josh, no one else will do this so I'm giving the idea to you (just send me one).
A harmonic tremolo style high/low splitter that goes into two separate uni-vibe circuits that are a completely analogue take on a Leslie.
Mid-80's album would be VH 1984
12:17 - "Black hole sun, won't you come, and wash away the rain?"
Great! O thought It was just me that noticed...
Ass hole son, what a bum...
@@DMSProduktions what a buuuuuum
@@magicianASMR Ass hole son, ass hole son, ass hole son...
@@DMSProduktions what a buUuuuuuuuuum
Modern Talking, The first album
New Clear Days by the Vapors, known for its hit "Turning Japanese" is overall a KILLER album overall. Trains, Letter From Hiro, Sixty Second Interval, all great tracks. Would recommend
I really wanted that LP at the time ! I was only like 11 .. I think I bought the Lambrettas , Beat Boys In the Jet Age instead lol 😊
@@shaunw9270 i managed to find it in a goodwill and snagged it immediately
I love that album a lot-Turning Japanese is in fact one of my least favorite songs on there.
I still might have the album, but I do have the CD, it was fresh. Letter from Hiro & 60 Second Interval some great songs off that, your right. Now that you bring that up, there are a lot of bands like that, Record company went with the pop song but other songs as good or better, the Knack & Blind Melon jump out at me, but I could come up with tons more. Jump over my Sharona & listen to the rest of the album. Good insight Ty.
What about the pignose?! Greatest sound ever (?!) Zappa had his studio ones wired up for lo-impedance and recording. Here's a clip of Zappa ripping it up on live TV with just an SG, a Pignose and the house band. It's the whole dang rig.(!) ua-cam.com/video/_q0nImsfMvE/v-deo.html one reason I can't take Phillip McKnight's or anyone else's "practice amp shoot-outs" seriously is because they never mention The Pignose. Asked him so many times... If you do a practice amp amd classic amp shoot-out and never mention Pignose after years and years then I think you are selling gear. Which is fine the way Anderton's type people are honest about what they are doing. But what about Pignose. I ran my Pignose preamp out into my '65 Fender Twin = unbeleivable Twin sized Pignose. Only "Anti-Pedal" you need
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair. Great mid eighties album!
The Hurting gets my nod for their best
Every Tears for Fears album is amazing, songs from the big chair still totally holds up.
Agreed!
They’re such great songwriters. Like the Lennon and McCartney of the 80s
Absolutely!
Was hoping to see the Alexis midiverb :(
The Leslie!
You have an INSANE collection!!! :O
Pedals pay well apparently
Seriously, The Leslie!!!
LOVE that you put the Leslie in there! Is the Boss Chorus RCE-10 what they put in the Dimension Waza Chorus???
So. Since I'm older than you, Josh, I can tell you something about that a-ha album that you might not know. The title track Hunting High and Low was released with a music video on Mtv that was so over the top, even for the 80s, that the complaints made Mtv remove it from their rotation. I personally never knew what all the fuss was about. So it features a man who turns into an eagle, then a man again, who turns into a shark, then a man, who then turns into a lion that breakdances. Pretty standard 80s stuff. Honestly, Living a Boy's Adventure Tale and Here I Stand and Face the Rain are both great songs from that album. Cheers.
I guess it was the part where the shark gets harpooned with plenty of blood in frame...
Cro Mags- Age of Quarrel (1986)
First 1980s non-metal albums I bought: The The ‘Infected’; Thomas Dolby’s ‘Golden Age of Wireless’; and Bauhaus ‘The Sky’s Gone Out’
Check out the Blinded By Science Ep. I think it's better than Golden Age.
And ... The Flat Earth album. brilliant.
I hated the skys gone out at first and then I became my favorite bauhaus record.
TALK TALK - Spirit of Eden.
Favorite band from the 80’s (who are still playing great shows to this day) are The Smithereens. Guitar rock rules!
Mid eighties album to listen to - Soul Mining by The The
I can't wait for an episode titled "ANTI-AMPS." Watching the video right now. Thanks guys!
it would probably consist of small diy altoid can amps or effects and amp sim racks
Cough cough kemper cough cough
@@thBrilliantFool technically and definitionally anything that amplifies signal is an amplifier, if it goes in one side and comes out louder....it's an amp. Sorry
@@matthewwinter5780 no need to apologize. No argument here.
Anti-amps: carpet samples.
That Multivox, though...
Those old boss half racks were dope! I love my Mesa Boogie V twin preamp rackmount... any record by The Cars!... those synth sounds!
Boss DM100 is a great anti-pedal too. Loved mine.
"Big Stuff is Cool" and "Loud is More Good"
"Big is More of Small!" 😁
Good choices
Yeah, those quotes made me subscribe. LOL
I thought these were reasonable slogans to live life by until that fateful day when the angry elephant came trumpeting around the corner towards me
Gotta add that one to the Ten Commandments of rock
What's next? modeling gear and plugins? haha
"There was a new type of rock invented..."
[Beat]
[Beat]
"...Fraggle Rock."
I lost it.
I was thinking thrash metal. Anyone else?
You can see how pleased he is with that joke - trying so hard not to smile.
Classic Dad joke!
Was that the greatest or what? Perfect comedic timing.
I actually did a spit-take on that one. Perfect Josh-ism.
Ive always preferred multi-effects rack mountables. Cleaner, and I really dont go nuts with my sound. Of course Im a home player so there is that, not a gigging musician
I had the boss OD10. And I have regretted selling it since.
RIP BoB Sweet 🙏💜
Every time I watch a video, I end up buying another piece of gear. My girlfriend is growing concerned, but also love this channel.
Favorite anti-pedal: Multivox.
80s album: Died Pretty, "Free Dirt."
I had that record when CDs didn't exist yet, and I loved it. Production may get dated but Great doesn't.
Got one for ya: Aldo Nova's self titled 1st album. Everyone knows Fantasy, and it's good, but the whole album is great.
80s Albums - you cannot forget Talk Talk - It's my life. Maybe a bit too early (1980) of course Scary Monsters - David Bowie
Good call on Talk Talk - I love the last three albums. The more "difficult" they became, the more interesting they sounded.
@@hunterthompson2206 after you listen to Eden and Laughing Stock and then go back to the pop albums, puts them in a new light. Amazing music.
Just going to leave this here.
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My mid-80s album pick is "The Crossing" by Big Country. Everyone knows the song "In A Big Country" but the rest of the record is great too. Very 80s production and guitar sounds but in a good way.
The switch on the last one is bigger than my board! Mostly.
Hunting High and Low is one of my favourite ever records - it’s magic from start to end.
As for further recommendation? The Circle and the Square by Red Box is insanely great.
Josh, I wish I owned a Lexicon rack delay. I love the Lexicon reverbs and delays. I’m not exactly sure how I would use it but it would be fun to have.
In band in high school, we had a large mechanical strobe tuner...it had a separate strobe for each tone in the scale and was so big it had its own heavy duty stand with casters so it could be rolled into and locked up in the band director's closet for safe keeping. I remember not so fondly playing and holding a note and squeezing my embouchure to get it into perfect tune. I should have focused on guitar and dumped the clarinet.
Best 80's album that gets overlooked due to a 'one hit wonder'.....Thomas Dolby's Golden Age of Wireless. The hit was 'She Blinded Me with Science' which I hated, but the rest of the album is so good, I would dare label one of the best kept secrets of the 80's.
Anyone looking for a great anti pedal, take a look at old Dynacord Echocord tape echoes (delay + spring reverb). They're dirt cheap (500$ canadian), they sound amazing and, ya know, german engineering and all
Oh and when you overdrive the preamp (it's got a VU meter and you're playing in the red zone, what more do you really want?) the gain is gritty, punchy without being harsh. Just get one
Til Tuesday : Voices carry. Extremely eighties. But very cool. Especially since it haven't been played to death for 30 years.
The guitarist for Til Tuesday was Robert Holmes, from Boston. He was a fabulous blues player who formed his own band, Ultra Blue, which played great rock, nothing like Til Tiesday. He played through a Leslie and sounded great. So Josh clearly understands the cosmic connections between all these 80's bands and anti-pedals.
Oh shush
Weird I just heard that song on the radio and thought about it for the first time in a really really long time. And here it is.
Yes, I think that and their second album, Welcome Home are great. Maybe they sound dated, but I still enjoy them a lot.
Oh sure you say you love this stuff....but I smell corporate sponsorships.
My mid-80s guilty pleasure is World Machine by Level 42 😉
First album I ever bought, on cassette of course
Would the Dallas Rangemaster count as an anti-pedal? That one's my fave if so!
Thomas Dolby "The Golden Age of Wireless" - so great!
I wish I had triceps like the cover of that Ah-ha album.
Wall of Voodoo - Call of the West!
"I'm on the Mexican radio, I'm on the Mexican, whoa-o, radio".
Agreed, has my favorite lyric :)
"I wish i was in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana"
Great video, and some cool anti-pedals.
I have some older Yamaha stuff, not super pre-historic...but they are fun to tweak around with.
This is my current anti-pedal collection.
Yamaha GEP-50 - Guitar Effects Processor
Definetly has that 80's vibe in the sound and has a lot of fun 'in there'
Yamaha REV-7 - Digital Reverberator
Really cool piece, and with the keypad & knobs it makes it easy to quickly make tweaks to settings
Great sounding reverbs and delays etc du jour
Yamaha SPX-90 - Digital Multi-Effect Processor
Lots of effects options to twist up your sound into new dimensions
ADA MP-1 - Tube Preamp
It definitely has some good sounds in it, a nice tube growl, I need to give it some care and feeding lol!
I got it really beat up and in shambles on the cheap, it's noisy, needs a new battery and probably new tubes
I might take it to get a tune up at Audio Electronics in the near future and try to resurrect it's glory.
My anti-pedal of choice is the original Tom Scholz ROCKMAN. I really wish someone would make a pedal version of it for me. It's an integral sound of almost all music made in the 80's, and being born in '83, I just can't live without that sound in my tonal color palette.
Blending even a little of it with another amp lends a squashy sugary saturation like banana taffy.
I have a Boss DE-200 Digital Delay Rack I bought in the early 80's. You can get so many sounds from this thing. It even had a way to capture or Loop a phrase and you could jam on top of it. Still works like a charm. Then I have a ART SGE Mach II Multi Effect Rack. This thing was ahead of its time. The only issue using it live was that your pre-amp on your amp would mess with the Distortion tone, but direct into a old Tascam 244 4 track it rocked. The other effects are really good, especially the delays and reverbs.
Milkman reverb/tremelo unit. Peter Gabriel’s third melted face album. Frip’s guitar sounds amazing. No cymbals
Hi, I own the Billy Zoom one (Little Kahuana) made by him for me happy happy and lucky for have some friendship with him, now it is on sale at TV Jones this is the brand which distribute Billy Zoom creations, awesome tube reverb and tremolo tank
I mean, after Fraggle Rock where do you go to be honest? ....but for pure, concentrated 80s give "In Your Room" by Yazoo a listen (comprising Alison Moyet, who coincidentally did guest vocals on A-ha's MTV Unplugged album; with Vince Clarke (of Depeche Mode and Erasure). It's not ALL synthpop. ;)
"The Innocents" by Erasure is another super 80s album!).
Fraggle yazoo is beautiful
Josh, you are a tall, beautiful person and we appreciate almost all that you do. Hated that Ibanez HD1000…sounded like sound effects from Stanger Things…which is great if you’re doing sound effects. Favorite was the Dano…I had an old DM25 head with the weirdest reverb tank…a foot long tube with one inch sides and completely wacky tone. Where was the tape echo unit? Seems like the ubiquitous anti-pedal effect. Why, Josh, do I dislike chorus but love the Leslie? I’m conflicted. Best album from the mid 80’s - the Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime” Funky punk alt-rock blues country at its best.
Boss distortion: this is more than heavy. It's an Earthquake.
The maestro PS1A Phase shifter is my favorite anti pedal. Its the No Quarter effect for real, also who's that lady. I liked the Ibanez thing, not sure what to call it:) love your video's
Josh, Thomas Dolby’s The Flat Earth (1984) is a masterpiece.
Yep.
Where’d you get the shirt, Josh? My girlfriend loves dinosaurs and I want to find that shirt for her
I`d pick up Danelectro and Ibanez, where`s the Anti Pedalboard though?
Space Expire Audio ...when you say “Anti-Pedalboard” do you mean the massive shelf behind him, for example?
The anti pedalboard for all these units is a flatbed tractor trailer. 🚛
@@ben87219 nope
The floor.
Rack?
oh LESLIE!!!!! That swarming, warm tone is UNDENIABLE!!!
I used to take a 760 to gigs, it would entirely fill the back of my VW Golf!
SLEEPER Album /// "Confusion is Sex" by Sonic Youth, 1983 (Neutral Records) ua-cam.com/video/AL-Zzo9_Qy4/v-deo.html&start_radio=1&t=3
Engineered and recorded in Chelsea, NYC by Wharton Tiers, this debut full length album for Sonic Youth was the stepping stone from the "no wave" genre and into the budding hardcore "noise rock" scene that was coming alive in Chelsea. In the winter of 1983 when released, its individuality captures enough attention locally that by that summer its momentum sends the band jet setting out of the Chelsea streets and out over to the UK where musicians and critics alike were open and on board. Coming back off their tour, we see the advent of Moore's zine "Killer" which counters and aims to disarm the Village Voices' critical authority on what Moore enthusiastically thought was out of touch from the hardcore punk/noise scene happening in NYC. Coming off the album even still and with some help, Moore then dreams up "Noise Fest" and in its first bill we see an accumulation of what was an esoteric scene -- and in so gifting the chance for festival participants to experience the genre in but a day and night.
All in all the sleeper that is "Confusion is Sex" is an elusive yet potent ingredient of what ultimately ends up germinating the influence of "noise" and "punk" styles into popular music so that it reaches out into the 90's with the game changer that was Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." And for Sonic Youth this 1983 winter release excites the Chelsea scene and in hindsight, pushes the band forward and into what is an incredibly creative and decorated career.
One could say that like many sleepers, its creative impact on music as an art form is the subtle part of learning the history of music the exact type of stuff that makes digging for records and learning the nuances of its history so amazing! It can lead us to discover beautiful understandings of musical development -- it helps us draw a line in time from influence to influence, style to style -- and all the while providing us some truly great tunes! ////
Apologies for the long post all, but the suggestion to talk about favorite sleepers is hard to resist and edit down :) peace!
me: :leaves work early:
boss: where are you going?
me: Josh told me to go play guitar.
boss: who?
me: :gone:
Gotta do whst the man said to do.
but you have to work to earn money to buy the pedals to play the guitar
Just WoW!