Guitar Tone Buzzwords Explained
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Today I'm diving into guitar tone nerddom and exploring some semi famous maybe not so famous buzzwords that get kicked around on social media, forums, and summer festival jam sessions. I think together we can really find a way to nail down what they truly mean so that all guitarists can speak confidently when describing tonal anomalies. In the comments let me know what your favorite buzzword was and what you think about Weezer's Everything Will Be Alright In The End!
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20:52 Haunting Mids.com Fuzz
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Build a pedal that incorporates all the buzz words and call it "Difficult Teen"
YEEEESSS. I'm too poor to afford most JHS pedals typically, but I'll shell out and buy it if you do. We give you permission to take this idea JOSH!!!
Call the pedal “Virtue Signal IN”
@@fluidalchemist68 yess
That would be pretty funny to have on my board.
This video made me feel warm and transparent
I hope you can sustain that feeling, even after it's over.
This video made me feel earthy
I sure can see bodies lying beyond
That’s a very amp like response
He should have filmed in sepia for that vintage look
there is a fine line between boutique and made in poppa's shed
boutique is what a company is called about ten seconds after they sign to have their first batch of product cranked out by someone else. Right up to that point, they are referred to as "struggling"
"Plexi" was the one that got me for years until I found out that it's just plexi-glass on the front of the amp. I felt like a tool. Maybe I am still a tool....LOL.
I feel dumb now
I suppose the confusion rises when not anything you slam a plexi face is The plexi but the specific marshall models.
alright... now I know
Speaking of Tool, their new album has a lot of scooped mids.
Me too, I thought plexi was just a shortening of complexity for ages.
"Tone" is a misnomer itself, a four-letter substitute for "hi-frequency roll-off" so it fits on a knob.
The correct term is *TIMBRE*. /
You know the terms are synonymous in this context, right? Language evolves. You talk to an (electric) guitarist about tone, everybody knows you mean timbre. You use the word "tone" in a music theory context, you know that refers to a specific note.
Uh oh. You can't take away such a popular word without people trying to rationalize it back into sensibility, even if it's overused or used incorrectly. It's like the musical version of "freedom"
@@kilgoretrout321 which is why liberty the principle I care about most.
This is the first video I’ve ever seen based on guitar effects pedals. Now a year later I have a collection of pedals and am a huge fan of JHS. Thank you Josh for getting me into an important hobby and interest for me!
That's awesome!!!
I really wish you’d covered “glassy” and “woody.” Those two still baffle me.
Glassy is a clean, scooped mid single coil sound
But how does that sound like glass?
I _think_ woody is that low middle fat tone and glassy is that fender like very bright top end that has that sharp attack. I suppose you think of knocking a heavy full wood body item and glass shattering or something.
Charlie T. Sanford i associate with a shimmery high end
Or meaty. Or beefy. Or papery. Or ice picky. It's all bullshit. And Wampler feeds it by the shovelful lmfao
THANK YOU!! Being a older new player I have struggled for the last year with everything you just talked about. Now I can have a conversation about guitar and not look oblivious...or at least not completely oblivious
This was a great and educational video. You could probably make this a series as there are so many.
I love that "sustain" performance.
That’s sustain section is magical. 🧙♀️
I was an active member at haunting mids for years and sadly was broke when the pedals were made and didn’t get one. It was an awesome group of weird gear folks who very much lived by the “just try things” mantra and loved weird pedals.
Big ups for shouting out Vertex, Fulltone and Paul Cochrane! And yes, for the way I work and my typical signal chain, true bypass is “better,” (necessary) to get the best sounds clean and dirty into a wet dry system.
Josh, glad to see you showing some love to Everything Will be Alright in the End, definitely an underrated Weezer album.
This will go down as one of my favorite videos of all time. I can't even begin... This is a fantastic opportunity for young learners to understand the most basic concepts.
The end of the sustain segment was nicely done. 👍
love the spinal tap reference. just listen to that sustain!
it's still sustaining!
Also want to say something about your great customer service. Few years ago around 2011/2012 I was living in Kansas had a Ibanez Tubescreamer I decided to get modded, first thought was Keeley in Oklahoma since at that time I didn’t know JHS was in Kansas. Contacted Keeley and was told they would mod my Tubescreamer but was recommended by them to contact you. Something about you were Kansas based so no or less shipping cost plus since you were two hours away in Kansas City I wouldn’t have to wait as long to get it back. Contacted JHS the as told you’d mod it and send it. I did, got the mod I wanted and my Tubescreamer sounded the way I wanted it to. Great customer service by both you and Keeley
Did you steal a guitar from Paul Gilbert?
I guess they traded, pedals for guitars.
Best demonstration of sustain ever
This is great quarantine entertainment and I DID learn something. Good stuff and love the t shirts
Josh, you’re possibly the third coolest guy on the intronets. Possibly. You are are certainly haunting, and not just around the mids. 🌵🐾
OMG Bro you are such the perfect combination of Musician / Soundman / Technician / Tech Nerd - You're freakin' killing me! I thought your definitions are pretty spot on, You're right about how Sustain is sort of a bastardized term in the sense of being used kind of broadly but when I think of the word sustain in the context of guitars that word means a Gibson Les Paul's magnificent ability to linger longer and louder than any other ax in the forest just all by itself and when amplified that equates to "Tone of the Gods" (See Zakk Wylde for Reference). Transparent is a word close to my heart - in my mind it's when the sound is so true to the original it sounds like the PA isn't even there; it's just "The sound, but Bigger" - most Audio Cats are not skilled enough with their EQ cuts to achieve transparency but in my mind that's how you identify the very best audio engineers - their mixes are sonically transparent and uncolored by the myriad of equipment and connections in the signal chain. Loved this video!. - MM in Denver CO
Love your videos, you crack me up. Knocking over the pedals made me laugh.... maybe I am just over tired..
Ok. You got me... how did you do the typeface on the shirt? Print or digital trick. You got me in BOUTIQUE.
Trey Anastasio of Phish is a great example of sustain. 1994 Halloween version of Divided Sky has some of the longest held out single notes I've ever heard, they have a ton of gear on stage and I have no clue what all is making it happen.
Sunn o))) could definitely go for longer, you should listen
Another word that gets used a lot is "Plexi". Which if I'm not mistaken refers to an old Marshal amp?
old non master volume Marshall amps like SLP or JTM45.
As a professional copywriter and guitar player, this episode tickled my tube-like funny bone.
Try grab chords on that Hendrix tune. When I first learned to play that at 18 with the grab chords, it's like a whole new world opened up. It was like I finally realized how cool single coil pickups were.
Coming out of the gate with a Fireman is a flex tho
I'm not sure about all that, but I think you can smoke some "Earthy Mids" to "Sustain" a "Smooth High"
And I think "Dumblesque" is was happens when Dumbledore plays guitar.
Thanx for using my Complex Harmonics quote! I actually am the tone nobody wants at parties.
I bought a set of pickups that claimed to have "smooth highs", and they basically had very little high-end, especially when you tuner your guitar lower, even though they were supposed to work really well in that situation. :/ I don't have those anymore.
The boutique gag destroyed me.
Josh: *one minute into the video
Me: if this whole video is him reading buzzword definitions from the dictionary, *I SWEAR TO GOD.....*
All my OD pedals are opaque. I can't see their circuits without taking them apart
complex harmonics = a cool phrase to toss around.
Other buzzwords for next time: "low end sag," "buttery mids," "crunch."
I've never really gotten the hype surrounding the dumble stuff...or the klon stuff.
"Haunting" is my favorite vague buzzword. Does it mean spooky in some way, and if so, what would spooky sound like?
I want every one of those shirts. Let’s make that happen.
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JHS Pedals My wife is going to be soooooo mad at me. When questioned about new gear, I can say, “what? This old thing? It’s just been stashed away.” Shirts... oh boy. Thanks (and eff you) for making these.
Best episode! :)
Last meeting I was in, I made a great comment nobody noticed. I felt like a true by-passed pedal.
So I'm a weirdo. I like having a preamp in my guitar, but I don't play metal. Other guys known to do this are David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and Jerry Garcia. All of whom have or had EMG SPC, Fender MDX, or a "Tiger preamp" respectively in their guitars. One thing people in the guitar world never talk about is that True Bypass works better for guitars with batteries. I had to figure this out the hard way. Because if you have an active preamp in your guitar, then the signal coming out of your guitar is already buffered by that preamp. So hitting another buffer gets to be a bit much. If you're playing low gain and want to keep those dynamics, you want to run that active system into True Bypass pedals (preferably with the pedals running at 18v to compensate for the preamp in your guitar).
Are all these shirts available as merch?
PBoD shout out...YES!
I’m looking for those mids that bloom with nfts. I have been craving that phlegmy gelatinous goodness that only a true op-fan-q¥ can produce.
Love that Weezer album! Weezer melodies are some of my favorites! I also love the White album!
Okay are the words on his shirts superimposed or actually there? If they’re superimposed someone did a really fantastic job during the guitar playing bits. This video is hurting my brain.
Oddly enough, guitarists love buzzwords, aren't dictionaries, and they can''t stand buzz
What is this PG14 sorcery you bring us?! BLASPHEMY! I DON'T HAVE ONE!
9:22 damn that's a noisy compressor
nope, thats what any compressor do. Take quite sound and bring it up. Take loud sound and bring it down. So when there is hum, it makes it louder.
I believe "haunting mids" this is the dumblest term I ever heard, but I also think talking about fuzzwords isn't sustainable. Maybe you misheard that and they meant "hunting mitts", which is the main reason why highs are not smooth when the mitts are stiff and not there where you want them while fretting. resulting in too complex harmonics. However, getting super nerdy about same old same old transistors bending waveforms can be way more exiting than just shutting up and playing yer guitar for the walls around you. :)
Hi Josh. Is your Blues Deluxe modded in any way?
Once again, thank you for an amazing video
You missed your chance with the SMS Earth Drive.
I just bought the Muffuletta, which I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, as Muffs are my favorite fuzz, but my Little Big Muff Pi from mid 00’s has crappy controls and sweeps and is noisy too. The Muffuletta is way better. But the REALLY surprising thing was the JHS model, where the term “complex harmonics” became immediately present to me and apparent,. I think I get it. :-) Even if it is just a buzz word. the math seems to work out.
👍🇺🇸❤RAT / EQ...COMBO....best distortion & tone out of all the other pedals u demoed.....
Yield... What does this episode yield?
Dumblesque... New word!
Dumblefuque... My take! 😄
(Not you Josh... The hype).
That's 2 new words!!
Doubled my yield!!😎😎
Won't watch this one twice, but a nice ride around the park...❤️⭐
Does clipping qualify? I.e. hard clipping/soft clipping. Seems these terms apply more to an arbitrary perception rather than anything specifically metric or functional.
whats a transparent overdive
I always thought of my Vox amps sounds as having 'complex harmonics' , lots of overtones, helps give it those jangly tones and the interesting breakup, no negative feedback, cathode biased,...there's a couple more 🤣
15:59 I really thought he was going to play Larry Carlton's intro to Kid Charlemagne.
Josh! Haven't I seen you on Gear Talk (on FB) as well?
I just bought my first JHS pedal off of sweetwater.com! I can’t wait to get my Bonsai! Can I get a free buzz word t shirt? 😂 love this show!
Scooped Mids: when you're 16 and you think just because Dime had shitty tone that you can get away with having shitty tone, too. Except Dime was a much better guitar player than you.
Cool Steve
Catalinbread “boutique”?
Is the HM-2 a transparent overdrive?
Non-pedal question (don’t shoot 🤡) is that guitar like a reverse Iceman, or does it have a different name?
Until now im still confuse about “boutique” pedals or amps, what its mean and my mind told me its just an marketing thingy yeaaaaah 🍻🍻🍻
This video was boutique.
is that a fender blues deluxe?
Sustain isn't subjective. 'How long the note takes to decay' is pretty straightforward
I once bought an overdrive that was so transparent that I can't find it now. My next OD will be "opaque".
Right? Hook me up with a vantablack overdrive and I'm happy.
Ah, that's the John Cena OD
Very Mitch Hedberg-y joke, nice!
This is a good joke. You should honestly be proud of it.
Complex harmonics Eddie Vedder hey heeeey
I once bought an overdrive pedal thinking it was the most transparent I ever heard, but I then realized I left the battery out of it.
you weren't wrong
It could be your 'always on' pedal.
Lucky you, it was true bypass ;)
Mids can be "scooped", highs can be "smoothed out", and bottom end can be "tightened". All meaning that a specific frequency range is attenuated. Sound connoisseurs are almost as bad as wine snobs at this point.
I think I might get this comment framed.
Such an apt description.
I read this "review" by an "audoiphile" of speaker cables that were over $1000 FOR 6 FEET OF FREAKNG WIRE!!!
It all amounted to a bunch of flexing and literary garbage. Endless adjectives with little real meaning. Much like those describing wine.
Don't forget rolling off, pulling back, smiley facing, thin out the mud and "give it some air"
These words were probably developed to talk to pre-Internet musicians who weren't too familiar with recording gear, I would imagine.
I'll drink to that!🍻
Would you consider doing a pedal service and repair video with top reasons why/where pedals fail and how to repair the more common issues with vintage pedals you’ve encountered over the years? Thanks!
Shoutouts to a great and useful content idea. Smart thinking.
Yuppi, thanks!!
I like this idea a lot actually
i have never had a pedal fail.
@@louiscyfer6944 You can't watch then
Transparent overdrive just means "not a tube screamer."
... And not a treble-boost. Those two flavors of "color drive" are what I think of as being what "transparent overdrives" are trying to set themselves apart from.
@@Liko81DJ well said sir
Dunno man, a bunch of them are "modded" tube screamers, i.e. with less pronounced or more controllable filtering.
*overdive
Excellent
Come on. Tell me someone has made a Dumble style pedal called the "Dumble Door". I'll also take a fuzz called the "Hairy Pooter"--if we're talking cool names, here.
I'm so sad Pigtronix's 'Philosopher's Tone' is a compressor, about the only pedal type that I can't excuse owning multiple just for fun. The name is so brilliant.
@@Yupppi YES!!
@@braydenjones603 you win, that is some boutique haunted midness right there
@@braydenjones603 LOL! There it is. I knew I couldn't have been that clever. lol
How about a transparent pedal called the “invisibility cloak”
My favorite electric guitar buzzword is "organic." I guess it's describing gear grown without chemicals. Not sure if organically grown gear is sustainable for the masses of guitarists out there though.
Now Jon Lord played organic tone through marshall in deep purple.
Organic, free range, non-gmo tone
Gary D
Organic is misused in many situations besides in the context of music, especially be ppl in their 30s and 40s.
Holy F!, that made me LOL
If I may:
Organic= ‘not a metalzone’
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You forgot to talk about "brown sound"
Probably could do a whole series on buzzwords.
Brown sound... brown pants may be required when using that with Bass.
Boom! New video!
Brown sound muffled by Depends...
Brown note
"I'm just a normal guy." - Josh, I love you, but... no. You are NOT a normal guy.
He's just a normal guy who has an awesome Sovtek Amp collection and a pedal collection to die for. As well as running one of the best pedal companies. Yep, just a normal guy.
Webster's does not define "normal" as anything resembling Josh Scott.
If he's a normal guy, I'm the RealRugburnz.
You aren't a normal guy, he isn't a normal guy, I am.not a normal guy. "Normal" only applies to groups of people. When you look at individuals, there is no "normal", unless you compare specific aspects to similar aspects in GROUPS of people, and that depends on the group you are comparing to. "Normal" breaks down at the individual level.
I've got one for you. A fellow who claimed to have an educated ear once described the tone of an acoustic guitar as having toasted wheat underpinnings. Explain that!
Did he have an educated ear for wine?
New band name. Dibs.
John Green - That could only describe a 1966 Gibson Dove that has been kept in a barn.
I've heard of toasted wheat; it's like roasted maple. They cook Wheaties right into the wood, usually alder. It improves the stability of the neck, and can be eaten n an emergency.
With an earthy clay bound touch encompassing, mild rewarding tannins, in fruitdriven Shiraz.
Cool! A Dumble sounds like my transtube Peavey Rage and I only paid $20 bucks for it!
Agreed haha I've had a Rage 158 for over 20 years now, paid maybe 75 new. Still going strong.
My favorite buzzword is when people say it sounds like Epstein didn’t kill himself.
My guitar sounds like that.
what if he's not even dead? dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnn!
@@glennc100 That's probably what happened. His rich buddies have him ensconced somewhere. He did a very valuable service to the dirty assed powers that be. They have all that visited his island on video tape doing "things" with minors. From Prince Andrew, to Slick Wille, and Capt. Vaccination, they have leverage on all those fucks and more!!!
@@kevdean9967 ensconced could be a buzz word. George from Seinfeld always wanted to be ensconced in velvet.
@@kevdean9967 The FBI literally let him off before the scandal blew up. The absolute levels of corruption within our own system while the establishment desperately tries shifting the focus to Russia.
I’m glad you demonstrated the proper interaction between the guitar and the human body to achieve sustain.
I just clicked on this but i certainly hope "chewy" is on the list. As in, "Man i love playing with uni-vibe on. It makes everything so chewy."
J.W. Allison That was first thing that came to mind - bummed it didn’t make an appearance.....
It would have made for a good t-shirt.
that's referencing the famous wookie, Chewbacca.
J.W. Allison nice catch. Chewy midrange anyone? Haha
Chewy is also used with describing compressors a lot too
I love how he plays exactly what needs to be played to DEMONSTRATE the pedal's characteristics.
I stumble onto "complex harmonics" in the synth world, where that actually makes sense from a sound design perspective. With electric guitar, you turn on a big fat drive and you've got more complex harmonics than you can shake a stick at.
"Ice Picky"- The sound of using a frozen guitar pick.
Nope, it means you are very selective about the size of ice cubes in your drink.
I would also like to say that I have a "harmonic complex".
Nice, thumb up
"Ice Picky" is the sound of Albert Collins. There are no other contenders to that throne...
Frozen Gtr - Thurston Moore
That’s what some of us call the CCR tone
I've learned that I don't want to scoops mids.
Only person who ever did it right was Dimebag Darrell from Pantera. Sometimes, I try to hate his tone, then I hear the playing... Dang... He made it work, and even greater, somehow his sound guys did.
Scooped mids FTW 🤘
I concur..
@@ChemXFX do it live with a band and nobody will hear your guitar. Guitar is a midrange instrument. Scooping the mids will make it only disappear in the mix
I have a scooped switch on my traynor..I hit it but then on my eq...I have the mids the highest!
Its odd but with the scoop on I back off the treble and bass to 11-12 but my mids are on 2:30-3:00
To the tune of "He Has the Box":
"He scooped the mids!"
The Sustain bit had me dying. The Boutique bit was great too. Actually this was all great. Thank you Josh. Thank you.
That had me dying
Transparent Overdive. When you’re aiming for the pool off the diving board but miss it by just a little bit. Overdive.
You can certainly experience some punch and compression with a Transparent Overdive. The result is very 'in your face'.
I thought I was the only one who caught his shirt! Lol
„I‘m just a normal guy“, mate, if you ever turn „normal“, I‘ll unsubscribe....
I’ve scooped a lot of mids out of carpet fibers and plastic bags..?
...the memory haunts me to this day.
Are you speaking of green mids?
LMAOOOOOO
“Semantical Nightmare” is a semantic nightmare.
I love this channel, but I can't STOP staring at the place where his eyebrows should be!!😂
Damn you! Now I can't stop looking, either! 🤣
Wait. Did he just use Paul Gilbert's Fireman???
Nam Giang yepper
This episode was Fellini-esque: A distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness.
Dude, that made me spit my coffee! Nice!
I'm awaiting the first Dada pedal. The Rainbow Machine is a start, but not all the way there.