Thousand Dollar Pedals
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2024
- In this week's episode, Josh and Nick weren't ready to tackle the big question-- "Are $1000 pedals actually worth the money?" --on their own, so they brought in a panel of judges to help them decide. That may have been a mistake. These highly qualified (read: highly obsessive) judges will decide whether or not these $1000 pedals are worth the price. Ultimately, though, you're the judge.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:24 Why Are Some Pedals So Expensive?
1:07 Board of Professional Pedal Enthusiasts
1:34 BOSS TB-2W
3:07 "Back Alley Yacht Rock"
4:30 Thoughts From The Panel
6:38 Lovetone Ring Stinger
7:58 "Robot Boogie"
9:25 Thoughts From The Panel
11:15 EHX Deluxe Memory Man
12:32 "Clear Skies, Paul Blart, Hit Snooze"
13:56 Thoughts From The Panel
16:13 Ampeg Scrambler
18:13 "Android City"
19:00 Thoughts From The Panel
21:32 Klon Centaur
23:55 "You're Living A Lie"
25:25 Thoughts From The Panel
28:54 Chase Bliss Preamp MKII
30:51 "Sonic Kick Flip"
32:28 Thoughts From The Panel
36:08 Why Do I Want The Pedal?
37:14 Record Time
38:42 Thanks For Watching!
Gear in this Episode:
Boss TB-2W Tone Bender Waza Craft
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Morgan Amplification MKII Fuzz
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Way Huge WHE403 Havalina
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Keeley Fuzz Bender
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Lovetone Ring Stinger
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Boss MD-500 Modulation
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FLAMMA FC05 Modulation
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Tap Tempo with Panasonic MN3005 Chip
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Universal Audio Starlight Echo Station
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Diamond Memory Lane Jr
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Ampeg Scrambler Fuzz
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Danelectro French Toast
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Teisco Fuzz
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JHS Supreme
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Klon Centaur
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MXR Micro Amp
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Keeley Katana
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JOYO Roll Boost
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Wampler Tumnus Overdrive Pedal
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Way Huge Conspiracy Theory
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Klone Clone
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Boss OD-200 Overdrive
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Chase Bliss Audio Automatone MKII Preamp
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Strymon Sunset Dual Overdrive
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Strymon Riverside Multi-Stage Drive Pedal
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Line 6 DM4 Distortion Modeler
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Gibson Les Paul Gold Top
JHS "Loud Is More Good Amp"
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Record Time:
Denison Witmer - American Foursquare
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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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“Why go cheap and be a creep when you can spend money and sound like honey” honestly my favorite biblical passage bless you all
I definitely want to party with that a-hole. He’s insufferable but the drinks and other sundries would be amazing.
"Why go cheap and be a creep, when you can spend money and sound like honey?"
This is t-shirt material...
Love this lol
I’d buy that.
its stupid
It's awesome!
+1
“I really care about my tone so I’m going gold tip cables straight into my Dumble” that killed me too funny
Hemp cones bro. Hemp... Cones.
Came for the pedals, stayed for the comedy
@@SpinandThrowDiscGolf Smoking a couple cones will make any rig sound better than any Dumble for sure
WOW! I never wanted a Klon until now! DIdn't know it could work as a clean boost - I just went and bought two! Thanks JHS!
This channel is fantastic
uh better than urs uh
Right!
You are also fantastic my dude
Well said.
I love how they constantly infuriate The Gear Page and all of the other snobs 😂 it’s truly beautiful
I love that JHS employees not knowing the price of a cup of coffee is just canon now.
Why would they know the price of coffee?
Why would you ?
Stop wasting your money on coffee and go out and buy more pedals ?
Buy pedals, not coffeee
Brew your own coffee and spend the savings on dod pedals from the early 90s
If you have a blender strong enough, you can turn a klon into a cup of coffee
@@stanislavmigra nothing wakes you up in the morning like pedals. Your neighbors too.
T-Bone Drexel needs his own UA-cam channel!!!!!
Sometimes I’ll put the JHS Show on the TV to relax before taking a nap… and “He Has the Box” never fails to wake me from a dead sleep every time
"I can make a clean boost in like 10 seconds with a single transistor."
Oh hell yeah.
After I had built a fuzz face and a rangemaster in high school I hacked together a clean boost with a mosfet, a couple of resistors, a 9 volt battery connector and a piece of perfboard about the size of a US penny that I found while cleaning out the physics lab at school. This all hid neatly in my strat and was my "secret sauce" for a few years. The gain was controlled via the guitars volume knob and the battery was only connected if the guitar was plugged in. I was pretty proud of myself at the time, and looking over what I just wrote I guess I still am.
I just bought a Squier bullet to try and teach myself this kind of stuff that sounds bad ass
So maybe you should sell it on or make your own guitar and who knows maybe even Matt Bellamy himself will buy his next guitar from you! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
But is a buffer in it? If not, then why boost? 😄
Impressive man..I hope u build circuits for a living..sounds like u should be...
This is "Boss" boss. Have you published the schematics?
"I not only want to sound good, I want to feel superior in every way." Classic. So good!
So classic how they parody the main types of pedal commenters
...and then the two unlikely allies throughout most of the discussion end up in irreparable odds at the end.
Truly, classic.
Agreed.
Addison: "are you sure you can get a double-wide for 6,000?", Josh: " Have you seen where I grew up?" LOL
Man, down here in South America, $6K is a little fortune.
Highlights of this episode:
1. Hearing Josh’s pronunciation of “Thames”
2. Seeing the Chase Bliss Preamp sliders magically move
Worth every second of my time for these two events. Thanks Josh!
"Why buy cheap and be a creep, when you can spend money and sound like honey?" Best quote ever!
The quote of the year…
"I've never needed a doctor cause I'm a man."
I almost swerved into the median 🤣
I don't need no doctor-Humble Pie :)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring the panel back for more videos!!! I love nerding out AND laughing with you all!
This episode is to die for. Classic Josh and the crew at their very best. And of course, the content is excellent. Better then watching cable Television.
"Line-666" is the funniest thing I've heard all year
Josh playing the Klon as a clean boost is pure entertainment 😂
Simon Marcotte - Same with using his hand to operate an expression pedal.
#klonwithacleanboost
"Wampler used to make good stuff when he made it at home."
I am literally in tears Lmaoo
I love how both dudes at the panel are perfectly acceptable parallel universe versions of Josh and Nick if only the tiniest detail of the past had been different
I come from an age where we didn’t have ear protectors and common sense.
This means I no longer can tell the difference between a Klon and a Zoom 505 any more.
Oh my God, I love how you had two regular dudes, and then that ridiculous character "Addison" in the middle! And what a crazy costume too! I don't know where you come up with this stuff.
That Ampeg Scrambler box is cursed, Josh. No single piece of ordinary cardboard lasts that long in the music world, not without demonic intervention at least.
Nick was ridiculously good and hilarious in this one.
Watching the Klon break Josh's mind somehow never gets old
I died when Addison was playing “Himself” 🤣
I'm just Addison and I work at jhs
Killer
This is the entire Gear Page condensed into a 40-minute video. All the applause, gents.
Totally why i stopped going on The Gear Page. I started getting swept up in the hype and spent more money than I should have :( Sold all my Boss pedals because of that and have had to buy them all back.
"This is America, not Mars."
Gold
I recently found this channel… I’m 62 years old I’ve been playing guitar since I was eight… I am addicted to this JHS… They bring so much information and joy ,thank you guys... The Chase Bliss was amazing...Take care everyone
Welcome!!!!
I'm 63
Well I'm the youngest of us at 56. I quit enjoy being young, Glade to see the "Old Guys" getting with It!!! LoL
@@reverendg5937 I'm 17 and also a pedal nerd. It's hard finding other pedal nerds like me my age😂
@@guestivity2063 Yeah, I'm 28 and most younger people these are full on into amp sims. Yeah, I think they sound killer, but I feel like the sounds I can get through pedals to be much more unique as well as more fun to experiment with and dial in- I'm not relying on the same algorithm everybody else is using! I'm the asshole that likes to be different just because lol
“Spend money, make honey” must become a shirt where funds are donated to a bee organization.
They used to have one called the Pollinator iirc
@@wiggledixbubsy98 oh damn your right! Forgot about that haha. Gonna edit post haha
I love you Josh. With every video, you figure out how to turn our mutual nerdy obsession into top quality entertainment!
This was informative and entertaining. Brilliant. Thank you for making me laugh with your "panel of experts" and putting a smile on my face. You have a fan for life. Cheers!
"They're coming down a little bit [in price]" NOT ANY MORE, thanks to Mr. Josh and co!
*laughs at the idea that someone subscribes to this show and is hearing about the tb-2w for the first time today*
The next panel needs the “plug straight into the amp” guy who does t use pedals at all, but if he did here’s his opinion
Just cut to him after every segment and have him say "don't like it"
Only pedal you need is one to switch from clean to dirty
Also known as the dude that gets processed the most in the studio
Now that I've finally got my Blues Jr figured out I sometimes plug straight in. But I also love fuzz, delay, and have figured out how to get a deliciously squishy high gain overdrive with a morning glory into an OCD. I won't be dropping the pedals anytime soon.
Waddy Wachtel
One of my favorites so far. Nailed it on the recap. Be a snob if that’s what you wanna be, but be truthful with yourself about it. Also, Nicks heartfelt realization at the end was Epic. Hope you guys work together forever, y’all are an awesome team. Pretty sure your videos give the world hope
This was the best guitar/pedal video I ever watched. That bit at the end about filling the void with pedals was nuts.
The end argument about the Klon had me in tears, best show ever. You guys are nuts and I'm loving it. Keep it up!
“There’s an anger in me that can’t be quenched!!”
Behind every expensive pedal is someone trying to tell you it's worth even more! Cheers Josh!!
That is the hype. No one is going to spend 6k on a pedal and say it sucks. They are going to tell everyone it has magic inside. The Klon is the Dumble of the pedal world.
@@victormaniaci2104 Your comment is worth 6k!!
Josh's acting here is good enough to where he could probably audition for a TV show.
This is my favorite UA-cam video in history. I've probably watched it a dozen times and it still cracks me up. PLEASE let these characters come back to talk about more expensive pedals (like the King of Tone).
An entire Analogman episode...
"Why go cheap and be a creep when you can spend money and sound like honey?" Utter genius 😂
I hope it was made up on the fly and not a written line.
Dude, Nick was on fire in this episode! Genuinely, a hysterical character and performance. LOVED IT.
This is one of the best UA-cam videos I’ve ever watched I mean ever on any subject! It was funny, insightful interesting and even moving! I enjoyed it so much thank you. !!
Recently subscribed. Badass channel dude. So cool and unique. Keep it rolling. Now I want a JHS pedal 🤘😁
“THERE IS AN ANGER IN ME THAT IS NOT QUENCHED!”
"Just play an overdrive. Have in made in America, by a real man, sittin' at home doing this job the way it's meant to be done."
This panel is amazing. Hope we'll see more of them in future episodes.
whats amazing...the cluelessness?
@@thefuneralparade ya. Not their's, though...
@@thefuneralparade the humor. Which apparently was lost on you?
This is a fantastic episode. Great jams - great coverage of pedals and even better the panel. Josh did a great parochial, insular, conspiracy-loving, pedal-forum-disciple; Adison, presented the practical real world view very well; Nick channeling John Malkovich, acting as a snobby 'lawyer to the doctors' was Gold.
This is officially the best JHS video of all time, effervescing to the surface of the deep mountain stream of burbling crystal awesome that is JHS’ back catalog.
“I’m too rich to listen to Radiohead.”
T-bone needs a consistent spot on every episode going forward, his own spin off, 1-5 t-shirts, and his own pedal asap. (Introducing the JHS T-Bone: All American, small batch, handmade parts that do... Something to your guitar tone... Something real!)
Special transistors
was this already the Haunting Mids?
Consistent spot? Dude T-bone needs to have his own channel. LMAO
@ghost mall Is it gooped?
THERE IS AN ANGER INSIDE OF ME I JUST CANT QUENCH! lmao
Absolutely the best episode ever!!! And I know they’ll get better still! Thanks Josh, Addison & Nick, your more entertaining than the majority of things on the T.V. today!
Thanks for taking the time to mark the chapters. It makes it really easy to go through and look for a particular pedal.
I can't believe no one has discovered the secret to why Klons sound so good... Tone Metal. Guitar makers seek out the perfect tone woods but most pedal makers (including JHS) just slap their circuits into any old enclosure. Not so with The Mighty Klon! The atomic structure of their boxes is what totally makes this pedal worth $6000.
SMH Duh!!!!🤦
A weird anecdote: the original fuzz faces sound different if you don’t screw on the back cover.
I once read that Eric Johnson would take the screw out of his fuzz face and use a rubber band to hold it together, because he insisted that the screw affected his tone...
@@less_concerned1221 Ha! Is this true!?! Eric Johnson uses a rubber band to hold it together.
@@creamydistortion absolutely true. And the battery type makes a difference in the Germanium fuzz pedals. Lead acid and alkaline sound different. It’s kind of weird and I didn’t believe it until I tried it. It’s not with all pedals though. Sometimes you don’t notice much of anything. And I’ve measured the voltage with a meter. When a 9v starts to dip around 7.5 -8VDC you can hear the difference. It has less of a hard edge to the fuzz. Some people feel that it’s a little more musical. Notice in the video about the Boss Tonebender that it has a voltage sag switch. It’s there for a reason.
Concept: Brilliant.
Execution of concept: Flawless.
More of this role play shenanigans, please.
This is the best episode ever, aside from the 12 hour Christmas special. The panel of experts was fantastic.
First JHS pedals video I watched. Safe to say I’m addicted to your channel/pedals.
I have, 100%, been on threads with all 3 panel members here on TGP.
I appreciate the guys playing down the absurdities of each character.
Is Obese Mike still a wannabe cop over on the Geezer Page?
The panel sections are really the “This is Spinal Tap” 2021 reboot.
“You look at the epoxy inside the Scrambler, and it’s like… none more black.”
@@joermnyc VERY safely on the CLEVER side of that fine line. Well done!
Addison’s face when the panel starts arguing about the Klon clone in the Boss OD200, had me ROLLING! 🤣🤣🤣 I’ve bought like 3 JHS pedals because I love this channel so much and love the originality and chemistry of everyone. Thank y’all for being one of my fav channels!
This was worth every second of viewing.
Fabulous true-to-life characters and impeccable casting ;-)
The rich guy on the right is actually Josh's true thoughts about himself.
🤣
i mean, all the pedals featured on this episode _are_ his; he prob did buy them, so yeah.
😂😂😂😂
its his lil robot'
“….come up to Wyomin’……., “ really speaks to me. The wind offers a multi-effect reverb delay combo that is priceless.
Can confirm. A lot of wind in Wyoming. Frozen nostrils was a first for me there as well.
Haha! The wind is so loud in Wyoming, the idea of playing guitar is kinda pointless.
We need a bloopers and outtakes of this comedy gold. How you guys kept straight faces is great.
Josh's rant about the, what I learned today, "Apparently Overhyped & Overrated Klon Centaur" at 21:32 thru 23:55 was absolutely amazing and hilarious! XD
"My poor friends listen to Radiohead." 🤣🤘🎸
P.S. With Halloween stores open, Josh really missed an awesome opportunity to rock an awful fake mustache.
Once a pedal costs more than 6 coffees, it's off my list.
I love those 2€ coffees I order most of the time. Wait... 6x only?!
A coffee in my town is 1,50€
For a maximum of 7,50€ a pedal, I guess all I can allow myself to purchase is a transistor and a pot to make a DIY boost...
Maybe it's time to move someplace where coffee is more expensive
Always loved this episode and i came back just to say that i just bought myself a Klone. Just snagged up an alchemy modded EHX Soul Food and its wiiiiicked nice. thank you Josh for slapping it into my head that i have to turn up the gain knob for the diodes to work. (well, ngl the gain knob is all the way up and probably never coming down) but at any rate thank you very much for at least educating me before i forgoed, forwent? whatever- before i impulse buy the funny metal boxes
I've been strictly MFX for a years. Boss GTs, Helix, Fractal.. but thanks to Josh i just ordered a DBA Fuzz Gun. I think I'll be building a pedalboars because of this channel. I'm pretty sure I need a Bonsai in my life..
I honestly don't remember laughing so hard to a UA-cam video for a looooong time, this is absolutely brilliant!!
i've learned throughout the years (and thanks to this channel) that price doesn't matter, i buy pedals because i like their visuals, the mythology behind it (besides of how they sound of course) but i could play with just about any gear at that point and nobody would tell the difference. listening to that first jam though, that bass & drum mix is insanely good, no wonder any pedal sounds killer with you guys
Agree 100%
Also nobody would tell the difference which pedal I play.
Because I can't play the guitar in general.
@@niasboiii lmao
"Thar is an anger in may that eez not queenched!" LOL, omg. This was a fun one.
I love this format!!!! More panels please!
Great content 🎉😊
AMAZING video and I am in tears watching this. Hilarious, informative and totally entertaining. You guys freaking rule.
This is the greatest video they have ever made. Period.
Put your money where your tone is.
Spends $6,000 on a pedal. Sets the knobs so that you can’t tell if it’s on or off.
This is the best piece of internet I’ve ever had the pleasure of coming across, if Josh doesn’t bring back his character he played I will riot and storm the JHS building and then very politely and respectfully ask for him to bring it back.
Aww, Denison Witmer! "Safe Away" was such a formative album for me - "Are You a Dreamer?" too. A big way I learned to deal with process my own emotions. Glad to be reminded of his newer stuff.
Also, the panel was hilarious. I clicked on this a bit reluctantly - why do I need to learn about pedals I'll never buy? - but this was so hilarious and entertaining - and still educational.
That reaction to the OD-200 made my sides hurt. Wow. This might be your best work yet guys
Loved the clon as a cleanboost ;-) Never heard so no difference between on and off with such an expensive hyped pedal
This video is a piece of art! How can a genius pedal maker even be such a genius analyzer of the guitarists community and can create such a nailing and litarally self ironic picture of this insanity we are are all spending our time and money on…? An Oscar to Josh and his brilliant folks.
Awesome video. Thanks for the blend of information, wisdom, and a good dose of humour for the icing on the cake. The comedy skits were gold
That Klon segment made me laugh a lot. Thank you for that.
Being from England, hearing it pronounced "Henley-on-Thames" hurt even though that's the logical pronunciation. Just for future reference it would be said, "Henley-on-Tems". Great video though, was a really thought provoking panel you had there :)
I wonder if “Ring stinger” means the same thing in America 😂
@@michaelhalliwell1015 I hope so but I have my doubts
Thank god you mentioned this "thems" gave me anxiety.
Oxford shyer
For some reason, after seeing Josh in cowboy costume, I really want to see him in a 1970's Elvis costume 😁That would be so awesome!
This was so good, and hilarious. And nothing makes me feel more warm and fuzzy than "there are so many great options out there. Find what you love." If it sounds good, it is good. And be honest about it.
This is one of the best JHS shows I’ve seen!! Thank you JHS for educating us about pedals with humor!!
Please make an “I don’t want a toy, I want the sauce” t-shirt. The people need this.
Really cool I saw some JHS pedals at my local guitar store. Might just pick one or two up! Love this channel.
Really hard to pick a favorite part about this episode... Traxton St. Clair trying to hold back laugher every time T-Bone Drexel is speaking on the panel, T-Bone eating a Whopper when talking about the Klon, Josh saying "If you have a Klon and you use it as a boost, we're making the choice to still love you," Traxton not only wanting to not only sound good but feel superior in every possible way, the look on Addison's face at 34:48...the list could go on for days. This channel is one of the best things to ever happen to UA-cam. 😂
Keep up the awesome pedal building and the awesome shows about not only yours, but other manufacturers' work!
You really need to keep that panel of experts around. It's great to hear from the everyman on your videos
This may be the funniest JHS episode ever... love you guys, please keep doing this forever :)
You guys are awesome. This is literally the only channel I watch that makes me laugh out loud every time 🤘🤘
Yesterday, I walked into this great little pedal store in Tel Aviv to have my board rewired. I walked out an hour later, the proud owner of a JHS Morning Glory. I'd long coveted a transparent overdrive, but I hadn't found one that really clicked for me. This instantly proved to be the missing link in a pedal board chain that includes a Cry Baby wah-wah, a mini Tube Screamer, a Fulltone OCD and a JHS Muffuletta. What does this have to do with this week's episode? Well, It didn't cost a whole lot, but the sound? Priceless. And that's what ultimately counts.
Great stuff, I love the negative commentary from the judges. I'm thinking of typing some of it in a search engine and seeing how many exact matches I get from guitar forums 😄
This is one of the best JHS, Inc. pieces I've seen. Your instrumentals should be getting used all over the place.
I built myself a Scrambler clone and I love it. And I must say that the two controls are what makes it different from other octave fuzz, but I don't think that 2000 is a reasonable price. But we have to admit that the enclosure is like the best ever
Great production, and... great advice. Quality jams, hilarious content and sweet gear. It's the stuff.
I love my Automatone MkII. I’d say it’s worth the money for sure!
It replaced two overdrives and a fuzz on my pedalboard (which saved a little space). Not to mention the very useful design of the presets and visual sliding faders!
"The wipers are manual" is a very funny line.
Love these videos. I have a question about a pedal that looked very impressive but never was able to get my hands on one. The Source Audio SB2 Multi-wave Distortion. Have you ever done a vid on those?
"Are you not excited? Hey, I'm sorry that I love something and you don't like it - ok..."
Just yes to everything here. You guys have so much fun and I'm suddenly wishing my work was like this everyday. Go on