Understanding Overdrive, Distortion, Boost & Fuzz With Josh Scott Of JHS Pedals - That Pedal Show
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- We’re delighted to welcome back to the show the splendid Josh Scott of JHS Pedals, for a discussion about classic overdrive guitar pedal types and how you might better understand them.
We talk about stuff including silicon, germanium, opamps, FETs, diodes, transistors, clipping and more, along a broadly chronological timeline of pedal development.
This is not an exhaustive history of ALL gain pedals with EVERY gain pedal ever invented. It’s simply a gentle stroll through some technical terms and topics to help you navigate the kind of pedals you might like to try.
It’s also not a science lesson. It’s a discussion that covers things you may want to investigate further, rather than providing solid answers because, well, there aren't any and the sooner we all get our heads around that, the sooner we can get back to enjoying playing. Ha!
Huge thanks to Josh for stopping by and laying the knowledge on us. Check ‘em out - www.jhspedals.com/
Also check out when Josh took over TPS for his vlog: • "That Pedal Show" TAKE... - it’s hilarious!
#JoshScott #overdrivepedals #guitareffects #distortionpedals #boostpedals #fuzzpedals
Life too short for long UA-cam videos? See the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ info below.
Pedals used in this episode
• TheGigRig Three2One
www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• D’Addario Pedal Tuner
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2tIN4lD
USA: bit.ly/3yDAvux
Australia: bit.ly/2tfHqHN
• Colorsound Power Boost (18V by Stu Castledine)
www.macaris.co.uk/colorsound/p...
• Dunlop Volume (X) Mini Pedal
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2QLS44K
USA: bit.ly/3m424bk
• Dunlop Eric Johnson Fuzz Face Distortion
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2RWVVfd
• Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (reissue listed below)
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2B9OjQY
USA: bit.ly/3oTH0Gj
• JHS Super Bolt
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2QJgFa9
USA: bit.ly/323l0Qg
Australia: bit.ly/2TadPgd
• Analog Man / Maxon OD9/808 standard mod + Bad Bob
www.buyanalogman.com/Maxon_OD...
• Analog Man Bad Bob Boost
www.buyanalogman.com/category...
• ProCo Rat (vintage)
No longer made - reissues and clones available
• Marshall Blues Breaker
No longer made in this form. Try the Analog Man Prince Of Tone / JHS Morning Glory and other derivatives
• Klon Centaur (original 1990s)
No longer made - lots of clones available!
• TheGigRig G2
www.thegigrig.com/g2
Why do we have preferred retailer links? Find out here: www.thatpedalshow.com/partners
Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 00:00
- What are we doing today? 2:30
- Why overdrive at all? Rewind: 4:18
- The first overdrive? 9:40
- Maestro FZ-1A, Keef and a Clyde McCoy tangent: 11:15
- The FZ-1A hits London: 12:50
- Tonebender & Fuzz Face, 1965/67, and transistors: 14:30
- Transistors or diodes? 16:25
- Eric Johnson Fuzz Face: 17:08 (17:30)
- What does ‘biasing transistors’ mean? Voltage/headroom: 18:26
- Moving on… the Colorsound Power Boost: 21:38 (24:10)
- And the Big Muff? 27:48
- Treble boosters? 29:12
- The importance of components: 30:25
- Germanium and silicon transistors explanation: 33:17
- Guitar pedals do not drive technology: 34:30
- What is a FET, MOSFET & JFET? 38:25
- Design is more important than the part: 41:35
- Analog Man Bad Bob Boost (FET): 42:03
- The opamp arrives: 43:25
- What do transistors and opamps look like? 44:18
- Clipping. Diodes: 46:30
- ProCo RAT: 49:40
- Hard & soft clipping? 50:55
- Diodes and clipping levels: headroom: 55:55
- Sovtek MIG-50 tangent: 1:00:38
- The hard clipping Klon and germanium diodes… or transistors… and temperature: 1:02:15
- Klon, Blues Breaker, Tube Screamer: 1:05:08 (1:07:10)
- Using opamp ODs with overdriving amps: 1:10:30
- Macmull Classic-S tangent: 1:13:40
- Back to FETs, Analog Man Bad Bob Boost and JHS Superbolt: 1:14:40 (1:15:40)
- What have we learned; summary: 1:20:30
Guitars in this episode:
• Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster Relic - Dan’s video at bit.ly/2Hlpy5Y
• Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster - watch Dan’s video at bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• Macmull S-Classic: www.macmull-guitars.com/s-cla...
Amps in this episode
• Fender Super Reverb 4x10 combo
• Matchless King Cobra 1x12 combo
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If Josh, Mick, and Dan produced a documentary on the development of guitars, amps and TONE that would be a game changer.
That’s a nice idea....
Yes! We need more guitar/guitar-related historic content!
It hurts enough watching this without being able to participate. Should my heath problems ever fucking relent, I will take Kevin Smith's advice and make what I want to watch.
Linus Pardoe yes that could be an awesome film!
Linus Pardoe I'm in
Years have passed. I declare this the most comprehensive and informative video on the history and functionality/dynamics or distortion/od of all time. You guys slay and Josh is the man
Thank you much Mark!
@ThatPedalShow you need to start producing those remaining 9 episodes with Josh 😊
"10 to 40 overdrives"-I'm up to 14, but if Josh says it's ok to have up to 40 I guess I'll take his word for it.
Man I'm way behind, I only have 2, with a fuzz on the way and two distinct drive modes on my amp. So basically 5 options total for gain. I need to hit Reverb and start shoppin'...
Let's be real, Josh has at least 400 himself so we all can get a few more and it'll be fine
@@Liko81DJ Quality is better than quantity.
I think Josh was referring to his own collection of 10 (thousand) to 40 (thousand) overdrive pedals
An Englishman, an Australian & an American walked in to a room ...
...and start in on some tasty bar chords.
This wasn’t “just” another episode... this was a masterclass!
Great pedal history lesson! Now teach us about the big bang and how that went down!
Moar fun.
@@elonmush4793 big bang is big bullshit
@@tysonrinker5958 Of course, you have a degree in Physics, right?
Tyson Rinker thanks for clearing that up us
I swear I saw tears appear in Dan's eyes when Josh said he'll send him a Sovtek head..
Passion!
You are quite probably right. :0)
Agreed... the gobsmacked gratitude is real.
As somebody who studied electronics at university, it's interesting to see how Josh distills the history and presents it in layman's terms in the context of pedals. 👍🏻
Josh, in his dry deadpan: "like 10-40 overdrives"
Dan and Mick, taking a second, then sincerely: "absolutely!"
Mick! You always do such an amazing job of facilitating a discussion and filling in the blanks to give listener a fuller picture. You are super attentive to the ears of the audience and I just love that!! Thanks, Jordan
Thank you kindly! Years of being a journalist I guess. And doing magazines. Always put the reader first. (Until a giant corporation decides it cares more about its shareholders than its readers, but hey, that’s another story. :0)
Thanks for watching!
@@ThatPedalShow Mick, Josh was so right in his praise of you being the best moderator.
And yet, more tangents, please.
His journalist years prepared him well for his job as pedalshow educator ;-)
@@elonmush4793 To me, it has more to do with Oxford and Cambridge seminar practice. It would be interesting to know more about his educational background.
Linear content delivery with informative tangents that offer insight and a little opportunity to inflect opinion make these vids worth watching.
I must have watched this a half dozen times over the last couple years and I learn something every time. Content like this redeems the internet.
The highlight of this for me was Dan's reaction when Josh said he'd give Dan one of his MIG-50s. That alone was worth a like.
Never has there been a more perfect guest for this show. This was one of my favorite episodes. Really great, guys.
If you think your marriage is going nowhere and you want to do something, just buy a Booster. This video deserves a book. One of the best videos of 2018, thanks!!!
Hahahahah thats my answer to marriage problems too
Id love to see a panel, Jhs, Wampler, Keeley, Empress, Earthquaker, ect with that Pedal Show staff. Perhaps a special NAAM show.
I love that Josh, a man that owns a pedal company, is always shining a spotlight on other makers. He’s always talking about out circuits he likes, spotlighting brands I may have not heard of otherwise.
1 1/2 uninterrupted hours of a show talking about pedals. What an amazing time to be alive.
Best pedal video I’ve ever seen. I learned a wealth of information and I was sad when it ended. I understand now why my JHS germanium fuzz has a bias knob. It is obvious now why pedals have been sounding significantly different when swapping guitars and amps, which frustrated me quite a lot. I learned I prefer the sound of soft clipping, which results from clipping diodes in the feedback loop. I like hard clipping too, but only when it isn’t muddy. I am putting the JHS Bonsai and a ProCo Rat on my Christmas list. I think I’ll check out the Analogman and JHS Bolt pedals you demoed too. Thanks for doing this video, I anxiously await more of the same. First I’ve got to watch this again. Cheers
Aw that’s awesome!!! Thank you for the feedback and we’re super stoked to be of some help. Cheers!
This video is going into my saved videos list to keep whenever I need a refresher.
Yes, it's made me really grateful that I have the discontinued MI Effects fuzzes, the Neo (ge) & GI (si). Both have bias, load, and brightness controls. Load control makes it easier when switching from singles to humbuckers. The bias control is great, but I think more fuzz pedals could have a load pot
Unfortunately, Josh's explanation of bias is not correct. In talking about dying batteries and the like, he is talking about supply voltage, or Vcc, not bias. Dan recognized that, which is why he started to try to talk about the range in which the device operates, but then the discussion moved on without reaching a correct explanation of bias.
@@ThatPedalShow Wow, wow, wow!!! I've watched so many of your vids over the years. I'm a big fan!! I even bought the Gigrig G2 because of your videos but THIS video was AWESOME!!! I learned so much. I wish I knew this stuff years ago. Thank you!!!
This episode is a TPS hall-of-fame candidate for sure. so much fun to watch. Thank you!
You can't ever do enough videos with Josh. What a tremendously funny and frighteningly clever guy and you all interact so well.
When the physics came in I felt totally out of my depth but sticking with it i'm surprised how much i was able to absorb.
I have obviously subscribed to his channel as well and it's fantastic and his crew are great fun.
You guys are a special trinity though.
Superb!
Yeah, so true! Definitely I have found this special trinity some of THE most enjoyable episodes, when Dan, Mick and Josh are together in a room I know we're in for a seriously great, enjoyable and hugely informative time filled with entertainment, some great history about the gear, and excellent listening examples, all of it imparted in a totally accessible way - and as separate channels in their own right, both TPS and JHS are both already all-round awesome!
I've been watching That Pedal Show constantly for the last 6 months and though they're all very good, I have to say this is my absolute favourite episode to date. Josh is a wealth of knowledge and Dan and Mick really helped keep the conversation moving in the right direction and summarizing the material as the conversation progressed. Very well done guys! I know I'm going to keep coming back to this one
Mick has come such a long way from the days of the "I don't understand delay" videos. All of yalls knowledge of all this stuff is incredible.
Ah, it was my job to play the idiot back then. I still don’t really understand delay, but I’ve been a guitar journalist for over 20 years now so there is //some// knowledge in there. :0)
Thank you!
@@ThatPedalShow well now I just look like a jerk lol
With these kind of videos I feel like I'm hanging around with these guys and laughing and having fun, playing guitar and learning! Feel like I'm there in the room with them! Keep them coming please and THANK YOU!
Thank you MST!
Josh is a big guy. He's actually sitting 15 feet behind them.
Ya got me, I snorted
He’s actually still in Kansas. He’s HUGE!
Cannot unsee
Chris Gardner Do
Is Josh holding a mandolin?
Three of the coolest guit-fiddle pedal flickers on the planet: Josh, Mick & Dan!
This conversation was a very important one that really needed to happen. Thanks guys for being willing to share your knowledge and experience to help us all out and giving us a reason for our wives and girlfriends to roll their eyes at us even more at how excited we are about this collaboration.
Since discovering your show a year ago, you guys have sent me happily down the road of pedal acquisition. So many pedals and brands. But JHS has been a revelation for me. I think they are the most consistently great sounding pedals being made. Thanks, Josh.
I remember the first pedal I built was a fuzz face. I remember looking at an old vintage land mine FF n just being blown away that there were only like 10parts in the whole circuit. And only two are active components. This blew my mind and started me down the rabbit hole 🕳 of Tinkering, building, designing pedal circuits. That was several years ago now. All because I just couldn’t believe that this wall of fuzz coming at you was shaped by 10 little parts. Great show as always guys. Bring Josh on as much as you can get away with. Cheers
😄🎸🎛🔊🎼❤️🤟
Really enjoyed this!
U u 70uu
"It's awkward when you guys yell at each other in front of me."
"Ah, because you had the master set..." "Ah..."
love how down to earth Josh is (and you can understand what he's saying)- he makes some of the best pedals out there, imho...
This is the best episode of anything ever created. In history.
I’ve watched a ton of JHS videos and still learned new things watching this. Really fantastic!
I swear Dan went in for the kiss when Josh said he would send him the amp. Then Mick realizes he has the volumes on his amp out of whack after 90% of the taping is completed. It is tough being in the presence of such majesty and not skipping a few beats.
I love these videos with builders! I’d like to see you do one with Robert Keeley and his signature Supro amp!!!!
Wesley Viens jaime stillman would be an awesome guest as well, the video at andertons confirms this
Tiago Ducatti I was kind of amazed he didn’t do TPS at the same time tbh
Please get Robert!
I'm surprised Robert didn't do a show when the D&M drive launched. Another show on "pedal amps" with his new Supro would be great though.
Especially to see what they think of his FX loop as they generally aren’t fans of them.
Took me two years to watch it straight through but I did it. Awesome!
these educational focused shows are truly a treasured resource for all of us out here- these shows are you guys at your absolute best- I look forward to your next one.
Thank you guys. I always enjoy the three of you sharing your knowledge
"Guitar: Better than arson."
Mick, 2018
I want the t-shirt! 😂😂😂
Unless you're Kane Roberts, where your guitar is ALSO a flamethrower........
I wonder how many guys graduated from blowing stuff up to Rock and Roll. Good clean fun.
@@hoboroadie - I don't know. I feel like there's plenty of time to fit both into your day.
Why not both? Pat O'Brien did.
This was awesome! I love Josh and the combination of you three have made one of the most fun, watchable and informative videos I’ve ever seen.
Great show, truly informative.
Love that kind of stuff,
needs a part 2
One of your best guest vids. Tough format to order properly but approaching it chronologically definitely helped. So much info I’ll have to watch again and Josh was really open and honest.
Once josh mentioned giving him that amp, the smile never left his face ! Great video, very informative.
What an EXCELLENT show. It's HUGE how much great, useful information! Thank you all so much for this one!
2019, finally watching this episode and I want y’all to know that the depth of information is so useful even to the point of being able to follow along and tweak parts of my drive chain in my rig making it even more lovable!
This was a great episode. I really appreciate when you do episodes that are so educational and instructive like this. Less about specific gear (though there’s nothing wrong with that either) and more about teaching about more fundamental gear aspects that many (or at least I) are less knowledgeable about. So thanks! Great work!
This was absolutely fantastic! I’ve been watching TPS and JHS for a few years and this is probably the most informative video I’ve ever seen! Great job guys, keep the crossovers coming and don’t watch the clock when ur making videos like this! Absolutely would have sat through a 5 hour or multi part series without a second thought! Thanks for all I guys do!
Best episode ever! Thank you for clarifying so much!
Absolutely love watching your videos. You have reignited my love for guitar. Your passion and excitement for music always comes through. I have learned so much from your show, so thank you and keep up the great work!
this was the best pedal show I've ever heard! thanks so much for breaking things down to basics for guitarists who aren't electrical engineers. a+
I would rather watch a full That Pedal Show episode than modern movies. I can learn, laugh, and contemplate more from your productions than i ever can watching a remake of a remake, that was remade.
That’s amazing, thank you! Imagine what we could with an actual budget!
The hound- I'm with you on that mate! Film and tv is dead on its feet. Was just saying the same to my other half .....she was watching another repeat and I was watching an epic from tps with an all-star cast ha ha.
So... Have you seen 'A Star is Born'?
Ah so what you're saying is that Dan doesn't feed any profit from GigRig back into TPS??? Only kidding of course, love these videos@@ThatPedalShow
Still enjoying this great episode, great to have a recap and just loving this discussions and humour around it. And of course playing and the info. Thanks a lot!
these conversations are just priceless...thanks guys, so much fun to listen in!
So informative and fascinating! This really reinforces to me the need to get an amp and guitar combo you like and supplement with pedals. I've spent years trying to 'fix' a guitar/amp pairing I didn't like with expensive pedals. Good stuff.
I’m soo glad you did a “full” episode with Josh. Yesterday although short was awesome!!!
Let me grab a beer & put my feet up for the next hour or so. Can’t wait!! Love you guys!
Hope you enjoy it Mark!
I’ve listen to a lot of these shows over the years and that was one of the best ones! Very informative!
Awesome having Josh on here with you guys. Love his knowledge and passion and personality. Sweet. Thanks!
I will watch this episode again..alot of info. Thk u gentlemen!!!
Can't say enough good things about this episode!!! Fantastic Experience!!!
Very good episode. Great of Josh to join you guys and take us through the history of overdrive. Please do more episodes like this!
Excellent yet again guys. I have learned a lot from today- and marvellous to have Josh there.
I mean what more can I say? It’s my favorite series on the bazillion things on UA-cam. It’s possibly my favorite episode on my favorite series. What more can I say?
Wow - thanks!
What a great guest and a great show! Well done.
Fascinating guided tour of different pedal characteristics and history. Answered a lot of my existing questions and many questions I hadn’t even thought of yet! Thanks guys 👍
Thanks for sharing all this knowledge guys! success to the three of you!!
Great show! Easily a “top 10” episode of TPS. Each of you brought so much to the conversation, I know I’ll have a better understanding on my next visit to my guitar shop.
Hooray! So pleased you enjoyed it Joe - we were worried it might be too discursive and not ‘definitive’ enough.... but hopefully as we’ve established by now, there are no answers only better questions. Thanks for watching!
Great episode. I would love to see a similar interview & history show with Roger Mayer. He's such an originator of effects and obviously his Hendrix connection is extremely important to music. For whatever reason there are not many interview videos with him and I imagine he's getting pretty up in age now so it would be a shame to lose that oral history. Please do this.
This is a great companion video to Josh’s latest vlog, about the history of distortion.
I love learning more about the things I love!
Thank you, TPS!
Excellent vid! Super informative. The timeline and breakdown of the tech in relation was easy enough to follow. Great job
Great info guys . Not only is josh fantastic at what he does , but down to earth & humble. Cant wait to see /hear that amp too. The look on Dan's face lol .
Excellent coverage - speaking as a very inexperienced guitarist but a very experienced electronics engineer. Particularly want to complement all three on the ability to get over quite technical information in easy to understand fashion.
Very enjoyable!
You 3 have great chemistry every time you're together! This is easily one of my favorite episodes.
This was a huge lesson. I could watch three times and still keep learning. I've just decided to trade in two pedals on the basis of what I learned watching. Brilliant work all of you.
Wildly informative! Flying through this one :D
@ThatPedalShow - Brilliant, informative episode! Love hearing Josh explain the differences in pedal components. Please do an episode with Brian Wampler if he ever travels to UK!
Open invitation to Brian - hopefully we can make it happen one day!
That Pedal Show Awesome! I was planning on emailing him about a recent video he did about boost pedals and will mention that.
I've learned so much from these three over the years. Thank you.
This is hands down the best episode of this show ever... and I love this show.
To misuse an out of date phrase "way to get your geek on!" Loved this episode. Forwarded it to all my amp building buds.
All the reasons we have the "10 to 60 overdrive pedals" on the shelf.
your video brought me here. You got great stuff man, love your mini docs.
Super informative! An absolutely fantastic episode guys, 85 minutes feels too short! :)
Perhaps the most enjoyable and most informative YT video I have ever watched. Thank you guys.
The best discussion on overdrives/distortion/fuzz I've seen anywhere! Great job guys on discussing enough technology and history to make it interesting, but reminding us that what it sounds like is everything. Josh was a fantastic guest. I could have kept watching! Can't wait for the boost episode!
This is an excellent video. As much fun as the journey through trial and error and magical accidents can be (which has been 90% of it for me), it’s certainly useful to really be able to connect what you enjoy and make informed decisions thereof. Because of this show I learned that I like the blues driver and KOT, colorsound boost and Warthog, tone benders and treble boosters...I’ve also discovered that tubescreamers, germanium fuzz Circuits and MIB/distortion pedals don’t really do it for me. It use to just be three categories: overdrive, distortion and fuzz, now together we see all the shades of grey and as a result can be more informed buyers but also creators of tones that help us individually get the noise out. It’s a blast learning and growing with you guys and the community.
Thank you Justin. I’m right there with you on the learning and growing thing. As for drives, it’s great to be able to say ‘ah, this isn’t doing it for me today and I kinda know why, so I’ll try this.” Instead of, “Ah, I don’t like this Tube Screamer so I’ll try that Tube Screamer.” That way madness lies. And believe me I’ve been there! Mick here.
Love dans face when Josh says he's giving him a MIG. We got the new EHX MIG 50 in the shop and its fantastic. Cannot believe its the price that it is.
Good stuff ya’ll! Love when Josh is on the show. Such a good dynamic.
Thank you for this format, this subject, and having Josh in again. You three are well suited and the chemistry shows. One of the best shows so far but definitely #1 for 2018!
Haha, yeah. Josh and his room of Sovtek amp heads makes me laugh every time I see it!
WoW...now I understand what type of clipping I like! And why I like it....🤯
Fantastic video! So informative without getting into too much detail. Great work guys! I'd love to hear something similar for modulation pedals! This really is a must-watch to get a good idea of what's what in drive-land!
This episode is by far my favorite! Josh shed so much light on the differences between each type of circuit and I finally feel like I understand the differences in a thoughtful way rather than just a sound or feel. Thank you thank you THANK YOU!
Excellent breakdown.
I've been watching this for the past few hours and it's golden. Thank you. Though I might need to rewatch and take notes or something
Oh and how weird is it that I come across this video today and suddenly my phone recommends a Guitar World article with similar (and complementary) information from YESTERDAY
This was the best That Pedal Show ever. Thank you! Please don't hesitate to let episodes be longer in the future ;).
This is one of the very smartest, most informative pedal videos ever. Thx.
Where else are you going to find this kind of deep dive into pedal geekery? Talk about a master class. 👍🏻🎸
Another fabulous show chaps. I wonder if the orange hue of the Colour Sound Overdrive influenced Boss when designing the chassis of OD-1? So good to see Josh back on the show by the way. His vlog on the JHS channel is incredibly fun and interesting and well worth checking out.
JHS & TPS this was amazing! Absolutely love Josh! So much knowledge it boggles my mind!
love listening to Josh- so low-key and knowledgeable, and he makes some of the best stuff out there...thanx for doing this vid...
A glorious 24 hours worth of content.
The rat’s filter is also resonant! I tested it in a computer simulator and you can see a small frequency bump in the response. Love that pedal.
Thank you so much for inviting Josh Scott, he's really likeable and his knowledge is amazing. Now I got to know the man behind my great JHS pedals...btw. the Colorsound is a beast...
The best overdrive video I ever seen. Many information there. Thanks for the interview with JHS.