Testing The MOST PECULIAR Guitar Pedals

[@AdamNeely]

playing your guitar through yourself, what a chad.

[@eliyahfranson]

Everyone knows you’re the ultimate Chad, Adam

[@bonnibloop_]

Hello Mr. Licc

[@hazama8892]

Playing the lick through bass, what a Chad

[@sohamsengupta6470]

Buckethead is the ultimate Chad... He plays himself through the amp

[@wertymerm]

I play myself everyday 😭

[@jesushector]

I can get the airtrash sound by just playing my guitar clean

[@lloydland]

Jesús Pérez just run two big muffs with the attack cranked.

[@JanderVK]

@@lloydland Spider 6

[@bowel_movement]

@@Londonkassner just use instrument cables in stead of speaker cables to hook uo your cab (don't actually do this unless you want to destroy your amp)

[@zQoQz]

just fuck up the wiring in your pickups and input jack ;)

[@tahirmukic5460]

It's like one of those shitty 10 watt solid state amps you get bundled with a cheapo Strat knockoff made in China. Trust me. I know.

[@gryphonnardoni9503]

please make a pedal board out of all of these you know what we want you to do with it

[@bogonanaz9404]

Someone please take away their like

[@d36class]

Gryphon Nardoni pretty sure he returns them after the video. Most of them at least

[@breadmoneymusic]

Meme music on these pedals? Hell yeah

[@djsfunhouse.]

Ya music is win did that it was so funny

[@Koziolrh]

PUT IT IN THE TRASH

[@tymime]

I like how your capo demonstration is _almost_ "Here Comes the Sun".

[@tavicotavio]

I like to call it "here is the moon"

[@georgedecarvalho8651]

Lawyer Morty George actually has another song called “Here comes the moon”

[@schmilew1230]

here goes the sun

[@spottedstar1123]

There goes the sun

[@junkhead_92]

Here comes the copyright claim

[@helloiamaman]

8:15 congratulations, you’ve just played yourself

[@datazra8654]

badum tss :D

[@sheckdagh627]

Underated comment

[@monke5052]

Congratulations, you now have cancer* lol

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Big deal. I do that everyday.

[@ReignitedAuto]

So rarely do we get to actually laugh out loud, you got me with this one. Good work

[@lloydgriffiths1847]

“Could it kill a radio star”, “could it induce seizure” 😂

[@craigbrowning9448]

The Last Pedal, try playing through electronic components (I. e. capacitors, maybe a Formant Board salvaged from an Electronic Organ.

[@jpob5]

What about a battery?

[@erikgrundy]

@@jpob5 Depending on the battery, that sounds like a fairly surefire way to fry the pedals you actually care about

[@jersnifquantifigly7853]

Or a Tesla coil.... Somehow.

[@sonicthehedgegod]

that’s what i was thinking - you could probably create a pretty cool reverb effect if you ran it through a metal slinky too

[@PaweSotys]

Or you could use it to prototype some diy effects on a protoboard.

[@yokysnigga9647]

No doubt kurt cobain would use the airtrash

[@crzyprplmnky]

Right?!

[@spooky6703]

Before the ring out turned into a bunch of hornets made of white noise having an orgy in a trash compactor I was super into it, now I'm unsure, but still want it

[@electromancer2645]

He got that sound some other way

[@gilbyjackson304]

@@electromancer2645 ye he had a boss ds1 and ds2 on stage at the same time sometimes, i can imagine cranking them both up would sound so fucking good

[@a-lonley-box3657]

@@spooky6703 THIS.

[@derpimusmaximus8815]

Obviously the last pedal should be plugged into a cow to beef up your toan.

[@1N2themystic]

Or a shoe, to give it some soul. I was thinking after the pickle he might try a potato chip to get some crunch.

[@charliehovil4365]

Beef doesn't come from cows.

[@callumwaugh2992]

Charlie Hovil really?

[@gdawgs101]

Oh yes, the classic tone meat argument

[@Calilou52]

Tone* sry to be that guy

[@blackenedizzycore]

That second pedal would be AMAZING for stoner doom or drone, I'd love to hear Boris using that thing

[@falconismbot9370]

I legit thought this said tasting guitar pedals at first and I thought wow he's going into some crazy levels of depth to test his pedals now.

[@faunaflage]

And he did! He ate the pickle.

[@MikoSquiz]

He's not Griffin McElroy

[@LiMCRiMZ]

"it's awful, but in a good kind of way" was actually real feedback I got for one of my songs before. This resonates with me deeply 🙃

[@MODIAK]

The practical application of the signal diverter is you can connect different electrical components. Or run your signal through a completely different circuit. It would be useful for designing FX pedals.

[@sTatocaster]

Those cables are connected to the ground

[@avi_s0ncin0]

6:49 The effect and tone of that pedal sounds just like the tone of Steve Hacketts solo on " counting out time" by Genesis

[@clayheinzerling1852]

Imagine taking that delay pedal to an edm show with a bunch of strobes and lasers that'd be sick

[@lloydland]

Clay Heinzerling Should have mixed the delay and air trash. In fact, if you mashed them together you could call the hybrid pedal pure vomit.

[@WesMcClung1]

Hey man I'm not sure if you read many comments or will see this, but I just wanted to say thanks for all the videos you put out. I've "played" guitar for almost 18 years now, but never found the motivation or drive to advance beyond learning the occasional song by tab here and there. It wasn't until a recent (as in maybe a month ago) youtube wormhole that I stumbled across your channel and I'm so thankful for that. Your approach to guitar and the accessibility with which you talk about theory turned thoughts of "Maybe barre chords are just the limit of my ability..." into thoughts of "Wait, this theory stuff isn't nearly as indecipherable as I thought!" Even just in the past month, through a combo of your videos and other online resources, I've gone from only knowing the 1st pentatonic position to confidently improvising (key word being confidently, rather than masterfully) in just about any basic key. I really can't express my gratitude enough for helping inspire me to pick back up the ax and really dedicate myself to the craft. I've had an original '65 Cherry Melody Maker for the past decade and finally I might be able to do it some justice! Once payday arrives next week, you can guarantee I'll be the next Samurai Theory student. Thanks again and keep up the good work!

[@eliyahfranson]

There’s Swedish companies other than IKEA? (Side note: my cat was fascinated by this video)

[@samuraiguitarist]

Tell your cat I say hi

[@fth228]

IKEA Bird

[@kanjosidr]

yeah, there's Volvo

[@pepijndeputter8892]

@@kanjosidr And Saab

[@discomfort5760]

@@kanjosidr They're chinese now.

[@KonStafylides]

"Could it kill a radio star?" My man

[@spark-e]

I'm expecting the next one to be "Testing The Most not-so-normal-and/or-traditional Guitar Pedals."

[@NathanArhur]

The signal diverter does have a practical use though. If you're breadboarding a circuit it can help you easily connect your effect to a stomp box, which is super useful for pedal creation. Cool video!

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

I’m sure Queens of the Stone Age can find a use for the Airtrash pedal! 😆

[@HDMI1147]

Yeah bro!

[@lightningmcqueengaming7547]

Burnt Gerbil Era Vulgaris era QOTSA could have done some crazy stuff with that pedal

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Wanna get the fattest greasy tone? Run your guitar signal through a ham.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

3:10 sounds like my acoustic guitar through Garageband.

[@peiblomaziu3099]

so true

[@cooperhamilton6141]

Like, actually tho.....

[@RoyBrush]

Actually, that signal diverter, while probably useless for most musicians, for people prototyping pedals or something, that is *super* interesting. If it's inexpensive, it'd be super convenient for basically making a custom pedal if you wanted. So, you put together some electronics on a breadboard or whatever, attach the alligator clips to two wires sticking out of your breadboard, and now you have a proper switch and jacks in a form factor that lets you use your custom pedal as though it was a normal product. ^_^ I actually really like that, I might buy one. For prototyping it just seems like it could be really convenient. :)

[@jhspedals]

Bravo. Bravo.

[@benfitzgerald7384]

hello

[@olafvanrijnsbergen1177]

That last pedal would be great when you're being interviewed. "people what to know. What is the secret behind your guitar sound" "my secret Is good quality pickles"

[@frozantini]

thats what stevie t would say, running his djenty guitar through pickle sandwiches

[@guilhermearoeira8900]

Pickle guitar!

[@Cypher.]

And people would at you like a wack-ass.

[@dannythejester]

You should use the Morpheus Pedal and a normal capo at the same time

[@TheReaper1005]

6:18 Should anyone be interested in that, my best guess is that it is an optocoupler that modulates the signal based on the intensity of that (UV?) light, as it's perceived by a phototransistor inside. Kinda of similar to your good ol' FM Radio, but modulated within audio frequency band.

[@lux_wil]

hmm, the second pedal could be used to make some Norwegian Black metal xD

[@HXCBeard]

Or some sweet doom/sludge metal

[@2m7b5]

It sounds weirdly similar to the guitar in Dunkelheit.

[@kev1257ful]

Bort Varg said he used the cheapest guitar and distortion pedal he could find, so not that far off

[@SgtPnkks]

@@kev1257ful his own words from his website "When it came to guitar amplifiers all the Death Metal guys told me that the way to get the "right" (trendy) sound was to use Marshall amps, and since I didn't like that sound I bought a Pivee (Pivey?) amp and used that instead. On "Filosofem" I didn't use a guitar amplifier at all, but instead used only the amplifier on my brother's stereo (that of course was not intended for that use) and some old fuzz pedals." nothing specific mentioned i wouldn't be surprised if he recorded using a peavey rage for the early stuff and "old fuzz pedals" could be any number of options

[@fskbaum6521]

I'm so used to seeing you keep a straight face that the thumbnail triggered my fight or flight response.

[@michaelm4464]

Videoscope: when Windows Media Player inspires you to create a guitar pedal.

[@gwbeecham]

There is a practical use for the last pedal - in a live loop/delay/feedback situation you can route the signal to your drummer who can add rhythm the signal that you cannot (as easily) get on your own

[@joechip1232]

I wonder if you could use the last one attached to a spring to make a spring reverb... maybe a metal slinky?

[@MB-rc8ie]

Joe Chip Thats not how reverb works. Metal slinky doesn't have much effect on audio signal, in spring reverb electricity is converted to mechanical waves and then converted back to electric signal on the other end.

[@bobtay214]

I don't think they wires go any where they are just stuffed into the pedal box

[@M.J44]

7:15 For the signal diverter, it has a lot of potential to be different & for each trial it was just BARELY, BARELY different. That pedal is more of an electrician's pedal, such as experimenting with voltage. Also, as for humans, we emit some electricity (which is why touching a 1/4 inch guitar cable jack buzzes it a bit), but not a lot. That's why it was buzzing when you sent your signal through you.

[@arandomsupra]

When you touch any metal part of a guitar there is actually a very small amount of electricity flowing through you which is why the buzz from the amp stops when youre playing or touching the bridge or the strings

[@jeffroitero4266]

3:35 - Whoa! The new Royal Blood album sounds pretty good!!!

[@brayysson3129]

Jeff Roit damn, my boy knows Royal Blood too. Tf

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

You should make a series where you use the signal diverter to see how various electronic components such as motors and LEDs and such affect the guitar signal. I think it would be pretty cool.

[@funeralopolis1337]

damn, could you please elaborate on that Schecter guitar/bass hybrid at 3:29 i'm in love with it

[@theherrderr]

I'm not sure, but it might be like a Bass 6 or something similar

[@Visionguy08]

www.schecterguitars.com/bass/hellcat-vi-1-detail It’s based on the Fender Bass VI but it’s Schecter’s take on it. Enjoy

[@guthriesavagefriedman9975]

On the delay pedal with the light: that light sensor is a photoresistor, it's pretty easy to just clip one into a circuit and tap into all those crazy wavies, used to have a couple "phototheremins" or cheap little circuits that ran a signal through one of them. Pretty cool, simple stuff.

[@harrybryan-dooher4861]

If Tame Impala used the first pedal it would be PERFECT!

[@GenesisMuseum]

The Signal Diverter pedal shows something that engineers have known for years, that cheap cables and connections (as long as they are in fact connected) will sound the same as a high priced monster cable.

[@Calilou52]

That TV one is actually pretty cool for music videos and cover videos and such and of course, as you said, a concert full of tvs hooked up to that pedal

[@bogdanmihalescu6907]

That last one actually has ONE great real life application. I used to build pedals and back then I built one of those for myself. What I did with it was connect it to the prototype circuitboard for testing / tweaking. Much easier than installing your prototype in its own enclosure

[@variousthings6470]

4:30 - So very nearly Here Comes the Sun...

[@GranTruismo4head]

Hey SammyG are you gonna keep continuing this series? I feel I’ve been very much so out of the loop because of how KZbin’s been kind of causing the bell icon to just not function anymore for me. I do love these videos a lot and they are quite the fun to see you fiddling with the pedal effects and stomp boxes. It’s just such a good time as you always make it fun to watch.

[@pietro93vit]

You can attach the last pedal to a circuit, thats needs a video, but i think you need an electric engineer

[@rickfeith6372]

Holy poops...yeah, that makes WAY more sense than a chunk of ham. Kinda cool way to see what works when getting into audio circuit building

[@freedustin]

attach it to a photocell for a kill switch you operate by blocking the light! would probably also do volume swells with varying degrees of light blocking.

[@pietro93vit]

You can think a lot of things, like radio wawe, electro magnetism, electroboom opss.. thats the engineer :P

[@danielskrivan6921]

0:21 I bought the world's worst thesaurus the other day. Not only is it terrible, it's also terrible.

[@haavard9227]

lmao literally watched all these vids yesterday before bed and now there's a new one. get out of my head mr samurai

[@kennethlambert]

playing that one through various capacitors or coils would give you some unique sounds. or good for testing new circuits that process the sounds.

[@eternal_hangnail]

He sent the signal through a pickle. Funniest shit I've ever seen

[@SorooshMhs]

3:35 congratulations. You now have a bass

[@alexdattel2757]

samuraiguitarist sounds as if there was a blanket over the sound. wouldn't buy him for tone except if I wanted a jazzy tone.

[@almosthuman4457]

The diverter is awesome for people who like to make their own filter circuits or use stuff designed for modular synthesizers.

[@sphinx2077]

3:32 What model is that? I want it!

[@famitory]

the signal diverter would be great for breadboarding with. a set of jacks, a true bypass switch, and an enclosure you can toss down on the floor

[@purplealice]

You might ask your dad to reverse-engineer that weird Swedish thing with the light on it.

[@nevereatencake]

"that weird swedish thing"

[@putridabomination]

"that weird swedish thing"

[@oncebutinfinite]

"that weird swedish thing"

[@jamoman0277]

"that weird swedish thing"

[@bonnibloop_]

"that weird swedish thing

[@AM-bo2ns]

that signal diverter pedal is definitely for breadboarding homemade effects; you should try out running it through a breadboard with some resistors, etc. attached

[@bartdwmusic1212]

Do a normal pickle vs a guitar signal pickle taste test, we need to know if guitar signal changes the taste

[@SammiD71]

4:48 I could see both being layered on top of eachother for an interesting timbre

[@KeithShelley1]

"Now let's try... a pickle!" :: Sylvia Massy intensifies ::

[@PhilipJanson]

Thank you, just saw this now and was looking for this, Sylvia Massy is a legend

[@gergelykovacs5532]

You could play the signal diverter through electronic components or if you make your own pedals you could use it as a testing device. You could even make simple audio circuits and run it through those

[@the_mechanic_2237]

why does your bass have 6 strings? weird...

[@onlypain.4505]

gaming time no way never seen this before

[@SianaGearz]

sooo... who the hell is David?

[@topbloke6730]

Because we’re worthy of the extra 2

[@SwagPug]

HAHA VERY FUNNY BASS JOKE

[@Enzo-fs3bx]

Bruh He’s playing a flute

[@mal2ksc]

The signal diverter is for people who like to build and bend their own circuits, so they could, say, take a breadboard prototype on stage -- the diverter box is at least sturdy enough to step on.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Remember: Samurai Guitarist does these things so you don't have to.

[@MB-rc8ie]

The last pedal is good for prototyping effects, if you want better effect you could send signal through transistor, opamp, or some more complicated circuit.

[@cocoarm777]

Everybody: man that glitchy screen sure looks cool. Me: HE HAS A NES!!

[@The0Stroy]

7:15 combined with school electric circuit experiments set, will be great to make custom pedals!

[@matthiascoast9680]

First pedal would be amazing for small stages and solo performances. Would give more life for performance.

[@Evildandalo]

Matt Coast You could easily hook it up to a small budget projector and cast it behind you. It’s a shame they aren’t cheap, I’m curious to see if I could build a similar circuit, even if it’s just a simple X-Y oscilloscope graph.

[@matthiascoast9680]

@@Evildandalo I think it would be possible with creating a software like audio visualizer which pick guitar signal live. And instead of pedal you would need to connect it to a audio interface.

[@Evildandalo]

Matt Coast That would be incredibly easy if done with a PC. I’m sure you could do something simple that would work with an Arduino and the GPIO pins, or something way more fleshed out with a raspberry Pi. The Pi Zero would work great for it actually, composite video output is natively supported and analog audio in is supported as well so the hardest part would be the software side and designing the input circuitry. I have a feeling I could probably make that work and fit it into a stomp box.

[@matthiascoast9680]

@@Evildandalo I hope you will do it👍 remember to write me if you successfully will do that I maybe will work on software side.

[@kayem308]

whats the riff samurai plays at 3:30? sounds amazing

[@325spoon]

This dude really just pulled out a pickle and played guitar through it

[@Perceptified]

The diverter can be used to route your signal through an effect you're currently designing/troubleshooting. Wouldn't pay for it, but it could be used for something practical.

[@62growupon]

You're supposed to run the alligator guitar clippedal through objects with different types of electrical resistance has or features to get crazy effects

[@arthurturner3080]

if you run it through stuff with more resistance it will just make it quieter

[@anuragdeshpande6918]

2:29 the video killed the radio star reference lol

[@MenkoDany]

Dude, the last pedal is genius! Try running it through a spring!! Or an electrical motor!

[@jrr832]

It needs more testing

[@buttering0]

1:56 This reminds me of flcl so much Ride on shooting star

[@MrKjDrake]

Your own pedal should be called Socks with Sandals. 🧦 👡 👍😂

[@katiehyde5292]

For the Signal Diverter Out Of The Box FX, I think one would need to connect it to items that can conduct electricity (and possibly make their own sound). So maybe like a copper alarm or something along those lines.

[@andrazdrazumeric8994]

Why does your BASS have 6 strings? Weird

[@immenselydumblozer4421]

Andraž Dražumerič I see David send you. Respect.

[@TL-_-Edits]

It ‘s a guitar

[@IceCubeNETWORK873]

S L A P L I K E N O W!

[@HDMI1147]

E P I C

[@IceCubeNETWORK873]

K Brookes I M P O S S I B L E B A S S L I N E!

[@DudeinatorMC]

That last pedal with the leads would be useful for someone trying to develop their own pedal. You could easily connect the signal to a breadboard and experiment, and it comes with the added benefit of an easy on/off switch.

[@dendrixyep381]

What does your BASS have 6 strings? weird.

[@Gongasoso]

That light delay thing could be interesting if you place it close to the drumkit, say on the rim of the kick drum. The vibration of the kuck drum would shake the little light antenna, and would cause some weird warbling sound, me thinks

[@SvenTviking]

The first pedal or “Migraine simulator” as we like to call it...

[@123-l2n2j]

1:54 *waiting badly for that one Fooly Cooly riff*

[@1FISH]

Pickle signals. The true A U D I O P H I L E's choice of cabling.

[@tinnitusthenight5545]

If you attach the signal diverter to like a long pipe or an a unshielded wire you might be able to toy around with and manipulate the interference. If you introduce an electrical signal or magnet near it you might even get theremin like effects. I think that would be worth an attempt before completely writing it off.

[@guruzini1971]

Dont get me started on the classic tone meat argument.

[@zacheryclark2131]

The Signal Diverter could be used to run through all sorts of stuff. Like a Speak-and-Spell, or a See-n-Say. It'll let you connect to just about any circuit that's not a pedal, and that's awesome.

[@Amaterasu-wh6xj]

the air trash sounds like the audio version of jpeg artifacts

[@ASilva-im7dm]

There's a brazilian delay called "That's Echo Folks" by MG Music that does almoust the same. They call the light/sensor "pig's tail".

[@HughMacDonald20]

A lot of these pedals sound like they would be right up Radiohead’s street

[@w0lks4]

3:04 sounds exactly like the Fender Frontman amps you get with your Guitar Starter pack

[@kingjestari2711]

Why does your bass have 6 strings? weird.

[@canadianidiot14]

Does anyone know the name of the Schecter guitar/bass thing that shows up @3:30?

[@stick-itproductions.3307]

Lol, "Should you use it in a worship band?"

[@10stripmusic]

It's really cool you at least own a Schecter! I obviously also am a fan, but it's so hard to find any videos about them that aren't just ads.

[@BlackHoleForge]

Your guitar playing was most excellent, but I've seen better visuals off of Windows Media Player.

[@stefanodomeni]

6:40 you can get this same effect with a $13 Danelectro fab d5 chorus pedal.

[@mod6110]

Why do your bass have 6 strings.... weird

[@faterix7737]

you can use milkdrop (winamp plugin) for the visual feedback. also there are apps which generates visuals on your smartphone, it's possible to send that to an display via hdmi adapters. i can recommend doing that. you can even include the audience with a tablet so they paint to the artists sound.. did that several times... it's awesome.

[@dastanhuck]

Why does your bass have 6 strings? Weird

[@MrPacmanpacks]

its a CONSPIRACY your government wants you dead kzbin.info/www/bejne/emfHdpd8eb2oiaM And MUCH more . . . ---

[@aljaberhk]

@@MrPacmanpacks it's a CONSPIRACY the government needs you to shut the hell up

[@twosnaps4124]

1:35 is that lick from anything? I love it