How To Destroy Your Guitar (Disturbing Content)

Sometimes-- heck, most of the time --you want clean, beautifully sculpted, well-thought-out guitar tones. Many musicians spend their whole lives searching for that tone, and it’s a worthy goal. That's not what Nick and I are doing in this episode. We want to destroy my guitar.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:46 Ottobit Jr.
1:30 "Digital Parasite"
2:40 Did it Destroy?
3:07 AirTrash
3:23 "Here Comes the Fuzz"
4:24 Did it Destroy?
4:51 Echo Dream 2
5:30 "Echo Nightmare"
6:47 Did it Destroy?
7:12 Maggotor
7:58 "Slug Lunch"
9:07 Did it Destroy?
9:15 Decomposer
9:52 "Brain Hacker"
10:52 Did it Destroy?
11:22 Super Weirdo
11:35 "Son of Pennywise"
12:30 Did it Destroy?
12:43 Mainframe Bit Crusher
13:02 "Nightmare on Sesame St."
13:58 Did it Destroy?
14:36 Record Time
15:15 Thanks for Watching!
Gear in this Episode:
Meris Ottobit Jr.
reverb.com/p/meris-ottobit-jr...
Mattoverse Electronics AirTrash
reverb.com/p/mattoverse-elect...
Death By Audio Echo Dream Delay 2
reverb.com/p/death-by-audio-e...
Electro Faustus / Fuzzrocious Maggotör
Mountainking Decomposer
JPTR FX Super Weirdo - Fuzz Modulator
Electro-Harmonix Mainframe Bit Crusher
reverb.com/p/electro-harmonix...
JHS "Loud Is More Good Amp"
www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...
Bilt Relevator
biltguitars.com/
Record Time:
Beastie Boys - Music
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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.
www.bandlab.com/jhspedals
#jhs #thejhsshow #guitar

[@paulxaviercyr]

This episode could have also been titled, "Things found under Jack White's bed"

[@eliblaker7787]

Damn he really just wrote a whole black midi album

[@lashlimed1722]

moves with a purpose

[@coleemmersonhallman5329]

the jams with the spring pedal and the super weirdo really sounded like them

[@DapperHesher]

It just sounds like a bunch '90s college rock to me.

[@tylerkeller7120]

I love how very few people will get this but I see it as almost top comment

[@cj.lambert]

Ah yes agreed I love black midi

[@jaybird5556]

I’ve been playing guitar for 16 years. I think Josh is the guitar hero I’ve been looking for.

[@kodykindhart5644]

Yup

[@onnadarts23]

Love the blurry elf-drummer in the background.

[@jrr832]

That's Josh's kid

[@pCeLobster]

He's not in the background he's just small and blurry.

[@katumbalrocks]

Hahahaha

[@nickose4687]

Nick just vibing like an absolute maniac in the background.

[@rinseyvessel6523]

With that beanie on he looks like a pale smurf.

[@njsteere]

11:54 lmao

[@rifaqatrasheed9773]

@@rinseyvessel6523 qq

[@grantcleveland4506]

This is probably the funniest episode of the jhs show i have ever seen and thats saying alot

[@LukeG_Eire]

Not as funny as the disappointment that is my life

[@brannareboredo3935]

this video definitely entered the shitpost zone with the "guitar destroyed" bits

[@leocana]

Strangest Pedal Names right up there, but yeah pretty funny

[@JohnMcNicholas]

I am crying every time the “Guitar Destroyed” graphic escalates!

[@metal571]

Definitely the best stinger yet

[@leoquesto9183]

Keeps getting More Gooder.

[@metal571]

If it sounds good, it is good, even if it's destroyed

[@slinger2112]

I kept wondering "What's next?". I almost spit out my drink when the head-on collision came out of nowhere.

[@endezeichengrimm]

Does it make you sad?

[@JessePoland]

The point where you hit the fuzz during Here Comes the Sun and you see Nicks face light up in the back. He looked like a happy little Keebler elf.

[@Aidan.w]

6:29 You know Josh has reached insanity when a pedal falls over mid-song and he just shrugs it off

[@ThunderExpress]

The title could also be: "How to Sonic Youth" lol

[@FFGG22E]

Buy a blue box

[@nedim_guitar]

Wow, sonic could be a verb! I haven't thought about it before.

[@tritonmosquito9348]

@@stuffandjunkanduhh5049 Yeah like playing a guitar with a file

[@baDWolf_75]

OMFG!!! Yes!!! Thank you!!! I haven’t understood the draw of Sonic Youth since 1988!! It mystifies me and people who hear me trash them get IRRATE. I simply say, I’m gonna de-tune my guitar, bang on the strings while holding Suss and minor chords... drone out some haiku and call myself Sonic Youth. People lose they minds. These pedals would exponentially authenticate the SY liberal arts major dropout sound!!! Thank you for showing me the light!!

[@ThunderExpress]

Just to acknowledge, i do like Sonic Youth 😝

[@rocketbarber516]

The real jewel of this video is Nick's expression during the AirTrash demo.

[@Thorrison]

the Ottobit should inspire a new genre: Dial-Up Core

[@nevergrowingupnevergetting7352]

It's so complicated to learn how to use that I gave up after a couple of weeks & the most expensive pedal I ever bought is now sat sadly in it's box.

[@GT-wo2oj]

NeverGrowingUp NeverGettingOld if you ever want to sell it I could take it off your hands. It’s currently the pedal that bit crushes my dreams and arpeggiates my nightmares.

[@christopherecatalano]

@@nevergrowingupnevergetting7352, well...you have the box!

[@lepanzon]

@@nevergrowingupnevergetting7352 man I understand, but once you get a feel for it, it’s so fun. Hell most of the time I have the sequencer off and just use the Bits, because they sound so gnarly. One thing I did was buy an OBNE signal blender and put the ottobit through there because that’s the one downside for me on that pedal, that you can’t mix in your clean tone

[@ThePceee]

Check out Berried Alive for hyper-technical dial-up songs

[@RJD18437]

This episode really showcased nicks drumming! He is the unsung hero of The JHS Universe! Tip of the cap to you sir! 👍👌

[@RandomButtonPusher]

Nick is such an ace drummer. One of the best elements of these episodes.

[@pgk7285]

@@RandomButtonPusher And they got the mics and levels just right. Great sound.

[@RandomButtonPusher]

@@pgk7285 Absolutely.

[@wallacewizard3934]

Props to the bass player who is basically holding these jams together.

[@rknprs]

I would have liked to seen Addison’s facial expressions. I bet it was all he could do to hold it together.

[@thisguy2973]

It’s like Devin Townsend says when he’s discussing a bass player’s mindset: “You wanna wank solos and go crazy on the guitar, that’s fine, but until I change my mind, we’re in C.”

[@Tony-Jabroni]

Spoken like a bass player

[@wallacewizard3934]

@@Tony-Jabroni guilty as charged

[@gvibes69]

Well the pedals have horrible sound and are nott musical ,so it as to be the bass saving the jam!

[@lordsong7]

What I like about this channel is Josh's simple honest evaluations of other makers products, instead of just pushing his own. It's refreshing to see a pedal builder acknowledge the good stuff his own competitors make. I especially like the excursions into the budget stuff like Joyo, Donner, Behringer, Sonic cake, (usually clone makers) ... A lot of those pedals sound like playing through an amp with blown speakers. I know, ever since the day I blew the speaker in my older brothers 1966 Fender Princeton Reverb, doing my Jimi Hendrix imitation, back in the day. I knew I was in big trouble and gonna get my arse kicked. lol Someone should make an "Ass Kicked" pedal.

[@logosvisuals]

I built a fuzz factory clone as my first pedal build / only fuzz pedal and I love not being able to tell whether it sounds insane because I messed it up or because it's an insane pedal to begin with. All kinds of destruction coming out of that thing.

[@darinvogt8789]

I need at least one of these pedals on my “church” pedalboard-should cut through the mix well. 🤣

[@kainagami]

Oh yeah, I should do that too. Maybe some old man will come at me yelling 😂

[@calebqueen5631]

Air trash for sure the Spirit lives within the fuzz

[@d.townzen1337]

Definitely would be extremely useful during a sonic recreation of Jesus tossing tax collectors out the temple.

[@daveclinton4945]

🎵 How great is our grrrrzzzzccctfshkufvsrhjyfdrtf#####################

[@BOBANDVEG]

Turn the gain up. The good book says to love each other, it doesnt say to be a sissy

[@simonmarcotte2432]

Nick's Destroyed Guitar animation is literally on FIRE! Is that T-Rex the Loud is More Good guy? 🤣⚡🔥🦖

[@mattnunnelly6321]

Pretty sure this is based on stock animation from a bowling alley strike screen.

[@leoquesto9183]

Yeaoh, thank goodness for templates. LOL.

[@-MyNameHere-]

Literally always the best snare sound in every video y’all do. I always show up for the guitar sounds but when the snare comes in I only care about that. STOP HAVING THE GREATEST SNARE SOUND SO I CAN PAY ATTENTION TO THE GUITAR! damn.

[@gpdaelemans]

Drum tone jumped out for sure. Maybe because the guitars sounded like 🤪

[@ramonathewaitress]

Here to say this exact thing. Like, better than the snare sounds on most records.

[@devolve42]

AirTrash sounds like a robot having bowel problems.

[@0000song0000]

😐 didnt know robots could have hemorroids

[@tpmcginnis]

You somewhat beat me to the punch. I was going to suggest that Steve Austin - The Six Million Dollar Man, was playing a Theramin, while going through colonoscopy prep.

[@hgg6448]

Can I just point out that "Maggötör" sounds suspiciously close to "meggyötör" which, incidentally (?) means "torment" in Hungarian... an aptly named pedal that one is.

[@kevingates3494]

I want a pedal that chugs, drips, AND destroys

[@bojangprodoktschns5428]

last gasp art laboratories - rattle crow you are welcome. ;-)

[@heybuddy6794]

will it thud?

[@kevingates3494]

@@heybuddy6794 I think I also want it to flerb

[@edbrito-swdev]

@@kevingates3494 no, no one wants to flerb.

[@evanwise5875]

Can't believe this is really Kevin Gates

[@JacobNNorton1982]

I totally misunderstood the title. I thought you were literally destroying guitars....... Pete and Cobain shed a tear.....

[@RichardKurbis]

but... doesn't every pedal have a "I sound like ass" position with the knobs?

[@jonathanjackson3706]

There's an episode

[@notapplicable328]

@@jonathanjackson3706 that would be a good one. The worst sounds out of the best pedals

[@notapplicable328]

@@jonathanjackson3706 my ds1 has a whole lot of options

[@andrewkoastephens210]

Man oh man. That music was like listening to the lost recordings that didn’t make it onto any Butthole Surfers album, after having “accidentally” taken waaay too much cough syrup while drifting in and out of a fever dream.

[@Papa-Kev]

This is why I love this channel. Josh's dry humor, drummer trance, etc., etc. Lol'd several times, 9/10

[@jonathanfure7086]

Why do I look forward to new JHS Show episodes more than any actual tv series?

[@roblaaa1845]

tv is poop

[@bradley3030]

I have been waiting for you to make a video like this!

[@chimneystacks9155]

The decomposer sounds like a electric fly trap on Friday night when a moth goes to heaven. Total awesomeness!

[@paulhardy77]

I love the beastie boys very cool how they blended genres,taught themselves instruments to be able to create unique fun hip hop

[@marcschonfeld3707]

Great video. Waited for it for long time. Very cool. Thanks.

[@Squidz66]

Ahhh man, that was so much fun. Thanks Josh 🍻

[@joelypolely]

Well you can't unsee what happened during "slug lunch."

[@samuelmorris1294]

Nick's editing skills in this episode though... I want to see more exploding car crashes with dinosaurs please. Full length feature.

[@slimrxvpxr6446]

been looking for this aspect and sound from this channel hell yessss

[@stefanmostert]

One of my favourite videos yet! That was awesome

[@BrandonOutside]

Literally the best version of “Here comes the sun” I’ve ever heard

[@PhyrexianFleshgorger]

That was beautiful and should be on iTunes or whatever the kids are uploading to these days!!!

[@grantcleveland4506]

Here i was thinking jacob collier's was as good as it would get

[@alexevans1826]

Love how organic the Ottobit sounds. Really naturally feeling under the fingers I would guess.

[@Daniel-rg9sl]

There's some thematic symmetry between this and the new Nix Tapes episode. I see what y'all did there and I like it :)

[@gaelchuncho9185]

monumental, that spring tapping performance followed by the decomposer by mountain king, too much fun ,thanks

[@j_drichmond]

This reminds me that I need to pull out a “fuzz” box I build from GetLoFi: it is a simple circuit with two transistors that feedback into each other... I’ve been able to listen to the radio through it.

[@reecedeyoung6595]

Lol, I've been able to listen to the radio just by plugging my guitar into the amp, but not inserting the cable all the way

[@myoptik3x103]

Me looking at my modular synth: “You say destroy, I say improve”. The Ottobit sounds like something Hendrix used on Are You Experienced? “So What’Cha Want?” Is favorite Beastie track.

[@brianhenderson4916]

Another quality JHS educational program there. I have been looking into getting a bit crusher but didn't know EHX did one...also got to know I should use tiny baby hand to manipulate any springs attached to my pedal. Keep up the good work professor.

[@dancrowe7860]

Thanks, JHS! Great, informative episode. All of these pedals will work on my board for my new band, Electonic Bowel Movement.

[@drugtaker3283]

I want the AirTrash, It sounds cool

[@DavidLeeKing]

I just want to say your drum sounds are always amazing! I know you're a guitar pedal company (I have some, they are awesome) ... but you should show how you get good sounds for these videos! And - way cool weird pedal sounds, too. Lovely!

[@BobMaulucci]

Root down is my favorite. Great band, and great episode Josh and Nick.

[@jaredlinna1371]

The New Style I appreciate the creativity and the groove on your videos.

[@noahorlowski3328]

"enough switches to make you feel like you have some options"

[@NickKBMusic]

I love how each “GUITAR DESTROYED” added one more cool thing to distract you for each one. 😂🤣😂

[@houseofshred3725]

The "Guitar Destroyed" clips were absolutely hilarious! This one's highly entertaining. Great job as usual, guys.

[@DevilMayAsian]

The Air Trash and JPTR FX, in general, have been on my radar for a long while. Glad to see they're getting some JHS love!

[@ralvknights]

Jhs almost went Death Metal on us in this episode😅 . I just loved every second of this fun showcase of weird pedals. I am actually interested in the Death by Audio. They make fxs that with tweaking and other fx combination, could make me an old dude actually land on planet Mars due to a worm hole or transportation to the Enterprise. Loved every jam song too. Imagine all the creative fun the JHS team is having. That will cultivate some great fxs ideas in the future. Live long and prosper.🤘

[@philipzielke8811]

After watching so many episodes of amazing pedals and history, this is like a train wreck. Completely awesome!

[@urbanwikstrom9246]

Great show! The Ottobit is fantastic. Cheers!

[@brisleeadams]

What a beautiful opening credit... I'm grateful for this content, imagine we had such quality guitar and pedal shows on telly in the 90's and early 2000's... What a great time to live in, guys, despite the appearances...

[@inkyfiend5289]

Nick couldn’t stop smiling the entire episode and that gave me so much joy

[@JPTRFX]

Finally something I can relate

[@mcformaggio5040]

Hey Chris I hoped the whole video to see if the Weirdo was on the list... I suppose I shouldn't have even questioned it

[@SquareWaveSymphonies]

The moment I read 'How To Destroy Your Guitar', I knew you'd be on this list. XD

[@danisoaresduarte]

Thirty seconds into the video, and I'm sure gonna love what's about to happen! Gotta love destroyed tones

[@Glurbschnurb]

Fantastic video!

[@qigung]

If only you could have brought back Frank Zappa as a “Guitar Destroyer” guest for this episode! Oh, man! That’d be awesome!! Have you ever resurrected a human being, Josh? It can’t be that much harder than bringing back a dead pedal...can it? 🤔

[@timhallas]

Got into the Beastie Boys about three years ago whenever the book was released... now love them. Really enjoying Paul’s Boutique at the moment - particularly Shadrach

[@druwk]

You guys have WAY TOO MUCH FUN at work(?)!

[@zachariahpoltergeist4516]

I LOVE that second one! Ive been wanting to find something like that shorting-out static-y sound frome the end of nine inch nails' "Ringfinger." Awesome!

[@xxzeroxxaxxmxx]

this is my favorite episode to date.

[@flockabutt]

Fellow sound destroyers REJOICE!!!!

[@FawazK]

That was so damn wild! I loved this video, I'd give it two thumbs up if I could! I've been wanting an Echo Dream 2 forever now. I'm so getting one. You're the best, man.

[@DeePrime]

The bit crusher with the riff you were playing made me think of the song There’s always room on the broom by the liars

[@waldemardaninsky2428]

JHS show, now with more bass!!!

[@frankfionn]

I knew JPTR FX will be on this show. Congratulations Chris.

[@nevergrowingupnevergetting7352]

Yeah man that pedals a beast! I've been wanting one for a while. Can't wait till I can afford one. Curse you covid!

[@ileutur6863]

Yeah all of their stuff is amazing. I'm still waiting for mine to come in the mail though...

[@companionofowls5438]

This made me smile A LOT. Thanks for this, wish I could jam with you guys

[@zeke1923]

Wow, this is so last year. Not out-of-date... I mean it really captures the recursive emotional dysentery of 2020... congrats!

[@epscaling]

I need some of that Air Trash “garbage”!

[@smokemethhailsatan]

I just want some blastbeats from Nick. That's all I want in life.

[@nj1255]

Meris has made some of the very best reverb algorithms I've ever heard. Love the sound of the Mercury7 and the Chase Bliss CXM 1987, which Meris did the algorithm for!

[@geoffreybrown8895]

You have absolutely destroyed ME with this video. Tears of laughter, tears of joy!!

[@MadeOfStones]

Somebody needs to check out the dutch band "De staat"....

[@JohnFoley1701]

Airtrash sounding like my DAW running out of cpu juice.

[@halvach1998]

You guys always have awesome recordings... Drums & Bass sound great

[@halfameatballz]

Whatever editor you guys hired needs a gold star for this one.

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

Loved the "GUITAR DESTROYED" transition getting more absurd each time

[@LogansLessons]

I know this is all about guitars, but DANG that drum mix is beautiful 👌👌👌

[@peterheuer5319]

*phoebe bridgers has entered the chat*

[@jonathandranoff1721]

This is my favorite JHS Show vid to date. I'm a pretty conventional player, but I love to hear someone who gets cool sounds out of bitcrushers, hyperglitch fuzz, and cray-cray delay. By the way, love the Beasties. I can listen to Paul's Boutique top to bottom any time any place. I also love their instrumentals collected on "The In Sounds from Way Out".

[@treecavecreative1581]

We needed the Buzz Box as the control! Jason Lamb was SO ahead of his time! Now I want Buzz Box

[@glennw3909]

I'm here for THE BOX...of destruction!

[@leoquesto9183]

Josh, you were but a wee laddie, five years old, 6'1", when those Beasties dropped but I can picture you throwing cheese slices on all the windows, rocking your Mardi Gras beads like gold chains, turning the TV upside down, and your parents walk in to see you scream: "It was like that when I got here."

[@coryhalewilliams]

the way there's a new creature every time the animation comes up destroyed ME

[@maxwarfield6699]

Best review EVER!!! All categories confounded.

[@Aphercotropes]

Need to revise this video to include: Alexander Effects SYNTAX ERROR

[@paulschlachter4313]

I liked that super weirdo. His guitar looks cool, too.

[@chrisjohnstone6164]

sabotage ---intergalactic --- both fabulous 💙 --- time for more bit crushing goodness -- bring it JHS

[@davejones4292]

Love this episode. Need more like it. How about episodes on Red Panda Labs and Hologram Electronics?

[@chrisdrake447]

“Nightmare on Sesame Street” is already haunting my day dreams ...

[@booneh]

The best Beastie Boys song is “Gratitude.”

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

If it has B3, it's for me!

[@xxSk8ing4christxx]

That whole album is fire. Arguably their best.

[@blakehoss6837]

For me it's a tie between Gratitude, Sounds of Science, and Bobo on the Corner

[@jesseblacksuit2761]

You spelled ‘So What’ Cha Want’ wrong

[@waldemardaninsky2428]

Shadrach, from Paul's boutique

[@vcsuwar6126]

Strong content, great demo work, overall delivery strong. Eyebrows continue to disappoint.

[@MrPinkfloydian]

This was GREAT!!! 😂 They got me sweatin' 😂 Those... everything was perfect and beautiful 😂🤣😂 and that zoom at Nick's utter joy was priceless (I already noticed the first one though 🤣) Happy New Year!

[@davidtexmex1616]

The Beastie Boys vinyl was the best thing about this pedal upload, some really guff gear in there Josh 🤒

[@Eddie_fn_g]

All of these sounds would blow JFK’s mind.

[@geraldfriend256]

Like a bolt action Carcano rifle.

[@jasonfcassidy747]

I always thoroughly enjoy these videos, but the pedals in this are my favorites y'all have demonstrated. Something new! Something other than "clean, beautifully sculpted thought-out guitar tones."

[@andreedipo6356]

The tank and dinosaur going in front of one word and behind the other didn’t get unnoticed. Good design, Nick.