If you hold in the footswitch as you power it on, and then say Rumplestiltskin three times, it enters a buffered/boost mode, which gives you Haunting Mids. Just a nice 'easter egg' from TC.
This channel is going to cost me an absolute fortune. That you not only produce wonderful pedals yourself, but advertise your closest ‘rivals’...and make us realise some of the more affordable lines are very good too...you are the master enabler Sir!
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I've been digging the new Sturgill Simpson, not a guy I had listened to before. Wondering, have you ever heard of The Grifters? Post grunge band from the mid-90s. Seeing some of your musical taste I think you might dig them.
I just discovered a Canadian band I'm digging right now called the Sheepdogs. They've been around since late 2000's I believe but the album I've been listening to is Learn & Burn. Big blend of classic rock influences.
To be fair, I don't think there is any competition in the pedal industry. Especially considering how they all seem to be friends, and they are making identical copies of the same thing. That, and JHS did put EVERYONE's version of a Tube Screamer into the Bonzai.
Mac Demarco has been such a huge inspiration and pioneer in the indie scene and has really inspired a new wave of sound and artist (myself included)! I smiled so big when the record of the day was Salad Days! amazing colorful sounds and catchy songs! Don't forget to listen to the rest of his music, you wont regret it!
Mac Demarco is great. I think 2 is his best album, should definitely listen if you are into crazy/wacky sounds and riffs. Close behind is This Old Dog which is more of a recent release. Alternatively, that album is more intimate and acoustically driven but still feels just as fresh as Mac Demarco has sounded and imo is mixed very well.
Thank you for inspiring me to play today. Because sometimes the inspiration just isn't there. Your intelligent humility is refreshing, and the quirky humor makes me laugh out loud... Thanks again :)
I might be showing my incompetence here, but the first ever pedal I bought back in high school was a Donner Chorus pedal, it was small, $35 and I used it for like 4 years because it had some really good settings. I think if you’re looking for the basics in an effect, Donner has some good options
¿ I don’t know all that much about EQs, but Donner has some coupons here and there if you use their website, so if you get it at the right time, you could even save some money on it
I picked up one of their fuzz pedals for like $10 during the amazon prime sale this summer and have been pleasantly surprised with what it can do, turns out cheap doesn't always equal bad.
Looping episode? Yes please. There is a lot interesting material I'd like to see you cover. The history of looping. All the various pedals out there and their capabilities, from simple loopers like the Ditto, to complex loopers like the RC300, to the weird loopers like the Chase Bliss Blooper or Montreal Assembly Count to Five. Maybe have a guest on who can go over some techniques and things to think about such as tones and eq levels that will give you a good mix when overdubbing lots of layers.
Alright man, I have to be real for a second. You are da GOAT in the pedal world, hands down. Not only are you a phenomenal resource when it comes to pedals in general, but because you also make the things you also know a TON about the specifics and the technical stuff. To top it all off, you have a great attitude and approach to your craft that opens you up to your audience, keeps you honest about the competition with a lot of sincere respect and admiration for the good work of others etc. I can’t give you enough praise brother. I’m about to get me some JHS pedals for my board, I’m convinced your judgement and overall philosophy leads to great sounds and great pedals. Much obliged señor, and keep on rocking.
Great to see the Nobles ODR mini getting some kudos from a guy whose opinion I really respect. Great pedal, from sparkly break up to full blown overdrive, or even as a boost to another gain stage. Thanks for the great channel 👍
Mac DeMarco got so big he's early sound inspired an entire genre of music known as Bedroom Pop which in turn has had quite an effect on the indie pop/rock scene with bands like Gus Dapperton, Boy Pablo and Clairo.
Yeah Tumnus, my always on pedal. Yeah got an EP boost too, and a ditto. I’m chuffed that I have a few of the pedals you featured - not usual. I recently bought a Moer reecho- I’m impressed and I own Strymon el capstan and a timeline and a TC alter ego. Thanks always love your show.
Aw man! I was so excited when you were talking about Salad days. I’m a real big fan of Mac, and his music has had a very large effect on how I play guitar. However, I’d be lying if I said that Salad days was my favourite album. His best IMO is either “Another one” or “This Old Dog”. Another one has him exploring some analog synths, and has a really cool blend of his usual chorus/vibrato-y guitars. Meanwhile, This Old Dog has him trading his strat in for an acoustic guitar, and has a slower, singer songwriter feel, that he just nails.
I love the Tumnus and the HOF mini. Own the SL drive by Xotic, which is great. Plan to get the Acoustikar by Mooer and perhaps another mini boost pedal - on the pedaltrain nano plus board there is only room for two regular sized and three mini pedals. Honorable mentions to the MXR carbon copy mini, and MXR mini boost.
"Act your age and try another year"! Love it. Never heard of him till now. I'm getting a bit of Ween. Thanks for the turn on Josh. Love your "Record Time". More people should do it.
Ah actually I have a question about those- I'm looking to get an amp attenuator and I'm trying to decide whether to get the jhs lityle black box (which I think goes in the effects loop) or a "proper" attenuator that goes between the power amp an the speaker. What would be the difference in tone and what are the pros and cons of one or the other?
I really like the MXR Phase 95. It's a mini with both a Phase 90 and 45 circuit, each having a modern and script setting. So... Four phasers in one mini format. And for the bass players... Get yourself an SFX MicroThumpinator. It's an always on filter/buffer. Mine is rigged under my PT Nano+ at the end of my signal chain. It eliminates all those unwanted frequencies and artifacts starting around Bb below the B on your 5 string. This reduces your speaker excursion and helps save some wear and tear on your drivers. Did I mention it's a killer buffer circuit, too?
It’s a great-sounding pedal, EXCEPT that the comp knob does absolutely nothing!! Has no effect whatsoever, I have owned 2 from different eras, purchased brand-new, and heard the same from others.
@@sugarinthegourd strange, I literally use it for every gig. Honestly it's too much compression for me and I leave it about 12:00 and the blend knob around 12:00 also
I recently became aware of Constantines -- they have a 2003 release called Shine a Light that is pure awesomeness. Young Lions, Insectivora, Nighttime/Anytime are all crazy good tracks.
An excellent video, thanks for posting that, Josh! If you've never tried them before, I'd STRONGLY urge you to check out 2 mini pedals from Rowin: their Plexion and also their Dumbler. The Plexion can go from drive to distortion depending on settings, while the Dumbler is an overdrive pedal. I love both of them, but the Dumbler is one of my all-time favorites, #2 on my drive list a little behind the Angry Charlie v.2, which is easily my favorite drive/distortion pedal of all time, and I'm an OLD geezer, been playing guitar since 1965, so I've tried a LOT of pedals in my time. Playing around with volume and tone on the guitar will yield especially great results and sounds great with either single coils or humbuckers. VERY affordable too. Keep up the great videos. I look forward to Thursday afternoons now specifically because I know you'll be posting something new. :-)
1. WE NEED AN EPISODE OF JOSH TRYING TO DO THE PERFECT SHOEGAZE PEDALBOARD SMH 2. Check out some Battles, Sweet Trip, Fishmans and Jai Paul 3. Please check out some bananana effects. Weird you don't know about them, they are the most big sounding pedal brand in small package.
Music that is new to me: Alan Parsons Project. Really good and well done stuff. Check out the album Eye In The Sky. Easy entry point. But after listening to each album several times, not sure I could pick a favorite.
I just started liking demarco too. I have not heard anything but “here comes the cowboy” but I was surprised how much I dig it. You need to listen to Volcano! right now!
Little black buffer is awesome, helped out my tone so much, no difference between plugging directly in my Princeton 65 reverb vs going through a dozen pedals on my board.
I wanted to buy a Klon clone and went to my favorite store to try a Wampler Tumnus. The employee there plugged in a Tumnus, as well as a Belle (Wampler's take on the Nobels ODR1). I was blown away. I spent 1/2h going back and forth between the 2. I finally chose the Tumnus... and came back 2 weeks later to buy the Belle 🤩
Looper episode!!! One sugestion, please include the most interesting looper pedal of ALL time, THE Digitech TRIO Plus. Its such a great thing for us who just never managed to form a band (I did try though). Alone at home and yet you have bassist and drummer on the go + the Looper for 2nd guitar or synth if you have one.
Unknown to me until this morning: DIIV. They have a new album out called “Deceiver,” and I only put it on play because I thought it seemed familiar. Turns out I had just seen it promoted casually on social media by various other artists I follow. You’d dig the guitar sounds if you’re just now enjoying Mac Demarco. I believe they are label mates.
Great stuff. Lots of cool pedals here and a nice shout to Mac. I came across his work a few months ago, by accident. One of his (very recent) live shows started playing on YT and the first 4/5 songs are just amazing. Not my kind of thing, but the dude is very good. Definitely recommend his live work from 2018/2019, especially the ' primavera sounds festival' show, back home. As always, a pleasure to watch, Josh. Cheers
Hey man, great episode as always ! Thank you very much for sharing. Mac Demarco is really awesome, if I were you I wouldn't listen through his entire discography at once, but rather take my time and go with the flow whenever that happens :) Every album fits a different mood, and it's just that extra satisfaction whenever you get it right 👌
Bands that I've just been getting into in the past year: One Eleven Heavy, Garcia Peoples, Thee Oh Sees, Howlin Rain, Snail Mail, and Mountain Movers. The only mini pedal on my board is the Xotic SP comp but I'd like to try their boost. Also curious about the Whitey Tighty. Check out Dead Meadow for cool fuzz, vibe, etc. Comets on Fire is another one.
So I manage a ski shop and we all snowboard and skate, and a few of us play music. We listen to a lot of surfy stuff like khruangbin and La Luz, many others as well. Mac Demarco just showed up in the mix one day. Some of the shop people like him a lot and I've grown to like him as well. But here is something new to me I really think you will like And a funny story with it. A little over a year ago, I was at a big turning point in my life. I was alone with a girl and she played me a song "El Bus" by Los Espíritus. The song was introduced to me at such a crucial time I had the lyrics tattooed on the inside of my arm to remind me of that moment forever and most importantly to remind myself that the changes I had made were justified. More recently (as in this past week). I started listen to Los Espíritus and instantly was captivated by the the guitar sounds and lyrics, I even imported two of there records from Argentina and bought the on CD available on prime. Yes I'm that guy with a book of CDs in his car. Anyway, if you get a chance I really think you'd like Los Espíritus. Many of there full albums are on youtube and Spotify, I suggest starting with agua ardiente. Also big shout out, to jhs in making my favorite pedal and my pedalboard of one... The VCR. Thanks
Thanks for this information Josh. Great video and playing as well. I was wondering if you could tell me how the knobs work on the Whitey Tighty? I get the volume obviously but is the blend knob fully to the right your dry signal only? But fully right on the comp knob is full compression? I’ll be picking it up very soon and was just curious about that. Thank you
I always thought my ears weren't developed enough to appreciate the subtle differences between different OD pedals, but ever since I got the very affordable Nobels ODR mini, there's a whole bunch of TS, BD and others gathering dust on my shelf. It's perfect.
Ok Mr. S ...JHS THAT IS I pulled the trigger... I bought my 1sr JHS PEDAL woooowhooo The Space Commander It's on the way...I haven't got it yet... but I giddy waiting for it!! I hgv ave a DS-1👍a JoYo voodoo octave 😥👎 Love your show. I live in Alabama,Phenix city. I've worked in Jackson MS. And I've been to KS. Once lol Keep up the very informative and entertaining channel !!!!
Only one of those I own is Tumnus, and it's great. It's like instant 90s indie/roots rock in a box. And then it's super versatile as well. I think I'm gonna get one of them there TC Ditto Loopers though. My undergarment of choice is boxer briefs, therefore I have the Keeley Compressor +. It compresses and it's profile is small but not regular jockey brief small. Classy, and the chicks dig it.
If you’re into an accurate reproduction of the Klon into a mini pedal, handmade by a single-man company from Spain, I recommend you the Golden Horse from Decibelics. I have one and I can’t recommend it enough. Definitely something to add to the Pedal museum Josh!!
