The History of JHS Pedals 

I find it unsettling that he never really did answer the question about where he was during the Wall Street crash of 1929.

Josh needs to design a reverb pedal around that tunnel. "The Tunnel."

As a young (16) pedal builder, youve been my biggest inspiration. When I was 13, I asked my dad if he could buy me some pedals. He told me that i should try to build some myself. Since then Ive built 30-40 pedals and a eurorack synth. When I discovered you and your show I immediatly fell in love. Thank you for everything Josh, youre the person i want to become one day.

What I really get out of this is that Josh's wife and her family are the heroes that embraced Josh's obsession and gave all sorts of support to help get him from struggling startup to successful company. Maybe take her on a nice vacation away from the cold winter of Kansas City.

Less than 2 minutes in, and I'm already convinced. I don't know what I'm convinced of, but I'm convinced

Amazing episode! JHS must put the sound of that tunnel in a "The tunnel" reverb pedal. But it have to be stereo just to us to see Josh demoing it and saying "I don't really care about stereo".

“Is JHS just a tall man with weird hobbies?” Yes. Yes he is. And the world is better off for it

You need to do a show about nick! I had no idea he was so deep in the story of JHS.

Best thing about Josh is while growing his own business, he has spent time educating musicians about pedal and amp circuits and how each one affects their sound, which is a huge contribution to humanity!

I grew up in Ecru! This is absolutely unbelievable to me. I worked at McCoy’s Grocery on main street for 5 years. Insane that there was a time that Josh was essentially in my back yard. Wild.

I love this company…. Bought 3 JHS pedals last year because of watching their show and appreciating how they represent all pedals and the industry…..thanks y’all

You need to create a pedal that replicate the reverb effect from that tunnel!

Because of their RU-vid vids, I bought myself a JHS pedal. They rarely promote their products and rather review other pedal companies’ pedals. What a wholesome way to promote their company.

I like how Josh's accent comes out a little stronger when he's home ❤

What I have learned by 3:29: - this should have been a musical. - something happened at Josh’s graduation that stopped his ageing. - Josh is freakishly tall.

I loved everything about this episode! The 60 minutes style opening, the story, the conclusion....everything! It made me incredibly proud to own a few JHS pedals in my pedal arsenal that I am slowly building. I am sure I will buy more JHS Pedals in the near future! I actually felt a little bad because I remember way back in the day that Josh was selling a modded Big Muff, I believe, and I did not have the funds to buy and it sold out before I saved up enough. . I think it was in that period where Josh was overwhelmed and working 18 hours a day in a shed. But I am supporting yall now! :) The one thing I really like about the JHS story is that Josh truly paid his dues and now he is enjoying the fruits of his labor. I mean come on, did Josh ever really think he would be part of the Guiness Book of World Records biggest pedal board or work on a musical about pedals?? And now he has! But what I really loved in this story is Josh acknowledging that JHS is just a name now where he has built an incredible team of individuals to bring JHS to the masses (and not burn himself out). Truly Josh is an American success story! Also I just also want to give a shoutout to Nick and whoever else that produces these videos. I have a background in TV and I can safely say that these videos are some of the best videos on RU-vid! Truly a pleasure to watch every time. Also let me just give a shout out to the whole JHS company! Y'all are incredible in what you do day in and day out! I say all this to say, "Long Live, JHS! "

Amazing, inspiring! Thanks for the recap! Glad I got the chance to trade pedals for records back in the day! Still have a giant all JHS pedalboard! Hopefully Josh still has some of the records 🤣

This is where the integrity began as you have paid your dues Josh... really a fantastic success story and knowing what you've been through to get it is inspiring.. which is what u are all about providing guitar players with w your pedals to begin with..hats off to you.. enjoy your life..! Make us more killer stuff!..,🙏🎸🎶🤪🔥

Worked at Fondren Guitars back in the day, had Josh mod my TS9 & DL4. Day 1 fan.

I have only 2 JHS pedals, but they are both in the ALWAYS ON category! The Whitey Tighty, and the Prestige, they bookend the rest of my board with the Whitey Tighty keeping the junk in place from the start, and the Prestige sending it buffered and boosted out the end. Love the playfulness of the pedals, they are reflections of the playfulness that comes from the people who make them. Keep that spirit flowing! Listen to Safeword!

I really loved hearing your story Josh! I remember seeing the Tupelo Press picture of you and thinking man this guy is so young! I think everyone in the effect world is so glad you went down the electronics/modification/pedals/business-building rabbit hole! Indeed, you're a multiplicative factor in the effects world, so much more than just the simple assimilation of great branding and awesome sounding pedals.

I’ve been inspired by this. I’m quitting my job and starting my own company to compete with JHS. On second thought, starting a pedal company is INSANE…

At 73 years of age, you guys have become part of my rock revival. I’m heading down the rabbit hole to choose a stamp to put on my Harmonic Trem. Wishing you heath happiness and continued success. Rob

The ending definitely showed how much the entire company means to Josh and Nick. As much as they were trying to throw in their joke/sarcasm, the emotions were there and real, and this is what makes the show such a personal thing to watch every week.

I loved this! Please consider doing an episode interviewing Andy Martin, and his importance and contribution to the pedal and gear community/industry.

I literally love watching your videos. But this is this best one by far. I love the behind the scenes small detals of how you’ve gotten to be where you are now. From humble beginnings to becoming a major leader in the custom pedal business. You and your JHS family are awesome!! Plus, you’re funny.

Josh's success is so well-deserved. All that talent and intelligence, and an amazing story-teller to boot. I can't believe he's younger than me.

Much respect now knowing how you built this company. Truly the American Dream rolled out on video. Very very cool, thank you for making it.

This is what the show needed. A history lesson on JHS Pedals. Please make this a reoccurring thing. Say every 2-3 years. It's important to the history of effects pedals fo sho!

Thank you for a fine episode. I know I am in the minority, but I prefer these structured shows to the live stream stuff. Thank you for the excellent products and wishing you all great success.

The pictures of *hands* really brought me to tears 😭

“They had a bigger shed” (for jhs to move into.) just awesome.

One of the greatest JHS history videos ever! I absolutely loved this, really makes the show feel so human and connecting. Love the way you guys have stuck it out this far, your now an amazing product/family that can actually connect with customers and individuals that love the interests. I'm hoping to buy a JHS compressor soon, would the JHS 3 series compressor be more more limited if I got that over the PulpNPeel?

I love it 🥳. I’ve purchased many JHS pedals and will continue to support your amazing company!

Gandalf and Frodo in that wide shot. I mean that in the most respectful and loving of ways. So glad you guys found eachother. I've spent like 1400 dollars on jhs pedals and now feel like I should go buy the packrat becauseof that comment.. ok doing that now.

OMG! The 60 Minutes intro had me laughing from the jump! Well done, well done! 👏

Esperando el viernes de JHS. Una buena cerveza y a disfrutar. Que gran programa.

You guys deserve every single ounce of success! Keep up the hard work because it’s Obviously working for y’all

Humble beginnings. It really was pure passion that kept the business alive. Way to be, Josh. You deserve this bro

That tunnel is objectively amazing. It seems architected for big wet sound. I dig the concrete stairs at the end spreading out the delay time to give a softened echo instead of a hard slap-back you'd get from a flat wall.

Got a funny story about pedal modding…back in the day I needed a particular cap to try on a Tube Screamer mod. Walked into Radio Shack. Found the part and start talking with the guy behind the counter. He says billionaire Ross Perot was just in the store looking for a multimeter. Perot had pulled up in a beat up van. Perot refused to buy the multimeter when he discovered it didn’t come with batteries. Oh the days of modding and Radio Shack…

I really enjoyed this, thank you for making these vids. Also your customer support/repair team are excellent. JHS for life!

" FARTICLES" ....🤣🤣 I love you guys .

no joke. JHS is kind of an American inspiration. What a great story. Josh’s son did a good job.

This video was so inspiring. Thanks JHS for all that you do.

its so strange to see them standing and moving around like real people

Jackson, MS Native here: It’s so weird to see y’all walking around to different spots in Jackson that I drive past every day and don’t give a second glance. Thanks for telling this story!

Nick's rim rattler @23:50 - epic. Play it at 50% speed. Major hops. Props, son.

Ребята, это потрясающая история! Вы офигенные! История очень трогательная.

Hey JHS, you should build a reverb pedal based on that Belgreen tunnel!

I think you guys don't understand how much inspiring this is

On a real note the JHS show has been so helpful for me during one of the hardest years of my life. I've learned so much about guitar and pedals through this show which has made my love for them even greater. The pedal demos are great but my favorites are the nerdy deep dives into the history and the how's and why's of gear that has shaped the world of music in which we live today. This show has also inspired me to get into building pedals of my own! This episode is so inspiring and if any of yall see this just wanna thank you from one of your many fans. Keep up the great work!

It always starts with a “weird kid” pretty soon they have a factory full of like minded Weird kids making awesome stuff for other weird kids. Normals scare me with thier milquetoast blank eyes. Keep it Weird! I miss radio shack 😖 surfing the digikey website isn’t the same as being able to bring a meter in and test and match all your components in a dirty lil strip mall.

Amazing. Such a great homegrown story. This has become my favorite show within the last month or so of discovering it. @jhspedals I have a burning question that I cant find an answer to anywhere online, and figured that one of you guys may have the answer to. Soo here it is: Does anyone (even viewers) know what the D1 diode in the BOSS DS-1 is responsible for. The one in mine cracked (i assume from a surge.. ?), so i clipped it out completely, which in turn made it into a weird fuzz pedal. Keep on rocking guys! Y'all are an inspiration to a fella.

I wish I had discovered this company earlier when I still lived in Mississippi! I am from Jackson and love that this business has ties to Mississippi and Jackson! What a great story! I am so a fan now!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, these startup stories, actual tell of the remembrance of blood, sweat, and tears.

Do a documentary about how a bunch of dudes from the super south managed not to have any southern accent or grow up to sound like a bunch of hicks. Being from Texas myself, I thought I was an anomaly to not sound as stupid as all my friends.

My go to for pedal knowledge. You are an absolute expert in pedals and that builds trust. Trust is the main ingredient in a great product.

Dude, I TOTALLY had that tunnel in my high school! It connected the high school to the Jr. high school (this was pre-middle school days). It's since been filled in and I never thought to drag my early 80s synths down there. If only I had then maybe *I* would be master over a pedal company now.

I don’t own any JHS pedals, but I want to after discovering this channel. I remember seeing a few early morning glories circulating in TGP classifieds around 2010 or so, and then about a year or so ago when I started buying pedals again to update the rig, suddenly the JHS name is everywhere! Thank you Josh, I will buy one of your products one of these days, simply because you are breathe of fresh air amongst the smugness of gear snobbery and the sad but true arrogance of the guitar world.

Really enjoyed that guys, very interesting to see how it all began :)

This video was a real treat. Amazing and inspirational look into Josh’s journey. Key takeaways for me are 1) hard work ethic 2) perseverance 3) surrounding yourself with good people - all together lead to great things. I wish Josh and JHS all the best in all their future endeavors. They deserve all the success in the world right next to all the other large great pedal companies. The JHS Show is also genius and binge-watch worthy, Nick’s brainchild is awesome and can’t wait to see more of it. This was a long comment. But you guys made me feel it with this one. I never experienced the feeling of being teary eyed & wanting to buy pedals at the same time. There. I’m done. Thanks guys.

This episode is why i always keep a jhs pedal on my board.... even if i dont use the pedal... Josh... keep your humility... you are a wonderful man

How was this such an emotional experience? Thanks for sharing the history, the pedal infatuation, and the passion of JHS with the rest of us!

Great story about Josh's humble beginnings. I love the fact that Josh loves all pedals and doesn't seem to be biased to only his own stuff.

literally 3 seconds in and i’m smashing the like button so hard it broke. god i love this channel

This is great, always appreciate the backstory and insight to your history as people and a company. Great stuff guys. Looking forward to tagging along for whatever is next in your journey

This was really great thanks Huge respect to all of you! Love JHS pedal/show ❤️

Been subscribed since early on this was the perfect time for this episode. Nicely done. Nuff said.

Words cannot express how awesome this story is. There’s a part of me that wishes I could be part of your story as I struggle to have a successful business of my own an hour away from you guys. If you ever need another dorky passionate nerd, call me.

What a tear jerker! Know what you are good at and get others who do what you suck at.

You guys are the best! Bring so much laughter and entertainment along with the history an knowledge. Thank you I hope the company and this channel continues to grow and prosper

Awesomeness of knowing who has the first pedal you built

What a great episode! Thank you so much for taking the time to make and share such a special deep dive

I was watching RU-vid to get info for us new guitar learners. Looking into my first pedal purchase. Analog vs Multi effects...... I come across a few of your videos and immediately subscribed. Since then it's watching you talk about all the history of different pedals, companies. I found a new love for music i never knew was possible. Thank you

This was excellent, thank you guys and love what you do!

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode! Super cool to see a look at how it came together, and the overall tone was really nice!

I came to know you guys through the pedal myths video and was hooked right in by the humor. Loyal fan since. Love you guys!

Incredible episode! Congrats on all your success and thank you!

Great episode, I love the show and all amazing pedals. Keep making them with love and passion!

I Have been watching your guys video's now for a couple of hours a day for a few days straight and you are absolutely amazing. I love your way of explaining, the sense of humor without overreacting or whatever bs a lot people put up nowadays. Thank you so much for all off this, keep up the good work and maybe one day i will be able to buy one of your pedals.

This is probably my favorite JHS Show yet! Man I absolutely love this!! Thanks for sharing your story guys

Such a fantastic episode. Such a great insight into an amazing family run company. You must be so proud of what you have built. This episode put such a massive smile on my face, just as big a smile every time I plug into one of your pedals. 😁. Keep up the fantastic work.

dude, this video felt like a mother´s hug, so warm and sweet! hope we can have more videos with this format

This is so cool. You guys are so real and transparent. I had never heard of you guys a couple weeks ago but now I’m glad that I have.

I'm two minutes in and this is already the best episode, I love Nick's opening questions and your parents are so wholesome ❤

I love this video. What an excellent insight into the people and company. Thanks guys

The single best video y’all have ever made. It’s so gratifying to see the way a proud small company starts; and everybody can see for themselves that it’s not all gravy and unicorns. Really, really good video production and editing, too, Nick!

Dang, this almost made me wanna cry. Great stuff! Such an amazing story. I'm very happy for you and your family.

this video was wholesome, inspiring, and everything I needed on a rainy Saturday morning.

Youse built an EMPIRE…no brags just facts! y’all are just inspiring. i`d hope to be 1/10 of a person you are Mr. Josh.

This was a well made video with a great story. Thanks! I don't own a guitar, play guitar or have any pedals but somehow I've been led to your channel and I'm plowing through lots of your videos. Great job!

Dude, that part at 00:00 blew me the hell away man

Man, I've loved the pedal show for years now, but seeing the origin story adds so much more depth. Awesome work guys

This wasn’t what I expected. I’m so glad I get to support a business like yours. Thanks for sharing your story.

Gents, Thanks for the deep dive into the origins of the company. Always enjoyed the content and love seeing the progress over the years. Great work to the entire JHS Family!

You are such an awesome company, thanks for doin what you do! JHS rockx!!!

Awesome episode! Love hearing the history! And just the right amount of comedy! Great job guy's!

rarely comment, never like or dislike videos. it was cool to see the history and just how genuine Josh was about fond memories and how thankful he is for the team he has with him. loved this video

A documentary on JHS. Thanks for the episode, great content! 👏