Hey everyone! Please check out the full description for links to the 1966 pedals and the Loud Is More Good amp, info on the gear in this episode, Josh's guitars and the record in Record Time. Thanks for watching!
Hey Josh, thanks for heading off the haters with cheaper alternatives. They probably didn't watch long enough to see you did that. Great playing, fun project, keep doing you. It works!
Hey Josh... Those look amazing... what a great idea to involve your kids !!!!! absolute genius .... I would love to be able to get my hands on one or even all....i'm sure they will sell out fast.
Raging Chimera I totally agree. There aren’t many out there like Josh... I’ve watched quite a few of his videos and he does these kind of totally unbiased recommendations of other companies’ products quite often and it always blows my mind. 😃
Sometimes it's the only reason I watch...just cuz I like the guy. I mean, I play bass. I try to adjust accordingly, but...it doesn't matter. It's always a bonus when a nice guy knows a lot of stuff too, eh? 😆
He just couldn't do it. He couldn't make a show dedicated to his own pedals, not without plugging everybody else's stuff before he's done. Josh goes beyond humble into the guilt territory, haha. It's one of the most lovable things about him.
If you have a liver going spare I'll take it. Mine is fucked from drinking too much. I could use a set of lungs too. Smoking too much! Ha! ;) Just go all out & get me a new heart & brain too.....might as well do the lot!
@@dennismoes7281 Yes! we need whole line of HeMan pedals, "Cringer compressor" "Skelator distortion" "Orko Octave pedal" a two sided boost and overdrive "Adam and Heman" sorry sorry.. My five year old self and my 15 year old guitar player self just a meeting in my brain and it got out of hand...
@@weschilton I'm positive some people bought them thinking to resale, but the moment this batch sold out it was announced a second batch is coming, so I'm not sure the resale value will be higher than the original value
Favorite album from 1966 is no contest: The Beatles Revolver. I think it was the first fully modern pop record. The songs still sound as fresh and sharp as they did then, and its sound, despite some of the production techniques of the time, is as forward looking as anything being produced today. She Said She Said and And Your Bird Can Sing are two of the greatest guitar pop songs ever recorded, Here There and Everywhere is a masterpiece of lush and inventive harmonization, Eleanor Rigby weaves a dark, gothic spell, Love You To dives deep into brooding mysticism previously unknown in pop music. I'm Only Sleeping, Dr. Robert, every song is a revelation of sorts. And then there's Tomorrow Never Knows, whose otherworldly maelstrom of light and darkness, love and death, creation and destruction, remains unmatched in pop music. It's not only my favorite album from 1966, it may be my favorite Beatles album, which is pretty much saying it's my favorite album of all time. So yeah. Revolver. Blonde On Blonde is not my favorite Dylan record (probably Highway 61 Revisited), but Stuck Inside of Mobile (with the Memphis Blues Again) is one of my favorite Dylan songs.
I, too, would love that book and Josh seems like just the guy to do it. Well, perhaps Dan and Mick could help, maybe write a forward or epilogue or something.
@@24ZEPACDC I've probably had more benders than any other fuzz food group. Every damned one of them is different. The transistor types they choose, the way they have them biased, all different.
fun fact: i have yet to find a fuzz pedal (from u tube vids at least) im looking for besides this yellow tone royce (price) and another which the name escapes me. how i wish there wad a good clear throaty bottom end-y pleasing fuzz pedal...and i dig fuzzes
Music from 1966 is 1,000 times better than any 90's crud. All the biggest bands ever were in the 60's-70's. Soundgarden is nothing compared to the Beatles, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Allman Bros, etc. Everyone knows the era of the biggest best rock is 1955-1980.
@@michaelcraig9449 I'm thinking this may be an inside joke. When Cornell was asked who he listened to he said "Cream and the Beatles" Black Hole Sun was a nod to those 2 bands and that era
One of the things I love the most about these vids is actually Josh’s playing. Not as technically flashy as some of the demo guys out there, but always super tasteful and melodically interesting.
@@CodyAlushin for clones, however faithful. A vintage tonebender can be had for not much more that Josh's. It does speak volumes to what a passion project this is, and to Josh's character imo, that he listed some great cheaper alternatives.
Exactly @@gonzoengineering4894, he knows what these are and he knows his audience. I've bought both JHS and other brand's pedals from these videos and all have been great. Dude is KNOWLEDGABLE.
Blonde on Blonde is one of my 5 favorite albums ever made. "Visions of Johanna" gets me every time. When I think of Dylan lyrics, "The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the ones of her face" is always the first one that comes to mind.
Bill Thompson people sell their clones on reverb and even add additional switches so it can not only boost the treble but the mids and the full signal as well
Hey bill, I can build you one for around 80 bucks that includes a germanium transistor, tone switch and power switching so you can use it with a regular power supply. Message me if you're interested!
*Mayall* 😎 Mine too. I thought long and hard about this and although some great guitar based songs were recorded and/or released in 1966 the albums they are associated with date to 1967. Maybe if Josh does a 1967 series .............
Thank you someone said it. These circuits are a handful of components. Sure you sourced specific ones but ffs dude 400 dollars? That's just proce gauging because they're "limited".
@@auntjenifer7774 this isn't really nostalgia though, these are new pedals the copy older ones... the market is full of this stuff for much less money... as John himself showed.
I have to go back to my dad's record collection for my favorite 1966 album. Dad was into jazz & big bands. My pick is Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream, I mean just for the cover alone, c'mon...
I know you guys have briefly covered the micing of the drum kit, but it would be awesome if you guys could go over maybe the tuning of the drums and the eq compression being applied? Such great drum sounds in every video. Love it!
If you're going to sell boutique-style fuzzes at $400 a pop you need to specify which transistors you are using at the very least. We're talking Castledine, D*A*M and PigDog prices with none of the references or provenance.
I think people are forgetting it's just a handful of components and a circuit board. Especially with pedals like these that are just analog components no complicated digital coding etc. It's become this mystical thing to own a pedal for it's name, or look.
@@SpencerP96 exactly. Just a buncha dorks with more money than brains trying to impress each other. Most of whom couldn't tell a "boutique pedal" from a Line6 Spider multi-effects thingamabob in a blind Pepsi challenge. You know people like Josh are laughing their asses off all the way to the bank.
@@dystopiagear6999 Yeah I mean dont get me wrong I have a lot of nice "boutique" and vintage gear. But at this point this pedal hype is ridiculous. It's a few components on a circuit board. But people want to pretend that if they dont have that 400 dollar pedal made from that certain person then there's no way to obtain it. It's all hype at this point.
Being from England living close to Newmarket I tend to knock these up myself with original components and lucky enough to have most (no rangemaster😣) of these original pedals to copy the topology from..In reality these pedals should only cost between 5 and 15 dollars in parts including the Hammond enclosures. My advise is to build them yourself and modify your own flavour of circuitry to stand out from the crowd..same as the 2 Jimmys did.
I bought the Fuzz version. It is amazing. I'm not smart enough to know if it is the components, the JHS small mods or the circuit itself, but it sounds really really good. It sustains for days. I played it with my volume low (per JHS suggestions in the box) and got some of my favorite tones. highly recommended.
I’m all for boutique gear, and getting what you pay for, but I don’t see the two lining up with these pedals. You introduce them here like they’re intended for the audience of this show, but I guarantee you that only a small percentage of your viewers can/will buy any of it at such price points. It’s great that building them is something special you can do with your kids, but I doubt they’re “$400 special”. To be clear, it’s not the gear itself I have a problem with. I’m sure they all sound amazing, but maybe NAMM is a better place for such an announcement instead of RU-vid, where the majority of your audience is younger players without a lot of cash to spend. Harley Benton is a household name thanks entirely to RU-vid. At first I thought the pedals were a new budget line for JHS; they certainly look cheaper. And I thought “Wow what a great idea! This could put more JHS pedals on more boards! They really know their audience!” Guess not. I realize there are plenty of pros and hobbyists who will pay those elevated prices, but you’re alienating a LARGE chunk of your viewers this way. I just don’t understand pedal companies thinking “There are some great classic pedals out there that everyone should have but they’re old and/or rare. I know! I’ll make my own versions so more people can finally experience their greatness! Oh, and I’ll make them prohibitively expensive to really minimize how many people can buy and enjoy them! Genius!”
Good news is he only made a few, so should be enough to service that portion of the shows audience that would be interested. I tend to think those that are turned off by the price will probably still watch an episode or two when they get back to not having an episode specifically introducing a limited pedal run.
@@canaanlawrence7351 there are lots of tone bender copies for way less. How do you guys think he affords all of these guitars and vintage pedals? By over charging you 300 for a clone.
Loved the video, loved the 1.5 and the booster but I'd like to thank JHS and Sweetwater for ensuring that I never again succumb to gear lust and impulse purchases. $400! People, we've lost our way. Josh deserves to make whatever people are willing to pay him but just consider watching Josh's fantastic videos on all manner of 2nd hand options and do yourself a favour. Consumer lust is a sustainability issue. Be a womble and find your sound in the everyday pedals other folks leave behind.
I don't get the TB MK1.5 choice. I mean you are already featuring a fuzz face... Tone Benders are all about the MK1 and MK2's (etc...), while the 1.5 is just a collectors' thing
Okay...I like JHS pedals. I have a few, (Muffeletta, Bonsai) but uhmm..this pedal is $399. Seriously? Why buy this when you can go to Macari's website (who make the pedal) and buy the real pedal which these are a copy of. AND they are cheaper even with shipping. And will be infinitely a better investment when it came time to sell it.
'Revolver' is a no-brainer for the 'amazing 1966 album' prize, but since, many years ago, when phone memory was far more limited than it is today, I listened to three LPs - all the memory could hold - on repeat, pretty much daily, for maybe a year or more, two of which were recorded in 1966 and featured Bob Dylan, I feel like "that thin, that wild mercury sound" got into my blood, so I'm going to nominate 'The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert', the perfect companion piece to Blonde On Blonde. The acoustic version of 'Just Like A Woman' on that LP is the best it ever sounded, and Bob's singing of it the sweetest it ever was. I think it's on the 'No Direction Home' DVD, so you can watch it too if you don't think listening to it on headphones with your eyes closed is the way to really get into it. Can't leave without also saying The Byrds', The Beatles', and The Kinks' entire output from 1966 also occupies that same higher plane.
We should start a year-by-year thread on Pedalboards of Doom. Find which other years might be notable. I'm holding out for a 1972 series....(coz I'm an old fart).
Too bad the tone bender was a clone of 1.5, instead of 1.0. When he and TPS played on that 1.0, was truly special. Admittedly not all pickups worked well with it, but the ones that did sounding magical.
if you compare it to other > hand-wired < amps that's about normal price. I would never buy something hand-wired for that reason, but that's how much you pay if you want that.
Anytime I bring JHS up on the gear forums I always get a bunch of hate comments about him just copying other people's stuff and crap about him being a nerd. I don't even care what people say. I like him, I like his channel and I like what he's doing. He's a nerd, yes. So are the rest of us tone junkies. There's only so much you can do as far as pedals go. He pays tribute and respect to classics and he's genuinely interested in exploring them in his own way. Can't argue with that.
@@24ZEPACDC All pedals are (technically) unnecessary. This was a fun obsession project for Josh, if you can't afford/don't want to buy it then dont, easy :)
First episode with a camera slider? Nick, you're my hero! Just ask Zach, I rave to him all the time about you... well, once. But it was a substantial rave. Rave On!
John Kelly Nice. I just said that in another comment and then immediately saw your comment. One thing is abundantly clear - there was A TON of great music in 1966.
Trouble Comin Every Day, off the album FREAK OUT, by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention !!!!!!!!!!!!! a must on every playlist, for every occasion......!
Blonde on Blonde is definitely an essential album for any collection, though I prefer the following year’s ‘John Wesley Harding’. My favorite album from 66 is of course one of the most significant releases of the time, having been the first Rock double album recorded, the first known double lp debut, and arguably the first concept album and the genesis of progressive rock as a whole- the amazing ‘Freak Out!’ by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
That damn Nick is a great drummer!! I've played drums since I was a little boy in the early 70s so I know a good drummer when I see one. The thing with Nick is that he never over plays. Solid and in the pocket. I enjoy watching you guys jam. Excellent stuff fellas!!!! 👍
Very cool new pedals, bit expensive for us commoners but nevertheless cool indeed... Sure wish that amp was a bit more affordable too but I still Love ya J... Cool episode!
Ok Josh, I know you are going to hear this a LOT....is there any chance in hell the 1966 Line will come out in a NON Limited edition format? If I did not have the Soul Bender I would be dying for that Tone Bender pedal...but the Range Master?!? That thing sounded amazing! I have been wondering for YEARS why you never had a pedal with that circuit in your line. Do what you will...but I really hope you consider doing these as a part of the normal JHS Line. I love Blonde on Blonde also! My fave from 1966. I hope I have my years correct with this one....Revolver by The Beatles. Beats Rubber Soul out by just a hair....even though it has that awesome Tone Bender Bass sound on "Think For Yourself" I will have to go see if the Tone Bender shows up anywhere on Revolver. If not....it should have!! PS......a contest to win one of these beauties would be appreciated.... Call it a donation to the dirt poor musicians fund! PPS ....Who wants to bet this whole line shows up in a future episode of That Pedal Show...... I can hear Dan and Mick gushing over those fuzzes right now.........
Every week, when I am on the night shift. I wake up. Brew a pot of coffee. Sip said coffee, watch your video, and it inspires me to head to my basement, put said coffee down on amp plug in a pedal or 4, that are not usually part of my board.........and jam. Just. Jam. I don't get half the stuff I should do done. But that's ok.
1966 best album for me... ask me when I was a kid it would be Revolver, ask me 10 years ago and it would be Blonde on Blonde... ask me now... 96 Tears by ? And the Mysterians because it sounds like an indie album someone put out yesterday.
You guys keep killing it with the pedals! 1966 was such a loaded year for music; but two albums stand out for me: The Beatles, Revolver, and The Byrds, Fifth Dimension... from two distinct geographic musical hot-spots, (England and Los Angeles), but perhaps equally influential. This vlog thing is an inspirational format for showcasing not only JHS products, but the entire pedal industry as a whole, so kudos.
god damn man, i just love your work but i can't get it because shipping to turkey is a problem. the charlie brown and the new treble booster are just magical. love hearing it but can't play it :( i'll just go and play with myself, with a big muff and a bd-2 :)
I ask the most important question: the t-shirts are RAD. Thanks for the Thread and Spoke shoutout. You are setting Autumnal fashion trends! Don’t be reticent about the New Balance. You’ve got it going on.
I mean, it sounds good, don't get me wrong. But, I'd LOL at anyone actually using that stuff. You're obviously paying to sound like Josh at that point. And I bet anyone using this shit probably tries to play exactly like him too. I love Josh, but anyone buying this shit is just straight up fan boys at this point and not "authentic" 😂 players.
Thanks for the alternatives at the end Josh! Glad you and the family are having fun with this project. But $400 for the pedals? Lol. JHS can sell a killing if you made more affordable pedals ($100 and under, surface mounted boards, Done!)
That Dallas RangeMaster version! Heck, i love it! Right now I'm getting the parts to make my first pedal ever, it will be a modded version of the Dallas trebble booster, and i hope it will be at least half as good as yours. Thanks for another amazing video Josh!
A picture of me with each pedal hahaha, funny, that's half the reason I'm going to buy a pedal from you... but maybe a picture your wife might sell more pedals?
