if i ever get around to starting a pedal company i'll make sure one pedal in every production run randomly has a totally different font so that future collectors can have fun discovering the "ultra rare bold italics version" that "has a sound, man"
Thank you for not letting me down with the "he has the box" animation, I saw the box and bit my lip and started yelling "HE HAS THE BOX HE HAS THE BOX" and lo-and-behold...
Seeing Josh stuck in the 90's makes me feel less bad about being stuck in the 80s. BTW Guyatone micro series is pretty good, minimalist with a focus on tone. Haven't found a tubescreamer to kick the OD2 off my board at any price.
He has the box😀 I've saved all the boxes for every single one of my pedals, the folded A4 instruction sheets, and any packing materials, even the huge one my Line 6 M13 and its two expression pedals so that a future Josh will have a good day
@@DMSProduktions I don't know dude.. I don't have an oscilloscope with me nor even a spectrometer. But to my ears, that "hollow" sound is reminiscent of a square wave/triangle wave (maybe something in between the two?). A sawtooth wave here would sound a lot harsher and "clickier". Just my 2 cents
"Nobody Home" is my favorite track on The Wall. I saw it when it came out, and the same weekend my radio station played the whole album on the album review *and* did a special where they interviewed Bob Geldof about it. I went back and saw it at the midnight movies about eight times, until I saw the pictures when I heard the songs on the radio. I stopped seeing it when I noticed that it left me depressed, for days, every time.
OMG YES!! This is so 'heavy' (man), I had to stop watching it...for about twenty years! Really depressing, if you get really into it, and, conversely, enjoy the music?!
There were so many great albums from 1979! Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division The Specials - The Specials Cheap Trick at Budokan - Cheap Trick Look Sharp & I’m the Man - Joe Jackson Cool fo Cats - Squeeze Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure The B52’s - The B52’s Drums & Wires - XTC One Step Beyond - Madness Joe’s Garage - Zappa London Calling - The Clash I CAN’T CHOOSE JUST ONE!!!
i have to say , you ve heard this before . . you are a awesome human being , thank you for what you do , in times when people are selfish AND HOARD and point fingers (wrongly ) like douchbags , you , as a person renew my faith in folk .you have a pedal company but you spend 99 % of YOUR time waxing eloquently the virtues of everybody else who has a bench and a bent to make us sound better . . the world needs more people like you . . . thank you so much . .
So I started watching the JHS videos about a year ago and by now, most I know about pedals, I learned here. Switched from a line6 board to all stompboxes since and I'm super happy although my wallet hates josh. Pretty much the first pedal I bought last year actually was a guyatone chorus, but the mc3 micro thingy, guess that's from a later series. Found it in a pawn shop in athens on vacation, then I found another pedalshop there and so in the end I went home broke but very happy. The guyatone remains on the board and I love it and I've been waiting on a guyatone episode. Normally I never comment on YT videos, but since I'm convinced I have always been in quarantine by now, why not. Love the content, cheers! Also sorry for rambling
There are so many awesome tracks on The Wall, “Is There Anybody Out There?” Is no exception. The synthesizer tone comes from “Echoes” and the acoustic guitar is nothing short of beautiful. It doesn’t get a lot of attention but I really think it ought to
I love Guyatone, I've been chasing their pedals and amps for months, if not years. I abandoned the idea of getting a Funky Box from their Flip series but just happily purchased a PS-025 Touch Overdrive. Can't wait for your take on Pearl pedals now.
I can't say it's my fave from '79 as I find it hard to choose, but "Three Imaginary Boys" which is the Cure's debut record is a classic to me. I'm surprised it gets kinda overlooked in favour of their later material. However, there's some genuinely brilliant teen angst driven tunes on there. Especially stuff like "Fire in Cairo" and, 10:15 Saturday Night" . Really makes me yearn for a biopic film based on it.
Awesome I have been helping my old man (who is a retired luthier) clean out his workshop and just found a full set of these still in their boxes. Just jumped on RUclips to search them and found this video
Firstly this is my favorite shirt that you have put on your body. Garments. Secondly guyatone have a special place in my heart. I was homeless, penniless,painfully depressed and my drummer came down with FMS😳 Dark times. Scounged up 7$ for a pack of strings went to my local hoke in the wall music shop. And through the Arias and epiphones I found a hidden gem...a guyatone st2 compressor/sustainer for $43.95 and I needed it😬 I traded an ibanez soundtank distortion and like 20$. Changed my life forever.
In 1979 The Greg Kihn Band released In The Naked Eye, which may or may not have been the best record, but it marks the time that I discovered that a lot of lesser-known bands didn't have roadies. Growing up, the local heroes were Earthquake, and Yesterday And Today. Hollywood pirated one of Robbie Dunbar's tunes and that got them a few bucks to start Bezerkley Records. Checking out their roster I saw that several of my favorite bands were playing around and started going to live shows,which featured opening acts. (Funny how much The Squares were doing exactly what Joe Satriani does today, but could hardly get bookings.) Then I found out that many people, and guitarists in particular, were often willing to let some healthy young volunteer move their big tube combos and such and that I could avoid getting asked for ID, or even get an occasional free beer out of going in with the band. Not a lot of local rock scenes where I am now, I don't think a guy could make much of a living at it. The Rubinoos put a new album out recently and Chuck Prophet has one out this month, so all is not lost. 🎸
When I was 11 or 12, in 1991or 2, I had been listening to the requisite Pop of the day all throughout elementary school. My three tapes at that point were (in order) Michael Jackson-Thriller, Belinda Carlisle-Heaven Is A Place On Earth, and Paula Abdul-Forever Your Girl. (In hindsight I also had the "Cocktail" soundtrack) Then I found a basket of old cassettes dubbed from record that my Dad's buddy who had a great record collection made for him as payment for a poker debt. The first one I pulled out said only "The Wall." I popped it in (miraculously on side one), listened to the needle crackle for a few long seconds before the first chord hit, and INSTANTLY became a teenager. The solo in "Mother" is the sole reason I begged for an electric guitar that Christmas. I still haven't learned it.
I remember these when I first started playing in the 80’s. I also remember buying “The Wall” for my older sister’s birthday, I think I bought a Zeppelin album for her as well on that birthday? I was 10 in ‘79 and the youngest of four, so music was the glue that kept us close and together. Nice throwback!
Debut album from B52s came out in 1979, The crazy quirky guitar by Ricky Wilson (RIP) blew the minds of many musicians. That riff from Rock lobster wont get out of my head.
In my experience no. I tried a cheap no-name chinese distortion pedal on a solid state amp sound really bad. But when I tried it on a Fender tube amp sounds great. So its all depends on a random combination of factors of amp+pedals+guitar+fingers. As they often say any talented guitar player can sound great on crappy gear.
I don't own a Guyatone pedal but do own a Guyatone guitar. I have my father's LG 40 'Top 40 Twin". I suppose it would be akin to a Squier Affinity style of guitar - a production model, made fast and sent around the world. He bought it in 1959 and it came with a little tube amp (which still works); has two massive stinking hot pickups which still sound great; and a neck like a baseball bat with no truss rod. It looks and plays great, i'm glad he gave it to me before he departed.
@@kosmicwizard I loved the sound of it when it worked. It's seen hardly any use and still looks brand new, but one day about 20 years ago, it stopped working properly & I have yet to find anyone locally that can fix it ; they tried, apparently ! It literally does the max setting warble all the time lol
I acquired a Rolly a couple of years ago, It wasn't working so I fixed it and ended up selling it. The one I had had a switchable pot, which thickens the plot. Never really understood what the switch was doing but it was changing something in the way the filter acted. It sounded very good from what I remember.
I know you may joke about meticulously obsessing over small details but honestly that's what I come to this channel for. It's always awesome to see someone so passionate about something they dive into the smallest little details, honestly that's what life is about, and people who do things like that are the people I can listen, and talk to for hours on end. Someone else being passionate about something and sharing that passion can make even the most boring things, interesting, and that is one of the things I live for. (Btw pedals aren't boring, they're spectacular)
Josh!!! Josh!!! You can’t leave me with “Have a wonderful...”. I don’t know what you mean... day? Week? Night? Weekend? Love your work, pedals, and videos. Keep up the great work.
I was born in ‘79 and always thought it’d be cool to have some gear from that year. I recently got a ‘79 Fender Champ, which I love. It’d be great to get a couple of these pedals to go with it. I’ve been interested in 250/Distortion + type pedals for a while, so the Zoom Distortion is the one that grabbed my attention. London Calling is my favorite album from ‘79, but there are so many other good ones: Gang of Four, the Specials, Tom Petty, the Police, George Harrison, the Plugz, etc...
Ugh! I had that on vinyl! It got stolen from my apartment in late ‘87 when I went to Kansas City Art Institute. I’ve got it on CD later, love that record
yeah i am a not 13 year oild millenial - i know about the guyatone line from 79. the wall - masterpiece - but i also really like pros and cons . fav songs - thin ice - dont leave me now - vera - bring the boys back home . my dad died when i was knee deep in that album @ 15yo so yeah it made an impression . i really like "the show must go on / waiting" too . not so hot on brick2 , i have seen roger and pf perform many , many times. every show there is always a few mother daughter combos who start shrieking , stand up and dance to the entire brick 2 piece - it usually takes a few moments for them to figure out its that song though ... (the only reason the bought a tix) . its a super cringe moment for me and they always have way better seats . i am very proud of Roger and his incredible hard work . regardless of whos side you choose he took a stand . that is a real deal type of human being who will do that, so yeah maybe calm down on the RW bashing. people bought tickets to his last tour and walked out complaining saying stuff like " i had no idea this was going to be political " fm radio bred lil thinkerz - missed out on your chance to shriek and dance to brick 2 i see ... also - which ones pink? well lets see , 300 to 600 dollars a seat for the "yellow dress" tour ... no thanks DG... people who champion that guy and his ghost writers / wife while trashing his band mate RW should be chemically chastrated nuetered . The guy is a fabulous guitar player but ... he couldnt write his way out 3rd grade . thats about it . never mind the odd bit of charity he will do from time to time , but he is out for the big bux cash grab - thats gilmours thing. i suppose we all forgot about his little his love affair with cocaine and to me thats a deal breaker , i do not support those types , but his island album was insanely good. . i admire the guy for who he is on some of those records but it was NOT his band . which was proven very ellequently by the poor lyrics and lack of interesting themes in both his disco tingerd "pf" albums . its not even a debate , people who rant against RW and put DG up on some pedistal its just absolutely insane but ... yeah its an internet thing - that says a lot .
“WHAAAAT??!!” A great episode; those pedals have a life and tone of their own... the flanger was particularly sweet and luscious! 1979’s albums? Umm... Joe’s Garage by Zappa is a choice cut, but The Wall is the bomb! The obvious biggies aside, Goodbye Blue Sky, Don’t Leave Me Now and Nobody Home are emotive and powerful tracks.
yeah! I got the zoom distortion. amazing but I had to change the stomp as the led was just activated when in tension, the opamp died so I put a socket to play with different ones and despite the same circuit, it sounds different from the MXR D+. warmer, more powerful and smoother distortion grain. I love it.
I've had and used many many of Guyatones over the years. I found that green compressor in a studio beat to hell, scratched up, and broken. Plugged it in and used it for 20 years. Its a great compressor. The 80's brought the PS-series and they have a lot of great pedals that evolved these models even more. I'd even say, after Boss, they were the go-to model for students back in the day (in Japan). I used to find them in $20 pedal boxes (back in the day, those are long gone). Btw, even if you're impressed by that octave, try the next model after that, it has 3 octaves. U2's The Edge used the Zoom Box....
My first Distortion was that red ZOOM box, it was not a love affair but it was my first, given by a friend. next was BOSS OD-1 which another friend gave me, because he thoght it didn't work. It only needed a battery change ;-) Stayed with the OD-1 for a long time and started adding more, especially the CE-2 around 1982 ;-) Today I'm playing serious games with my Helix Floor, and revisiting the past through mimicking past setups :-)
the Knobs on these are blowing my mind from a design standpoint. something really classy unique at least by what we see a lot now. the taper and the scaled back chicken head like demarkation.And got this pointed around the point of the Obsessive about fine details section hahaha
I have a (broken) Guyatone Micro overdrive. I love the way the simple stamped bodies and the rubber band that seals the back. I just wish they used better quality input jacks.
Truly obsessed with this album possibly the only reason I watch this and many other pedal and guitar related channels , trying to chase that tone of Gilmour
You finally have one album in your collection that I have too. Regarding the 2 identical model numbered Guyatone phase shifter...what you have with the newer set of the Guyatone pedals is a completed collection of the 1979 series. What you have with the older script lettered pedal is one of an entirely older series of which Guyatone made a limited number...more than prototypes, less than full production runs...more like a run of samples/demos to test the waters. I was in my teens in the mid ‘70’s hanging out at the local music shops. I wanted to learn to play guitar and needed to see what I wanted in order to save money because my parents thought it was a waste of money. I remember both of those pedals being in the pedal case at one shop and what I related is the account I recall when I asked about the pedals and the differences.
I own the PS-109 since I purchased it sometime between 1977 -1981 or was it 1983 -1989, hum that was while stationed in Japan. Still works great and still one of my favorite Pedals. Thanks for presenting this series of Pedals. The major choices were the Ibanez, Elk, Maxon and Guyatone series.
“The Wall” is a desert island record for me and has been since my adolescence. Given that it is such a cinematic experience, I’m patiently waiting for a 5.1 version to come out (and I know the movie version is, I’m referring to the studio record). I thought that maybe a 40th anniversary BluRay or SACD would come out with a killer surround mix, but no luck. “Dark Side of the Moon” is one of the best 5.1 mixes out there, so I can’t wait to hear “The Wall” that way.
By the time you got to the crossover box, I was going wah wah wah, cuz I only have some of the micro series, now I want ,sorry "need" these ones too, and I should probably buy more micro ones too. This show always seems to cost me, but I can't stop watching.
I repaired the Black Fuzz Face looking pedal at 1:03 for my guitar teacher about a year ago it is in very good condition No scratches. , very basic circuit. Never heard of that company before researching the pedal. Sounded really good after changing the pot values. I can't help but think of Dr. Evil when you say at 5:38 "Clean Octave Effect".
I've been waiting for this one! My first pedal was a zoom box distortion which I got for free with a second hand guitar. I loved it, has great tone, a real gem.
HE HAS THE BOX! - easily the best meme to come from this channel. Want to scream every time someone on Reverb messages me to see if I have the original box and case candy. No, I don't! I'm not some weirdo like Josh Scott haha
Alright. Credit where credit is due. The editing in this episode is amazing, you and nick has seriously stepped up your game. You guys are amazing and have made my Quarantine much more enjoyable than any other thing could
“He has the box” always makes me smile.
Reverb currently has a Phase Sonix with the Box ;)
Greg B “they have the box”
How does one keep all the boxes? I need an attic.
John Cougar it requires an extremely understanding wife.
@@samecoff2788 I tell my wife there are spiders in the attic. I feel bad now.
Josh is an absolute master of playing songs just wrong enough not to get a copyright claim.
Josh wrote all those songs , it was everyone else who changed them
@@profile1251 lmao you win the internet today
I too sometimes feel like I don't have partner...the city I live in, the city she loves me.
Hahahahahah
Lol yeah rite , that's a skill all bye itself 😅
if i ever get around to starting a pedal company i'll make sure one pedal in every production run randomly has a totally different font so that future collectors can have fun discovering the "ultra rare bold italics version" that "has a sound, man"
famitory best comment on here 😂😂
Josh during the DOD Lamb Series vid tho 😂😂
Oooh you're CRUEL maaan! \m/
you've gotta use a totally different PCB layout for the same schematic, just to REALLY screw with people.
Times New Romans version has different diodes and the Comic Sans version just bursts into flames 😂
Thank you for not letting me down with the "he has the box" animation, I saw the box and bit my lip and started yelling "HE HAS THE BOX HE HAS THE BOX" and lo-and-behold...
where does the he has the box thing originate from?
Ákos Tolvaj the legendary flangers vid
Seeing Josh stuck in the 90's makes me feel less bad about being stuck in the 80s. BTW Guyatone micro series is pretty good, minimalist with a focus on tone. Haven't found a tubescreamer to kick the OD2 off my board at any price.
He has the box😀
I've saved all the boxes for every single one of my pedals, the folded A4 instruction sheets, and any packing materials, even the huge one my Line 6 M13 and its two expression pedals so that a future Josh will have a good day
Josh playing “Go Go Power Rangers” on a glitchy as all heck octave pedal is everything I needed from a JHS Show episode
came here to say this.
😂 yeah that took me back to the days of my youth.
“Meticulously obsessing over small details no one else cares about” t-shirt...
Live At Pompeii is their true masterpiece
I wrote a song called "I'm Full of Useless Information". Seriously.
I really would buy that shirt
@@Zwidawurzn "He has the box" on the back!
"Animals"/"Wish You Were Here" tied for 1st.
"the Dark Side of the Moon" coming in 2nd.
"the Piper at the Gates of Dawn" 3rd.
Actually the Wall is my favorite Floyd record... i feel like everyone has a different favorite when it comes to Pink Floyd.
The Dual Octave sounds like Nintendo in a pedal.
Yeah I was thinking bit crusher when I heard it. Probably the best of this bunch!
Or the Growler
I heard Go Go Power Rangers
I heard circuit bending
sounds like it's already gone poo-poo
Josh is simultaneously the most cool, chill yet OCD guy on RUclips. Always worth the watch!
Red Faust try having him as an employer 😊
@@jamiesmithmusic6606 Oh my god! Do you really work for JHS? If you do, I salute you!
The "he has the box" bit kills me every single time. Genuis
"clean octave"
proceeds to make a pure saw wave
That, kind sir, sounded more like a fat square wave =)
But yeah, hilarious nonetheless.
That glitchy noise machine was better than my MXR blue box, which I sold.
@@dr.getter7118 I thought it was a saw tooth wave as well! HARDLY 'clean' LOL! The BOSS octaver was totally clean!
@@DMSProduktions I don't know dude.. I don't have an oscilloscope with me nor even a spectrometer. But to my ears, that "hollow" sound is reminiscent of a square wave/triangle wave (maybe something in between the two?). A sawtooth wave here would sound a lot harsher and "clickier".
Just my 2 cents
@@dr.getter7118 Yeah maybe!
That Octave thing must be the grandfather of Miku
Is the Sovtek episode going to be a Netflix docuseries? I bet it'll give Tiger King a real run for its money.
This entire show is for Josh to share his excitement/knowledge/passion for his pedal collection and we are forever grateful. Thank you sir!
So when can I order my The JHS Show "Meticulously Obsessing Over Small Details No One Should Care About" T-shirt?! :p
Regatta de Blanc had to have been one of my top albums in 79. I still love it!
Literally watching Josh’s spiral into absolutely madness. It’s almost like watching that show intervention, like, the part before the intervention 🤣😅
"Nobody Home" is my favorite track on The Wall.
I saw it when it came out, and the same weekend my radio station played the whole album on the album review *and* did a special where they interviewed Bob Geldof about it.
I went back and saw it at the midnight movies about eight times, until I saw the pictures when I heard the songs on the radio.
I stopped seeing it when I noticed that it left me depressed, for days, every time.
great choice !! i penned those words out with a quill pen , browned the paper on a lamp bulb and framed it . my brother used to do coke off it .
OMG YES!! This is so 'heavy' (man), I had to stop watching it...for about twenty years! Really depressing, if you get really into it, and, conversely, enjoy the music?!
"METICULOUSLY OBSESSING OVER SMALL DETAILS NO ONE SHOULD CARE ABOUT"
Me:...
...You are my people.
please make this a shirt!!!!
That IS a great-sounding phaser, tho...
Same.
Awesome video. Not gonna lie...was disappointed that I didn't hear, 🎵"HE'S GOT THE FOAM!"🎵
RECORD TIME - favorite record from 1979: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
very good year. clash london calling, ac/dc highway to hell,
1979 album: Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
There were so many great albums from 1979!
Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
The Specials - The Specials
Cheap Trick at Budokan - Cheap Trick
Look Sharp & I’m the Man - Joe Jackson
Cool fo Cats - Squeeze
Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
The B52’s - The B52’s
Drums & Wires - XTC
One Step Beyond - Madness
Joe’s Garage - Zappa
London Calling - The Clash
I CAN’T CHOOSE JUST ONE!!!
1979 Neil Young “Rust Never Sleeps” and grunge was born.
Grunge was born 9 years earlier! LISTEN to The Zoot's version of Elenor Rigby from 1970!
i have to say , you ve heard this before . . you are a awesome human being , thank you for what you do , in times when people are selfish AND HOARD and point fingers (wrongly ) like douchbags , you , as a person renew my faith in folk .you have a pedal company but you spend 99 % of YOUR time waxing eloquently the virtues of everybody else who has a bench and a bent to make us sound better . . the world needs more people like you . . . thank you so much . .
So I started watching the JHS videos about a year ago and by now, most I know about pedals, I learned here. Switched from a line6 board to all stompboxes since and I'm super happy although my wallet hates josh. Pretty much the first pedal I bought last year actually was a guyatone chorus, but the mc3 micro thingy, guess that's from a later series. Found it in a pawn shop in athens on vacation, then I found another pedalshop there and so in the end I went home broke but very happy. The guyatone remains on the board and I love it and I've been waiting on a guyatone episode. Normally I never comment on YT videos, but since I'm convinced I have always been in quarantine by now, why not. Love the content, cheers! Also sorry for rambling
My favourite album of 1979 is Sheik Yerbouti. And yes The Wall is a masterpiece I think this album is a masterpiece too...
Thoughts on trout mask replica?
you have pretty good taste !
Zappa 🤟🤟🤟
@@joshcarlton9184 An album not for everyone ;)
The audio version of Dada!
"Rat Tomango" FTW
Whenever I see good editing on RUclips I gotta point it out and this was very funny editing! Massive shoutout to whoever edited this video!😂😂
There are so many awesome tracks on The Wall, “Is There Anybody Out There?” Is no exception. The synthesizer tone comes from “Echoes” and the acoustic guitar is nothing short of beautiful. It doesn’t get a lot of attention but I really think it ought to
Agree a million times over!
I love Guyatone, I've been chasing their pedals and amps for months, if not years. I abandoned the idea of getting a Funky Box from their Flip series but just happily purchased a PS-025 Touch Overdrive. Can't wait for your take on Pearl pedals now.
Quick correction: MXR had already long before gone with a small footprint by the time Boss changed over. Love these JHS shows- great stuff!
I can't say it's my fave from '79 as I find it hard to choose, but "Three Imaginary Boys" which is the Cure's debut record is a classic to me. I'm surprised it gets kinda overlooked in favour of their later material. However, there's some genuinely brilliant teen angst driven tunes on there. Especially stuff like "Fire in Cairo" and, 10:15 Saturday Night" . Really makes me yearn for a biopic film based on it.
This is my favorite Cure album! Pornography is a close second
Awesome I have been helping my old man (who is a retired luthier) clean out his workshop and just found a full set of these still in their boxes. Just jumped on RUclips to search them and found this video
Firstly this is my favorite shirt that you have put on your body. Garments. Secondly guyatone have a special place in my heart. I was homeless, penniless,painfully depressed and my drummer came down with FMS😳 Dark times. Scounged up 7$ for a pack of strings went to my local hoke in the wall music shop. And through the Arias and epiphones I found a hidden gem...a guyatone st2 compressor/sustainer for $43.95 and I needed it😬 I traded an ibanez soundtank distortion and like 20$. Changed my life forever.
When he first boosts the mids using the EQ at 11:49, that is such a perfect NWOBHM sound. Absolutely love it.
I've been waiting for this and it comes out on my birthday haha
First: we must have a “he has the foam” jingle. I was very disappointed.
Second: MAN, them autowah riffs 🔥👌🏻😂
Favourite album from 1979 is Lodger by David Bowie. It's so different and takes a few listens to get into but probably his most underrated album.
The Wall is my favorite album ever. Ever.
In 1979 The Greg Kihn Band released In The Naked Eye, which may or may not have been the best record, but it marks the time that I discovered that a lot of lesser-known bands didn't have roadies.
Growing up, the local heroes were Earthquake, and Yesterday And Today. Hollywood pirated one of Robbie Dunbar's tunes and that got them a few bucks to start Bezerkley Records. Checking out their roster I saw that several of my favorite bands were playing around and started going to live shows,which featured opening acts. (Funny how much The Squares were doing exactly what Joe Satriani does today, but could hardly get bookings.) Then I found out that many people, and guitarists in particular, were often willing to let some healthy young volunteer move their big tube combos and such and that I could avoid getting asked for ID, or even get an occasional free beer out of going in with the band.
Not a lot of local rock scenes where I am now, I don't think a guy could make much of a living at it.
The Rubinoos put a new album out recently and Chuck Prophet has one out this month, so all is not lost. 🎸
That serie deserves that video, thanks !
When I was 11 or 12, in 1991or 2, I had been listening to the requisite Pop of the day all throughout elementary school. My three tapes at that point were (in order) Michael Jackson-Thriller, Belinda Carlisle-Heaven Is A Place On Earth, and Paula Abdul-Forever Your Girl. (In hindsight I also had the "Cocktail" soundtrack) Then I found a basket of old cassettes dubbed from record that my Dad's buddy who had a great record collection made for him as payment for a poker debt. The first one I pulled out said only "The Wall." I popped it in (miraculously on side one), listened to the needle crackle for a few long seconds before the first chord hit, and INSTANTLY became a teenager. The solo in "Mother" is the sole reason I begged for an electric guitar that Christmas. I still haven't learned it.
Oh man, that “clean” octaver has a really gnarly bitcrushy sound that’s awesome
Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes from 79!!!
Rust Never Sleeps was a really good 1979 album.
That clean noise gate sounded amazing, gotta get one of those
I love the ‘skinny waist’ those knobs have when viewing them from the side.
I remember these when I first started playing in the 80’s. I also remember buying “The Wall” for my older sister’s birthday, I think I bought a Zeppelin album for her as well on that birthday? I was 10 in ‘79 and the youngest of four, so music was the glue that kept us close and together. Nice throwback!
“Entertainment!” by Gang of Four, hands down favorite album of 79’!
Debut album from B52s came out in 1979, The crazy quirky guitar by Ricky Wilson (RIP) blew the minds of many musicians. That riff from Rock lobster wont get out of my head.
That's it ! We are moving to Japan to live and work there ,and continue the search for that older series !
Are there any BAD pedals? Should do an episode on that.
Agree! but it would be attacking other companies wouldnt it?
You didn't pay attention. There is for example a "horrible octave circuit [...] it's so bad, that it's awesome".
There are only awesome pedals. Because pedals are awesome.
In my experience no. I tried a cheap no-name chinese distortion pedal on a solid state amp sound really bad. But when I tried it on a Fender tube amp sounds great. So its all depends on a random combination of factors of amp+pedals+guitar+fingers. As they often say any talented guitar player can sound great on crappy gear.
Behringer often gets a bad rap but I've found their clones are almost as good as the pedals they're copying.
Same with Dan Electro pedals
I don't own a Guyatone pedal but do own a Guyatone guitar. I have my father's LG 40 'Top 40 Twin". I suppose it would be akin to a Squier Affinity style of guitar - a production model, made fast and sent around the world. He bought it in 1959 and it came with a little tube amp (which still works); has two massive stinking hot pickups which still sound great; and a neck like a baseball bat with no truss rod. It looks and plays great, i'm glad he gave it to me before he departed.
I own an 80's DOD FX65 Stereo Chorus, boxed , with wiring diagram AND FOAM ! Last saw the sticker on my bedroom door at my Dad's old house in 1990 😁
Great pedal! I own one as well :)
@@kosmicwizard I loved the sound of it when it worked. It's seen hardly any use and still looks brand new, but one day about 20 years ago, it stopped working properly & I have yet to find anyone locally that can fix it ; they tried, apparently ! It literally does the max setting warble all the time lol
@@shaunw9270 :O
I acquired a Rolly a couple of years ago, It wasn't working so I fixed it and ended up selling it. The one I had had a switchable pot, which thickens the plot. Never really understood what the switch was doing but it was changing something in the way the filter acted. It sounded very good from what I remember.
I know you may joke about meticulously obsessing over small details but honestly that's what I come to this channel for. It's always awesome to see someone so passionate about something they dive into the smallest little details, honestly that's what life is about, and people who do things like that are the people I can listen, and talk to for hours on end. Someone else being passionate about something and sharing that passion can make even the most boring things, interesting, and that is one of the things I live for.
(Btw pedals aren't boring, they're spectacular)
Josh!!! Josh!!! You can’t leave me with “Have a wonderful...”. I don’t know what you mean... day? Week? Night? Weekend?
Love your work, pedals, and videos. Keep up the great work.
I love the minimalist deconstruction of "Girl From Ipanema" during the phase conundrum section...
These pedals all seem ahead of their time. Enjoyed learning about these!
Talking Heads - Fear of Music. Still my favorite Talking Heads album.
That very simple faux Pedal Steel bend at 3:35 blew my mind.
I was born in ‘79 and always thought it’d be cool to have some gear from that year. I recently got a ‘79 Fender Champ, which I love. It’d be great to get a couple of these pedals to go with it. I’ve been interested in 250/Distortion + type pedals for a while, so the Zoom Distortion is the one that grabbed my attention. London Calling is my favorite album from ‘79, but there are so many other good ones: Gang of Four, the Specials, Tom Petty, the Police, George Harrison, the Plugz, etc...
So geeked out about the shoutout to my local luthier & Guyatone builder, DeMont Guitars in Oswego, IL!
Ugh! I had that on vinyl! It got stolen from my apartment in late ‘87 when I went to Kansas City Art Institute. I’ve got it on CD later, love that record
15:00 sounds like the tone from the original theme tune for Grange Hill
yeah i am a not 13 year oild millenial - i know about the guyatone line from 79. the wall - masterpiece - but i also really like pros and cons . fav songs - thin ice - dont leave me now - vera - bring the boys back home . my dad died when i was knee deep in that album @ 15yo so yeah it made an impression . i really like "the show must go on / waiting" too . not so hot on brick2 , i have seen roger and pf perform many , many times. every show there is always a few mother daughter combos who start shrieking , stand up and dance to the entire brick 2 piece - it usually takes a few moments for them to figure out its that song though ... (the only reason the bought a tix) . its a super cringe moment for me and they always have way better seats . i am very proud of Roger and his incredible hard work . regardless of whos side you choose he took a stand . that is a real deal type of human being who will do that, so yeah maybe calm down on the RW bashing. people bought tickets to his last tour and walked out complaining saying stuff like " i had no idea this was going to be political " fm radio bred lil thinkerz - missed out on your chance to shriek and dance to brick 2 i see ... also - which ones pink? well lets see , 300 to 600 dollars a seat for the "yellow dress" tour ... no thanks DG... people who champion that guy and his ghost writers / wife while trashing his band mate RW should be chemically chastrated nuetered . The guy is a fabulous guitar player but ... he couldnt write his way out 3rd grade . thats about it . never mind the odd bit of charity he will do from time to time , but he is out for the big bux cash grab - thats gilmours thing. i suppose we all forgot about his little his love affair with cocaine and to me thats a deal breaker , i do not support those types , but his island album was insanely good. . i admire the guy for who he is on some of those records but it was NOT his band . which was proven very ellequently by the poor lyrics and lack of interesting themes in both his disco tingerd "pf" albums . its not even a debate , people who rant against RW and put DG up on some pedistal its just absolutely insane but ... yeah its an internet thing - that says a lot .
The best episode yet. I love this show!!!!
“WHAAAAT??!!” A great episode; those pedals have a life and tone of their own... the flanger was particularly sweet and luscious! 1979’s albums? Umm... Joe’s Garage by Zappa is a choice cut, but The Wall is the bomb! The obvious biggies aside, Goodbye Blue Sky, Don’t Leave Me Now and Nobody Home are emotive and powerful tracks.
That entire segment from 11:25 to 13:55 absolutely made my day.
"He has the box" he says, just before heedlessly throwing the box to the side... priceless
yeah! I got the zoom distortion. amazing but I had to change the stomp as the led was just activated when in tension, the opamp died so I put a socket to play with different ones and despite the same circuit, it sounds different from the MXR D+. warmer, more powerful and smoother distortion grain. I love it.
I liked the compressor, chorus, flanger, phaser, and the equalizer. favourite track of the wall Nobody's Home
I've had and used many many of Guyatones over the years. I found that green compressor in a studio beat to hell, scratched up, and broken. Plugged it in and used it for 20 years. Its a great compressor. The 80's brought the PS-series and they have a lot of great pedals that evolved these models even more. I'd even say, after Boss, they were the go-to model for students back in the day (in Japan). I used to find them in $20 pedal boxes (back in the day, those are long gone). Btw, even if you're impressed by that octave, try the next model after that, it has 3 octaves. U2's The Edge used the Zoom Box....
Such an amazing and fun episode. I'm in love with this delay. Thanks Nick & Josh! Support these guys on Patreon!
My first Distortion was that red ZOOM box, it was not a love affair but it was my first, given by a friend. next was BOSS OD-1 which another friend gave me, because he thoght it didn't work. It only needed a battery change ;-) Stayed with the OD-1 for a long time and started adding more, especially the CE-2 around 1982 ;-) Today I'm playing serious games with my Helix Floor, and revisiting the past through mimicking past setups :-)
When you imagined the noise gates sound, I laughed hard enough to worry my co workers.
I don't have any co-workers, but they were all worried.
1979 - Rush Hemispheres is my favorite album from this year.
the Knobs on these are blowing my mind from a design standpoint. something really classy unique at least by what we see a lot now. the taper and the scaled back chicken head like demarkation.And got this pointed around the point of the Obsessive about fine details section hahaha
I thought the same! Actually surprised that Josh had not made a remark about those!
I have a (broken) Guyatone Micro overdrive. I love the way the simple stamped bodies and the rubber band that seals the back. I just wish they used better quality input jacks.
Truly obsessed with this album possibly the only reason I watch this and many other pedal and guitar related channels , trying to chase that tone of Gilmour
Lots of good ones, but I gotta go with The Specials self-titled debut. Lots o’ fun!
Favourite track on the wall is Vera, favourite track from 1979 is 2000 man by KISS. I hope you have a wonderful long weekend as well, Josh!
You finally have one album in your collection that I have too.
Regarding the 2 identical model numbered Guyatone phase shifter...what you have with the newer set of the Guyatone pedals is a completed collection of the 1979 series. What you have with the older script lettered pedal is one of an entirely older series of which Guyatone made a limited number...more than prototypes, less than full production runs...more like a run of samples/demos to test the waters. I was in my teens in the mid ‘70’s hanging out at the local music shops. I wanted to learn to play guitar and needed to see what I wanted in order to save money because my parents thought it was a waste of money. I remember both of those pedals being in the pedal case at one shop and what I related is the account I recall when I asked about the pedals and the differences.
one of the best episodes so far! I love josh's excitement over this stuff!
The "Obsessing over things no one cares about" along with the rest of the editing was a change for the channel and I love it. Keep it High and Tight!
I own the PS-109 since I purchased it sometime between 1977 -1981 or was it 1983 -1989, hum that was while stationed in Japan. Still works great and still one of my favorite Pedals. Thanks for presenting this series of Pedals. The major choices were the Ibanez, Elk, Maxon and Guyatone series.
Josh is amazing, great content, not just pedals, is sound, music and history. Can’t miss my daily video
Today I got my crayon + twin twelve v2. I’m so excited!!! So many new music ideas wow! Mr jhs I love you! Greetings from Greece!
welcome to flavour town with Guyfieritone™️
“The Wall” is a desert island record for me and has been since my adolescence. Given that it is such a cinematic experience, I’m patiently waiting for a 5.1 version to come out (and I know the movie version is, I’m referring to the studio record). I thought that maybe a 40th anniversary BluRay or SACD would come out with a killer surround mix, but no luck. “Dark Side of the Moon” is one of the best 5.1 mixes out there, so I can’t wait to hear “The Wall” that way.
the way you react to things, makes me feel like i might be dead inside.
By the time you got to the crossover box, I was going wah wah wah, cuz I only have some of the micro series, now I want ,sorry "need" these ones too, and I should probably buy more micro ones too. This show always seems to cost me, but I can't stop watching.
I repaired the Black Fuzz Face looking pedal at 1:03 for my guitar teacher about a year ago it is in very good condition No scratches. , very basic circuit. Never heard of that company before researching the pedal. Sounded really good after changing the pot values. I can't help but think of Dr. Evil when you say at 5:38 "Clean Octave Effect".
seriously some of the coolest looking pedals ever
1979, Thin Lizzy, Black Rose
I've been waiting for this one! My first pedal was a zoom box distortion which I got for free with a second hand guitar. I loved it, has great tone, a real gem.
Love the lightning bolt on the side
HE HAS THE BOX! - easily the best meme to come from this channel. Want to scream every time someone on Reverb messages me to see if I have the original box and case candy. No, I don't! I'm not some weirdo like Josh Scott haha
Alright. Credit where credit is due. The editing in this episode is amazing, you and nick has seriously stepped up your game. You guys are amazing and have made my Quarantine much more enjoyable than any other thing could
wow crazy tone off Rolly pedal its nice josh thanks 4 this episode
I love that octave! The flanger sounded very smooth. Omg that phase was stunning! I guess i really like all of them.