When I was 17 I went to a pub in Hereford (near the boarder of Wales) to meet a man about a pedal. At the bar I met an old east London geezer who felt more like a character from a Guy Ritchie film than an actual human being. Out of a massive bag he had slung over his back he pulled out a huge, plastic, display pedalboard made for a trade show or something. On it was the whole range of Dan Electro Wasabi pedals. He said to me "mate you can make any bloody sound you want in the world on these!" I said "Have you played them?" he said "No". Now I had never seen pedals that looked anything like this in my life, the board looked like a miniature model from Thunder Birds. He said "it's your's for 100 quid", I said "No" He said "come on geeza! 75?" I said "No'. Do I regret this decision? YES.
That Wasabi line weigh about 12lbs each. They double as weaponry. I have the distortion (which is super weird, like a Rat with 15 knobs) and rarely use it, but there are times when it’s the only pedal in the world that will do the job.
I remember those wasabi pedals. The crowd that danelectro appealed to (budget players) thought those pedals were too expensive and everybody else wasn't interested in them bc it was a danelectro pedal
Proud owner of a Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz (acquired it in a trade; said goodbye to the Big muff pi for the final time). I love how Josh uses the same setting that I use for the first part of the jam before the sad part
Love that Tweak Fuzz though I like the name Afro Fuzz a little better and I was oddly bummed when I found out Blues Saraceno didn’t create the circuit. Not sure why but hey good for his Dad. I’m sure he’s part of the reasons Blues is such an amazing guitarist. Guy probably has guitar chops to match his building chops. Why were all the pedals around 2005 so big? I remember my local boutique shop having one in the display case and wanting to buy it but I didn’t know if that was crazy expensive for a pedal or if it was worth it.
“Some of you are amazing, but it didn’t work out like you thought, but you know someday, someone is going to pull you out of a box and talk about you” wow thanks Josh I really needed to hear that today 🥲
this is rapidly becoming my favourite RUclips channel. I laugh. I cry. It moves me. Oh, yeah, and the pedals are pretty cool, too, especially the Double Drive. And Josh? It's gonna be okay.
I love that pedal! Picked it up the same week I found another Double Drive (had previously bought & flipped one). I also like the Rotochoir and the DLA V.2
I think that hands down, THE most underappreciated pedal was, and still is, the Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive. There was period where for years and years during the 90s and 2000's if you wanted the classic TS808 Tube Screamer you had to either buy the Ibanez reissue for $180, a vintage one for several hundred, or an overpriced boutique model. However, those who were willing to do just a tiny bit of research would have discovered that the Sparkle Drive was an exact clone of the TS808, but with a wet/dry blend control. Voodoo Labs advertised it as "being able to sound like playing through 2 amps." Now we know it really works to add your dry tone in for added clarity. Why no one bought these is beyond me, since it's really the perfect 808 Tube Screamer. Most use TS to add a little gain and push the front of the amp, as well as to add midrange for solos so you can cut through the mix. No one uses it as the "drive" channel on a single channel amp. Well, at least no one who's played long enough and have enough experience to know that it's not really designed for that. Using it for what people tend to use it for, you'd think that between the fact that it's half the price of the TS808 RI, and a LOT cheaper than the other options, combined with the ability to dial your clean in would mean that most people who use tube screamer would instead use one of these. Yet, I still rarely see them on pedalboards. I don't get it. They've changed the design and call it Sparkle Drive Mod now, I think it's the 808 with a couple of the more popular Keeley mods. They're still affordable and you can still but the old ones used for a song (literally and metaphorically), plus I predict these will be a pedal that inexplicably sells for was too much online at some point.
The JHS Moonshine is based off the Voodoo labs sparkle drive or a clone of it. Its a tubescreamer with the a clean knob to mix your gain/overdrive with your clean sound. Its also in the JHS Sweet Tea along with an angry charlie. He's talked about it a video and about the Sparkle drive.
@@mattdayne2585 I've played them, but he does a lot of oddball stuff, and they're $200. I was more talking more about at the time when you could them for less than half the price of a reissue 808, and they still weren't selling a lot. Plus there was a weird aversion to midrange for some reason, as least among the cord sniffers.
Hey Josh, loving the spring classics t-shirt. You may be the only other person I ‘know’ that shares my combined hobbies of guitar pedals, road cycling and Star Wars. Keep up the good work.
Is he celebrating P-R finally happening this weekend? Josh has a few cycling shirts... sometime he needs to tell us the back story. Fan? Racer? Wheelsucker?
@@3eyedfishy There are no coincidences in this world so it must be a nod to Roubaix. His cycling style? He’s a big guy and seems very generous so I see him up the front of the group taking the wind for the rest of us!
Josh, Honestly, you sound like a man who needs something in his life...something like... a new guitar, a new pedal...and a new amp. For sure. I mean, that makes me smile, you know?
Grrrrreat vid Josh! You are a riot. Thanks for all the kind words about the Double Drive. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. It really did sound incredible. Maybe we should think about reissuing it...???
Josh, the videos are awesome, taught me a lot, but I'm mainly commenting to say your playing has gotten so much better since you started the show. Keep going man, much love.
I so love the Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz. Bought one on a whim when they first came out and haven't regretted the decision since... and I still have the box. 😁
I started working at guitar center around 2010 in accessories and we had the full line of these first run Seymour Duncan pedals and I'm not exaggerating when I say NO ONE wanted these pedals - we ended up clearing out the full line and I got the Shape Shifter tremolo for $17 dollars, still got it
Sad Town's a suburb of Dad Town. LOL, as a pedal nerd Dad in a garage post rock band, this rang true! Josh's on-going existential crisis aside, keep doing what you do guys. You bring a lot of joy to the world!
man , if i was ever depressed, i'd start watching a bunch of jhs pedal-shows. i loved all the music, when i heard the last one i thought, hey, Josh has been listening to a bunch of nirvana just like me because it was on the news that nevermind has been out for 30 years now.
I'm glad you watch the news to find out how long Nirvana have been out. Just imagine! In ten years' time, it'll be 40 years. And in just a cenrtury's time it'll be, um, (I'll get back to you).
The Double Drive was one of the first drive pedals I bought when I got back into guitar after a 17-year hiatus. Stacked into an OCD v.1, or my AC Booster it just sounds ace. Does Led Zep II tones really well (and more :) ) Tech 21 is underrated, period. Their Rotochoir and the Boost DLA V.2 (the one with subdivision switch, trails) are fantastic. Any of the Vick Audio drive pedals (Mount Pleasant, Tree of LIfe, V-2 Distortion) should be famous.
Love my Tweak Fuzz! (the second pedal I ever owned) I had it modded to add a second foot switch that jumps from whatever the tone dial was set to (3 or 4), to max whoof position (6)
Wow! Great episode. The Tweak Fuzz sounds way better than I was lead to believe. Those Wasabi Pedals deserve an episode all their own. I always expect good things from Tech 21.
I can't express in words how much I appreciate Josh and the JHS crew putting on these videos. Amazing pedals, and I remember the Danelectro Wasabi. The rest slipped by my my radar... Good jams, and thank you all!
Damn first time I've seen the tweak fuzz featured on anything other than that proguitarshop demo by Andy. That "I think I lost my headache" by Queens of the Stone Age intro sold me in a second, bought it second hand on craigslist like 12 years ago!
Rotary selectors definitely make pedals gooder; add toggle switches (for like in-flange and out-of-flange and stuff like that), and it would be freakin’ awesome! Edited to add the hierarchy of pedal awesomeness: No knobs < 2 knobs < 4 knobs < (multi knobs + rotaries) < (knobs + rotaries + toggles) …and so forth. The more kinds of controls = the more awesomeness. Pretty straight forward…
The wasabi was really cool, that whole series was cool. My guitarists dad had this and an ibanez overdrive when I was a teen and loved playing it through his Mesa Studio Caliber .22. The double drive was cool from tech 21 too.
YES, the Wasabi Delay! * insert 'The Office Thank You' GIF * Ok, the volume knob may be too sensible for some settings, but it's a great pedal and I love it.
Tech 21 made a lot of cool pedals. There was also a 6 knob version of the Double Drive, the XXL overdrive, the Tri OD, with 3 drive and level knobs for the Tweed, California, and British circuits, instead of a single set of controls and the switch that toggles between the three, as on the GT2. There was also the Boost series, with the OD/Boost, Plex/Boost, Delay/Boost, and Reverb/Boost. And, also the Randy Bachman, Geddy Lee, and Ritchie Kotzen signature pedals
Excellent episode, and at points I nearly cried. Especially in that first jam. Tour of Flanders is not my idea of a tour, and I haven't got the box but I've heard Travis and they were quite good, and while I never thought to buy one of their records, I'm now planning to check them out, especially as they're Scots and therefore better people.
That segment with Josh checking the serial numbers of the pedals against the box and then concluding with "if a pedal doesn't have a box, it's pointless," is basically me on Reverb. Also, I winced pretty hard at then end when Josh just casually chucked the box for the fairly rare pedal off camera.
I have a Dano Wasabi Reverse Delay… and I’m never letting it go!!! The high cut is worth the entrance fee alone… the reverse mode is the icing on the cake!!! And… “I have the box!!!”
I have a Seymour Duncan Deja Vu .That is a sleeper.Very unique pedal that runs a digi delay into a bucket brigade chip so it does both the sounds without simulation, a knob to go from one extreme or the other or a blend of them.And two different inserts in 2 different places in the delay path
Got the Tweak Fuzz and the Double Drive. Amazing sounding, inspiring pedals. I encourage anyone interested in them to try and get ahold of em while they're cheap.
Nice jams, great video ! I have the SD Tweak Fuzz and i love it ! It was my first fuzz pedal, and every guitar player knows the importance of the first fuzz pedal :P
Had a friend about 16 years ago that had a pedal board of the older Dano pedals, they were thinking about getting some of the newer line where the Wasabi came from, but they ultimately kept the board all older pedals because they just liked them.
Definitely needed this video. In the last 30 days I buried one of my best friends, my wife ended up in the ER (still don't know what's wrong) and my mother went to the ICU for a week with covid and pneumonia. Oh, and my roof leaked. It has been warm and muggy in KC hasn't it...
The most watchable videos for guitarists on RUclips, somehow as educational as Tim Pierce, as funny as the first time you saw Sean of the Dead - Josh has it all - even the OK Computer voice was flawless.
I found the double drive at a shop in Rochester NY. They carried a lot of Tech 21 pedals. Call me crazy, but the Tech 21 Double Drive is better than a lot of the pedal on the market from the same time period. I’ve recorded many albums with it and played 100s of shows with it. A gem indeed
So, I only own 1 pedal (DV Mark Tube Marker) but find myself fascinated by this channel....especially considering you talk so kindly about products of your 'competitors' - awesome
Reverb: Hey Josh, we're haven't sold any Klons this month, havin' trouble keepin' the lights on. Josh: OK. Gimme a list of you most obscure, most hard to sell, odd ball pedals. Reverb: Gotta pencil. Josh: One-sec, they have to have the box. Reverb: We'll call you back...
Lol … prices do tend to jump after each episode but they do down when the shine wears off. That Tweak Fuzz is a great one ! alchemy Audio does a great mod to it and gives it more hair. But great pick for a pedal that has been overlooked. - Rick / PureSalem Guitars
I have a couple of those Wasabi pedals, the one in the video and the Rock'a'bye (rockabilly style delay+distortion), both are pretty good but I have found the push switches to be a little on the delicate side compared to the tankesque outer build. The branding is weird: on the pedal, the box, the manual it would be easy to miss that they have anything to do with Danelectro as only the embossing on the sides of the pedal says it. Many thanks for increasing the value of mine, please do the mk1 Volvo V40 and my house next :-)
All Pedals Matter. All Amps Matter. All Instruments Matter! Josh has a talent for making these pedals sound amazing. The Double Drive sounds quite similar to the Box of Rock, but quite a bit less noisy. Love it.
I love the Tweak fuzz and still use it today. Really, I just used it today to play Manic Depression. I was talked into doing the volume mod on it but hated it. I modded it back. You want to use it as a boost and you’ll hate it but use it as a fuzz and it’s a very nice. I have the box.
I have a red Double Drive (that's a limited edition) in the unique white box. I need to check out its class A drive some more. I usually keep the class A/B drive knob up and the class A drive knob down. It does exceptional Marshall crunch and lead tones. I bought it on a whim from a guy who wasn't using it, and it's been one of my most often used overdrive pedals because I love the tones. I've still got my Tweak Fuzz too.
Fell asleep listening to Travis - I agree, they are quite underrated. The Wasabi delay! Thanks for the recommendation - just wish it didn't lower the volume of my signal.
I had a Wasabi, probably my first Delay pedal. I think I bought it for the Reverse function and the tap delay. Always felt it made my guitar sound pretty muddy, especially when playing heavy distortion. Eventually I replaced it with a Boss DD-20.
Josh!! Glad you had double drive! BUT, IMO Tech 21 XXL I thought was the most underrated pedal out there. With the “Warp control” at 7 o’clock it’s Class A “samba pa ti” total Santana like. The median point is like a distortion crunch 11-12 o’clock, back off gain and it’s totally ACDC style crunch. The pedal has no diodes so it doesn’t clean up too well, so lower gain and use volume on guitar. It gets crunchy. It really gets more complex and thicker gain texture after mid point on Warp control. My favorite setting, is about 2 o’clock, total Blue Album Weezer riffs. I can nail “Say it Ain’t so” C#mi Chorus Progression. And clean up for the pre 2nd verse chords/solo. It really reacted to that pick attack downward chug of an extended power chord (like that C#5 in the chorus). I used this setting in my band of all original music, was 16 playing clubs/writing with 26 year olds. Lugged a heavy a Peavey VTM120 (another underrated amp). Not realizing I had a Jcm800 platform that just needed a transparent drive, which I ended up buying a Klon later when they were under $300. Was more than what I paid for the amp! My tone with the XXL during that time fit, sounded signature & killer on that Thick setting. At 5 o’clock it’s total Germanium Fuzz texture. Super thick. I’d say it nails Voodoo child, then cleans up really amazingly like germanium does. This is the silver one. I got the Black one reissue many years later, they revoiced the EQ knob. I have videos to upload, and I’ll probably do a video tomorrow now that I mentioned it! Thanks for the inspiration/Reminder Josh! Lastly RIP Rest in Tone Lloyd Schwartz. Who was the designer at Tech 21. I worked for ESP Guitars for 6 years, VP and I would always go visit them. At least I got to thank Lloyd at NAMM 2020 for making the pedal that changed my life. A day or two before he actually passed. I got the vibe that this design meant a lot to him and it didn’t get the love it deserved. He graciously thanked me, confirming it was a special one to him. Said he totally didn’t expect that. I hope that made his days. Thank you Josh for showing this and reminding me to post vids of my underrated stuff. As well as your pedals!
It’s amazing how you pull off these episodes! I can watch them all day long. Very informative and entertaining! I was never into pedals, but now I might buy some. Got a wishlist ready to go.
I just picked up that exact yellow tech 21 double drive from a secondhand shop in Japan for about $40 usd. Japan has a lot of really well taken care of second-hand electonics. If you go to Japan, make sure you go to the secondhand shops . . . Some are much better than others.
Josh and Friends! Watching your video led me to remember the “Four Gentlemen” in traditional Chinese art. Each of these represent a season and a quality of an individual’s character: the plum blossoms in winter (reflects strength of character in harsh conditions); the grass orchid for spring, this particular orchid is hard to see because it is often hidden under tall grass (reflects a good character that is there even though not seen or appreciated by others); the bamboo for summer bends in the wind but does not break (reflects good character even though things are going against them); and the chrysanthemum blooms in autumn (reflects a person whose character/wisdom blossoms late in life). Regardless of how the world treats us or our fortunes we should all strive to have good character symbolized by the “Four Gentlemen”
I do like my often looked down upon Tweak Fuzz. I enjoy pairing it with an OD, distortion or another fuzz pedal for interesting sounds. FYI, the Double Drive boxes are different colors because they used different colors. It's really that simple.
Never thought Josh's comedy existentialism would hit so close to home.
When I was 17 I went to a pub in Hereford (near the boarder of Wales) to meet a man about a pedal. At the bar I met an old east London geezer who felt more like a character from a Guy Ritchie film than an actual human being. Out of a massive bag he had slung over his back he pulled out a huge, plastic, display pedalboard made for a trade show or something. On it was the whole range of Dan Electro Wasabi pedals.
He said to me "mate you can make any bloody sound you want in the world on these!" I said "Have you played them?" he said "No".
Now I had never seen pedals that looked anything like this in my life, the board looked like a miniature model from Thunder Birds.
He said "it's your's for 100 quid", I said "No" He said "come on geeza! 75?" I said "No'. Do I regret this decision? YES.
I want this story made into a short film please. Preferably with Danny Dyer as the Pedal Geezer?
He was gonna feed you to the pigs
Punish him Errol
That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard! Being 17 is dumb! ;)
Fallen off the back of a lorry?
I’m enjoying this new more antagonistic iteration of Josh, it’s like watching a super-villain origin story unfold in real time.
What would happen to nick? Will he join or fight his former master?
@@pimcramer2569 THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
@@pimcramer2569 definitely some sith energy between these two...
that Denelectro looks like the love child of the Star Wars Land Speeder and a 1955 Cadillac.
I love it.
Jetsons vibes
Rotisserie Chicken
Plot twist- it actually is
Oh totally on the mark!
That Wasabi line weigh about 12lbs each. They double as weaponry. I have the distortion (which is super weird, like a Rat with 15 knobs) and rarely use it, but there are times when it’s the only pedal in the world that will do the job.
"Nick, you're under appreciated."
Being an unmentioned bass player is the way of life, the way of all things
@@adamsteelproducer comes with the territory
He's fine. We let him go outside a few days ago.
I like Josh’s existential crisis arc, reminds me that things always change and they’ll most likely bum you out……another great episode!
My Casket better have the same serial number they tattoo on my wrist.
"HE HAS THE BOX!"
I remember those wasabi pedals. The crowd that danelectro appealed to (budget players) thought those pedals were too expensive and everybody else wasn't interested in them bc it was a danelectro pedal
Proud owner of a Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz (acquired it in a trade; said goodbye to the Big muff pi for the final time). I love how Josh uses the same setting that I use for the first part of the jam before the sad part
Love that Tweak Fuzz though I like the name Afro Fuzz a little better and I was oddly bummed when I found out Blues Saraceno didn’t create the circuit. Not sure why but hey good for his Dad. I’m sure he’s part of the reasons Blues is such an amazing guitarist. Guy probably has guitar chops to match his building chops. Why were all the pedals around 2005 so big? I remember my local boutique shop having one in the display case and wanting to buy it but I didn’t know if that was crazy expensive for a pedal or if it was worth it.
I love my Tweak Fuzz! That Double Drive sounds amazing, I'd buy one of those.
“Some of you are amazing, but it didn’t work out like you thought, but you know someday, someone is going to pull you out of a box and talk about you” wow thanks Josh I really needed to hear that today 🥲
this is rapidly becoming my favourite RUclips channel. I laugh. I cry. It moves me. Oh, yeah, and the pedals are pretty cool, too, especially the Double Drive. And Josh? It's gonna be okay.
Thank you!
The third musical piece should be called „Drive Shaped Box” 🙂
I literally went to Reverb as I was watching the video and bought a TweakFuzz. Well played sir…..well played. I’m not even a “Fuzz” guy!
Josh: "on today's episode-"
Me: "THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD ONE"
they're all good :P
Every. Damn. Time.
Haha same
Addison is killing it with the drum mix.
Speaking about Tech 21, their Randy Bachman Signature American Woman fuzz is just criminally underrated!
Does this pedal not sell very well? It sure sounds cool.
I love that pedal! Picked it up the same week I found another Double Drive (had previously bought & flipped one).
I also like the Rotochoir and the DLA V.2
@@brucegibbins3792
It's hard to find. I got lucky and found a used one for around $100AUD
Straight up we need an easily available Garnet Herzog in a pedal pls pedal manufacturers dooooo iiiiiit
I remember seeing that pedal and wishing they'd named it the 'Randy Bachman Turner Overdrive'.
that Tech 21 is rad. I'd love to see this series continue - I love Josh's take on underrated pedals.
I think that hands down, THE most underappreciated pedal was, and still is, the Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive.
There was period where for years and years during the 90s and 2000's if you wanted the classic TS808 Tube Screamer you had to either buy the Ibanez reissue for $180, a vintage one for several hundred, or an overpriced boutique model. However, those who were willing to do just a tiny bit of research would have discovered that the Sparkle Drive was an exact clone of the TS808, but with a wet/dry blend control. Voodoo Labs advertised it as "being able to sound like playing through 2 amps." Now we know it really works to add your dry tone in for added clarity.
Why no one bought these is beyond me, since it's really the perfect 808 Tube Screamer. Most use TS to add a little gain and push the front of the amp, as well as to add midrange for solos so you can cut through the mix. No one uses it as the "drive" channel on a single channel amp. Well, at least no one who's played long enough and have enough experience to know that it's not really designed for that. Using it for what people tend to use it for, you'd think that between the fact that it's half the price of the TS808 RI, and a LOT cheaper than the other options, combined with the ability to dial your clean in would mean that most people who use tube screamer would instead use one of these.
Yet, I still rarely see them on pedalboards. I don't get it. They've changed the design and call it Sparkle Drive Mod now, I think it's the 808 with a couple of the more popular Keeley mods. They're still affordable and you can still but the old ones used for a song (literally and metaphorically), plus I predict these will be a pedal that inexplicably sells for was too much online at some point.
The JHS Moonshine is based off the Voodoo labs sparkle drive or a clone of it. Its a tubescreamer with the a clean knob to mix your gain/overdrive with your clean sound. Its also in the JHS Sweet Tea along with an angry charlie. He's talked about it a video and about the Sparkle drive.
@@mattdayne2585 I've played them, but he does a lot of oddball stuff, and they're $200. I was more talking more about at the time when you could them for less than half the price of a reissue 808, and they still weren't selling a lot. Plus there was a weird aversion to midrange for some reason, as least among the cord sniffers.
Hey Josh, loving the spring classics t-shirt. You may be the only other person I ‘know’ that shares my combined hobbies of guitar pedals, road cycling and Star Wars. Keep up the good work.
Is he celebrating P-R finally happening this weekend? Josh has a few cycling shirts... sometime he needs to tell us the back story. Fan? Racer? Wheelsucker?
@@3eyedfishy There are no coincidences in this world so it must be a nod to Roubaix. His cycling style? He’s a big guy and seems very generous so I see him up the front of the group taking the wind for the rest of us!
I could see Josh on a Tuesday morning group ride doing strong pulls at the front on the flat sections...
Josh, Honestly, you sound like a man who needs something in his life...something like... a new guitar, a new pedal...and a new amp. For sure. I mean, that makes me smile, you know?
I think Josh deserves a new Harmony guitar.
Don't worry Chris, he is just playing a character.
Enio Rezende woosh
@@enioair I'm more worried about you, Enio. BTW, Any Old Iron?
@@Ndlanding sorry mate, I cant answer you, not because I don't want to but because I can't, I'm not a native speaker.
If I had a nickel for every time Josh Scott told me something was my fault, I'd have some change in my pocket going jingla-linga-ling
Then you could call him on the telephone. Give him a ring.
But each time he tried it was the same old thing
Grrrrreat vid Josh! You are a riot. Thanks for all the kind words about the Double Drive. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. It really did sound incredible. Maybe we should think about reissuing it...???
Josh Scott, under appreciated comedy genius of the pandemic age! Thank you Josh, Addison and Nick for keeping me sane! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I never thought I'd have an existential crisis while watching a show about guitar pedals...
Josh, the videos are awesome, taught me a lot, but I'm mainly commenting to say your playing has gotten so much better since you started the show. Keep going man, much love.
Thanks for cobbling together some classics.
I so love the Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz. Bought one on a whim when they first came out and haven't regretted the decision since... and I still have the box. 😁
He has the box.
Ding
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Love it! I have 5 of them and i also have 2 boxes. ;)
@@timwzk1139 I sing that in my head every time I see someone with a pedal box. 😂
I love your t-shirt. The 3 first races are just around the corner here.
Oh, and I love your channel. Inspiring! TNX!!!
I started working at guitar center around 2010 in accessories and we had the full line of these first run Seymour Duncan pedals and I'm not exaggerating when I say NO ONE wanted these pedals - we ended up clearing out the full line and I got the Shape Shifter tremolo for $17 dollars, still got it
"one day someone will pull you out of a box and talk about you" genuinely made me tear up a little bit ngl
Sad Town's a suburb of Dad Town. LOL, as a pedal nerd Dad in a garage post rock band, this rang true! Josh's on-going existential crisis aside, keep doing what you do guys. You bring a lot of joy to the world!
Sad town is why dad jokes exist. Normal things become funny after being in sad town too long.
@@orlock20 Crying, not laughing yet.
I love his cycling related tshirts.
I modded a tweek fuzz with a pair of bc109s, and the" volume" mod about 10 years ago. Still rock it as it rocks
Dude who has all those Plumes pedals on Pedalboards of Doom just started drooling when Josh started opening up the Double Drives.
man , if i was ever depressed, i'd start watching a bunch of jhs pedal-shows. i loved all the music, when i heard the last one i thought, hey, Josh has been listening to a bunch of nirvana just like me because it was on the news that nevermind has been out for 30 years now.
I am depressed and I watch jhs videos daily - it does the trick
I'm glad you watch the news to find out how long Nirvana have been out. Just imagine! In ten years' time, it'll be 40 years. And in just a cenrtury's time it'll be, um, (I'll get back to you).
@@Ndlanding I'm glad you are glad.
@@tolvajakos I'm so glad, I'm so glad, I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad. (Skip James, I think, covered by Cream)
@@Ndlanding cool song, the original, thank you. the cream version is a bit too beatlesized for me.
The Double Drive was one of the first drive pedals I bought when I got back into guitar after a 17-year hiatus. Stacked into an OCD v.1, or my AC Booster it just sounds ace. Does Led Zep II tones really well (and more :) )
Tech 21 is underrated, period. Their Rotochoir and the Boost DLA V.2 (the one with subdivision switch, trails) are fantastic.
Any of the Vick Audio drive pedals (Mount Pleasant, Tree of LIfe, V-2 Distortion) should be famous.
Love my Tweak Fuzz! (the second pedal I ever owned) I had it modded to add a second foot switch that jumps from whatever the tone dial was set to (3 or 4), to max whoof position (6)
Wow! Great episode. The Tweak Fuzz sounds way better than I was lead to believe. Those Wasabi Pedals deserve an episode all their own. I always expect good things from Tech 21.
I can't express in words how much I appreciate Josh and the JHS crew putting on these videos.
Amazing pedals, and I remember the Danelectro Wasabi. The rest slipped by my my radar...
Good jams, and thank you all!
Thank you!
I agree completely about Travis & the duncan tweak fuzz.
Travis live at the palace is pretty fantastic.
Damn first time I've seen the tweak fuzz featured on anything other than that proguitarshop demo by Andy. That "I think I lost my headache" by Queens of the Stone Age intro sold me in a second, bought it second hand on craigslist like 12 years ago!
Rotary selectors definitely make pedals gooder; add toggle switches (for like in-flange and out-of-flange and stuff like that), and it would be freakin’ awesome!
Edited to add the hierarchy of pedal awesomeness:
No knobs < 2 knobs < 4 knobs < (multi knobs + rotaries) < (knobs + rotaries + toggles) …and so forth.
The more kinds of controls = the more awesomeness. Pretty straight forward…
Nick is the best here, "It's getting kinda dark, go to record time."
Finally... a Wasabi. I have the chorus/trem...damn fun pedal
The wasabi pedals were so good. Plus there’s a secret switch (battery compartment)
Nick is such a SMOKING drummer!
Noting that the shirt reminds me that strangely, Paris Roubaix is this weekend, and I am very psyched!
The wasabi was really cool, that whole series was cool. My guitarists dad had this and an ibanez overdrive when I was a teen and loved playing it through his Mesa Studio Caliber .22. The double drive was cool from tech 21 too.
YES, the Wasabi Delay! * insert 'The Office Thank You' GIF *
Ok, the volume knob may be too sensible for some settings, but it's a great pedal and I love it.
Today I walked into guitar center for some strings. Saw a tweakfuzz in the used case and thanks to this episode i knew to grab it. Thanks Josh!
This episode is a cure for my depression. Josh is the best! Nick you're awesome too!
Tech 21 made a lot of cool pedals. There was also a 6 knob version of the Double Drive, the XXL overdrive, the Tri OD, with 3 drive and level knobs for the Tweed, California, and British circuits, instead of a single set of controls and the switch that toggles between the three, as on the GT2. There was also the Boost series, with the OD/Boost, Plex/Boost, Delay/Boost, and Reverb/Boost. And, also the Randy Bachman, Geddy Lee, and Ritchie Kotzen signature pedals
Excellent episode, and at points I nearly cried. Especially in that first jam. Tour of Flanders is not my idea of a tour, and I haven't got the box but I've heard Travis and they were quite good, and while I never thought to buy one of their records, I'm now planning to check them out, especially as they're Scots and therefore better people.
completely not pedal related, but in 2000 I went to Belgium and saw 3 of the 4 races on Josh's shirt. Fantastic races and an amazing country
That segment with Josh checking the serial numbers of the pedals against the box and then concluding with "if a pedal doesn't have a box, it's pointless," is basically me on Reverb.
Also, I winced pretty hard at then end when Josh just casually chucked the box for the fairly rare pedal off camera.
I have a Dano Wasabi Reverse Delay… and I’m never letting it go!!! The high cut is worth the entrance fee alone… the reverse mode is the icing on the cake!!!
And… “I have the box!!!”
hi, 1 years late but does the wasabi really a really great reverse?
Im a fan of the original back talk tho
I have a Seymour Duncan Deja Vu .That is a sleeper.Very unique pedal that runs a digi delay into a bucket brigade chip so it does both the sounds without simulation, a knob to go from one extreme or the other or a blend of them.And two different inserts in 2 different places in the delay path
I was always surprised the tweak fuzz didn't become a staple like swollen pickle. it seemed destined for success.
Got the Tweak Fuzz and the Double Drive. Amazing sounding, inspiring pedals. I encourage anyone interested in them to try and get ahold of em while they're cheap.
Nice jams, great video ! I have the SD Tweak Fuzz and i love it ! It was my first fuzz pedal, and every guitar player knows the importance of the first fuzz pedal :P
The whole Greek tragedy with the box had me on the edge of my seat!
If that wasn't resolved I never would have gotten to sleep!
Had a friend about 16 years ago that had a pedal board of the older Dano pedals, they were thinking about getting some of the newer line where the Wasabi came from, but they ultimately kept the board all older pedals because they just liked them.
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Definitely needed this video. In the last 30 days I buried one of my best friends, my wife ended up in the ER (still don't know what's wrong) and my mother went to the ICU for a week with covid and pneumonia. Oh, and my roof leaked. It has been warm and muggy in KC hasn't it...
Ugh! I'm so sorry :(
I'm glad we could be a little bit of light for you. Hope things take an upward turn soon!
@@jhspedals thank you!! It means a lot! 😀
The most watchable videos for guitarists on RUclips, somehow as educational as Tim Pierce, as funny as the first time you saw Sean of the Dead - Josh has it all - even the OK Computer voice was flawless.
Aah the classics... love the shirt Josh ! Ride on.
I worked at Guitar Center in NYC in 2005 and I remember that Tweak fuzz pedal. Nobody gave it a second look.
I found the double drive at a shop in Rochester NY. They carried a lot of Tech 21 pedals. Call me crazy, but the Tech 21 Double Drive is better than a lot of the pedal on the market from the same time period. I’ve recorded many albums with it and played 100s of shows with it. A gem indeed
That rare wasabi series delay is cool o also love the distortion from that series inspiring AF!! Imagination
Loving the spring classics t-shirt Josh. I'm looking forward to Paris-Roubaix on Sunday
You are a real cowboy Josh. Every time you come into town, the saloon goes nuts
That's a great shirt, Josh! Good to see you are supporting pedals on bikes too 😉
bruh i swear to god that josh gets a kick from finding obscure pedals with low prices and making videos that give them exposure and raise in price
So, I only own 1 pedal (DV Mark Tube Marker) but find myself fascinated by this channel....especially considering you talk so kindly about products of your 'competitors' - awesome
Reverb: Hey Josh, we're haven't sold any Klons this month, havin' trouble keepin' the lights on.
Josh: OK. Gimme a list of you most obscure, most hard to sell, odd ball pedals.
Reverb: Gotta pencil.
Josh: One-sec, they have to have the box.
Reverb: We'll call you back...
Lol … prices do tend to jump after each episode but they do down when the shine wears off. That Tweak Fuzz is a great one ! alchemy Audio does a great mod to it and gives it more hair. But great pick for a pedal that has been overlooked. - Rick / PureSalem Guitars
That dad jam DID start out great, I was like ooooh what is this??? Then I was like oh what IS this???
I normally don’t like fuzz much but that is the best fuzz I’ve ever heard
I've have the tweak fuzz for about 9 years now! It's a great pedal!
I have a couple of those Wasabi pedals, the one in the video and the Rock'a'bye (rockabilly style delay+distortion), both are pretty good but I have found the push switches to be a little on the delicate side compared to the tankesque outer build. The branding is weird: on the pedal, the box, the manual it would be easy to miss that they have anything to do with Danelectro as only the embossing on the sides of the pedal says it. Many thanks for increasing the value of mine, please do the mk1 Volvo V40 and my house next :-)
Man, I really liked the rock a bye pedal. One of the few pedals I've ever regretted selling. Doubles the weight of pedal board by itself though.
Before you do the Volvo V40, could you please do the Chapman ML2 guitar with EMGs, as I need the money for Christmas. Thanking you in advance.
All Pedals Matter. All Amps Matter. All Instruments Matter!
Josh has a talent for making these pedals sound amazing. The Double Drive sounds quite similar to the Box of Rock, but quite a bit less noisy. Love it.
Some pedals are just potential landfill regardless of the brand/color of their enclosures.
I love the Tweak fuzz and still use it today. Really, I just used it today to play Manic Depression. I was talked into doing the volume mod on it but hated it. I modded it back. You want to use it as a boost and you’ll hate it but use it as a fuzz and it’s a very nice. I have the box.
Great t-shirt Josh!
Bought the Tweak Fuzz back in 2016 off of Craigslist for $45. Great condition and one of my favorite pedals.
My favorite jam is that awesome spring classics t-shirt. But also the sad town jam was really good.
thank you for being considerate about my week, josh. just for that ill buy a PG-14 at some point down the line
I have a red Double Drive (that's a limited edition) in the unique white box. I need to check out its class A drive some more. I usually keep the class A/B drive knob up and the class A drive knob down. It does exceptional Marshall crunch and lead tones. I bought it on a whim from a guy who wasn't using it, and it's been one of my most often used overdrive pedals because I love the tones.
I've still got my Tweak Fuzz too.
That Tweak Fuzz had a great sound
Fell asleep listening to Travis - I agree, they are quite underrated. The Wasabi delay! Thanks for the recommendation - just wish it didn't lower the volume of my signal.
I've had the Black Double Drive on my board for 15 years. It's been there for several different styles of music played. Greatest of pedals!
he seriously needs to get a mister Rogers set going on. it's time to turn this into a kids show with truthbombs and pedals
Great episode. So when is Nick going to start selling drum samples? Best snare drum tone!!
Check out their bandlab link in the decription. You can get the isolated tracks there.
I had a Wasabi, probably my first Delay pedal. I think I bought it for the Reverse function and the tap delay. Always felt it made my guitar sound pretty muddy, especially when playing heavy distortion. Eventually I replaced it with a Boss DD-20.
Josh!! Glad you had double drive! BUT, IMO Tech 21 XXL I thought was the most underrated pedal out there. With the “Warp control” at
7 o’clock it’s Class A “samba pa ti” total Santana like.
The median point is like a distortion crunch 11-12 o’clock, back off gain and it’s totally ACDC style crunch.
The pedal has no diodes so it doesn’t clean up too well, so lower gain and use volume on guitar. It gets crunchy.
It really gets more complex and thicker gain texture after mid point on Warp control.
My favorite setting, is about 2 o’clock, total Blue Album Weezer riffs. I can nail “Say it Ain’t so” C#mi Chorus Progression. And clean up for the pre 2nd verse chords/solo. It really reacted to that pick attack downward chug of an extended power chord (like that C#5 in the chorus).
I used this setting in my band of all original music, was 16 playing clubs/writing with 26 year olds.
Lugged a heavy a Peavey VTM120 (another underrated amp). Not realizing I had a Jcm800 platform that just needed a transparent drive, which I ended up buying a Klon later when they were under $300. Was more than what I paid for the amp! My tone with the XXL during that time fit, sounded signature & killer on that Thick setting.
At 5 o’clock it’s total Germanium Fuzz texture. Super thick. I’d say it nails Voodoo child, then cleans up really amazingly like germanium does. This is the silver one. I got the Black one reissue many years later, they revoiced the EQ knob. I have videos to upload, and I’ll probably do a video tomorrow now that I mentioned it! Thanks for the inspiration/Reminder Josh!
Lastly RIP Rest in Tone Lloyd Schwartz. Who was the designer at Tech 21. I worked for ESP Guitars for 6 years, VP and I would always go visit them.
At least I got to thank Lloyd at NAMM 2020 for making the pedal that changed my life.
A day or two before he actually passed.
I got the vibe that this design meant a lot to him and it didn’t get the love it deserved. He graciously thanked me, confirming it was a special one to him. Said he totally didn’t expect that. I hope that made his days.
Thank you Josh for showing this and reminding me to post vids of my underrated stuff. As well as your pedals!
LOVE my Tweak Fuzz . . . and yes, it is an unsung stoner-rock style pedal.
It’s amazing how you pull off these episodes! I can watch them all day long. Very informative and entertaining! I was never into pedals, but now I might buy some. Got a wishlist ready to go.
I loved the Tweak Fuzz. Gave it to a good friend as a gift.
Nick’s direction was the highlight of this video for me. Awesome job!
I learn something new every time I watch this channel. Thank you for your musical suggestions, always good stuff!
Pure dead brilliant by the way. I met Fran Healy from Travis many years ago at an art launch in the fruit market gallery in Edinburgh.
I just picked up that exact yellow tech 21 double drive from a secondhand shop in Japan for about $40 usd. Japan has a lot of really well taken care of second-hand electonics. If you go to Japan, make sure you go to the secondhand shops . . . Some are much better than others.
Josh and Friends!
Watching your video led me to remember the “Four Gentlemen” in traditional Chinese art. Each of these represent a season and a quality of an individual’s character: the plum blossoms in winter (reflects strength of character in harsh conditions); the grass orchid for spring, this particular orchid is hard to see because it is often hidden under tall grass (reflects a good character that is there even though not seen or appreciated by others); the bamboo for summer bends in the wind but does not break (reflects good character even though things are going against them); and the chrysanthemum blooms in autumn (reflects a person whose character/wisdom blossoms late in life). Regardless of how the world treats us or our fortunes we should all strive to have good character symbolized by the “Four Gentlemen”
I do like my often looked down upon Tweak Fuzz. I enjoy pairing it with an OD, distortion or another fuzz pedal for interesting sounds.
FYI, the Double Drive boxes are different colors because they used different colors. It's really that simple.