Are These French Pedals Any Good?

[@TravisHam]

I feel like there was a huge opportunity missed with the naming of their compressor: F r e n c h P r e s s

[@charlesrense5199]

They wouldn't have thought about that cause they just call it a press.

[@idhindsight]

Dammmmmmmn dude

[@19Cluj]

We actually say "cafetière à piston", which would literally translate as "piston coffeemaker".

[@themennissvids]

@@19Cluj do you use that full name when referring to it in conversation? We call it a caffetiere in the UK, which is a loan word so merci beaucoup!

[@idhindsight]

@@19Cluj merci. J’ai appris pour vingt mois (give or take); je suis américain. Passe une journée, prends un bon café!

[@tedevelopmentltd]

It was me sent you that vinyl. I'm glad you enjoyed it. A small thank you for all the excellent episodes. Cheers Mark from the UK

[@airey773]

Nice one Mark!

[@CatGPT_]

nice work Mark

[@ayyguevara8448]

Mark Corrigan is that you?

[@Mr.D34]

For a guy that owns every pedal ever made by the mankind (and sometimes owning a couple of them) Josh is probably the furthest thing away from a gear snub or a nerd, even though he looks like the perfect gear snub and the nerd. I mean wearing a "JHS PEDALS SUCK" t-shirt while talking about another guitar pedal brand is just cool and down to earth.

[@paulcowart3174]

I actually have one he has no idea about In the late 60's there was a short lived pedal builder Ampi-Tek I have there Phaser I don't even know if they made other pedals or not Tampa company and I live in Tampa Discovered it in my closet Did not even know it was there Box ...paperwork...promo/ad flyer Couldn't have been built too much later than the Univibe I should email him about it He never responded to a couple comments about it Will see

[@RTFosmark]

I don’t mean to be a snob snob but I’m pretty sure it’s snob, not snub. Edit: unless this is like a mom/mum situation that I’m not familiar with.

[@moddquad8362]

@@paulcowart3174 I have an even rarer pedal, only 3 is known to exist. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKqZaJV5q5eiqJY I hope to someday create the rarest pedal in the world!

[@Mr.D34]

@@RTFosmark you're right, my mistake. wurds iz hard.

[@mtlbstrd]

@@Mr.D34 😂 humble and excellent response! I heard the music as I read it…

[@DeanGroovy]

Record time trivia: Jean-Michel Jarre's father, Maurice Jarre composed the music for Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, to name a few.

[@paulcowart3174]

Very cool

[@timhouston1638]

Damn Doctor Zhivago is such a masterpiece in every regard, including the soundtrack. Cool!

[@ileutur6863]

Hotel trivago?

[@joshuaraysummey7679]

That is an awesome piece of info!

[@whisperthiefmusic]

Moon Safari by Air is my favourite French record!! Plus I love Anasound pedals, the element is my favourite. I don't use it as a reverb though, I always have the little switch engaged and use it like a fuzz!

[@bwa_8]

Franchement c'est la classe qu'une marque comme Anasounds soit française. Des pédales innovantes, de grande qualité, et du bon goût tant au niveau du son que des visuels 👌

[@acirka]

Ben voilà!

[@bertrandbuisson3.14]

Cocoricooooo!!!

[@PanicJackShow]

Exactement !

[@ricklesshorse8159]

🎸🤘

[@philippecamus6391]

The bitoun fuzz is inspired by Julien Bitoun, Guitarist, columnist, writer, podcaster. This guy is crazy... By the way he love America. The Bitoun fuzz is a double fuzz.

[@JulienBitoun]

My name is Julien Bitoun and I fully agree with all of that.

[@charlesrense5199]

@@oldbeergangster2381 Central, because he doesn't pick sides.

[@AMRartmyrock]

Non mais, "Julien", c'est si different de "Julian" ? Serieux :D

[@SqualeProductions]

That « Oxygène » album is a must-have either you’re Français or not!

[@MEGAMIGA]

The Bitoun's faceplate is a Petit Lu biscuit, à French classic! Fun fact: it has four big ears, for the seasons, 24 holes, for the hours in a day and 52 small teeth, for the 52 weeks in a year! As for Oxygène... It is indeed a classic as well and no, it is not New Wave but Progressive Electronic Music ;)

[@meeno_the_man]

Literally just spent the bulk of last night’s Tone Journey falling back - and further - in Iove with my Savage (which I was kinda feeling was not getting the internet love it deserved.) And now this morning…you, guru, further guiding the way. Nice to feel like this constant exploration is ever on the cusp of something wonderful. Long live The Tone Journey!

[@vscitizen]

I'm a simple french dude, I see JHS talking about Anasound, I instantly like it . Joke aside, I've been watching both your show and Palf for years now, and you both did an AMAZING job at explaining what pedals are made of and made for, and I'm deeply grateful for what you've done. Oh, and the element is my fav from them, truly making the spring reverbe a whole new world when it comes to pedals

[@adamtrem]

I have the Element with all three reverb tanks. It's amazing. Josh didn't mention that it has a saturation mode (although it looks like he has it on when he demos it) that produces a very distinct & trashy sort of overdrive with the reverb. Also, the tanks are named Le Bon (The Good), La Brute (The Bad), and Le Truand (The Ugly).

[@JC-11111]

I'm wondering if I can use my amp's reverb circuit with a tank outside of the cabinet like these. That way I could try a long tank out instead of the 6" tank that came in my amp. 🤷 Seems like I may need to close the bottom of the tank like they have but otherwise I don't see why it wouldn't work as long as the red & white cables are long enough to reach outside of the cab. You can obviously use a tank outside of the amp as proven by this pedal but I'm just not sure if it'll work the same using the built-in circuit from the amp. I'm guessing it will. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't.

[@paulcowart3174]

@@JC-11111 yeah I'm gonna check out the web site for a little more info

[@joermnyc]

@@JC-11111 Pretty sure the tank units are able to plug into an amp, since it’s the same RCA inputs.

[@DMSProduktions]

DO you call the Le Bon, Simon, by any chance?

[@Texasbluesalley]

"Old severed arms from the 80's" - Josh doesn't miss. 😂

[@darrellstyner0001]

Love it when Nick gets up and leaves during Josh's epic noise solo. Quality acting. So on point it's almost like he's not acting.

[@jimthecraftyguitarist878]

We use to listen the Oxygen album at my friend's house back circa 77-78! We thought he would be a keyboard wizard like Rick Wakeman, but Jean-Michel Jarre turned out to be a different kind of wizard.

[@manit3307]

Fantastic episode guys! Clever pedals with awesome sounds and fab jams! You guys are la crème de la crème 🇫🇷 👊🏻!

[@etagsibuna]

Oxygene is indeed a fantastic record. Amazingly organic sounding. The album after that, Equinoxe, is equally amazing.

[@zachguzik4583]

Love the Jean Michelle Jarre. There are actually 2 follow up albums which were amalgamated into the oxygen trilogy and which get more futuristic in nature but with the same “theme”. Mind bending for hours.

[@welshrider6631]

I've been watching PALF for some time, as a French pedal lover. This show is amazing. It is less written than the JHS show, but I really love the way the show is hosted. A few days ago, I was searching on YT to see if JHS had made an episode talking about Anasounds, I couldn't find anything... And just today, I receive this alert saying the episode I was looking for was just aired. Thank you very much JHS show. Josh, your accent doesn't look French at all, but it is really lovely.

[@jay0805]

On the Palf channel, their english accent sucks too ;)

[@welshrider6631]

@@jay0805 I strongly agree with you. Learning foreign languages has never been our strength 😂

[@ulfsvensson9710]

At last, one of my favorite records on record time! I remember buying it -76 and played it load, over and over again!!

[@MrAKbass]

OXYGENE Prt II is IMHO the most amazing synth composition ever. I know this music since I was 7 years old, my dad had this album and Equinox which is another gem.

[@barthrvatin8297]

kudos to the camera operator for aligning the jam camera level with the small gap between the amp chassis and baffle so we can see through to Josh’s guitar behind the amp. subtle details are everything!

[@dooleyfan]

In business, most companies only want to increase their share of the pie. Josh only wants to increase the size of the pie, and seemingly doesn't care how big his slice is. That makes JHS awesome.

[@GuitarSoloReactions]

I just got the Bitoun fuzz. Great pedal and unique design and amazing sounds.

[@simonetter4413]

It's worth remembering that with the Anasounds Reverb you can use any reverb tank you want to buy - you will have to just make an enclosure for it - cos they don't come in bamboo and transparent plastic ones! The pedal is therefore amazing it also has a smidgen of gain on tap too! 🙂

[@adkgbhdi]

I always love your playing Josh, it would be great to see a video on your approach to guitar.

[@freddjXX]

I think the Bitoun fuzz as a crunched corner because of the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit-Beurre a staple of old french kids snack

[@BrandochGarage]

Love your jams so much - Always inspiring!! I usually stop your show a few times along the way to try stuff out.

[@EnkiknE]

Nice vidéo ! Just got the limited edition of the savage mk1 ! What an amazing clone of the klon centaur.... High fidelity and quality sound all of the range of gain... So much fun... Anasounds rules the world of analogic quality pedals ! Thanks to give them the audience that they diserve ! Cheers from Normandy (France) !

[@66numero]

Josh, your French pronunciation is just as good as Rhett Shull's slide tone!

[@66siclone79]

I'm french and this is mean lol

[@UKULELERIGA]

@@66siclone79 I think its ment sarcastic, as Josh and Rhett have a long history about whose slide tone is better :D

[@bandessinateur]

Here in France, Anasound is a amazing pedal company and Julien Bitoun an amazing guitarist ! 😃Thanks for talking about them. ^_^ France rocks too ! ;-)

[@merlinoner]

Bravo, merci de mettre un peu de lumière sur Anasounds !

[@drewnewbold7648]

I met them at NAMM a few years ago and played a few of the pedals featured in this video. I'm so glad you guys did a show on them. Such great sounds and magnificent and beautiful design thinking.

[@HACKERSInc]

That fact that he mentions Nice is making me happy :)

[@Fenrirblu3]

That spinner is cool! Will add that to my wishlist! Thank you as always for introducing us cool and unique pedal!

[@patrickkeenan6331]

Jean Michel Jarre is a fantastic progressive rock musician....glad to see getting love from an American!

[@ericwarrington6650]

Killer vibe to this one...feels wide and warm and cold and narrow all at once... gonna fork it on band lab if it's up on there...ty guys for all of the top notch content and entertainment..Its.unreal how much access and knowledge there is these days...great job....ty again

[@dinosaursr]

Vous avez bien fait de évaluer les pédales françaises. Les français sont innovants et créatifs. Salutations du Québec, Canada.

[@laurentsaint-laurent3659]

D'autres marques françaises interressantes: Val Martin's (surtout des fuzzes & drives) , Doc Music Station et Manna Pedals (seulement une fuzz & une OD à ma connaissance) & Jacques Pédales.. Par contre Anasounds est sans doutes la seule à être distribuée en Amérique du Nord

[@s.r.b.4582]

@@laurentsaint-laurent3659 there is Glou Glou as well, nice pedals

[@CL_Audio_Tuning]

Hey @JHS Pedals / Scott. Check out Air French Band's Moon Safary, its retro synthy psychedelic ambient chill frenchness in all its glory! Keep on rockin' the great content! Thanks guys!

[@naylor2006]

Intro title song is such a jam, always bobbing my head to this! Great episode too, been the Nice a bunch of times, never knew they had some pedals!

[@bastiendommergues6939]

Very cool episode, and yes Anasounds is great ! Need more of French music with English Fuzz boxes ? If you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and listen to Serge Gainsbourg’s seminal album from 1970 « Histoire de Melody Nelson ». May change your life forever and for the better !

[@samuelfauche7770]

Like it was for Beck, very inspired by this album when he makes Sea Change.

[@RomainWhatever]

Great episode, and great record ! Great songs there!

[@guytellez278]

what an episode ! you may have tried the Palf ending routine "Toutes les pédaaaaaales !" la bise from France !

[@alessandrodecarli2462]

My wife is French, more precisely from the South of France (Montpellier, near Marseille) and first time I saw Anasound was in a small guitar repair shop with some new stuff. It was astonishing! I tried the Moose-one and was like OMG! It sounds really great, but I have a bunch of this sounds, so betters leave it there, more probably because of the price that cost! More than 250 bucks! But you’re right: they sounds very interesting and might be a new look to classics things. And, for more knowledge, French people doesn’t bring their “baguettes” (a classic French bread) beneath their armpits and drink more than red wine! Great work, as always! Don’t worry, we’ll not leaving you alone!!!❤️

[@jacobprestidge5487]

Oxygene rules! Jean Michel Jarre has also released Oxygene II ('97) and Oxygene III ('16), which is my personal favorite of the bunch, and actually my favorite record by Jean Michel, period. Great episode, as always. The French Prince joke was good.

[@munkyenima]

Hey Josh, you NEED to check out Jean Michel Jarre's live performances (DVD etc.) He is the foremost synth musician IMHO. Light and laser triggered synths, the Theremin.... If there's a type of synth you have never heard of, he probably performs on one. This man is the simply AMAZING!!

[@ABCDEF-ks5op]

Nice Demo, awesome tones, never heard of Anasounds cool you always bring up new interesting stuff . Btw just got my JHS Haunting Mids in the mail and I love it so much especially in combination with my JHS Morning Glory or a Fuzz really nice pedals! Keep on going :D

[@PhilippPJG]

These videos are just the best thing on the internet… very interesting, great pedals, lots to learn and so funny. 😅

[@JeremyBeut]

That second jam with the TS and phaser is somewhat reminiscent of Mike McCready in Mad Season. Super cool!

[@LeBoun64]

J'adore !!! I agree with you, Palf is really the French equivalent of your channel. I like the way Alex (from Anasounds) and yourself, share your knowledge and make us discover pedals from everywhere. For the records Jean-Michel Jarre is the son of Maurice Jarre, music film maker...

[@pyier8]

As a french guy, i really like how you see the french culture. 😂 And for the fuzz you can say "Beetoon fuzz". ^^

[@espanachristophe1606]

les pédales JHS sont les meilleures du monde ! Tu viens quand tu veux en France. Tu es bienvenu. Merci Josh.

[@jcugnoni]

Love both Jean-Michel Jarre and Anasound. I built the FX driver and it is a pretty cool customisable (bass cap and clipping diode) Tube screamer drive.. Very high quality parts and great sound too.

[@questocd174]

Thanks for the record time. I am loving it.

[@notplaying2379]

I first heard of Anasounds when the Reverb was demoed by 60 cycle hum

[@ferdinoh3704]

Yeah, we exist in the pedal world! World needs a pedal called "French Kiss"!!! Am I right??! Cheers from the other side of the atlantic ocean!

[@1000mg.]

Hey-- from California!

[@ferdinoh3704]

@@1000mg. Hey dude!

[@dodenmanniskan8846]

Ben voyons !

[@jimilee459]

Nice. Just when you think something new can’t be done, BAM! These guys roll onto the scene. I’m curious how the fuzz face sounds.

[@paulcowart3174]

Yes me too Plus it makes you use your guitar controls and that's a good thing

[@karlargstromm]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZuuXmWhh6ukp9U

[@nickguetti8459]

Ordered an Elements reverb, and it is nicer than any reverb I've ever heard in an amp. I got the La Brute (medium) tank, & it has as much verb as I'll ever need. I did have an issue at first, but the Anasounds guys in France were very responsive via email, & it turned out the problem was a super easy fix I could do myself. I have a very small amp head with no onboard reverb, & I can't stand digital reverb (I've tried: it sounds like a freakin' ring-tone made of an hourglass full of sharp, jagged glass sand), but none of the true spring reverb devices out there seemed all that good for the money. The Elements is PERFECT, and the "saturation" switch creates a nice trashy psychedelic distortion for space-outs.

[@caleshtcincredibles]

French AC/DC Jazz......heck yeh ! Loved that jam and damn the pedal sounded awesome, I could pick up a distinct AC/DC tone . Now I just gotta have that pedal ......thanks again Josh!

[@paulcowart3174]

Yeah man gonna check out their web site I like that fuzz too

[@perudolux]

8:30 so it looks like a “petit beurre” cookie which every kid eats in france. Bitoun is pronounced “ beetoon”. ✌️😉

[@yadakc]

I Love that album!!! I somehow got my first copy of it around 1980, played it to death, then got my second copy in 1986. It is very unique. Those are very Nice pedals as well, get it? Peace, Keith in RVA

[@scottkidwellmusic9175]

Fun jams today! Interesting pedals! I was today years old when I heard about Anasounds. Good stuff- Thanks, JHS!

[@abewalker100]

The Harmonic Tremelo and the Phaser really caught my ear. Some excellent pedals there. Really cool jams too, like the way you adapted the songs to bring out the characteristics of the effects. Or at least that’s how it comes across to me. Props to your rhythm section too 🤘🏼 Thanks for Demonstrating these fine pedals in an entertaining, informative way, without a trace of patronisation. These just keep getting better. Thanks Josh 👍🏼

[@chrismcgeehan1209]

I have the Element w/ the tank in my 112 cab and Feed Me, both excellent pedals!

[@captainakeaton5572]

I have a Ross phaser; bought it in 1979 when I was in the Air Force stationed in Oklahoma. It was my first pedal ;bought it for my bass.

[@GrzesiuMusic]

Great album! Been listening to it for years, one of my faves.

[@charliehaffke2051]

I have a spring reverb tank from a hammond, i remember it sounded so goshdarn cool

[@jimbaaab]

That Jean Michel Jarre record was such a big part of my youth. Haven’t listened to it for years, but I am about to. Thanks for the reminder 🙏

[@matthewtrask4962]

“Blues Lawyer” has been replaced by “Sorry For This Cover” as my favorite JHS jam title🤣😂

[@mowjo9517]

Nice focus on Anasounds! They're great!! I'm enjoying even more my Saturday morning JHS show routine! :) Oh, and I'm French by the way :)

[@noelharmes6756]

Love that the Bitoun top is a cheeky nod to 'Nice' biscuits

[@arkhamasylum8382]

The pedal with a bite outta it looks like a cookie. A Nice cookie , coincidence I think not???

[@Jay7Fox]

Josh, Josh, Josh ! you missed out the name of the reverb tanks : Le bon, la brute et le truand, aka : the good, the bad and yes you got !! :)

[@varkonyiguitar]

“They have a better river”… I almost died!🤣🤣🤣

[@MegaRom1973]

Anasounds is great! Thank you from France! My favorite Palf is the Élément spring reveb.

[@jossbsure]

Man, Jean-Michel Jarre is a LEGEND, Oxygene is a universal masterpiece, one of the first electronic music ones! I first heard this age 8 and it is still relevant! I introduced my kid to it when he was 4 and it was one of his best! Don't be shy and listen to Zoolook, it has Adrian Belew on guitar...😉

[@ohkee]

Loved this ep/editing 😁

[@negativev1]

Jean Michelle Jarre is the soundtrack to my childhood! Not sure why, but it was and I love it.

[@jean-yves9667]

Hi ! I'm a French Palf follower . "Bitoun fuzz" come from the name of Julien Bitoun 'The guy with the black beard at the beginning of the video (1:17). Pronounce "Betun" in English...an excellent guitarist who collaborate with Anasounds . 😉

[@JonathanGarciaMallen]

thank you for the jazz. and wow, the funk made me smile! I would like to know, though, how could anyone get a bad sound out of any compressor? I've been watching videos on making my own spring reverb. Anasounds having different tank sizes, I appreciated hearing how different length tanks sounded here.

[@JF-em6hr]

I like these jams so much I'm going to start playing them on my stereo. Sitting back.

[@nunyobusiness7676]

"Moose Animal" is a good idea for a band name.

[@jdavison31]

Did not know the Blue River was named after a civil war battle. So much knowledge.

[@jason5276]

Josh French Culture 101(thank you Nick!!!!!!stay close to him, he needs it) : French from France and also French from Québec Canada. :) Love your show \m/

[@shalabazertheboltstruck8645]

Whoever, whenever suggested JEAN... THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! And thank you guys at JHS for reading these suggestions at least as much!!!!

[@nick57325]

I looove Anasounds!! The Cereberus is my favorite TS style OD,, The Savage, Ages, Freq Up, and Phase Lag are dope too.

[@juanmarino4593]

JHS KZbin channel turned into infomercials so fast we almost didn't even notice

[@ltmarshmellow5351]

Not even close haha

[@paulcowart3174]

Really he is letting the world or should I say international gear heads aware of these small but good builder's Hats off I say It's a good thing to know of alternatives Might even turn a company around

[@hellspawned616]

I have the Sliver as a kit to build. Found it in my local guitar shop.

[@misterguitargeek]

Well, there goes my plan to get one of these reverbs for a great price online. Thanks, Josh. Thanks.

[@macsarcule]

I am lovin’ all the 80s New Wave jams on this session!

[@Papa-Kev]

Jean Michel Jarre is married to Gong Li. Thats enough to make me a fan for life.

[@arkasonus7678]

Jean Michel Jarre is one of the pioneers of electronic music from the 70's. He used to plug his string machine into a phaser pedal "Small Stone", it's a characteristic sound of his music. If you like "Oxygene", you could listen to his following opus "Equinoxe". He learned a bit of experimental music called "concrete music" with Pierre Schaeffer in the 60's. And then, he wanted to mix this kind of avant-garde with popular music, using synths and samplers (tape recorders at that time). Oxygene is the bestseller of french pop music (I think it's more than 18 millions copies sold around the world now).

[@toniozi666]

the bitoun fuzz (pronounced bee-toon) is from a friend of alex and he appears regularly on palf ! great channel

[@MiguelMakesMusic]

could ya'll do a show over the Polish Exar pedals? that would likely be very rad

[@simonpark843]

"Sorry For This Cover" made my day - thank you.

[@strat0871]

Merci Josh de parler un peu du matériel musique de chez nous. Cheers from France.

[@vpisarski]

First heard of Anasounds at Smallbox Music in Maumee, OH! Big fan of the Phase Lag.

[@joshuaraysummey7679]

That was a great record! Just finished it! Heard of anasounds via TPS. I am very interested in the Cerberus! Great episode guys!

[@rayjeeves8000]

PLEASE talk about, recommend, expand on, etc., Rival Sons and their sound for record time. I just discovered this band (yes, I’m out of the loop), but I love them. Very modern retro. Great songwriting, singer, all that stuff. Tell me what you think.

[@joermnyc]

I’ve seen the reverb before, really cool if you have the space on your board for the large “tank”, or if you don’t have reverb in your amp, just stick it all in the back and leave it on all the time.