There is a powerful message in that video; respect your local libraries! 😉 So many times, when pedal builders start their story, there’s this line at the beginning “I went to the library, got me some books...”. Great video Josh, cheers m8!
That's so cool watching two guitar geeks who are super humble and in such appreciation of where they are, talking shop and passion. Oh and if Santa is watching, I need that reverb :)
I have one story about colorsound's tonebender. Back in 2013 I was 16 and just started playing guitar a year before that. I didn't have much knowledge about guitar effects at a time, how sound works etc. And also I'm from Russia so there was no way I could know anything about tonebender (I didn't really knew the difference between overdrive and fuzz as well). So I went to UK for a month to study English and decided to buy some guitar gear while I was in London. I went to Macari's, knowing nothing about it's legendary history and asked them to give me any good overdrive pedal to try. And they gave me yellow tonebender (which is definitely not overdrive, but I guess they knew better what I needed). I tried it and said something like "good,i guess, I will take it". And just after a few years passed I found out how great that thing really is. And just about a year or two ago I found out about Macari's history and about my luck that I got this stomp box (especially that it really was an accident)
Nice. I love how we guitarists manage to make all these chunks of wood and metal into such personal stories. :) I guess that's true of lots of things, but I'm a guitarist so naturally I think ours are better. ;)
One of the best things about your show is the way you pay homage to other pedals and pedal designers. This was wonderful stuff, Josh. Thanks and keep it coming!
It's great that you support all things "pedal", your passion and enthusiasm for effects has enhanced my perception for sure. If there is a community I'd be all proud and fuzzy to be a part of it would be the pedal community thanks to your contributions and insights. Perfect example of promoting with good neighborly inclusion. Thanks a ton! Justin
I had never heard of Rainger FX until I saw a demo of his new Drone Rainger at NAMM this year, and now I need one. This was a great video, and it's amazing that it was put out by another pedal maker. Can you imagine Boss doing a quick documentary with Vemuram? On the flip side, when Josh started making pedals I wonder if he imagined it would take him to other countries to hang out with awesome people?
One thing I most appreciate about the JHS vlog is your unabashed, public appreciation for the achievements of *others* in your own field. This is rare and ironically, it drives things forward..."a rising tide raises all ships" and whatnot. I love the altruistic attitude where you set your ego aside and appreciate, and learn from, others in the pedal world. And you don't keep it a secret, but showcase it and encourage the entire community to learn and move ahead along with yourself. Bravo dudes!!! thanks for all that you do
David seems like such a great guy. I bought the his Drone Delay pedal. I can't wait to get it and I'm so happy to support his wonderful products. Same for JHS. I love Josh. He's such a great guy. Josh has great values and I hope to God he remains humble. May the Lord bless you all at JHS and Rainger FX. You all take great care of yourselves. Happy Holidays. Peace and love, folks.
I build pedals also. And so far in my journey I share the same parallels, like having a job that pays me for a lot of down time. Hopefully everything works out, as I have some really cool circuits I would like to share with the world. I really like this episode.
sprayscience how did you get started? I find diy pedals absolutely fascinating and would love to do some very simple stuff to see if I could wrap my head around it.
A great way to start is getting a kit. That's how I became addicted to it. Start with a simple build like a fuzz or a Big Muff like I did. If you like what you did then you can order lots of parts and start building clones or modifying existing circuits. Look for vero board layouts of existing circuits on the net. You will find ways to improve circuits and make them sound even better than the what the manufacturers offer you. Learn the electronics language, learn to read schematics. If you get addicted to it and it becomes crazy fun then you will learn quick. But I do warn you that it will take up a lot of your time. You will learn what it takes to build a pedal and appreciate the labor and time to build it. I hope this helps a little.@@HiGlowie
Josh has become my personal form of psychotherapy. He has a refreshing ala genius calming effect, in stark contrast to the vast majority of equipment knowitalls that do nothing but activate an exasperate my equipment/pedal/indecisiveness OCD
Dude I absolutely love, love, love how you show other people's creations. Takes a man thats comfortable with his own artwork to be able to share someone else's. Class act bro!
Godamn I love your channel. If I was rich I’d buy all your pedals just to make you smile. You’re good people and you are inspiring a new generation of tinkerers. Thank you for bringing inspiration instead of advertising.
David Rainger is one of the nicest, most patient, and most stoked pedal guys I've ever met. His pedals are inspiring to use and brilliantly made. Everyone should own one of his pedals. To me he's on the same level as Zachary Vex with his inventiveness.
Really excellent vid JHS - (stands and claps). I can't believe your vids (which I completely fluke started watching) are now something I wait for every week. They just keep getting better.
Thanks for another great vlog, Josh. Always informative, thought provoking, amusing and entertaining. What I particularly like is how positive, enthusiastic and supportive you are about other pedal builders, who are 'competitors' too. Top stuff!
I like the way people in the pedal industry highlight each others' work rather than just competing and hogging all the attention and capital. It's probably good for everybody in the end.
I love this video. I love David. I love his Igor concept (if those little buggers hold up and last, it may be one of the most brilliant ideas in effect pedals in years).Josh, that was a great interview!
I was actually in the shop (think it was Andy's?) looking at guitars I couldn't afford when David came in with his first Dr Freakenstein prototypes looking to sell them, I thought it was absolutely fantastic and so different to anything else available then. I should have bought one on the spot but was always skint in those days! Great to see the success he's having.
Josh,as a pedal builder yourself.I think you should do more vids like this .To get into the mind set of other builders.Even maybe doing one of yourself.Fantastic!
This was a fantastic and intimate pass into Rainger FX. To have the ability to adhere the modulation pad right to your guitar and wob and throb and bleep opens up the possibilities to mad creativity. I also enjoyed the change-up with this episode’s format. Thanks JHS
I haven't heard about Rainger pedals until this year Namm videos. And then Drone Rainger! Usually it's "mm I want that sound so I look for right pedal" but the DR was "This is made for searching for sounds!"
I love this so much. Do more of these with other pedal designers please. I love both listening to his story and listening to you gush like a giddy, love-struck teen. More of it please, much much more!
This man is an absolute treasure to the world. Thank you for being you, David and it’s an honor to have met you and hung out with you a bit at namm. You deserve all the success in the world and thank you for inspiring people like myself. ❤️
Thanks for posting this. David looks like a genuinely GREAT guy. I've always thought about getting a ECHO-X, after watching this I'm gonna buy it for sure.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank You! David Rainger is a pedal poet and to get to see him in an interview and learn more about his work is a valuable treat. I have the privilage to own his air traffic controler one of my favorite and inspiring pedals that gave me the ability to give musicality to the wind, roar like a wisper, make my guitar sing like a dying robot and more. Thanks David Rainger and thanks JHS.
I recently discovered Rainger FX and instantly became obsessed. I was considering requesting JHS to do an episode featuring them, and then I found this. Of course Josh already thought of that! Thank you Josh for always knowing what your viewers want to know about, even if you knew if two and a half years before I realized I wanted to know about it!
"I like the future of the past. The way people looked at the future in the past like the old NASA font and 50's sci-fi." BRILLIANT and I get it !!! It SOOO makes sense and is Rainger to a tee !!
This is why I love your videos. I've never seen another builder celebrate other builder's work like you do, with the exception of some luthiers. I really enjoy your videos.
I've just got Bleep (just before the Quaratine!), this guy is just pure gold, such as you JHS! got inspired by hearing you guys talking to each other with that passion about fuzzes, by the way I started noticing at 09:43 that the music was getting louder and finding it quiet good, great track, suits perfect for the interview!
I absolutely love your channel. Thank you for inspiring me to pursue electronics/pedals/amps. If it weren't for people like you, I'd probably have settled for making bombs for Northrup Grumman. Because you've shown me that there's a market for my skills and talents, I'm pursuing them.
I'm very new to the world of pedals (I don't even own any yet), but I could easily watch a feature-length version of this story: 14 minutes of this magic is not enough!
This is the single greatest show about pedals ever. Thanks for being the best, JHS.
You're not wrong.
agree
A lot more value for the time spent on CZcams compared to the pedal show . I like both , but I prefer this a lot more.
Eh, you make a fair point but pedals and effects holds the crown IMO.
Schwing!
Wayne & Garth are back!
Party on!
Lol I know this is very late but this comment is brilliant!
But as for the shopkeeper and his son, that's a different story all together.
Josh Scott is the Tony Bourdain of guitar pedal journalism.
*anthony bourdain
Holy shit this is far too accurate lmao
There is a powerful message in that video; respect your local libraries! 😉
So many times, when pedal builders start their story, there’s this line at the beginning “I went to the library, got me some books...”.
Great video Josh, cheers m8!
Support local 👍👍👍
That's so cool watching two guitar geeks who are super humble and in such appreciation of where they are, talking shop and passion. Oh and if Santa is watching, I need that reverb :)
😊😊😊
You can just feel his genuine passion for what he does
For real. It was so great getting to talk to him.
I'm not sure I've seen anything more gratifying than Josh Scott playing a PRS S2 Studio
I have one story about colorsound's tonebender. Back in 2013 I was 16 and just started playing guitar a year before that. I didn't have much knowledge about guitar effects at a time, how sound works etc. And also I'm from Russia so there was no way I could know anything about tonebender (I didn't really knew the difference between overdrive and fuzz as well). So I went to UK for a month to study English and decided to buy some guitar gear while I was in London. I went to Macari's, knowing nothing about it's legendary history and asked them to give me any good overdrive pedal to try. And they gave me yellow tonebender (which is definitely not overdrive, but I guess they knew better what I needed). I tried it and said something like "good,i guess, I will take it". And just after a few years passed I found out how great that thing really is. And just about a year or two ago I found out about Macari's history and about my luck that I got this stomp box (especially that it really was an accident)
Nice. I love how we guitarists manage to make all these chunks of wood and metal into such personal stories. :) I guess that's true of lots of things, but I'm a guitarist so naturally I think ours are better. ;)
great story!
Fantastic!
Now thats cool. When your oblivious to how awesome something is, yet you think its great anyway, then find out its super dooper? Thats cool.
I can understand your obsession with Rainger FX! Like no other, yet he gladly tells what circuits inspired his creations.
Nicely done documentary!
Wow Josh, if you didn't already run an amazing pedal company, you could have one of the coolest CZcams channels on the web! Oh wait.
At this point this is the only show I even look forward to.
I coulda gone with a 30 minute episode on this guy! Feel free to post outtakes ;)
One of the best things about your show is the way you pay homage to other pedals and pedal designers. This was wonderful stuff, Josh. Thanks and keep it coming!
I wish this video was longer
It's great that you support all things "pedal", your passion and enthusiasm for effects has enhanced my perception for sure. If there is a community I'd be all proud and fuzzy to be a part of it would be the pedal community thanks to your contributions and insights. Perfect example of promoting with good neighborly inclusion. Thanks a ton! Justin
I had never heard of Rainger FX until I saw a demo of his new Drone Rainger at NAMM this year, and now I need one. This was a great video, and it's amazing that it was put out by another pedal maker. Can you imagine Boss doing a quick documentary with Vemuram? On the flip side, when Josh started making pedals I wonder if he imagined it would take him to other countries to hang out with awesome people?
I had no idea doing what I love would bring me here. It's surreal :-)
One thing I most appreciate about the JHS vlog is your unabashed, public appreciation for the achievements of *others* in your own field. This is rare and ironically, it drives things forward..."a rising tide raises all ships" and whatnot. I love the altruistic attitude where you set your ego aside and appreciate, and learn from, others in the pedal world. And you don't keep it a secret, but showcase it and encourage the entire community to learn and move ahead along with yourself. Bravo dudes!!! thanks for all that you do
Thanks!
I had occasion to exchange several e-mails with David for an article I was writing. An absolute gentleman.
This guy is insanely cool... His own pioneer... Love it Josh!
David seems like such a great guy. I bought the his Drone Delay pedal. I can't wait to get it and I'm so happy to support his wonderful products. Same for JHS. I love Josh. He's such a great guy. Josh has great values and I hope to God he remains humble. May the Lord bless you all at JHS and Rainger FX. You all take great care of yourselves. Happy Holidays. Peace and love, folks.
Gotta love a man who is doing it for the right reasons. Nice little doco.
One of my friends just started working there I'm so happy for him!!!
Dude has CLASSIC British hair. I love it. This video was a step above, great job JHS!
I build pedals also. And so far in my journey I share the same parallels, like having a job that pays me for a lot of down time. Hopefully everything works out, as I have some really cool circuits I would like to share with the world.
I really like this episode.
sprayscience how did you get started? I find diy pedals absolutely fascinating and would love to do some very simple stuff to see if I could wrap my head around it.
A great way to start is getting a kit. That's how I became addicted to it. Start with a simple build like a fuzz or a Big Muff like I did. If you like what you did then you can order lots of parts and start building clones or modifying existing circuits. Look for vero board layouts of existing circuits on the net. You will find ways to improve circuits and make them sound even better than the what the manufacturers offer you. Learn the electronics language, learn to read schematics. If you get addicted to it and it becomes crazy fun then you will learn quick. But I do warn you that it will take up a lot of your time. You will learn what it takes to build a pedal and appreciate the labor and time to build it. I hope this helps a little.@@HiGlowie
'the future of the past' - exactly why I love the Jazzmaster.
I’ve never heard a pedal sound better than Freakenstein in that video. Literally incredible
Jhs and Rainger FX in a video....this is great!!
David is incredibly inspirational. Thank you Josh, for introducing him to us!
I can’t believe there are 6 people that went to the effort of not liking this. This was great.
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Haters gonna hate... lol.
One was my girlfriend - by mistake....
He seems like the most down-to-earth and humble person on the planet. What an amazing genius of a man! Thanks for making this!
Amazing interview setting and ambience. Best show yet 👍
Josh has become my personal form of psychotherapy. He has a refreshing ala genius calming effect, in stark contrast to the vast majority of equipment knowitalls that do nothing but activate an exasperate my equipment/pedal/indecisiveness OCD
How the hell I’ve never heard of him until now? I’m absolutely mind blown and I need all of them as soon as possible.
We need more guys like these!!!
Dude I absolutely love, love, love how you show other people's creations. Takes a man thats comfortable with his own artwork to be able to share someone else's. Class act bro!
Awesome interview! I've been a huge fan of RaingerFX for years, and it's so nice to see how down-to-earth and cool David is.
Godamn I love your channel. If I was rich I’d buy all your pedals just to make you smile. You’re good people and you are inspiring a new generation of tinkerers. Thank you for bringing inspiration instead of advertising.
Superb interview Josh, I really enjoyed that. What an interesting chap as well, he makes me proud to be be British :)
David Rainger is one of the nicest, most patient, and most stoked pedal guys I've ever met. His pedals are inspiring to use and brilliantly made. Everyone should own one of his pedals. To me he's on the same level as Zachary Vex with his inventiveness.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 🤯 when he turned the knob on the freakenbender i got friggin' goosebumps! Whaaaaat?!
Really excellent vid JHS - (stands and claps). I can't believe your vids (which I completely fluke started watching) are now something I wait for every week. They just keep getting better.
Man, you're great! The way you see other people's pedals... Brilliant! We're friends!!
Thanks for another great vlog, Josh. Always informative, thought provoking, amusing and entertaining. What I particularly like is how positive, enthusiastic and supportive you are about other pedal builders, who are 'competitors' too. Top stuff!
Very cool. I LOVE the Reverb X. Best pedal version gated verb out there by far.
cool in depth journalism here. the pedal world needs you, josh!
I like the way people in the pedal industry highlight each others' work rather than just competing and hogging all the attention and capital. It's probably good for everybody in the end.
The 2 of you couldn't be more unlike, but so totally cool together!! Awesome video.
What a beautiful video! Thanks for this JHS!
Omg!!! That colab-bender is so freaking amazing. Thanks, Josh, for bringing this to my attention. Great video as always.
I love this video. I love David. I love his Igor concept (if those little buggers hold up and last, it may be one of the most brilliant ideas in effect pedals in years).Josh, that was a great interview!
Man, that's a ton of fun! Can't wait to try a RaingerFX!
@tubenshaft Wow, it is amazing! czcams.com/video/Edfd7c9GwUs/video.html
I was actually in the shop (think it was Andy's?) looking at guitars I couldn't afford when David came in with his first Dr Freakenstein prototypes looking to sell them, I thought it was absolutely fantastic and so different to anything else available then. I should have bought one on the spot but was always skint in those days! Great to see the success he's having.
That's awesome!
Bad ass documentary. Nice job
Thanks for sharing this amazing story!
Josh,as a pedal builder yourself.I think you should do more vids like this .To get into the mind set of other builders.Even maybe doing one of yourself.Fantastic!
“Best short form documentary” contender at next years Oscars
this dude is a genius! it's like listening to an interview with david hockney or something. the term artist applies here.
This was a blast to watch!
Josh, this was an amazing episode. You have cracked the code on how to do it right. I tip my hat to you.
This was a fantastic and intimate pass into Rainger FX. To have the ability to adhere the modulation pad right to your guitar and wob and throb and bleep opens up the possibilities to mad creativity. I also enjoyed the change-up with this episode’s format. Thanks JHS
Best video you ever did. Incredible. I’m excited and really touched at the same time.
I haven't heard about Rainger pedals until this year Namm videos. And then Drone Rainger! Usually it's "mm I want that sound so I look for right pedal" but the DR was "This is made for searching for sounds!"
David is brilliant person and his work is outstanding, thank you Josh for this video...keep on!
Amazing interview! So good.
I love this so much. Do more of these with other pedal designers please. I love both listening to his story and listening to you gush like a giddy, love-struck teen. More of it please, much much more!
This man is an absolute treasure to the world. Thank you for being you, David and it’s an honor to have met you and hung out with you a bit at namm. You deserve all the success in the world and thank you for inspiring people like myself. ❤️
Man, Josh you are good at this.
;-)
Thanks!
Excellent film and now I know much more about Rainger FX.
The Igor on the Tone Bender reminds me of the Mutronics Mutator used by Greenwood in Paraoind Android solo.
Thanks for posting this. David looks like a genuinely GREAT guy. I've always thought about getting a ECHO-X, after watching this I'm gonna buy it for sure.
Great video, man, really enjoyed it.
This guy is awesome. Great episode
I used his reverb on a session once and it was amazing! Never got the name of the company but always loved the pedal and now I know!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank You! David Rainger is a pedal poet and to get to see him in an interview and learn more about his work is a valuable treat. I have the privilage to own his air traffic controler one of my favorite and inspiring pedals that gave me the ability to give musicality to the wind, roar like a wisper, make my guitar sing like a dying robot and more. Thanks David Rainger and thanks JHS.
Great interview!!! Thank you!!!
I‘d love to see a pedal that flips over from JHS to Rainger on the drive knob.
um. YES.
These guys could whip one up in an afternoon.
Excellent video, sir. Definitely turned me on to someone I am not very familiar with but can’t wait to try some of his stuff.
I recently discovered Rainger FX and instantly became obsessed. I was considering requesting JHS to do an episode featuring them, and then I found this. Of course Josh already thought of that! Thank you Josh for always knowing what your viewers want to know about, even if you knew if two and a half years before I realized I wanted to know about it!
That's beautiful!!! Happy Valentine's Day!!!
What a great expose of an artistic intellect. Both of you inspire me.
Please more of these. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Josh - really dig this "pedal journalism"! Helps to understand the personality and the inspiration behind the technology. Good stuff.
"I like the future of the past. The way people looked at the future in the past like the old NASA font and 50's sci-fi." BRILLIANT and I get it !!! It SOOO makes sense and is Rainger to a tee !!
I have the Air Traffic Controller it's such a wonderfully crazy pedal! Filter/Noise/Distortion
this is an amazing video. really tugs the heart strings.
This is why I love your videos. I've never seen another builder celebrate other builder's work like you do, with the exception of some luthiers. I really enjoy your videos.
Lotta love for the Tone Bender! One of my dearest friends owns one and I can't help but play with it when I'm at his studio!
Very enjoyable. Easy conversation, informative, thank you.
I'm amazed at the quality of your videos, and this one really takes it to another level. Thanks for making it and sharing it.
I've just got Bleep (just before the Quaratine!), this guy is just pure gold, such as you JHS! got inspired by hearing you guys talking to each other with that passion about fuzzes, by the way I started noticing at 09:43 that the music was getting louder and finding it quiet good, great track, suits perfect for the interview!
I absolutely love your channel. Thank you for inspiring me to pursue electronics/pedals/amps. If it weren't for people like you, I'd probably have settled for making bombs for Northrup Grumman.
Because you've shown me that there's a market for my skills and talents, I'm pursuing them.
I'm very new to the world of pedals (I don't even own any yet), but I could easily watch a feature-length version of this story: 14 minutes of this magic is not enough!
What an awesome interview, well done JHS!
So cool to put a face to these amazing pedals. Thank you so much for this Josh. Truly inspiring.
brilliant show - just enjoyed spending time with you both thanks!
What a fantastic episode :) Thanks for that Josh!
That was so cool! Love this channel!
Excellent episode, just excellent.
So heartwarming to see two great minds meet. Bridging the big pond. You can just tell they will be now mates for life. Cheers.
His Drone Rainger is other worldly! It’s great to see Josh’s genuine fascination with another pedal builders designs.