Most Versatile JHS Drive Pedal: The Kilt Overdrive / Distortion / Fuzz / Boost And Red Remote
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Today Josh is covering his most versatile drive pedal; THE KILT!
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I own the Kilt and this video is incredibly helpful for me to understand how to shape tone and appreciate its uniqueness. Please do more live videos highlighting your own pedals. I learn so much from the JHS videos but it's always been a bit frustrating that you don't dive into your own pedals more often. I can appreciate your desire to be humble but we would learn so much more about the JHS pedals we purchase. Appreciate all you do on the JHS Show.
I second that, absolutely love that his humility gives us all the opportunity to learn so much about the pedal world and all that entails, would 100% watch all content to learn more about jhs pedals and their own unique traits as a JHS pedal owner.
"FLAT" is the sound you want in your bedroom. "CUT" is the sound the rest of your band would rather hear.
Uncut is what you want, but cut is what your girlfriend wants to hear.
Love Stu G! Been a Delirious? fan for many years. Got to see them live in Nashville at a youth minister convention years ago. WOW! Love this pedal!
I have several of your pedals and love all of them. Bought the Kilt nearly a year ago and yeah, it’s on a different level. Amazing. Most usable fuzz (as someone who doesn’t love fuzz). Thank you for saying out loud what I’ve been thinking since I bought it. Honestly one of my favorite drive pedals, period, so thank you for this gem!!!
I recently got this pedal on my board after my producer got me to try one out. It is....KILLER! I've got the JHS Red Box to go with it and this pedal is just something I never knew I needed but completely ADORE and use all the time! Thank you for making such a gem!
The sync on the video and sound freaked me out. I do love the show. Thank you for your videos.
This pedal rules! I bought one this year and it’s great. I had been searching for an overdrive sound that I liked- to no avail until I found the kilt! It’s my favorite by far .
I love this pedal!! I use it all the time. It is super versatile and stacks very well with my unit67. It sounds so good with a wah and a univibe.
Some of your most creative and intense playing, Josh... and yeah, your pedal is a love bomb! I may have to start saving up "sofa change" for it.
The more I keep watching your shows, the more it becomes apparent that you're not just a pedal geek, you're a really excellent guitar player with attention to precision and subtlety in your feel and how you get the instrument to sound, and rightfully a tone snob... is the wrong word.. craftsman or artisan would be better... you definitely deserve that amazing collection of pedals and I love it that you actually play them and dont let them sit in a closet somewhere.
No way I can’t believe as a delerious? Fan and a Jhs fan I didn’t know you had a STU G signature pedal !!!! Loved his guitar playing on all those delerious? Albums where they really started rocking out. I always loved his guitar playing on mezzamorphosis, Touch, and the access D live album. 3 of my fav albums ever and I was sad when they broke up as I don’t think there has been a band I liked as much. Never got to see them live. Well that’s settles it I have to have KILT now. Oh Josh I can’t believe I’m gonna have to buy another pedal … another dirt pedal for that matter !!! Awesome STU G Delerious? Pedal didn’t know it existed and it’s awesome that it does !! And thanks again for turning me onto Madison Cunningham love her songwriting and band ! Cheers ✌️🙏
Watching this episode of the show is like having little Josh with little horns sitting on my shoulder whispering “buy it, buy it” 😂 great episode 👍👍👍
Brilliant playing. I am impressed by what this pedal does. I tend to favor minimalist pedal boards. I would pair the Kilt with a Vertex Steel String and a single delay/reverb pedal, like the Eventide H9. As a consumer of pedal demo's most fail because they don't use the pedal in playing actual music. Josh's standard format with a drummer and bassist is exceptional. This video with Josh, a pedal, and playing 1-1 really knocked it out of the park. Josh, I hope you do more YT videos in this format.
Love your demos like this with you explaining, playing and toggling around with different tones. Thanks Josh!! Lots of folks use this for their praise and worship boards and I’m considering myself.
Thanks for collaborating with Stu G. Some of the tones you played were really reminiscent of his soaring, fuzz sound. Delirious were such a great band. So many brilliant songs.
Just looked at the schematic -- it's really interesting that the gain settings are selected by switches in the feedback loop of an op amp instead of a potentiometer.
Trent Guitars is near Bournemouth / Poole in Dorset UK. Used to live near there. And the Dalek is a very British TV Sci-Fi robot invention thing from the 1960s. I used to hide behind the sofa when they came on. (I was a child)
I've been wanting an Expandora since I found out Bush used it. I'm so glad you made this. Sold👍
Damn Josh! That jam at 26:50 is intense and absolutely brilliant. You were definitely in the zone. Not sure if that's something you came up with in the past or right then in the moment, but either way it was, as the kids say, FIRE!!! 🔥🔥❤🔥🔥🔥
Also, I'd love to see a video of you doing a demo on your, Crayon, pedal. It's one of my all time favorite pedals and would be cool to hear about how it came to be.
I love how this pedal does this gated fuzz thing if you put your guitar volume at half and you put the gain knob at like 8-9 o clock and you put the volume and tone around 12 And Kick on the both gain stages. It's juicy. Such a great all around pedal it works for any situation. If you can only bring one drive pedal, it has to be this one.
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I have one of the original runs of the kilt double pedal. I got it when it first released and it hasn’t left my board since. Absolutely my favorite. Absolutely the best. Sounds incredible with every guitar and in every amp.
Feels like I've had a "The Kilt" on my board forever. It's one of 2 pedals that never leave, and never will.
It's worth it to be your own advocate. I completely glossed over this pedal in the past and didn't realize the depth of sound it can get compared to most other OD.
Mezzamorphis is a radical deliriou5? Record. Stu really rips hard in that one specifically on “Bliss”. The first 27 seconds are sheer mad genius! Much love to brother Stu!
You’re playing at the start was mesmerising dude.
I need to get me a kilt, the spitting fuzz sound it seems to have when you hit the red remote is something else.
The red remote takes the Kilt from great to more great.
This pedal is my sound. For the longest time all drive pedals sounded the same to me and I couldn’t find one that got the tone I was hearing in my head. Then one day I tried it and I’ve been sold on it since. Funny enough I never use it as a fuzz. Only as an overdrive or distortion with the red remote. 10/10.
DAMN! THis video started rolling on auto-play as I was doing the dishes and I was like WHAT THE HELL IS THAT! I'M BUYING IT ON VINYL!! So good, guys really. I was thinking finally someone released an album I want to listen to.
Great guitar playing dude. I always get inspired by the jams. Whether it’s just you, or you and the boys. This pedal sounds rad. I just got an Angry Charlie about a month ago. I’m running an SD-1 into it, into a solid state power amp, and it makes for a beastly death metal rig. Cheers!
I’ve had my Kilt V2 for several years now. Really love it. Between it, my Morning Glory and Tumnus my drive section leaves little to be desired.
Good to hear!
Same three drive pedals for me also. What order do you have yours and how do you use them?
Youd enjoy The Crook from Poison Noises.
@@ryanobenauer3451 cool! The order I run them is MG > Kilt > Tumnus through effects and to UA Ruby. I don’t gain them up a ton and typically leave the MG on and stack it with either the Tumnus or the Kilt. I like the Tumnus at the end because it give me a lift when I need it and holds up well to even fuzz blasting into it. How about you?
I've been rockin' the Expandora since 1999 and it looks like I need to pick up one or two Kilts!!
I had the v1 Kilt. When the v2 came out I immediately sold the v1 and got the v2 with money to spare. No regrets as the v2 has the smaller footprint and the G2 via red remote is incredibly more practical in a live setting for me than the v1 boost was.
I love this pedal so much I swapped the 3PDT switch in mine for a click-less (silent switching) one. I play at church and those clicks can be pretty loud for the people in the front since we’re on IEMs. I only mention this as I’ve only ever done this to two pedals as they are $15 switches and in my mind it puts the kilt in a “would never sell” category. Josh demonstrated perfectly today what an incredibly versatile pedal it is.
On that first one I can hear Jim Morrison talking/singing some of his poetry to. Very cool.
I used to repair expandoras when I worked for godlyke long ago. Ingenious design, the expandora.
This pedal absolutely nukes.. Being an idea with Stu G was one thing, but David Hislop blew this pedal up all over the worship genre. I have the Kilt V2, but I tried to get a V1 straight from Stu G through my buddy Nic Gonzales, but he didn't have any spares laying around lol.
Dorset is the best county in England. It's got a UNESCO protected coastline called the Jurassic Coast with the famous Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove; the Cerne Giant (enjoy Googling that); Dorchester has both a massive Iron Age fort (Maiden Castle) and Roman ruins; and the whole place looks like a fever dream of all your favourite period dramas come to life because of all the hills and posh houses. If lizard people existed then they'd all live there. Conversely, Hot Fuzz is a documentary to the people of Dorset.
The Kilt took the spot my Rat had on my bass board for over a decade. The fact it can do Rat sound and Expandora is amazing to me. Favorite bass distortion, hands down.
Super rad, Josh. I've never tried a kilt but have long been curious. (I once *wore* a kilt, to a friend's wedding in Glasgow.) This is useful in ways that typical "I'll run it through its paces" videos usually aren't - so thanks for really delivering here, as you always do.
Damn. Nice I’ve been waiting for an episode on the kilt. It’s been my fav too but it seems like no one’s ever talking about it.
When you were demoing in beginning I thought “sounds like a Rat but squishier”. It’s cool that the circuit has similarities. Rats are my favorite all around dirt boxes. I bet I’d like this one :)
I fully agree it's JHS's most underrated pedal. I bought it 5 years ago and it has never left my board. For whatever my opinion worth, the Lucky Cat is the 2nd most underrated.
Billy Gibbons stacked 6 expandoras to get his sound ...
that's a lot of Hockey pucks !
Need to get a video about how Josh dials in his reverse delay tone cause he does it better than anyone else I know of.
Josh, you need a spotify channel with just all your jams on it. Always epic
17:20 Detestivesque trailer. The Sound of Freedom, without the rilt drawing. Sounds incredible. It’s on my list. Like the Pack Rat I’ll delete the rst image, and the rat Word. Couple of JHS pedals on the list 👍🏽🎸. Josh’s not only an amazing pedal builder/designer, he’s an accomplished and versatile guitar player 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
i’ve never heard josh play like this.. super-stylo 🤩
Really? If feel like this is just his general Josh tone
I think it's really good for a small travel pedal-board you get a great overdrive with a couple of levels of distortion. Two pedals for one.
I've had V1 for years. Absolutely love it! Killer pedal for indie rock.
I've had my eye on this pedal for awhile now, thanks for the in-depth review.
I think i want one. All i have that i could compare it to would be an OCD pedal. I like the use of trem in the intro piece, i am honoured to be able to share in your journey bro. Your guitar playing keeps getting tastier as the years roll by. You even get a sort of psychedelic fuzz sound out of that overdrive pedal, that's unusual.
I feel like these “only Josh videos” are Josh’s way of telling the rest of the crew from the show:
“GET BACK TO WORK, YA SLACKERS!!”
Oh Trent guitar! Those are super super good and made with love!! Nice :D
A really interesting mod would be to be able to switch out the clipping diodes so you could use it as a straight compressor.
The best JHS gain pedal in my opinion. Clever design. ❤
Oh! The optocoupler is a FET type instead of a resistance type like the Vactrol used in most compressors.
Daaaaaamn. This thing sounds NICE! And all this time I thought it was just another frickin' TS. Oops! I may need this. And yes, the bass cut is definitely audible and probably useful even if you don't use several 4x12s.
I love Delirious? So nostalgic for me and such an incredible band. Wish they got bigger...
One of my all-time favorites, the original Expandora and the Kilt I tried because I wanted one to play live with and it is a wonderful pedal.
Love Stu G and Delirious! Great creative band that doesn’t get enough credit.
How did i never hear of this pedal before? That's the overdrive i need. 👍
Criminally underrated guitarist and pedal!
Dude absolutely this is gonna sound funny but I don’t know if JHS puddles sound that good but part of it is definitely the fact that I just really like Josh and the guys and how they carry themselves. It seems like it be an awesome place to work and I want to support that.
That pedal is exceptional...thanks Bixonic ;-) But more seriously thank you Josh to make that circuit more accessible for us. My next pedal no doubt.
You’re right, I couldn’t hear the difference between flat and cut on my iPhone.
I used to run three different overdrives on my board. Some I wouldn't touch depending on which guitar I was using. Since getting the kilt, I only use it and a fuzz for everything. It's such a solid pedal.
I've had a kilt for several years, tracks really really well between green Russians and other muffs with the midrange push it has.
Just got mine last month. Love it for worship music
I dont know whats happening but these tone are the best i've heard from any JHS video
My favorite drive pedal, influenced by David Hislop tone
I miss the live music at times but you’re flexing a bass track and the drums sound less like a machine today 🤘
World Service and King of Fools are such great albums. History Maker is my favorite song from Delirious?
My favorite is Glo and second is Mezzamorphasis. But they have a lot of great music. Wish they were still active.
It is your best and it’s never leaving my board.
this is great, the Expandora was so cool. It's amazing it's all but unheard of these days, it was all the rage when it came out, I had 2 of them. Remember Billy Gibbon's tree of Expandora's?. This sounds great, and you should hype your stuff even though it's awkward, we all appreciate that. That sputter with echo is amazing.
I often think of Reverend Billy playing the Expandora. He sounded so killer playing it.
I see you have Rick Rubin’s book on your table. Great read.
Be proud of your products. They are great!
Damn fine groove and playing.
I like the way you rock, Josh. Very nice pedal, also.
I got some major Rick Hordinski vibes off of the opening "jam" - love it!
Your playing reminds me of the Choir, previously known as Youth Choir. Years ago I remember them playing Cornerstone Fest
Underrated? I always heard good things about it lol. I've owned it a while, love versatility.
That last jam was f'n awesome
thanks!!
Love my Kilt V2. Also love my Box of Rats.
Stu G is one of my favorite guitarists of all time.
Beautiful pedal beautiful guitar
Kilt kills. Josh is off the chain on this one. Glorious noise!
Ah, the new Trent is looking lovely!
Every JHS pedal looks like a really good DIY homebrew experiment . Neither a compliment or a dis . Just an observation . I hope some day I find a JHS pedal that interests me .
Interesting. I have that issue with some pedal makers that I really like, but can't find the specific one that I grab. I'll throw a JHS pedal for you to try. The 3 Series flanger is just great. Very low priced pedal that does its thing very well.
OOoohhhhh, Good Gawd.
*just an observation. LOL
Happy to see you decided against hanging it up because of the dm101. Happy 4th
The Kilt is my favorite pedal. Wild horses couldn't drag me away...
Will take a lot for me to replace my Crook V4. This would be a nice addition to the board though.
JHS pedals ... finally someone acknowledged the awesome Nigel Pulsford ... when i bought my Expandora i thought it might snow ... never seen another one here in South Africa since 😂
the jam after he asks when england became a country sounds exactly like i wrote in 2019 lol. wish i could show ya josh, didn’t amount to much, was just a fun little instagram clip 🤷🏼♂️🤙🏼 haha
Love it! Im gonna have to get one of these. Some unrequested feedback… the red remote thing is cool but I would suggest ditching it and instead putting the Led in the center of the pedal, creating room for 2 footswitches. There might not be enough room inside to do this but just a thought. This would be one less thing to worry about on the board. Just one guy’s opinion of course… but hey maybe v3? Either way killer pedal 👏
Just ordered. Why is this underrated? I love the MGlory but I got to have this. Looking forward to stacking them.
Some very stu g esque playing here Josh! D: and Mezzamorphis and Audio Lessonover? were my first musical obsessions, love this so much.
Oh man and Investigate!
The kilt is the only drive pedal I have on my board. And it's the pedal I've had the longest
I forgot all about "Delerious?"! I listened to them a ton back in the day and got to see them live on the Glo tour. Amazing. Keep my eye on the market for a Kilt! ;)
I've been using a tweaked muff for my bush tones knowing he used an expandora ,but it got me by-ish
I've been wanting to build one of these forever and I think this has finally pushed me into getting around to it....great circuit and this version is killer
Love my Kilt V2 with remote. Transparent, responsive, flexible.
I read that as “responsible” 😂 now I want a responsible pedal. A very adult, refined and responsible pedal.
I was waiting for you to mention Nigel Pulsford. He is very underrated.
So, the Kilt is the One Pedal To Rule Them All? I wantz it.