The Craziest Pedal Line Ever! The DOD Lamb Series

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  • čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
  • Today I dive into the history of one of the most interesting pedal lines ever created. DOD is one of the big boys of the pedal industry and has created some of the most iconic effects in the last 50 years, but the line I'm calling the "Lamb Series" stands out among their other offers as some of the quirkiest and most interesting batch of pedal designs the world has ever seen. In the comments below let me know what you think about Nevermind and Vitalogy and your favorite 90s records from the grunge era!
    www.jhspedals.info/
    www.thejhsshow.com/
    / thejhsshow
    Check out the gear in this and past episodes here:
    reverb.com/c/jhs-pedal-picks?...
    Josh's guitar is a Bilt Relevator:
    www.biltguitars.com
    Josh's guitar strap is a Jaykco Strap:
    www.jaykco.com
    Gear in this episode:
    1:11 DOD FX69 Grunge
    reverb.com/p/dod-grunge-fx69b...
    1:15 DOD DFX5 Digital Turbo Distortion
    reverb.com/p/dod-digital-turb...
    4:06 DOD FX33 Buzz Box
    reverb.com/p/dod-fx33-buzz-bo...
    6:49 DOD FX86 Death Metal
    reverb.com/p/dod-death-metal-...
    8:24 DOD FX32 Meat Box
    reverb.com/p/dod-fx32-meatbox...
    9:44 DOD FX76 Punkifier
    11:06 DOD FX51 Juice Box
    reverb.com/p/dod-fx51-juice-b...
    11:14 DOD FX53 Classic Tube
    reverb.com/p/dod-classic-tube...
    11:58 DOD FX13 Gonkulator Modulator
    reverb.com/p/dod-gonkulator-m...
    13:23 DOD FX101 Grind
    14:08 DOD FX100 Even Harmonic Overdrive
    reverb.com/p/dod-fx100-even-h...
    15:19 DOD Corrosion
    15:25 DOD FX70 Metal X
    16:28 DOD FX747 Supersonic Stereo Flange
    reverb.com/p/dod-fx747-supers...
    17:43 DOD FX84 Milk Box
    reverb.com/p/dod-milk-box-com...
    18:57 DOD FX64 Ice Box
    reverb.com/p/dod-fx-64-ice-bo...
    19:59 DOD FX70P Big Pig
    Record Time:
    Nirvana - Nevermind
    amzn.to/2ydGL0T
    Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
    amzn.to/2VzKYE9
    Josh’s record player is by U-Turn Audio:
    amzn.to/34CRXjr
    #jhs #thejhsshow #DOD
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  • @goobertsnoobert9015
    @goobertsnoobert9015 Před 4 lety +380

    6:00 “the buzz box is totally worthless, it sounds like a vacuum cleaner.”
    Me, a shoegazer: a vacuum cleaner you say?

    • @malcolmbeverly8967
      @malcolmbeverly8967 Před 3 lety +17

      Exactly what I thought lmao

    • @kaylons
      @kaylons Před 3 lety +22

      *_Kevin Shields would like to know your location_*

    • @cyrustrembinski6648
      @cyrustrembinski6648 Před 3 lety +7

      They had us in the first half,
      not gonna lie

    • @jimshorts6751
      @jimshorts6751 Před 3 lety +5

      Maybe not for a normal guitar track, but for background color when you don't P lay keyboards, it could be worthwhile in a few places...a very few.🤣

    • @emiliojaquez5714
      @emiliojaquez5714 Před 3 lety +3

      VREEEEE VREEEEW

  • @johnbogdan2524
    @johnbogdan2524 Před 4 lety +954

    I did Industrial/Mechanical Design for Dod/Digitech for 23 years. Worked with Jason on all of these products and many more. Jason was an amazing dude and is missed like hell. This video is an awesome tribute to him & his creative genius! Thanks for doing it!

    • @alexanderhudson47
      @alexanderhudson47 Před 4 lety +27

      We're you involved with the Corrosion pedal? That has been my main pedal for the last umpteen years! I can not imagine my sound without one!

    • @likethehotels
      @likethehotels Před 4 lety +8

      Rip Jason!

    • @jhspedals
      @jhspedals  Před 4 lety +121

      John Bogdan can you email me?! Vlog@jhspedals.com

    • @aussieb1416
      @aussieb1416 Před 4 lety +11

      @@alexanderhudson47 i'm actually going to go buy a corrosion pedal as soon as possible. even on youtube it sounded great to me. i play thrash/punk/death metal but i can see this on my board

    • @aussieb1416
      @aussieb1416 Před 3 lety

      www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOD-Effects-Pedal-FX-70c-Corrosion/174119015314?hash=item288a4d5392:g:jFAAAOSwQLZd7DPS

  • @arcitejack
    @arcitejack Před 4 lety +575

    “It’s not broken, it’s just sounds that way” might be the greatest marketing tag line ever.

  • @corbinkrebs3318
    @corbinkrebs3318 Před 4 lety +196

    Thank you for this awesome video! Proud to call Jason my uncle. I miss him everyday. Smoke Whiskey!

  • @jimmyovo21
    @jimmyovo21 Před 4 lety +448

    Wouldn’t the then be “The Lamb Of Dod”?

  • @dougsthang
    @dougsthang Před 4 lety +136

    Well done. I worked with Jason for 15 years during my time at DigiTech/DOD. Spent many a fun evening throwing back cold ones talking music. He was as unique a person as one could imagine. Still can’t believe he’s gone.

  • @LittleMusicBoxes
    @LittleMusicBoxes Před 4 lety +245

    My brother had the Death Metal pedal. As a kid, I thought "guts" and "pain" were legit parameters.

    • @manuelplascencia3223
      @manuelplascencia3223 Před 4 lety +4

      Lol

    • @omarsharif927
      @omarsharif927 Před 4 lety +1

      I had it sounded awesome.

    • @DARTHMOBIUS
      @DARTHMOBIUS Před 4 lety +2

      I own one for Bass, there is no other pedal on the planet like it, dunno if it’s my J-Bass or the ‘83 Carlsbro Amp, but the shock and awe it can punch into a crowd...

    • @Artefracture
      @Artefracture Před 3 lety +4

      THEY ARE...

    • @jimmygee3219
      @jimmygee3219 Před rokem

      I had one in the 2000’s.
      Fun pedal, not a ton of uses these days but as a teenager I thought it was amazing

  • @strangersun7721
    @strangersun7721 Před 3 lety +70

    "Grunge" was the first pedal I ever bought because I was a kid and I loved grunge.
    I hated the pedal at the time.
    Nearly 30 years later I love it.

    • @hectorosbert
      @hectorosbert Před 3 lety +2

      It was first pedal that i bought in the mid-90s and i was pretty disappointed at the time and gave it away a few years later. I saw the newer Digitech version in a store last week for $25 and snapped it right up. It sounds a bit different but i'm loving it.

  • @stevenwells1850
    @stevenwells1850 Před 4 lety +22

    RIP Jason Lamb! He was a great friend for over 2 decades. He will forever be missed.

  • @AdamSJarrett
    @AdamSJarrett Před 4 lety +217

    You never turned up the RIP knob on the Death Metal one!!! I feel robbed.

    • @nicks4802
      @nicks4802 Před 4 lety +42

      Now you'll never be able to "rest in peace"....
      I'll show myself the way out

    • @leroy0053
      @leroy0053 Před 4 lety +11

      yeah i wanted to hear what the oscillation would sound like too haha

    • @AndyAcker
      @AndyAcker Před 4 lety +7

      It kind of feeds back like the Corrosion one did between chords in his demo. Cool pedal- sounds great on bass.

    • @jmaes1507
      @jmaes1507 Před 4 lety +3

      i guess you could say “grave robbed”

    • @homergump3
      @homergump3 Před 4 lety +7

      He didn't play any death metal with it either.

  • @duncan-rmi
    @duncan-rmi Před 4 lety +68

    an MXR "blue box" story- dinosaur jr came to Mtv in london in early 1993 to do a studio session for "120 minutes". while I was helping the roadies set up mr mascis' tons of effects, one of them said "he wants to use this, but we think it's broken." we plugged one of J's guitars into the thing & it made *that* noise. "perhaps it needs a new battery", I offered, & duly fitted one. afterwards, it sounded exactly the same. we shrugged, & left it on the floor, on J's big perspex pedalboard. later, during the camera rehearsals, we watched as J went for the pedal during a solo. he switched it in for maybe half a bar, pulled a face & switched it off. we never heard the thing again.

  • @rodrigogalafuz3533
    @rodrigogalafuz3533 Před 4 lety +15

    I know I'm a little late, but this might be my favorite JHS video of all times.

  • @mateuszmadej
    @mateuszmadej Před 4 lety +223

    Published: 47 seconds ago.
    Reverb: error 429 "Too Many Requests"

    • @thenewmedic
      @thenewmedic Před 4 lety +2

      Ehhhh, maybe? This is the first set of pedals that JS hasn't been particularly effusive about. Behringer, DOD is not.

    • @aphexon.
      @aphexon. Před 4 lety +3

      Never buy when upload, chill a month.

    • @CorbCorbin
      @CorbCorbin Před 4 lety

      Rikkousa
      Behringer had a slight increase, but pedals like their Dimension clone, or the Vibrato Clone, are still under a $100.

    • @gallegos574
      @gallegos574 Před 4 lety +1

      you should see their 1966 pedals on reverb, it’s insane lol

    • @Speedojesus
      @Speedojesus Před 4 lety +5

      Shit legit annoys me. People will buy them, post them on Instagram, /r/Guitarpedals, and piss around with them for an hour and leave them in a drawer, or on their desk, and the prices will go up for no reason.

  • @brpadington
    @brpadington Před 4 lety +57

    I loved the Death Metal back in the day. It gave me the gain I needed on my practice amp. 20 years later I got it out of the closet and decided to run it into my Marshall Jubilee stack. I could not believe how good it sounded into a dirty Marshall. Later I read that it was designed to be run in front of a dirty Marshall.

    • @jeffrix27
      @jeffrix27 Před 4 lety +2

      I use my original DM in a Marshall 410h

  • @redskullz1249
    @redskullz1249 Před 4 lety +76

    Not only are these videos super informative, but Joshua's super dry sense of humour makes him one of the most entertaining gear guys on youtube.

  • @themaggot8
    @themaggot8 Před 3 lety +19

    The Ice box chorus was the first chorus pedal that I ever owned. Damn, I shouldn't have sold that pedal

    • @CasaDeJoker
      @CasaDeJoker Před rokem +3

      I just purchased a brand new never used (still in the box) Ice Box with the snowflake ❄️ graphics on it for the 1990’s price of $75 usd (it was actually $79.99 back then but anyway its going to join my MINT FX69 Grunge pedal my dad got me back in 1994. I just need the FX747 Supersonic Stereo Flanger & the FX22 VibroThang to complete the pedals I want from that era. Actually if they weren’t going for $250-300+ on ebay Id try n get more of the LAMB line up but I digress. Excellent video and awesome comments!
      Keep on keeping on ! 🤘🏻🎸

    • @Anjohl
      @Anjohl Před 5 měsíci

      The Ice Box was wonderful!

    • @maverickpro
      @maverickpro Před 2 měsíci +1

      I bought one off an acquaintance a few years ago. It still works!

  • @johnodotca
    @johnodotca Před 4 lety +65

    Man, does this bring back memories. 14 year old me with a cheap Samick Strat from the General store, smashing down on a DOD grunge pedal with all the knobs dimed and thinking "Man, this sounds like shit, whatever, it says grunge on it"

    • @EmettTheGreat
      @EmettTheGreat Před 4 lety +6

      Bruh for real. Took me back to high school. I remember a lot of these. We would swap em at lunch and tell everyone how rad they are. They still are.

    • @semiografo
      @semiografo Před 4 lety +2

      Like Boss Heavy Metal.

  • @winkydee
    @winkydee Před 4 lety +57

    Mad Season, one of those great 90s albums that went under the radar

  • @terryconnell
    @terryconnell Před 4 lety +3

    Thanks so much for the smiles.
    I was binge watching ALL the JHS Pedals vids, but had to slow down out of fear of running out.
    OK - so now I'm on my 2nd time thru on some and 3rd or 4th watch on others.
    Thanks so much, JHS - really !
    Serious "thumbs up"!

  • @goodingmusic
    @goodingmusic Před 3 lety +2

    this much passion, knowledge and humor in one person is so rare. wonderful. thank you for all of these!

  • @stevenash1215
    @stevenash1215 Před 4 lety +293

    Buzz Box sounds like any given Saturday at Guitar Center

  • @RiffsAndBeards
    @RiffsAndBeards Před 4 lety +517

    Wait did your Grunge pedal come with a smoke machine operator? Cause mine did not.

    • @tomevans8240
      @tomevans8240 Před 4 lety +36

      When you buy one now, it comes with a vape.

    • @Astronomater
      @Astronomater Před 4 lety +19

      that smoke was the amp catching fire.

    • @presmasterflash7555
      @presmasterflash7555 Před 4 lety +6

      I love my grunge pedal
      But I wouldn’t consider it a “grunge” sound. It’s a “blistering layers of distorted menacing ear bleeding” sound.

    • @Asphyxiated81
      @Asphyxiated81 Před 4 lety +4

      If they paid you a few dollars you would claim they did.

    • @davelanciani-dimaensionx
      @davelanciani-dimaensionx Před 4 lety +5

      @@tomevans8240 remember kids, ... vaping kills you now, just as much as or more than actual smoking.

  • @lefty_3134
    @lefty_3134 Před 4 lety +3

    I have a Corrosion fx70c that I bought new in the 90s. Multiple wires broke off the board from opening up to tighten/fix inputs, and to fix that crappy switch that would always fail, and I didn't know where to solder them back. I kept the pedal around for years and finally last year (2018) was able to figure it out. I've learned a lot more about electronics over the years.. anyways, all new pots, a better switch and she's rockin again. I love that DOD sound!

  • @TarnaBarTM
    @TarnaBarTM Před 4 lety +12

    A: So how much Distortion shall we put on those DOD pedals?
    Lamb: Yes!

  • @dpark551
    @dpark551 Před 4 lety +63

    “Basically you just put some flies on your slab of meat and move on”-Josh JHS

    • @K.Dor.888
      @K.Dor.888 Před 4 lety

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... He's Whacky

  • @evanwilliams8908
    @evanwilliams8908 Před 4 lety +138

    That corrosion pedal is really nasty in the best way.

    • @themongoloid8944
      @themongoloid8944 Před 4 lety +5

      Eric Chenier I agree, I am gonna have to have one of those corrosion pedals

    • @wombat6
      @wombat6 Před 4 lety +5

      I think it sounds fantastic, and I'm a really harsh critic when it comes to distortion pedals

    • @Metalbass10000
      @Metalbass10000 Před 4 lety +5

      Agreed. And I like it even more as Corrosion of Conformity has been a favorite of my wife and mine since the 90's. It sounds like that pedal could be used to approximate some of their guitar tones from over the years.

    • @glisteningkabana8154
      @glisteningkabana8154 Před 4 lety

      Yeah I agree. I loved the sound when I first heard it in an earlier JHS video.

    • @sophicane7
      @sophicane7 Před 4 lety

      Definitely sounds great in this video.

  • @jacktowers7533
    @jacktowers7533 Před 4 lety +18

    Favourite grunge records no one talks about are the first two Silverchair albums 95’s Frogstomp and 97’s Freakshow
    Fantastic song writing, the heavy songs have amazing riffs and crushing tone and an amazing production all round
    Plus the fact they were still in high school when they wrote them just adds to the vibe

    • @violence30
      @violence30 Před rokem +2

      Frogstomp is THE one. They were like 15/16 when they made that first album. So simple. So catchy.

    • @bricebowlin8834
      @bricebowlin8834 Před rokem

      Just pulled that album out .frog stop, the other day. And I wondered what had happened to the boys and of course I looked it up on google add found only sad stories. The singer developed some kind of funky arthritis and then drummer died. Turns out they had five studio albums though.

    • @jacktowers7533
      @jacktowers7533 Před rokem

      @@bricebowlin8834 dunno where you read it but Ben Gillies is alive and well as are all members
      Dan's had some issues with Alcohol and isolation in recent years after battling arthritis and Anorexia in his youth and Chris the Bassist lost his sister to suicide but that's about it
      No one in the band is dead or completely fucked up at least

    • @jacktowers7533
      @jacktowers7533 Před rokem +1

      @@violence30 I love frogstomp for the nostalgia but love freakshow for the pure anger, Ironically Diorama is my favorite album of theirs

    • @rafaelcabralwilliams
      @rafaelcabralwilliams Před rokem

      That's not grunge, grunge is the grunge scene from Seattle basically.

  • @JensHilzensauer
    @JensHilzensauer Před 4 lety +4

    The first Distortion I ever bought was a DOD Death Metal. Being 13, playing in a punk band and a total guitar noob, I just picked the distortion with the coolest look. And wow did it sound mean. Great memories. Thank you for this vid!

  • @ProCoRat
    @ProCoRat Před 4 lety +257

    Pedal snobs: "DOD Buzz box sounds bad; it's worthless and unusable." *Introducing the Bee Barrel from Earthquaker Devices for $229* "What a brilliant, creative pedal! I'll take 7!"

    • @richnewman
      @richnewman Před 4 lety +12

      That sound is pretty much the Dwarfcraft Great Destroyer.

    • @JasonQuackenbushonGoogle
      @JasonQuackenbushonGoogle Před 4 lety +3

      Rich Newman god the great destroyer is a fantastic pedal.

    • @danielplainview2584
      @danielplainview2584 Před 4 lety +21

      A lot of people just don't know how to use pedals in a creative way. There are tons of useful sounds you can get from this line, if you stabilize the Buzz Box a little bit and use it on the higher end of a bass it sounds like an droning electricity generator, run vocals through it it can sound like killer bees (obligatory Wu Tang reference here), or if you want some absolutely insane tones run a drum machine through it or a drum kit for actually sonic destruction

    • @luisbarrera7248
      @luisbarrera7248 Před 4 lety +2

      That already happened with the Sunn Life Pedal

    • @removedot
      @removedot Před 4 lety +1

      A pedal can not be great but become great with a little bit of tweaking.

  • @ironbeard2796
    @ironbeard2796 Před 4 lety +165

    Josh make an updated grunge pedal. I’m sure you can take that circuit and make it cool.

    • @motoki1
      @motoki1 Před 4 lety +44

      Call it: Post Grunge

    • @witeshade
      @witeshade Před 4 lety +7

      Agreed. The grunge is so close to being good, I bet Josh can tweak it up to rock.

    • @floydhopkins7901
      @floydhopkins7901 Před 4 lety +11

      Grunge was my first pedal ever. No idea what happened to it but lord I miss it. So yeah, I would love to see a modern clone.

    • @gowithgroove
      @gowithgroove Před 4 lety +5

      It's already cool.

    • @luthiervandros
      @luthiervandros Před 4 lety +9

      He did. It killed him and his clone is now posting videos.

  • @SoundsFromSound
    @SoundsFromSound Před 4 lety +7

    I owned almost all of these pedals in high school. This video takes me back. :) Thanks for this!

    • @CasaDeJoker
      @CasaDeJoker Před rokem

      I honestly never cared for any other brand just because DOD made TANKS! Also they had cool paint jobs compared to Boss & whoever else. Idk its just me I guess but yeah this was a blast from the past!

  • @sixtofive
    @sixtofive Před 4 lety +1

    I remember enjoying this line of pedals quite a bit back in the mid to late 90's as a new guitar player. Fun episode, thanks for a dive into nostalgia.

  • @nigellangridge1975
    @nigellangridge1975 Před 4 lety +11

    “I’m sorry, he forgot to eat lunch that day...”
    This is a brilliant vid Josh!!!
    “In Bloom” is my fave Nirvana track by a country mile!
    Grunge kind of passed me by as I was into more home grown UK bands.
    As a link, you mentioned Blur tonight... Graham Coxon’s distortion on “Battle” is heavenly and raw... I’m sure you’ve heard it.
    You make Thursday night fun! Cheers!

  • @itsjohnnymillion
    @itsjohnnymillion Před 4 lety +31

    New level of comedy in this one. 🤣❤

  • @adamfstewart81
    @adamfstewart81 Před 3 lety +21

    Back in the 90s, these were not well regarded by most guitar players. Listening back to the tones, I feel like... we were right... :P

    • @frankstetka7206
      @frankstetka7206 Před 3 lety +2

      I ignored them and lost interest in DOD even though we used Digitech crap a lot. I did like the bucket brigade Supersonic and hope it’s still around here somewhere and I have a phaser that’s not mentioned that sucks volume badly so it needs surgery that I may never get around to.
      The problem is that Josh is such a pedal geek that he makes us all want to play all of them for ourselves all over again.

    • @Anjohl
      @Anjohl Před 5 měsíci

      Grunge sounds great to me! Death Metal too!

  • @MrSnuffian
    @MrSnuffian Před 4 lety +6

    I love Buzz. His tone is one of the best and he uses a solid state amp and a metal guitar.

  • @JanelWilsey
    @JanelWilsey Před 4 lety +4

    I grew up listening to all of Jason's bands in Salt Lake, and then became friends with him and his crew much more during the last years of his life. He had such a creative mind and a knack for marketing. Boy do I miss that dude.

  • @carbonatedbrainsauce
    @carbonatedbrainsauce Před 4 lety +7

    This was the time period that I started playing music and I remember friends having so many of these pedals. My first pedal was the Deep Freeze (bass version of the Ice Box). Thanks for letting me relive some of those memories.

  • @joechurch7
    @joechurch7 Před 4 lety +1

    You’re my new hero! As a person with a pedal addiction on a budget you are a GOD!! Love your style and approach 👍

  • @gilbertward8462
    @gilbertward8462 Před 3 lety +1

    I've watched this video several times and learned much from it. Myself and several Facebook friends plan to change our profile photo to our favorite Lamb DOD Pedal to celebrate Jason Lamb's Birthday in Sept. THANK YOU for the Education.

  • @DonGuillermoQuebec
    @DonGuillermoQuebec Před 4 lety +9

    By far , my favorite episode . Thanks a lot Josh , you' ve just pleased a 40 y.o. guitarist who was a teenager when grunge showed up

    • @joelcprice
      @joelcprice Před 4 lety +1

      Same. Such a trip down the memories of my early years playing and discovering music.

    • @CasaDeJoker
      @CasaDeJoker Před rokem

      FACTS! 🎸

  • @alpeterson
    @alpeterson Před 4 lety +15

    You had me at smoke machine.

  • @johnnysteiro3216
    @johnnysteiro3216 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for a great episode, love the historical pedal content!!

  • @Mr_Gray_Sky
    @Mr_Gray_Sky Před 4 lety +7

    The buzz box is what I'd imagine having a stroke sounds like

  • @fishypaw
    @fishypaw Před 4 lety +187

    So DOD shifted 8,000 units a months of a pedal that Kurt Cobain didn't use. Now that's clever marketing, I can see why you like them.

    • @jakedibiase7404
      @jakedibiase7404 Před 4 lety +13

      Cobain actually did use the Grunge on the Live and Loud performance. You can hear it specifically on the song “School” from that show.

    • @danielallan5058
      @danielallan5058 Před 4 lety +2

      He did use that pedal..you can hear it just by hearing it in the room

    • @removedot
      @removedot Před 4 lety +4

      Supposedly he only ever used it mockingly

    • @lueysixty-six7300
      @lueysixty-six7300 Před 4 lety +16

      removedot He looked down on everyone. Heck, he looked down at Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam, ffs! He really was a Pretentious F***! Noone wants to say it because he's dead. I don't hate him or anything at all. I remember exactly where I was when I heard Teen Spirit - it was the defining moment of my adolscence... Even so, Kurt Cobain was a the sort of Snob that would put bike-riding, quinoa-chomping hipsters to shame!

    • @ThatGuy-y2c
      @ThatGuy-y2c Před 4 lety +24

      Luey Sixty-six I would argue that he was extremely cynical, and skeptical of some of his contemporaries. Cobain was into subverting expectations, whereas Pearl Jam and the Smashing Pumpkins were both using “grunge” and “alternative” as marketing labels in order to fill arenas and make money. Cobain was brilliant but extremely immature (at least in my opinion, and I attribute it to early fame and drug addiction), and what comes of as pretentious may have been a sort of naive belief in artistic purity.
      Hell, he was right about Billy Corgan being a poseur, and Cobain died around the time Pearl Jam decided to embrace authenticity over arena rock. Say what you want about the guy, but Kurt was nothing if not a perceptive observer of his contemporaries.

  • @rootboycooks
    @rootboycooks Před 4 lety +4

    I remember when "Nevermind " came out, my kids were watching MTV and "Smells Like Teen Spirit " was in heavy rotation. I was lost at first, but after hearing it a gazillion times I was hooked. Rock On Josh.

    • @tomcoryell
      @tomcoryell Před 4 lety

      The Root Boy Cooks ! You broke my mood ring....

  • @TmanUtube
    @TmanUtube Před 4 lety +62

    Me: "Wait! A 25 minute video on DOD pedals that I never had an interest in? I'm not watching for that long?"
    25 minutes later..... cool!👏👏👍

    • @4GotSumthing
      @4GotSumthing Před 3 lety

      ........ and then bothering to comment on it - Amazing! and we thought it was impressive that DOD could turn numbers with that line of dung pedals.

    • @frankstetka7206
      @frankstetka7206 Před 3 lety

      Haha, my thoughts exactly but it’s hard not to watch Josh geek out about pedals and even the overlooked ones. It’s bad, worse than a comic book collection I suppose.

    • @yallimsorry5983
      @yallimsorry5983 Před 3 měsíci

      @@4GotSumthingwhen did the dod pedals hurt you my dude

  • @leonardonovelo2524
    @leonardonovelo2524 Před 4 lety +1

    This is the best episode you’ve made. Thanks for sharing your passion with such honesty. I have a lucky cat delay but i think now you’re the lucky cat on my rig. Thanks man! From Barcelona.

  • @archiemontoya585
    @archiemontoya585 Před 4 lety +24

    The re-issued meat box is a staple for crushing live sounds. It’s so low on bass it makes your guts hurt. It’s fantastic. If you are a bassist you need one.

    • @luthiervandros
      @luthiervandros Před 4 lety

      Archie Montoya it looks like something GWAR would use lol.

    • @TeepleBass
      @TeepleBass Před 4 lety +1

      It's an essential pedal on my board. I have the original and the re-issue and the new one is more useful than the OG version.

    • @archiemontoya585
      @archiemontoya585 Před 4 lety

      I got turned on to it by Janek Gwizdala from his synth sounds demos. I use it for huge sound scapes, big breakdowns, and as a foundation for making analog synth sounds on bass. What do you all use it for?

  • @woochyna
    @woochyna Před 4 lety +23

    14 year old me, plywood Ibanez, DOD death metal. I played in a grunge band at the time :D

    • @MrSimondaniel3
      @MrSimondaniel3 Před 4 lety +1

      haha yup. i thought Ibanez was so good.. nope.

    • @mrdumbfellow927
      @mrdumbfellow927 Před 4 lety

      @@MrSimondaniel3 I mean they are sort of like everyone else in the way that there are good and bad guitars they make right?

    • @enzodemello849
      @enzodemello849 Před 4 lety

      80’s ARIA with super microphonic pickups and a peavey pa/Bass amp, set up to play in drop b, I think I had the lowest low ends of my local hardcore scene in the late 2000’s when I kicked that did death metal on.

  • @paulomendoza7498
    @paulomendoza7498 Před 4 lety +3

    Great video Josh! My truly first sound guitar, back in 2001, was a mix of a DOD Grunge, a Boss flanger and a Boss dd-3 delay/sampler. At the time I thought it was the most awesome, unique sound to ever been created. To my ears it sounded futuristic and emotional, it was inspiring 24/7, I was ‘hooked’. Good memories!

    • @-jank-willson
      @-jank-willson Před 11 měsíci +1

      my first setup was a reverb going into an overdrive going into a tremolo going into another overdrive

  • @B14k3
    @B14k3 Před 4 lety +8

    I wish someone looked at me the way Josh looks at the milk box

  • @marcusmeyer256
    @marcusmeyer256 Před 4 lety +34

    I love Thursdays.
    Things I never thought I'd ever say.

    • @jackallen6261
      @jackallen6261 Před 4 lety +1

      "I love Thursdays" that could be a very cool name for a band!! Think about it...."Next up from I Love Thursdays, Pedaling my way to fame!!" Okay, maybe that sucks but you get my drift, lol. You know the whole pedal thing with Josh being into bicycling...Okay, I'll see myself out now, lol.

    • @WhoWouldWantThisName
      @WhoWouldWantThisName Před 4 lety

      @@jackallen6261 Haha, that's awesome, and I didn't even know Josh was into bikes. Even without that bit still good.

    • @jackallen6261
      @jackallen6261 Před 4 lety

      @@WhoWouldWantThisName Sure!! I mean we had Till Tuesday right? Why not I love Thursday?? I think I may be on to something here...Or not, lol.

    • @WhoWouldWantThisName
      @WhoWouldWantThisName Před 4 lety

      @@jackallen6261 Quite a few of the CZcams channels I follow release a video every Thursday. So this could be a cultural thing that people might relate to. I know if I hear someone say "I love Thursdays." that's exactly what I assume they are talking about.

  • @anguspotter-irwin7126
    @anguspotter-irwin7126 Před 4 lety +39

    I like you josh, you have moxy. You are the kind of guy I would trust to feed my cat whilst I was out of town.

  • @mihaeliljic720
    @mihaeliljic720 Před 4 lety

    Dude - I love your videos and your sense of humor which you place just perfectly!
    & of course your experience!

  • @actorartistmusician
    @actorartistmusician Před 4 lety +4

    I love this vid - brings back many memories. I live in Salt Lake and was using Digitech Valve FX and 2120’s as a kid - we were always able to go to the factory and visit the guys making these. They gave my friend a Punkifier because we played a lot of U2 and they said Edge used one on the Pop album..(I think Mofo was the song?) I got the death metal one from them. They were so much fun. I even remember the technicians would go to music shops and take measurements (with an oscilloscope). To get their “modeling” that they were starting to do (right before the GNX line). Cool Vid Josh!!! And you mentioned Cram!! He one of the main guys we would visit. Love him!!

  • @Ruefus
    @Ruefus Před 4 lety +27

    "I'm sorry, he forgot to eat lunch that day."
    Genuine LOL.

  • @sloshua77
    @sloshua77 Před 4 lety +31

    That was great. Reminded me how hard it was to get a good sound for little money as a broke teen in the early 90’s 😁

    • @juanvaldez5422
      @juanvaldez5422 Před 4 lety +3

      damn straight. People take for granted all the cheap yet good gear they can get today. 20 years ago if you had little money, you got crap

    • @jacksparrow6218
      @jacksparrow6218 Před 4 lety

      Juan Valdez Very true.

  • @jesusGCRB
    @jesusGCRB Před 4 lety +4

    it would be amazing to see someone giving all the love Josh does give to pedals but through a bass player view

    • @bricebowlin8834
      @bricebowlin8834 Před rokem

      I don't know if it could be as popular but I totAlly agree.. Although a lot of pedals can be / are used through both formats

  • @OddTimeMan
    @OddTimeMan Před 4 lety +3

    I bought a DOD Stereo Chorus pedal back in the 1980's and I still use it to this day.

  • @ascii7085
    @ascii7085 Před 4 lety +14

    Great episode!
    Smashing Pumpkins' 'Gish' is one of my favorite albums from that era (or any era).

    • @erictoniaschwab1009
      @erictoniaschwab1009 Před 4 lety +1

      ascii 70 85 I didn’t get into Gish much later after Siamese Dream. It’s such a great album.

    • @madmac66
      @madmac66 Před 4 lety +1

      Absolutely. Without question. Still my “go to” album when I want something good and great. From the opening drum refrain to the closing decay it’s non stop awesome. Saw them on that tour and is still one of the best sounding shows ever. And Darcy. Oh sweet sad Darcy. Such a slinky bass goddess. I don’t think they ever reached that height again, that sound and tone and dynamic songwriting. Saw them on the Siamese dream tour and they sounded terrible. Corgan was well into his self destructing I don’t care pity party by then

  • @elusivemoose2325
    @elusivemoose2325 Před 4 lety +6

    Huh! "It's not broken, it sounds that way" is also the way I usually have to explain my guitar tone!

  • @illegalsix7920
    @illegalsix7920 Před 4 lety

    really appreicate this ep. never miss any of these videos

  • @joeswansonanator
    @joeswansonanator Před 4 lety +3

    I looked up Jason and I found out he died. Man's legacy is amazing. RIP.

  • @whatyoumakeofit6635
    @whatyoumakeofit6635 Před 4 lety +21

    The purchase of the Vitalogy album the day after its release was the probably the most pivotal moment in my life.

  • @brettwondrak7953
    @brettwondrak7953 Před 4 lety +88

    The Death Metal Distortion was my first pedal when I picked up the guitar. Naturally, I used it to play in a worship band😂

    • @chuckbabygorilla
      @chuckbabygorilla Před 4 lety +1

      Naturally.

    • @ryans9029
      @ryans9029 Před 4 lety

      Was my first also. Lol

    • @christsanjoures
      @christsanjoures Před 4 lety +1

      hah! mine was a DS-1, cause Nirvana. What's up Brett.

    • @brettwondrak7953
      @brettwondrak7953 Před 4 lety

      Chris Tsanjoures Hey, Chis! You chose wisely😆

    • @taylorprocker
      @taylorprocker Před 3 lety

      I was 13,it was mid 90’s, Got cannibal corpse’s Bloodthirst and was like, of course THIS is what death metal boys MUST use. It’s labeled just for them!

  • @fostexfan160
    @fostexfan160 Před 3 lety

    Great reviews and very professional. Well done sir

  • @charlesoutlaw1009
    @charlesoutlaw1009 Před 3 lety

    Great stuff man. Keep it coming

  • @uri674
    @uri674 Před 4 lety +60

    please include a fog machine in all episodes to come. Thank you.

    • @enkiea8322
      @enkiea8322 Před 4 lety +1

      ^ Do this.

    • @ironbeard2796
      @ironbeard2796 Před 4 lety +8

      I think it was just someone vaping.

    • @joshlane6192
      @joshlane6192 Před 4 lety +1

      definitely not fog...

    • @uri674
      @uri674 Před 4 lety

      Dang, okay lol

    • @ascii7085
      @ascii7085 Před 4 lety +2

      Don't know about every episode, but it needs to make another appearance.

  • @Tomsdrawings
    @Tomsdrawings Před 4 lety +3

    Thanks for all the effort. Magical episode. School of rock (pedals).

  • @azazello777
    @azazello777 Před 3 lety

    I love this channel, your videos are awesome and very informative! Thanks!

  • @juandefektor
    @juandefektor Před 3 lety

    Awesome episode. Thanks for this piece of history

  • @coreyw5981
    @coreyw5981 Před 4 lety +73

    You didn't turn up the r.i.p. knob like you said you would!!

    • @musicisart2
      @musicisart2 Před 4 lety +9

      skipped lunch...

    • @tondebruijn5424
      @tondebruijn5424 Před 4 lety +3

      I somehow fail to be upset by that after listening to that clip. I have a very strong feeling it was going to do the impossible and make it sound worse.

    • @coreyw5981
      @coreyw5981 Před 4 lety

      @@tondebruijn5424 🤣

    • @adventuresinasmr1314
      @adventuresinasmr1314 Před 4 lety

      @@tondebruijn5424 His pedal didn't sound right, it sounded like a ring mod was on there too. I own that pedal and it sounds awesome. Well it did until I plugged the PSU in with the wrong polarity and it died :(

  • @georgetheodor112
    @georgetheodor112 Před 4 lety +13

    FX 55C Supra Distortion was my very first pedal. Everyone who thinks that Metal Zone is a can of bees should listen to that nasty machine of torture.

    • @ignis777
      @ignis777 Před 4 lety

      I have one and I love it :)

  • @Viper-dz2kw
    @Viper-dz2kw Před 4 lety +2

    I’ve always loved the way the Grunge sounded, it’s so ridiculously gained up that there’s nothing else like it, especially on bass

  • @daviddavis1322
    @daviddavis1322 Před 4 lety

    I like how you have a room with a background of pedals arranged by... Something. Then a record room for talking about records. Superb visual storytelling

  • @JazzSaxUT
    @JazzSaxUT Před 4 lety +8

    Such a great tribute to a wonderful guy! I'm proud to say I played in a band with Mr. Lamb.

  • @studiosrevolver
    @studiosrevolver Před 4 lety +3

    Oh what a good episode!!! LOVE IT, LOVE JHS, LOVE YOU JOSH!! I remember drooling over some of the pedals you mentioned around 96-97, I couldn't afford any of them but I used to have the SupraDistortion that a friend gave me, my favorite Grunge record it's really hard to define, Tiny Music from the Vatican Gift Shop, Superunknown, In Utero, Yield?(does still counts as grunge), Well as you can see all of them! hahaha, But of course there couldn't be a Better World without a Better man...see what I just did there?, and On a Plain it's my favorite song of Nevermind also. Josh thank you for this great videos, and for making such amazing pedals!!!

  • @Mixboy2105
    @Mixboy2105 Před 4 lety

    This video was a trip down memory lane. Some of my favorite songs of the 90s. during my teenage years. My first pedal ever was a DOD FX54 Attacker

  • @bizarrenoir1728
    @bizarrenoir1728 Před 4 lety +2

    I absolutely loved this video! These pedals were basically my childhood in a stomp box.

    • @CasaDeJoker
      @CasaDeJoker Před rokem +1

      Same here!!! What I would give to relive High School except with parents with actual money and no divorce. Meh. We can keep the divorce but just make it happen sooner LMAO!!!

  • @karlmontenegro
    @karlmontenegro Před 4 lety +148

    And that's how a DOD Grunge pedal goes up in price by 150% in 25 minutes... lol

    • @tungtobak
      @tungtobak Před 4 lety +14

      Eh... I dunno. There are so, so many out there. And they do still sound like crap (including this demo). I would take any kind of regular RAT over it any day.

    • @gregmerritt9366
      @gregmerritt9366 Před 4 lety +9

      That's the big problem with these "hidden gems" videos. They essentially put a countdown on the collector's market ruining things for the working musician.

    • @karlmontenegro
      @karlmontenegro Před 4 lety +2

      @@gregmerritt9366 It can become the hedgehog's dilemma for guitar pedal makers/buyers. Josh wants to point attention to underestimated/overlooked makers/pedals/fx but yet again since the boutique market has a big chunk dominated by JHS, their influence will cause a price/rarity increase.

    • @tungtobak
      @tungtobak Před 4 lety

      @@gregmerritt9366 That is true though. I have put up buying this thing or another for years, and then Josh or Hainbach or whoever does a video on that specific thing and bam, they are expensive now.

    • @karlmontenegro
      @karlmontenegro Před 4 lety

      @@notmyrealhandle Still can get a lot of them second hand here dirt cheap.

  • @factorybear5264
    @factorybear5264 Před 4 lety +4

    I recently found my DOD Grunge pedal in my mom's house. Hadn't touched it in 20 years, and now I'm crazy about it again!
    Off Topic: You should do a review on Ibanez's Soundtank line. They were super cheap 90's pedals that were plastic. My favorite was the Thrashmetal one. I like it so much that I have a backup. Don't let the name fool you, It's actually not super distorted. It's perfect!

  • @tcbeeson1
    @tcbeeson1 Před 4 lety

    I loved this era of DOD pedals. Great trip down memory lane!

  • @ralfjung
    @ralfjung Před 4 lety +2

    As an ex colleague of Jason I can say this honors him in the right way!....thanks for this!

  • @SeanPierceJohnson
    @SeanPierceJohnson Před 4 lety +43

    “I have the box here...”
    *shows box for like a second*
    “Nobody cares...”
    Me: I care

    • @luthiervandros
      @luthiervandros Před 4 lety +3

      SeanPierceJohnson I don't know why this is funny, but I literally LOL'd!

    • @SeanPierceJohnson
      @SeanPierceJohnson Před 4 lety +1

      Frank DeSalvo I’m a sucker for OG packaging

    • @luthiervandros
      @luthiervandros Před 4 lety +1

      SeanPierceJohnson take my thumbs up. I hear ya.

    • @Jonathan-ih7qp
      @Jonathan-ih7qp Před 4 lety +1

      I care too. I always keep all of the original packaging from my pedals too. Still have my Punkifier (first pedal I ever purchased) and Death Metal Distortion in the box on the shelf behind me.

    • @kampfkustomer2343
      @kampfkustomer2343 Před 4 lety

      A different era. JHS 1.0, before...HE *HAS* THE *BOX!*

  • @TVguy9999
    @TVguy9999 Před 4 lety +3

    I was awake for the midnight release of Vitalogy because my school mate insisted on getting it! Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, STP, Blind Melon and many others filled the airwaves from my childhood!

  • @scarybarry2275
    @scarybarry2275 Před 4 lety

    Cool vid man! I used to work at DOD in the 80's.
    Cool commentary. Keep up the good work.

  • @shawnawesome7770
    @shawnawesome7770 Před rokem +2

    I have my dod supra distortion and I love it! Had it since '92.

  • @jarodivey9033
    @jarodivey9033 Před 4 lety +14

    I'm glad someone else is as into Pearl Jam as I am. Not as a novelty, but as my actual favorite band of all time. Favorite 90s grunge album: Pearl Jam - No Code

    • @zl5465
      @zl5465 Před 4 lety

      Howdy... see my reply above

    • @mccreadypj17
      @mccreadypj17 Před 4 lety +1

      PJ is my favorite band of all time, and No Code is an amazing album.

  • @soulisthegoal96
    @soulisthegoal96 Před 4 lety +20

    Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains.
    I was very, very depressed when I was young and being able to know that someone else was hurting was comforting.
    Now, I wish someone had reached out earlier to help. But it was incredible.

    • @CGCEifel
      @CGCEifel Před 4 lety

      I've seen them on the Dirt Tour in in Cologne germany 1993 with a friend. They opened with Rotten Apple and it got so intense in the venue my buddy had to leave. Unforgettable show and Band.

  • @user-ku6ul1jz3l
    @user-ku6ul1jz3l Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much for this episode, it's just crazy !!! This is a super, duper, mega, hyper 2000 story! It is so soulful, so lamp-like, that I do not have enough words! My soul is experiencing bright, warm emotions! Spasibo!

  • @TheUnicornslayer
    @TheUnicornslayer Před 4 lety

    this episode was a real treat

  • @jeffrix27
    @jeffrix27 Před 4 lety +18

    The Death Metal is my all time favorite distortion. I've owned mine since '94
    R.I.P. =volume, Guts=bass, Pain=mid, Scream=treble

    • @xhooliganx7297
      @xhooliganx7297 Před 4 lety +1

      It sounded horrible, like a bunch of styrofoam surrounding your tone.

    • @4GotSumthing
      @4GotSumthing Před 3 lety +1

      @@xhooliganx7297 Might be a good thing if your tone is lacking any redeeming value................

    • @4GotSumthing
      @4GotSumthing Před 3 lety

      One day you will have to decide on playing it or putting it in the pedal museum - Until then Make music that relates to giving up your favorites in life. I can already feel your pain ...

    • @noesunyoutuber7680
      @noesunyoutuber7680 Před 3 lety

      The Death Metal has actually had a surprising revival among Noise musicians because the maximized gain and ludicrous EQ is perfect for making contact microphones scream. Plus they're much cheaper than similar dirt pedals like the HM-2 or Metalzone because they were bought and swiftly collected dust in droves.

    • @t0rment
      @t0rment Před 2 lety

      @@xhooliganx7297 Sounds a lot better in the FX loop, much like the metal zone.

  • @CGCEifel
    @CGCEifel Před 4 lety +4

    I covered the Fuzz and Distortion part of my board with a D.O.D. Boneshaker and D.O.D Carcosa and i must admit, i'm pretty happy with both pedals. Very flexible.

  • @poetryofplants4782
    @poetryofplants4782 Před 3 lety

    Possibly the best CZcams channel. Thank you

  • @MomoxEstudios
    @MomoxEstudios Před 4 lety +1

    This is the reason i love being a guitarist, toys for the hobbyist adult guitarist, its like being kid forever

  • @michaelthompson3286
    @michaelthompson3286 Před 4 lety +30

    The Corrosion sounded awesome, it didn't have that high end splatty noise in the background some of the other distortions did 🤘🏼

    • @VBshredder
      @VBshredder Před 4 lety +1

      Absolutely agree, i could use that one

    • @producermind9030
      @producermind9030 Před 4 lety

      Absolutely!!!

    • @WarrenKingDudeface
      @WarrenKingDudeface Před 3 lety +1

      Awesome sounding pedal for sure. I can't remember the life of me what song you played. It's very familiar. What song was it? Silverchair song?

    • @MrLivebynight
      @MrLivebynight Před 3 lety +1

      @@WarrenKingDudeface Stone Temple Pilots - "Down" off the album No. 4

  • @alessandrox22
    @alessandrox22 Před 4 lety +3

    I had the DoD Grunge. Best studio distortion ever! Great mids and sustain. Combine it with an eq and a valve amp and you'll be amazed! Oh god I miss it already!

  • @larrylorenzen2449
    @larrylorenzen2449 Před rokem

    I worked with Jason at Fender in the 2000s. He was a great friend who would do anything for you. RIP old pal.

  • @RabidWookies
    @RabidWookies Před 4 lety +2

    That was cool Josh, thanks! Those two albums are the soundtrack to my highschool experience (along with Dookie, and Out Came The Wolves, Mellon Collie, Tragic Kingdom, Core, and a bunch more I'm forgetting)