Exposing the truth about the guitar industry
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- Опубликовано: 30 мар 2023
- APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!111111
JHS Bat Sim has been in development for a long time, and now that the JHS Bat Sim is here, it lets me finally expose the truth about music gear without influencing the used gear market. It is truly a pedal like no other.
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Hey everyone! This was an April Fools joke, the pedal isn’t real and doesn’t do anything! ❤
BS 😢 got to love the music industry, thx for making fun of my conceptualization, I'm going to jump into traffic now.
Damn, I can't believe Big Battery got to you, too!
I'm gay
Did you have that made as a prop for this video?
I was feeling like Mugato at the end of Zoolander but I guess I should've checked the date~
The worst part is, we've all met at least one guitarist who would 100% believe this.
True but you would bet on it there all Bass players
@@uselessoldman7964 Yeah, no. Bass players are knuckle draggers, but guitar players are tone-chasing placebo junkies.
Im not sure that it isn't genuine which concerns me
I don’t need to believe it…I’ve just experienced it. But not to the finicky level here. I noticed a marked difference in tonal qualities between carbons, alkalines and DC supply. The carbons brought some of my OD’s to life. So much so, I had to re-buy some once I’d realised what a difference they make after the fact. Only problem is, you don’t want to have to keep taking pedals off your board and unscrew regularly…so I hook up a carbon battery to a pedal using a simple battery connector to the DC jack. This JHS pedal makes sense to me based on that. But would have to test it to see if it works like the real batteries.
@@happybenjful look at the publication date.
We all know the real tone comes from the fingers.
This is the reason why I'm producing a finger-tone pedal which simulates all the notable fingers throughout history.
It also has a bite-nail knob to shorten or lengthen finger nails and a dedicated control for unleash the Django Reinhardt mode. "Less finger is more finger". This is its tagline.
All the fingers you might need in a handly, portable pedal.
Can't live without, I guarantee...
Well you sold me for sure. I would suggest having a setting for “teeth” like Hendrix, Malmsteen, Stevie Ray, etc.
Love the idea. A middle finger setting would be the deal clencher.
@@johndardi1334 you killed it, fantastic...
For the Django setting you should include a switch next to it marked "excess substances" which simulates playing guitar after shooting up in someone's bathroom😅
Lmao. Why only 22 👍? Well here's 23
Emily must live in Australia because this is one of the better April Fools videos I've seen.
We must warn her about the Drop Bears when she tours here
@@mattgilbert7347 And the Jackalopes.
This was so good
I love how every time she mentions a setting on the Bat Sim she can barely make it through the take. Probably due to the fear of repercussions from the guitar industry. Her courage to take on Big Guitar in this way is absolutely inspirational!
Well, I don't know. She hit Big Battery even harder!
I wouldn't be surprised if she was charged
@@peterkitts8815 Oh, that's funny!
@@peterkitts8815 that pun was shocking. Revolting. Watt where you thinking? Lol
@@dacomputernerd4096 and then you go and amp it up
As a major artist that’s been kept secret for many years, I can say that I’m so glad this is finally out into the public’s knowledge
What about a power supply? I have an MXR brick and I think it makes my pedals sound good.
@@KingDavidProject what is the difference between a 9V power supply and a battery? One doesn't lose voltage over time. The idea, your favorite guitarist's dying battery is why you love the tone is just plain ridiculous. I need a few snake oil pedals myself to convince myself that is what is missing in my tone and has nothing to do with the fact I only practice one hour a week and put forth crap performances and blame it on the gear to protect my fragile ego.
@@thomastucker5686 Thanks TT, T Tucker
I've been playing guitar a very long time and can confirm, batteries make all the difference. I used to stick with 9 volts until I got a crazy idea one day. I thought to myself, what if I wired up an old Exide car battery to my pedal board. Sometimes, it starts a fire. But sometimes, it works for a solid 6 minutes and I get the most amazing tone.
It changed my life and it can change yours too!
In all seriousness, I loved the music in the video. It's so cool what Emily is able to do with the harp. And please, don't wire up a car battery to your pedal board. I was kidding.
Best response. I am crying... :D
Stunning. I just threw out all my music equipment and am working on producing an entire album using nothing but batteries.
That's very positive.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@marratyne4481😂😂😂
9V gatekeeping is a such huge problem in the industry. Thank you for speaking truth to power (source). #heroic
woah its really reverb! hi O_O
@@stevenbalasingam Scam.
@@DMSProduktions what's a scam?
@@stevenbalasingam Reverb.
@@DMSProduktions I didn't know could u plz elaborate? Isn't it just a buy and sell website for used gear?
I like the character growth Emily has displayed: from being confused by pickguards and tone knobs on a guitar to now EXPOSING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GUITAR INDUSTRY. Love to see it
If Willy's guitar had a pick guard, it wouldn't have that extra hole in it.
No kidding. She's come a long way in the guitar universe.. And she plays a harp.
Now I know what Metallica were actually singing about on their track 'Battery'.
Maybe they should have used a better sounding battery. 😳
What blows my mind is how Big Battery managed to conceal this for so long. I can’t look at famous guitarists the same way anymore.
as someone that's both in industry and lives in a guitar, i can confirm that this is indeed accurate.
🫡
Trippy. I live in a pedal.
@@soveriegn777 😊
I'm still living in a no strings attached situation.
Hahaha 🤟 fooled
Metallica were already giving us hints of this secret in their lyrics, but we didn't pay attention. The song Battery makes a whole lot more sense now.
But then the “Master of the Puppets” made them quit talking about it…
All we need now is a pedal that emulates the type of material and tread on the bottom of someones shoe, to get that 'missing tone' from the pedals switch being pressed.
As a human single coil pickup can confirm this is legit
Jimi Hendrix knew about the battery secrets and was willing to tell people what he knew. Then he tragically died of an "overdose"
Battery acid overdose.
@@morgenholz he meant the battery died
I was paid to keep my mouth shut about this all these years, I'm finally glad the truth can be set free
is this realy such a big thing ?
@@wurlitsyzer9810 yes
@@wurlitsyzer9810 idk man😭
The joke is that this is basically an advertisement and no one got paid. Not sure why RUclipsrs haven't caught onto the fact that companies basically use them as shills.
"Oh but at least the company is shill for is cool! Just consume their product already!"
@@wurlitsyzer9810 No...That has been around for 30 years, it use to be the bobcat batteries now it's radio shack.....What?What about non pedal users?
As a music theory professor at Harvard and a master taxidermist I can confirm these are facts.
🤣🤣🤣
Which taxi is your favorite? European or American?
I actually improved my tone greatly once I started playing barefoot. But now that you've exposed batterygate, my tone is going to get so much better
I had actually started a DIY project similar to this because I knew some day these secrets would surface. I had been testing many brands with my tongue and comparing the “flavor” of the shocks to specific voltage levels, amperatures, ambient temperatures, and the weather at the time of testing, and could only come up with 3 settings so far, named after the specific flavor of pop rocks they were closest to.
However, now my tongue is swollen and I’ve had to carry a small dry erase board to communicate in public, and overall I’m glad this is out to relieve me of this burden of such an ambitious project.
Is this written by GPT?
Re: EH's findings ~ I realize now that my very finely tuned and well calibrated BS detector was using the wrong batteries all along (facepalm) ~ I am now considering the use of a trough battery circa 1801-1838 (trough like horse's water trough) built by R & G Knight to Cruickshank's galvanic Trough* design or so called "battery" 🙄 ... @Hall of Canons the use of various salts and acids in various combinations should bring to you the re-realization (almost time travel) of a 1981 Walkers packet of Prawn Cocktail crisps.
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* collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co6522/trough-battery-1801-1838-voltaic-pile
^^^ Voltaic "Pile" 💩 😁 - don't get me started on Farraday...
@@computer_in_a_cave2730 Voltaic piles sound painful. I hope the trough gives some relief
This is Nobel Prize worthy science!
😂😂😂 best comment ever lol😅😅😅😅
You are so brave to do this Emily. I have used lemon batteries and potato batteries in an array to get clean tones as an organic and natural reference voltage. But as a player for over 50 years, I have had to sit on the knowledge of battery drainage and conditioning to get the best concert and studio tones just right. It's a new world. Thanks to JHS and their crew for innovation and courage to forge new horizons in sonic excellence. I could listen to you play harp all day. The cumulative stresses of my age just melt into peace... my goodness! Thanks!
I will be ordering one of these for my stage board tomorrow the 1st of April! I love what you guys do on your channel, it reminds me of when I was young. Sam Hatman... Old Picker!
Thank you for the reminder. I was so confused. Ya got me, Em.
👍👍Your pedal rack must look like a booth at the local farmers market.
I only wish that I had learned this incredible secret prior to the biggest gig in my live, on 04/01/23.
When I worked for Allvolt batteries, we were explicitly told to stay quiet about our patented technology which gave our batteries the best tone. We sold directly to all the big name producers and musicians, who paid us to stay quiet so garage bands couldn't break into the scene.
I've been making artisanal batteries for my pedals for years now. It's the only way to get those classic tones from the 1880's.
How long is your waiting list? I want to pre-order.
About 143years 😎.
I just bought a new battery and now have a stadium tour booked out. Thank you for making me a super-star and guitar hero!
I have been deeply depressed because no matter how hard I practiced for so many years my guitar playing just sounded terrible. My life fell apart and I kept buying more expensive pedals to try to make up for what I thought was an absence of any talent or ability and those pedals were all powered by the best isolated power supply. When I saw this video I ran out and got an assortment of batteries and came home and put them in all my pedals. It was a miracle! Suddenly my guitar playing sounded like a combination of John Mayer, Yngwie Malmsteen and Esteban!!!! All the tone that was hidden in my fingers for so many years was suddenly flowing freely and unleashed upon the world! Thank you Emily! And thank you JHS for having the courage to stand up to the pedal industrial complex and exposing the truth that shall set us free!!!
Long text. You must have too much battery power. But worth a like 👍
I just sold all my guitars and bought a 9 volt battery instead. Best thing I ever did.. I mean really !
This will work great with my Placebo pedal! That was already helping my tone a lot, but this will take me to the next level!
The cheap Placebo pedals don't work as well.
Unless you spend at least a couple of grand it's just not worth it.
Super transparent.
Don't forget the Boss Nothingizer pedal!!
That one has True Bypass!!
OMG - I've just tried this in my Boss Talent Simulator and the results are incredible!
I was gonna cover that pedal next!
I dont even use a pedal, i just use batteries and sounds great. Ty brave one for opening our eyes
This is incredible. Thank you so much for sharing this secret. I'm now planning to only power my pedals with a motion generator connected to a hamster wheel.
don't forget you need to buy the audio grade hamster food
and if the wheel doesn't have a major guitar label on it you'll not get those 'piano' tones.
Tone is in the hamster food
Could you put the hamster and its wheel inside a speaker for a Leslie effect?
@@mikeandrulonis6553 I really can't see how one WOULDN'T do this.
@@emilyharpistthis needs to be a Tee shirt 😂😂😂
This leak of knowledge is sure to put a target on your back. Stay safe out there.
😂
Best comment here. That being said, the Bat Sim is actually legitimately pretty neat.
They will now ask her to join the Illuminati
I never even considered that the battery could effect the sound of a guitar foot pedal, after playing all these years. Thanks for sharing.
My tone has improved dramatically since I've started growing my own organic, hydroponic batteries.
Somehow I always knew Big Battery was lying to us all these years.
That smarmy energizer bunny looking all smug while he drummed was the first tip.
The price of vintage Turkish duracells about to skyrocket
Well played and entirely in keeping with audio snobs.
love the prest markings
Not all heroes wear capes (but play harp instead). Thank you Emily for your considerable courage in bringing this selfless expose of the Big Guitar / Big Battery conspiracy. God Bless you, Em
I can't really tell what parts of this are just an ingenious satire of the guitar industry vs. what's actually real, and I think that's exactly what you intended. Hats off!
Yeah, because voltage starvers are real and also it isn't April fools Day yet unless your in Australia, so this has to be real and yet it also can't be. Maybe Emily is in Australia!
@@PhillipRaymondGoodman impossible. Australia doesn't even exist. If it did, this video would be upside down anyways
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@@PhillipRaymondGoodman Also 'virtual batteries' are a thing too - basically a small dc to dc converter with a toroid and caps to emulate voltage sag and other battery behaviours a PSU can't readily do.
Voltage starve is real. Why would you need to run the pedal to be affected through the audio loop of the other pedal?
I just drew an unwelcome amount of attention laughing out loud at this while working 😂
Usually I'm very skeptical about people obsessed with tone, but your examples were amazing and really highlighted the noticeable differences!
thank you for sharing! i am so relieved to hear that! i could only use my pedals in the car with the car battery so far ( because honestly that’s probably the best possible tone you can ever get/ at least that’s what i thought)but then my car broke down and i stopped playing the guitar altogether … thank you for showing me another way - i am going to buy all the batteries you mentioned in your video
My whole guitar playing world has been turned upside. Thanks for exposing battery-gate! Cool shirt btw
I'm sorry about the RadioShack battery shortage, they tasted too yummy and I ated them all. They're great on caesar salads as a low-carb alternative to croutons, and I even came up with a soup that had two things I hold dear: enough current to run a clock radio, and a blob of mozzarella (I think) floating around in the middle. The EPA called it a "danger to the environment" but the only danger was running out of that tasty, murky, rainbow sawce. I still have some in a jug (illegally) so I'm going to start giving out samples at Costco (also illegally).
Now THIS is epic™🫡
I feel like all my favorite musicians who post to youtube are on a collaborative mission to bring critical thinking to the industry and end the scams and I'm so here for it.
I worked as Angus Youngs guitar tech for a year during college, and I can confirm that behind the Marshall stacks are rows of clay pot Baghdad batteries.
After following this channel for a while, seeing this is absolutely glorious. Made my day, thanks for this knowledge. I have notes for one improvement they could've made, but I'll add that tomorrow when I have time. :)
So yeah, something that would've sold this a little bit extra would've been a power out-line from the battery sim into the other pedal.
It created so much battery sag that the video came out a day early.
I used to be a battery used in some of these heinous schemes but after getting hurt at a concert and being discarded I managed to escape a cruel fate. While I can no longer be employed as a battery even if my heavy PTSD allowed me to, I am happy such brave envoys of truth such as Emily exist.
great intel and great playing and style! I´m so glad I´ve found your channle today. Thanks! ;) btw very cool tshirt and belt buckle! :)
For 2 generations in my family we have kept the secret of a great guitar battery hack, but I guess the time has come to share with you all. The trick is to make a stack of 3 CR2032 lithium batteries and believe me, lithium makes the liveliest tone you'll ever hear... Good luck!
This is less a product launch and more a public service. Just what we all needed
Great video, not a guitarist but still feel like being trolled. The uncertainty is maddening.
This is the best online April Fools prank I have seen this year, and I seek them out. Brilliantly executed!
It all makes sense now. Area 51, the fluoride in the water, Josh's battery collection obsession, the Smiths never doing a comeback tour. The signs were all there! I trust you've padlocked the whole of your house. The NSA could be at your door any now! #prayforemily
I realized this when I was just a kid and my grunge pedal battery started dying. I was like "whoa...the battery affects the sound??". It's so obvious, but many people just never have that experience because they don't use batteries in their pedalboards.
Dude I just like last week tried to dump my grunge and I had no battery in it when I got to guitar center. Guy grabs a 9v out of some random new guitar and it had some off brand Ive never seen. Sounds broken so he rejected it. I didn't argue because I haven't used in while. But I had a gut feeling it was the battery. Now I know
@@CORYSart keep your grunge pedal!
I just know even my 90s Xmas toys go different speed/pitch with Duracell they last longer, but go slower.... With energizer they go like 15% quicker but last less time (days)
Yeah, my metal zone would get all fuzzy when the battch would drain, it was nice. Then plugged in with a power source no battery, it was too sharp.
Near fresh battery was always best I think.
@@465marko love some guys who played the metal zone, but can’t standz the tone. Lol! Your issue wasn’t the battery. 😆
This is great timing. I just found out all of Celine Dion's vocals were recorded through a Radio Shack brand set of walkie talkies with vintage EHX batteries.
Amazing innovation. Hopefully the technology moves on at a rapid pace still and next year we will see the addition of new tones such as a vintage crusty corroded Ever-Ready zinc battery.
This is why I love RUclips. I can always rely on getting a brand new, totally different free college education every day.
Thank you for exposing the industry, Emily is a hero, not the hero we deserved but the hero we needed
❤🦇😁
Finally, someone brave enough to take on Big Battery 🔋
I have always said this is true. I used to use this one pedal with an ac adapter and it sounded great. One day I used a different ac adapter and it just sounded bad. I realized the one i used to use was 10volts and the one I switched to was 9volts. Even with ac power supplies it really makes a difference.
Additionally - I wanted to express that your channel is special. I really appreciate being able to hear all these unique boutique pedals that I've never seen in conjunction with the production quality of your videos.
You have a new big fan!
I get my modern tone by taping 3 3.6v Lithium ion AA's together and shoving them into all my pedals. It really works great with my tube screamer clones, the extra 1.5v really pushes the envelope!
Do you put the envelope in the battery compartment? I guess it must have to be small and folded to fit.
@@davidf2281 Well he did say he pushed it!
Don't forget to run your Klons on 27 Volt power to really get those fire tones! 🔥🔥🔥
Everyone already knows about this trick. The big players have been doing it for years.
"The extra 1.5v"
But ours go to 11... 😂
omg I don't think I've ever had my mind blown like this in my life. only Em can do this. JHS is the mad lab of the ages!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
It’s why, when you find a good underground battery supplier, you keep it to yourself! You can always cut in some cheaper cells and onsell.
Don't be fooled, people.
Before the Big Muff, I was the proud owner of the Medium Muff, which was battery-free thanks to the spring-loaded wind-up egg timer power supply. The Little Muff needed a garden hose attachment, but I lived on the second floor.
you are the best thing that's ever happened to music youtube.
If it was an overweight bold male making these exact same videos you would not think that.
Ok
Honestly, the difference it makes is huge! I can't believe how impactful that is! I am switching to batteries immediately! THANKS!!! and god bless you for the good you bring to this world!
...... but be sure you use the correct style and age of battery to get the tone you are after.
I've been swapping batteries in my Schaffer-Vega Diversity Wireless System for years - that's the secret to how I get such a wide variety of tones on each AC/DC album.
Thank you Emily! I've thrown out all my power supplies. And I found a box of Radio Shack 9 Vs (remember the green ones?) from 1988. Moving them for $150 each, if anyone wants. Tx!
Little known fact, Weird Fishes would not have been possible without Radiohead commissioning Panasonic to create Eneloop batteries for Ed and Jonny's loop pedals. They don't want the world to know
Oh man, I've been a guitar industry since childhood and I'm SO glad this is FINALLY being talked about like this. Thank you.
I was in the industry, but the fact I couldn't talk about this made me get out.
Can it switch from non rechargeable to rechargeable for better sustain?
I think they are planning a V2 with that
Hopefully Behringer will release a 9v battery that even I can afford, vintage Blue "Every Ready" prices are just crazy these days.
Duracell are to Reissue the 1982 9v and rumour has it that its better than ever thanks to a year of studying, scanning, and listening to original battery examples. The expert craftspeople at Duracell Custom Shop have rendered every contour, profile, inlay and color of the priceless vintage 9v models in magnificent detail. The result is a playing and ownership experience that will keep you coming back for more. The 1982 Reissue models utilize rounded ends, slim 89 degree taper body casing profiles scanned from originals, metalized polyvinyl inlays, and vintage-brass rivet parts. The 1982 model features Heavy Aging by the skilled artisans of the Duracell Lab. The Duracell Lab Heavy Aged finish treatment, paired with heavily aged casing, and a slight leaking of acid from the custom split casing simulates decades of usage, giving it the unique character, vibe, and feel of an original example from the Golden Era of Batteries.
This was hilarious to read all these comments :)
Joke aside, the song you play at @4:31 is delicious! Love it!
I must admit I had a doubt as here in Europe, it would be one day early, so I clicked on the "buy" link just to see how far the joke went. Well done JHS :)
Hilariously cool concept!! Awesome video. Also, that Exploder sounded epic! 💥
“You will start to hear a tape saturation effect” ….man that is genius
I bought one right away and it improved my bass tone alot. Thank you so much!
Me frantically googling “battery type changer vst”
The 64 bit ones are pretty good
This is brave, going after and exposing powerful industry secrets- I wish I wasn't such a coward, I chose to play Bass.
Is there a battery-driven smaller unit in planning? I need this for my active bass.
You always make me smile, thanks for being you!
Also also, Jared & Joe killed it as usual!! Sick Fire BEATS everywhere!!❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥😎👍
Incredible difference this pedal is making, worth it's weight in gold. I'm buying 2 immediately before they sell out
I like your instrument. I didn't know they could play pedals. I'm amazed by this. I thought that it was just the pedals that made the distortion. I learn something new every day. Thank you for this information.😊
You thought you were being smart but you’ll be singing a different tune when the “battery police” start knocking on your door😂.
I owe my millions of fans to proper battery selection and its time to let the rest of the guitar world in on the cool club, great work!
As a 1992 Les Paul Jr. that's been in an attic for 17 years, I can confirm this is 100% accurate.
This is the most informative video I have seen since I watched the video on which hard drives sounded better for sound recordings (Spoiler! Toshibas have the warmest sound).
More line Tone-shiba
Such awesome sounds!
It's also what makes the Tesla cars sound so incredibly awesome. I've been telling this for years but noone wanted to listen. Thanks Emily for putting this out in the public. Finally the truth comes out.
Someone needs to pay her $$$$ to make an OST for anything.
It’s in the works! I’m performing on a Dreamworks score coming June 30, and some other short films and games to be announced soon!
@@emilyharpist wonderful news!!! Get that bag and keep making wonderful music!
Now I must embark on my holy quest to find and secure the same Duracell 9 volt that Hendrix used. Then, and only then, will I get the tone I not only need, but deserve. Thank you, Emily, for this brilliant video.
I'm stunned! It makes so much sense, especially the floaters!! I wish I could subscribe more than just once!
An awesomely disguised informercial for a new JHS pedal… bravo 🙌🏻
Thank you for having the courage to make this video.
I've always thought that lemon batteries as a power source gave me that secret tone that no-one else can get! They can also be upcycled to flavour my vodka afterwards..win win
Can't believe I missed this. The funniest part was the tone comparisons, had me cracking up.