Have you Heard of Lunastone?

This week, we chatted with pedal-maker Steen Grøntved about his company, LunaStone, and found out why he based his most popular circuit off the worst distortion pedal ever made.
Full disclosure: Nick and Josh were VERY excited for this week's episode because they thought we were going to eat a butt-load of danish. Turns out they're interviewing a Danish pedal-maker instead.
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Check out more from Lunastone:
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:51 Who is Lunastone?
1:09 Dynamic Delay & Distortion 1
3:34 "Apocalyptic Citrus"
4:48 Deep Metal
5:36 "Interdimensional Super Drill"
6:47 Trueoverdrive 1 & 2
8:09 "Big Mac Blues"
9:19 Smooth Drive 1
9:56 "Starlight Highway"
10:55 Blue Drive 1
12:33 "Supernova Pocket Knife"
13:57 Red Fuzz 1
15:02 "Psychic Cinnamon"
15:58 A Message from the Creator
17:10 Record Time
18:24 Thanks for Watching!
Gear in this Episode:
Lunastone Dynamic Delay
www.lunastonepedals.com/dynam...
Lunastone Distortion 1
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Lunastone Deep Metal
www.lunastonepedals.com/deepm...
Lunastone TrueOverdrive 1
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Lunastone TrueOverdrive 2
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Lunastone Smooth Drive 1
www.lunastonepedals.com/smoot...
Lunastone Blue Drive 1
www.lunastonepedals.com/blue-...
Lunastone Red Fuzz 1
www.lunastonepedals.com/red-f...
JHS "Loud Is More Good Amp"
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Bilt Relevator Guitar
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Record Time:
Ariel Posen - Headway
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Josh’s record player is by U-Turn Audio:
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The jams from this episode are on BandLab! Head over to the link below to jam with us, download the stems, and create your own samples from our sounds... or all of those things.
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#jhs #thejhsshow #lunastone

[@traviscrampton8766]

One thing I love about JHS is the willingness to praise “competition”. I can’t even imagine Gibson making a video talking about how great a PRS line is. It’s a sign of someone who wants the community to be the best it can be, not just their company

[@whssy]

This is the thing... I have learned so much about pedals from Josh's videos but I've never bought one of his. I will at some point as the karma overload is palpable. It was like when I had to buy Dylan pickups from watching so many Dylan Talks Tone videos, even though it cost an arm and a leg in custom tariffs.

[@jhspedals]

@HöarFrøst Music Project Seriously, if you want the Strymon set more, you should get it! The universe is being kind to us :) You're awesome and thanks so much for the love.

[@joelspaulding5964]

The majority of Josh's content highlights other companies: competition and the extinct classics. I almost always now come for the jams. The level of tightness and creativity has really coalesced as of late.

[@ScottMcdonaldMusic]

Everything is an island if you zoom out enough.

[@charlesrense5199]

Nothing is an island depending on how you define a lake.

[@davidcoolomfg8129]

Zoom in then man, zoom in…

[@tylerevans1700]

I love you

[@ScottMcdonaldMusic]

@@tylerevans1700 I love you too man.

[@charlesdbruce]

I like the large LED.

[@MDK2323]

Welcome back Nick! Being alone with Josh can be uncomfortable at times.

[@KLBoringBand]

The drums sound fantastic on this episode. They’re so cleanly played, and that ride symbol almost sounds colorful

[@NewFalconerRecords]

Nick consistently pulls some of the best drum sounds you'd ever wish to hear.

[@darklight4815]

I've often wondered what ride he was using...I still want to know cuz it does sound good.

[@grrggrrg4805]

Anyone else think Josh's playing has been particularly great in these recent episodes?

[@williambebeau1506]

Josh's playing has been particularly great in all of the episodes seriously, go back and watch. Not just a guitar pedal hero, but also a guitar hero in his own right. ^_^ one of my personal favorites is the jam from his "Must have Guitar Rig Essentials " video, so groovin'.

[@joshcarlton9184]

The first song: tone was "green eyes lady" with some similarity with note choice, but then he got all toady's possum kingdom with the abstractness

[@ToneSherpa]

Josh is not a shredder, but he got that phrasing magic. And that's what a lot of the super shredders are missing for me. Not to diminish them. There's a lot of great players out there. But good/interesting phrasing is where all the soul is for me. That's why Brian May is my all time favorite.

[@gavinw5469]

I went to a guitar store once and there was this one dude there. It was a guitar center, so they had the gibsons all the way up top so nobody could play them... So he got one of the employees to get one down. He chose a gold top over a burst. Crazy. We all know that metallic finishes ruin the tonewood. You know it gives it a ice pick bright not sustainy sound you know. Back to the story. He sits down, goes to a Marshall head, plugs it in a 4x10 and cranks the gain and volume all the way up. Then that one bass player at GC glares at the guy because he knows its going to be loud. So the bassist is sitting there, playing the same thing over and over, moving his hand a cenimeter up or down to get the right tone but he just cant get it. But he knows something is going to go down, so he turns his blackstar modeling amp all the way up. Of course he cant match the guitarists volume though. Then ths guitarist plays hysteria by muse. Then the bassist gets up. You know he is one of those jamacian really big bassist with like 41 kids with god knows how many women. He walks up to the guy and he tells the guy to be chill man. The dude walks out of the electric room, and into the acoustic room so he can play without being disturbed by the bassist. He grabs the most expensive martin and starts playing hysteria again. Then, the bassist walks in and grabs an acoustic bass. And the guitarist is like what the hell in his head. The bassist and the guitarist start jamming, and then the bassist starts slapping his bass like a million miles an hour, like Victor wooden on crack.

[@grrggrrg4805]

@@gavinw5469 cool story. Does it have a point?

[@Yupppi]

Those traffic lights on the pedals are great.

[@yunghentai2946]

Those have got to be the biggest LEDS I've ever seen on a pedal.

[@ThunderExpress]

Josh: "I don't play a lot of metal.." Also Josh: has like 20 metal zones 😂

[@DMSProduktions]

He likes his sense of irony!

[@-processdrone-]

well they ARE awesome. There should be more distortion pedals with parametric EQ as a tone section. Even if (judging by the "controversy") most guitarists are yet to learn how to use a parametric EQ. we should MAKE them learn!

[@squirelova1815]

@@-processdrone- Forced Metal Zone 'Re-Education' camps under the guise of Tonic Quarantine measures? MOOO HAH HAH! Ahem...

[@El...Presidente]

For sure the Overdrive 1 sounds hella better than the 2.

[@iryan1201]

Concurred

[@jasoncarrasco7682]

I noticed that too

[@Jaspertine]

I liked em both, but 1 sounded more usable to me.

[@iryan1201]

@@Jaspertine agreed. I would use 2 on single coils for beefier sound

[@gavinw5469]

I went to a guitar store once and there was this one dude there. It was a guitar center, so they had the gibsons all the way up top so nobody could play them... So he got one of the employees to get one down. He chose a gold top over a burst. Crazy. We all know that metallic finishes ruin the tonewood. You know it gives it a ice pick bright not sustainy sound you know. Back to the story. He sits down, goes to a Marshall head, plugs it in a 4x10 and cranks the gain and volume all the way up. Then that one bass player at GC glares at the guy because he knows its going to be loud. So the bassist is sitting there, playing the same thing over and over, moving his hand a cenimeter up or down to get the right tone but he just cant get it. But he knows something is going to go down, so he turns his blackstar modeling amp all the way up. Of course he cant match the guitarists volume though. Then ths guitarist plays hysteria by muse. Then the bassist gets up. You know he is one of those jamacian really big bassist with like 41 kids with god knows how many women. He walks up to the guy and he tells the guy to be chill man. The dude walks out of the electric room, and into the acoustic room so he can play without being disturbed by the bassist. He grabs the most expensive martin and starts playing hysteria again. Then, the bassist walks in and grabs an acoustic bass. And the guitarist is like what the hell in his head. The bassist and the guitarist start jamming, and then the bassist starts slapping his bass like a million miles an hour, like Victor wooden on crack.

[@nev375]

"The only pedal I make that sounds good on bass." *plays it on guitar* bassists everywhere: "Damn you Josh! UGH!"

[@gavinw5469]

I went to a guitar store once and there was this one dude there. It was a guitar center, so they had the gibsons all the way up top so nobody could play them... So he got one of the employees to get one down. He chose a gold top over a burst. Crazy. We all know that metallic finishes ruin the tonewood. You know it gives it a ice pick bright not sustainy sound you know. Back to the story. He sits down, goes to a Marshall head, plugs it in a 4x10 and cranks the gain and volume all the way up. Then that one bass player at GC glares at the guy because he knows its going to be loud. So the bassist is sitting there, playing the same thing over and over, moving his hand a cenimeter up or down to get the right tone but he just cant get it. But he knows something is going to go down, so he turns his blackstar modeling amp all the way up. Of course he cant match the guitarists volume though. Then ths guitarist plays hysteria by muse. Then the bassist gets up. You know he is one of those jamacian really big bassist with like 41 kids with god knows how many women. He walks up to the guy and he tells the guy to be chill man. The dude walks out of the electric room, and into the acoustic room so he can play without being disturbed by the bassist. He grabs the most expensive martin and starts playing hysteria again. Then, the bassist walks in and grabs an acoustic bass. And the guitarist is like what the hell in his head. The bassist and the guitarist start jamming, and then the bassist starts slapping his bass like a million miles an hour, like Victor wooden on crack.

[@MediHusky]

@@gavinw5469 i want to read this but youtube won't let me.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@MediHusky I read it! It was BS!

[@DMSProduktions]

@@gavinw5469 LOL!

[@MediHusky]

@@DMSProduktions While I agree with you, it was entertaining bs, so i'll allow it.

[@DylanMichaelToddMusic]

Im a fan of the on off lights. It may be big, but easy to see

[@Antonovich74]

Thanks for the record recommendation, as always. I’d been getting stuck listening to the same things and since following your channel I’ve been able to expand my music listening in a wonderful way advised by the sounds i like hearing. Thanks bro!

[@TheErikBleich]

Whenever josh plays metal it sounds like that one Velvet Revolver tune.

[@shankrl1]

Ahhhh Slither, my drop d show off tune as a 13 year old hahaha

[@TheErikBleich]

@@shankrl1 haha yes!

[@TheCyberMantis]

I'm still waiting for Josh to play something even close to "metal".

[@paulvash]

LOVE that is seems like we are having fun making videos again! The pandemic was hard on everyone, but these videos helped us all get through!

[@DRChevalier]

Always interesting to learn about and HEAR new pedals. Thanks!

[@marTinD42Mike]

This is such an informative and humorous show. My favorite guitar show on the tube. Keep it up!

[@tomshigoka4386]

I love that you show love to your competition. I wish more companies did this. 👏

[@davidmorgan9106]

The jam using the Blue Drive sort of reminded me of the middle instrumental parts of Superet’s “Bang My Drum”. Great work today Josh!

[@CDWMOEP]

Josh, I hate how much I love your videos. You do us all a great service with these.

[@TravisSpotts]

So glad Lunastone is getting some love! I’ve got their delay and it’s fun to play with

[@evanwilliams8908]

Why didn’t you stack overdrive 1+2 ? obviously 3 MUST be better!

[@cesaresaladandthespicycrou4080]

I really love the giant on off lights. The tiny led is usless outside during the day.

[@ashergrey105]

The jams are so sick on this one! Great job!

[@ralphmoeller5505]

I bought a ‚used’ (= never used / like new) Overdrive 1 about a year ago. Used it ever since. Love it!

[@trevormarshall3503]

Thanks; I added that trio album to my Sonos and the pedals are really something.

[@JF-em6hr]

Your jams are incredible. As good or better than the music you critic. And that's saying something. If you toured, I go out of my way to try to see ya.

[@Fonkemman]

They are! I go to this channel because I am tired of blues and metal demos from others 😅

[@TheSquareOnes]

I somehow read "jams" as "pants" and didn't even question it until I got to the part where you said you'd go see him for them. Not adding to the conversation, just sharing a dumb thing a brain did.

[@shkibby1]

Sounds amazing! I'll have to check them out.

[@RealNerdyProductions]

Thanks to your Caline video, I’m a proud owner of an M-Fuzz, Snake Bite reverb, and Multi-Mod! Loving them so far. Thank you for the videos.

[@richardsaffle]

Dude.... Nick is such a rad drummer... Get on that ride cymbal, Homie!

[@IlyaDemidovart]

So much fun! Thank you!

[@joesikorski4080]

I think Josh is a killer guitar player. I love everything he plays.

[@LloydWoodall]

I am: 1. Blown away by how many pedals you have 2. Excited for every jam you guys play, and want to see them live, and buy an album of them 3. Loving Record Time, every time Thank you.

[@Botamis]

The supernova pocket knife sounds like the band Holy Holy. Digging it!

[@walkinthrutheparkbymr.melo3905]

Excellent playing and demos!

[@videomove]

you’re right, the first jam is totally dope! you are the saviour of the internet… record time has become my main input for guitar music. thanks a lot, really!! 🙏😊👌🏼

[@adehorton7287]

OMG! Do you just diss Rhett Shull’s slide playing again!? Excellent!! 😂😂😂

[@jhspedals]

Yes

[@douchecraft3113]

Great video! Distortion 1 was my favorite out of the box.

[@maynardmadsen8712]

I love Denmark! I keep learning of cool gear companies there.

[@PerpetuallyTiredMusician]

The duck(edit)ing was on point. Have a great weekend everyone and stay safe.

[@rodneymelvin9735]

Very good young man, cool pedals and jams.

[@angelosanti9761]

just a saw Ariel in concert...such an insane tone. fantastic playing. great video too!

[@santiospina]

I really loved this episodes jams!!! Specially the “SUPERNOVA POCKET KNIFE” great bass line there!!! Nick and Josh great as always!!!!

[@DeathMayBeYourSantaClausz]

The Smooth Drive jam was just beautiful, loved the tone too

[@theceoofgibson2563]

Bloody nice mate. Oh, record time suggestion, "daddy's home" by saint Vincent.

[@nedthebutcher818]

Really workin the wigglestick. Also, I was waiting for that shot at Rhett at the end there.

[@jrice6337]

Yes! I heard Andy demo the true overdrive 2 and it's been on my board ever since. Seriously underrated and fantastic. Plus it's visually appealing

[@lalalol36]

@JHS Pedals Do a ducking distortion. When you play fast the distortion ducks, then when you play slow the gain goes up so you can get crazy cool sustain.

[@thekramer1097]

That's actually a cool idea

[@gavinw5469]

I went to a guitar store once and there was this one dude there. It was a guitar center, so they had the gibsons all the way up top so nobody could play them... So he got one of the employees to get one down. He chose a gold top over a burst. Crazy. We all know that metallic finishes ruin the tonewood. You know it gives it a ice pick bright not sustainy sound you know. Back to the story. He sits down, goes to a Marshall head, plugs it in a 4x10 and cranks the gain and volume all the way up. Then that one bass player at GC glares at the guy because he knows its going to be loud. So the bassist is sitting there, playing the same thing over and over, moving his hand a cenimeter up or down to get the right tone but he just cant get it. But he knows something is going to go down, so he turns his blackstar modeling amp all the way up. Of course he cant match the guitarists volume though. Then ths guitarist plays hysteria by muse. Then the bassist gets up. You know he is one of those jamacian really big bassist with like 41 kids with god knows how many women. He walks up to the guy and he tells the guy to be chill man. The dude walks out of the electric room, and into the acoustic room so he can play without being disturbed by the bassist. He grabs the most expensive martin and starts playing hysteria again. Then, the bassist walks in and grabs an acoustic bass. And the guitarist is like what the hell in his head. The bassist and the guitarist start jamming, and then the bassist starts slapping his bass like a million miles an hour, like Victor wooden on crack.

[@lalalol36]

@@gavinw5469 I take it you're that bass player?

[@gavinw5469]

@@lalalol36 I ain't no Aston Barrett. I ain't got 40 kids! Just telling a story.

[@gavinw5469]

I also ain't the guitar player. Cause he deaf.

[@llima3000]

Hey Josh, you rocked in this video today! I loved all your jams! Not that one with the blues driver was awesome! Really cool! I side note I’m not a fuzz fan, but really liked this one today… what a crazy episode! 😂

[@scorpionsaloon4169]

Jams were on fire today. Good job, everybody.

[@blackinblue11]

Really nice jams and great sounding pedals..and ever humor:)

[@kellykent131]

Josh! I really like your guitar playing on this video. It was excellent.

[@scooter5005]

I liked like to hear more of the brown overdrive #1. Nice jams!

[@edwardbosloper2445]

Man I love this show! Lunastone is awesome and JHS is awesome! Thanks!

[@joellebrodeur1015]

I may try these out. I've been looking for pedals like this.

[@jayeagle8363]

The smooth drive was a good jam boys ...simple and honest.🤘

[@quintinpace2627]

I scored a Red Fuzz from Reverb on a crazy deal and I love it. I mainly use it with the gain kinda low so it's more like a beefy light OD. Lunastone makes some good shit.

[@shawndoyle9348]

Josh, you brought your A game on guitar. The slide was awesome. Well done.

[@Whydyoucare]

For sure i like a lot your videos! And even though i cannot afford your pedals, i admire your work

[@sifelaver]

really digging the bass sound

[@gibs8412]

Your improvs keep getting better and better.

[@nedim_guitar]

Starlight Highway is sweet! When the solo kicks in, really mellow, but melodic. The second bar of the, the first note of the second bar, the longer high note did for me! It sits just perfectly in the jam, and that's the cherry on top for me! It's the note at 10:27. Plus that note at 10:50 that sounds kinda wrong, but it's not, and it grabbed my attention immediately! Nice!

[@Kuztomshop]

I have had the Pusher Boost on my board for two years. The closest dealer in the US happened to be 10 miles away. Anyway, awesome boost.

[@lenny8983]

The jams this episode were from another world!!

[@ElektroCuration]

The Red Fuzz1 is an absolute beast. It’s a fuzz for those that say they don’t like fuzz, you can place it anywhere in your signal chain, it’s very unique, and it’s hard to get a bad sound out of it! The other thing that’s super important to keep in mind is that it is actually-at its heart-an amp in a box! Yup, you read that correctly. One of the overarching design goals from the outset was to capture the sound of a Marshall stack being slammed with a really great fuzz! IMO, understanding this is an important key to realizing the Red Fuzz1’s full potential. 😎✌🏼

[@elliotmorley9075]

This episode had multiple amazing original demos. Just really stood out on this one, where's the album?

[@ellisblondeel6158]

Might be the best episode so far. I'm gonna get the delay for sure.

[@steelman774]

The Red Fuzz has a great drive to it! Great crunch. Solid jam. I’m an old metal head who’s into writing/playing 70’s metal/hard rock (but has a soft spot for diving 80 hair metal) and THIS was my far favorite of the review. 🤘

[@rowecierras5171]

Digging the jam songs!🙌🏼🔥

[@AppleBukker]

Josh goes back into full Alabama southern during his trueoverdrive bit. ...speaking as an Alabamian, of course.

[@dinosaursr]

Starlight Highway sure was purty. Made me think of that Danish tropical paradise you mentioned.

[@davidwhitehouse94]

The Acc Citrus jam was epic. Always enjoy the cool jams but that was great

[@andrewfrazier1182]

Great pedal line, and this has been the best set of jams so far. Oh and the overdrive 1 sounds better than the overdrive 2. Definitely going to see about getting my hands on some of these really cool pedals. 😎

[@jesperdalum7827]

Are you located in the US ? bluescitymusic.com

[@paulmatulevich3623]

Denmark is to mainland Europe what Japan is to Asia for tone. They have the market share of killer tone

[@danielspangler8358]

Wickedly intelligent you are. Your sense of humor is off the charts.

[@leascaart]

ALL THE JAMS in this vid are SPECTACULAR!!!

[@corvus5782]

Great drum sound!

[@Hopeful_Husker]

That Blue Drive jam was awesome

[@Calbertone]

brilliant material as always

[@florentgrenier7330]

I've got a lunastone dynamic delay, it sounds really good 🤘

[@emorimiku]

I am also interested in those endcaps

[@theaviary238]

I love your guitar playing. First jam was amazing.

[@STRATMAN1969]

Thanks once again J.H.S. pedal history high. I also love my Vox distortion .I put it on my newest "unnecessarily big pedal" pedal board .I didn't know it was basically a dist+ I think it has a little bit of that "muffy" distorted fuzz goodness. All I know is it sounds pretty Damn good between a Ceriatone Centura ,and Maxon overdrive .

[@asifasgar6871]

Jams of this episode are superb

[@TheCyberMantis]

Princess MIYAKO from the most excellent heavy metal band LOVEBITES uses Lunastone pedals. She might even be endorsed by them. She uses the overdrive pedals in front of her Peavey 6505+ amp. ( She is also endorsed by Peavey and Dean guitars, and SiT strings. )

[@KurtLorenz]

You guys are like my favorite band now.

[@huseynguitar4676]

Superdi, thank you very much 😊

[@Jon-up6pc]

@ 16:50 it's like you are stuck inside of a box, just waiting for someone to push the button to let you out.

[@stuartmccune7113]

That was really good. Thank you.

[@tedonyszczak3029]

I would totally end up buying the 2. And then eqing out the low end in the mix.

[@calcooper4]

Thanks for fixing that snare sound. SO MUCH BETTER.

[@TheMrPMullins]

I just love the knob layout!?!?

[@Arirmar]

We need a Dr. Scientist episode. Now.

[@therewasascene]

You’ve talked smack about your playing lately Josh but I’ve got to tell you that the od/clean boost+delay zone in which you live comfortably really speaks to me - I like to hang out there myself - also fuzz is yes. Keep on Pls 👍🏼

[@TriangleWaveRecords]

The pedals in this room even make the drums sound better

[@TJ.Stultus]

Heck yes! Love from Denmark.

[@dakotaaryerson]

I’d like to buy whichever album Supernova Pocket Knife is on. That whole jam was so nice. 😱 Just bought one of the last ones on Reverb…

[@StampyDog99]

It's sounds like it could be from hail to the thief or in rainbows by Radiohead Oh just saw that josh says that himself in the vid so I guess I'm not being useful

[@smelltheglove2038]

I like “starlight highway”

[@smelltheglove2038]

@@StampyDog99 I do that shit all the time. Make a post asking a question or commenting as soon as it’s done, it’s mentioned in the video.

[@swinginkeke]

One of my favorite thing about these episodes is the recurring graphics jokes. “He has the box!” “Words is good.” Etc. Gets me every time.

[@Pavel_Korolonock]

Nick is amazing on drums!!

[@m0j0b0ne]

Dynamic delay is one of my favorite things, so it's nice to see a different take on TC's (also Danish) 2290, and too bad TC didn't do a dynamic delay for their smorgasbord series (love the quiet switching, true bypass and jacks-to-top format) They did stick a version in their Flashback pedals, so there's that, but I prefer the TC Nova Repeater which is super streamlined, easy-to-use and the quality is high enough, it doesn't sound at all 'digital' plus it gives you access to some mild-to-moderate modulation a la the EHX Deluxe Memory Man. It has a couple of quirks that I regard as features; 12V operation and the high/low inputs that work the opposite of how you'd think. The extra headroom makes the pedal a little harder to saturate and 'High' and 'Low' don't refer to impedance; high is line level and low is for instrument-level input, which keeps things super clean and quiet. The 'Dynamic' setting loses the threshold and ducking level controls, but I don't miss them at all.