How To Destroy Your Guitar (Disturbing Content)

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@jaybird5556]

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

[@kodykindhart5644]

Yup

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@rocketbarber516]

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

[@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 😝

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Papa-Kev]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@chimneystacks9155]

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

[@houseofshred3725]

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

[@JacobNNorton1982]

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

[@absinthetic]

I love the Wacko doll on the shelf behind you. Very appropriate for the sounds your making this episode.

[@jonathanfure7086]

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

[@roblaaa1845]

tv is poop

[@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

[@Aande40]

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

[@samuelmorris1294]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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...

[@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.🤘

[@e_ederer]

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

[@NickKBMusic]

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

[@caseyholford]

If you guys ever do a second edition of this you should check out mid-fi electronics Glitch Computer or Random Number Generator!

[@alexevans1826]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@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."

[@jimihendrix1575]

Gotta love a pedal company that refers to their pedals sound as, "absolute garbage." Now, I want one. An absolutely HILARIOUS video!

[@joelypolely]

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

[@Rhinodo99]

The airtrash sounds like a fuzz bender with the bias cranked up.

[@noahorlowski3328]

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

[@JB_Eckl]

I don't think I've ever commented on here before, but the Super Weirdo section... in particular the zoom-in on the drummer's face... has taken this already awesome show to another level. Also, the changes in graphics and timing before the second explosion in each GUITAR DESTROYED made me LOSE IT. I am so happy right now.

[@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!

[@coryhalewilliams]

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

[@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

[@gaelchuncho9185]

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

[@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? 🤔

[@dancrowe7860]

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

[@JohnFoley1701]

Airtrash sounding like my DAW running out of cpu juice.

[@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!

[@philipzielke8811]

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

[@Squidz66]

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

[@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

[@ChristosNikolis]

Thanks!

[@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...

[@michaelsnydermusic]

I LOVE their lp’s. But it’s their instrumental music that gets me every time. The In Sound From Way Out is an incredible collection.

[@drugtaker3283]

I want the AirTrash, It sounds cool

[@mikemonahan2580]

Assuming the Earthquaker Data Corrupter will be in part 2 of this vid? I need a whip and a chair to fight that thing away from blowing up my rig. Also, the WMD Geiger Counter can really f things up

[@ToddSalpen]

the Geiger Counter is the best for signal destruction 🎩

[@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

[@stenna9274]

Nick’s potential father-in-law: So, what do you do for a living, Nicholas? Nick: 11:55

[@smokemethhailsatan]

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

[@sethipoo]

Great episode. That autobit seems faaaaantastic. Someone needs to buy me one of those. And throw in a t-shirt that reads: " I need more pedals".

[@LogansLessons]

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

[@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".

[@epscaling]

I need some of that Air Trash “garbage”!

[@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.

[@peterheuer5319]

*phoebe bridgers has entered the chat*

[@briancrabaugh6966]

The title card progression of destruction was genius! Hahaha!

[@Firstandthirdday]

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

[@kevynwright624]

The Beastie Boys always knew how to play. They were originally a punk band in the early 80's. They RETURNED to their instruments on Check Your Head.

[@bradley3030]

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

[@AboutTheCloud]

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

[@joebryant8500]

You cannot destroy your guitar. You can only transform it.

[@chrisdrake447]

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

[@charlesbranch4120]

Thanks, Josh, Looks like Nick had fun with the Air Trash...waiting, waiting, waiting... to start the drum work at the end. Mountainking Decomposer was the weakest of the guitar destroyers.. Was Nick wearing earplugs or in ear Monitors? I'll hope it was the former... Keep having fun!

[@glennw3909]

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

[@BobMaulucci]

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

[@Aphercotropes]

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

[@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!

[@MISSCHAMPAGNE]

Here I am finding myself on the horror side of youtube again...

[@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!

[@paulschlachter4313]

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

[@jaredlinna1371]

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

[@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

[@chrisjohnstone6164]

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

[@davidtexmex1616]

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

[@davejones4292]

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

[@Eddie_fn_g]

All of these sounds would blow JFK’s mind.

[@geraldfriend256]

Like a bolt action Carcano rifle.

[@treecavecreative1581]

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

[@ReddestRosa]

OH, YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT MY HATE OF THE BEASTIE BOYS!? HERE WE GO, JOSH, not my thing

[@blahblah606]

You made some really solid points. 👍

[@danisoaresduarte]

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

[@daveclinton4945]

Ah, Beastie Boys. A little culture on a Friday morning. Their music videos were so much fun.

[@brainsplosion3000]

Please do a deeper dive into these sorts of pedals on the patreon?!?!? Love the show 😘

[@chrisdrake447]

More noise, more better. Boom! Like The Jesus and Mary Chain downtuned down to Hell.

[@geoffreybrown8895]

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