Josh Scott: What Are Sweetwaterâs Best-selling Pedals Ever?
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 3. 08. 2024
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The Internetâs busiest pedal nerd Josh Scott got his hands on our secret numbers - pedal sales data! Whatâs Sweetwaterâs best-selling pedal of all time? Tune in to hear Josh crunch the numbers and spill pedal knowledge with vintage examples from the JHS collection! Favorite brands like EHX, BOSS, Way Huge, and EarthQuaker Devices all make appearances, plus some surprises that deserve a spot on your radar (or in your cart!). Check it out!
0:00 - Introduction
0:59 - No. 510 Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Envelope Filter (NanoQTron)
1:46 - No. 498 Electro-Harmonix Good Vibes Modulator (GoodVibes)
2:42 - No. 495 Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz (SwollenPickleS)
3:41 - No. 494 Tech 21 SansAmp GT2 Tube Amp Emulator (SansAmpGT2)
4:50 - No. 465 JHS Haunting Mids Active EQ & Mid-Boost (HauntingMids)
5:56 - No. 452 Xotic EP Booster Mini Boost (EPBooster)
6:20 - No. 443 Electro-Harmonix LPB-1 Nano Linear Power Booster (LPB1)
7:46 - No. 433 Wampler Plexi-Drive Mini Overdrive (PlexiDriveMini)
8:41 - No. 398 BOSS OD-3 OverDrive (OD3)
9:52 - No. 396 EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker Overdrive (SpecialCranker)
11:25 - No. 387 JHS 3 Series Overdrive (JHS3OD)
12:27 - No. 366 Strymon Lex Rotary Speaker Simulator (LexRotary)
13:47 - No. 365 Danelectro Back Talk Reverser Delay (BackTalkDly)
14:42 - No. 350 Electro-Harmonix SYNTH9 Synthesizer Machine (Synth9)
15:31 - No. 341 EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter Harmonizer (DataCorrupter)
16:12 - No. 339 Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine (B9Organ)
16:47 - No. 333 JHS Kilt Overdrive (KiltPedalV2)
17:48 - No. 332 Electro-Harmonix Bad Stone Phase Shifter (Badstone)
18:37 - No. 321 BOSS AC-3 Acoustic Simulator (AC3)
19:16 - No. 319 BOSS FZ-1W Waza Craft Fuzz (FZ1W)
20:38 - No. 316 MXR M104 Distortion+ (DistortionPl)
21:35 - No. 311 Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb (HolyGrailN)
23:04 - No. 294 Wampler Terraform Modulation Multi-Effect (Terraform)
23:50 - No. 288 JHS Emperor Chorus / Vibrato (EmperorV2)
25:15 - No. 278 JHS Whitey Tighty Mini FET Compressor (WhiteyTighty)
26:42 - No. 275 BOSS BF-3 Flanger (BF3)
27:34 - No. 272 Warm Audio Foxy Tone Box Fuzz (FoxyToneBox)
29:26 - No. 265 Electro-Harmonix Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator (MicroPog)
30:21 - No. 258 TC Electronic MojoMojo Overdrive (MojoMojoPG)
31:45 - No. 256 JHS Clover FET Preamp / Active EQ (TheClover)
33:36 - No. 255 JHS Legends of Fuzz Bender (LOFBender)
35:42 - No. 251 Revv G4 Preamp / Overdrive (RevvG4)
36:23 - No. 244 JHS 3 Series Fuzz (JHS3FUZZ)
37:35 - No. 242 MXR M133 Micro Amp (MicroAmp)
39:52 - No. 212 Ibanez TS9DX Turbo Tube Screamer Overdrive (TS9DX)
41:09 - No. 207 Line 6 Pocket POD Guitar Amp Emulator (PocketPOD)
42:40 - No. 206 EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz (Hizumitas)
43:59 - No. 204 Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler (DL4MkII)
45:02 - No. 198 Strymon Sunset Dual Overdrive (Sunset)
45:52 - No. 186 JHS Unicorn Uni-Vibe (UnicornV2)
46:53 - No. 181 BOSS MT-2W Waza Craft Metal Zone Distortion (MT2W)
47:44 - No. 171 JHS 3 Series Chorus (JHS3CHR)
48:38 - No. 161 BOSS DD-3T Digital Delay (DD3T)
50:06 - No. 156 Eventide H9 Max Harmonizer / Multi-Effect (H9MAX)
51:01 - No. 151 JHS PackRat 9-way Distortion (PackRat)
52:00 - No. 149 JHS Colour Box Preamp / EQ (ColourBoxV2)
53:39 - No. 147 BOSS CS-3 Compression Sustainer (CS3)
54:58 - No. 142 DigiTech Whammy 5 Pitch Shifter (Whammy5)
56:38 - No. 133 Walrus Audio Julia Chorus / Vibrato (JuliaChorusV2)
57:43 - No. 131 BOSS TR-2 Tremolo (TR2)
58:31 - No. 130 JHS 3 Series Reverb (JHS3REV)
59:37 - No. 123 MXR Custom Shop Timmy Overdrive (TimmyOD)
1:01:10 - No. 113 TC Electronic June-60 Analog Chorus (June60v2)
1:01:58 - No. 110 MXR M102 Dyna Comp Compressor (DynaComp)
1:02:58 - No. 106 TC Electronic Sub âNâ Up Mini Octaver (SubNupMini)
1:04:00 - No. 95 BOSS OC-5 Octave (SubNupMini)
1:04:54 - No. 89 Strymon El Capistan Tape Echo / Reverb (ELCapistanEcho)
1:06:20 - No. 86 Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer (Freeze)
1:07:31 - No. 75 Electro-Harmonix Soul Food Overdrive (SoulFood)
1:09:23 - No. 74 BOSS RV-6 Stereo Reverb (RV6)
1:10:22 - No. 69 JHS Bonsai 9-way Overdrive (Bonsai)
1:11:26 - No. 66 BOSS CE-2W Waza Craft Chorus (CE2W)
1:12:47 - No. 52 JHS Morning Glory Overdrive (MorningGV4)
1:14:35 - No. 47 MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay (CarbonCopy)
1:15:36 - No. 40 EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Small Signal Shredder Overdrive (Plumes)
1:16:43 - No. 36 Electro-Harmonix Op-amp Big Muff Pi Fuzz (OpAmpBigMuff)
1:18:44 - No. 33 TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 Reverb (HallOfFame2)
1:19:47 - No. 25 Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive Overdrive (OCD)
1:20:59 - No. 14 Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer Overdrive (TS9)
1:22:35 - No. 12 BOSS DS-1 Distortion (DS1)
1:24:32 - No. 10 Dunlop GCB95 Cry Baby Wah (Crybaby)
1:27:56 - No. 8 Pro Co Rat Distortion / Fuzz / Overdrive (Rat2)
1:29:51 - No. 1 Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz (SF300)
1:31:57 - Outro
#Sweetwater #JHS #JoshScott - Hudba
Are you one of the many guitarists whoâve helped push these pedals into the top-seller top spots? Let us know which pedals on the list you currently own and which are destined for your pedalboard. Shop the whole list here đ imp.i114863.net/KebLOv
@Sweetwater - can you put the list on the website? Looks like the link just goes to all pedals
Did Josh accept payment in pedals?
Iâve got an OCD, Soul Food, and Rv-6
I own: EH LPB-1, Boss- OD-3, Dan-O TalkBack Delay (new version), JHS Bonsi, Cry Baby Wah (pre 90s) and Behringer Fuzz. Most of my pedals are behringer or dan-o (complete food series, working on the 2nd set) and other cheap pedals. Josh has taught me all pedals are good pedals and that they deserve to be wanted.
This "flocking" stuff is applied to t-shirts. I'd look in custom textile production for possible solutions. \o Josh...
Shoutout to the editor who parsed through the 763 hours of footage of Josh talking about these pedals
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He said he had to eat dinner later and I was thinking... Yeah, good luck with that.
Thank you for finding the nice way to say this.
Josh has already reached legendary status in the guitar world.
His embrace of the entire pedal world and not just his own company is a major reason
Get off your knees
Hes funny too
True.
I hope Josh understands how much guitarist around the globe appreciate him, heâs not just a great pedal builder and a human encyclopedia. Heâs also one of the nicest dudes on planet earth.
He make fun of hand pedal makers that use germanium transistors, cause according to him they don't work.
Bro get over yourself, and I recommend therapy urgently for you Sir.
His encyclopedic knowledge blew me away!
He's also just funny :D
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Pretty sure he never said that, what he did say is you don't need germanium to get a good fuzz tone.
Josh is probably one of the few people who can get a non-guitarist to watch 90 minutes of guitar pedal info - and be completely entertained the whole way through. Tech + Encyclopaedia + History + Engineer + Musician = Awesome!
(and based on his commentary about number 1 and my interest in the entire video - a fantastic salesperson as well... LOL) Great video!
true.. im a drummer. i dont knnow how i got here, but i like it
I can't believe I just watched a full length feature film of Josh Scott sitting at a desk talking about pedals.
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Josh is the ONLY guy that could make this video - where I would (did) watch the entire thing, smile often, and be truly glad about it.
I totally agree! He's so informative and fucking hilarious!
True that!
Brian Wampler as well. In fact I'd love to see those two guys doing this together. May never get all the way through 10 pedals, but it would be entertaining as hell
@@williemurray2523 I just like saying "Wampler", so for that alone, it would be amazing!
Andy's the only other person I could imagine doing it, and same deal, everyone would watch him too.
I wish all business owners could be as civil and friendly to their contemporaries/competition in an industry and yet not act competitive. You are a class act Mr Scott.
I don't even play guitar, but I love watching Josh talk about everything dripping with sarcasm. ...I could listen to him talk about grass growing and it'd be entertaining.
I would listen to a weekly podcast where Josh goes through the entire list of 1000 ten pedals at a time
Where does Josh buy his coffee?
Same here!
There is something oddly soothing about his delivery- even when he is telling me to be ashamed I donât own an obscure pedal
Monday chats, close every episode with 10 more.
@@mattraino3274 It's the dry sarcasm.
Sometimes every few months Josh just does something insane.
And I love it.
And the fact that he knows everyone
i'd say that about all of his videos
I would like watch Josh talk about all 500. Even better, He should weekly series of his library ..;.âWhat Makes this Pedal Great?â He can do video shorts, at one pedal per day , he should complete the series in about 12 yearsâŠ.
@@rikkousa it will never be complete because he buys more than he could show us lol
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"His is better!"
Praising competition, specially someone who is currently in business: 100^10000 respect points earned instantly!
Brilliant marketing Sweetwater, I now have about 18 pedals I MUST HAVE!!! Thanks Josh, that was amazing.
Sweetwater: "Hey people like watching Josh Scott talk about pedals for some reason, let's export our entire Salesforce and have him read it on camera."
Worked. This is awesome
It is disgusting what happened to America. All industries have virtually eliminated sales teams for a website. No wonder people are so angry and divisive. So few jobs besides specific degrees or service work.
Oh how I wish it was Salesforce! If you're reading this and you know what 4D is, I'm sorry.
@@rustikinc63 uh...WTF are you talking about? Sweetwater has the best sales team anywhere online. Every tech company has a sales org, and many of them don't require a degree.
Shout out to my sales engineer Chris Kress! Reaches out every order.
God I love Josh. He's probably the main reason I started building pedals myself. The love and positivity he radiates towards any and all things pedals, history and music is incredibly infectious.
Josh is brilliant! He knows his history, he knows what works and why it works...and he is super clever in his delivery of information. Great choice to deliver this video sweetwater.
He derailed completely at the Soul Food "explanation" of the pedal's name and that's why we love Josh haha
49:15 when Josh talks about how the delay went from DD3 to DD5, it made me smile because I lived in Japan for 4 years during my Air Force days. The number 4 is pronounced ă(shi but sounds like she). The word æ»ăă (shin da) means death. The Japanese have even created an alternate pronunciation of 4 ăă(yon). I even started feeling superstitious of 4 after being there for 4 years.
I just wanted to write this comment! They also always try to skip the number 4 in lots of things like floors in a building, hospital and hotel rooms, ect. It's like a cultural superstition and a really unlucky number unfortunately đ
Good info! Did he say that there WAS a model 4 of at least one of the pedal series??
@@douchecraft3113 Yes. The only model I know of with a 4 is the Boss PQ-4.
@@douchecraft3113 yep. PQ-4 Parametric Equalizer
This is a somewhat incorrect characterization. ăæ»ăă ăin Japanese is a past tense conjugation of ăæ»ăŹăăAlso, it's not really accurate to say that the Japanese have created an alternate pronunciation of ćăJapanese existed as a language prior to the adoption of Chinese characters. The "shi" reading of ć is the Chinese reading. The native Japanese word for "4" was always "yo(n)".
Absolutely love Josh. His humor. His honesty. His respect for the other builders. Nothing but love for the guy!
I concur!
Nobody gets me as excited about pedals as Josh. The stories he has about every pedals are great. I also love how he features both high end and cheap pedals, and holds them to the same pedigree.
It was also so weird seeing Josh pick up boxes *and not* hearing âhe has the boxâ!
We demand a part 2 of this. I want to see what is in between 1000 - 511
I'm a simple man. I see Josh in the thumbnail, I click.
I wholeheartedly believe Josh actually recorded his thoughts on all 1000 but this is just the short cut đ€Ș
Was thinking the same thing. At least all 510.
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I actually didnt care to know what #9-#2 was. Why would anyone want to hear the complete top ten list. The editors are amazing. I love the mystery of never knowing the top ten.
Josh is one of the best people of all time. Smart, funny, kind⊠and that whole encyclopedic-guitar-pedal knowledge is amazing.
I'm always amazed how you value and showcases all the brands despite you having your own. Your passion is really beautiful to watch.
This is THE MOST entertaining, educational guitar pedal review/countdown ever! I'm watching this at 6 in the morning here in Malaysia and it's so GOOD! Mr Josh is like a walking guitar pedal Wiki!
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Hahaha!đ€ŁGo back...you've missed a LOT!
Josh is one of the smartest, funniest, most talented and entertaining guys on CZcams. I love his JHS channel!
This should be stored in the all time archive of musical knowledge, so it shall be always accessible for everyone and never forgotten ever after.
We need an all time archive of musical knowledge.
And the Platons and Archimedeses of it will be Josh, Rick (Beato), etc etc
Okay I'm 38 minutes in so far, and gonna watch the rest. This could have easily been a total slog, but your little snippets and jokes and details are so fantastic, it's been a blast throughout. It's very, very hard to carry such a long video and remain entertaining, but you're pulling it off! This is seriously well-written and well-edited. Thanks!
EDIT: Here at the end, you kept it excellent throughout! This video is so great if I lived in KC I'd actually try to get a job at your company. Because all the details and info and cleverness has got to help foster a fantastic working environment. So again Mr Scott, thank you, I've added this to my "guitar playing" playlist for reference, and I appreciate you making my Thursday much more entertianing. Tootles!
I sped the video up and watched it in half the âČïž time!
I basically just listened to Josh Scott do inventory and I couldn't be happier.
Pretty much a JHS episode under the Sweetwater CZcams channel. Love it.
Just needs Nick yelling at him in the background.
This is an insane but wonderful idea for a video. Kudos to Josh for pulling it off, and kudos to Sweetwater for green lighting what is objectively an absurd piece of content. Well done, I'm here for it.
Itâs cool to see the guitarist in nickâs band getting some attention
Props Sweetwater for not editing this and letting Josh be this badass.
3 editors died to bring this down to its current runtime.
I love Josh Scott as a repository of knowledge and a fountain of passion for guitar pedals. I love that he shares it with us all. - JHS Bonsi is my newest and favorite pedal.
Sweetwater: If Josh Scott endorses you that is good enough for me. GC/MF are in the backseat now.
That's a killer pedal
Spending money on one Bonsai has saved myself from spending much more money in the future. Thanks Josh for saving me from myself.
Is it as good as a real ts? I thought about getting it but have no way to test it first. I like the idea of getting to try dif models as long as it sounds as good as they do.
@@bojangles6444 I would bet you several hundred dollars that in a blindfolded shoot out, you'd not be able to notice a difference if I A & B'd all 9 ts models with their counter parts on the bonsai.
It's literally the same circuit for each and they sound the exact same, I bought it because it's cheaper than a ts10 but it has 8 other options in it on top of that.
Andertons did a video where they blindfolded rob Chapman and he thought he was playing 9 different tube screamers.
So yes, buy it.
Find someone who looks at you the way Josh looks at a 40 year-old pedal that sounds like plugging your guitar into an anthill.
Josh is my favorite pedal guy by far. His love of it is infectious. He's just like cool stuff. Doesn't care who makes it. What the crowd says etc. Just likes cool sounds and cool aesthetics
Even as a synth player this was one of the most interesting 1.5 hrs Iâve spent. Josh is a well of knowledge!
Josh is the best. Being who he is makes me want to buy JHS pedals to support his company.
There are some videos where even if I donât care about what the person is presenting, Iâll watch them just because you can tell how passionate the person is about the subject. This checks every single box of that. Well done, Josh.
What a great video! Thanks to Josh for the humor and history lessons, and thanks to Sweetwater for what must have been a colossal editing job. What fun!
They chose the most apt person to do this episode! loved it.
This is surprisingly insane even for Josh.
I have to say Josh, I simply love your sense of humour đ I not only leaned a lot about pedal history and circuits through the whole video, but laughed like never before. Congrats and donât change!
If this hasnât been mentioned yet with regard to the âEl Capistanâ
Itâs named after a tape machine part!
âWhat is capstan on tape player?
The capstan is a rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder. The tape is threaded between the capstan and one or more rubber-covered wheels, called pinch rollers, which press against the capstan, thus providing friction necessary for the capstan to pull the tape.â
Blended with El Capitan in Yosemite - renowned for its huge wall. Probably suggesting a wall of tape delayed sound.
Josh is just an awesome human who loves all things pedals but more importantly the people that made themâŠWell done đđđ
I surprised myself by watching the whole episode - Josh is a a star and somehow he makes a show just about lots and lots of pedals so engagingâŠ! And he is so humble despite making so many star products. Honestly not usually my thing, but then 1.5 hrs laterâŠIâve watched it allâŠwow.
Josh is the definition of PASSION.
Don't worry Sweetwater-you may not have added the "he has the box" jingle, but it plays in my head automatically whenever Josh says those magical words
Welp, just added a few pedals to my bucket list. I happen to love Josh's droll and sardonic sense of humor đ
thanks for this! Josh's knowledge is part of the reason why I want to have as many JHS pedals as I possibly can: to help share these stories. That and their amazing sound, of course
The coffee scale josh uses never gets old, finally we have a system to measure everything accurately
Truly enjoyed this video. Always great to hear and learn from Josh. I think he needs to be on television, I can see him in a sitcom. Cool sense of humor. All in all, great video! đđŒ
the best video in the history of Sweetwater's youtube channel
This is off the cuff. It's honest and it's inspiring. I love how this industry, effects pedal Co's., rave on their own competitors because they know good tone when they hear it and great design when they see it. It feels unique to have that kind of admiration among a SEA of metal boxes.
Josh Scott has certainly helped lead the charge. Also, Record Time is an underrated segment.
I got out of bed this morning and I thought to myself "Hey mate, I know what." "What?" I asked. Graciously and politely I answered "Why don't I begin my day with a nice cup of hot coffee made just the way I like it and watch Josh Scott rabbit on for 1 hour 33 minutes and 1 second about guitar pedals that I may or my not wish to purchase?" I thought to myself "That's a really good idea mate, do it." and I did and then gave the video a thumbs up while pondering why boss does not have a dd-4 or rv-4 pedal.
What a great video -- I actually fell asleep in the middle, woke up at number 12, and it was all fantastic.
Fantastic to call asleep too... and fantastic to wake up to.
I play it on repeat when Iâm sleeping đ
I had to sit all the way through this great entertainment. The reason ehx just keeps selling itâs just because they make everything and everything they make sounds amazing. Great prices, great looks, great history.
Josh, this was one of the most entertaining, while, at the same time interesting and informative, guitar related video's I've watched in ages. Great job!
This basically an extend JHS Show episode I'm all here for it.
This is insane, incredible and already one of my favourite videos about guitar pedals ever.
Canât believe I just watched an hour and a half of Josh Scott reading a list of pedals. đ
In Japanese, the number 4 is "shi" which is also the reading for the Kanji for "death", so sometimes the number 4 is skipped over because of that connotation. Boss is a Japanese company. So, now you know why Boss only has one model with "4" in it.
Thanks.
Was going to comment this,
The parent company Roland also have a similar thing with model numbers - the whole x0x nomenclature for drum machines/synths/samplers etc misses out 404. I guess the doubling up of 4 really would have been too much. They have a few very notable exceptions, namely the Jupiter 4, the newer sh-4d (where the original analogue synths went sh1, 2, 3, 5,) and then they did produce a Vdrum TD-4 module. Those last 2 are both much more recent pieces of gear though, so perhaps the current generation are less superstitious.
Interestingly Korg have a!so sidestepped using 4 in their Kaoss Pad range. They had the KP1, KP2, KP3 and then their fourth incarnation was a play on the fact it used 4 effects in series so they called it the KPQuad, so it's kind of a KP4 without writing a number 4 on there.
This video was amazing. First time I have listened to Josh, so funny and well informed. Couldnât stop watching. I just love listening to anyone who is passionate and knowledgable. Gets my musical juices going. Thanks for this!!! I think I could have genuinely listened to all 1,000.
Best video youâve done so far - an engineering lesson, a history lesson, and advertisement all wrapped in one.
Josh is such a cool dude. Iâve learned soo much about pedals from him. Plus his company makes great stuff.
Hilarious! Thanks Josh for taking the time to share your nerdiness!
Josh should really do stand-up. The Soul Food / Centaur thing was GOLD!
The short-demos of the pedals get an assist here.
Josh is awesome.
Yup, I am one of those people I can't say enough good things about the JHS Kilt. Single cols and humbuckers alike, through my Fender amps I get a phenomenal overdrive sound, and versatile. It has remained on my board since I bought it years ago. Awesome pedal, Josh!
Thank you so much for this presentation Josh, and thank you Sweetwater for creating this amazing content! Very involved discussion of the history of these pedals, plus some really fun anecdotes. We love it!
That was so much fun. Tons of surprises. Thanks, guys!
I'm very happy with the JHS 3 Series Flanger, Compressor, Screamer Phaser, Chorus, Overdrive, Hall Reverb, and Delay Pedals on my first ever pedalboard.
The JHS 3 Series Chorus sounds awesome. Happy to have it on my board. Pretty versatile too with that vibe switch
Inflation is happening so fast, at the start of the video, 100 dollars bought you TWO cups of coffee, and an hour later, 100 dollars costs you ONE cup of coffee. đ â€đ
To me, Josh is that super cool, youngest uncle that is a smart-ass that everyone can't help but love.
When Josh is in a vid u know the vid is goldâ€
I loved every second of this. MORE JOSH TALKING HISTORY OF PEDALS AND PEDAL LOVE. đ€đđžđ
Go to the JHS Pedals channel. You can find an endless amount of content like this there.
Like @@ostkorvification stated..."endless."
Here I am...5 am on a Sunday, drinking coffee and watching 90 minutes of Josh talk pedals and drop knowledge.... I am Entertained...
Josh is literally my favorite! His youtube channel is a GD national treasure!!!
If you made a full version of it, I would watch it. You're the highest priority to watch on CZcams. âđœđ
@Christie Malry Audiobooks It's ok. Great to watch to feed our curiosity. It's like watching football, not all attendees are players or own anything with football. It's great to watch as a fan. đ
Iâve grown to really love EHX this past year. Iâve gotten the Glove OD which does a great rock sound. And I really love their Octavix octave fuzz. Sounds very vintage and doesnât go way over the top like some octave fuzzes do.
Josh has an awesome personality to sit and listen to
I just watched the Ben Hur of CZcams guitar pedal videos and i want more. Josh is the king.
This is an amazing video, thanks for doing this (to all involved)! I was entertained and educated! Also, I found some pedals I now âneedâ. First up will be a JHS Emperor (I am a Arion chorus user).
How does Josh know so much, amazing, insane, love of pedals ! Entertaining!
Today I'm so happy- because I figured out how to use my new Blackstar tube amp properly. I bought it about a week ago or so- spent the last seven days telling everyone "Oh yeah, it's awesome, I love it..." secretly thinking "Oh shit, I think a messed up..." because I could get amazing clean tones- any I wanted, but I could not make an overdrive or distortion pedal sound right no matter what I did. At first, I thought it was just the pedal- some pedals don't play well with all amps- but then it was every pedal I had. You could tweak a few and get them to a useable state but, that was about the best you could hope for and most- weren't useable, that bad. Finally- I put the drive in the fx loop- which is a big "no, no" on my prior amp- but it's exactly what the doctor ordered for this one- sounds amazing now. I'm so relieved- I seriously was starting to think maybe I had bought a bad amp or something. Turns out, it just won't tolerate compression in front of the preamp- not even a drive pedal. If I put a compressor up front- same thing, sounds awful, can't use it. Put it in the loop- sounds great.
6:04 fun little story here: about 6 years ago I practiced with my band in the same rehearsal space that Built to Spill used at that time (I live in Boise). BTS being one of our favorite bands we would often geek out over what gear they were using. At the time, Dougâs pedal chain consisted of 3 ep boosts in a row, followed by a vintage memory man into a fender bassman. Basically, and this is fitting with BTSâs guitar sound, huge, Huger, HUGEST. So if you were wondering where all the ep boosts went, ask Doug Martsch (hands down one of the sweetest dudes in the music business).
I think Brian Wampler has made the best overdrive pedal I've ever heard. The 57' Tweed. Really need a Plexi-drive.
Josh Scott has turned me on to soooo many things but the Behringer Super Fuzz has been a known sleeper pedal since it came out. I remember being told about it in like 2009.
Beautiful playing Uncle Larry! A great example of the beauty in playing great chord progressions, as youâve mentioned several times in the past. I appreciate you greatly, and I share your nuggets of wisdom with my guitar students frequently. Rock on brother!
"we literally went from leave it to beaver in 1962 to people on acid in the mud in 69 - the fuzz pedal kind of did that" - Profound statement of the century my friend!!!!!!!!!
This is such a great service to the pedal community. Josh is awesome!!
Cool video! Josh is a great presenter of the history of this pedals. Do some more colaboration with Josh on the same topic, but more detailed, like the most selling delay pedals from Sweetwater or modulation pedals, distortion etc.
Serendipitous: Just let this video play (suggested by "the algorithm") as background noise while I was finishing work, looking forward to recording a song afterward. Exactly when I wrapped up work, the demo of pedal No.1, the Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz, started playing. And it is the EXACT SOUND I was hoping to get to finish my song tonight. The pedal itself arrived this morning from the retailer. True story.
This video was fantastic! Thanks Josh & Sweetwater! We love you both!
The biggest issue with the metal zone is that people donât realize that the knobs only have a very narrow, very specific, useful range. I think if people knew how to use the pedal it would save a lot of the critiques
MT-2 đ€đœ for lifeđ€đœ
People approach it as a Tubescreamer, where the higher you crank that gain/drive, the more it slams midrange to your amp. The original Metalzone has a sensitive gain knob where it's easy to screw up and get to unusable/obnoxious territory, killing your mids in the process. The Waza Craft series fixed that issue, thank goodness.
The active EQ is misunderstood, crazy underrated, and so damn powerful to shape your tone. Love my Metal Zone.
the fact that it only has a small range of settings that are useable shows that it isnât the best
@@ethanquitugua3184 Anything is usable in the right context.
Josh, You use the Morning Glory as an always on pedal. A lot of people do. It's great for that.
So can you make a version with a dip switch somewhere that puts the pedal in an always on setting so that the foot switch acts as the gain toggle rather than as a bypass switch?
Hope you somehow see this. Thank you.
This is a great idea that would work with a lot of overdrives.
@@RichCochrane The Boss Angry Driver follows a similar concept
Red remote?
What about a two switch double pedal? One for gain, one for the always on tone. Maybe Separate EQs? Although thatâs close to the Double Barrel.
Shout-out to Sweetwater for assembling and providing this data. Thanks.
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