Poly Effects Josh Smith Flat V - Completely Analog Signal Path! Fully Programmable!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Please note that the Flat V requires 120mA to operate, not 500mA as I stated in this video. I apologize for any confusion. Thanks so much for watching!

[@onenotesolo256]

You, RJ and Leon Todd have really crushed it with this pedal. A couple of the larger channels made an absolute hash of it on release day 1, but this was great as ever and super helpful. PS studio looking good, too!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@thetoneturner]

Yes! Absolutely agree. What a difference it makes watching a demo by someone who took the time to understand the pedal (maybe even looked at the instructions, shock horror!) before pressing record on the camera. Those other demos just ended up in a confused mess on a pedal that could be a total game changer.

[@christopherkuefler9839]

This guy's stuff is always filled with so much taste!

[@ShawnTubbs]

You're very kind. Thank you.

[@DragonBiscuit]

Best demo of this pedal yet. I’d love to see an instructional video from you highlighting some of those awesome outside lines you play - always inspiring 😊

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much!!

[@michaelkeating5037]

The thing that always strikes me is that whether you play your strat, a tele, or a Gibson style guitar and whether it’s clean, overdriven, or fuzzy, you always sound like Shawn Tubbs. Just such a unique and instantly recognizable character to your playing.

[@massimos6863]

Shawn Awesome Demo, Awesome playing, Awesome sounding pedal ❤ 🎸👍

[@tomatengarage5608]

Wow, what a great video!!! I never heard of this pedal before today...! Sounds killer. Okay, you make everything sounding amazing, Extremely smart little box. Thanks for this Clip, Shawn! Very well presented, very well played. I really like your approach... Best greetings from Germany. Michael.

[@ToddTheJoker]

My first reaction is, it looks very hella complicated! but you got some great sounds out of it! Great demo Shawn!!!!

[@TheGmcFilms]

Those licks at the start are Saturaday night licks all day of the week. Top level Mr Tubbs ...G...

[@sampizzi4545]

Great video Shawn. I can listen to you play all day. Killer sounding track Shawn. It just amazes me how much music pours out of you. You never seem to run out of ideas. I can't wait until you put out the video of your song breakdown when you demoed the JHS Germanium Boost pedal back in Dec. Josh's flat V pedal definitely employs some killer tones. Thanks so much Shawn .Stay well.

[@iadorasjourney]

Man, no matter which pedal you play, which guitar you play, which amp you play, you're ALWAYS Shawn Tubbs!!! I am truly a fan😊 This Flat V is true madness! Super versatile and awesome sound! Thank you also for your videos on the J.Rockett Archer pedals... I purchased a couple of them

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much for watching! I'm glad I was able to help you get some tones sorted!

[@SlinkyT82]

Sounds really good, I love how well it cleans up with the volume knob. Great playing as always hombre.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much!!

[@williamhall1517]

Wow first batch already sold out. Thanks Shawn. Great demo and great find. I see a lot of things to do with this.

[@BV_Beve]

Salut Shawn buddy great vid on Josh’s Sig pedal Love the written music intro! …. think the Flat V requires 120mA-150mÀ (it’s the Poly Beebo that requires 500mA)

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much for pointing that out!

[@BV_Beve]

@@ShawnTubbs Yr welcome Shawn my friend & again thanks for your kinds words about me on your 'Live' with Keith (FWW) much appreciated!

[@EshockT]

Flat V into a Beebo with a Midi Controller could be the ultimate tone shaping mini board for nerds.

[@arustydodge2111]

WYRON….. Definitely, YES on this one!⭐️👍⭐️

[@g_and_kikos_studio]

I love that Zematis man. Ronnie Wood vibes all day. Great playing as usual. I been seeing Josh Smith demo this pedal on FB, its different....🤘

[@ShawnTubbs]

Yeah, that Zemaitis is cool! Thanks so much for watching!

[@stevealdridge6911]

I spy what looks like a Tony Zemaitis guitar. Haven't seen one of them for ages. I remember writing to him (yes that's what we did years ago) about buying one of his guitars and as was the case in those days, a hand written reply came back. Punters seem to be more welcome those days. We got a great welcome from John Birch when we visited his shop near Birmingham. He let us play everything in the shop which was a pretty modest place but stuff everywhere including guitars he'd made for pros and ready to be picked up.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Wow, that's awesome. I had always known of Zemaitis guitars mainly from seeing Ronnie Wood with one but I never had the opportunity to play one in person. The Zemaitis I'm playing in the video is licensed and built in Japan by the Kanda Shokai Corporation. They sent one out for me to check out and I must say, it's a really lovely guitar. I am very impressed with the craftsmanship. I can't obviously speak to how it compares to the guitars that were built in Birmingham as I haven't played one but based on craftsmanship, fit, and finish, the one I have is a great guitar.

[@stevealdridge6911]

@@ShawnTubbs I should have kept the letter but it's long gone like lots of other things from those days that got thrown away because we couldn't get them repaired. God knows what they'd be worth now. I think Tony Zemaitis did his work somewhere in Kent and that was too far to go to from North Wales. John Birch's place was only 100 miles away. He seemed to make quite a few guitars but I've not seen one for sale for ages. He made a Strat for Richie Blackmore that had the tuners upside down but his more regular players were Slade (that daft Superyob guitar being one such novelty guitar) and Tony Iommi. UK handmade guitars were gathering popularity in those days. I've got a very early Gordon Smith guitar which is still in good condition. One interesting endeavour was the Pack Leader guitar which was made by Fylde guitars. I nearly bought one of them for £200 back in the 80s but there was a crack at the join with the headstock so it stayed in the shop - another mistake.

[@jeremyversusjazz]

Dude, great demo. But your playing is always killin’ the way you play and the stuff you play is impossible to ignore.

[@ShawnTubbs]

You're very kind. Thanks so much!

[@JohnBenoit46290]

Man your playing rules

[@ShawnTubbs]

You're too kind, thanks so much!

[@andrewhartnett2140]

It seems a little noisey at idle and during some switching. Noise wouldn’t stop me from using gear that I like but, it might break the deal for some. The big thing here, to me, is the lack of visual feedback. I have ears and I know when I’ve made changes. There still seems to be insufficient visual feedback for parameter settings. It looks like there are seven lights per parameter, plus no lights on, which makes eight visual steps of adjustment. Unless the lights have graduated brightness I would argue this is insufficient. A real slider is continuously adjustable and provides clear visual feedback. These don’t seem to do that as well as a real slider. I imagine they wanted to separate themselves from the automatone by avoiding actual sliders. In the end, it seems a bit gimmicky. The sounds are absolutely fine, which likely matters most. Unsolicited opinion. Cheers.

[@NikolausBrocke]

It's so fat in the jfet mode! Great idea.

[@S0MA9000SERIES]

Sick!

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

It is very clever but hardly cheap at $400. The bottom line is if you picked what you liked in it you could easily find the two or 3 good sounds in separate pedals that you personally liked their version of those sounds better. I expect that Josh will only use 90% of it 5% of the time. He recently said he uses just one T style guitar and his defunct Love Pedal with a simple 70's Electra circuit as his Fly Rig. Ananashead does the Crème Amp mini pedal with that same circuit for $100 if you really want Josh's sound.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks for watching and for chiming in!

[@shorerocks]

I buy it if you can mod it to include Shawn's vibrato. So smooth. Ah.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Well, you're very kind! I thought the Flat V would include all of the Josh Smith licks but it didn't. 😅

[@LewWelchThePoet]

👍🏿🤘

[@randyhetlage9202]

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