I got the same text from John but I didn’t have time to fool with it. I’m glad you helped him out.

@ekw555

Жыл бұрын

I don't have a cell phone, so he gets really annoyed when he tries to text me.

@CelestialDragginDeezNuttz

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@joshualongbottom2252

Жыл бұрын

same but he emailed me. i didnt want to give him my number

@growskull

Жыл бұрын

yeah same, i was busy making a new type of pickup for fripp

@johnpell6867

Жыл бұрын

Damn dude you're lucky you got a text! Freaking John Mayer kept waking me up tapping on my bedroom window wanting to know if some insanely useless pedal was finished yet. I'm glad I know what the fuck he was talkin about now.

When defects become desired effects

@emmettmeehan3331

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, same thing happened with initial distortion. Guitar history seems to be all about finding something broken and digging the sound.

@the-np4mr

Жыл бұрын

Wait until you find out about circuit bending

@jeanlawson9133

Жыл бұрын

Ain't it just ain't it 😎 lols

@desmid

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, really early distortion came from slashing the speaker cone on an amp, iirc

@user-of9ut1hd9q

Жыл бұрын

@@desmid That was literally ONE person and they were trying to replicate the tone of distorted amps of the day. It’s not how distortion in amps began.

That last setting would be way too much fun

@needlenose_

Жыл бұрын

It kinda sounds like a Miku Stomp

@realraven2000

Жыл бұрын

but if I want my guitar to fart??

@kevindecamp9087

Жыл бұрын

@@needlenose_ hahaha yes I was thinking the same thing

@94nolo

Жыл бұрын

It sounded like a wet fart

@Evs78101

Жыл бұрын

@@94nolo which are fun

I used to make volt starves for pedals many years ago..in the 90s we discovered that some chorus ,phasers and flangers would trip out right when the battery died..I was building snd using those 30 years ago..shout out to all the circuit benders!

@Viper-dz2kw

Жыл бұрын

What did that even sound like

John texted me after he picked it up, we jammed for hours!

@Industry-insider

Жыл бұрын

Wow I see how it is, says he’s busy when calling me but has plenty of time when you call

@castleanthrax1833

Жыл бұрын

John told me that he's sick of both you guys bothering him.

@cisummusic22

5 ай бұрын

@@castleanthrax1833really? He told me he was mostly just sick of all the name dropping

I really like how all the way off gives you K.K. Slider mode

"I got a text from John Mayer" Name drop much? 😏

@TheTapMusic

Жыл бұрын

HONK

@jcwoodstl

Жыл бұрын

Do they have a stinger for name dropping?

@randygomez9595

Жыл бұрын

@@jcwoodstl watch, now that you said that, they're gonna make one 😂

@bryanh3057

Жыл бұрын

He said Don Mayer! Not John Mayer 😛

@lessismore74

Жыл бұрын

But it's John Mayer the acclaimed orthodontist.

Man turned a guitar into earthbound noises with two pedals seemingly unrelated to that noise

Terence and Philip love the last setting moist !😂

"I still be hearin' vulture but whatever. Arrrrr!"

Omg this is what I’ve been needing on my pedal board! Couldn’t find my sound.until now. Thank you so much!

I love the extreme sound at the end; actually pretty synthy sounding!

A lot of people huh? HaHa Josh, you're a blast! 😂🎸🎶💯😎

I got a text from John Mayer and I told him to contact you or Keeley - whoever wasn’t too busy, to deal with a request for a “dying battery simulator”.

@angelotro

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, just buy some dying batteries, John, you got the cash. What's next, you want holes in your jeans? C'mon!😁

I got your $99 Series 3 Fuzz which does both the voltage trick and the fuzz trick. 👍🏼 Don’t tell John, he will be over here tomorrow trying to borrow it.

Genuinely been looking for something like this forever!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

It's just a voltage starve. It's one of the first things a lot of builders do.

I LOVE the way this makes my strymon timeline sound like a real vintage tape echo! THANK YOU JHS!!! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

@maxonmendel5757

Жыл бұрын

that can't be good

That last sound was so cool. Sounded like a dusty synth. I'd love to use that in something.

The last one made me laugh so hard

I need that that with expression control please. Having voltage control is closer to true electronic synthesis ala Buchla!!

Great, another pedal that’ll be $900 on Reverb because Josh did a plug. It’s that pedal that no one knew they were missing, but, now, must absolutely have!

That last setting sounds hilarious

Electro Harmonix has this feature on several of their fuzzes and overdrives, and the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power II+ has adjustable jacks, but the on/off footswitch elevates the JHS Volture to a much higher level of creativity and usability. I gotta have it. Kudos!

@TheRealcdawg22

Жыл бұрын

This little device has exponential potential!

@kidwajagstang

Жыл бұрын

I would say if it was also offered as a mini wah form factor instead of using a knob for those that want to change its setting quick on stage, THAT would be a killer option! Not for everyone, hence why I say as a OPTION, but it would make it ideal for those that aren’t going to keep it at a specific setting during a performance.

@TheRealcdawg22

Жыл бұрын

That is a really good idea. Like you said the market for it would be limited but I jus6 so happen to be down with it! It would not be hard to do either. It all depends on what resistance value potentiometer is being used in the Volture and can we find the same resistance value potentiometer that is designed for treadle use. If it is 10kohms, you can just use a common expression pedal. Does anyone know the value of the potentiometer inside the Volture?

@TheRealcdawg22

Жыл бұрын

Expanding on your idea. I am thinking to just add an expression jack to the Volture. Then you can just customize the expression pedal with the matching value potentiometer as the Volture. Or build one fro. parts. I got a great place! Will just need to know the value of that pot. If it's 10k, 25k or 100k, we are in business.

such a simple design... but endlessly useful

eric johnson uses dying betteries for his tone. i want one!

Nice! Certain fuzz pedal makers have issued cool sounding fuzz pedals with a circuit control of the same voltage-starving concept to enable the user to dial-in "spittiness". An off-the-shelf unit like this will enable players to explore applying a "spittiness" control to a whole array of different sounding fuzz pedals! Some fuzz results with great character could be discovered through such mob-exploring!

@castleanthrax1833

Жыл бұрын

Fender "The Trapper" Dual Fuzz has something like this. I don't like it but it's only on one side.

I make this as well. ... handy device! They work really well on old fuzz and treble boosters but are pretty handy for wah pedals too. Our fuzz face variant has this feature built right in

@walterskent

5 ай бұрын

is it as easy as a voltage divider or is it more like an adjustable dc-dc converter?

… just casually dropping a “John Mayer texts me” reference. He has the [name]drops!

@TravisHam

Жыл бұрын

🎶 "Casually name-dropping" 🎶

Thank you so much for sharing and creating this I own a mini fuzz face I'll definitely have to buy one

The MXR isobrick has 2 outputs that you can dial the voltage down (or up) on.

@TheRealcdawg22

Жыл бұрын

It's been done by Voodoo Labs, Electro Harmonix, and others. It's the footswitch that raises the potential for creativity with the Volture.

I really enjoy that you allowed emily the first go at the stuff. I think it was almost a day before you pulished your own Videos. ( i am a bit sick so my times might be off, and i really have no idea who else gets to promote your stuff early, still, pretty nice. :) )

Low volume at the end took me back to grade school, "there's a place in France..."

You can use this idea on EMG active pickups also. They can sound really neat when you cut the voltage to them.

Sounds like frog farts when it’s turned all the way down. Facts.

Turned into a miku stomp at the end there 😂

To be pedantic I think that all birds eat stuff. Not just vultures.

@Paul-dw2cl

Жыл бұрын

I think you’re right, I think that most birds eat stuff

@andrewnbrown

Жыл бұрын

@@Paul-dw2cl Not "most." They literally all do.

@Paul-dw2cl

Жыл бұрын

oh yeah you’re right!

@TheRealcdawg22

Жыл бұрын

​@@andrewnbrown Only the living ones.

@justincoleman3805

Жыл бұрын

They also regurgitate food for their young. So baby birds eat eaten stuff.

That Volture ate that Rat whole🫣

You are really clever … 😅 I love it ❤

Very cool pedal. Can make some amazing fuzz tones.

Wow. It's like a Variac for individual pedals.

This guy is always at the forefront of technology 😂

Now I realize Black Sabbath recorded with a pedal with a dying battery

I want this in an expression pedal

@fishingnorfolk

Жыл бұрын

Buy a flat 9v battery much cheaper

@lepus6511

Жыл бұрын

​@@fishingnorfolk does your 9v battery have a pedal on it?

@castleanthrax1833

Жыл бұрын

​@@fishingnorfolk What happens when the battery FULLY DIES when you're on stage?

@valvenator

Жыл бұрын

​@@castleanthrax1833 I wonder if a resistor would do the same? Isn't that how they bring down the voltage in pedals to operate the LED's?

@castleanthrax1833

Жыл бұрын

@@valvenator I have no idea, but I'm sure you could find the specs for this "pedal", and build your own for a quarter of the price. It's not a new idea. ✌️

Hey a very good and nerdy idea from John Mayer👍and very well implemented by Josh&Co When I think about it, I think, maybe that was the last little thing that was missing in the pedal world... But of course I'm wrong

Behind the late Iron Courtain I had a Vermona (East German) solid state amp. Even as a kid I was so angry because of the wretched sound of it. And some ten years later I have heard the NIN using almost identical distorted sounds, bringing them out from really high end amplifiers. 🙄😀 ( Huge fav anyway.)

Sounded like that rat was going into Sleep mode… 🥹

You have such a dry sense of humor. Love it ! Can't tell if this is satire or not tbh.

Very cool idea

That’s some gamechanger audio ‘plasma pedal’ type shit.

"It's not a bug, it's a feature"

Love it!

Is this a $300 potentiometer?

@neodimium

Жыл бұрын

Probably

Love this idea! I wish I had thought of it

Lol, in and out power slots are so close you can see connectors plugged at an angle pushing on each other. Not for OCD types for sure.

I have one of these that I built but no on/off switch. I'll be honest, it's more of a novelty. I think I played with it for an hour or 2.

That is very clever 👏🏻

I’d love to see this used for the DOD Corrosion Pedal 😵‍💫 Pretty please? 🙃

These work great on the ross compressor with the ca3080

so thats a voltage regulator in a box... Wooow what an invention

The last sound effect sounds like me after beans.

Rapaz! Virei fã do trabalho desse cara! Take a bowl!

So much cool science. Vultures eat stuff 😂.

Mayers playing vultures tonight anyway!!!

PLEASE reissue the blender pedal you once made in the past. I would love to experiment with all the pedals that don"t have a MIX knob. I haven't seen any on the used market for years. This pedal reminded me of it....Thanks.

Damn a little voltage regulator…! Thank you for sharing your idea!!

@jhspedals

Жыл бұрын

🖤

Another brilliant case of American entrepreneurship👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Casual mention of texting with John Mayer

My Pedalfarm F2 Fuzz (tonebender mkII clone) has this feature built in, called the "bias knob". It makes a mean custard pie.

Low voltage fuzz is so cool man. Always makes me think of a dying gameboy or something

Time to make a variable power supply, my guy!

what separates the vulture from other birds and animals is that it eats stuff

I seriously need to start collecting more JHS pedals. I really do highly respect you and I plan to support you more because of it.

I'm old enough to remember the Danelectrode. Bought 1 for me and 1 for my brother.

Would it be the same concept as a variac?

Danelectro used to make an ac adapter that let you dial down the voltage. I have one, but I don't think it's been available for years. Good to see this out. The sound can be so cool.

Back in the 90s we had a DOD thrash Master distortion pedal those who were there know about this technique it's taken quite a while for it to catch on I guess your results May very on different pedals

Funny! When I first moved to the US from Hong Kong, that was one thing I noticed- Americans pronounce their U’s like O’s. Like adult = adolt, ultimate = oltimate

That would sound sick on a Strymon pedal!

That's genius 😂

I like the all the way down.

Back in the late 90’s I would use 8.4 volt Duracell Mercury batteries made for hospital equipment. They sounded great in my MXR and DOD pedals and lasted like 10x longer than any other batteries. Mercury was banned in the early 90’s so this Volture is a cool thing, but it doesn’t get to 8.4 volts.

This is super cool! I sincerely hope this isn’t a limited run!

Controlled glitch 😍

For that "Swell Maps" -sound....

That is rad

This is definitely a cool effect. Monkey from Korn does something kinda similar with a Metal Zone. I can't remember the settings but when he stomps on the pedal it sounds like he is playing through an old radio. It's a great effect to use if used correctly.

Sounds like a robot farting at the end

It’s…Glorious!

Super cool! Is it keeping the voltage but ramping the current down? It'd be great if has a battery snap as well as a barrel connection

Just get a Voodoo Labs power supply for your pedalboard with the “SAG” feature, does the same thing🤷‍♂️

@PreLeisureTrax

Жыл бұрын

Has a foot switch 🤷‍♂️

@roderickgful

Жыл бұрын

@@PreLeisureTrax preset voltage drops?!?! Cool

Back in the day my brother and i would save 9 volts that were at the point they were doing this. But it was very iffy. Some would be dead by the time we used them. But theres another pedal that does this that i saw long ago.

I love a pedal that makes my pedals sounds like faerie farts.

I plugged my OD-1 in with a Texas Instruments calculator adaptor (5.7v?) it sounded amazing till the pedal died. Now I can have at again without frying my pedal. Thanks JHS.

Obviously other companies have done similar things, but the on off switch/ pedalboard friendliness of this is awesome

Volture makes a Rat become a Fart

First time I realized that a nearly dead battery can be a good thing was with the DOD Fx69 Grunge pedal from the 90's - during the 90's. Once the battery was dying, the tone would warm up as the obnoxiously powerful treble hiss died away. Then I noticed that other pedals had good results with near-dead batteries as well. Downside: You'd never know when the battery was going to go full-dead and replacing with fresh batteries would blow the good tone and make the pedal sound obnoxious again. I'm somewhat shocked that nobody has asked for a battery limiter device much sooner than this.

That last one sounded like vg bg music from the 16bit days.

Oh I feel like I could get some tool sounding stuff out of that

I wouldn't even buy it if Jimi Hendrix himself had it along his pedals