I put my phone on silent like you said and none of this video made any sense.

@PhyrexianFleshgorger

3 жыл бұрын

I was your 100th like and first comment! 😀

@PhyrexianFleshgorger

3 жыл бұрын

And that made me laugh by the way. I was thinking the same thing when he said turn your phone on silent 😄🤣

@jordankootenayguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Haha

@Freezerburn156

2 жыл бұрын

Always an idiot in the bunch!

@jamesmoses4066

Жыл бұрын

199th like. Unfortunately not 200th...

Josh: owns a piece of gear Also Josh: “This is quite possibly my favorite piece of gear I own”

@guitfidle

4 жыл бұрын

He says that in almost every one of these videos doesn't he

@melkon1an

4 жыл бұрын

He is a salesman what do you want him to say? “Check out this pedal it’s perfect for throwing over a bridge”

@Ampher03

4 жыл бұрын

melkon1an he’s a gear lover

@edbrito-swdev

3 жыл бұрын

When Josh does not have a pedal. Josh: It's ok, I don't need to have all the pedals. No problem. *visibly dying inside*

@spicymilk8508

3 жыл бұрын

@@guitfidle p0

In the late ‘60’s I had a Watkins Copycat. We used to let the tape loops wear out before changing them, so the repeats got darker and darker. We also used to deliberately slow down the capstan roller with a finger to get random modulation effects, and I liked playing with a tape that had been caught up in the works at some point and was all crinkled, so it gave random drop-outs and modulation. I also experimented with a tape that I joined in a mobius loop so it would alternate from normal side to back side....

I've always found it mesmerizing to watch the tape "puddle" in a Space Echo. You can't imagine that it doesn't just snarl up.

@michaelcraig9449

4 жыл бұрын

Its snarling back at you daddio!

@marcmistermarc

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I’m pretty sure the beginning credits to every episode of Gerry Anderson’s Joe 90 had a closeup of a tape loop unwinding. I was probably 5 at the time and just thought it was bizarre - I knew it was tape but had no clue what it was...

@sampolito538

4 жыл бұрын

It is special "Lubricated": tape that is no longer made. They call it a "Bin" I have seen giant 2" tape bins for high speed Cassette duplication running that were taller than me at an angle 7 or 8 feet. the bin reduces capstan problems and is continuous. I always liked watching a new piece of tape load in a Roland. They came in little soft plastic boxes about the size of Tic Tacs

People also forget that Les was one of the first to experiment with DI recording (hence his low impedance pickups) and multi-track recording. Musicians owe so much to this dude that was a monster on the guitar.

@brucemorris3830

4 жыл бұрын

popeye Reading about how Les Paul invented multi tracking & re-creating it for myself with 2 cassette decks & a mini Soundcraft mixer was probably one of the most important things in my life as a musician. (I did it exactly once and then bought my first Tascam PortaStudio)

@texpig13

4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful vintage piece! Tommy Bolin used echoplex on sooo many great records from rock to jazz fusion. My favorite that he played on was Billy Cobham Spectrum album. I saw Jeff Beck a few years ago and he played a song from that album Stratus. Tommy Bolin is a long lost wonderful talent taken too early from drug OD.

@tymime

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I've wondered for a while if technically Hollywood films did multitrack first. The Wizard of Oz has seperate tracks for sfx, music, and dialogue, and Disney's Fantasia is the first movie in surround sound.

@CorbCorbin

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget his wife. She was also using the multi-tracking to get killer sounds. They sold 5 or 6 million records in just the 50s. I know Les was the tech guy, but she was so open to new technology, and could use it well. I remember in high school when I first came across videos of them performing and talking, and I just thought, “damn, he found the perfect woman. She’s beautiful, can sing beautifully, and is a badass on guitar! What more could I ever want?”

@CorbCorbin

4 жыл бұрын

Bruce Morris I used to do that with cassette decks, and plugging straight into cassette deck in stereo, after my other 2 cassette decks that played my pre recorded music, then I played lead on top of them. It was ridiculous. 🤣

"When David Gillmore uses something it's cool", I think we can all agree on that.

@slamrahovart9024

4 жыл бұрын

Only statement to carry more truth is "When Josh mentions something, it becomes more expensive"

@Phoebedumplings

3 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily

@monto39

3 жыл бұрын

I'm probably biased, since I'm old enough to remember hearing Pink Floyd everywhere till I could choke on it. + a lot of the guys aged 21+ who beat me up when I was in jr. High were big fans of theirs

@ToneSherpa

3 жыл бұрын

@@carnmarth334 No. Arbitrarily adding U's... that's the British way to spell things. We don't do that here. It's wasteful and un-American and I don't like it. You think those U's just grow on trees? Grow up!

@chesneytube1

3 жыл бұрын

I agree on that

This video changed my life.

@aw8946

3 жыл бұрын

Is this the guy that stole peoples designs?

@poulwinther

3 жыл бұрын

@@aw8946 Here in the west we make "clones" and "replicas". In China they steal designs......

@chesneytube1

3 жыл бұрын

Everything changes your life

@skypekai

2 жыл бұрын

Who are you?

The complete history of tape echo: Caveman discovered his voice sounded weird when he walked inside his cave after being outside. Decided he liked it, started banging rocks together, 10,000 years later this is where Josh's story kicks in.

Got to see and meet Les Paul three times in my life. First in the mid 70’s then twice in NY shortly before he passed. He was a national treasure!

Never cease to be amazed at how stuff Josh owns! My band owned a Space Echo in the 80s. Really wish I still had it . . .

@fretlessman71

10 ай бұрын

There's gotta be a few $M worth of pedals in that room, to say nothing of the JHS product in stock... I wish he gave public tours; that'd be worth the trip!

I’ll be honest. I just want to watch the little chamber the tape feeds into and reels out of. So weirdly satisfying.

I’m amazed how Josh still finds new ways to express his love.

That EP-3 was vibey as holy heck. wow.

Another of my tape echo related regrets. A year or two ago, a friend brought me a Roland Chorus Echo that looked brand new, to get the pots cleaned. I asked why it looked so good, and he said the guy he bought it from bought two, and stuck the backup in the closet, where it sat till my friend bought it. Brand. New. My friend had bought it to flip it. Didn't even know how to turn it on. A few months later, he offered it to me for $1000, and I had to pass it up, because I didn't have the cash.

@sampolito538

4 жыл бұрын

Was it rack mounted?

@SeanKerns

4 жыл бұрын

@@sampolito538 No, this was about the size of a "lunchbox" amp.

@markolijus

4 жыл бұрын

Damn... You should have bought it man..

@XxCrazyKBxX

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the 301 eh? That one is like the 201 on crack

These JHS episodes are so well made. I'd love to intern on an episode. This is solidly well made television. There's a lot to learn from this show and it's not all pedals.

In the early 90's, I saw an NOS Univox tape echo for sale for $75 at a music store closeout. When I got it home, I noticed it didn't come with a tape cassette, and the store didn't have any for sale, so I got my money back. I still kick myself for that. A couple of years later, I found out how easy it was to find tapes for them.

@spazimdam

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Kerns Hey can you tell me where I can get those cassettes? I've got a Univox tape echo that I bought used in the '80s and I gave up trying to find cassettes for it years ago. It would be awesome to fire it up again!

@SeanKerns

4 жыл бұрын

@@spazimdam Unfortunately, I don't know where to get them today. Back then, I used to see ads in the back of the guitar mags for them.

@spazimdam

4 жыл бұрын

@@SeanKerns OK. Bummer. Maybe I'll just try to reload the cassette shells with fresh tape. Thanks anyway.

@tremelo68

4 жыл бұрын

Analogman used to sell them. Check there.

@ProHomeStudio

4 жыл бұрын

@@spazimdam I think they were based on the "playtape" format, if I'm thinking of the same effects unit as you. You can find a bunch of old playtapes pretty easily and I think there's a resource online that shows you how to convert any playtape to a loop to use in those old units

There's a great PBS documentary on Les Paul called Chasing Sound, that's how I found out he invented the tape delay. Look it up, worth it.

@TheChadPad

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen it. That was great

@shaunw9270

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a brilliant documentary. Years ago while out at a Record Fair ,I picked up his 1968 LP "Les Paul Now!" , It's pretty astonishing what he did with tape in the 50's & this later album is no let down either !

@trebleboost7

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome documentary!

Josh accidentally made a decent mogwai album recording this video.

@dicecard921

3 жыл бұрын

that Multi Echo part sounded straight up like Envy

crying for the tape machines... but I have to say that something about the recorded sound of those drums... maaaan perfect

@honkytonkinson9787

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. It makes me wish I could play my drums and my guitar at the same time. The sound clips in these videos are very inspiring

@andreedipo6356

4 жыл бұрын

It’s getting better and better

@muddymike10

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, one of the later performance segments features drumming that you'd swear was Ringo Starr...

I'm obsessed with delay, and will say that I enjoyed this history lesson the most of all the JHS videos so far.

*hits pause, gets up to grab a snack*

I consider myself a minimalist when it comes to guitar effects, trying to emulate the sounds of early rock n roll. This information is dangerous and is going to send me down an expensive rabbit hole.

0:33 "...in the event that I need some overdrive in the jam sections." The fact that you said this in high-school-science-teacher voice increased the educational value of this video by 74%.

This is my absolute favorite channel on KZread. The level of quality, real examples, information, and format is unbelievable. Thanks for putting these out weekly, it is one of the highlights of my week.

Love this content. This is my favorite channel on KZread. Ever gonna do a pedal building 101 video???

@jordan-qq9kj

4 жыл бұрын

That would be an amazing vid

@faboolean7039

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to learn how to build cool shit. PLEASE MAKE THIS VIDEO JOSH!!!!! :)

@honkytonkinson9787

4 жыл бұрын

Unless you really like playing with and ruining circuits, I'd suggest not bothering. At least not before you try modding an existing pedal, or buying a diy kit to see how you like the process, and find out if you're good at it. It would be the equivalent of brewing your own beer at home: it won't taste as good as what you can buy, and it'll cost more

@caaaaaabbb

4 жыл бұрын

What about a mod 101?

@veganarquia

4 жыл бұрын

Pleaaaaaase that would be awesomd

I love Mary Ford and Les Paul's take on "On The Sunny Side Of The Street".

@teresathomley3703

4 жыл бұрын

"How High the Moon" is good as well

man... these history vids are by far the best thing .. thank you so much for taking the time to do these

You just keep knocking it out of the park. I watch a lot of guitar and gear channels but I enjoy your vids so much. Probably #1 of them all.

Those jams are so killer

I absolutely adore my EP-3 and have never heard a pedal or plugin that comes close. I was fortunate to get to have a conversation with Mike Battle on the phone about a year before he passed away. It's one of the highlights of my musical life. :)

Phenomenal episode, Josh! Your “history of” episodes are always fascinating and love your sense of humor in everything you do. I was fortunate enough to see Les Paul perform when I was 13 while he still played every Monday night at the Iridium in NYC. He did a meet and greet at the end of the night and signed my pick guard from my Epiphone Les Paul Custom and a CD of his. Hard to pick a favorite tune, but I always start out with “How High the Moon,” “Bye Bye Blues,” or “Meet Mister Callaghan.”

Fantastic! Thanks so much JHS - it’s brilliant that you put so much effort into these videos and you often don’t even mention your own products. True altruism!

Steve Hillages use of tape echo will always reign supreme in my mind. Manuel Göttschhing is absolutely wonderful also.

@josephwright5921

4 жыл бұрын

Those guys are seriously underrated in the USA!

@graxjpg

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Wright you’re very right. Here in Texas, the only people who know about them are much older than I. Haha

@ElliotGKnapp

4 жыл бұрын

grant johnson My man! Aftaglid and 77 Slightly Delayed are two of the go-to riffs I always play when messing with a new delay/echo 🤘🤘

@graxjpg

4 жыл бұрын

Elliot Knapp heck yeah man, I could play around those kinds of licks/ideas endlessly

Just to get the record straight, The Shadows NEVER used Watkins Copycats. Hank Marvin, who was/is the lead guitarist of the Shadows used an Italian made echo machine called Meazzi, rebadged in England as Vox echo by Jennings Musical Instruments. Hank was the first person to use a Stratocaster with the echo machine in England, and was the major influence for guitarist like Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore, Brian May, Dave Gilmour and many others

This is such a great episode. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these excellent videos!

thanks so much Josh - watching a new video from you is the highlight of any day in which that occurs. i now feel relaxed, chill, and groovy. good medicine. thanks again.

YESSSSS. I'm obsessed with tape delay!

I tried watching this video once, but it played on repeat 3 times ... All on its own

@TheRealcdawg22

4 жыл бұрын

You gotta turn your repeats down.

Thanks guys. Great episode! Very informative as always and epic tone! 📼🔥🔥🔥

Fabulous sounding machines! Gets better and better as it goes along...Great musical sections too, love the gritty modulated tones you get throughout.

Wow! I had no idea there were so many different tape echo machines. The stories behind the modern ones deserve more attention. I hope that is coming out in the future.

Awesome video as always! I’d love to see a video on the history of Maestro!

Dude I love your vids. No click bait, just good ol' fashioned info and passion.

Super cool episode. Nick, your drumming on the EP-3 jam is stupendous!

In the world of guitar effects, delay--and specifically tape delay--is my Love Language. So, I'm just going to take this whole video as Josh saying he loves me. ...Just a friendly love, nothing weird.

That tape on the EP-2 is mesmerizing. It's like a lavalamp for gearheads.

@brucemorris3830

4 жыл бұрын

OttoNL I was thinking that myself; I could engage in a little amateur mycology research and noodle on echoey guitar while watching that for hours

@johnnyatomic1

4 жыл бұрын

Except that’s not an EP2, that’s a Sireko

Josh, you're just great. Thanks for making this.

The demo you played for the Fulltone Tube Echo was pure badass. Love that slapback sound and riffing. Very cool vid.

I'm having a burrito while watching this. Can life get any better?

@macanguish

4 жыл бұрын

thaaatguy R&M Yes: add cerveza.

7:30 Watching the tape is kind of like staring at a lava lamp. Mesmerising.

Love it! I feel like I'm taking a class, I've learned so much and your jam session are awesome. Hello from Puerto Rico!

I'm glad these videos are only once a week or I would have no life. Then, again, this is life. Keep 'em coming!

Josh: Clearly sssooo over tube screamers. Also Josh: builds the ultimate tube screamer to end all tube screamers. Also Josh: picks the ts10 over bonsai for this video. ...who are you?

Josh: "Grab a snack--" Me: "Am I on Isaac Arthur's channel?"

@boboala1

4 жыл бұрын

LOL! No slack! Hahahaha.... (PS Isaac is a smart dude & loves all things outer space & rocketry!)

Thank you for this episode - a lot of work and research - extremely informative and well produced as always!

The history was great as usual! The playing on this one was exceptional. Great job guys!

You're wrong about the Shadows with the Watkins Copycat!!!Hank B Marvin uses an Italian Measi tape echo unit which he got from another mega legend Joe Brown! Hank B Marvin later used Binson's & his final tape echo was a Roland Space Echo.Hank B Marvin then moved on to using a Allesis Quadroverb modified with "Echoes From The Past"! I just thought I'd correct you!!

You left out Meazzi (Italian). Hank B. Marvin himself, in at least one interview, showed his original; said it was the one he used on Apache.

@rickyjones7282

4 жыл бұрын

He got it from Joe Brown!!!

@docwill184

4 жыл бұрын

@@rickyjones7282 "Joe Brown"?

@rickyjones7282

4 жыл бұрын

@@docwill184 English Rock & Roll session legend who was part of the backing band who performed with the American Rock & Roll singers when they came over to this side of the Atlantic Ocean!! He also had a band "Joe Brown & His Bruvers" who had a huge hit with Pictures Of You. George Harrison was his best man for his third wedding!! Joe Brown is still alive & extremely active in the music business & also has a famous daughter Sam Brown who has had loads of success especially in the 1980's!!

@PhilipHawthorne

4 жыл бұрын

Correct @Doc Will. Hank didn't use the Watkins Copicat for Apache as Josh said in the video; he used a Meazzi Echomatic Model 1J.

@rickyjones7282

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhilipHawthorne Hank B Marvin never used a Watkins Copycat.

That was a fantastic video buddy. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks

Josh, I can hear in your playing how passionate you are about these tape echo devices ! Best jams so far :-)

Josh, first off, I'm a long time watcher, first time commenting ( I'm not shy, just Canadian). You need never apologize for the amount of gear you have, Sir. Your abundance of gear might sound boastful but in reality without your obsession with guitar gear you might never felt the need to mod an existing pedal to improve it, thus making many more people happy to have a new tone, or option to use to create a new tone. Really, isn't that what this is all about? As for Les Paul, I have to go with some of his work with Mary Ford. Legendary of course is "How High the Moon" but closer to my heart is "Goodnight Irene" which was the name of my Wife who passed away two years ago. At 49 she lost her battle with type 1 diabetes and now at 53 to help cope with the loss of her I bought a guitar and an amp and am learning to play because you are never too old to learn. I really like the videos you and Nick put out, I love learning about all the pedals out there and the history of the most popular effects. Please keep up the great work!! Take care - Dave

@kevinmalone8903

4 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons these vids are made...to show off his gear. If he needs to apologize, don't film yourself with all those pedals and amps in the background !!

I love your videos. It's like pedal/gear university. Also, Nick is a badass drummer. Great groove. Thanks again, Josh. Awesome stuff.

You always inspire me to go play! Love the tones you get. Those EP1 & 2 tracks are 🔥

Man, this video is amazing! Loved the detailed history and those amazing jams! I will check those echos 🤟🏻

5:25 I was really hoping to hear this squeaking sound you described, could be fun.

I like the EP-2... Sounds more open to me... 🤷🏻‍♂️

@popeye089

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, I own an EP-2 and had a choice between 1-3. It's all about the tubes for my taste

@stjames3410

4 жыл бұрын

His ep2 was actually the Echoplex sir, Echo...

@popeye089

4 жыл бұрын

@@stjames3410 His Ep-2 wasn't an Ep-s, it was actually a Sireko, which was an economy model of the Echoplex. I am lucky enough to own an EP-2 that was serviced by Mike Battle when he owned Tubeplex.

I subscribed to the channel because of this and some other similar vids. Thanks your content and attitude are both great. Thanks Dude! Good luck in all your ventures

Rrreeeaallly, rrreeeaallly enjoyed this, Josh, thank you- and your drummer was great, as well, he contributed a lot to make this as good as it was.

was waiting for the klon episode

My Korg SE-300 definitely sounds more "Hi-Fi" than my RE-201... less hum and noise, the spring is darker and less splashy than the Roland. Love them both :)

@thehivecolin

4 жыл бұрын

The other nice thing about the Korg is that since you switch tape heads with a button rather than turning a knob, you can flip back and forth between different delay lengths easily and instantaneously, so it's very easy to make fancy dub moves on it. Although the RE-201 definitely sounds more like the units they used in classic dub songs

wow, that was a really wonderful trip through history. Thanks for that and all these great videos/lessons, you're really helping a lot of people understand this world of endless tonal possibilities.

Great episode - thanks for taking the time to make it! Great playin as always.

Josh: "I would love to talk about it for days but I can't because I'd lose your interest" Me: "Challenge accepted"

@valvenator

4 жыл бұрын

I'd love it if this video was just a teaser and he went into more detail on each echo in separate videos. More cool topics to cover would be other mechanical effect units like reverb and tremolo.

I kinda live my life in a delay. The bad stuff keeps repeating.

@model_number_band

4 жыл бұрын

Change tapes...

@wizardito7741

4 жыл бұрын

F

@josephwright5921

4 жыл бұрын

Give your life to Jesus and it will turn around

@davemabee5798

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephwright5921 I'm not sure that's true.

@jts3339

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Wright: Get a new tape and give the old cassette to Jesus for erasing, symbolically, of course.

Incredible amount of knowledge we get from a push of the subscribe button ...amazing channel .

The jam around 9:06 might be my favorite jam in the history of the JHS pedals channel. Great shit, we all love a good tape delay.

Gah, that Echoplex just has that fonky chonky. I typically favor copies of the EP. But I also love the Space Echo too.

@circuitsandcigars1278

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Setzer said it best of the Echoplex - You look at it, it goes out of tune lol. Why he uses the Roland

@josephtravers777

4 жыл бұрын

@@circuitsandcigars1278 I've owned a EP-4 for 20 years. Bought it off an old honky-tonk guitar player. He told me he spilled a lot of drinks on it and it looks like it. Works perfectly. Setzer is overstating his opinion.

WAIT! STOP EVERYTHING! There's a new JHS video.

Your playing style compliments these tape units so well. Thanks for another great video

I absolutely love your videos. And pedals. And videos.

that guitar is a real babycake 😍

Don't be sorry for having too much gear. It's ok. We understand and still love you! XD

Amazing video, really rocked it brother!

The guitar you are playing on this episode is sooo cool! Love the mods on it. Great video too

Les Paul & Mary Ford have entered the chat...

@meadish

4 жыл бұрын

how high da moon, silverpairaducks?

@silverpairaducks

4 жыл бұрын

@@meadish about 230,000 miles

@Maodjrodnd

4 жыл бұрын

Dead meme

@meadish

4 жыл бұрын

How ded da meme, @@Maodjrodnd ?

No doubt the guitar tone is wonderful, but Nick, how did you get that snare sound? Sounds really smooth! Great video, btw.

@nathanvassiliades1790

4 жыл бұрын

They use the Colourbox on it.

@richstiltner2246

4 жыл бұрын

Always sound amazing!

@chrisf6216

4 жыл бұрын

There is a video where Nick explains how he records his drums - FYI

Amazing episode! Thanks for putting this together.

I watch this over and again. I love tape echo. Thanks again josh.

Now does the Binson Echorec qualify as a “tape” echo? It used a magnetic drum instead of tape. Also, Josh, there are original Binson units available on Reverb all the time. There were even a handful of dead mint units up for sale a few months ago that were brand new, but 100% made out of original NOS parts. They were positively stunning.

@crazyjoe1540

4 жыл бұрын

i was gonna say, binson isn't tape

Tape echo is the matrix!!!

Great episode Josh! I recently purchased a 1965 Gibson GA4-RE Reverb Echo Tel Ray oil can delay w/ foot switch at an estate sale . I didn’t even know these existed but when I saw the motor and the tubes I had to have it. After cleaning it up I plugged it in and the Motor still turned, changed a tube an it works. It’s a little noisy ( needs re-capped) but very cool.

I bought a Fulltone TTE around 2005, Frisco GC. Great product. Extra special thank you to Josh for all the YT presentations.

I wish I still had my EP-3. A music store was blowing them out as I remember, and I bought a few. I lost interest and sold them. :(

Nothing is as much fun as using a Echoplex EP3

@esroberto1

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's just so much better than everything.

Great job indeed! Your channel is getting better and better!

one of my favorite videos you've done Josh....thanks.

0:02 - But I'm watching the video on my phone.

@PooNinja

4 жыл бұрын

Emmanuel Me to I had to just read the CC 😂

brb while i grab my snack

At 20:40 I knew what you were going to play. Stroke to stroke chord to chord. Dan's Echo lectures on TPS got me started. Man, I gotta save up to get one of these! Super awesome episode. And You Two,.... just drums and a guitar are enough! Can't tell if I am held by the knowledge content or the jams! Thanks for keeping me excited to do what we all do! Play!!!

one of the best episodes you made!!!