Why Are Certain Guitar Pedals Always The Same Color?

[@JakeCuster]

If a chorus pedal isn’t some shade of blue/violet, I can’t trust it

[@eljavi2959]

Tc corona chorus prove your argument

[@gabe2869]

Try a boss CE-1

[@patricksommer3971]

Mine is like green-ish, so like ok-ish

[@jrpggolf]

I feel the same way about orange phasers.

[@samz9121]

MXR Stereo Chorus. Fight me.

[@mrparkinson]

I'll be honest, I realized half way through that I just defaulted to whatever color the most common Boss pedal was. ie. Distortion, orange. Chorus, blue. Starting playing in the late 80s, Boss defined pedals or effects to me I guess.

[@laughs9684]

same here, whatever color Boss pedals are ,thats the color that comes to mind when thinking of an effect

[@pedrova8058]

yup, like "reddish -coca cola -christmas"

[@PageandPlant4Life]

I could never use boss pedals.. there are many other companies that have art on the pedals.. boss obviously sound good but I'm not inspired when i look at em..maybe I'm crazy

[@lundsweden]

I'm the same, although with some exceptions: Phasers should be orange (MXR Phase 90), Tubey overdrives green (Ibanez TS9) except for the Boss Blues Driver of course. Definately baby blue fir chorus, any other color seems weird! Dark grey Metal pedals or Reverb.

[@vonjunzt4130]

MXR had an orange distortion too. Ibanez screwed it all up with the bright green tube screamer. I thought distortion/orange, overdrive/yellow, chorus/blue, delay should be green I think. MXR Carbon Copy is dark green sparkle (cool!) and the analog delay in the 70s was green. Fuzz, I agree, is silver (or bare metal). EHX has a silver fuzz, so does Boss, and most Fuzz Faces in the round case are silver (I thought)

[@edphaze6550]

Please, make a Tears for Fears pedal. Two circuits in one box: “Tears” on footswitch 1 and “Fears” on switch 2. It’s obvious that this should be a thing that exists.

[@ikesours6558]

Tears = Vibrato, Fears= Octave Fuzz?

[@rob.carrillo]

Tears or fears

[@2beJT]

Tears _or Fears

[@iwannabeyourshirt]

Octave effect should be marked " head over heels"

[@danjack-son4871]

Combined Chorus and some low overdrive with Colour.

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Conspiracy theory: Pedalbot 5000 is actually the bassist.

[@TheTubeDude]

The 5000 is too smart and sarcastic to be a Bass Player. Come on man.

[@MrDreadeye]

This episode...!!! Pedalbot 5000, an SG, Josh on drums, the "room" reveal, Nick on guitar! Too cool!

[@serge_makes_noise]

There are always exceptions but generally... • ODs/Dist/Fuzz "Warm" colours. • Modulation "Cool" colours. • Time/Space Neutral colours. But as someone that has designed graphics on pedals, the name of the pedal can equally influence the colour.

[@MrTonysoundsgood]

Seriously, this episode came out the day after i got my indoor color correcting glasses (I am severely colorblind!)....what luck!

[@ErikOosterwal]

Do the glasses help correct the sounds of the pedals too? 🤔

[@iradflores8276]

That's awesome dude!

[@gb-nz]

4:27 Distortion Jam 7:01 Phaser Jam 10:35 Delay Jam 13:12 Fuzz Jam 16:26 Compressor Jam 19:09 Chorus Jam

[@ahamsoueu]

And Nick absolutely NAILED his arguments, agreed with him big time (y)

[@MinJerusalen]

I was looking for this comment. Totally agreed with him

[@richjohn2497]

Nick doesn't know colours!! Fire him immediately!! ;)

[@ahamsoueu]

@@richjohn2497 plot twist: Nick is daltonic 🤔 or not

[@richjohn2497]

@@ahamsoueu er ... possibly? ... but i do not know what that word means in all honesty?... so all i can say is a solid .. maybe....... :)

[@HandelOp6No5]

Agreed. I appreciate the dichotomy in Josh’s opinions but Nick’s choices speak more to the everyday users (like me) mentality. His sincere energy is always a great addition to Josh’s dry comic delivery.

[@TeleFundi]

Nice one! It’s clear that our color choices are strongly linked to whichever effect pedal first made a big impression on us! Truth is, often it was a Boss pedal...

[@pedrivv]

on some future episode, hopefully: "So on today´s episode we are gona build a pedalboard with only great PINK pedals. It will be the first episode of the monochromatic pedalboard series."

[@NonalignedVideos]

I know a friend who got tired of people asking him about the pedals on his board so he painted them all the same color blue.

[@seanpeabody2469]

Brilliant!!!

[@ampthebassplayer]

Why is talking shop with dudes at gigs the most tiring thing ever?

[@ianglencross]

now if he used the series 3 pedals Josh has done that all for him.

[@NonalignedVideos]

@@ianglencross :)

[@Roxanneredpanda]

Wouldn't that make them ask more?

[@t1n670]

The production quality today on point BUT WHERE THAT BASS PEDALS EPISODE

[@Ohms_vs_Draaggs]

How can I like this twice

[@nev375]

JHS secretly hates bass players. I've accused them of this in the past and they denied it. But the evidence speaks for itself.

[@pierre-andrefave9512]

Josh once said that a good guitare pedal must be good for bass too... but it's a lie.

[@MacetazzOpina]

The only objective idea in the world is that flanger is purple *PERIOD*

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

I 100% support this.

[@tobiasdesnoo6676]

Retweet.

[@ErikOosterwal]

Makes sense... Flangers sound like flurple.

[@Roxanneredpanda]

Flange is yellow or brown for me

[@paulvandergriff1746]

I always think red for flanger, yellow is fuzz, green is overdrive, yellow/orange is distortion, blue is tremolo

[@ahamsoueu]

Josh on drums!? That's a first (for me at least) COOL

[@aidanbouw5224]

Y’all need to get someone with synesthesia to do this. That would be even cooler

[@Gainn]

Having been involved in something like this at NAMM a few years ago people with synesthesia don't always agree on colour/sound combos. With a guitar flanger is pinky purple and reverb feels like a speckled white/pale blue. Those are the only ones I think all 5 agreed on. The majority thought echo felt silver/grey (the more open the EQ is the shinier and sharper it feels) but different sound sources muddy the waters a lot. To me most distortion effects are mostly in the red/orange/brown spectrum when subtle, but it changes to green,gold or yellow as more is dialled in. Other people saw them as black, dark red or always green and one of the girls said she tasted rust.. So it's a weird thing.

[@Dani-El.]

@@Gainn A decent Flanger is definitely deep purple-pink gradient. And tape delay is definitely silver/tungsten. Reverbs are so varied in tone and response that you would have to be more specific. Spring reverbs can be army-green or a silvery-white. Halls are mainly dark grey/brown. Rooms are white/blonde/pine. Plate reverbs are generally a pleasant variety of greys.

[@Mark_of_the_Bear_Studios]

I’d volunteer. I mix up colors, notes, letters and all Kinds of other stuff. But I’ve also suffered a lot Of head trauma.

[@Ampher03]

I haven’t even started watching yet, but chorus is either light blue or lavender. This is the objective truth because I say so

[@DSchea]

Periwinkle

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

Agree... Chorus couldn't be any other colour

[@MrRedinator_]

except the Boss CE-1 was kinda grayish

[@martinignaciodefeo9235]

Boss and Line 6 have had a deep impact in our minds regarding how effects should look like and which color we associate them with. The Helix user interface respects the long trayectory of their original pedal effects. And Boss green phasers, violet flangers, light blue choruses, white noise gates, black high gain distortions, grey delays, blue compressors and brown reverbs have been a classic that I hope last forever. I own both the Helix and 15 boss pedals... They are a wonderful combination.

[@charlesdbruce]

I pretty much associate all my color/effect connections with the first one's I bought. Chorus... light blue (Boss CE-2). Phaser... green (Boss). Flanger... Purple (Boss). Distortion... Yellow/brownish (MXR Distortion +). Overdrive... Yellow (Boss OD). Delay... White-ish (Boss delays). Pretty much Boss ruled my color/effect associations.

[@RobUttley]

Your channel is hilarious, informative, illuminating and entertaining.... and now I've seen more of your pedal room, it also appears that you are broadcasting from possibly the most incredible guitar FX room in the history of .... well, guitar effects. Rooms. Guitar FX rooms. Can we have a tour of the shelves please guys?

[@samuelvargas8344]

Since you’ve covered the psychology of color with effects, what about exploring the idea of why we’re attracted to pedals and amps that are described by associating them with food qualities? For example, creamy overdrive or syrupy chorus. I think that would be an interesting discussion.

[@ciro0107]

Jhs has an episode about guitar buzz words. And I think it has a little bit of this subject on it

Both associations (musical impressions with certain colors or food) has to do with a general basic ability of humans to a psychological phenomenon called "synesthesia". Reed more about it and you understand the relation. Greetings, Andreas (guitarist & psychologist, M. sc.)

[@danielbrunner5878]

@ Is Synesthesia something that everybody has at an extremely small degree except for those with full on sensory hallucinations from it? I thought the food association has something to do with the basic lack of knowledge of musical or audio terminology. So people then use what they know to describe their perception of it. Like an overdrive being chewy or beefy. I often describe tones like SRV as juicy but know that it has something to do with the bouncy bass response and clear top end (like dropping a big stone into water? I guess that has a similar audio profile). But you're the psychologist so you would know better than me on this!

[@ikesours6558]

Frozen cardboard noise gate?

@@jsullivan2112 You are talking about two sides of th same coin. Synesthesia is the sensual process. Conditioning is the learning process. Different neuronal areas. Greetings!

[@AndrewWukusick]

I've always loved the whole colors for effects idea so I loved this video. Mine are like this. Distortion - Orange. The classic DS-1 Phaser - Alien Green. Phasers have always sounded alien to me. Delay - White. Same idea as Nick had. Fuzz - Bare, Copper, or Dark Orange. When I think of Fuzz I think rust. Compressor - Red. Classic DynaComp Chorus - Deep Blue. Chorus reminds me of the deep blue ocean. And for a couple others not mentioned Reverb - Sky Blue. Big sky. Flanger - Purple. Not sure why, but purple. Wah/Filter - Also Purple? EQ - Yellow Tremolo - Turquoise Overdrive - Green

[@pacoelizalde8491]

I thought that was the only pedal wall but when the camera panned the whole room...holy macro

[@Gloveberg1]

No shit, I had the exact same reaction. I was literally stunned. Then to see that there were MORE pedals in the drawers as well?!?!?! It's scary to think how many pedals are in that room alone.

[@DrCrane1000]

Same here. What the hell?! :D

[@wyssmaster]

You probably thought Josh's near breakdowns every time he discusses a pedal he doesn't have were a joke, didn't you?

[@pacoelizalde8491]

wyssmaster nah, I always thought they were genuine

[@melskigeardemos3606]

My question is, how does Josh manages to purchase all these pedals!

[@rabbitheart5496]

Distortion is DS-2 Turbo Distortion orange. First pedal I ever bought. Phaser is Phase 90 orange. Never had a phaser, but that's what comes to mind. Delay is Carbon Copy sparkle green. That's not my favorite delay, but it is my favorite delay color. Fuzz is both metal AND red to me as well. My Little Big Muff has served me well for many years, and is metal with red font. Compression is olive green. Like the McDSP Retro Limiter plug in that I use on my guitars all the time. (I don't own a compression pedal, but I use the Compressor on my EHX Battalion.) Chorus is Blue like the Super Chorus, or the LED of modulation button on the Carbon Copy. My favorite Weezer color is PINKerton. Though blue and green are my other preferred Weezer records. (Edit: Overdrive is Blues Driver blue.)

[@jabbsco]

Yo make pedalbot say “Fitter, happier” Also, I like Nick’s KC hat.

[@tpags7398]

More productive

[@beaujpatt]

Awesome vid again guys! Here are my colours: Distortion = Orange like the DS-1 Phaser = Purple for some reason, based mainly on how it sounds in my head. Delay = sky blue like the text on a DD-7 or a JHS panther cub Fuzz = Red like the text on MUFF or the Fuzz face. even more if it has an enamel hammer finish on the case for texture. Compression = white, white as hell. 'Cos it sounds like nothing, but more nothing than you had before. Chorus = Kinda yellow like the micro chorus, but mainly the blue of the CE-2 Bonus Rounds: Reverb = Light green, and I have no idea why. I think its the way it sounds in my head again. univibe = swirly combination of light blue and Neon purple. This was fun!

[@Max_Pez]

Such a fun episode!! Here’s mine: -Black: Distortion -Orange: Phaser -White: Delay -Green: Fuzz -Blue: Compressor -Light Blue: Chorus

[@lassestorgaardjacobsen]

I am pretty much with you on that list ;-)

[@elzombie5224]

Damn im with you just, phaser and fuzz switched!!

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

Hmmm, black distortion and green fuzz....sounds like a doom metal rig....

[@the_nondrive_side]

Teal blue compression.. Don't you love how they failed using orange twice.

[@paulhotchkiss3321]

Distortion is yellow Phaser is light green Delay is purple Fuzz is light blue sparkle Compressor is white Chorus is light blue or turquoise And... Tremolo is dark green Reverb is brown Wah wah is black Overdrive is red

[@josebarahona7114]

Wow, once i heard distortion my mind went to orange and black too, but mostly because of the governor and the DS-1. and thats where the similarities ended lol. phaser: red delay: silver, or green. fuzz: Silver (or bare so im with nick on this one) compression: Blue (boss) Chorus: Baby blue (Ch-1) completely forgot of the lavender iterations. This was such a great episode, as someone who obsessively looks at the aesthetics of pedals as a factor for purchase as well as their functions, I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@douglask.carvalho8393]

I tend to see drives like a sunset RED: distortion ORANGE: fuzz YELLOW: overdrive PURPLE: phaser/univibe (psychedelic) BLUE: chorus (ocean) LIGHT BLUE: Flanger (sky) SILVER: tremolo (like a working on machine) WHITE: compressor (more feel than color) BLACK: delay (think space) BROWN: reverb (like a cave)

[@omriefrat4877]

I mostly agree, Reverb must be White - like heaven Phaser is Pink - like candy

[@douglask.carvalho8393]

@@omriefrat4877 Man I actually tought phaser on pink and vibe on purple! Very interesting the concept of reverb on white, so maybe shimmer should be gold like heavens gate...

[@BigNUTT]

get out of my brain dude

[@GusAndrade]

Awesome!! I love this game! Distortion - Black (Rat) Phaser - Orange (MXR) Delay - Dark Green (Line6 Delay / Roland Space Echo) Fuzz - Sparkly Blue (Hendrix Fuzzface) Compression - Grey+blue (1176) Chorus - Light Blue (Boss) [BONUS!] Overdrive - Green (Tubescreamer)

[@powdershredder1136]

Now this. This is the Quality content I’m subscribed for

[@lalob.fuentes7089]

To me are: distortion - red, overdrive - green, fuzz - dark metalic, chorus - light blue, booster - white, delay - light metalic, blues driver - blue, high gain distortion - black, phaser - orange, vintage distortion or high gain overdrive - yellow.

[@sneakster5000]

I just got my first 5 pedals and been binge watching these

[@t1n670]

Bro same he put me on I been on a wild streak since July

[@sneakster5000]

@@t1n670 yeah I'm looking into a fuzz and a phaser atm but there's so many other pedals I feel like I need

[@t1n670]

Yeah it's honestly a super deep world to get into and I'm a cheapo lol, I got the Eno bmf fuzz because it sounded like a pretty solid big muff clone from the demos I've heard and I'm saving up for a zoom ms70 for ALL the modulation needs

[@sneakster5000]

@@t1n670 thats dope! I'll have to check that fuzz pedal out lol it might be what I end up buying

[@bartholomeusclever]

brilliant! distortion: black or orange phaser: grey or blue delay: white fuzz: brown compression: beige or terracota chorus: blue

[@randomdrums]

As a drummer 1st and a guitarist 2nd, I have to say that Josh is a damn fine drummer. Great swing and groove! Props, Josh!

[@ASJerrell]

I would love an Opposite Day run of pedals: blue distortion, red delay etc. JHS is the company I trust to make something like that.

[@forzaguy1252]

The dm-2 is a red delay

[@johna625]

Me: kind of a weird episode subject but ok Also me: delay is NOT green what is wrong with you?

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

I'm amazed everyone is saying white. To me it's a sky blue vibe.

[@guitarprepnplus1]

Yello (yield)

[@coldbrg]

I don't usually comment, but Josh and Nick, you guys were so entertaining and original and funny that I just had to say something! Great, creative job on the topic and video...and greetings from MN!

[@VodkaSelekta]

Distortion: BLUE Phaser: BLUE Delay: BLUE Fuzz: BLUE Compression: BLUE Chorus: BLUE

[@tpags7398]

Agreed

[@Z52]

Is your guitar and amp also blue? Da ba de da ba die?

[@d.rowley5023]

You’re mad man

[@vaporman442]

Haha. I think I have a green overdrive, green compressor, green phaser and green fuzz. But black and blue guitars.

[@HandelOp6No5]

Daba-dee daba-die

[@joaovitorpaulino7439]

OD/Distortion/Fuzz: Black Phaser: Orange Chorus: green or blue Flanger: *PURPLE* Reverb: gray Delay: white Compression: red Tremolo: “baby green”

[@thejustingaw]

Josh playing drums with a scarf on just made me loose it! 🤣

[@franciscopalermodasilva84]

The episode was great!!! You should do another one where you build a whole pedal board picking a music genre and using only one color for pedals.

[@aaaargl]

Imma get my thoughts out: color and what pedal i would've picked up Distortion: Black. The first Distortion Box i stumbled across was the Digitech Metal Master back when i started playing guitar Phaser: Orange. MXR Phase90 duuuuuuuuuuuuuuh xD Delay: Hwhite. For the clean repeats i get. Also my first Delay was a Boss DD-5 Fuzz: Golden. Lots of Energy and massively radiant like the sun u kno. Analogman Sunface Compression: Silver. I think of it as a refinement of the guitars sound. Precious in a way. Keeley 4Knob-Comp Chorus: Blue. Kind of moody sounds, thinking of Nirvanas "Come as you are". MXR Analog Chorus Extras: Overdrive: Green. Maxon Od-9 Flange: Purple. Vibey and fun but can get crazy. Boss BF-2 Reverb: Dark Blue. Spacey. Strymon Big Sky

[@aaaargl]

@Nathan Lange using your real name on youtube to comment shit on people who took their time to make a valuable contribution to the comments while using >

[@Mark70609]

I don't tend to think of effects and colours. A good presentation is necessary in the market place, but I don't care that much about presentation myself. The timbre the pedal brings to the party is everything to me.

[@aaaargl]

@Nathan Lange just delete yourself

[@floriansoffge3868]

Thanks for this inspiring episode, guys! -Distortion: orange -Phaser: lime green -Compression: red -Reverb: very light blue -Delay: white -Fuzz: metallic grey -Overdrive: lemon yellow -Octave: dark blue-purple -Tremolo: rust or amber -Flanger: plum

[@ClemensWennersMusic]

Distortion: red Phaser: orange Delay: green Fuzz: grey/black Compression: orange Chorus: every shade between light blue and light green

[@djklinger1627]

Growing up in Australia I became accustomed to a particular colour coding for potato chips. Green = chicken, blue = plain/salted, purple = salt 'n' vinegar, brown/orange = bbq, yellow = cheese and onion. But during my travels in Europe and Asia, I've become aware that the colour scheme is not universal. Some countries (i.e. England) have it completely 'backwards' to my experience. That said, the flavour was still the most important part.

[@TWHueyGuitar]

Black: distortion Grey: eq Blue: chorus Red: compression Orange: overdrive Light blue: delay/echo

[@aliasdandavisofficial]

EQ. Good Call.

[@dddd717]

What about fuzz???? Flanger is always purple

[@TWHueyGuitar]

@@dddd717 One of my flangers is silver and pink, and the other is all black. As far as fuzz goes, whatever color a Big Muff comes in works for me. Though I wish EHX would make a fuzz chorus pedal that gets those "cold" 1980s chorus tones and call it a Smooth Muff.

[@shawnmcvey7789]

@@dddd717 Fuzz has it's own color subcategory.

[@andreaferrero6533]

overdrive could also be green (tube screamer)

[@Kyleman7401]

Distortion - Orange (DS-1) Phaser - Orange (Phase 90) Delay - Dark Green (Carbon Copy) but to me the actual feeling of delay apart from pedals is a light blue for me. Fuzz - Sliver/Red (Big Muff) Compressor - Black or Red (All the compression shorts I had for sports were black. Also Dynacomp Red) Chorus - Blue (Boss Chorus in general)

[@benwhitehurst841]

The more important question: to drum with or without a scarf

[@davidcamiloquinterorestrep2162]

it's probably a towel to prevent his stress sweating over how long it's taking him to make the Sovtek episode

[@chrisst8922]

Neither, a collar and tie.

[@ikesours6558]

I don't consider myself OCD or anything but I like a pedalboard to be varied in color. I'm like this too about song titles. I think it's cool to have maybe two songs back to back that start with, say "s" but I wouldn't want 3 s titles on a set or album. Anyway, here's a couple of my ideas for expanding the list on just a couple effects not mentioned: Flanger = Purple Envelope Filter = Green Tremolo = Yellow/Gold/Cream Synth = Multiple colors as long as neon plays a role Ideal Weezer IS Blue.

[@jsguy100]

J: “Are you alright?” N:“Yeah I almost died”

[@walanoliveira7123]

I didn't know what to expect when started the episode, but it was just a lot of fun! Mine: - Distortion: Orange (Yeah, I own a DS-2 and I see it like a red perversion of a yellow raw signal) - Phaser: Green (or Orange, don't care much) - Delay: Purple (analog delay fans will get it better) - Fuzz: Silver (same reasons as the guest's) - Compressor: None (why would you want one for anybody's god sake?) - Chorus: Blue (because some cliches simply work)

[@oliverschmidt4831]

Delays - green Modulation - blue Reverb - orange Distortion - yellow Weird stuff - pink Line6 M9 style 😂

[@dragonsquare2802]

I associate these colors with the effects: Distotion: Red Phaser: Brown Delay: Blue Fuzz: Yellow Compression: White/grey/transparent Chorus: Light blue I don’t think of any particular pedal though, but rather how the sound itself appears to me.. Awesome video, mate!

[@smashallpots1428]

i think this would be cooler in reverse show a cooler and you say what effect you think it is

[@mikew101]

smashallpots yep because then he couldn’t choose the same colors for diff effects.

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

Probably why you don't have a successful KZbin channel. Or pedal company, for that matter.

[@declankonesky38]

Yeti's are definitely line6 multieffect units. Ulines are flange and a bit into chorus. Igloo is hard clipping distortion only

[@LoveMostHigh]

@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 youre kind of a dick

[@dankauffmanmusic]

Like Igloo or Yeti?

[@DrJeebles]

Distortion - Green and Black(Even though the only distortion pedal I ever saw when I first started playing guitar in the early '90's was a Boss, I guess I think green. I love green about as much as I love black.) Phaser - Red(TC Electronics Blood Moon - It's the only phaser I could possibly afford.) Delay - Blue(Memory Man) Fuzz - Silver or Bare Metal (Big Muff) Compression - White(I have no idea why.) Chorus - Blue(Boss. I have an unhealthy love of The Cure and Robert Smith.) Nice Tears for Fears shirt, Josh.

[@13DollarMic]

Me one year ago: this is a cool Channel but I worried that Josh might run out of topics. Josh Scott:😂😂😂

[@NewPhone-hi3ks]

So much covered in so short time AND jams. Great show! Distortion - orange (ds1) Phaser- silver (ehx small stone) Chorus- blue (boss ce5) Compressor- silver (keeley 2 knob) Delay-silver ( ehx memory man) Fuzz - gold (Analogman sunface) If I forgot one I blame it on being distracted by pedalbot 5000s attitude, Josh on drums, invisable bass players, and that horrible guitar wart nick left on the strat headstock. He should have to use the vintage strobe tuner for awhile, hard to leave that one stuck to the guitar. 🎸 Judt kidding a little, and I loved the solo part Nick. Keep on jamming.!

[@DurvalLacerda]

Music is emotion and colors and design triggers emotions. So you are god damn right I'm going to buy a lot of pedals from EarthQuaker Devices and Walrus Audio (and JHS, of course)

[@Mark70609]

I wouldn't let presentation stop me from buying a pedal. A great pedal is great regardless of it's presentation.

[@nym053]

For Associations to color of fx. Distortion: black, deep blue and red. Phaser: orange (phase 90), black (Eventide Instant Phaser) or silver grey with red and black (Small Stone). Delay: deep blue (flashback), white (clear repeats. Associations to clear studio tape-like delays), Plum/pink/magenta-ish color (several bbd pedals). Black Fuzz: purple, red, orange-brown. Compression: white, black, red, grey (studio racks) Chorus: light blue/teal/turqoise and lavender/light purple Bonus - Overdrive: yellow, cream, light brown, sand, light orange, any shade of green (tubescreamer) and deep blue (t-rex alberta)

[@filippoieraci]

Distortion: red Phaser: orange Delay: blue Fuzz: bare metal Compression: red Chorus: yellow

[@omarcapaso7156]

For me it’s Overdrive: yellow Distortion: black Fuzz: metal Phaser: orange Delay: light blue or white Chorus: blue Flanger: purple

[@philgaudion5452]

Red , Orange Distortion (DS1), green for , purple for delay , chorus blue , phaser yellow Ibanez - fun episode guys - Fuzz Grey

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

Spent ages on this, so I hope Josh reads it 😁 My (very wine connoisseur sounding) colour perceptions of effects: Distortion - Brown/Black. Hard to decide, but it's a dark colour to me, but one that's also non- distinct. It's a dark night drinking in the woods. Phaser/Flange - Orange. I always feel phase evokes the mental image of a sunset to me, and all the bright tints of orange that has. Delay - Blue. Makes me think of the sky, or vast salt flat deserts. Vast wilderness type terrains. Also outer space to an extent with Neptune etc. Fuzz - Silver/bare metal. I'd agree with Nick here. Fuzz feels like something very raw and unadorned. Like a chainsaw or a rusty old abandoned factory you go urbexing in. Compression - White. While compression does indeed colour sounds, I feel its white because it seems neutral, doesn't get in the way. It's an office window vibe to me. Octave/Pitch Shift - red. Definitely red. Like a tube amp running hot enough to see the tubes inside burning, or a furnace with bright flames. Reverb - Yellow/Green. Reverb comes across to me as something brights, especially spring reverb, which I would say is yellow in particular. It's like the middle of the day during heat wave in a rural area. Chorus - Dark blue. I think Chorus always makes me think of being underwater, or hearing a river nearby. It's that trickling sound. Kinda sickly but also nostalgic. As for a Weezer colour? Pinkerton, I guess. IDK, I'm not really into Weezer much. Anyway, those are my colour perceptions. Would love to know if anyone else feels the same.

[@Akasidneyblack]

Great episode! Here’s my list: Distortion: Gold Phaser: Orange Delay: Silver Fuzz: Black Compressor: Blue Chorus: Purple

[@hangtee]

Sounds a lot like Radiohead’s “fitter happier”.

[@teddybear51666]

Damn this was really tough but I think I got my list Distortion: orange hues for sure, you got me there Josh. Not so much because of boss or anything, I think it's because I have a "Heavy Head" which has a graphic of a man with orange LED's for eyes and he looks insane when they turn out, like the distortion has taken his sight Delay: silver because it's so pure and I think delay at its core is a very pure effect because it is simply replicating what is already there Phaser: green because that's the colour of a laser in my mind and that's what I associate phasers with Fuzz: black, even if there aren't a ton of black pedals I associate with, when I picture fuzz I picture a white background or just the sun itself being blacked out by harsh square waves Chorus: a calming light blue, like the ocean Compressor: torn between like a gun metal grey because compressors make me think of some sort of factory machine squashing junk together, and light blue, because my first pedal was a Behringer compressor lol

[@aaronboothe283]

Interview Devin Townsend about this topic, I would be greatly intrigued what he would have to say!

[@zombiemosher1139]

I think a lot of it has to do with your first version of the pedal or one you saw. Distortion - Black/Orange, HM-2 Phaser - Green, PH-2 Delay - Silver/Metallic? DD-2 Fuzz - Red, Fuzz Face Compression - Blue, Boss CS... Chorus - Light Blue, CE-2 You didn't do Flanger but mine is Pink, HF-2 & Tremolo Green, Rocktron Surf Tremolo.

[@cmcp975]

The color of distortion = “Dirty” Gold

[@owenandrew8108]

for me that's overdrive. like a klon gold.

[@GR8Iam]

Really fun to watch! I'll share mine: distortion: black phaser: orange delay: white fuzz: purple/silver comp: blue chorus: lavender

[@jkinthewind]

Is it possible to get a pdf of Nick's fuzz solo? I'm asking for a friend.

[@ChurchofSaturn]

this is so interesting. Bravo on this concept. For me Distortion is Red (cause it's a hot signal) Phaser is usually Orange to me Delay is Silver like bare enclosure to me Fuzz is Brown because it's dirty Compession to me is White and Chorus is Yellow to me (or Blue) (but pedals can be any color and i feel like the manufacturers know this the color almost effects the tone perception so if you use the wrong color people might miss judge the pedal) but What color is Flanger?

[@Mihail_K.]

Holy shit there are pedals on every wall.

[@doomraider9439]

Compressor: Yellow. (Diamond Comp) First compressor I ever owned, always on, even as I type this. Overdrive: Green. (TS variants) just a classic, can't get it out of my head. Distortion: Purple. (DigiTech Grunge) First pedal I ever owned! Delay: Navy Blue. (Korg SDD-3000) A delay unit that I spent literal years chasing down. The King of Delay put them on the map. Reverb: Grey. (Boss RV) Such a powerhouse; iconic for budget players, IMO.

[@zumarandaniel]

Distortion: red Phaser: orange Delay: white Fuzz: gray Compression: dark blue Chorus: light blue

[@private8686]

And Booster? black?

[@zumarandaniel]

@@private8686 could be, like the EP booster

[@jonathancarlisle7898]

Fun episode! I'll throw my two cents in, and admit that BOSS pretty much sets what any color SHOULD be. Distortion: Orange (DS-1) Phaser: Blue (DOD 201 Phasor), but feel like the correct answer should be orange Delay: White/Blue; although that BOSS DM-2 plum(?) is iconic, I'm rolling with the DOD Rubberneck and Empress Echosystem. Fuzz: Silver; I stand with Nick. Compressor: Blue (CS-2) Chorus: Blue (CE-2)

[@bendayze]

Hell yea new video

[@carlosmarquez3670]

Distortion: Orange absolutely Phaser: Green from BOSS Delay: White with ocean blue & dark green Fuzz: gray or a combination of different ones Compression; Sincerely Yellow, Sea blue Chorus: Sky blue

[@rubenfernandezcampos8648]

Yes! Imagine for a moment that you mistake an antitank mine for a Russian Big Muff!!! Please EH. paint your Muffs in a standard color.

[@colbywhite4192]

The background music at 14:49 Hasn’t it been in another JHS video? Sounds soooo familiar!

[@tsrocks48]

I’m sorry, I’m just too distracted by Josh’s Tears for Fears tee

[@AngusNB]

I received one of your Black pedals, from my wife, for Christmas. The JHS Little Black Amp Box to use on a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12. This is my first JHS device. It was defective... 😂 The output jack is shorted or loose. No big deal, it is being replaced. When it works it does a great job. Fender should include it will all of the Hot Rod line of amps.

[@jts3339]

Be careful, Josh. When you go “down the rat hole” you can get bitten.

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

It's rabbit hole. Delete your account.

[@hellomynameisjoenl]

Distortion: somewhere between yellow and red Phaser: some sort of purple. If I had to design a phaser pedal case, it would be a bordeaux/wine red and indigo/blurple twirl. Delay: white or light grey Fuzz: as an electronic musician, not a guitarist, I have little associations with fuzz. I think I’d go with either dark red or black. Bare metal is also good. Compression is pretty colourless to me. If I’d make one, I’d make it sky-blue with very low saturation, so almost grey. Chorus: lights blue. Could go towards lilac or even pink, but mainly light blue. Some more: Reverb: mid-grey Vibe: this one’s tough, but I think black or dark grey Flanger: green. This is the only effect that’s green to me, and at the same time it’s one of the most definite ones for me. Filter/wah: brown

[@nickdevriese]

I honestly always hoped someone would break away from the happy meal toy theme.

[@RJW14]

Overdrive: Yellow or Green (depending on what style obviously), Distortion: Red, Phaser: Orange, Delay: White/Grey(or silver indeed), Compressor: Black or blue, Reverb: Grey, blue or black (white or blue LED), Flanger: Purple, Chorus: Blue. I took some out of Boss' category, some of what I have on the floor based on either Led color with the corresponding footswitch or box color. Gonna agree with bare metal for Fuzzes cause Big Muff

[@wistaban]

I see distortion as orange. Just like a sunset sometimes. its actually called "sun distortion" which warps the sun because science. Phaser I see as red, because of the red Phaser arrays in Star Trek from the ship I see Delay as white because I live in Canada.. and when it snows a lot. everything is delayed. lol Fuzz is black because my first Fuzz pedals were the SUPREME and the SMILEY Compression is blue to me Because I got my first one after watching the JHS episode on compression. CS-3 Chorus will always be seen as light blue since my fav chorus pedal is the BOSS CE-5

[@franciscojimenezcortes8418]

In my oponion Distortion: Orange (all boss distortion pedals) Phaser: Green (boss) Delay: White (all digital delay of boss Fuzz: Metalic and red (big muff, converge fuzz pedal, univox, fuzzface, boss) Compressor: i'm not a fan of this pedal but to me is orange Chorus: Purple (Ibanez, Dimension c, Small clone) Pedal color plus Reverb: Blue (Slö, Cathedral, holy grail)

[@BillyTalentguitar1]

Josh wearing the towel while drumming is the best thing in this episode :D

[@trottermo1]

My list of pedal colors: Orange - Phaser Yellow - Distortion Red - Compressor Teal Blue - Chorus Blue - Delay (EH Stereo Memory Man) Bare metal - Fuzz White/Grey - Multi FX (Eventide H9/Boss ME series) Black/Grey - Reverb Black/White - Boost (EP Booster/Micro Amp)

[@danielcheron1732]

This video made me realize I associate effects to whatever colour Boss uses, even though I haven't owned these Boss pedals in 20 years. I use an HXFX now and I changed all the colours to match this scheme: Distortion - orange (DS-2 Turbo Distortion) Phaser - green (PH-2 Super Phaser) Delay - white (DD-3 Digital Delay) Fuzz - bare metal - literally couldn't have said it better than Nick (also the FZ-3) Compressor - blue (CS-2 Compression Sustainer) Chorus - light blue (CE-5 Chorus Ensemble)

[@sagresnaw]

A future episode should definitely be some color coordinated pedal board choices. Josh already has green/orange. I'd like to see an all purple pedal board if it's possible.

[@ruicruz8231]

Loved this idea! Very curious! Do bass players think of the same colours as guitar players? Do european, japanese or american brands use the same colours for the same effects? For me! I'll put the colours and the brand i associate with Wah - black (with silver) Vox Booster - white (sometimes grey) tc electronic, xotic, mxr Distortion - yellow, mxr (and orange, boss) Overdrive - green, ibanez/maxon Compressor - red, mxr Reverb - red (major due to hall of fame tc electronic) Delay and echo - blue, akai, tc electronic, seymor duncan (and even when brands use white it has blue waves) Phaser - orange (mxr) Flanger - purple (boss) Fuzz - red or grey (dunlop & ehx Noise gate: black or blue (tc electronic, ehx, mxr & rocktron hush)

[@manifestgtr]

I think color is more important on an individual level. Say, for instance, when Im about to step on the king of tone and look down at that super dark red...it just instills this incredible level of confidence/inspiration in what’s about to happen. Same goes with any pedal really...ready for some chorus? Ok, let’s go blue and I KNOW this is gonna be amazing. It really is more important than you’d think. Part of the playing experience is personal expression and when you have “products” at your feet that instill confidence on every level (sound, build quality, appearance, “vibe”) it just inspires you to play “better” and sometimes more creatively. The look and color is a part of that, whether or not we want to admit it.

[@BrandonOutside]

Distortion - black (Rat) Phaser - orange (MXR) Delay - silver or white (Digitech or Boss) Fuzz - red (Fuzz Face) Compressor - I really don’t know. Yellow? 🤷‍♂️ Chorus - probably blue (I agree with the Nick’s idea of modulation be a cool color, like a wavey ocean), but also red because I used a Dunlop RotoVibe for a long time And the best Weezer color is most definitely PINKerton 😁 But Green comes in as a close second. Actually blue’s damn good too. They’re all good! In fact, have y’all heard the Jay-Z/Weezer mashup called “the black and blue album”? It’s amazing. I can’t even remember who/what DJ released it. It was kind of a bootleg thing I think. Anyhow, if you can find it floating around on the internets anywhere, it’s pretty awesome!

[@timothyatwood]

Great video! Love it! Josh, this is great! Just picked up the jhs big muff, and tube screamer!!! Looking forward to my chorus! This is a fun video!

[@paulstaffordcook8799]

I cannot believe I watched 100% of this silly video, and yet smiled throughout the whole thing! Josh and the “inferior human” are always so entertaining. I even learned a couple of things about pedals. Bravo lads. 👍

[@lsphoto9936]

Distortion - Blood Orange - .. is it an aggressive tone with blood, or is it a warm tone? guess it can be either, or both, depending on your style. Phaser - Institutional green... that sort of sun faded "previous owner left the Boss PH-1 pedal on a shelf by a window for a couple of years" color. Delay - If the absence of sound is black, and sound is white.. grey is the fading delay/echo. White is OK too. Fuzz - Saturated (80s Billy Gibbons) beard color. Compression - Boss CS-1 blue. Not sure why blue, at the time I first go into pedals, DOD was all I had access to - but DOD was orange and I hadn't come across Boss pedals yet. Chorus - Blue, but something between the Boss Compressor CS-1 blue and Boss Chorus CE-1 blue. Why? my first chorus pedal was a Yamaha 10-series and the stomp pad was a similar blue color.

[@baileywatts1304]

Distortion is Orange because of the amp the pedal I have is modeled after Phaser is Purple like Prince Don't know the color of delay because I've never used it. I wanna say a smokey pink since Looper is Maroon and Delay is kind of like a paler v ersion of a looper. Honestly, I don't know/ Fuzz is also Orange Compression is once again Orange Chorus is the creamy off-white of my Roland Acoustic Chorus amp

[@rottingemptiness]

Even I'm partly colour blind , talking about the colour for an overdrive-stompbox , I prefer the Nobels ODR-1 , I also greatly love the colour of its' sound 😊 The same thing with the Boss PS 6 Harmonist 😊