I'll be honest, I realized half way through that I just defaulted to whatever color the most common Boss pedal was. ie. Distortion, orange. Chorus, blue. Starting playing in the late 80s, Boss defined pedals or effects to me I guess.
I could never use boss pedals.. there are many other companies that have art on the pedals.. boss obviously sound good but I'm not inspired when i look at em..maybe I'm crazy
I'm the same, although with some exceptions: Phasers should be orange (MXR Phase 90), Tubey overdrives green (Ibanez TS9) except for the Boss Blues Driver of course. Definately baby blue fir chorus, any other color seems weird! Dark grey Metal pedals or Reverb.
MXR had an orange distortion too. Ibanez screwed it all up with the bright green tube screamer. I thought distortion/orange, overdrive/yellow, chorus/blue, delay should be green I think. MXR Carbon Copy is dark green sparkle (cool!) and the analog delay in the 70s was green. Fuzz, I agree, is silver (or bare metal). EHX has a silver fuzz, so does Boss, and most Fuzz Faces in the round case are silver (I thought)
Please, make a Tears for Fears pedal. Two circuits in one box: “Tears” on footswitch 1 and “Fears” on switch 2. It’s obvious that this should be a thing that exists.
Having been involved in something like this at NAMM a few years ago people with synesthesia don't always agree on colour/sound combos. With a guitar flanger is pinky purple and reverb feels like a speckled white/pale blue. Those are the only ones I think all 5 agreed on. The majority thought echo felt silver/grey (the more open the EQ is the shinier and sharper it feels) but different sound sources muddy the waters a lot. To me most distortion effects are mostly in the red/orange/brown spectrum when subtle, but it changes to green,gold or yellow as more is dialled in. Other people saw them as black, dark red or always green and one of the girls said she tasted rust.. So it's a weird thing.
@@Gainn A decent Flanger is definitely deep purple-pink gradient. And tape delay is definitely silver/tungsten. Reverbs are so varied in tone and response that you would have to be more specific. Spring reverbs can be army-green or a silvery-white. Halls are mainly dark grey/brown. Rooms are white/blonde/pine. Plate reverbs are generally a pleasant variety of greys.
There are always exceptions but generally... • ODs/Dist/Fuzz "Warm" colours. • Modulation "Cool" colours. • Time/Space Neutral colours. But as someone that has designed graphics on pedals, the name of the pedal can equally influence the colour.
I pretty much associate all my color/effect connections with the first one's I bought. Chorus... light blue (Boss CE-2). Phaser... green (Boss). Flanger... Purple (Boss). Distortion... Yellow/brownish (MXR Distortion +). Overdrive... Yellow (Boss OD). Delay... White-ish (Boss delays). Pretty much Boss ruled my color/effect associations.
To me are: distortion - red, overdrive - green, fuzz - dark metalic, chorus - light blue, booster - white, delay - light metalic, blues driver - blue, high gain distortion - black, phaser - orange, vintage distortion or high gain overdrive - yellow.
on some future episode, hopefully: "So on today´s episode we are gona build a pedalboard with only great PINK pedals. It will be the first episode of the monochromatic pedalboard series."
Your channel is hilarious, informative, illuminating and entertaining.... and now I've seen more of your pedal room, it also appears that you are broadcasting from possibly the most incredible guitar FX room in the history of .... well, guitar effects. Rooms. Guitar FX rooms. Can we have a tour of the shelves please guys?
I may have done this before, but: Distortion: Red (aggressive; also my fave is the Danelectro Fab). Phaser: Orange (swirl of red and yellow). Delay: White. I have no idea why. Fuzz: Unfinished. The original effect. Compression: I get the orange, but for me, I think brown. Maybe my old Digitech, which I wish I still had. Chorus: Cool and pale. Backgroundy, like the sky. And then, ironically, you release a line of pedals that are all white.
Agreed. I appreciate the dichotomy in Josh’s opinions but Nick’s choices speak more to the everyday users (like me) mentality. His sincere energy is always a great addition to Josh’s dry comic delivery.
No shit, I had the exact same reaction. I was literally stunned. Then to see that there were MORE pedals in the drawers as well?!?!?! It's scary to think how many pedals are in that room alone.
Nice one! It’s clear that our color choices are strongly linked to whichever effect pedal first made a big impression on us! Truth is, often it was a Boss pedal...
Overdrive: Yellow or Green (depending on what style obviously), Distortion: Red, Phaser: Orange, Delay: White/Grey(or silver indeed), Compressor: Black or blue, Reverb: Grey, blue or black (white or blue LED), Flanger: Purple, Chorus: Blue. I took some out of Boss' category, some of what I have on the floor based on either Led color with the corresponding footswitch or box color. Gonna agree with bare metal for Fuzzes cause Big Muff
Since you’ve covered the psychology of color with effects, what about exploring the idea of why we’re attracted to pedals and amps that are described by associating them with food qualities? For example, creamy overdrive or syrupy chorus. I think that would be an interesting discussion.
Jhs has an episode about guitar buzz words. And I think it has a little bit of this subject on it
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Both associations (musical impressions with certain colors or food) has to do with a general basic ability of humans to a psychological phenomenon called "synesthesia". Reed more about it and you understand the relation. Greetings, Andreas (guitarist & psychologist, M. sc.)
@ Is Synesthesia something that everybody has at an extremely small degree except for those with full on sensory hallucinations from it? I thought the food association has something to do with the basic lack of knowledge of musical or audio terminology. So people then use what they know to describe their perception of it. Like an overdrive being chewy or beefy. I often describe tones like SRV as juicy but know that it has something to do with the bouncy bass response and clear top end (like dropping a big stone into water? I guess that has a similar audio profile). But you're the psychologist so you would know better than me on this!
@@jsullivan2112 You are talking about two sides of th same coin. Synesthesia is the sensual process. Conditioning is the learning process. Different neuronal areas. Greetings!
Imma get my thoughts out: color and what pedal i would've picked up Distortion: Black. The first Distortion Box i stumbled across was the Digitech Metal Master back when i started playing guitar Phaser: Orange. MXR Phase90 duuuuuuuuuuuuuuh xD Delay: Hwhite. For the clean repeats i get. Also my first Delay was a Boss DD-5 Fuzz: Golden. Lots of Energy and massively radiant like the sun u kno. Analogman Sunface Compression: Silver. I think of it as a refinement of the guitars sound. Precious in a way. Keeley 4Knob-Comp Chorus: Blue. Kind of moody sounds, thinking of Nirvanas "Come as you are". MXR Analog Chorus Extras: Overdrive: Green. Maxon Od-9 Flange: Purple. Vibey and fun but can get crazy. Boss BF-2 Reverb: Dark Blue. Spacey. Strymon Big Sky
@Nathan Lange using your real name on youtube to comment shit on people who took their time to make a valuable contribution to the comments while using >
I don't tend to think of effects and colours. A good presentation is necessary in the market place, but I don't care that much about presentation myself. The timbre the pedal brings to the party is everything to me.
I think a lot of it has to do with your first version of the pedal or one you saw. Distortion - Black/Orange, HM-2 Phaser - Green, PH-2 Delay - Silver/Metallic? DD-2 Fuzz - Red, Fuzz Face Compression - Blue, Boss CS... Chorus - Light Blue, CE-2 You didn't do Flanger but mine is Pink, HF-2 & Tremolo Green, Rocktron Surf Tremolo.
Distortion - Black, because of the Rat like you mentioned Phaser - Green, because the Boss phaser was the first like "radical" effect I played with when first learning, and it made me think of like aliens and stuff so yeah lol Delay - Like a pale blue, and I'm not even sure why lol I guess I think of the sky or a river with delay Fuzz - Purple/Maroon, I guess because of Hendrix's song Purple Haze, but also Orange because of Smashing Pumpkins and my Big Muff Op-amp Compression - I guess I think less of a color, and more of like.. Glass, because it's like looking through a camera lens that either clarifies some of the sounds or alters the shape of the instrument like a fish eye lens Chorus - Blue, I immediately think of the Boss chorus
Those power chords @4:43 are why the DS-1 has sold million of copies Distortion: Red Phaser: Aqua Blue/green Delay: White Fuzz: Silver (Bare Metal) Compression: Orange Chorus: Blue
Distortion: Brown/Red Phaser: Purple with blue sparkles Delay: Green/Blue Fuzz: Purple (dark and velvety) Compression: Gray Chorus: Blue (light) What a cool exercise! I didn't really care about history in this one, just the colors that mostly pop into my mind when listening to those type of sounds.
A future episode should definitely be some color coordinated pedal board choices. Josh already has green/orange. I'd like to see an all purple pedal board if it's possible.
I tend to see drives like a sunset RED: distortion ORANGE: fuzz YELLOW: overdrive PURPLE: phaser/univibe (psychedelic) BLUE: chorus (ocean) LIGHT BLUE: Flanger (sky) SILVER: tremolo (like a working on machine) WHITE: compressor (more feel than color) BLACK: delay (think space) BROWN: reverb (like a cave)
@@omriefrat4877 Man I actually tought phaser on pink and vibe on purple! Very interesting the concept of reverb on white, so maybe shimmer should be gold like heavens gate...
Delay color for me was really dark gray/black because of the Boss Delay Machine (DM-1) I bought as my first delay pedal. Made me feel old. And yeah, I do wish I’d kept it.
As someone who is pretty new to the pedal world, I found it interesting that I always agreed with one of you on the colors. I get most of my opinions of effect colors from vsts
Distortion is a lot of colors. It depends on kinda the tone, like a really scooped tone is dark blue, almost like the sky during dusk, but something like Sabbath Vol. 4 is a bright yellow (like on the cover of volume 4). And something a little more modern sounding with more mids is a grey color, not white not black but grey. something like a master of puppets (which is scooped but not very bassy ) is a bright white. Phaser is blue. That’s a fact. Delay is tweed, cuz i get a jazzy feeling from it idk. fuzz is dark blue, don’t ask me why. Compression is light blue. i feel light light blue is a soft color and it would be brought up in a mix
Yeah it's honestly a super deep world to get into and I'm a cheapo lol, I got the Eno bmf fuzz because it sounded like a pretty solid big muff clone from the demos I've heard and I'm saving up for a zoom ms70 for ALL the modulation needs
- Silver... I don't remember any silver distortion pedal, but silver in my head equals good distortion - Reverb is definitely blue... I do not even hear other opinions here. - Delay is White. A pure white - Compression is orange - Pulp N' Squeeze is the incarnation of that color. - Flanger is green... - Phaser is wine red - Chorus is purple - Black is that good overdrive that you love. That is black, that goes with everything. - Vibe ( my favorite effect) changes color. It depends of the rest. It is a shiftier.... It pulses with the rest
Brown to Black for Distortion and Overdrives, Gray & black for Fuzz, Light blue or Purple & Green for Chorus, Dark blue for Delay, Dark Pink or Orange for Phaser, Purple for Flanger, Sirver or Sea blue for Compressor, Dark green for Reverb, Light Pink for Pitch Shifter.
I am so late to the party, but here goes: Distortion - black Phaser - red or orange Delay - white Fuzz - grey/metal Compression - blue or black Chorus - light blue (the color of my TC Electronic Afterglow, yellow, drives me insane even though it sounds lovely)
@@dddd717 One of my flangers is silver and pink, and the other is all black. As far as fuzz goes, whatever color a Big Muff comes in works for me. Though I wish EHX would make a fuzz chorus pedal that gets those "cold" 1980s chorus tones and call it a Smooth Muff.
This was insane. Not only did I have an INSTANT colour identifier for each effect, I absolutely cannot fathom how anybody would see these effects in a different colour to the point where it's almost insulting. Distortion is Orange. Phaser is faded green. Delay is gold. Fuzz is black. Compressor is white. Chorus is blue. Flanger is purple. Overdrive is green. And man I will fight you if you say otherwise.
I'm a long time Line6 user soooo Distortion - light orange/dark yellow Modulation FX - differtent shades of blue and purple Delay - Green Reverb - dark orange Compression - yellow
Distortion is yellow Phaser is light green Delay is purple Fuzz is light blue sparkle Compressor is white Chorus is light blue or turquoise And... Tremolo is dark green Reverb is brown Wah wah is black Overdrive is red
For me... Distortion: Red (if, Overdrive: Green because 808) Phaser: Orange (Phase 90, come on) Delay: Green (Line 6 DL4, even though I never owned it) Fuzz: Ocean Blue (Fuzz Face) Compression: Silver (Cali 76, again never owned it) Chorus: Light Blue (Boss CE, MXR) Not covered: Reverb: Blue (Bluesky) Boost/Pre-amp: Silver or White (Klon Centaur, RC Booster)
I've always loved the whole colors for effects idea so I loved this video. Mine are like this. Distortion - Orange. The classic DS-1 Phaser - Alien Green. Phasers have always sounded alien to me. Delay - White. Same idea as Nick had. Fuzz - Bare, Copper, or Dark Orange. When I think of Fuzz I think rust. Compressor - Red. Classic DynaComp Chorus - Deep Blue. Chorus reminds me of the deep blue ocean. And for a couple others not mentioned Reverb - Sky Blue. Big sky. Flanger - Purple. Not sure why, but purple. Wah/Filter - Also Purple? EQ - Yellow Tremolo - Turquoise Overdrive - Green
Alright I know I'm like 10years late but thought this was fun so I gave it a whack: Distortion: orange - DS1 - orange is vibrant and in your face. Phaser: pink/purple - Strymon's Zelzah - purple is psychedelic and dreamy. Delay: white - DD3, Earthquaker's Dispatch Master - white is open and spacious like a blank room echoing forever. But delay is also green, lol. Line 6's DL4 and MXR's Carbon Copy are classic delays echoing throughout a forest of green. Fuzz: bare metal - Big Muff - bare metal is raw and OG. Just down to the basics as fuzz is the most basic effect. Comp: orange - Pulp 'N Peel, Strymon's OB1 - cornerstone pedals for me in the realm of compression; squeezing out tone and making something delicious. Chorus: blue - CE2, MXR analogue chorus - chorus is very ripple-y like water to me.
My Colours Distortion = Orange - Boss DS1 was the first ever distortion pedal i saw. The black of a RAT does come to mind, But orange stands out Phaser = Green and Orange. Boss, again, and later the MXR Phase 90 Delay = White and Blue - White for Boss again, but blue because of my TCE Flashback Fuzz = silverish/Grey - the first Fuzz i saw was the silver\grey fuzz face Compression = Blue - Boss...Again... Chorus = Light blue - Boss...Boss CE-5
Good vid! For me it goes: Distortion=black Phaser=green cuz of boss Delay=white Fuzz=brown Compression=red(just cuz my first comp was red lol) Chorus=sky blue because of Boss Flanger=purple all the way OD=yellow
Boss and Line 6 have had a deep impact in our minds regarding how effects should look like and which color we associate them with. The Helix user interface respects the long trayectory of their original pedal effects. And Boss green phasers, violet flangers, light blue choruses, white noise gates, black high gain distortions, grey delays, blue compressors and brown reverbs have been a classic that I hope last forever. I own both the Helix and 15 boss pedals... They are a wonderful combination.
Of course sounds are colors in our heads when we stop to think about it. So are emotions. We see red when angry, get the blues, etc. DIstortion is silver by the way, like static that softens and brightens with intensity. Phaser is purple people, a big mound of grape jelly wobbling in weird ways. Delay is blue but every shade from pale to dark. Fuzz is gray, like my brain trying to deal with our world.
Music is emotion and colors and design triggers emotions. So you are god damn right I'm going to buy a lot of pedals from EarthQuaker Devices and Walrus Audio (and JHS, of course)
Loved this idea! Very curious! Do bass players think of the same colours as guitar players? Do european, japanese or american brands use the same colours for the same effects? For me! I'll put the colours and the brand i associate with Wah - black (with silver) Vox Booster - white (sometimes grey) tc electronic, xotic, mxr Distortion - yellow, mxr (and orange, boss) Overdrive - green, ibanez/maxon Compressor - red, mxr Reverb - red (major due to hall of fame tc electronic) Delay and echo - blue, akai, tc electronic, seymor duncan (and even when brands use white it has blue waves) Phaser - orange (mxr) Flanger - purple (boss) Fuzz - red or grey (dunlop & ehx Noise gate: black or blue (tc electronic, ehx, mxr & rocktron hush)
My Pedal Colors: Distortion - Orange, no doubt. Phaser - Light Green, for sure. Delay - Light Blue, just like shallow clean water. Fuzz - Bare Metal, just like Nick said. Compression - Black, like most technology devices. Chorus - Dark Blue, like deep water opposed to Delay's shallow-watery light blue
Distortion: black Phaser: grey, silver Fuzz: green Delay: light blue Flanger: violet Overdrive: yellow, orange Reverb: black Chorus: white Wah: black Compressor: red
Spent ages on this, so I hope Josh reads it 😁 My (very wine connoisseur sounding) colour perceptions of effects: Distortion - Brown/Black. Hard to decide, but it's a dark colour to me, but one that's also non- distinct. It's a dark night drinking in the woods. Phaser/Flange - Orange. I always feel phase evokes the mental image of a sunset to me, and all the bright tints of orange that has. Delay - Blue. Makes me think of the sky, or vast salt flat deserts. Vast wilderness type terrains. Also outer space to an extent with Neptune etc. Fuzz - Silver/bare metal. I'd agree with Nick here. Fuzz feels like something very raw and unadorned. Like a chainsaw or a rusty old abandoned factory you go urbexing in. Compression - White. While compression does indeed colour sounds, I feel its white because it seems neutral, doesn't get in the way. It's an office window vibe to me. Octave/Pitch Shift - red. Definitely red. Like a tube amp running hot enough to see the tubes inside burning, or a furnace with bright flames. Reverb - Yellow/Green. Reverb comes across to me as something brights, especially spring reverb, which I would say is yellow in particular. It's like the middle of the day during heat wave in a rural area. Chorus - Dark blue. I think Chorus always makes me think of being underwater, or hearing a river nearby. It's that trickling sound. Kinda sickly but also nostalgic. As for a Weezer colour? Pinkerton, I guess. IDK, I'm not really into Weezer much. Anyway, those are my colour perceptions. Would love to know if anyone else feels the same.
Distortion Orange Phaser Orange /green Delay white + teal or pink fuzz metal enclosure Compression Red Chorus purple/blue Overdrive yellow, Pitch shifter red Tuner black ir white Reverb blue
Bass player... color is not really important to me. Most of my pedals are black, blue, or gray/silver. But I do tend to relate colors for certain effects based on classic pedals. Like black for the sans amp bass driver, green for the old big green muffs, white for delay because the first delay I owned was the dd-3, blue for chorus because I think watery, orange for phase because of the phase 90. But in the end I buy pedals because of how they sound not how they look
I picked white for delay, blue for phaser, distortion green, fuzz orange, compression black, chorus pink. I tried to type and go back. Anyways i did not do these in order but i tried. Thanks guys for the entertainment i love it.
If a chorus pedal isn’t some shade of blue/violet, I can’t trust it
Tc corona chorus prove your argument
Try a boss CE-1
Mine is like green-ish, so like ok-ish
I feel the same way about orange phasers.
MXR Stereo Chorus. Fight me.
Conspiracy theory: Pedalbot 5000 is actually the bassist.
The 5000 is too smart and sarcastic to be a Bass Player. Come on man.
Seriously, this episode came out the day after i got my indoor color correcting glasses (I am severely colorblind!)....what luck!
Do the glasses help correct the sounds of the pedals too? 🤔
That's awesome dude!
I'll be honest, I realized half way through that I just defaulted to whatever color the most common Boss pedal was. ie. Distortion, orange. Chorus, blue. Starting playing in the late 80s, Boss defined pedals or effects to me I guess.
same here, whatever color Boss pedals are ,thats the color that comes to mind when thinking of an effect
yup, like "reddish -coca cola -christmas"
I could never use boss pedals.. there are many other companies that have art on the pedals.. boss obviously sound good but I'm not inspired when i look at em..maybe I'm crazy
I'm the same, although with some exceptions: Phasers should be orange (MXR Phase 90), Tubey overdrives green (Ibanez TS9) except for the Boss Blues Driver of course. Definately baby blue fir chorus, any other color seems weird! Dark grey Metal pedals or Reverb.
MXR had an orange distortion too. Ibanez screwed it all up with the bright green tube screamer. I thought distortion/orange, overdrive/yellow, chorus/blue, delay should be green I think. MXR Carbon Copy is dark green sparkle (cool!) and the analog delay in the 70s was green. Fuzz, I agree, is silver (or bare metal). EHX has a silver fuzz, so does Boss, and most Fuzz Faces in the round case are silver (I thought)
Please, make a Tears for Fears pedal. Two circuits in one box: “Tears” on footswitch 1 and “Fears” on switch 2. It’s obvious that this should be a thing that exists.
Tears = Vibrato, Fears= Octave Fuzz?
Tears or fears
Tears _or Fears
Octave effect should be marked " head over heels"
Combined Chorus and some low overdrive with Colour.
The only objective idea in the world is that flanger is purple
*PERIOD*
I 100% support this.
Retweet.
Makes sense... Flangers sound like flurple.
Flange is yellow or brown for me
I always think red for flanger, yellow is fuzz, green is overdrive, yellow/orange is distortion, blue is tremolo
The production quality today on point
BUT WHERE THAT BASS PEDALS EPISODE
How can I like this twice
JHS secretly hates bass players. I've accused them of this in the past and they denied it. But the evidence speaks for itself.
Josh once said that a good guitare pedal must be good for bass too... but it's a lie.
Y’all need to get someone with synesthesia to do this. That would be even cooler
Having been involved in something like this at NAMM a few years ago people with synesthesia don't always agree on colour/sound combos.
With a guitar flanger is pinky purple and reverb feels like a speckled white/pale blue. Those are the only ones I think all 5 agreed on. The majority thought echo felt silver/grey (the more open the EQ is the shinier and sharper it feels) but different sound sources muddy the waters a lot.
To me most distortion effects are mostly in the red/orange/brown spectrum when subtle, but it changes to green,gold or yellow as more is dialled in. Other people saw them as black, dark red or always green and one of the girls said she tasted rust.. So it's a weird thing.
@@Gainn A decent Flanger is definitely deep purple-pink gradient. And tape delay is definitely silver/tungsten. Reverbs are so varied in tone and response that you would have to be more specific. Spring reverbs can be army-green or a silvery-white. Halls are mainly dark grey/brown. Rooms are white/blonde/pine. Plate reverbs are generally a pleasant variety of greys.
I’d volunteer. I mix up colors, notes, letters and all Kinds of other stuff. But I’ve also suffered a lot
Of head trauma.
I haven’t even started watching yet, but chorus is either light blue or lavender. This is the objective truth because I say so
Periwinkle
Agree... Chorus couldn't be any other colour
except the Boss CE-1 was kinda grayish
I know a friend who got tired of people asking him about the pedals on his board so he painted them all the same color blue.
Brilliant!!!
Why is talking shop with dudes at gigs the most tiring thing ever?
now if he used the series 3 pedals Josh has done that all for him.
@@ianglencross :)
Wouldn't that make them ask more?
This episode...!!! Pedalbot 5000, an SG, Josh on drums, the "room" reveal, Nick on guitar! Too cool!
There are always exceptions but generally...
• ODs/Dist/Fuzz "Warm" colours.
• Modulation "Cool" colours.
• Time/Space Neutral colours.
But as someone that has designed graphics on pedals, the name of the pedal can equally influence the colour.
I pretty much associate all my color/effect connections with the first one's I bought. Chorus... light blue (Boss CE-2). Phaser... green (Boss). Flanger... Purple (Boss). Distortion... Yellow/brownish (MXR Distortion +). Overdrive... Yellow (Boss OD). Delay... White-ish (Boss delays). Pretty much Boss ruled my color/effect associations.
To me are: distortion - red, overdrive - green, fuzz - dark metalic, chorus - light blue, booster - white, delay - light metalic, blues driver - blue, high gain distortion - black, phaser - orange, vintage distortion or high gain overdrive - yellow.
on some future episode, hopefully: "So on today´s episode we are gona build a pedalboard with only great PINK pedals. It will be the first episode of the monochromatic pedalboard series."
Your channel is hilarious, informative, illuminating and entertaining.... and now I've seen more of your pedal room, it also appears that you are broadcasting from possibly the most incredible guitar FX room in the history of .... well, guitar effects.
Rooms.
Guitar FX rooms.
Can we have a tour of the shelves please guys?
Me: kind of a weird episode subject but ok
Also me: delay is NOT green what is wrong with you?
I'm amazed everyone is saying white. To me it's a sky blue vibe.
Yello (yield)
I may have done this before, but:
Distortion: Red (aggressive; also my fave is the Danelectro Fab).
Phaser: Orange (swirl of red and yellow).
Delay: White. I have no idea why.
Fuzz: Unfinished. The original effect.
Compression: I get the orange, but for me, I think brown. Maybe my old Digitech, which I wish I still had.
Chorus: Cool and pale. Backgroundy, like the sky.
And then, ironically, you release a line of pedals that are all white.
And Nick absolutely NAILED his arguments, agreed with him big time (y)
I was looking for this comment. Totally agreed with him
Nick doesn't know colours!! Fire him immediately!! ;)
@@richjohn2497 plot twist: Nick is daltonic 🤔 or not
@@ahamsoueu er ... possibly? ... but i do not know what that word means in all honesty?... so all i can say is a solid .. maybe....... :)
Agreed. I appreciate the dichotomy in Josh’s opinions but Nick’s choices speak more to the everyday users (like me) mentality. His sincere energy is always a great addition to Josh’s dry comic delivery.
4:27 Distortion Jam
7:01 Phaser Jam
10:35 Delay Jam
13:12 Fuzz Jam
16:26 Compressor Jam
19:09 Chorus Jam
I thought that was the only pedal wall but when the camera panned the whole room...holy macro
No shit, I had the exact same reaction. I was literally stunned. Then to see that there were MORE pedals in the drawers as well?!?!?! It's scary to think how many pedals are in that room alone.
Same here. What the hell?! :D
You probably thought Josh's near breakdowns every time he discusses a pedal he doesn't have were a joke, didn't you?
wyssmaster nah, I always thought they were genuine
My question is, how does Josh manages to purchase all these pedals!
Nice one! It’s clear that our color choices are strongly linked to whichever effect pedal first made a big impression on us! Truth is, often it was a Boss pedal...
Josh on drums!? That's a first (for me at least) COOL
brilliant!
distortion: black or orange
phaser: grey or blue
delay: white
fuzz: brown
compression: beige or terracota
chorus: blue
Now this. This is the Quality content I’m subscribed for
Overdrive: Yellow or Green (depending on what style obviously), Distortion: Red, Phaser: Orange, Delay: White/Grey(or silver indeed), Compressor: Black or blue, Reverb: Grey, blue or black (white or blue LED), Flanger: Purple, Chorus: Blue. I took some out of Boss' category, some of what I have on the floor based on either Led color with the corresponding footswitch or box color. Gonna agree with bare metal for Fuzzes cause Big Muff
Since you’ve covered the psychology of color with effects, what about exploring the idea of why we’re attracted to pedals and amps that are described by associating them with food qualities? For example, creamy overdrive or syrupy chorus. I think that would be an interesting discussion.
Jhs has an episode about guitar buzz words. And I think it has a little bit of this subject on it
Both associations (musical impressions with certain colors or food) has to do with a general basic ability of humans to a psychological phenomenon called "synesthesia". Reed more about it and you understand the relation.
Greetings,
Andreas (guitarist & psychologist, M. sc.)
@ Is Synesthesia something that everybody has at an extremely small degree except for those with full on sensory hallucinations from it? I thought the food association has something to do with the basic lack of knowledge of musical or audio terminology. So people then use what they know to describe their perception of it. Like an overdrive being chewy or beefy.
I often describe tones like SRV as juicy but know that it has something to do with the bouncy bass response and clear top end (like dropping a big stone into water? I guess that has a similar audio profile). But you're the psychologist so you would know better than me on this!
Frozen cardboard noise gate?
@@jsullivan2112 You are talking about two sides of th same coin. Synesthesia is the sensual process. Conditioning is the learning process. Different neuronal areas. Greetings!
Delay to me is white because my DOD Rubberneck is white! That thing can do just about any delay sound you could ever want! Awesome pedal!
J: “Are you alright?”
N:“Yeah I almost died”
That room is much bigger than I expected, and also has even more pedals than I could have imagined in it! 😳
Yo make pedalbot say “Fitter, happier”
Also, I like Nick’s KC hat.
More productive
Distortion: Orange/red
Phaser: Lime Green
Delay: Magenta (?)
Fuzz: Black
Compressor: Dark Blue
Chorus: Light Blue
Imma get my thoughts out: color and what pedal i would've picked up
Distortion: Black. The first Distortion Box i stumbled across was the Digitech Metal Master back when i started playing guitar
Phaser: Orange. MXR Phase90 duuuuuuuuuuuuuuh xD
Delay: Hwhite. For the clean repeats i get. Also my first Delay was a Boss DD-5
Fuzz: Golden. Lots of Energy and massively radiant like the sun u kno. Analogman Sunface
Compression: Silver. I think of it as a refinement of the guitars sound. Precious in a way. Keeley 4Knob-Comp
Chorus: Blue. Kind of moody sounds, thinking of Nirvanas "Come as you are". MXR Analog Chorus
Extras:
Overdrive: Green. Maxon Od-9
Flange: Purple. Vibey and fun but can get crazy. Boss BF-2
Reverb: Dark Blue. Spacey. Strymon Big Sky
@Nathan Lange using your real name on youtube to comment shit on people who took their time to make a valuable contribution to the comments while using
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I don't tend to think of effects and colours. A good presentation is necessary in the market place, but I don't care that much about presentation myself. The timbre the pedal brings to the party is everything to me.
@Nathan Lange just delete yourself
I think a lot of it has to do with your first version of the pedal or one you saw.
Distortion - Black/Orange, HM-2
Phaser - Green, PH-2
Delay - Silver/Metallic? DD-2
Fuzz - Red, Fuzz Face
Compression - Blue, Boss CS...
Chorus - Light Blue, CE-2
You didn't do Flanger but mine is Pink, HF-2 & Tremolo Green, Rocktron Surf Tremolo.
Distortion: BLUE
Phaser: BLUE
Delay: BLUE
Fuzz: BLUE
Compression: BLUE
Chorus: BLUE
Agreed
Is your guitar and amp also blue? Da ba de da ba die?
You’re mad man
Haha. I think I have a green overdrive, green compressor, green phaser and green fuzz. But black and blue guitars.
Daba-dee daba-die
Scary, I went the same as Nick on every pedal. That said I think you should do a JHS "50 shreds of green" range of pedals 😉
Delays - green
Modulation - blue
Reverb - orange
Distortion - yellow
Weird stuff - pink
Line6 M9 style 😂
Distortion - Black, because of the Rat like you mentioned
Phaser - Green, because the Boss phaser was the first like "radical" effect I played with when first learning, and it made me think of like aliens and stuff so yeah lol
Delay - Like a pale blue, and I'm not even sure why lol I guess I think of the sky or a river with delay
Fuzz - Purple/Maroon, I guess because of Hendrix's song Purple Haze, but also Orange because of Smashing Pumpkins and my Big Muff Op-amp
Compression - I guess I think less of a color, and more of like.. Glass, because it's like looking through a camera lens that either clarifies some of the sounds or alters the shape of the instrument like a fish eye lens
Chorus - Blue, I immediately think of the Boss chorus
Josh playing drums with a scarf on just made me loose it! 🤣
Those power chords @4:43 are why the DS-1 has sold million of copies
Distortion: Red
Phaser: Aqua Blue/green
Delay: White
Fuzz: Silver (Bare Metal)
Compression: Orange
Chorus: Blue
i think this would be cooler in reverse show a cooler and you say what effect you think it is
smashallpots yep because then he couldn’t choose the same colors for diff effects.
Probably why you don't have a successful TH-cam channel. Or pedal company, for that matter.
Yeti's are definitely line6 multieffect units. Ulines are flange and a bit into chorus.
Igloo is hard clipping distortion only
@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 youre kind of a dick
Like Igloo or Yeti?
Distortion: Brown/Red
Phaser: Purple with blue sparkles
Delay: Green/Blue
Fuzz: Purple (dark and velvety)
Compression: Gray
Chorus: Blue (light)
What a cool exercise! I didn't really care about history in this one, just the colors that mostly pop into my mind when listening to those type of sounds.
Distortion: red
Phaser: orange
Delay: blue
Fuzz: bare metal
Compression: red
Chorus: yellow
For me it’s
Overdrive: yellow
Distortion: black
Fuzz: metal
Phaser: orange
Delay: light blue or white
Chorus: blue
Flanger: purple
A future episode should definitely be some color coordinated pedal board choices. Josh already has green/orange. I'd like to see an all purple pedal board if it's possible.
I tend to see drives like a sunset
RED: distortion
ORANGE: fuzz
YELLOW: overdrive
PURPLE: phaser/univibe (psychedelic)
BLUE: chorus (ocean)
LIGHT BLUE: Flanger (sky)
SILVER: tremolo (like a working on machine)
WHITE: compressor (more feel than color)
BLACK: delay (think space)
BROWN: reverb (like a cave)
I mostly agree,
Reverb must be White - like heaven
Phaser is Pink - like candy
@@omriefrat4877 Man I actually tought phaser on pink and vibe on purple! Very interesting the concept of reverb on white, so maybe shimmer should be gold like heavens gate...
get out of my brain dude
I completely agree that a Phaser is the PH-1 green. But, that may also be because my PH-1 is exactly that green.
The more important question: to drum with or without a scarf
it's probably a towel to prevent his stress sweating over how long it's taking him to make the Sovtek episode
Neither, a collar and tie.
Delay color for me was really dark gray/black because of the Boss Delay Machine (DM-1) I bought as my first delay pedal. Made me feel old. And yeah, I do wish I’d kept it.
Distortion: red
Phaser: orange
Delay: green
Fuzz: grey/black
Compression: orange
Chorus: every shade between light blue and light green
As someone who is pretty new to the pedal world, I found it interesting that I always agreed with one of you on the colors. I get most of my opinions of effect colors from vsts
Me one year ago: this is a cool Channel but I worried that Josh might run out of topics.
Josh Scott:😂😂😂
Distortion is a lot of colors. It depends on kinda the tone, like a really scooped tone is dark blue, almost like the sky during dusk, but something like Sabbath Vol. 4 is a bright yellow (like on the cover of volume 4). And something a little more modern sounding with more mids is a grey color, not white not black but grey. something like a master of puppets (which is scooped but not very bassy ) is a bright white.
Phaser is blue. That’s a fact.
Delay is tweed, cuz i get a jazzy feeling from it idk.
fuzz is dark blue, don’t ask me why.
Compression is light blue. i feel light light blue is a soft color and it would be brought up in a mix
I just got my first 5 pedals and been binge watching these
Bro same he put me on I been on a wild streak since July
@@t1n670 yeah I'm looking into a fuzz and a phaser atm but there's so many other pedals I feel like I need
Yeah it's honestly a super deep world to get into and I'm a cheapo lol, I got the Eno bmf fuzz because it sounded like a pretty solid big muff clone from the demos I've heard and I'm saving up for a zoom ms70 for ALL the modulation needs
@@t1n670 thats dope! I'll have to check that fuzz pedal out lol it might be what I end up buying
- Silver... I don't remember any silver distortion pedal, but silver in my head equals good distortion
- Reverb is definitely blue... I do not even hear other opinions here.
- Delay is White. A pure white
- Compression is orange - Pulp N' Squeeze is the incarnation of that color.
- Flanger is green...
- Phaser is wine red
- Chorus is purple
- Black is that good overdrive that you love. That is black, that goes with everything.
- Vibe ( my favorite effect) changes color. It depends of the rest. It is a shiftier.... It pulses with the rest
As a drummer 1st and a guitarist 2nd, I have to say that Josh is a damn fine drummer. Great swing and groove! Props, Josh!
Brown to Black for Distortion and Overdrives, Gray & black for Fuzz, Light blue or Purple & Green for Chorus, Dark blue for Delay, Dark Pink or Orange for Phaser, Purple for Flanger, Sirver or Sea blue for Compressor, Dark green for Reverb, Light Pink for Pitch Shifter.
Sounds a lot like Radiohead’s “fitter happier”.
I am so late to the party, but here goes:
Distortion - black
Phaser - red or orange
Delay - white
Fuzz - grey/metal
Compression - blue or black
Chorus - light blue (the color of my TC Electronic Afterglow, yellow, drives me insane even though it sounds lovely)
Black: distortion
Grey: eq
Blue: chorus
Red: compression
Orange: overdrive
Light blue: delay/echo
EQ. Good Call.
What about fuzz???? Flanger is always purple
@@dddd717 One of my flangers is silver and pink, and the other is all black. As far as fuzz goes, whatever color a Big Muff comes in works for me. Though I wish EHX would make a fuzz chorus pedal that gets those "cold" 1980s chorus tones and call it a Smooth Muff.
@@dddd717 Fuzz has it's own color subcategory.
overdrive could also be green (tube screamer)
This was insane. Not only did I have an INSTANT colour identifier for each effect, I absolutely cannot fathom how anybody would see these effects in a different colour to the point where it's almost insulting.
Distortion is Orange.
Phaser is faded green.
Delay is gold.
Fuzz is black.
Compressor is white.
Chorus is blue.
Flanger is purple.
Overdrive is green.
And man I will fight you if you say otherwise.
I agree with most of your picks even though my own pedals only match you on flanger and OD.
Holy shit there are pedals on every wall.
I'm a long time Line6 user soooo
Distortion - light orange/dark yellow
Modulation FX - differtent shades of blue and purple
Delay - Green
Reverb - dark orange
Compression - yellow
Such a fun episode!!
Here’s mine:
-Black: Distortion
-Orange: Phaser
-White: Delay
-Green: Fuzz
-Blue: Compressor
-Light Blue: Chorus
I am pretty much with you on that list ;-)
Damn im with you just, phaser and fuzz switched!!
Hmmm, black distortion and green fuzz....sounds like a doom metal rig....
Teal blue compression.. Don't you love how they failed using orange twice.
Distortion is yellow
Phaser is light green
Delay is purple
Fuzz is light blue sparkle
Compressor is white
Chorus is light blue or turquoise
And...
Tremolo is dark green
Reverb is brown
Wah wah is black
Overdrive is red
Distortion: Purple (Revv G3)
Phaser: Orange (Phase 90)
Overdrive: Green (Tubescreamer)
Delay: Blue (TC Flashback)
Fuzz: Silver
Compressor: Teal (TC Hypergravity)
Chorus: Teal (TC Dreamscape)
Is it possible to get a pdf of Nick's fuzz solo? I'm asking for a friend.
For me...
Distortion: Red (if, Overdrive: Green because 808)
Phaser: Orange (Phase 90, come on)
Delay: Green (Line 6 DL4, even though I never owned it)
Fuzz: Ocean Blue (Fuzz Face)
Compression: Silver (Cali 76, again never owned it)
Chorus: Light Blue (Boss CE, MXR)
Not covered:
Reverb: Blue (Bluesky)
Boost/Pre-amp: Silver or White (Klon Centaur, RC Booster)
I've always loved the whole colors for effects idea so I loved this video. Mine are like this.
Distortion - Orange. The classic DS-1
Phaser - Alien Green. Phasers have always sounded alien to me.
Delay - White. Same idea as Nick had.
Fuzz - Bare, Copper, or Dark Orange. When I think of Fuzz I think rust.
Compressor - Red. Classic DynaComp
Chorus - Deep Blue. Chorus reminds me of the deep blue ocean.
And for a couple others not mentioned
Reverb - Sky Blue. Big sky.
Flanger - Purple. Not sure why, but purple.
Wah/Filter - Also Purple?
EQ - Yellow
Tremolo - Turquoise
Overdrive - Green
Alright I know I'm like 10years late but thought this was fun so I gave it a whack:
Distortion: orange - DS1 - orange is vibrant and in your face.
Phaser: pink/purple - Strymon's Zelzah - purple is psychedelic and dreamy.
Delay: white - DD3, Earthquaker's Dispatch Master - white is open and spacious like a blank room echoing forever.
But delay is also green, lol. Line 6's DL4 and MXR's Carbon Copy are classic delays echoing throughout a forest of green.
Fuzz: bare metal - Big Muff - bare metal is raw and OG. Just down to the basics as fuzz is the most basic effect.
Comp: orange - Pulp 'N Peel, Strymon's OB1 - cornerstone pedals for me in the realm of compression; squeezing out tone and making something delicious.
Chorus: blue - CE2, MXR analogue chorus - chorus is very ripple-y like water to me.
Interview Devin Townsend about this topic, I would be greatly intrigued what he would have to say!
The AI Box stuff was genuinely funny. I had some good laughs. Thank you Mr JHS.
Yes!
Imagine for a moment that you mistake an antitank mine for a Russian Big Muff!!!
Please EH. paint your Muffs in a standard color.
My Colours
Distortion = Orange - Boss DS1 was the first ever distortion pedal i saw. The black of a RAT does come to mind, But orange stands out
Phaser = Green and Orange. Boss, again, and later the MXR Phase 90
Delay = White and Blue - White for Boss again, but blue because of my TCE Flashback
Fuzz = silverish/Grey - the first Fuzz i saw was the silver\grey fuzz face
Compression = Blue - Boss...Again...
Chorus = Light blue - Boss...Boss CE-5
OD/Distortion/Fuzz: Black
Phaser: Orange
Chorus: green or blue
Flanger: *PURPLE*
Reverb: gray
Delay: white
Compression: red
Tremolo: “baby green”
Good vid! For me it goes:
Distortion=black
Phaser=green cuz of boss
Delay=white
Fuzz=brown
Compression=red(just cuz my first comp was red lol)
Chorus=sky blue because of Boss
Flanger=purple all the way
OD=yellow
Boss and Line 6 have had a deep impact in our minds regarding how effects should look like and which color we associate them with. The Helix user interface respects the long trayectory of their original pedal effects. And Boss green phasers, violet flangers, light blue choruses, white noise gates, black high gain distortions, grey delays, blue compressors and brown reverbs have been a classic that I hope last forever. I own both the Helix and 15 boss pedals... They are a wonderful combination.
Of course sounds are colors in our heads when we stop to think about it. So are emotions. We see red when angry, get the blues, etc. DIstortion is silver by the way, like static that softens and brightens with intensity. Phaser is purple people, a big mound of grape jelly wobbling in weird ways. Delay is blue but every shade from pale to dark. Fuzz is gray, like my brain trying to deal with our world.
I would love an Opposite Day run of pedals: blue distortion, red delay etc. JHS is the company I trust to make something like that.
The dm-2 is a red delay
Salt & Vinegar - Green
Ready Salted - Red
Cheese & Onion - Blue
Smokey Bacon - Maroon
Prawn Cocktail - Yellow
Roast Chicken - Orange
Beef - Brown
Music is emotion and colors and design triggers emotions.
So you are god damn right I'm going to buy a lot of pedals from EarthQuaker Devices and Walrus Audio
(and JHS, of course)
I wouldn't let presentation stop me from buying a pedal. A great pedal is great regardless of it's presentation.
Loved this idea! Very curious! Do bass players think of the same colours as guitar players? Do european, japanese or american brands use the same colours for the same effects?
For me! I'll put the colours and the brand i associate with
Wah - black (with silver) Vox
Booster - white (sometimes grey) tc electronic, xotic, mxr
Distortion - yellow, mxr (and orange, boss)
Overdrive - green, ibanez/maxon
Compressor - red, mxr
Reverb - red (major due to hall of fame tc electronic)
Delay and echo - blue, akai, tc electronic, seymor duncan (and even when brands use white it has blue waves)
Phaser - orange (mxr)
Flanger - purple (boss)
Fuzz - red or grey (dunlop & ehx
Noise gate: black or blue (tc electronic, ehx, mxr & rocktron hush)
The color of distortion = “Dirty” Gold
for me that's overdrive. like a klon gold.
My Pedal Colors:
Distortion - Orange, no doubt.
Phaser - Light Green, for sure.
Delay - Light Blue, just like shallow clean water.
Fuzz - Bare Metal, just like Nick said.
Compression - Black, like most technology devices.
Chorus - Dark Blue, like deep water opposed to Delay's shallow-watery light blue
I’m sorry, I’m just too distracted by Josh’s Tears for Fears tee
distortion: orange
phaser: orange
delay: green (tape-analog) - white (digital)
fuzz: silver
compression: black
chorus: purple
Distortion: red
Phaser: orange
Delay: white
Fuzz: gray
Compression: dark blue
Chorus: light blue
And Booster? black?
@@private8686 could be, like the EP booster
Josh rocking the percussion towel.
Hell yea new video
Distortion: black
Phaser: grey, silver
Fuzz: green
Delay: light blue
Flanger: violet
Overdrive: yellow, orange
Reverb: black
Chorus: white
Wah: black
Compressor: red
Spent ages on this, so I hope Josh reads it 😁 My (very wine connoisseur sounding) colour perceptions of effects:
Distortion - Brown/Black. Hard to decide, but it's a dark colour to me, but one that's also non- distinct. It's a dark night drinking in the woods.
Phaser/Flange - Orange. I always feel phase evokes the mental image of a sunset to me, and all the bright tints of orange that has.
Delay - Blue. Makes me think of the sky, or vast salt flat deserts. Vast wilderness type terrains. Also outer space to an extent with Neptune etc.
Fuzz - Silver/bare metal. I'd agree with Nick here. Fuzz feels like something very raw and unadorned. Like a chainsaw or a rusty old abandoned factory you go urbexing in.
Compression - White. While compression does indeed colour sounds, I feel its white because it seems neutral, doesn't get in the way. It's an office window vibe to me.
Octave/Pitch Shift - red. Definitely red. Like a tube amp running hot enough to see the tubes inside burning, or a furnace with bright flames.
Reverb - Yellow/Green. Reverb comes across to me as something brights, especially spring reverb, which I would say is yellow in particular. It's like the middle of the day during heat wave in a rural area.
Chorus - Dark blue. I think Chorus always makes me think of being underwater, or hearing a river nearby. It's that trickling sound. Kinda sickly but also nostalgic.
As for a Weezer colour? Pinkerton, I guess. IDK, I'm not really into Weezer much. Anyway, those are my colour perceptions. Would love to know if anyone else feels the same.
The background music at 14:49
Hasn’t it been in another JHS video? Sounds soooo familiar!
I honestly always hoped someone would break away from the happy meal toy theme.
Distortion Orange
Phaser Orange /green
Delay white + teal or pink
fuzz metal enclosure
Compression Red
Chorus purple/blue
Overdrive yellow,
Pitch shifter red
Tuner black ir white
Reverb blue
Be careful, Josh. When you go “down the rat hole” you can get bitten.
It's rabbit hole. Delete your account.
Bass player... color is not really important to me. Most of my pedals are black, blue, or gray/silver. But I do tend to relate colors for certain effects based on classic pedals. Like black for the sans amp bass driver, green for the old big green muffs, white for delay because the first delay I owned was the dd-3, blue for chorus because I think watery, orange for phase because of the phase 90. But in the end I buy pedals because of how they sound not how they look
Wow that’s an impressing room. I could spend hours watching a tour of that place. I could spend a week vacation in that room, no two weeks!
Loving the fuzz solo
I was not prepared to see Josh stand up and walk. Wasn't even sure he had legs.
I picked white for delay, blue for phaser, distortion green, fuzz orange, compression black, chorus pink. I tried to type and go back. Anyways i did not do these in order but i tried. Thanks guys for the entertainment i love it.
Distortion: Orange
Phaser: Blood Orange
Delay: Navy/Ocean Blue
Fuzz: Chrome
Compression: White
Chorus: Purple
Ha, I painted all my pedals dark green because I had three cans of it laying around. So now everything sounds deep dark green to me.