LIVE: Delay Pedals / Q&A

[@RussArteaga]

22 minutes in and I’ve laughed out loud at least twice. “I don’t have this pedal am I gonna survive” is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard.

[@RussArteaga]

Oh yeah and it’s literally 4:20 am and I’m sober.

[@JCDenton95]

More of an FX-69 GRUNGE YEAHHH man myself

[@kirabarsmith9353]

LOL This was surreal to watch. Thanks for turning my gripe into great content, Josh! I hope someone hooks you up with a Morley EVO-1 soon:)

[@GustavoLovato]

You guys are great for my soul. Thank you for such great content!

[@andrewb7111]

42:50 I actually goofed when I wrote down my favorite DD pedal in the chat. I too favor the DD5 because it was released in the 90s and I'm real big on 90s alternative & grunge.

[@craiger2399]

Awesome to have a Q&A to help fill in the blanks after a topical video. I just want to share that Pete Thorn has a TonePrint for the Flashback2 delay that is made to work going into a dirty amp. It really does stay out of the way and work well.

[@GIBKEL]

Loved the title credits-how many times I wish I could have said this at a movie. It’s why I only used to go to matinees. Delay and reverb. Like peanut butter and jelly. Thank you for your constant effort!

[@nclauser42]

You are the reason why I play music now! Thanks just picked up the Fuzz Face Mini Germanium and love it!

[@nathanschad8048]

Love the live shows. Need more of these. Learned a lot.

[@howardmaryon]

In the late ‘60’s I had a Watkins Copycat. We used to let the tape loops wear out before changing them, so the repeats got darker and darker. We also used to deliberately slow down the capstan roller with a finger to get random modulation effects, and I liked playing with a tape that had been caught up in the works at some point and was all crinkled, so it gave random drop-outs and modulation.

[@ohkee]

Hi Team JHS, just wanne say you guys are doing great stuff. I missed this show, but that’s okay. I’m still alive. I’ll watch the video instead of the livestream and fill the hole in my soul with delaytalk.

[@SaphroxStudios]

This was such a great stream. Thoroughly enjoyed it Live. Top chat comments where hilarious and it was great to see Fluff and Rhett joining in too

[@rsi1964]

Love the vibe and detail in the show. Great blend of content and entertainment

[@mikeneldner3316]

I bought my DL4 in 2000. At that time my Guitar teacher´s opinion on this pedal was: Get rid of it, it sucks. I´m really glad I kept it anyways. It´s been with me for countless hours of live playing and only once I had to change a switching knob. The Looper nowadays of course is outdated, but still cool. It´s reliable and has a pretty good amount of great delays, with or without modulation. Still love the darn thang!

[@evanharnett]

Great live show on delays. Learned so much I expected a quiz at the end.

[@AlexanderWS92]

I love your sense of humour Josh.

[@makingmusiconline2309]

Josh and team: you could consider a PTZ camera for pedal board cam .... that way you could pan, zoom, and tilt from a little control panel, or save preset locations on the pedal board, and just hit a single key to zoom in on each pedal as you wanted to talk about them (probably a little grid for simplicity) Love your stuff :)

[@LordHar]

These live shows are getting really good man!

[@zosojstro]

This channel is awesome!! I learn so much and helps me getting better tone and hopefully make better music.

[@middle_pickup]

My friend, and guitar teacher at the time Jonross Aldridge got a big box silver panther delay very early. To this day playing my Line 6 verbzilla on the octo shimmer setting in that panther's effects loop is one of my favorite tones I've ever had. Really, really cool pedal. It had a delay tone that was too dark for my taste, but when paired with the bright shimmer my heart was filled with wonder.

[@bouzoukiman5000]

I think of bucket brigade dark repeats as if the buckets of water are spilling a little bit between each pass till there is none left

[@xdoctorblindx]

That's the whole point of the analogy, yes.

[@Pianet]

@@xdoctorblindx actually not. the buckets brigade name actually is referring to the crazy number of caps (20ish per millisecond) in the chip. At the time people didn't think of bbd as lossy...instead they thought it was cool you could make delay chips at all.

[@banjobones4190]

Hey Josh, I know your show is about pedals, but you should consider doing a “rig-rundown” type show covering your guitars and amps, talking about your favorites, etc., enQuiring minds want to know...

[@GlennJimenez]

Ps I really appreciated seeing the pink panther in the screen right away when I was this was a delay episode Just ordered the 3 series delay. Because of your show🥳 No joke. Cheers.

[@alanredversangel]

I think something that wasn't brought up was analog dry through. Probably why your favourite DD stops at 5, I think the 6 was digital dry through. The line 6 is an exception to the rule somehow.

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Apparently the DD-8 also has analog dry thru: delaydude.de/en/testbericht-boss-dd-8-teil-i/?v=3a52f3c22ed6

[@shawngalbraith9366]

I just recently picked up a Mojo Hand FX Rook Royale. It has a modified stage based on the Speakasy, which emulates the Echoplex Preamp thingamamabob. The other side is The Rook. You can switch, with a toggle, which stage comes first in the signal chain. Awesome.

[@shawngalbraith9366]

I should mention, the comment that inspired me to make this post was the beautiful white noise produced by the Speakeasy side of The Rook Royale. It's my favorite thing about any pedal I know of right now. I just said that. I love White Noise.

[@shawngalbraith9366]

For those who might be confused by my post, White Noise is that hissing sound made by analog tape. Not the Politics of The Right. I just felt the need to clarify that. I support the former, and oppose the latter. Let's move on.

[@duncan-rmi]

modification to the DL4? a piezo inside the case, hooked into the delay time, so that when you kick it, it wobbles. I'd also add the drum model from the rack version, & maybe midi clock.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I love my Memory Man,. And the Roland JC120 is the only solid state guitar amp I ever loved. Two of my favorite players, John Scofield and Adrian Belew, use the JC120. When I was a kid I had a DD2 also, that was my favorite pedal for years. Edit: 38:12 Of course it matters.

[@zachary963]

Adrian Belew use as a JC 120? Wow

[@floridaman7079]

My theory on the DD-4 4 thing, because in Japanese the number four sounds similar to another word meaning Death (kinda like Whether and Weather)

[@dazming]

Yes 4 in mandarin, japanese , sounds like die/death. It is considered unlucky. It might be inauspicious to BOSS. Now we might be spoiling it for Josh to put it in an episode :p

[@betts12220]

That's correct. Source: I used to live in Japan and speak some Japanese.

[@milessmart]

I'm loving these follow up videos!

[@lukeheckel7926]

Sick Harry and the Hendersons ref, very nice.

[@christophertodd1980]

Catalinbread Adineko is a fun digital reproduction of the Oil Can delay. It ‘can’ replicate some of the quirks of the old devices with a small footprint, extended delay times, two ‘heads’ and is very usable with a lot of control over the sounds it produces. Great little preamp in it too.

[@GIBKEL]

I think it’s great. Follow up.....It makes it more of a two way conversation. Best and convoluted band name “And you will know us by the trail of dead” Epic and sonically apt.

[@HippieTrax]

I have a functioning Gibson GA-4RE oil can delay, I believe it’s a 1965. I live in KC so if you want to check it out let me know.

[@HippieTrax]

No treachery here, just some sweet motor hum.

[@archie3k433]

Can of Redbull right next to all of that gear... The BALLS on this dude.

[@shawngalbraith9366]

Thank you for melting brain about the mechanical reality of the Original Echoplex!

[@tim9house]

What chip is in the Ibanez em5 echo machine? 2399?

[@markhammer643]

A Mitsubishi M65831 ( www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/datasheet/305/M65831-pdf.php ). Not the *exact* same thing as a PT2399 but in the same general family of self-contained digital-delay chips that have on-board memory, and the requisite A/D and D/A conversion.

[@JAFOpty]

56:31 is that the popping sound I read about in the forums? was that issue solved?

[@francoisdallaire5424]

Hi, No Digitech Hardwire pedal ?? I like them a lot.

[@gregbaker9579]

Josh, what is a GREAT delay to get for a beginner that does not mind spending more for something that I can grow with and not have to change out in 2 to 5 yrs. like atmospheric and regular delay. Thanks

[@marcellostoppini3308]

Behringer vd100 I think or vd400

[@analoguewings]

+1 to a Behringer unless "grow with" means gigging. In which case, maybe an EHX Canyon

[@luci789]

Behringer VD400 is really good for it's money, Joyo Aquarius if you want to spend a bit more but still stay on the cheaper side

[@STRATMAN1969]

joyo dd real good for very cheep. Just save up a little more and get a BOSS DD7 it does every thing great ! I've had mine for 5 years. I'm not a pro but any time I'v bought a new pedal ,its not to replace that one.

[@anthonycutt8854]

+1 for EHX Canyon. Also the Nux Tape Core Deluxe which is both versatile and *very* cheap.

[@IgnacioP96]

Awesome content! You're the best Josh

[@mattelder9147]

As THE pedal historian, you should definitely have an oil can delay. You have the wits not to get maimed or martyred on our behalf. All in.

[@willtonvannostrum6810]

There's a Fender Adineko machine on ebay right now!

[@willtonvannostrum6810]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-Fender-Echo-Reverb-ADINEKO-Memory-System-Tel-Ray-Electronics/333650761864?hash=item4daf229888:g:JNoAAOSwfHJfCL6t

[@xdoctorblindx]

"I don't think anyone is going to complain about that." FAMOUS LAST WORDS

[@teddyboy9116]

I ordered a delay pedal 6 months ago...still hasn't arrived!!

[@PaulHikes2]

I wonder what the delay is?

[@teddyboy9116]

@@PaulHikes2 dunno, but if it don't turn up tomorrow I'm sending it back!

[@spartan8390]

@@PaulHikes2 I caught it. Well played.

[@Jam3sk3nna]

I’m just wondering if this has had any feedback?

[@veerchasm1]

I owned a JHS Cub. It was as cool as the Deluxe Memory Man I used to own. I still use a Echo Park which I love, tall as hell. My current fave is the DOD Rubberneck

[@nicholasrobins2835]

The Echo Park keeps finding its way back on board. Takes up the space of 1 pedal and the tap mechanism is genius. They didn't need the modular gimmick because its a good pedal.

[@alanstein9713]

When You ate some chips did You get sick? Was there a delayed effect ?

[@mikaulwilliammuesesrodrigu8257]

hi, buddy, thanks for such a great explanation. I've got an analog delay and found out the longest time it offers is 520 ms. Is there any chance I can increase that time by changing the bucket brigade chips for more powerful ones?

[@JC-11111]

No

[@JC-11111]

Just buy a digital delay that, has up to 1000ms delay

[@GarryGnu]

My friend bought one (Echoplex) from Japan. It looks awesome in person.

[@markhammer643]

The "killer app" for the Memory Man, when it was initially released, was the EHX Hot Foot pedal (here's a pic of one: www.hyperguitars.com/image/sub/is44268525884774.jpg ) that allowed you to attach a foot-controllable flexible cable to the shaft of a pot/control and work it in real time with your foot as you picked away. This was well before expression-pedals. I owned a Hot Foot at the time, and it had two major weaknesses: 1) there was *so* much torque that unless the pedal you were controlling was big and heavy or bolted down, the Hot Foot could easily flip it over, and 2) the nut used to tighten the cable end to the pot shaft required a lot of clearance around it. Both of these aspects suggested it really was optimized for use with the Memory Man or Electric Mistress. But what it meant was that you could do Whammy-like pitch bends with the Memory Man, or work the manual flanging on the EM.

[@danielrosadoguitar]

Love the guitar pick-shaped drink coaster.

[@joerivde]

I want both the cub and the lucky cat. Great video! Also, which video featured 'The Suburbs' on record time?

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I just bought an Angry Charlie. It was a demo pedal, but new so I got it at a pretty good price. I have an issue with it though. When it's on, it works perfect. When I step on the switch to turn it off, it does not allow any signal to pass through it. Nothing. So instead of true bypass, it's....zero bypass. I can't return it because it was sold "as is" so I am going to have to repair it myself. I was going to start with just a simple switch replacement. Or is that something in the circuit board? I don't know what to do. I picked it up for $125 so I do have some wiggle room before it becomes cost prohibitive. I don't know what their retailing for, but I love the thing, so I want it right. Right now I have an A/B pedal to just run the signal chain around it when I want a clean tone. Any ideas?

[@jhspedals]

Hey! Shoot us an email at [e-mail]

[@erestube]

Tapes are covered in magnetic particles which get rearranged into readable patterns when something is recorded. The erase head bulldozes those particles back evenly across the tape to where it is approximately like it was when it was new. Of course, degradation of those particles happens over time.

[@fuzzyskiboy]

I have a vox delaylab. Just wondering your thoughts on it compared to other large multi functional delays.

[@bouzoukiman5000]

Panther Cub sounds beautiful! Gonna get one!!!!

[@danm5945]

26:37 “pour water into your pedal” Got it.

[@Johnhasa1]

You!😂

[@johnwade3476]

Bucket brigade is basically a shift register with the clock controlled by a pot , you can build them easily with a shift register Chip

[@SRone45]

36:34 describes my lead guitar playing perfectly

[@BrundonC]

@ 11:00. That tone... my grail tone. What achieved that??? I really liked that grit

[@Johnhasa1]

That hand scared me😟

[@johnwade3476]

Josh do you have a Digitech super ambiant thingy reverb pedal

[@marksc1929]

Josh can you explain why my Line Six MM4 modulation pedal sounds better in front of my OD pedals ?....cheers 👍

[@enricopallazzo8510]

Josh, have you ever played the Demedash T-120 deluexe Videotape Echo? It has probably the most beautiful modulation i've ever heard on a tape delay pedal. BTW i own one ahahahha

[@philxchitarristaeclettico5130]

Yeah it's amazing

[@mariolinomanson611]

@@philxchitarristaeclettico5130 The great Phil X

[@markhammer643]

Had a lovely chat with Steve Demedash at the Festival Sonore last September. Terrific guy. Interesting products.

[@GiveThemHorns]

I recently got a v2 and am already considering selling it for something else. It's not a bad pedal, but for me there are a number of things I don't care for and would like to be different. It's at least helped me learn more about what I'm looking for in this type of effect. Steve provides great customer service and has some great effects in the works

[@Nukeboy93]

I heard a sound effect from the "Six Million Dollar Man" show at about 18 minutes in!

[@tomieilamo]

Dear Josh, can you build a tape echo with a tap tempo that mechanically moves the reading head depending on the tempo you tap to it with robotics and magic?

[@DreidMusicalX]

I had the Line 6 DL4 for a while. The only thing I really didn't like was the short looper time it has.

[@3mstudiospalmdesert]

One trick guys use for that is to start the looper in half time. It doubles the time of the looper.

[@RagdollOC]

I purchased 3 echoplexes cheap many years ago after DDL's and Analogs became the flavor of the day. I sadly didn't keep them very long. I wish I would have at least kept one.

[@ScottGailor]

Jeff Slingluff can't be overlooked for his work on the Line 6 DL4. Josh that's a call you need to make

[@asims1066]

FYI, Radiohead used an AMS DMX in Karma Police. Old rackmount unit from BBC studios

[@felipealvarez3291]

I thought it was a space echo.

[@asims1066]

Felipe Álvarez they’ve used a space echo live and in studio, but the sound at the end of the studio recording Karma Police was done by Ed O’Brien using the AMS unit

[@STRATMAN1969]

wow cusack and la croix ,two great boutique items from michigan . Although a couple of times I thought you were going to "water board" one of those pedals ha. Also new JHS pedal idea la croix can delay maybe a colab with Jon : )

[@bouzoukiman5000]

How much would it cost to design a new BB chip with a longer time?

[@danemiles2285]

I know I’m late to the game, but how do BBD chipsets create both chorus and delay effects?

[@glo2ube786]

Ok what's in the bucket and what if it leaks?

[@markhammer643]

At one level, a person in search of "audio purity" would look askance at a PT2399, simply because it doesn't offer exceptional bandwidth or audio resolution. But the thing is that sound reflections in the real world lack MUCH of the audio bandwidth of the source. Stand in a canyon or stairwell, or parking garage, and listen to the repeats; not exactly a paragon of bandwidth. So when the lowpass filtering applied to address any aliasing, or other artifacts introduced by the analog-digital conversion it uses, shaves off the top end, nobody really actually cares all that much, because it doesn't sound any *less* "realistic". In other words, it is very solidly GOOD ENOUGH FOR ROCK AND ROLL. Which is precisely why so many pedal-makers who could easily use something fancier and costlier, and charge a hefty price for doing so, DON'T opt for that choice and stick with the PT2399. BTW, the Danelectro Dan-Echo uses the PT2395, which is the PT2399's big brother. It opts for an external memory chip, which allows it to achieve delay times of up to 800msec.

[@ciro0107]

Josh, do you have the white version of the dl4?

[@m0j0b0ne]

J. Rockett's APE is a pedal with a loop for your delay that does the Echoplex preamp and circuitry, and it's WICKED good; better than El Capistan, to my ear, but it doesn't produce delay on its own. It'd be badass, with a TC Nova Repeater.

[@mattelder9147]

Heck yes on the sweep echo

[@RealGingerTea]

isn't the ibanez DE-7 the first good digital emulation of analog delay? Even today, effects manufacturers rarely come close...

[@johnlow5399]

Big Box Memory Man is so incredible. What's the key to that? Chip? High voltage? My 1100-TT just isn't the same? Whhhhhyyy?

[@Rolf_D]

Great Video, but I miss the great Pigtronix Echolution 2 Ultra Pro!

[@RobertWrightOneManCovers]

Josh: "I'll mute the guitar so we don't blow your head off..." Me: Little late for that -- put a compressor on that dang microphone, man!!

[@RobertWrightOneManCovers]

Stick a 80Hz hi-pass on Addison's SM-7 while you're at it! 💕

[@TasteofPremier]

Please Do a Show on the Electra MPC effects..

[@m0j0b0ne]

Zipper noise is a byproduct of low sample rates in early digital delays, the low resolution produces the stair-stepping effect as you turn the time knob. HTH

[@jasonlongo6823]

Is there a reason you almost never feature Wampler pedals ? Just noticed they very rarely appear on your videos despite having a huge amount of great pedals?

[@xdoctorblindx]

Josh hates this question. He features Wampler quite often. There are just too many pedals companies to give them all a lot of air time.

[@jasonlongo6823]

@@xdoctorblindx compared with other brands he features them rarely. I wondered if they didn't want to be seen featuring each others pedals too much if they're mates it might seem less genuine.

[@pabcrane]

'Dont ever pour liquid into your pedal' except when you have a Rainger Minibar

[@mattgilbert7347]

No bodily fluids unless you're a wild man and want to void that warranty

[@Liko81DJ]

@@mattgilbert7347 Bummer. So the manufacturer can say they put blood, sweat and tears into their pedal, but you can't.

[@mistermcclain8178]

Beat me to it lmao

[@mattgilbert7347]

T-Rex Replica, Way Huge Supa Puss, JHS Panther V1, and Maxon AD-9 Pro. That is all. Thank you for your time. I won't be repeating myself as I am a Mod and we are men of few words. Hey...I sound like Josh. Is there an echo in here? Is there a murderer at the door? Shall we subjugate the weak and drink the blood of our enemies? Hmm. That echo must be analog. It keeps getting darker and darker...

[@SaphroxStudios]

So at a point you in this stream Josh said never to put liquids in your pedal!!! Has he got the Rainger FX Minibar yet? 😉

[@pricedlx]

As I watch this in the future with my past self I have to ask the question: Do I need a delay if I can time travel to my past future present self?

[@kebmel8668]

I love my Milkman so much I bought a backup

[@pipelobo08]

Love this !

[@duncan-rmi]

"this is the best use of tape-delay...." >robert fripp raises eyebrow.

[@TannerTbonePape]

Love your stuff!

[@lentisco9]

This question is probably obvious, but how good are the amp modulations compared to the pedals?

[@johnwade3476]

Good old 555 timer works perfectly

[@GlennJimenez]

Why is there no boss dd-4?????

[@tomflynn2912]

Addison is a good moderator!

[@Somethingfromtimmy]

Is there any major difference between the 1990s era deluxe memory mans that are super expensive now, vs. the stereo deluxe memory mans from around same era ?

[@JimHawkins808]

Simply awesome

[@jasonlongo6823]

This is a great idea

[@Pmezamaiden]

Where is the Guitar??

[@sandyturner1911]

I would love to have a DL4, but I have a TC Alter Ego 4. I'm looking at a EHX Memory Toy.

[@4vinylsound]

If I silence me phone I cannot watch the video because I'm watching it on me phone

[@Dan_Cal]

The typo in the intro THROW me off.

[@KyleHansen93]

Love me some typos

[@MonsieurSafari]

😂

[@michaela9817]

I like the Echoplex hands down...