LIVE: What's the Deal with the Amazon Pedals?

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  • @jts3339
    @jts3339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1283

    The Amazon pedals are too fancy for me. I’m waiting for the Behringer clones of the Amazon pedals.

    • @robertmcc66
      @robertmcc66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@michaelpizza4657 FYI TC Electronics already did this a few years ago and most of them are decent.

    • @onefatstratcat
      @onefatstratcat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Basicringer?lol...

    • @edip2128
      @edip2128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Mehringer

    • @coryayers5496
      @coryayers5496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I'll wait for Monoprice to make clones of those Behringer pedals thank you.

    • @teknomanning
      @teknomanning 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Genius

  • @Hillbilly_Papist
    @Hillbilly_Papist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    I had a 500k Klon pedal in my shopping cart. Wound up buying 50000 Amazon drive pedals instead and running them into each other. Greatest tone I've ever had.

    • @zaloo
      @zaloo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      you need ¢0.35 an hour laborers just to patch that.

    • @Hillbilly_Papist
      @Hillbilly_Papist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Nah. Lockdown, had plenty of spare time to do anything but practice.

    • @zaloo
      @zaloo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Hillbilly_Papist huzzah!

    • @mrhat1073
      @mrhat1073 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      we got the God of Tone™ here

  • @xsonicassassinx
    @xsonicassassinx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    "education doesn't take sides". this was SUPER clear when i realized you showed 99% not JHS pedals on the JHS show. impartial is definitely the word i'd use. it's the reason you are the best at this. no question.

    • @CMHobbies
      @CMHobbies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bingo. JHS loves the craft of pedal building no matter who it is. It’s not all about the $. Love their mini jam sessions too.

    • @davedixon2167
      @davedixon2167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The very first I ever heard of JHS was the controversy over clone pedals and such, but I had no personal beef or stake in it; everything I've seen out of Josh on this channel seems totally genuine and respectful of everyone. I'm a fan.

    • @cwmoriarty
      @cwmoriarty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean I love Josh, but this is giving Amazon a marginally broader platform, even considering the 'neutrality'.

    • @xebio6
      @xebio6 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That and Josh himself

    • @slamjackson2137
      @slamjackson2137 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never heard of Amazon until I saw this show

  • @LucasOliveira-td2gs
    @LucasOliveira-td2gs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    pedals like this are so important to the guitar industry on brazil. A "basic" Guitar pedal costs an organ here.

    • @CaioGamerist
      @CaioGamerist ปีที่แล้ว +4

      é foda

    • @DenisDeS-Pb
      @DenisDeS-Pb ปีที่แล้ว +3

      in post-USSR countries the same... abracoes!

    • @JoaoDAthayde
      @JoaoDAthayde 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@DenisDeS-Pb hi, are you in Russia? Music instruments are expensive there? (I'm Brazilian)

    • @DenisDeS-Pb
      @DenisDeS-Pb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@JoaoDAthayde Ola, Joao! Eu falo Portuguese um poco.
      Sim, sou de Russia. a maioria de gente aki ganha não tao muito (3 - 5 vezes menos em comparação com Europa).
      Toco na velhas guitaras de Japan (1980/90)(Pode ver les na minha pagina de TH-cam)
      Aki e possibilidade de comprar estes instrumentos, porque gente traze les de Japan. (500~1500$ accorde de preço) Instr. americanos e mais caro.
      Muito instr. de China tambem. Mas velhos de Japan ou USA e melhor.
      Ai, que depois de 2014 e 2022 Rouble Russo (RUR)ficou duas vezes mais barato (o guerra e pior para todos🤕)
      Pedais de China eram baratos tambem.

    • @JoaoDAthayde
      @JoaoDAthayde 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@DenisDeS-Pb Olá! It's good to know how things for musicians are going in Rússia. I'm looking you YT channel, you 've got good Brazilians themes interpretations there! You got Nelson Faria's theme, we'are not friends but we were at the same Music School in Rio the Janeiro: CIGAM (from the great Yan Guest, a Budapest-born Master of Music). I was studying arrangement, Farias was guitar teacher there.

  • @bgrass1234
    @bgrass1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +602

    I'm a dad with a single income household and I could never justify even a hundred on a pedal, but I can rationalize spending 20-50 on a pedal for myself for a special thing, which is the pedals I have. If I didn't have those options, I wouldn't have any pedals.

    • @danjamesstew
      @danjamesstew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I’m in a similar situation and get it. But I also don’t understand the appeal of these when the used market has a multitude of superior pedals at the same price point.

    • @tomgross1953
      @tomgross1953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      That's cool. It's not just kids, but anyone in a situation where pedal funds are limited.

    • @Georgie-ye7wp
      @Georgie-ye7wp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Absolutely, I can’t see myself spending 700 bucks for 7 pedals while I could put that money to something else. These cheap pedals like the behringer pedals and Amazon basics pedals work out great. I just wish other brands would have some sort of budget friendly line of pedals(25-50 dollar each pedal).

    • @DerAykac
      @DerAykac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      My respect for you, sir.
      Also for a beginner like me, it´s awsome to tap into unknown terretory without bankrupting myself (talking about the cheap behringer ones)

    • @randallroberts986
      @randallroberts986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm with you. While not single, we have four children, and we are trying to stay focused on saving for our children's educations. I can see where these pedals certainly fill a niche...

  • @helotaxi
    @helotaxi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    I think that in the long term, these might actually help companies like JHS. Lowering the cost barrier of entry for guitar pedals grows the consumer base and eventually those consumers will want to upgrade. Kinda like the dealer on the corner and the first fix being free, gear junkies need their gear fix. This is the gateway gear that gets them hooked.

    • @helotaxi
      @helotaxi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And exactly this pops up in the comments 20min after the point I typed it.

    • @TrashHeapCustodian
      @TrashHeapCustodian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Coming around to this vid much later, it's literally true lol
      I got a JHS 3 series hall reverb and liked the quality of it enough that I got a PackRat. I got a Boss SD-1 and later a DM-2w. When you're on a mid tier budget (I ain't got Strymon money yet!), you tend to try out the cheaper stuff from the brand before diving in to the more expensive things
      .... probably not gonna buy any Amazon ones but hey, I'll get the >$100 pedal before the $250 one from the good companies any day of the week.

    • @shastica
      @shastica 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Couldn't agree more

  • @meadish
    @meadish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +651

    You should release a Bezos pedal. When you hook it up to your pedal board, it gradually starts doing what all the other pedals are doing, killing them off one by one.

    • @Sevetamryn
      @Sevetamryn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Isn't this what - insert your favorite multi effect here - wants to do ;) ... Maybe a Amazonbasics JB-20 ... ;)

    • @oddborofiend
      @oddborofiend 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dead...OMG.

    • @squirelova1815
      @squirelova1815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's like the movie "The Thing", where it first wraps its tentacles around you then digests you and becomes you.

    • @RDYC
      @RDYC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm deleting my own comment. I just don't have it today.

    • @Socaler8888utube
      @Socaler8888utube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s already been made....it’s called a Fractal.

  • @markusandersson404
    @markusandersson404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    -"Mom, can we get pedals?"
    -"We have pedals at home."
    The Pedals at home:

  • @JohnCollis
    @JohnCollis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    The more there is cheap gear, the more it puts the pressure on the current "big players" in the music gear to really make their products actually worth the price difference.

    • @abelramirez7320
      @abelramirez7320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Best comment

    • @MechaSixVII
      @MechaSixVII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Perfect understanding of the situation.

    • @MechaSixVII
      @MechaSixVII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @I'm Michael Wayne the $300 dollar pedal you originally couldn't afford is now cheaper and possibly could.

    • @ToneSherpa
      @ToneSherpa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @I'm Michael Wayne If you can't afford me at my Behringer, you don't deserve me at my Fulltone.

    • @juancitolimon8743
      @juancitolimon8743 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      this

  • @thesethneal
    @thesethneal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    It is absolutely hysterical that Josh is playing a Collings and using a Two Rock amp with these pedals. Well done.

    • @vansheen9096
      @vansheen9096 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought the same thing.😝

    • @alannedelec2714
      @alannedelec2714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If he sells both of them, we would be able to buy 2000 Amazon pedals :)

    • @eole123456789
      @eole123456789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      maybe that's why those pedals sound so good

    • @JosePineda-jn8jk
      @JosePineda-jn8jk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      More likely the playing and player than just the gear… give that stuff to someone who has never played and watch the struggle.

    • @nealixd.3011
      @nealixd.3011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He probably had to, in order to make the pedals sound their best, was hilarious though. I noticed that. My friend in TX had the I-35 named one, about $4500 at the time. I think he was in between banker jobs and sold it for about a grand higher. Too bad Mr. Collings passed, sad!

  • @bilalq1
    @bilalq1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    There's also an aspect of availability. Sitting in Pakistan I don't have easy access to your and other pedals as much as I want. essentially because of taxes the 3 series woidl cost me almost 250 with shipping. nux tomsline and brands like those are available here and the willingness of those companies to come to Pak is also to be admired. Saying that I sample an effect with a nux and decide maybe invest and buy something from the states with all the hassle that comes with it but knowing I want that type. I.e. I learned I'm not a tube screamer fan now and won't waste money and time figuring out how to get one here

    • @WarrenPostma
      @WarrenPostma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A good plan. Another thing is that anybody can make anything sound interesting and cool, if they have enough musical belief in themselves. Passion and tone were not made first in America. Follow your own inner lights.
      Greetings from Canada.

    • @patrickfoster4586
      @patrickfoster4586 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WarrenPostma Tone wasn't made first in America? Maybe, but it was perfected in the US by one man: Leo Fender. You take his Stratocaster and plug it directly into his Vibrolux, or Twin, or Bassman, or Super Reverb and bam: Tone perfection, no pedal needed. Just sayin'. Cheers from Louisiana! P[>

    • @WarrenPostma
      @WarrenPostma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@patrickfoster4586 America is the land of Guitar, Rock and Roll, and surely IS the king for Electric Guitars and Amps, but my point about Tone was more philosophical. A lute player from the 13th century had no amp and no guitar, but he cared about tone a lot, and so did his luthier. Tone is ancient.

  • @jayhuggins3179
    @jayhuggins3179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    What Amazon Basics suggests to me here is, "Honey if you're going to the store, can you pick up some bread, milk, eggs, a mini distortion, and a delay if it's fresh?" Also, still waiting to hear WILL IT CHUG?

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Nick : "it's a gateway"
    GAS Anonymous in the future: 'It all started with an Amazon basics pedal.... Now my board costs more than my student loans! "

    • @JimRivers1179
      @JimRivers1179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joe R M Nice!

    • @Zolbat
      @Zolbat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "I just needed that 20 original centaurs stacked tone, man"

    • @BittenHand19
      @BittenHand19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is too much truth to this comment

    • @RobertNolan
      @RobertNolan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I feel seen. *shrivels

    • @merbertancriwalli8622
      @merbertancriwalli8622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And he doesn't even get the wider connotation of that phrase...

  • @DennisBottaro
    @DennisBottaro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Best quote ever "Education has the ability to not take sides"

  • @Newnodrogbob
    @Newnodrogbob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    “I hope tons of kids get these for Christmas.” That is both really awesome and really smart. The more kids get the guitar bug, the more people are buying guitar gear.

    • @glo2ube786
      @glo2ube786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too but their new music doesn't contain guitars.

    • @Newnodrogbob
      @Newnodrogbob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Never PC You may have the least accurate name on the internet. That's the wokest possible take you could ever have on this. Quick question for you: does NOT buying these improve economic conditions for poor children in China?

    • @Newnodrogbob
      @Newnodrogbob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@glo2ube786 I mean, some of it does. My teenaged niece got a guitar for her last birthday because she's a Shawn Mendes fan...

    • @veryveryold
      @veryveryold 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you don't need to support an abusive company to get your kid into music

    • @veryveryold
      @veryveryold 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@glo2ube786 you're fighting a caricature of zoomer music. Clairo, Covet, and any contemporary shoegaze band uses guitars a lot, and even if other bands don't there's nothing inherently wrong with using a different instrument to express yourself

  • @TroyNaumu808
    @TroyNaumu808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I like that as a retailer with your own line of pedals you are not just pushing your own product but spreading knowledge, history and education and being neutral more or less.

  • @argkampfhund
    @argkampfhund 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    ​🎵🎶 He Has The Bag 🎶🎵

  • @quintonholley5923
    @quintonholley5923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I only just got back into guitar after about a 10 year hiatus and the amount of affordable pedals is straight insane now! The only one I could afford in high school was a digitech grunge pedal, now people can have nearly any kind they could imagine, I love this! I know this was a livestream a long time ago, but I’ve only just found this and 60cyclehum and I e been binging the two of your videos constantly!

    • @thomasayresol
      @thomasayresol ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true, we live in a new golden age of pedals, plenty to choose from in every price range.

  • @christiaandemarezoyens4720
    @christiaandemarezoyens4720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    "Alexa, bring up the treble".

  • @Drinkyoghurt
    @Drinkyoghurt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Also, I want to say that this dude is legit one of the best people I've seen on TH-cam. I don't care about what he talks about, but the way he talks about it. This is how I wish reviewers would be, how most influencers would be. Science based, logic based, educating without bias and keeping an open mind. So sad that that's kinda lost these days with people discarding their morals for some monetary gain.
    I'll say this, I don't have the money for JHS pedals now, but if I ever would fall onto some crazy money and I already got a good guitar and amp, then JHS pedals will be my go to brand.

  • @Partybob1
    @Partybob1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I grew up staring at the Sears catalog guitars and amps, in the 70’s. They were cheap and fun
    and drove my love for guitar.

  • @devolve42
    @devolve42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really love the audible edit at 0:24. Perfectly captures the substance and the spirit of Muzak. Genius.

  • @joesatchton212
    @joesatchton212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    2020: JHS officially displaces Disneyland as the funnest place on earth to work.... :)

    • @snwbrdr65
      @snwbrdr65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and Disney stock keeps going up. It's a beautiful thing.

    • @analoggil9643
      @analoggil9643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where can i send my resume ?

    • @analoggil9643
      @analoggil9643 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MomoTheBellyDancer thanx i already did, hope they reply soon!! =)

    • @analoggil9643
      @analoggil9643 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MomoTheBellyDancer i can wait, Ktulu is a nice guy, weird beard tought

    • @andrijasentic9702
      @andrijasentic9702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I doubt Disneyland has ever been a fun place to work at

  • @frankrill73
    @frankrill73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great people at JHS. Really impressed. Well educated, humble, smart.

  • @Jaysteenn
    @Jaysteenn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "People who are buying pedals at a higher price point are not buying Amazon pedals" Nick said exactly how I feel about these pedals.

    • @RickMcCargar
      @RickMcCargar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's where monopolists stop right...at the basics.
      What a naive and short-sighted vision of what Amazon is doing.
      The people amazon is squeezing out disagree.
      Amazon has other people take risk to build a market, then they take the best marketing info from those risk-taking entrepreneurs and drives them out of business by marketing directly against them on the Amazon platform. It has happened thousands of times already.
      Worse, Amazon is destroying our nationwide distribution and retail system…yay…

    • @billyellow4849
      @billyellow4849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Reminiscent of what they said when the first tiny basic Japanese automobiles appeared in the US in the early 1970's.

    • @UnofficialDustyn
      @UnofficialDustyn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I literally ordered three of the Azor $20ish pedals the same day I ordered two JHS pedals.

    • @fortheloveofnoise
      @fortheloveofnoise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I buy 500 dollar pedals and i buy cheap stuff like this....

    • @WhiteDove73-888
      @WhiteDove73-888 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This is not true and an ignorant statement

  • @mikenoface
    @mikenoface 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Best comment in the live chat: Gary MacIntyre: "​I’m gonna change my name to Prime-Bag Darrell"

    • @JC-11111
      @JC-11111 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

  • @Jimmy2Bits
    @Jimmy2Bits 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    11:00 you bring up the idea that a guitar is a basic need. I do absolutely believe that if your house doesn't have at least 1 guitar in a corner on a stand or even packed away under the bed or in a closet, then your house is not on the list of hangout spots.

    • @CurrieNerd
      @CurrieNerd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Every single house on a 'generic house selling TV show' has at least one acoustic abomination sitting in a corner. Is that the sort you mean? ;)

    • @seankelly9292
      @seankelly9292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And how

    • @Jimmy2Bits
      @Jimmy2Bits 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CurrieNerd I'd hang out in any of those houses.

  • @xxitz_pr0gxx631
    @xxitz_pr0gxx631 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how much heart and soul y'all pour into your company and your TH-cam channel. Keep it up, guys and gals!

  • @alanthompson3493
    @alanthompson3493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Amazon should have called their pedal line "JAMazon".

    • @RobertNolan
      @RobertNolan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's the looper's name

    • @Dram1984
      @Dram1984 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      big miss

    • @duncan-rmi
      @duncan-rmi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's the distortion pedal.

    • @_Information_
      @_Information_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stomazon
      Amastomp
      Effectazon

    • @Alkatross
      @Alkatross 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jammin on with Jamazon

  • @sonofdirt
    @sonofdirt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I stumbled onto NUX a while back & have since bought a handful of their pedals. IMO they make the best pedals from China. The Tape Core Deluxe is an incredible stereo RE-201 clone, with hidden settings for wow & flutter. The Verdugo series pedals are top notch, especially the JTC pro looper (6 hours record time, STEREO input, drum machine, load backing tracks into it from your computer, save to computer, cab emulator, amazing for the price). As for drives, first I bought the Horseman, then Tube Man, then wanting a blues breaker style I got the Morning Star. I have read on the internet that if you look inside KOKKO pedals, you find NUX printed on the PCB. I believe they make their best stuff as NUX, then re-brand with cheaper parts & manufacturing as KOKKO, & that is also now rebranded as AmazonBasics. Do yourself a favor & check out the nicer pedals from NUX you will be very surprised at the specs, price, & sound.

  • @scottgeyer684
    @scottgeyer684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Golden age of Effects! NUX does some great stuff for beginner practice tools, and I WISH stuff like these pedals (& their other products) were available to me 20 years ago!

  • @malstainkey
    @malstainkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recently brought a JHS panther cub. A large factor in this decision was this TH-cam channel. I appreciate all the videos and information guys and I wanted to support JHS and have a JHS pedal on my board.
    Of course having a great sounding tap temp analogue delay is more important than it's brand, so thanks for making a excellent pedal.

  • @300ampeg
    @300ampeg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Alos, to reinforce my argument: Sears WAS the Amazon of it's time, so...

    • @isaicgonzalez6839
      @isaicgonzalez6839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If Sears had gone online right they would've been the Amazon! I say this all the time.

    • @vaporman442
      @vaporman442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I bought my first electric from Sears. Still bring it out at gigs.

    • @maxadocious
      @maxadocious 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      awwww now i miss sears

    • @funkyfurballs1078
      @funkyfurballs1078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vaporman442 My little brother had a black Cameo Les Paul... wasn't too bad.

    • @vaporman442
      @vaporman442 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@funkyfurballs1078 mine is the Univox/Kay Effector. Les Paul style body, but built in echo, tremolo, wah and whirlwind (basically all variations on a tremolo effect) plus fuzz and phase (which threw the pickups out of phase.) I have broken the neck twice. I have switched the pickups multiple times (the current are actual Les Paul’s.) And none of the effects work now. But I still really enjoy the look and feel of that guitar.

  • @TheMirolab
    @TheMirolab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the coolest video format for equipment reviews. Just 3 cool musicians talking about gear and jamming! This was GREAT!

  • @FunkyELF
    @FunkyELF 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I bought a NUX looper pedal (from Amazon actually). I called their phone number when I was having an issue with it. Talked to someone. He confirmed it couldn't work the way I was expecting it to. He was very nice on the phone.
    Side note: ended up with DigiTech Trio+ and I'm super happy

  • @highbornleek367
    @highbornleek367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I watched this two years after it was released, and one thing that occurred to me is that if someone wanted to get into modding and building pedals, the less expensive amazon pedals could make someone more comfortable with modding because they aren't messing with something that will be $100+ lost if they screw up.

    • @Archlegan
      @Archlegan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      naah not so much. that stuff I saw in their pictures was surface mount parts. Modders like myself prefer to work on through-hole pcbs.

    • @fortheloveofnoise
      @fortheloveofnoise 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Archlegan prefer yea...but its hard getting cheap through-hole stuff to mod unless you buy old rocktek pedals, Behringer pedals are surface mount but for me are pretty easy to mod because they are a normal size....mini petals are a nightmare to mod

    • @TrashHeapCustodian
      @TrashHeapCustodian 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hell I do surface mount parts as my job and I wouldn't try to dick with em at home without at least a scope and a much better soldering setup than I have lol
      Kinda want to do it though, not gonna lie

    • @bryanhamner
      @bryanhamner 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes sir

  • @Potatoast
    @Potatoast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    New Jingle: "There is no box"

    • @oddborofiend
      @oddborofiend 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally LoLed.

    • @tomieilamo
      @tomieilamo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Depressing, minor key jingle with post-apocalyptic ambience

    • @_-_Michael_-_
      @_-_Michael_-_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well actually, that makes the envelope “the box” for that particular pedal. Sorry to bring this up.

    • @dryseason
      @dryseason 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🎶He has the bag🎶

  • @shorerocks
    @shorerocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Videos like this makes me aware of how important good YT video content is. And that JHS / Josh, whether I follow their opinion or not, do provide just that. Not choosing sides is an option.

  • @towerpower
    @towerpower 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this channel so much!! Almost twice as good as the Amazon basic channel! Seriously, Josh you show great passion for what you do, are a great educator and also it looks like that you seem to care very much about your employees and I respect that very much. People need to understand that when you buy stuff, you are "voting" for companies with your cash. Although it is not always possible because we don't have an unlimited budget, I always prefer to pay extra for a smaller business with values that I connect with. So I'll see if my wife would be willing to vote for you on my behalf this Christmas ;P Take care, continue the good work.

  • @birdsong2552
    @birdsong2552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I gotta give it to you, making an hour long video about a new pedal line, without ever getting boring, you are a natural.

  • @robwessels6899
    @robwessels6899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cheap pedals are a gateway to a lot of fun. Plus you can always swap out when you upgrade or Frankenstein them and mod them without guilt. Nice to see you all weighing in so positively on this.

  • @ryanjones4150
    @ryanjones4150 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm 56. I recently got back into playing the guitar again. I don't have a ton of money to buy gear, so I watch a lot of TH-cam videos to get ideas on what I can get that's pretty good for a decent price. I watch this channel alot, I get the real skinny here, no BS. I have a Monoprice all tube combo amp I bought on Amazon for $250 delivered to my door, it's great. I used to build amps as a hobby and know alot about them and have made some really cool ones, but I get good tones from it, period, and it was half what just the parts would cost to build one. I bought 3 pedals so far on Amazon - A Demon Tube screamer clone, which has a switch for ts9 / ts808, which does nothing, because the circuits are basically the same, a Mosky magnetic delay, and a Flamma multi modulation pedal. I also got a nice Ibanez 335 clone and upgraded the tuners and pickups, I spent less than a grand on all this stuff and I am getting great sounds. As I continue buying pedals, I am going to get a JHS one at some point, because I feel like I owe it to him for all the great free info. Based on Josh's Univibe video, I just bought an Electro Harmonix Good Vibes pedal on Ebay. There's nothing wrong with buying things on Amazon.

  • @dblat1291
    @dblat1291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Guitar pedal sales are like a liquor store, you don't need liquor to survive, but when you have a desire, it's there. At the liquor store looking at the whiskey isle you have the top shelf whiskeys with the fancy bottles and great reviews, and the bottom shelf good for getting you drunk. JHS is top shelf whiskey with a storied history, Amazon basics is bottom shelf gut punch, or those little bottles of booze they have behind the counter for a quick fix. Also, people now are nostalgic about the Silvertone crap they bought at Sears, in 40 years we'll be waxing poetically about these.

    • @oddborofiend
      @oddborofiend 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      IDK buddy...my 1965 Silvertone head and cab in my living room really speak for themselves, if you know what I'm saying. I have no history with the equipment, and have only had it for a few years, but ears don't lie and the kit sounds mint.

    • @Appl3-p13
      @Appl3-p13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You don't need liquor to survive?

    • @squirelova1815
      @squirelova1815 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Appl3-p13 Yeah, sometimes a shot of Brandy after near death experiences on the freeway helps a lot.

    • @WhiteDove73-888
      @WhiteDove73-888 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You have obviously never played one because that’s a stupid statement

  • @RyanDoesAll
    @RyanDoesAll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love you guys. Owner and employees of a pedal company that in in the end is just excited for new players to have affordable pedals. Class act.

  • @jakealexander8326
    @jakealexander8326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The Willhelm Scream soundbite was killing me.

  • @pennyrivosta7052
    @pennyrivosta7052 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for your Videos,Im brand new to pedals and I’m learning so much from you! Greetings from HAWAI’I

  • @xsonicassassinx
    @xsonicassassinx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    as an ex-kroger employee, people genuinely think we DID make things in "the back".

    • @sahamal_savu
      @sahamal_savu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every restaurant I've ever worked at customers thought this. Like we're butchering steaks "back there" lol

  • @vornado8715
    @vornado8715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’m not a fan of Amazon at all, but history is repeating itself going back to Sears Silvertone.

  • @bootlegnjack
    @bootlegnjack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I hate to be this guy but Nux is pronounced ‘new ex’ - hence why they write it: nu>x. Please let people know that I Adam Jones knew something about pedals that Josh didn’t. The tingling waves of power that I feel rolling through me right now is incredible.

    • @grouchomark4441
      @grouchomark4441 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Close, but wrong 😂 Apparently it's Nu > X, the X being a 'cross'. So pronounced "New Cross"

    • @bootlegnjack
      @bootlegnjack 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@grouchomark4441 my entire life is a lie

  • @ElCapitanGames
    @ElCapitanGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Something I DO really like about cheap pedals is they get you the useability of the pedal. I can see if a chorus would be USEFUL to me. And if it is. Then I’ll buy a real nice one to have for years.

  • @NewFalconerRecords
    @NewFalconerRecords 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nu-x (new ex) make some mighty pedals for the price. I've got their Roctary pedal which is a Leslie speaker pedal with octaves, so you can make your guitar sound like a Hammond organ. Actually the octave part is fairly useless (though not bad on keyboards), but the Leslie speaker simulation is simply incredible, it's even got a drive control, so you can push the sound into a bit of overdrive.
    I've also got a Tape Core Deluxe, which is Nu-x's version of the Roland Space Echo. You can switch between all seven tape head combinations and it's got that great warm, tapey break-up sound. It's also got tap tempo and a loop function, and you can do that wild spacey tape feedback stuff. Both of these pedals are stereo and cost me $125 (Australian) which is about eighty bucks US, maybe a tad more. Insanely good value -- even if the English translations on their instruction manuals leave you completely and utterly confused.

  • @alexcampos7953
    @alexcampos7953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That response to the instragram was just class. Congrats.

  • @kirkbolas4985
    @kirkbolas4985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was 14 in 1977...life would have been amazing if these pedals would have been available then. Adjusting for inflation, the pedals would have sold for around $6 to $12, depending on the pedal.

  • @pkdude5334
    @pkdude5334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Josh, my first guitar was also a Synsonics from Sam's Club! It came with a 15w amp. I still have the guitar. It's a red strat. I haven't played it in years, and it definitely needs a setup. I'm not sure if it even has a truss rod. But back in high school jazz band, among seven other guitarists, the teacher often mentioned how great my tone was.

  • @glamcityrockerofficial
    @glamcityrockerofficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love these episodes. Love that u guys do this. Learning is so fun.

  • @Imjoshnewton
    @Imjoshnewton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Look up the part number for something on your lawnmower. You’ll see the same thing. There are probably a handful of companies making the parts for most things in any industry.

  • @StevieWonder824
    @StevieWonder824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was one of 5 people that understood the Proberbs 31 woman joke🙋🏽‍♂️ lol. Lowkey got super hyped when you said that Josh, I really appreciate you guys and all the employees that work so hard to make JHS such a great pedal company, if not the BEST company on the market! True authenticity, humor, and personality. JHS rocks!😆

    • @JLeppert
      @JLeppert 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got it. But I'm wearing a Minister's face on my t shirt

  • @noahvalencia2096
    @noahvalencia2096 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was first playing I needed a board for some gig we had and every pedal was like 20-40 bucks and now that board has taught me how to use pedals and 2 other people in the last few months have gotten not only into pedals but learned guitar because they had the ability to learn on my board, and now I am loaning to a small church band that is constantly getting new students and my goal is to teach them as much as I can with out them having to spend a dime, so they can learn the important stuff and then later on buy the expensive stuff.

  • @LukeG_Eire
    @LukeG_Eire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love how the bass player is left in the darkest part of the room

    • @JC-11111
      @JC-11111 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's playing bass. He doesn't need to see. It's only 4 strings 🤷😁

  • @kirkmckim2685
    @kirkmckim2685 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of us old timers got our first guitar at Sears . Silvertone was one of those brands

  • @DYI_SEBASTIEN
    @DYI_SEBASTIEN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Josh, will you have to do a new effect for your videos now... "He has the bubble envelope" ? I hope you're keeping the envelopes...they're gonna add a lot of value to those vintage pedals in 50 years...

  • @jeffdunne9602
    @jeffdunne9602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wait, was that the "say whaaaaaaat" clip from the Clone High episode where Ghandi and Washington Carver star in a buddy-cop duo "Black and Tan"? Holy shit that took me back.

  • @johnulrich5572
    @johnulrich5572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My first guitar was a Silvertone from Sears which was really a Harmony because my parents had a Sears credit card and could order it from the Sears catalog and have it shipped to our home.. Sears was the biggest retailer at the time and was the Amazon of the mid-20th century. My first amp was a Silvertone which was really a Danelectro because Sears. So this was going on for decades. Today Silvertone stuf sells on the vintage market along with Harmony, Danelectro, and Kay which was all stuff sold to Sears labeled as Silvertone. All the mail-order companies like Montgomery Ward did the same thing. So nothing is new under the sun.

    • @stuminnis4050
      @stuminnis4050 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure Dave Grohl says in his autobio that this was his first guitar as well.

    • @wpridgen4853
      @wpridgen4853 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nothing changes but faces and names..

  • @flipeverything2734
    @flipeverything2734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started with a rocktek distortion pedal and after 25 years…. I have a boss ds-1. Started from the bottom and now I’m here.

  • @Craig_Fussell
    @Craig_Fussell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hate that I missed this live, but I love that OEM clones are out there for bedroom hackers like me who love to experiment with a bunch of different effects. I actually have that Morningstar pedal and got it because it was a Morning Glory/Blues Driver clone! ✌🏻🎸

  • @Leel3ones89
    @Leel3ones89 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just got my first pedal this week. My local pawn shop had a reissue 1 of those Park Fuzz Sounds. But idk the world needs entry-level priced items. Very very informative 👍🏻

  • @jpsenio7815
    @jpsenio7815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That first jam was awesome, totally sounded like the live version of Bullet the Blue Sky from the Rattle and Hum album, not bad for a budget pedal 🤷🏻‍♂️👍🏻😎

  • @tapestapes0
    @tapestapes0 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was fun to watch,informative on top. Thanks!!

  • @petejennings597
    @petejennings597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    @ 15:02
    "It's a gateway"
    great, so now Amazon gets to start our kids addiction and obsession with pedals. It's bad enough us parents are already addicted. Jeff Beso's is evil 😈

    • @therugburnz
      @therugburnz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Let me know when I can get decent smack on Amazingon. Gateway dope first natch.

    • @squirelova1815
      @squirelova1815 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, music performance actually increases brain function though. Not so sure about movies and video games.

  • @Duffman2219
    @Duffman2219 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You guys are the coolest! Thanks you!

  • @walt9300
    @walt9300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He has the envelope!

  • @DavidHBurkart
    @DavidHBurkart 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best Foods: West of the Mississippi River
    Hellman's: East of the Mississippi River
    Both are Mayo
    Ibanez - Maxon
    Amazon - Nux
    You share a unique and refreshingly honest perspective on this, with history on your side.
    ...Kind of like the "First Act" of Guitars
    Proverbs 31 girl! I married one of those... sounds like y'all did too!

  • @joevannyrivera
    @joevannyrivera 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That proverbs 31 joke literally made me laugh out loud alone in my car 😂😂😂

    • @andyshenk5163
      @andyshenk5163 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That definitely cracked me up too!

  • @johnniepage3844
    @johnniepage3844 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why are some people always trying to start crap?? I’m mean really!! If u don’t want to hear about Amazon pedals,don’t watch this video dude!! Love what ur doing on this channel!! Keep killin it!!

  • @mulefan1977
    @mulefan1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It's nice that the bassist gets the opportunity to talk and express himself. 😂😂 Just kidding good job guys

  • @anthonystark5412
    @anthonystark5412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first time I sat and watched an entire video on this channel: Was a review by Josh of a bunch of budget-friendly overdrives - or maybe it was distortion pedals.
    By the end of that video, fuelled by Josh's honesty, sincerity and integrity, I'd made up my mind: I was going to sell a few of my cheap, nasty TC Electronics and invest in a Tumnus and a Strymon Nightsky.
    Thank you, Josh for your guidance.
    Just kidding. Your skill, knowledge and devotion to the art means that I am quite literally saving my pennies in order to afford your products.
    You're a legend. 'Nuff said!

  • @sprungingforvoltage
    @sprungingforvoltage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is great. Love you guys. Do more pedals+synth, too. 😁

  • @ElectromagneDikk
    @ElectromagneDikk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My go to any time i need a pedal accurately reviewed. Thanks man!!!!!

  • @vocalion9519
    @vocalion9519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "I've been electrocuted twice." Cue the Frankenstein jokes and comparisons.

  • @jeffreygrifa5725
    @jeffreygrifa5725 ปีที่แล้ว

    I own the Amazon Basics distortion...and I love it. I can roll back the volume and play rhythm, it's articulate and sustains when I turn up, and it's got a big full sound in my rig.

  • @TheUndertones559
    @TheUndertones559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    8:54
    Hate to be that guy but electrocution literally means death by electricity lol. But you can certainly be shocked/zapped without being electrocuted 👍

    • @JeighNeither
      @JeighNeither 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't hate the true you; we linguists appreciate it & your literalism.

    • @andydionne7242
      @andydionne7242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you! Thought the same thing haha

  • @markanthonyelo
    @markanthonyelo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve just taken delivery of an Amazon Basics Booster Pedal. ($23!) It may not be made by robots… but hand made… lots of flux residue on the PC Board, board also has been manually cut to fit in casing. Pots (plastic shafts) and footswitch are low cost/quality parts, I broke the foot switch mechasim while disassembling (fixed though). It’s built on an 4580 dual op-amp IC, with adjustable low and high pass filtering. It also has a gang of symmetrical hard clipping diodes, on the output of one of the amps. When you crank up the gain these will clip at +/- 2.1v (assuming silicon). It also looks like their is a transistor buffer on the output. Quite a nice circuit overall. Sound wise I’ve only an EH LBP to compare against, much simpler circuit no tone controls so not like for like. Obviously I ‘feel’ I’m getting a cleaner boost from the EH pedal - no diodes, no tone coloring. Why did I buy it? I had an Amazon token as compensation for a late delivery, as you can only spend them on Amazon products I bought an Amazon pedal. Will it last forever and become vintage - I really don’t think it will survive that long as all that extra flux is corrosive?

  • @peterwelsh1932
    @peterwelsh1932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Five ! I said AmaKlon first! By like... ~1.5 seconds at least.
    Also: “Optimus Prime-DayDream Nation Formant Vocal Filter Crunge-Chord Finagler”

  • @1-eye-willy
    @1-eye-willy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:09 is when this actually starts

  • @artwerkmedia8616
    @artwerkmedia8616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There’s such a passive aggressive vibe to this episode.

    • @eole123456789
      @eole123456789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like "oh you thought we're being sellouts so we're going to make the most shameless amazon plug fake-sincere video possible just to trigger you"

  • @stillfirebellows
    @stillfirebellows 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just wanna say I do not play guitar. I am a singer/cajon/harmonica player for Stillfire Bellows but I LOVE your videos! Super interesting to me and I send these to our guitar player all the time to help expand our sound as we have very recently starting incorporating electric guitar and pedals into our music! Kudos!

  • @ptrgreeny
    @ptrgreeny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I recently bought the Azor "Classical Overdrive" pedal a few months ago....probably made by the same company, companies that make the Amazon pedals. As an OD? Not bad, didn't hate it, didn't love it..it WAS surprisingly quiet.
    However...
    With it's gain cranked up...it's the best fuzz pedal I own. It nails that Gibson Fuzz, "Satisfaction" sound...in fact better than two FZ-1 clones I have.
    Price?
    $20.

  • @RikJSmith
    @RikJSmith ปีที่แล้ว

    All 3 of you are Great Musicians !!
    Love that Jam you guys did ! 🎸

  • @petedemaggio
    @petedemaggio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Correction, Josh.....
    Electrocution DOES mean death by electricity.
    You have never been electrocuted.

    • @oikhena
      @oikhena 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not true. Electrocute means to kill or severely injure by electricity. Of course can be used with hyperbole rather than for its literal definition.
      www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocute

    • @jamesdicesare7808
      @jamesdicesare7808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Websters is incorrect. They are giving the colloquial definition because the term has been used incorrectly so frequently. "cution" in the word "electrocution" comes from the word "execution." The etymology literally means "electrical execution."

    • @burnvictim77
      @burnvictim77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jamesdicesare7808 Definitions are defined by usage. Otherwise "nice" would still mean "foolish."

  • @chrisbrodbeck1961
    @chrisbrodbeck1961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My process is, buy local if it isnt available local as a last resort go to amazon or something like that! works for me and my local friends they are youre greatest resource

  • @jsguy100
    @jsguy100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You guys have to start every live stream without sound now. It’s a staple. Give the people what they want

  • @andresilva8444
    @andresilva8444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just got myself a second hand (foot) Morning Star, as much as I would love the Morning Glory. One day, not totally out, but at the moment there is no way. Thanks for the videos and all the unpretentiousness in them.

  • @9123joshua
    @9123joshua 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Totally got the Proverbs 31 joke 😉 (I also am blessed with a proverbs 31 wife) and I love the content!

    • @asruiz7360
      @asruiz7360 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right? Lol Love it

  • @berkayguner
    @berkayguner ปีที่แล้ว

    Long episodes are the best. Watching the show while practicing my chops 😁🎼🎵🎸🎧

  • @savoirfaire8979
    @savoirfaire8979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *2nd comment: Can we just appreciate the drummer’s fabolous gold mic?*

  • @chrisnewman448
    @chrisnewman448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was one of the best, just hanging with the pedal dudes.

  • @tolvajakos
    @tolvajakos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is this Josh's basement or something? I love how they are a pedal-manufacturing company and they do TV-level production quality live discussion AND live jam session from there.

  • @andybungert
    @andybungert 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have learned so dang much watching this! Thanks guys!

  • @revjeffg
    @revjeffg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was really fun! I agree that it’s cool that there’s “gateway pedals” available for kids, or even any SAH players on a tight budget. Fun aside: my first pedal was an Ibanez TS-9, in 1984 it cost me...you guessed it, $40 - and I Have The Box! 😜

  • @flagemdown66
    @flagemdown66 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm 54... One of my early effects was a new old stock Walco Sound Go Round... $12.00 sold on a pegboard bubble pack. Then some Electro Harmonix mail order... Screaming Tree, Muff Fuzz plug in style... Then a Univox Super Fuzz and Small Stone ($20 thru the mail) into a Kustom K-100 solid state head and 2x12 cab from 1967... Then I used a D.o
    O.D. 250 wirh a Marlboro 1x12 combo and then a early Fender Vibro Champ with the D.O.D. 250...
    Later pedals I wish I kept were the Boss DD-2 , Ibanez chorus, Dunlop Cry Baby, Dunlop Envelope Filter.
    These days if I play at all... I plug into my ADA Rocket 10 watt 1x12 tube combo with no pedals...