That might as well be remembered as the Schrödinger's Pedal. A thought experiment where the content of the box is both a Small Stone or a Small Clone at the same time. This is quantum pedaling, my friends. Quantum Pedaling.
I have one of the first three Catalinbread Super Chile Picoso pedals ever made back when he was hand painting them. Our dearly departed Nick Harris was a very close friend of mine (was even the best man at my wedding!) and I helped him build most all of his his early stuff when he was still in Seattle before he moved his shop to Portland. We we're kicking around pedal name ideas over some beers and I said 'super Chile picoso' and he was like THAT'S IT!' HMU if you wanna see a pic of it inside and out. I even still have the cute little personal note he wrote and folded up and stuck inside the pedal for me to discover later when it was time for a battery change. RIP old friend.
I never hear anyone mention the old Catalinbread Picoso boosts! I have an old Sagrado Pablano Picoso Stout Boost that I bought new back in the early 2000s, and more recently I picked a slightly newer Serrano Picoso boost. The stout boost is the older rectangle layout but doesn't appear to be hand painted. I remember walking into the shop in San Jose and asking for something that would help my clean tone in whatever amp I had back then. I didn't a thing about pedals then but it did exactly what they said it would. They're both amazing when you want just a bit 'more'.
The sound of that Small Stone is very mysterious and I love it. The rarest guitar pedal I own is a boost I'm prototyping on a breadboard. It's the only copy ever made, and it is the only boost in the market that also doubles as an AM radio.
My rarest pedal would have to be one that I built. I was obsessed with Devi Ever pedals at the time and bought a couple of kits from her (just boards and components). I put together a pedal that, with switches of the toggles, turns from a Ruby to a Houndstooth to a 90 and a 4th combination that she didn't make. I also put in a tone knob and linked it via toggle to two different caps...one is fairly subtle and almost useless (and is, therefore, my favorite), but the other one allows you to dial the tone down pretty dark to get the tone of the Dark Ruby, which she accidentally made for a short period of time. It is like having at least 5 Devi pedals in one box. It has some quirks (why doesn't the LED ever cut off? What did I do???), but it sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing your obsession with us, Josh!
Every time my 8 year old daughter Lorelei comes in the room when I'm watching your videos she says it's "cupid face", I wonder where he hides his bows and arrows at? I was like yeah Josh does kinda have a cupid face, lol. I now think you should do a pedal with a cupid stamp on it. Who's with me?
Favorite rare pedals that I own: 1. Big Tone Music Brewery's Six of Swords (Serial number 10) 2. Spaceman Gemini III Fuzz (Black, serial number 35 of 50) 3. RGW Electronics Bad Bob Boost (pre-Analogman, RIP Robbie) 4. Dunlop Kerry King Q-Zone (prices are spiking recently) 5. Klon Centaurs (Serial numbers 122 & 123, original owner) 6. Creepy Fingers Treble Booster (made with Russian mil-spec components) 7. Boss FA-1 Preamp (soon to be replaced by a more durable JHS Clover) 8. Wampler Crush the Button (Orange amp style, short run for Belgian pedal shop) 9. Lovepedal Darling Devil Distortion (serial number 9 of 10 made) 10. Lovepedal Flaming Tiki COT 50 (1 of 2 made) Lots more have come & gone as my pedal horde had exceeded 300 units at one point. I try to keep it around a tidy 100 now. I'm always looking though, always...
Transitional record: "You Made Me Realise" EP by My Bloody Valentine. They really became MBV with that one. In that recent Fender video series on the 60th Anniversary of the Jazzmaster, Kevin Shields said he basically came up with his signature gliding, wavy sound in an afternoon while working on "Thorn" and "Slow" from that EP. I know it's all about "Loveless" but "You Made Me Realise" is amazing, too. Great video, Josh!
Awesome. Almost a history lesson, a wine tasting, and a suspense drama at the same time. A couple comments, first, that Red Army sounds killer. Secondly, I sure hope the sealed-box Small Stone didn't ship with a battery.
My oldest brother had two pedals in the late '60s that I remember. The first was a Schaller wah pedal that had a toggle for two tone settings, they were labelled "bow-wow" and "yoy-yoy". Bow-wow was a pretty standard sounding wah sweep, yoy-yoy had some crazy resonance peak. I was quite young but I can remember the sounds quite distinctly. I also remember the box (my brother was kind of fussy and always put it back in the box when he wasn't using it) had a photo of a Basset Hound on it. The other pedal was a fuzz pedal of some kind. I believe it was a Vox, it was shaped like a mid-late 60s Tone Bender just like yours, had the chicken head knobs, same rough textured metal, but the case was red. I've never seen a photo of red one . I can remember he got a pretty convincing Clapton-Cream SWLABR tone. Anyway, I'm sure they're both long gone, he had a lot of drug problems over the years, but I know he still had them in the early 90's. I saw them at my parents house where he'd been living after a divorce (and they were still in the boxes). I don't know how rare they are, apparently the Schaller is a collectible.
I saw Adrian Belew in 1983 on his “Twang Bar King tour (running 2 JC-120s BTW....one chorusing and one w chorus turned off) I know this because I showed up early and chatted my way into the venue and ended up helping him sound check the drums because the drummer was absent....and I was a 15 year old gtr nerd......and after the show I found an EHX 16 second delay w remote.(the 1st gen)in my local paper(the recycler) I still use it today but the reticon chips are near extinct if they go bad. Nells Klein did a great demo of his. Bill Dillans had a stack of em (parts)while working on a Robbie Robertson 2nd album. I love your Channel. Your my new friend.
I’ve only recently discovered your channel, but I’ve been into all things music my entire life. I want to thank you for your constant praise of other pedal makers and musicians. It’s so sadly rare these days for creators to not feel the need for superiority- and that makes you a VERY RARE pedal(maker). Your knowledge of the history, your anecdotes, your humor make each episode refreshing. The way you speak so glowingly about the people who essentially are your “competition” speaks volumes about how good yours babies must be! Keep up the great work and the positive media... the world needs more discussions about creatives!
@KC Do you really want to get into it? You made a seriously embarrassing mistake just at the outset which I'll gladly show to you. We can do this ... but ...
@KC Okay, you clearly want to do this so here we go. It's always easier to make stupid accusations then to debunk them, so this will take time, but it's easy, and your first one was such a bad one it doesn't take long at all. Let's look at your 3rd of 4 claims. You state unequivocally, "They (meaning the church I imagine) covered up matters." You don't state alleged, or maybe, or that there MIGHT be a case for it - you just simply say they do, and you point to a Rolling Stone article (www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/love-and-death-in-the-house-of-prayer-53866/). Now, do you know what irrational bias is? Irrational bias is what you appear to have - someone who is not only biased but so biased that they don't care WHAT the facts say. Why do I make this conclusion? Because while Rolling Stone did originally indicate, in that article that a murder (not murders - more illogical and irresponsible hyperbole) may have occurred, they then printed a complete and 100% retraction that all of the evidence indicated it was actually a suicide rendering the entire thesis of the article false. What's funny is that I did a quick Google search on this argument you are making today and noticed that these same two articles (Slate and Rolling Stone) seems to be all anyone ever says - and you spit it out almost verbatim. Considering you completely missed this point indicates only two things I can think of: 1. You never actually read the Rolling Stone article in its entirely showing that you have no real depth of intellectual honesty in this fight of yours OR 2. You WERE aware of it and pushed it anyway which puts you and your false moral outrage in true perspective. I really hope this last one isn't it.
Nirvana unplugged. Not so different for many bands, but no one saw a great set happening that day apart from the band themselves. Even the MTV unplugged crew were expecting a diaster. The band start playing and deliver one of the most iconic unplugged sets of the series. As a fan at the time the band's ability to switch from balls to the wall grunge to melodic and subtle acoustic songs was pretty mind blowing.
Nirvana Unplugged set the standard for unplugged shows, a songwriter not afraid to shine the spotlight on other songwriters that have inspired him, great performances by everyone and a nice general vibe of friends playing together. Having that show made losing Cobain, although still a terrible tragedy, a bit easier.
Severinate yeah that was kinda unexpected but still really good set Most unplugged sets sound not even close But I thought they did a pretty cool job They must have gotten some Tasty Chiller , to mellow out before the show
musik 1. followed, not set said standard 2. Covers are common for acoustic sets, ESPECIALLY when originals sound like 90% of the Nirvana catalogue which when translated to acoustic is very telling.
The Replacements' Pleased to Meet Me is a killer transitional record. Paul Westerberg handles all of the guitar duties because of Bob Stinsons' departure and writes some great tunes. Probably their most coherent, complete album.
Yeah! I really want ot hear it. If you just can't, send it to me and I'll do it for you. I promise I'll send it back. I promise. I really, really, promise. Sometime.
The diamond delay and your panther where actually the two delay pedals I really really wanted to own among hundreds of others and it was not just about the tap tempo in an analog delay, they seemed to have the most awesome sound indeed. Never got to actually get either of those, but still it was fun to hear my all-time top choices mentioned together.
I own one of your reissued Pink Panthers with the copywrite questioned graphics which I bought on Denmark St. the day before he was meant to release it, as a graduation present for myself. He also told a great story about meeting you and you making him a select dealer because he recognised you entering his shop. Not only will I hold on to it because it’s a future rarity, but also because I love the sounds it makes
The Cure’s “Head On the Door” feels like a transition between their earlier, simplistic “post punk” sound you hear on Seventeen Seconds and Pornography and the more layered, rich, romantic material you hear from Kiss Me... to Wish. I feel like it belongs to neither era, yet somehow both. Adore this record.
Jonas Tarver it’s tough to dissect with “the cure” for me, because they’ve transformed their sound/style a lot. As for the “head on the door”, I think if you listen to “the top” you can hear the transition to it.
I love that you showcased Mutemath! I had the pleasure of meeting them a couple of times and once was at a meet and greet sound check. I must have seen 75 JHS pedals on stage! They put everything thru them! They are amazing guys, talented and obviously have impeccable taste in pedals. Cheers, great episode!
Ever since Fluff gave you a shoutout, this's been my favourite channel on RUclips. Really good stuff man! Pappa Bless! (To you and the team) Would love to see a top 10 Phasers kinda video xx
My favorite pedal from the show today is the Tone Bender Mk 1.5. That has to be my favorite fuzz sound. The Phase 45 was probably a close second. Thanks for reminding me how much I need one. I swear this show makes me spend more money than any youtube ad could hope to get from me. As for my rarest pedal, it's definitely my Analogman King of Tone. They aren't too hard to get, but if you aren't willing to wait on a year+ long waiting list for one be prepared to spend double what they go for new.
I have a MAK Ion modulated delay... I believe this particular version is the only one ever made! Next time you are in the UK, feel free to pop by for a coffee and a jam
I have a ProCo Rat with the TONE knob in the middle. I have had this pedal since 79/80 .I also have a ChandlerTUBEDRIVER, the rack mount version. Yes I know it's supposed to be Butler but this was when Butler was with Chandler. I also have an early Dyna Comp and Noise Gate / Line Driver by MXR. I got all of these when I first started playing guitars in the late 70's early 80's.
Well. If you still own them. You are still hoarding them... Fun video. Thanks for sharing Josh. Don't know where else I would hear a decent demo of a Tone Bender and original Klon in the same video.
Hey Josh. Have you ever seen/heard of a old Electro Harmonix filter wah that had a roller wheel on it to adjust the sweep? My friend had one in the early 80's. It was cool and unique sounding. Never seen it since. You rock. Thx
I have a one-of-one Rook in a Kensrue enclosure whose color didn't match the run, and so it didn't get built. Mark built it for me and he and Jon signed it. If Brad Fee could sign it, I might have to take it off my board and buy a used Rook for daily use. That's my only rarity.
I have one of the rats with the tone knob instead of filter knob. Picked it up in a pawn shop in the early 90's. Didn't know the tone version was different till much later I also have a ColorSound overdriver and a Rosac nu wa-fuzz all picked up at pawn shops
I have a couple of things you don't see around very often, but as commercial products I wouldn't consider them "rare". A Pearl PH-44 phaser, which is a lovely 6-stager that has ramp-up/ramp-down capability; something you don't see that often in phasers. An Alesis Phlngr flanger; part of a line of digital pedals from them that deserved a longer stay on the market than they received. Some really interesting modulation capabilities. A couple of Boss BF-1 flangers. Again, not "rare", but not often seen. My only truly rare bird is a Guild Tri-Oct. This was probably the first ever polyphonic octave divider, made in the early '70s for a very brief period. It was 6 discrete octave dividers in a table-top chassis, with a remote footswitch and a proprietary hexaphonic pickup. I like to describe it as "the missing link" between fuzzboxes and guitar synths. Judging by the serial number, there weren't many made, and I've only seen mention on-line of one unit other than my own. I suspect the product tanked because the pickup was too big. With a footprint about the size of a P90, you couldn't stick it between the bridge and your bridge pickup, where a hex pickup really need to go for best string-to-string separation. As a result, you'd get bleedthrough from the adjacent strings and mistracking...unless you used VERY heavy gauge strings, like what Dick Dale (RIP) used, that would not bend at all. But a truly revolutionary idea for its time. I'd still love to find out more about how it came to be, but have yet to track down any of those involved in its design or production. And, since Josh brought up "first production" pedals, I have a Chase Bliss Condor pedal, production #00001. The basic idea for the pedal came out of a dinner conversation Joel Korte and I had two years back, and Joel - sweetheart that he is - sent me #1 as a gesture of gratitude. I initially thought it was a joke, but he told me that when he worked for ZVex, before striking out on his own, he would see that Zach would always keep the first ones of any pedal model aside. Curious, he asked why, and Zach told him that someday they might be worth something. So he followed suit. As a recent pedal, it's a bit early to describe it as "rare". But it will continue to have great sentimental value for me.
I have a “Boba Fuzz” Woolly Mammoth clone made by DopeFx in the UK. “Hand wired on the dark side” it says on the box. Awesome fuzz. “Flow Motion” by CAN is an awesome transition album; a move from the beach to the pool. Also “Shiny Beast” by Captain Beefheart.
Best gear RUclips Channel. Concise and to the point. Professional editing, fun and enthusiastic . Josh, others should learn from you and your team’s efforts.
Cool pedals! I got a kick out of the fonts on that Red Army pedal. They're so Western! LOL! I own an Effectrode Helios--that's my "rare" pedal, and also the first boutique pedal, as well as the first TUBE pedal, and the first and only fuzz/tube pedal combo, that I ever bought. IDK if it qualifies as historic, and making a pedal rare is as easy as making only a few; but that's what I have. If an all-tube fuzz ever existed, I'd like to know about it. For records, I'm going with Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation. To me, this is the record that took them from their more clattering (in a good way) 80s period, past the references to pop music, and into riffage territory. It's also the only album they really played that way on. The record was a HUGE influence on Nirvana, Beck, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, most of the grunge people (especially SY's former label mates from SST Records)...the list goes on. It's a dissonant, rough, mind-bending assault, yet also strangely palatable. It changed my thinking about what music could be and drove me to try new things. I would say that from this point, Sonic Youth began a gradual decline. Goo was good but not AS good, and certainly not mixed as well, as Daydream Nation. Starting with and including about half or more of Dirty, they quit being as sonically adventurous, probably due to record label crap, and I pretty much decided to stick to their older stuff. For an alternative choice, I'd go with something like Hologram of Baal, by The Church. They were on an artistic and business decline, and nearly came to an end. As a fan, I had abandoned hope. Then, I found a deluxe copy (with Bastard Universe included) for $3 at a used record store. This record was the first to feature Tim on drums, and if you ask me, Tim's production helped rejuvenate the band in a significant way, even if Tim disagrees. It also featured the "official return" of Peter, one of the founding members of the band. Peter brought with him a Pog and was doing spacey, shimmery ambient/dream-pop stuff on this record, letting Marty play more of the up-front guitar parts; this injected a fresh and complementary dimension to the music and lyrics. Needless to say, as a fanboy, I was excited by their return, and they haven't put out another bad album since then (with possible exception of last year's Man, Woman, Life, Death, Infinity, which didn't suck but wasn't particularly remarkable to me). Rock on!
I subscribe to engineering channels and channels about AI and physics, philosophy, etc, and this might be the nerdiest video I’ve ever seen. :P The transition of Dillinger Escape Plan from having Mike Patton on that EP and then releasing Miss Machine (with a new singer) is incredible. A lot of OG fanboys disagree with me for sure, but I think Miss Machine is their best album IMO. I have a pedal that was hand made for a friend of mine that passed and I have absolutely no idea what it is. I just know it’s some kind of boost/drive and it sounds killer and I will never let it go.
I was thinking at the last pedal "don't be a Klon, don't be a Klon, don't be a Klon." It was a Klon. ha. I appreciate your interesting hobby. Thanks for sharing your pedal love and interesting trivia knowledge.
My favorite part of the Russian Big Muff, is that switch, that you can stand on and it's still engaged. Then just take your foot off and it turns off. Genius dynamics
McCartney II: the ultimate one-off album. Also I really appreciate the history you give for pedals and pedal companies. It makes your channel more than just pedal demos. And it makes people have a deeper appreciation for the history of pedals when they see your fandom of the whole industry.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have an album which is quite different from their previous ones. its called "Flying Microtonal Banana". As they said that album is "An Exploration into Microtonal Tuning" and they used guitars with modified fret placements. Check it out.
@@JGHFunRun You’re in luck, there’s a new Gizzard album coming out on the 11th! That said, you never have to wait long for one, their last album came out in late February (that one was part 3 in the microtonal trilogy)
I started watching your vlog in February and I really love it. I was already in a band when you were born, but played bass at the time and didn't realize what pedals could do for me. Now, I play acoustic and am exploring the wide world of weird effects, and not so weird. I really appreciate your knowledge, passion, and unconditional love for the pedals you share with us. It's absolutely awesome, Awesome, AWESOME!
Bands that have always changed - Underoath. They had line-up changes for every album and just went with it. They highlighted the best of who they had and it gave them a ton of range. Also, great hardcore/metal tones - dynamic and aggressive, riffs all across the neck, plus some analog synth (depending on the album).
“WHAT’S IN THE BOX???!!!” Also, Seymour Duncan released a BBD Delay with Tap in 2009... "Odd soul" is my favorite track off that album. Guitar parts sound very "Jimi". Spin Doctors "If the river was whiskey" = fave transitional album.
I love to come home from work on Thursday - get my coffee and watch the JHS video. But today I get the video - and now I get to plug in and try out my brand new Emperor V2 pedal! Hell yeah, what a great day. The maybe not so rare, but still super sweet pedal I have - lost in my house for the last three years - is a mid 80's Rat my older brother gave me years ago. I still remember exactly how it sounds - coming through his little - but loud as hell - Gallien Krueger amp - rocking a custom painted Kramer Baretta. I think it'll sound better with my Tele and Fender amp, but who knows. I honestly liked the Super Bolt. It might be moving to the top of my desired pedals list. With the inclusion of the Emperor, JHS now dominates my board. And the purple really ties the scheme together.
I have in my collection a Roland GR300 with the G303 Roland guitar. It is a great analog synth and also a very unique hex fuzz distortion sound. Thanks a lot for the videos and also the channel Joshl!! :-)
Favorite transitional album is definitely Title Fight's "Floral Green." It's the perfect transition from their amazing punk album "Shed" to their full blown clean, modulated, reverb sound on "Hyperview." Really cool to see them move through the thought process and "Floral Green" captures that perfectly.
@@skqwhorl6083 Yes they are.Very, very cheap. Manufacturers just don't want the masses to know how cheap and easy it all really is. In china the same pedal which is $100 here, is only $10 there.Yet made with the same things.
Love your videos! My olde and odd pedal is my Maestro Volume-Wah. First pedal I ever bought (in 1974--with my babysitting money, haha). I still use it in my rig; admittedly it needed a bit of work at one point, but the thing is a beast and sounds fab.
Not incredibly rare, but I have a DOD Meatbox with all the original packaging that I bought for $25. It is in pristine condition and sounds killer (if you can work out what the knobs do being as they are labeled "Flank" "Meat" "Rump" and "LBS"). I also have an original OP Amp Big Muff that is just incredible! The "bypass" is kinda worthless, it's like a fuzz when it is on and an overdrive when it is off; but I will be buried with it!
"The Tall Ships" by the British prog rock band It Bites was definitely became a transition-type album when John Mitchell took over guitar & vocal duties from Francis Dunnery - both of which are amazing guitar players (and pretty damn good vocalists, too).
Where were you 60 years ago. I've learned so much just from watching your videos. I keep getting multi effects units but I always regret it. Pedals are the way to go.
Loved this. My rarest pedal is a mid-90s Prescription Electronics Experience with a beautiful swirly yellow and blue paint job - it's the nicest-looking Experience pedal I've ever seen. The lack of LEDs to indicate which function was selected used to drive me crazy so I had Roy Blankenship (of Blankenship Amps) throw in a different LED (yellow for fuzz, red for octave, green for swell) above each switch. It's a beautiful pedal but hasn't been working for awhile so I need to take it back to him for a tuneup.
Heathkit make a copy of your 2 transistor Tone Bender in the later 60's of course it was a kit that you had to put together & it was in a case more like a boss pedal.
midtown's "forget what you know" was a work of art. pop punk turned art rock. it's nuanced and detailed and biting and soothing. it's so real. and they will forever be known as the band that stopped making pop punk to be weird and then one of them started cobra starship. but FWYK is perfection end to end.
ABBA - "The Visitor". It's the last and "break up" album by them. Super dark and moody with tons of amazing synths. It's the best dark synth pop album you've never listened to.
Geeze there are thousands of pedals now, and the modeling stuff can make any sound you want. My pedals are from the 70s mostly. I once bought a whole boxed filled with electroharmonix pedals. I sold one like ten years ago and there was a bidding war for it on ebay. I'm keeping the box now.
My son and I own serial numbers #024 and #025 of the first 100 (hand built) Keely El Rey Dorado's. Killer Plexi sounding overdrives. Ian went to buy one for himself and bought me the other one for Father's Day. It's been on my board since.
My rarest pedal is an ALESIS BITRMAN pedal. It is has a crappy plastic housing, but it does crazy bit crushing and has an over-the-top phaser thrown in to boot.
I'm the proud owner of the discontinued "BlueBird Overdrive" from Mad Professor. There's a big lack of one Switch (OD+Delay) pedals now! The guys at the factory told me there was no demand on these. Sounds crazy to me. Did you ever thought about releasing one? Best and thanks for the vids :)
I am trying to sell my Clone Theory. Please do an episode about how great they are so its value skyrockets. Thank you in advance.
NO! You sell it for a good low price to your fellow musicians! No room for ripoffs in music..
@@michaelcraig9449 I sold it for $5000 and then used the money to burn down an orphanage on Christmas Eve.
@@FastAnimal75 based
@@FastAnimal75 this guy gets it
That might as well be remembered as the Schrödinger's Pedal. A thought experiment where the content of the box is both a Small Stone or a Small Clone at the same time. This is quantum pedaling, my friends. Quantum Pedaling.
I thought the same thing 😂
No. It's just called being a Nerd
Ha, I was thinking the same thing at that point in the video.
I thought the exact same thing.
Now I want to make a Schrödinger's Stone modulation pedal. Time to break out the breadboard.
You my friend won the internet today, well played!
My rarest pedal is a jhs clover that is serial number 777. It's my lucky clover.
Hey my JHS Clover is Serial number 777 too.
I'm starting to see a pattern here...
@@CamiloPefaur 1 is just one, 2 is a coincidence, 3 is intruiging, 4 is a pattern
You need to hit up Steve Vai and see if he wants it. He is totally bananas about the number 7. Like compulsive about it.
I have one of the first three Catalinbread Super Chile Picoso pedals ever made back when he was hand painting them. Our dearly departed Nick Harris was a very close friend of mine (was even the best man at my wedding!) and I helped him build most all of his his early stuff when he was still in Seattle before he moved his shop to Portland. We we're kicking around pedal name ideas over some beers and I said 'super Chile picoso' and he was like THAT'S IT!' HMU if you wanna see a pic of it inside and out. I even still have the cute little personal note he wrote and folded up and stuck inside the pedal for me to discover later when it was time for a battery change. RIP old friend.
I never hear anyone mention the old Catalinbread Picoso boosts! I have an old Sagrado Pablano Picoso Stout Boost that I bought new back in the early 2000s, and more recently I picked a slightly newer Serrano Picoso boost. The stout boost is the older rectangle layout but doesn't appear to be hand painted. I remember walking into the shop in San Jose and asking for something that would help my clean tone in whatever amp I had back then. I didn't a thing about pedals then but it did exactly what they said it would. They're both amazing when you want just a bit 'more'.
The sound of that Small Stone is very mysterious and I love it. The rarest guitar pedal I own is a boost I'm prototyping on a breadboard. It's the only copy ever made, and it is the only boost in the market that also doubles as an AM radio.
João Felipe Santos that made me grin!
I was literally thinking there is no way he brings out a klon since everyone knows about it but he brought out the klon of klons. Now that's epic.
"I was only looking at the small stone, I wasn't going to touch it---"
"DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT!!!"
Eric Vinson underrated reference
My rarest pedal would have to be one that I built. I was obsessed with Devi Ever pedals at the time and bought a couple of kits from her (just boards and components). I put together a pedal that, with switches of the toggles, turns from a Ruby to a Houndstooth to a 90 and a 4th combination that she didn't make. I also put in a tone knob and linked it via toggle to two different caps...one is fairly subtle and almost useless (and is, therefore, my favorite), but the other one allows you to dial the tone down pretty dark to get the tone of the Dark Ruby, which she accidentally made for a short period of time. It is like having at least 5 Devi pedals in one box. It has some quirks (why doesn't the LED ever cut off? What did I do???), but it sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing your obsession with us, Josh!
I almost forgot... It's Thursday (which is becoming my favorite day of the week. Thanks, Josh!)
Yess!! Thursday is awesome
Hot Ones and JHS... great day
That Red Army is super chewy
*Earthy 🌎
Andrew Clock there is no food only the motherland!!
@Andrew Clock 🤣 nailed it
Every time my 8 year old daughter Lorelei comes in the room when I'm watching your videos she says it's "cupid face", I wonder where he hides his bows and arrows at? I was like yeah Josh does kinda have a cupid face, lol. I now think you should do a pedal with a cupid stamp on it. Who's with me?
Yess it should be an harmonizer or a shimmer or maybe a romantic chorus
Come for the pedals, stay for the cool history lessons. I love your VLOG, Josh. Please never stop. Also love record time.
Favorite rare pedals that I own:
1. Big Tone Music Brewery's Six of Swords (Serial number 10)
2. Spaceman Gemini III Fuzz (Black, serial number 35 of 50)
3. RGW Electronics Bad Bob Boost (pre-Analogman, RIP Robbie)
4. Dunlop Kerry King Q-Zone (prices are spiking recently)
5. Klon Centaurs (Serial numbers 122 & 123, original owner)
6. Creepy Fingers Treble Booster (made with Russian mil-spec components)
7. Boss FA-1 Preamp (soon to be replaced by a more durable JHS Clover)
8. Wampler Crush the Button (Orange amp style, short run for Belgian pedal shop)
9. Lovepedal Darling Devil Distortion (serial number 9 of 10 made)
10. Lovepedal Flaming Tiki COT 50 (1 of 2 made)
Lots more have come & gone as my pedal horde had exceeded 300 units at one point. I try to keep it around a tidy 100 now. I'm always looking though, always...
Jon Vecellio wow
Transitional record: "You Made Me Realise" EP by My Bloody Valentine. They really became MBV with that one. In that recent Fender video series on the 60th Anniversary of the Jazzmaster, Kevin Shields said he basically came up with his signature gliding, wavy sound in an afternoon while working on "Thorn" and "Slow" from that EP. I know it's all about "Loveless" but "You Made Me Realise" is amazing, too.
Great video, Josh!
Awesome. Almost a history lesson, a wine tasting, and a suspense drama at the same time. A couple comments, first, that Red Army sounds killer. Secondly, I sure hope the sealed-box Small Stone didn't ship with a battery.
Exciter 250 it did ;) I have one from the same years
Shit!! The battery,you are right
When you find out that you had one of those 50 rare Superbolts a week after you sell it on Reverb 🤦🏻♂️
Bummer 🤔
X-ray that damn Small Stone box!!
My instant thoughts exactly!
What a great idea.
My oldest brother had two pedals in the late '60s that I remember. The first was a Schaller wah pedal that had a toggle for two tone settings, they were labelled "bow-wow" and "yoy-yoy". Bow-wow was a pretty standard sounding wah sweep, yoy-yoy had some crazy resonance peak. I was quite young but I can remember the sounds quite distinctly. I also remember the box (my brother was kind of fussy and always put it back in the box when he wasn't using it) had a photo of a Basset Hound on it. The other pedal was a fuzz pedal of some kind. I believe it was a Vox, it was shaped like a mid-late 60s Tone Bender just like yours, had the chicken head knobs, same rough textured metal, but the case was red. I've never seen a photo of red one . I can remember he got a pretty convincing Clapton-Cream SWLABR tone. Anyway, I'm sure they're both long gone, he had a lot of drug problems over the years, but I know he still had them in the early 90's. I saw them at my parents house where he'd been living after a divorce (and they were still in the boxes). I don't know how rare they are, apparently the Schaller is a collectible.
I saw Adrian Belew in 1983 on his “Twang Bar King tour (running 2 JC-120s BTW....one chorusing and one w chorus turned off) I know this because I showed up early and chatted my way into the venue and ended up helping him sound check the drums because the drummer was absent....and I was a 15 year old gtr nerd......and after the show I found an EHX 16 second delay w remote.(the 1st gen)in my local paper(the recycler) I still use it today but the reticon chips are near extinct if they go bad. Nells Klein did a great demo of his. Bill Dillans had a stack of em (parts)while working on a Robbie Robertson 2nd album. I love your Channel. Your my new friend.
I’ve only recently discovered your channel, but I’ve been into all things music my entire life. I want to thank you for your constant praise of other pedal makers and musicians. It’s so sadly rare these days for creators to not feel the need for superiority- and that makes you a VERY RARE pedal(maker). Your knowledge of the history, your anecdotes, your humor make each episode refreshing. The way you speak so glowingly about the people who essentially are your “competition” speaks volumes about how good yours babies must be! Keep up the great work and the positive media... the world needs more discussions about creatives!
Damn you guys make a classy vlog. This is an example of what a lot more of them need to aspire to be.
Max Heavner and no ads 👌🏻
@KC I made fun of a school teacher once.
@KC , nope, but I did study logic. You really could use some training.
@KC Do you really want to get into it? You made a seriously embarrassing mistake just at the outset which I'll gladly show to you. We can do this ... but ...
@KC Okay, you clearly want to do this so here we go. It's always easier to make stupid accusations then to debunk them, so this will take time, but it's easy, and your first one was such a bad one it doesn't take long at all. Let's look at your 3rd of 4 claims. You state unequivocally, "They (meaning the church I imagine) covered up matters." You don't state alleged, or maybe, or that there MIGHT be a case for it - you just simply say they do, and you point to a Rolling Stone article (www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/love-and-death-in-the-house-of-prayer-53866/). Now, do you know what irrational bias is? Irrational bias is what you appear to have - someone who is not only biased but so biased that they don't care WHAT the facts say. Why do I make this conclusion? Because while Rolling Stone did originally indicate, in that article that a murder (not murders - more illogical and irresponsible hyperbole) may have occurred, they then printed a complete and 100% retraction that all of the evidence indicated it was actually a suicide rendering the entire thesis of the article false. What's funny is that I did a quick Google search on this argument you are making today and noticed that these same two articles (Slate and Rolling Stone) seems to be all anyone ever says - and you spit it out almost verbatim. Considering you completely missed this point indicates only two things I can think of: 1. You never actually read the Rolling Stone article in its entirely showing that you have no real depth of intellectual honesty in this fight of yours OR 2. You WERE aware of it and pushed it anyway which puts you and your false moral outrage in true perspective. I really hope this last one isn't it.
Nirvana unplugged. Not so different for many bands, but no one saw a great set happening that day apart from the band themselves. Even the MTV unplugged crew were expecting a diaster. The band start playing and deliver one of the most iconic unplugged sets of the series. As a fan at the time the band's ability to switch from balls to the wall grunge to melodic and subtle acoustic songs was pretty mind blowing.
Nirvana Unplugged set the standard for unplugged shows, a songwriter not afraid to shine the spotlight on other songwriters that have inspired him, great performances by everyone and a nice general vibe of friends playing together. Having that show made losing Cobain, although still a terrible tragedy, a bit easier.
Uhm, don't ever watch the uncut version of that show. The editors created that vibe.
That's pretty much the same for every movie ever made in the history of movies. The editor is often considered "the final writer".@@FossilFishy
Severinate yeah that was kinda unexpected but still really good set
Most unplugged sets sound not even close
But I thought they did a pretty cool job
They must have gotten some Tasty Chiller ,
to mellow out before the show
musik 1. followed, not set said standard
2. Covers are common for acoustic sets, ESPECIALLY when originals sound like 90% of the Nirvana catalogue which when translated to acoustic is very telling.
The Replacements' Pleased to Meet Me is a killer transitional record. Paul Westerberg handles all of the guitar duties because of Bob Stinsons' departure and writes some great tunes. Probably their most coherent, complete album.
I grew up in Holland, MI and always enjoyed seeing what Cusack Pedals was coming out with. Hope you enjoyed your stay in my hometown man!
YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME OPEN THE FRIGGEN BOX
Yeah! I really want ot hear it. If you just can't, send it to me and I'll do it for you. I promise I'll send it back. I promise. I really, really, promise. Sometime.
My rarest pedal is a 1977 Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Octave Multiplexer
Ooh, how is the fuzz effect on that?
Joseph Pickard It’s pretty nice. It’s more of an MXR Distortion+ sound than fuzz but it pairs quite nicely with the octave.
The diamond delay and your panther where actually the two delay pedals I really really wanted to own among hundreds of others and it was not just about the tap tempo in an analog delay, they seemed to have the most awesome sound indeed. Never got to actually get either of those, but still it was fun to hear my all-time top choices mentioned together.
I own one of your reissued Pink Panthers with the copywrite questioned graphics which I bought on Denmark St. the day before he was meant to release it, as a graduation present for myself. He also told a great story about meeting you and you making him a select dealer because he recognised you entering his shop. Not only will I hold on to it because it’s a future rarity, but also because I love the sounds it makes
The Cure’s “Head On the Door” feels like a transition between their earlier, simplistic “post punk” sound you hear on Seventeen Seconds and Pornography and the more layered, rich, romantic material you hear from Kiss Me... to Wish. I feel like it belongs to neither era, yet somehow both. Adore this record.
Jonas Tarver it’s tough to dissect with “the cure” for me, because they’ve transformed their sound/style a lot. As for the “head on the door”, I think if you listen to “the top” you can hear the transition to it.
But how does it sound with a bar full of people shouting over your playing?
Gregory Golda
LOL! Same as everything else. That’s where the ‘65 Fender Twin Reverb and the Line 6 Spider sound the same.
I love that you showcased Mutemath! I had the pleasure of meeting them a couple of times and once was at a meet and greet sound check. I must have seen 75 JHS pedals on stage! They put everything thru them! They are amazing guys, talented and obviously have impeccable taste in pedals. Cheers, great episode!
Loved the first one, the Russian made red army.
Odd Soul is an amazing album! Got to see them when they played in the UK a couple of years ago and definitely the best gig I've been to!
That riff you played with the Superbolt is a damn ripper!
Ever since Fluff gave you a shoutout, this's been my favourite channel on RUclips. Really good stuff man! Pappa Bless! (To you and the team)
Would love to see a top 10 Phasers kinda video xx
My favorite pedal from the show today is the Tone Bender Mk 1.5. That has to be my favorite fuzz sound. The Phase 45 was probably a close second. Thanks for reminding me how much I need one. I swear this show makes me spend more money than any youtube ad could hope to get from me. As for my rarest pedal, it's definitely my Analogman King of Tone. They aren't too hard to get, but if you aren't willing to wait on a year+ long waiting list for one be prepared to spend double what they go for new.
I have a MAK Ion modulated delay... I believe this particular version is the only one ever made! Next time you are in the UK, feel free to pop by for a coffee and a jam
Mutemath! Great choice! Josh, highlight Mae, Everglow. Monumental album. That tone bender has my heart.
This pedal collection is intimidating. It’s one thing if it was kind of complete, but it grows and grows and grows. One day it will be a museum.
I have a ProCo Rat with the TONE knob in the middle. I have had this pedal since 79/80 .I also have a ChandlerTUBEDRIVER, the rack mount version. Yes I know it's supposed to be Butler but this was when Butler was with Chandler. I also have an early Dyna Comp and Noise Gate / Line Driver by MXR. I got all of these when I first started playing guitars in the late 70's early 80's.
Well. If you still own them. You are still hoarding them...
Fun video. Thanks for sharing Josh. Don't know where else I would hear a decent demo of a Tone Bender and original Klon in the same video.
Hey Josh. Have you ever seen/heard of a old Electro Harmonix filter wah that had a roller wheel on it to adjust the sweep? My friend had one in the early 80's. It was cool and unique sounding. Never seen it since. You rock. Thx
Yep, thats a whacky pedal!
I could listen to you talk about pedals all day long. Keep making awesome videos and pedals!
i rarely see you talk about the fulldrive. Nice to see one of my favorite pedals getting some love.
I have a one-of-one Rook in a Kensrue enclosure whose color didn't match the run, and so it didn't get built. Mark built it for me and he and Jon signed it. If Brad Fee could sign it, I might have to take it off my board and buy a used Rook for daily use. That's my only rarity.
Lol, Schrodinger's Small Stone
He got into quantum physics there a little bit haha
I have one of the rats with the tone knob instead of filter knob. Picked it up in a pawn shop in the early 90's. Didn't know the tone version was different till much later I also have a ColorSound overdriver and a Rosac nu wa-fuzz all picked up at pawn shops
I have a couple of things you don't see around very often, but as commercial products I wouldn't consider them "rare". A Pearl PH-44 phaser, which is a lovely 6-stager that has ramp-up/ramp-down capability; something you don't see that often in phasers. An Alesis Phlngr flanger; part of a line of digital pedals from them that deserved a longer stay on the market than they received. Some really interesting modulation capabilities. A couple of Boss BF-1 flangers. Again, not "rare", but not often seen. My only truly rare bird is a Guild Tri-Oct. This was probably the first ever polyphonic octave divider, made in the early '70s for a very brief period. It was 6 discrete octave dividers in a table-top chassis, with a remote footswitch and a proprietary hexaphonic pickup. I like to describe it as "the missing link" between fuzzboxes and guitar synths. Judging by the serial number, there weren't many made, and I've only seen mention on-line of one unit other than my own. I suspect the product tanked because the pickup was too big. With a footprint about the size of a P90, you couldn't stick it between the bridge and your bridge pickup, where a hex pickup really need to go for best string-to-string separation. As a result, you'd get bleedthrough from the adjacent strings and mistracking...unless you used VERY heavy gauge strings, like what Dick Dale (RIP) used, that would not bend at all. But a truly revolutionary idea for its time. I'd still love to find out more about how it came to be, but have yet to track down any of those involved in its design or production. And, since Josh brought up "first production" pedals, I have a Chase Bliss Condor pedal, production #00001. The basic idea for the pedal came out of a dinner conversation Joel Korte and I had two years back, and Joel - sweetheart that he is - sent me #1 as a gesture of gratitude. I initially thought it was a joke, but he told me that when he worked for ZVex, before striking out on his own, he would see that Zach would always keep the first ones of any pedal model aside. Curious, he asked why, and Zach told him that someday they might be worth something. So he followed suit. As a recent pedal, it's a bit early to describe it as "rare". But it will continue to have great sentimental value for me.
I have a “Boba Fuzz” Woolly Mammoth clone made by DopeFx in the UK. “Hand wired on the dark side” it says on the box. Awesome fuzz.
“Flow Motion” by CAN is an awesome transition album; a move from the beach to the pool. Also “Shiny Beast” by Captain Beefheart.
I'll be Russian out to find a red army!
Best gear RUclips Channel. Concise and to the point. Professional editing, fun and enthusiastic . Josh, others should learn from you and your team’s efforts.
Cool pedals! I got a kick out of the fonts on that Red Army pedal. They're so Western! LOL!
I own an Effectrode Helios--that's my "rare" pedal, and also the first boutique pedal, as well as the first TUBE pedal, and the first and only fuzz/tube pedal combo, that I ever bought. IDK if it qualifies as historic, and making a pedal rare is as easy as making only a few; but that's what I have. If an all-tube fuzz ever existed, I'd like to know about it.
For records, I'm going with Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation. To me, this is the record that took them from their more clattering (in a good way) 80s period, past the references to pop music, and into riffage territory. It's also the only album they really played that way on. The record was a HUGE influence on Nirvana, Beck, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, most of the grunge people (especially SY's former label mates from SST Records)...the list goes on. It's a dissonant, rough, mind-bending assault, yet also strangely palatable. It changed my thinking about what music could be and drove me to try new things. I would say that from this point, Sonic Youth began a gradual decline. Goo was good but not AS good, and certainly not mixed as well, as Daydream Nation. Starting with and including about half or more of Dirty, they quit being as sonically adventurous, probably due to record label crap, and I pretty much decided to stick to their older stuff.
For an alternative choice, I'd go with something like Hologram of Baal, by The Church. They were on an artistic and business decline, and nearly came to an end. As a fan, I had abandoned hope. Then, I found a deluxe copy (with Bastard Universe included) for $3 at a used record store. This record was the first to feature Tim on drums, and if you ask me, Tim's production helped rejuvenate the band in a significant way, even if Tim disagrees. It also featured the "official return" of Peter, one of the founding members of the band. Peter brought with him a Pog and was doing spacey, shimmery ambient/dream-pop stuff on this record, letting Marty play more of the up-front guitar parts; this injected a fresh and complementary dimension to the music and lyrics. Needless to say, as a fanboy, I was excited by their return, and they haven't put out another bad album since then (with possible exception of last year's Man, Woman, Life, Death, Infinity, which didn't suck but wasn't particularly remarkable to me).
Rock on!
I subscribe to engineering channels and channels about AI and physics, philosophy, etc, and this might be the nerdiest video I’ve ever seen. :P
The transition of Dillinger Escape Plan from having Mike Patton on that EP and then releasing Miss Machine (with a new singer) is incredible. A lot of OG fanboys disagree with me for sure, but I think Miss Machine is their best album IMO.
I have a pedal that was hand made for a friend of mine that passed and I have absolutely no idea what it is. I just know it’s some kind of boost/drive and it sounds killer and I will never let it go.
I was thinking at the last pedal "don't be a Klon, don't be a Klon, don't be a Klon." It was a Klon. ha. I appreciate your interesting hobby. Thanks for sharing your pedal love and interesting trivia knowledge.
I hope Josh builds a pedal museum someday. I think he could give the rock and roll hall of fame a run for its money. No cap.
My favorite part of the Russian Big Muff, is that switch, that you can stand on and it's still engaged. Then just take your foot off and it turns off. Genius dynamics
McCartney II: the ultimate one-off album. Also I really appreciate the history you give for pedals and pedal companies. It makes your channel more than just pedal demos. And it makes people have a deeper appreciation for the history of pedals when they see your fandom of the whole industry.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have an album which is quite different from their previous ones. its called "Flying Microtonal Banana". As they said that album is "An Exploration into Microtonal Tuning" and they used guitars with modified fret placements. Check it out.
Almost every King Gizzard album is different from their previous ones. Their second full-length release was a spoken word spaghetti western.
@@Chris-mc2dt you had me at flying microtonal bananas, lost me never, double had me at spoken word spaghetti westerns
@@JGHFunRun
You’re in luck, there’s a new Gizzard album coming out on the 11th!
That said, you never have to wait long for one, their last album came out in late February (that one was part 3 in the microtonal trilogy)
I started watching your vlog in February and I really love it. I was already in a band when you were born, but played bass at the time and didn't realize what pedals could do for me. Now, I play acoustic and am exploring the wide world of weird effects, and not so weird. I really appreciate your knowledge, passion, and unconditional love for the pedals you share with us. It's absolutely awesome, Awesome, AWESOME!
Bands that have always changed - Underoath. They had line-up changes for every album and just went with it. They highlighted the best of who they had and it gave them a ton of range. Also, great hardcore/metal tones - dynamic and aggressive, riffs all across the neck, plus some analog synth (depending on the album).
I love that white JHS amp.
It's a good look.
Give me that small stone. GIVE ME THAT SMALL STONE.
Thanos, is that you?
Is this supposed to read like one of those Eric Andre "Let me In" memes?
“WHAT’S IN THE BOX???!!!”
Also, Seymour Duncan released a BBD Delay with Tap in 2009...
"Odd soul" is my favorite track off that album. Guitar parts sound very "Jimi".
Spin Doctors "If the river was whiskey" = fave transitional album.
A rare pedal I’ve always wanted was a Electro harmonix Electric Mistress
That ending with the Klon sounded especially delicious.
Thrice and Brand New, awesome ability to change their sounds from album to album.
Josh, Thank you for all the entertainment. I own a 100% original 1968 Vox Wah. Unfortunately, it's requires some circuit work.
I love to come home from work on Thursday - get my coffee and watch the JHS video. But today I get the video - and now I get to plug in and try out my brand new Emperor V2 pedal! Hell yeah, what a great day. The maybe not so rare, but still super sweet pedal I have - lost in my house for the last three years - is a mid 80's Rat my older brother gave me years ago. I still remember exactly how it sounds - coming through his little - but loud as hell - Gallien Krueger amp - rocking a custom painted Kramer Baretta. I think it'll sound better with my Tele and Fender amp, but who knows. I honestly liked the Super Bolt. It might be moving to the top of my desired pedals list. With the inclusion of the Emperor, JHS now dominates my board. And the purple really ties the scheme together.
I have in my collection a Roland GR300 with the G303 Roland guitar. It is a great analog synth and also a very unique hex fuzz distortion sound.
Thanks a lot for the videos and also the channel Joshl!! :-)
Josh. That MXR pedal is pre-Dunlop. But that is all the info Dunlop has.
Fanatic video Josh. I love the Rat. I have one of your JHS moded Rat. It's got a special place on my board.
Favorite transitional album is definitely Title Fight's "Floral Green." It's the perfect transition from their amazing punk album "Shed" to their full blown clean, modulated, reverb sound on "Hyperview." Really cool to see them move through the thought process and "Floral Green" captures that perfectly.
With the new digital amps, I thought pedals might be dead but, thanks to you I now see that they're not dead. They've only become more nerdy.
stuff like the axefx is meganerd stuff pedals are as basic as you get.
No I mean circuitry. There is no programming, or computers required. And cheap? Do you even know who eventide are? High quality effects are not cheap.
@@skqwhorl6083 Yes they are.Very, very cheap. Manufacturers just don't want the masses to know how cheap and easy it all really is. In china the same pedal which is $100 here, is only $10 there.Yet made with the same things.
I have a MK1 EH 16 Second Digital Delay purchased new in 1983 - still works with occasional hiccups ;)
I was so excited when I realized it was not Friday, but Thursday! New JHS Vlog!
Watching Josh and just listening to him talk about pedals and play is like hanging with a lifelong friend
Finally, this week's highlight is out...
What is that sweet Starcaster you're playing? I love it!
Love your videos! My olde and odd pedal is my Maestro Volume-Wah. First pedal I ever bought (in 1974--with my babysitting money, haha). I still use it in my rig; admittedly it needed a bit of work at one point, but the thing is a beast and sounds fab.
I always find myself every now and then watching this.. pure gold for the pedal nutter.
Not incredibly rare, but I have a DOD Meatbox with all the original packaging that I bought for $25. It is in pristine condition and sounds killer (if you can work out what the knobs do being as they are labeled "Flank" "Meat" "Rump" and "LBS"). I also have an original OP Amp Big Muff that is just incredible! The "bypass" is kinda worthless, it's like a fuzz when it is on and an overdrive when it is off; but I will be buried with it!
Sold a Meatbox with original packaging for $450 just recently!
My rarest pedal is a Keeley Seafoam Chorus prototype.
"The Tall Ships" by the British prog rock band It Bites was definitely became a transition-type album when John Mitchell took over guitar & vocal duties from Francis Dunnery - both of which are amazing guitar players (and pretty damn good vocalists, too).
Where were you 60 years ago. I've learned so much just from watching your videos. I keep getting multi effects units but I always regret it. Pedals are the way to go.
I just got lucky enough to pick up a working shin-ei companion wah for 65 bucks.
@Andrew Clock I know right?!
Cocteau Twins- ‘Treasure’ The Rat pedal sounded amazing!! I think I’m going to go buy one.
Another great video, Josh! I got 1 of 10 Way Huge Royal Huge pedals from Carter Vintage guitars earlier this year!!
Loved this. My rarest pedal is a mid-90s Prescription Electronics Experience with a beautiful swirly yellow and blue paint job - it's the nicest-looking Experience pedal I've ever seen. The lack of LEDs to indicate which function was selected used to drive me crazy so I had Roy Blankenship (of Blankenship Amps) throw in a different LED (yellow for fuzz, red for octave, green for swell) above each switch. It's a beautiful pedal but hasn't been working for awhile so I need to take it back to him for a tuneup.
Heathkit make a copy of your 2 transistor Tone Bender in the later 60's of course it was a kit that you had to put together & it was in a case more like a boss pedal.
Diamond sounds like the old rack-mount Yamaha analog delay models- black with the recessed knobs
midtown's "forget what you know" was a work of art. pop punk turned art rock. it's nuanced and detailed and biting and soothing. it's so real. and they will forever be known as the band that stopped making pop punk to be weird and then one of them started cobra starship. but FWYK is perfection end to end.
ABBA - "The Visitor". It's the last and "break up" album by them. Super dark and moody with tons of amazing synths. It's the best dark synth pop album you've never listened to.
Geeze there are thousands of pedals now, and the modeling stuff can make any sound you want.
My pedals are from the 70s mostly. I once bought a whole boxed filled with electroharmonix pedals. I sold one like ten years ago and there was a bidding war for it on ebay. I'm keeping the box now.
"any sound you want" from a modeling pedal is basically no sound I would ever want
Amazing! I'll get there someday
My rarest is a Toetags Electronics Rangemaster Clone (serial #1). If you’ve never checked them out, look them up. Really cool stuff!
My son and I own serial numbers #024 and #025 of the first 100 (hand built) Keely El Rey Dorado's. Killer Plexi sounding overdrives. Ian went to buy one for himself and bought me the other one for Father's Day. It's been on my board since.
man......LOVE your channel!! thank you!
"10 Rare Pedals": starts w a new pedal
Me: ...are you kidding me?
My rarest pedal is an ALESIS BITRMAN pedal. It is has a crappy plastic housing, but it does crazy bit crushing and has an over-the-top phaser thrown in to boot.
I'm the proud owner of the discontinued "BlueBird Overdrive" from Mad Professor. There's a big lack of one Switch (OD+Delay) pedals now!
The guys at the factory told me there was no demand on these. Sounds crazy to me.
Did you ever thought about releasing one? Best and thanks for the vids :)