History Of Roland Pedals (Pre BOSS Effects)
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- They say not to meet your heroes, but I respectfully disagree. This week, Nick and I interviewed Yoshi Ikegami, president of BOSS Pedals, and it was amazing. He gave us the lowdown on the history of Roland and BOSS, and basically made all my nerdy pedal dreams come true. Thanks, Yoshi.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:43 How Roland Got Into Guitar Pedals
3:21 Bee Baa & Funny Cat
6:16 Wah Series
7:39 Bee Gee
8:33 Phase Five
10:35 Jet Phaser
11:53 Roland vs Boss
14:01 AS-1 Sustainer
15:22 Compact Pedal Design
17:53 The Mystery of the History
19:36 Thanks for Watching!
Gear Featured in this Episode:
Roland AF-100 Bee Baa
Roland AG-5 Funny Cat
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Roland Double Beat AD-50 Fuzz Wah
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Roland AW-10 Wah Beat
Roland AF-60 Bee Gee
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Roland AP-5 Phase Five
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Roland AP-7 Jet Phaser
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Roland AP-2 Phase II
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Boss BF-1 Flanger
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The Boss B-100 Pre-Amp
Roland AS-1 Sustainer
The jams from this episode are on BandLab! Head over to the link below to jam with us, download the stems, and create your own samples from our sounds... or all of those things.
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#jhs #thejhsshow #boss
“Why doesn’t Boss make a mini pedal?”
Because Boss IS the original mini pedal.
I still buy these pedals not only for their tone, but for their format, I just like them as candies
👏👏👏
Even not looking at the philosophical perspective: How small can a pedal be?
It's not like your feet can get any smaller, so you still need as much space between them as a boss, add the lack of real-estate to put controls on such small pedals
and the practical value diminishes greatly
Not really (MXR were) but I get your point.
@@namnefternamn5463 script logos to the front please
I love Yoshi clearly sitting there thinking "why does he care about this shit...." it just warms my pedal nerd heart
looooooooooooooool we all nerds
It's also very cool to realize that He understands Josh's power to influence the market. For the love of God he brought crib notes to do the interview.
This whole channel needs to go into the congressional library.
I Hear That ☺☺😎💯💯
the boss of boss...can´t get bosser than that
None more bosser
When he says some really boss things... Then you have the boss of Boss saying things that are boss. That's really boss. Scientists are currently working on coming up with something more boss.
Totally boss!
he probably drinks Boss coffee too
He’s been with Boss for 40 years, but looks 45... damn......
and he still plays football to this day 😂！
It's supposedly fish oil. Most Japanese have a diet that includes alot of seafood. It's said to keep one looking younger.
@@TheRealcdawg22 plus there are a few diseases significantly less prominent than in Europe or the US due to the Omega-3 unsaturated acids...
Child labor in a Japanese sweat shop, lol.
@@capt.sardonico2197 You're confusing China with Japan.
Two different countries.
Two COMPLETELY different realities.
Jhs is the best. I loved Josh treating Yoshi like he was interviewing Elvis. That gushing fan thing.
I second this
In a way, he kind of is! As a Boss user since the early 80s I have remained a fan.
He’s more important than Elvis :P
boss is the best ;)
Boss is the boss!
Josh is one of the most genuine people. He doesn’t have a pedal show to talk about his own product or put down other companies. He creates a fellowship in the music industry by treating everyone like family. All the way down to the individual, up to the biggest company and everything in between.
Thank you, Josh, for bringing the best content and your knowledge to such a huge space. I never stop learning!
you should ask him about stealing devi ever's fuzz circuit designs lol
@@jackbenson8228 looks like someone still hasn't moved on.
@@jackbenson8228 Devi Ever is sus. A great designer, but definitely sus. Like making a Kickstarter for pedals then using the $ for gender reassignment instead of the promised pedals. That’s just one thing among several. Let’s be even in our criticisms.
because he knows we all have different pedals from all brands and we love the variety, its not like earthquake always pushing his ugly desing pedals in his shows
Imaging showing this or many other Josh interviews in a marketing or business or an MBA class. Not promoting your product (or minimally) and speaking very highly of your competition. I could see being a student in such classes and giving a Josh presentation and flunking the class :))))
My uncle was a rep for Roland here in NZ when I was a kid, and he'd always bring us cool stuff when he visited. The earliest school bag I can remember having was a giant SD-1 Pedal.
Just a little trivia, Yoshi actually designed the Roland SDE-3000, one of the greatest rack delays ever. Dave and I use them in our NAMM rigs for the Friedman demo rig.
Lol, I love how Josh is having a hard time processing the Roland/Boss overlap that he wasn't aware of. He has to repeat it to let it actually sink in. What a nerd, I love it!
I almost cried when I noticed that I was learning something at the "same time" that Josh (thanks to the magic of UA-cam, I mean).
There he goes again, Nick with his immaculate snare tone. Better than Rhett's slide tone, better than Josh's slide tone. Just putting everything else to shame.
Nick is a monster talent. Also understands the how and why of recording. Respect!
Yoshi, "the newest pedal is best."
Josh: immediately plays one of the oldest pedals in existence.
Haha. I do wonder if that spirit is what makes Boss continue to have so many classic pedals.
Shoutout to Yoshi-san for bringing back some of the best pedals ever with the Waza Craft series.
I would listen to Yoshi talk about just his career for 15 minutes, seems like a really cool smart guy.
Only thing wrong with this video is it's not longer.
Here in Brazil, Rolando produced "Oliver" pedals. It was the same circuit of the bosses, but under the Oliver name.
I have some, and other Brazilian's older pedals if you wanna know about it.
straight-faced deadpan Josh couldn't hide his excitement at meeting the boss of Boss. Look at the constant smile the entire time
They really need to reissue the Funny Cat. That thing sounds exactly what I want.
Edit: Actually all these old pedals sound wicked af. Boss really need to get some ideas from the past for their future pedals.
Don't let him leave that room. We still have millions of questions.
As a Roland employee here in Brazil, this is pure gold. Thank you, JHS guys. This made my day.
I didn't realize how gigantic Josh is until this video. Watching him hold a DS-1 reveals his true scale. I for one welcome our new pedal overlord.
The Funny Cat wins for me, such a cool and expressive pedal
To Boss' boss: "Talk about this!"
Boss' boss: "I don't know".
my daughter (5 yo) was staring at my pedalboard today and asked me why my tubescreamer had that "hole" in it. And it took some time before I realized she was talking about the recess for the knobs. Very unique and clever design indeed!
"Immediately after this interview, Josh bought a BeeGee." Josh? Get help. It's cool that Mr. Ikegami talked about Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi. His story is pretty incredible. Being the owner of some JC120's, and lots of other Roland stuff, I read up on him. Very interesting story.
I loled so hard at that part :D
I say he waited way too long to get that BeeGee. Bought mine when everyone else was eating up Metal Zones. I don't need no stinking "gain" knob!
I finally bought a JC-120 3years ago. It's awesome. Was fortunate to have found a used one in great shape while I had the cash to swing it.
@John Verne I'm thinking there are a lot of us addicts on here - Pedalholics Anonymous.
@@TheRealcdawg22 I never see much discussion of them on the gear channels. Sorry to get yakky here, but the first one I ever saw was in a local music store about 1978-79. Guy handed me a guitar and said, "Hit a C chord." 1 of the 3 I knew fortunately. Was blown away and never forgot it. I remembered the green faceplate and the knobs. Decades later I finally got one and was actually disappointed at first. Very plain vanilla sound. I thought hard about it and figured out that in addition to the amp, and it's chorus, the one in the shop had a Space Echo unit sitting on top. No wonder I never forgot it! Two things redeemed the JC120 for me - the glorious stereo effects loop, and the fact that for a solid state amp, it holds its composure up to extreme volume levels.
It would be sweet if JHS did their take on the Jet Phaser or Phase 5 since there are no phasers in the current JHS lineup😉
I mean, you COULD argue Uni-Vibe is phaser, and they have the Unicorn of course.
There’s a few repros around. I own the PastFX Jet Phaser clone and an original Roland. They nailed it in my opinion.
Jet Phaser please
The Jet Phaser is the shizzle. Ram Jam in a box and lots of fun.
I don't play guitar much anymore but I'd shell out for a JHS Jet Phaser. Still the best phase I've ever heard...
oh, waiiiit - WARM already did this. HMNNNNNN.
This was an awesome interview! Thanks for collecting some knowledge for posterity
Yeah man I've been waiting for one like this. Anyway I wish everyone at jhs a very enjoyable Friday
I was guessing that we were going to get a "I don't have this pedal" for the beegee but Josh went and just bought one.
I guess he couldn't really survive without it.
He already had that pedal. You can see it in the 70s distortion pedals video
@@joseislanio8910 he did mention that he had filmed this a while back and still hadn't released it. I guess this was when he bought the pedal.
I'm more surprised they didn't tell us if it came in the original box or not.
@@edbrito-swdev that video is two years old
Wow! They got Ikegami on the show. That's huge. All of my respect to the JHS crew.
15:40 The “oh, ok” as it dawns on him, the connection between switch boxes and the BOSS pedal format ❤
I got a 80s Boss CE-2 and gigged with it for 10 years.
Its not the oldest boss pedal but it sounds phenomenal for covers from The Police to german pop songs of the 80s we play around here.
I wish I had one because I've been trying to get a rockman x100 but they are like $600 now and I want to play Chris Polands solos from Peace Sells and that's why I'm looking for a Boss CE-2.
American living in Japan-I love and own both BOSS and JHS pedals and I practice on a Katana MK 2. Love your channel, Josh, and hope I can score a BOSS factory tour some day. Thanks for the history! 😎👍🏼
this episode was like 40 minutes too short hahaha loved it
Absolutely brilliant. Even better that you were able to sit down with Ikegami-san and get his insight. Loved the whole "funny name" era and the perfection of their stomp box with the easy access battery slot. Indeed, why change it?
On a related note, I recently got hold of a one-of-a-kind prototype module made by Roland for a modular synthesizer in 1978. It was rumoured to exist for decades and it cropped up in amongst some junk earlier this year! It just has a hand written module number on it and no serial and I tried asking the Roland guys about it, but the stories like that are largely lost and I'll probably never get an answer. Keeps it intriguing I guess.
Anyway, well done on getting this down for posterity, hopefully people will watch it in decades to come.
This was so awesome. I love that Mr. Ikegama said: "I don't know" - he is keeping it real. Where would the pedal-industry be . . . without Roland/Boss. I've own'd quite a few: pedals rack gear, drum machines, synths & modules. They make phenomenal stuff.
This channel is so important for all pedalmaniacs and GAS people. Thank you for showing us details in Pedal history. Josh is the pedal-pope.
The Compact Pedal design of the DS-1 was a great bit of Marketing. I knew nothing in those days, much like now, but I thought that all of the other brands were second rate with their chintzy re-purposed cases, and even the lesser-seeming paint finishes. People also only ever had one pedal, it seemed, except for Robbie Dunbar and Joe Satriani, local heroes who each had three on the floor.
I came for the BeeBaa in the thumbnail but stayed for the amazing interview and other awesome pedal sounds! My friend and I built ourselves clones of the BeeBaa because we thought they were so cool. I still use it all the time and I especially love the treble boost function on it.
Thank you Josh for doing this! It's awesome that this history is being documented. Keep up the great work!
It’s amazing how great the Roland OGs sounded, so cool and different, very unique
That Jet Phaser was insane. Josh needs to make his own version.
That was a brilliant interview and no one better than a fan boy himself to conduct it.
I still have my CE-2 I bought brand new in 79 and it still works.
sheer awesomeness. Yoshi is a legend and such a down to earth good guy. what a legacy... he went out on retirement with the RE-202! so glad Josh got him on for this interview before retirement.
He seems like such a good and genuine person.
I really liked the sound of that distorted flanger, imagine if they re-released that!
Warm Audio did a clone of it not too long ago, the Warm Audio Jet Phaser.
I still play a 1974 Roland SH 1000 analog synth It is amazing God bless Roland
The mutual respect and admiration between them is amazing
The Roland Jet Phaser was my favorite pedal of all time
Was
Of all time
I had one of those in the early 80s. With any luck, it is still in a box somewhere in the basement. Maybe it will pay for my retirement.
At least these pedals wont get more expensive because of the vid... right?
Lololol
@@El...Presidente i just checked, you can still find these old roland pedals for less than 500usd, that's a landmark
They're already pretty far up there!
@@erestube up there means the US, right ? you can buy directly on the japanese market nowadays, i do it regularly
I walked into a shop that had old rack gear. I picked up a Tube Works Real Tube 2 for $20. It’s my favorite piece of gear. It’s $500 +/- now.
My amp is a Sovtek Mig 100. Got it for $200, not it’s $2000 ish.
Trust your judgement and ignore the sales guy.
This is the reason why Josh's JHS pedal UA-cam is a museum 'archive' quality channel.
This channel goes from strength to strength in charting the history of guitar effects, it's amazing.
Josh was like a star was super fan showing their lightsaber collection to George Lucas
I'm sure Lucas wouldn't have given half a care though if that were the case.
I NEED a FunnyCat. And a BeeGee. Josh, you need to give Yoshi a friendly nudge to get some of these remade... Or maybe take some inspiration from a couple.
I agree. The Funny Cat and the BeeGee sounded awesome!
I want the Jet Phaser!
05/28/2021. The day Josh becomes a national treasure. Thank you very much for filming this one.
I messaged him once and asked a coding question about one of Boss's new DSP pedals and he replied quickly and enthusiastically. Great guy, a legend.
The jet phaser is so good, Larry Graham used it to great effect.
Awesome episode Josh! I love Boss pedals and Roland amps!
The most important episode ever.
Tears in my eyes. 😢
I don't know why.
I'm touched.
I had not heard of or knew of the Roland Double Beat AD-50 Fuzz Wah until a local pedal builder made a fuzz pedal basing it off this particular model. He removed the wah part of the pedal to just focus on the fuzz and did two things. He took the sustain knob and made it a switch with a low and high gain or "sizzle" setting and then added a 4th tone selection to the tone selector knob. It was great to see an obscure fuzz become more obtainable. It made me want to learn more about these Roland, "Boss before Boss" pedals, so the Double Beat is my favourite!
JHS needs to make a phaser based on the Phase 5. Y U no have Phaser?
I will buy this
Yes. 👍🏼
I third this. It sounds amazing.
Boss would be missing a trick not to do a Waza version.
I don't get why you're giving him subtitles. His English is clearer than most of your guests (looking at you Rhett)
How do you think scottish people feel
His English is very good but there may be people watching with hearing difficulties. Aka musicians. 😂
@@bimscutney1242 what?
A lot of people who watch JHS videos don't have english as their mother tongue, so it can be a little difficult to understand what he is saying.
@@henriquevalverde7179 or bass players
i'm glad that ghostly note @ 5:47 was captured on film and recorded
Awesome indeed! It was fascinating! I learned a lot! Thanks JHS!
Amazing episode, thanks for all of the weird history stuff that we can only get here.
Is there an episode for FranTone in the works?
6:58 "I have no idea about this stuff".
man I laughed hard at this.
Great sounding pedal tho. I think this could have been a cliff burton fab too.
I like his down to earth attitude. Being honest. Humble. And being proud of the legacy. I bought my first ever pedal (DS-1) end of the eighties. And I still have it and use it. Not bad indeed for technical product. Great talk, I enjoyed this tremendously.
Fascinating episode, back in the ‘70’s, I had finished school and was in a band, playing pubs and anywhere else we could, and the guys and me made regular pilgrimages to Tin Pan Alley, the mecca of the London guitar and instrument shops. We drove the shop guys mad trying out the latest pedals, searching for the magic sound that would make us famous..........
Any one else noticed that when josh interviews people, he looks, like if he just woke up from a nap? Maybe it's his secret to doing great interviews?
I also noticed that!
probably schedules them in the morning, or something
Only when he interviews people? He seems to look like that in all his videos.
Lotta work.
He was up all night 🌙 scouring the internet looking for more elusive pedals to fill out his measly collection.
Josh should be the USA Pedal Envoy to the world!
I love that I see you comment on every forum and video I watch . Picture gives you way 😂
@@chadsedlak266 Well we both have good taste Chad :>)
We better form a group, Get Beato to produce, and Yayoka on drums, With Jamel AKA Jamal as MC Leland can be our life coach.
This is so much more than just a video. You rescued a part of musical history that would otherwise have probably been lost forever, Josh. Nice work!
My first distortion pedal was a Bee Gee . I'm glad you have discovered it's awesomeness! The tone sweep is huge. Sometimes our roadie would lie down on the stage beside my pedals and operate the tone like a synth filter. It was hilarious and awesome. I wish I still had that pedal.
This episode was way too short.. Roland in the 70's was splendid!
"We need a funny name for the new pedal whaddayagot?"
"uh uh funny..." *cat walks by* "...cat. funnycat."
I have been gigging with Boss pedals for decades and enjoyed total reliability with great quality of sound.
All I can say is wow! That was amazing, thanks for that conversation. 😎
Sitting watching this, I thought how strange it is to call a box with a click switch on it a pedal. I get calling a wah, volume, expression, or even the Boss/Ibanez style box with a platform switch on it a ‘pedal’, but everything else should be called a foot controller really.
I even bored myself with that observation.
That last phrase bruh.Now someone understands what it's like to be me.Yadda yadda.
Japanese people, when speaking English, usually add an "ah" or "oh" at the end of a word that ends with T. Effect-ah/effect-oh. My Japanese karate masters say straight-ah/straight-oh and such. I love that. I miss my late master, and I haven't seen the living and younger ones for years. I miss them too. I love Japan, from guitars and pedals, to karate.
Japanese also say "head-ah-bang". I was talking to a tiny cute Japanese woman she asked me what music I play. I said "Everything from folk to metal". She got exited and said "I like heavy metal". I was intrigued a tiny well dressed Japanese woman loved metal so I asked her: "what is your favourite thing about metal?" She replied "I like head-ah-bang"! This actually made me love Japan even more which is impossible because I already love it so much
@@LordStompyHarpLoonyTunes Great story!
How cool is that, huh. Who knew that this show will finally get here? You guys rock!
My Wazacraft Dimension C came in the mail today, so I cradled it and watched this. The joy nearly overwhelmed me.
I miss the Boss double-pedal format. Sure the 200 series is smaller & the 500 series can fit another button. But they just don’t have that iconic look.
I was thinking the same thing when they were talking about the boxes and designs. I have all of the 20 series pedals except the Slicer.
In my opinion the DD-20 is the best multi-type delay ever. I wonder why they never added a Reverb to the dual pedal series?
I hope Josh you will read this comment and learn that we are very , very thankful for creating such amazing content on youtube, each like below is from us that appreciate your effort. Thank you
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super dope, great channel!!! great episode!
That's so cool. Love stuff like this. Killer Job.
This man looks like he is in his early 40s. There is no way he was of working age in 1978
Wonderful episode! Thanks!
Such a wonderful episode!
Fantastic interview!
At first I didn’t want to include boss in my pedalboard but after jhs videos I gave them a try and I love them very much
Another great episode! Thanks a lot!
Josh became a nice player after all those episodes! Dream come true :)))
Your videos are all great! This one was the best of them all! :)
What a great episode!
Thanks!
Legendary episode!!! This was amazing!!!
Awesome interview!!!! Thanks!!!!!
Love your enthusiasm! Great episode.
Awesome! Thank you for making this episode! 🤙
GREAT video, Josh. I love these history vids of yours, they're so educational and fun.
Amazing interview! Thank you!
Great video, Great info.!!
Thank you so much Josh !! :)
This is great. This is like the best Christmas present 6 months before christmas