What's The Deal With Land Devices?

[@hurtjonnegut]

My girlfriend just watched this with me and compared you to Mr Rogers, which I assure you is the highest praise she can give to a human.

[@jonathanbailey994]

So true. Who wants to see Josh in a cardigan?

[@NewFalconerRecords]

I just saw 'It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' for the first time last night, and I'm from Australia, so 24 hours ago your comment wouldn't have meant a thing to me. Now I get it.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@NewFalconerRecords I'm Aussie, I knew who Fred Rogers was!

[@jambajoby32]

Absolutely not

[@KumoGoesFast]

i would LOVE to see Josh as Mr Rogers next halloween.

[@ZachRHuff]

It was so difficult for Josh not to say he makes Land Device pedals! Also, great jams on this one.

[@rezonjulio887]

does he tho?

[@dfuzzybuzzy]

Agree. Good Jams on this one.

[@cenesq]

13:19/17:23

[@hittingnote75]

I somehow guessed he was connected to them.

[@uncleswan3896]

nah Land is an Oaklander somewhere on 7th

[@djohnson2499]

In Utero is a top 5 album all time for me. Fascinating dichotomy of unapproachable noise and undeniable melody. Great pick.

[@dunxy]

Worthy

[@joeackroyd7157]

josh out here flexing on us making a metal zone sound good.

[@granthambeard]

Light to medium is the ONLY kind of blackmail I'd endorse.

[@spectre2575]

I'm happy with moderate to severe

[@donicsm7684]

Look man, the best part about your channel is how good the mix is on all your music. That's not a knock on your pedal content because they're amazing but your mixes man, they're so gooood. You gotta take us through the music recording side of your channel someday.

[@Heartful]

Check out the "how we write a song" or the more recent colourbox v2 videos! They're dope.

[@yanaysova5782]

True that, I wish we could see how much work they put in mixing their awesome music inside protools or whatever they use today..I have a feeling they keep it pretty simple but still everything sounds so good!

[@ahriik]

I'd be surprised if they much post-production mixing/editing at all. I agree that they always sound excellent. But sometimes the best mixes are the ones that are just kept simple. Good sounding guitar into a good sound amp into a good sounding mic, and well-placed mics on the drum set.

[@brad207]

In Utero Trivia: the vocals were recorded with a pair of RE-20’s panned left and right to capture the movement of Kurt’s head as he sang. It’s a subtle effect but works extremely well.

[@untartelette7545]

It was a RE-20 on the left and a 421 on the right, with a russian Lomo tube mic in the center. Albini sold the mics a couple years ago. There's a photo of the setup.

[@christophernoia5197]

​@@untartelette7545 that's so cool! I have a re20 that I love on kick and I've wanted a 421 for a while to use on various things. I'll have to try a setup like that with my re20, another dynamic on the other side, and maybe my wa47 or k67x in the middle. I have a Cole's 4038 I could throw in the setup too. Sounds like a fun experiment 😊

[@grateful4068]

Conspiracy theory α: Land Devices is a side project by someone that works for JHS, and Josh is cool with it. Conspiracy theory Ώ: Four of the Land Devices original eight are one person, whom fluxed into four counterparts due to a temporary interdimensional rift, later to be lost to time while being chased by the United States Government outside of Area S4, and last heard on a call from a pay phone to the Coast to Coast radio show (On September 11, 1997).

[@camdudley428]

I also think it's a friend of JHS or employee maybe even someone in the videos ;)

[@1bhitte]

Its nick with a voice changer

[@eranmontiel]

Or maybe it's just Josh...

[@coreybray9834]

Hey, I think I heard that George Nori special.

[@jaynixon3129]

Theory: Nick is the "N" on the Domino pedal.

[@niklasschmid9123]

Josh is like: thats the ratest pedal in the world but i have one And this in every episode

[@leachim66]

but does he have the box

[@nfijef]

Let's face it, Josh and Nick make everything sound great.

[@Aidan.w]

I can totally imagine Josh shopping for pedals on the black market

[@davidozab2753]

'Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle' is among my top two or three Nirvana songs.

[@notsamoht]

That song is sick

[@solomonlee5298]

Same here. And as far as Kurt's love of Beatle-esqe chord progressions, I always thought that it sounded like Lennon on a manic pain killer stint. Go figure. 🤔

[@ScottBurton11]

So good

[@alexwashington8749]

By far in my opinion their best album.

[@OM-et4qj]

FFWHHROS is one of my fav, along with STS.

[@JetpackSamurai]

The Braun designer referenced is Dieter *Rams* (not "Roth"), wonderfully minimalist and modernist clean design of household stuf like radios.

[@nicbrownable]

Dieter Roth was a builder of minimalist hot rods in the Bay Area.

[@brentgarner]

@@nicbrownable Not be confused with Dieter Lee Roth, the guy who invented the spinning high-kick off the drum riser.

[@whyisthisbroken]

Yes, but Dieter Roth was great too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Roth

[@landdevices4013]

but it wasn't even me on the recorder device

[@HaseEins]

Thanks. I was gonna comment the same. Dieter Rams. Like the guy Jonathan Ive of Apple 🍏 always cited. Would be great to have some Dieter Rams Pedals.

[@tanzer_j]

seems like a missed opportunity to say "many bothans died to bring us this information." You've got the shirt and everything

[@__Anton__]

What a great genuine guy Josh is. Reviews other brands enthusiastically, yet has his own line of pedals. Brilliant channel, JHS great company! Respect🎸👍

[@Isaac.Garcia666]

Yeeee, JHS day is always a good day

[@joaoalcantara6676]

Ok, they're pretty mysterious. But not as mysterious as what's inside a BBE Sonic Maximizer and what it actually does! Make it happen, Josh!

[@vorpalblades]

Low frequency phase correction.

[@FritzingFire]

@@vorpalblades "correction" lol

[@Apophis392]

@@vorpalblades what the bloody hell is that supposed to mean? What’s incorrect about this low frequency phasing?

[@simon_patterson]

My understanding is that a sonic maximiser is designed to replicate the fact that the speed of sound varies slightly depending on frequency. In real life, a high frequency arrives at our ear at a slightly different time to a low frequency, when both tones are produced from the same source at the same time. So, I understand a sonic maximiser is a delay, where the delay time is varied for the various frequency ranges within a sound.

[@danielatherton1631]

It cuts your mids. Doesn't matter how it does it. That's what it does. That's why it sucks.

[@eolasinstruments]

In Utero was such a huge part of my teen musical journey that the comment, "if you haven't heard it," made me feel as if you were saying, "if you've never heard someone say your name out loud before."

[@OTTOAUDIO]

Land is exactly like something Josh would do. Definitely creative and fun and tongue in cheek - yet completely serious.

[@raintics412]

Having never heard of them before, I don't know where Josh's irony began and where it ended.

[@KyleSevenoaks]

It's going to turn out that Land Devices are based at sea, isn't it?

[@tylermarshall6180]

They'll be one of the primary industries of the micronation Sealand

[@KyleSevenoaks]

@@tylermarshall6180 :D This is exactly the place I was thinking of!

[@easyriderm1314]

JHS = Dulce Mountain range, New Mexico

[@ronfalkoff]

Love the channel!!! Watching for a while! I have learned so much in so little time!!! thanks to all of your sharing of knowledge!!! Bought a guitar 2 years ago and actually started lessons at the beginning of the pandemic... Thank you for all you do!!! Hello from STL!!!

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

I love how JHS videos teach us about brands we never heard if.

[@maxhocks2006]

I think my favorite part of the channel is when you do out of the box stuff like split a signal in 3 and then mix is separately on the fly. I didn’t even know stuff like that was possible. That’s why I love your channel. So informative. Also lithium is my favorite nirvana song of all time.

[@caseyking8394]

Thrilled to see farm pedals included in a jhs video even in a small way

[@spacejamofficiel1617]

Hi Josh thanx for all your great work. And YES we appreciate all the risks you are taking to keep us informed with the world of pedals. Guys like you are essential to help us musicians getting all these crazy colors with our instruments. So just for this keep on finding us some great colors so we can take our music further on. THANK YOU JOSH :)

[@baoboumusic]

I think this is probably the most awesome JHS episode I've watched in all my 3 weeks of pedalshow binge watching.

[@KalJoao]

NOOOOOOOOOoooooo, I've been waiting for a certain used one for over 6 months to come up now. Darn you for making them more well known!!!! ;)

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

The "Josh Effect" strikes again. I feel for you.

[@KalJoao]

@@patrickfitzgerald2861 sigh, still hoping to eventually get one

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@KalJoao The "Josh Effect" usually wears off in about three months. Good luck!

[@cole_r]

Ugh I was waiting for potential Black Friday deals but I didn’t realize how limited the HP-2’s quantity was. Now they’re sold out.... I’m honestly pretty bummed. I was hoping to use it as my main drive pedal. Really dig that sound I hope they reissue more

[@bactareality]

I’m just glad I picked up my HP-2 Ltd last week, not surprised they’re all gone now.

[@imacmadman22]

I like the aesthetic of Land Devices for sure and if there is humor behind that, all the better. The "First Quality" and the mixer are definitely something pedal aficionados could use. As for Nirvana, I saw them a couple of times before they became famous up in Washington state at a party and a bar. They were something to see for sure, they played very loud and aggressively but you could tell there was more going on than just volume.

[@ukuk907]

15:40 first reaction was "are you crazy, how could anyone don't know this album?!" and the second later I just realized that my twenty birthday was so long ago :) Cheers!

[@chrisnewman448]

Everytime I think I understand your music you throw me for a loop. You are an original

[@duaneanderson6393]

thank you for once again risking your life to provide me with educational information that is very clear and very entertaining.

[@caddiganfilms]

So funny that you chose in utero for record time. I've been listening and playing along with it almost daily for a bit now. Definitely one of my favorite albums of all time.

[@scottgeyer684]

I love your sense of humor, please don’t ever change!

[@middle_pickup]

The harmonist in parallel with the distortion was dope. Really impressed me on how clear the pitched delay line came out. Has me rethinking my placement of my Boss PS-3...

[@Rompler_Rocco]

Albini is a incredible rabbit hole of a man. Beware that you will be forever delaying your room mics, though.

[@jimismith6648]

That comb filtering tho

[@fancykarlmarx]

And no fucking sennheisers!!

[@James-eg3nf]

That mixer is such a cool idea. Imagine blending multiple independent overdrives and the thick juicy harmonics you could create. The possibilities are endless! And I like Nirvana.

[@livingabovethe12th]

the steve albini comment at the beginning of record time was perfect ;)

[@stephenkovach7901]

I’m impressed, some very tasty jams from the band today! Love these videos, keep it up

[@re3e46]

Love my EP-5. It only needs one knob. Use it as a boost. Had questions for land before buying and was cool as fire trucks about getting back w thru email 2 winters back. Glad to see he found more switches! Great vid. Classic aesthetics

[@brodykrafka]

The split and parallel guitar pedal jam was so cool. I have honestly never thought of stacking sounds that way. Looks like I have some gear to add to my list.

[@ainsbass]

Great video as always! Love learning more about interesting pedal manufacturers. Also, Charing as in Charing Cross is said with a short 'a' sound (like in chat) rather than a long one (like in char)

[@gregcollins4730]

Land devices is Josh, Mason from Vertex, Brian Wampler and Robert Keely

[@ProSimex84]

IGNORE THE VAN PARKED OUT FRONT

[@isaacward6998]

Josh I hope you know you are a national treasure for musicians everywhere

[@adrianramirez7122]

Favorite Nirvana record you say?? Bleach, so raw, that's why In Utero is a close 2nd I only know Nirvana licks help

[@MerovingianBR]

It's funny that even with the voice on the "call" distorted, it's pretty damn easy to identify Nick as the one who recorded it through his speech mannerisms... Furthermore, the chosen record for record time "In Utero" is a pretty damn clever tip, as utero means womb, and so it can be understood as "In the Womb", as if Land Devices were being gestaded within JHS. You guys are amazing, keep up with the awesome content. Best Regards, Leandro!

[@brunoromiti7708]

the first groove is just amazing, it sounds like a mashup of lennon and harrison's solo careers into one tune, just so good!

[@seankent1807]

Love the sense of humor infused into this video! So great! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@shalabazertheboltstruck8645]

Hands off... the best sounding, the best looking, the best pedals I've ever seen/heard. Please Land, please, please, pleeeeeeeeease make milions of these

[@cdrocker3663]

Man, that riff with the Land/Farm was wicked cool! A real joy to hear that one.

[@deskypoo]

Really enjoying your videos more and moe as they go on, keep it up!

[@iamstrangeways]

The chord progression on Scentless Apprentice after the verse into the scream...nuff said.

[@peckermusic]

Great tunes this week Josh and Nick. Particularly liked 'Parallel Universe' 👍

[@lainewave5628]

Another well done episode by the crew on both sides of the camera. RE: Nirvana's In Utero ... one of my favorites. Songs from the album have been in my mix-tape, mix-CD, playlists over many years. RE: conspiracy theory on 4 new Land-ers - my status is still nominal - but the eagle has departed and dog is barking, can't fly without umbrella.

[@pascalk1922]

Great episode , I concur with some fellow subscribers that Land Devices' pedal line might be a "Parallel Universe" JHS brand. Would be brilliant marketing. Smart demo of the Land Mixer and MultiBox , they do seem to have that innovative design touch. My favs of "In Utero" : "Heart Shaped Box", "Dumb" . Other personal favs of the band are "Blew", "Paper Cuts" ,"Negative Creep", "Come As You are", "On a Plain" , "Drain You", "Dive", "Aero Zeppelin" , "Big long Now", "Aneurysm" .

[@antoniog.n.7553]

Fun episode. Love it. My fav Nirvana song is Dive but how In Utero sounds is amazing and totally differente from what they recorded before. All apologies and Dumb are my fav tunes from it.

[@rawknbearbell7032]

Those last two jams were... THE JAM , good stuff guys

[@heavybrett-al4082]

I love learning about pedals from Josh,my favourite show is this show!👍🤘

[@brandonmiles8174]

I've really been wanting a farm pedal. Had no idea they did a collab with Land. Now I want a Land device, thanks Josh. Good job. Great job. Way to sell your soul for a pedal (?) company.

[@octavatron863]

beautiful pedals, aesthetics and sound stand out a lot. btw, nice video josh, as always

[@manuelkuhne6589]

I can’t appreciate Nick’s drumming enough! Superb.

[@jamarwright]

Dieter Rams was the industrial designer associated with the Braun Company, not Dieter Roth.

[@whyisthisbroken]

I caught that. Ironically Dieter Roth is one of my favorite German visual artists from the late 50s - 90s. Weirdo graphic designer, made sculptures out of all kinds of things, drawings out of melted chocolate, and an experimental musician. Bonkers!

[@deerfieldself256]

Couldn’t even focus on the LD hype, had to come straight to the comments for this correction.

[@landdevices4013]

@@deerfieldself256 unforgivable!

[@deerfieldself256]

Land Devices i went back and watched, 100% focused, promise!

[@saschah5853]

literally unwatchable

[@PatrickGerhart]

I have a No Masters and love it. Josh needs to do a video on Farm Pedals. Awesome outfit out of Maine. First boutique pedal I ever bought was from them. I now have a few others and love them all.....I love Nirvana

[@HazeAnderson]

I own a Land Device HP-2 and I use it for my TB-303 clones .... love it!

[@grizelda4526]

The sound with the mixer was incredible!

[@haroldbear5141]

Parallel Universe was a mini masterpiece. Seriously. And to think I’ve just been hanging around waiting for that Sovtek video. Yet here I am. Entertained and educated.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

I'm glad you mentioned the "poppy" element in Nirvana Josh. Regardless of how one might feel about them, it is surely present, and really helped to broaden their (dare I say it) commercial appeal.

[@lgv3051]

The Ramones are very poppy. It can be a good thing but must be used very carefully. Look at what happens to pop musicians. It's like that lord of the rings thing. Corrupt your soul or something

[@dreamofwaking702]

This was an especially fun video. Glad to be here lol

[@unfinishedBridges]

I love the No Masters! I have couple of the limited Blacked Out versions. It's an awesome pedal. I have the Multi-Box as well (very useful).

[@tysmith1967]

Can't wait for the Farm episode!

[@var_guitar]

I have waited two years for you to deploy an RV-3, and today, it finally happened. Thank you.

[@Abbynorml1979]

In Utero was my favorite album for years back in the nineties. I loved the sound so much.

[@waldemardaninsky2428]

In utero it's actually, my favorite nirvana record. I think it's more powerful than nevermind, and less poppy. Nevermind it's a great record, and got a lot of hits, but in utero got the songs, and it sounds amazing.

[@Sinking.Spiral]

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for this channel and these videos.

[@jhspedals]

Thank you!

[@victorroffe9983]

Josh makes amazing videos- keep up the good work

[@thematteblack6606]

speaking of farm devices, they have the fly agaric pedal which is a dual phaser which sounds incredible. it'd be great to see a video about dual/multiple effects pedals. cheers!

[@TheBdm106]

In utero is the album that connected with me. Pennyroyal tea jumped out as at me like a single person having a conversation with themselves, except during the response section you realize it's not a self conversation but one with many people. Plus I love Kurt's guitar sound on this one. It's almost like it's semi buried, tucked in with a blanket for the night under the stars of his voice and Dave's drums. Chris's bass just stays mellow throughout like the stuffed animal next to him, soft, simple and consistent.

[@macsarcule]

It’s ok Josh, we know you’re Land Devices. 13:30 is a brilliant touch 🤣

[@peterwurzel1703]

Great show! I would love an episode about tube preamp pedals. Like those from blackstar, two notes and victory

[@ezrafowler1820]

When the hell are you guys going to make a record?????? I call dibs on the first copy 🤘

[@BudoReflex]

I really need an album of these songs. You are a fantastic guitar player.

[@Kaiross08]

I’m pretty sure this is Nick secret brand

[@jaredheld2672]

That’s what I’m thinking

[@Mathachew]

There are enough uses of like in the official statement to back this idea.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Yes he said “like” so many times that must be the drummer boy.

[@uvulapie]

Or is he the N of L A N D ? So who are the other three?

[@brutalbasspro]

They come from Oakland CA is all I know for sure.

[@veilofpersephone1480]

This panasonic audio recorder is really cool! Looks like the device we recorded our first demos on back in the day. Think I'll get me one of those again.

[@BedroomNoiseProject]

Big fan of Land Devices here! He mentioned ‘Dieter Roth’ as design inspiration, I believe it is ‘Dieter Rams’, the super influential German design master.

[@photoncinematic6656]

I got some Pink Floyd vibe, especially with that slide. Great playing Josh and your Employee band 🐇

[@tomasjones3755]

Ohhhh..... love the parallel effect mixing. Gotta try that out. As to Nirvana - I'm fortunate enuf to have seen them, in their fist shows outside of their hometown. I was Staff/Adjunct faculty @ Evergreen State College in Olympia WA. I was playing in a Blues/R&B/Funk band. I thot them but rough around the edges, but cool. Olympia was a hotbed of new & alt music. Besides Nirvana, Sup-Pop records started up (Hiya Calvin) & the Riot Grrrl sound started up there; with Bikini Kill & Sleater-Kinney. Kathleen Hanna, of Bikini Kill, was one of our student employees. Many many other bands & styles came out of that area, Good times..... These days, I do a solo show and usually include an acoustic version of Nirvana's 'In Bloom'. Thanks to Sturgill Simpson for that arrangement.

[@josephjacques324]

Was gonna ask about a Perculator show, I’ve one from uk company, Fredric effects and it’s awesome ps I can confirm In Utero is the greatest Nirvana album, greatest opening line to an album ever

[@christofyre]

Fredric effects have some great fuzzes!

[@demonicmachines]

In Utero was my first Nirvana album! I'd heard people talk about them since middle school, and I'd heard all of the radio songs, but in 2006 the guitarist in my band told me I needed to hear In Utero. Incesticide is my favorite album, but I think my favorite Nirvana song is "Milk It," from In Utero.

[@leebatt7964]

That land farm no masters fuzz pedal nails that Jennifer Turner “carnival” tone. One of my all time fave guitar parts and tone.

[@dylanmonaghan7623]

I think In utereo might be my favorite nirvana record because it was such a diversion from what people we’re probably expecting after the commercial success of Nevermind. The intensity is palpable all the way through.

[@chancecsmith]

“I actually heard about this at a laundromat locally. It was awkward. “ lolz

[@charleswood123]

Josh had the sarcasm dialed to 11 today. Love it

[@JohnnoDorber]

So let me just say I love the way your son uses his ride cymbal during your first pedal demo.

[@davidc7450]

Hope you do a video on Farm Pedals one day. Been on the fence about getting the Black Flag for a while now - not enough demos out there!

[@donjuniper]

"Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old."

[@andremaion]

In Utero is definitely their best album. It shows a huge evolution in his lyrics.

[@jstrandquist]

In Utero might legit be my favorite album of all time. For a couple years, I didn't like it very much in comparison to Nevermind, because it was so harsh and jarring much of the time. But circa my freshman year of college (and a great deal of associated angst), I got it. The record just made sense, from the boredom and alienation in Serve the Servants to the wordless anguish of Milk It to the sad beauty of All Apologies. It becomes all the more haunting when listened to in light of Cobain's suicide, but even without that knowledge it's still a masterpiece of rock.

[@NintenDub]

Ppl still really believe kurt killed himself hey?

[@PedalScience]

the triple guitar part with the mixer was very cool

[@mattiasjp]

In Utero is probably my favorite Nirvana record, but then it’s the record that got my first band started. I don’t remember much, but I know it we put this on in school and some of us kind of said in unison, we should do this. So I may be a little biased, but I LOVE all their records.

[@55PENSFAN2]

"light to medium blackmail" 😂

[@CappyRev]

up there with light treason

[@hurtjonnegut]

@@CappyRev an AD reference in a JHS comment section just made my day.

[@kosmicwizard]

Could that also be described as white to grey mail?

[@fakshen1973]

Light to medium blackmail: ...or I'll tell your wife. Heavy blackmail: ...and I'll be needing your wife.