The Greatest Guitar Pedal Names Ever!

[@oldjess]

When I worked at Mars Music from 2001 until they went out of business in 2003, I had a coworker who once took a Danelectro Sitar Swami, walked over to a JCM2000 full stack with an ESP in hand, plugged in, dimed the gain, set the master just above 0, hit the pedal and spent about 5 minutes noodling before looking up and proclaiming, "This pedal sucks." That kid was my hero.

[@liamcrittenden]

This is one of my new favorite KZbin comments. Amazing story lol

[@iDog-kv8nc]

I definitely screenshotted this for safe keeping

[@jacobriddle8060]

hey, I know who this is! this comment is from the bass player from Radiant! I have something signed by you somewhere.

[@-jank-willson]

Why did he say it sucks, if he played it for 5 minutes?!?!?

[@deBebbler]

Loved this anecdote. I've also encountered such an animal in the wild before.

[@patn1575]

I'm pretty pissed that you only had the 100% Drive at 50% drive. The instructions are literally the name of the pedal.

[@no_individual]

Why is there even a drive knob then?

[@markschuth8036]

It doesn't matter where you put it. It's 💯

[@ericcarpenter3263]

I'm with you, it's the 100% drive, don't you have to show it off at 100%?

[@TravisHam]

It’d be amazing if that pot was intentionally not wired to the rest of the circuit. Literally 100% Drive at every setting. 😂

[@emeraldchan7770]

Right!!!! 😂

[@biscuitarts]

Still waiting on that Sovtek episode...

[@OpusLoveProductions]

Why does he have so many?

[@stephenshirley1085]

The swollen pickle has always seemed like an inside joke. Especially when the brand is Way Huge lol.

[@powerdog242]

Considering it’s a Big Muff circuit with tweaks, think of it as something that finally satisfies that Big Muff craving...

[@zadtheinhaler]

I have the Way Huge Saucy Box, and even though I own a Helix, I'll never sell the Saucy Box. It's just the right amount of filthy, I love it!

[@bobgreenlee7852]

I feel like an Aqua-puss

[@FloridaManMatty]

If you like guitar related products that come with plenty of innuendo, you need to go take a look at the Friedman Amps nomenclature. The “BE” from the BE100… The Pink Taco, etc… Dave Friedman is a dirty ol man.

[@moetrauma]

Nick’s drums are on point today. Also, the Way Huge Atreides Weirding Module is my vote for best pedal name ever.

[@TomSJazzBass]

I need that Atreides!!!! So good!

[@GrampasGrass]

@phunkateer68 The drums were very creative today, what Nick played on the Spam Jam was tasty!

[@poetryofbeing]

@Bogey Addison is like a ghost in the night...standing (or sitting playing bass) just outside your peripheral vision (just off camera)...with a great haircut.

[@moetrauma]

@phunkateer68 I just really enjoyed his playing on this episode.

[@erikavery9982]

Nick was on point with the cowbell.

[@proteusswarm7291]

My top three: DOD "Meatbox", Snarling Dogs Pedals "Erogenous Moan", Dr No effects "More Gary". Fun show this week, Thanks!

[@jasonkeen712]

I bought a used snarling dog wah pedal years ago. The eyes lit up. I'm not sure if that was factory or not but it was a decent wah. I sold it and went back to a cry baby.it wasn't a bad sound, not just a full wah.

[@-jank-willson]

Marshmallow artificial sweetener, Gonkulator Modulator, Gorantula, and STM's 'Bubbles'

[@davedavem]

I love that I've never heard anything sound less like a Sitar than the Sitar Swami.

[@frankielad4049]

why does the spam delay actually sound beautiful

[@jackgreenwood1817]

Reminds me of a Memory Man, one of the proper ones

[@guitarball]

Sounded great. But also would like a version where the repeats just go "spam spam spam spam"

[@zadtheinhaler]

@@guitarball SPAMSPAM SPAMMMMM WONDERFUL SPAM

[@Brannington]

the gain knob wasnt even halfway turned up on the 100% Drive. I'm beyond sold

[@jeremeydonovan8286]

So I’m a huge Zappa fan and until I found your show there has never been anything as sonically interesting to me! Thank you for filling that space in my ears and heart that had been lost for so long!

[@Zwidawurzn]

My favorite pedal names: Way Huge "Conspiracy Theory" Center Street Electronics "God Hates Fuzz" Malekko "B:assmaster" Pigtronix "Philosopher's Tone" Idiotbox "Landphil" Moog "Cluster Flux" Servus Pedale "Yodelmaster 2"

[@taliesine.8343]

"Yodelmaster 2" got me good haha... like was their a Yodelmaster 1?? How would one even improve upon that mastery of a Pedal :o

[@ileutur6863]

Surprised this list isn't just Earthquaker pedals. Everything they make sounds exactly like what you'd think when you read the name.

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

Them and Electro-Harmonix and great at crazy names.

[@onstr]

Yeah, their names are almost onomatopoeias

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

I never thought about that, but you are absolutely correct!

[@matthewpollard2843]

Not sure they do but the names and graphics are superb. I also like the names of Walrus and Zvex pedals. The boutiques have it down.

[@chrisfielding]

We need to hear more about this cheesesteak in Philly story....

[@justie1220]

Sounds to me like he asked for ketchup

[@ooinvsaoo]

@@justie1220 i'm thinking raw onions on the side..

[@jamlemon]

Big Muff has got to be the greatest pedal name ever.

[@geraldfriend256]

Especially with the -pi' symbol.

[@chaseparker9]

@@geraldfriend256 my kind of people

[@tootrue]

Because muff means vagina? Wow, I had no idea that males see women as objects!

[@tootrue]

@@geraldfriend256 Wait, you mean like “cherry pie”? “Pi” as in “pie” in reference to “vagina”? Wow I had no clue that Big Muff Pi was a good name and totally wasn’t meant to objectify women and sexualize an object i.e., guitar pedals.

[@geraldfriend256]

@@tootrue Does a Z.Vex SHO objectify men?

[@SeanAllocca]

I started playing guitar 3 months ago and i wanted say thanks to the whole JHS team for such great content and keep it coming.

[@gabillos]

The fact that there's no mention to any Fairfield Circuitry pedal name is outrageous. The Barbershop, Meet Maude, Randy's Revenge, Long Life EQ, Unpleasant Surprise, I mean...! Great episode, as always, hit the like button, as always ;)

[@shaneomac151]

I think we need a yearly guitar gear meetup called Opinion Fest. Maybe have it in Kansas City. IDK just a thought.

[@Sharkbate211]

"The world's biggest knobs episode" Okay

[@LordStompyHarpLoonyTunes]

Hahaha! Fer sure.

[@MusicisWin]

None more iconic than one simple phrase that affects us all deep to our core... *METAL ZONE*

[@PooNinja]

MT-2 for life!!!!!

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

Proud owner, no joke. I put it into a jcm800

[@neverafrown6308]

Honestly names kinda sick

[@traviscrown6582]

or ....... METAL CORE.....

[@MrBogut23]

I feel like at this point making a metalzone joke is the guitarists equivalent of saying “I have no personality”

[@joeldeutscher7077]

It's a travesty that the Henretta Engineering Choad Blaster isn't mentioned. Maybe you just don't have one, Josh? Well, you NEED one.

[@makefield]

I love the idiot box pedal names, more specifically, the “Han-Taun”

[@laserlicker3364]

And don’t forget about the “Ron Swanson Super Fuzz”

[@BehindtheCrimes]

Came here to say this; scrolled to see who shot first

[@christofferainek]

I mean, can we take a minute to just appreciate the song title “sea of hostility” - damn! 🤘

[@johnboleyjr.1698]

I know right? The title alone made me want to break stuff.

[@jayjacks2641]

I think they just accidentally wrote a Norma Jean song.

[@johnboleyjr.1698]

"Moon Funeral" - Sokka needs a moment alone.

[@wunderwood509]

Thats rough buddy

[@GrampasGrass]

Sparky Boom Man approves!

[@erikavery9982]

*sheds a tear for Sokka*😢😞

[@unsoundmethodology]

I built myself a spring reverb - entirely; the spring tank is made from cardboard, a spring, and two piezos with hooks on them - into a cigar box and had the whole top of the box to label it. So I made vinyl decals of a little fairy character from the Touhou Project games and titled the unit: The Lily White "It's Spring!" Reverb.

[@PatStyles]

I am staggering in a haze of confusion trying to figure out how this list can exist without the inclusion of the almighty DOD Gonkulator. Actually, I only watched this video to see if the Gonkulator would be in first place or just close to first place. My entire perception of reality is in jeopardy.

[@ooinvsaoo]

you and me both "broheimer"

[@stefanogiacovelli3477]

I expected it too! Now, shall we demand that Josh shoot an additional video with the Gonkulator?

[@geraldfriend256]

I heard it has been reissued with one extra, much needed, carrier wave control.Whoo!!

[@plateoshrimp9685]

A shocking oversight indeed.

[@robertmayne7484]

The big muff Pi is the ultimate pedal name period. It’s descriptive of how it sounds as well as being tongue in cheek funny.

[@ianfurqueron5850]

Everyone in Philly has a story about ordering a cheesesteak when it almost made them cry. It's a rite of passage.

[@fellenbaumfamily1394]

No lies detected. “BRUH, DO YOU WANT IT WIT OR WITOUT?!” *....I don’t know... sniff...*

[@davethomas2108]

“It's like, how much more drive could this be? And the answer is none. None more drive.”

[@adumbberg]

Here's some bad ass pedals waiting to be invented. Add to the list! Dirty Pillows Bad Influencer Compound Fracture (delay pedal) Pot Roast Drunk Mailman Angry Kitten Assault and Battery Malice Aforethought Natural Gas Barely Legal Nocturnal Emission Morning Wood Randy Johnson Magic Johnson Rum Cake Serendipity Rubber Bullet The Closer The Middle Reliever Fuel injector Dizzy heights (reverb) Last Doughnut El Chingon Good and Plenty Surf and Turf Peanut Butter and Jelly Roman Candle (morning glory clone) Concussion Protocol (reverb) Three Martini Lunch Situational Tragedy (goth/metal distortion) Reacharound (compression) Attractive Nuisance Wet and Reckless

[@johnnycanosoda]

suck and blow (delay & Reverb)

[@grantandrews4826]

Fungus Companion

[@geraldfriend256]

I believe Danelectro robbed you of Surf and Turf.

[@dpault]

Regardless of topic, these videos have become must watch.

[@doppelmeyer]

“This could be on world’s biggest knobs episode” English people: huehuehuehuehue

[@pjsalty]

Don't google that at work

[@tootrue]

You mean “knobs” as in “balls”??

[@chenxi8633]

These jams give my nightmares like you intended. Great video

[@omniscient420]

Does anyone else get filled with joy when Josh says he has the box?

[@markmattheviewable]

I would have also accepted "Luneral" as an answer.

[@PunkIsDead...LikeMe]

I used to have a Way Huge Swollen Pickle. But, you know, that's what happens, as you get older..

[@jakubjacob4760]

Metal Mind is also started in late 80' Record Label, maybe that was the trick to bring attention to the pedal. "Metal Mind" was stamped on many recordings around 90' in Poland.

[@FuzzImp]

I hear the best pedal name ever is the Monocle by Fuzzsimp Fx

[@iforgotmyname2739]

Yes

[@DanSaunders]

Oh man! I so wanted that Snarling Dog wah when I was starting out.

[@TomSJazzBass]

Anyone else feel slighted that we didn't get to hear the 100% drive at 100% drive?

[@practicingsincerity9373]

favorite is probably Rainbow Machine, especially cuz when people ask what it does the best answer is "it's a machine that makes rainbows"

[@emmettmorris2479]

Anyone who doesn’t play guitar and I have mentioned “Wampler Tumnus” to 100% thinks I’m making something up

[@dtgarcia]

There are a whole lot of things I love about this show, but one of the things that stands out to me the most is Josh's versatility as a player. No matter the genre, he nails it, every time. Even Moon Metal. Never thought I'd hear an early '00s breakdown on this channel, but I sure did.

[@kckrye]

That song for Philadelphia wasn't scum baggy enough. And I'm from Philly.

[@simonmarcotte2432]

A local builder here in Quebec City makes the "Chuck's Creamer"...get it? That's right, it's a tube screamer type circuit with better tone and low end response. Clever name, been on my board since 2008 😄

[@chrisdrake447]

Boys - you’re gonna have to go a lot, & I mean A LOT of miles, to beat Thorypy’s ‘Muffroom Cloud’ and Stone Deaf’s ‘Kliptonite’ fuzz pedals for brilliant names. Start packing for the UK climate, dudes ...

[@sprayscience]

One of the most epic pedal names is the "Pussy Melter" from Steel Panther. They only did a limited run of this pedal. I actually have the schematic for this circuit and build them for anyone that requests it. Surprisingly nice sounding distortion. A lot of the guys I build these for say it is a permanent fixture on their pedalboard now.

[@jerfocom]

My favorite: *Fuzz Aldrin*

[@nyxmugen]

Discovered Crumb sometime last year and instantly fell in love with them. Definitely ones to look out for!

[@fodaseodinheiro]

My favourite name: Boss DS-1.

[@Brannington]

based

[@DodgeDartSongs]

Great jams! “Scumatic”-I love that.

[@tungtobak]

You forgot the Moog Moogerfooger MIDI MuRF.

[@uvulapie]

LOVE Nick's drum pattern on Dinner Bell Dreams!

[@sendtodevnull1269]

“I was a Wolf in the Forest” Distortion by Animals pedals is probably my favorite name and the artwork is also damn cool.

[@donjoefonzarelli9785]

I like the Diabeetus Pedal with the Wilford Brimley artwork

[@Andyanddiana467]

Somewhere in Russia: “I know! Name ov pedal should be, ‘Handread percent ov the drive!’”

[@stratcat688]

How about Phat Blyat?

[@Andyanddiana467]

@@stratcat688 WE HAVE A WINNER!!! lol

[@everylittlecrapshedoesismagic]

The best pedal names come from Indonesia (you have to try them, Josh!). Made by Sehat Effectors, it's called Masjidil Echo (taken from a habit, in Indonesia, that every mosque always put ridiculous amount of echo for everything - speech, call for pray etc).

[@jimbucket2996]

No big muff? Somebody doesn't appreciate vintage porn. SMH

[@j.d.lawrence1222]

I was thinking about that too (not the porn part) and EHX's Memory Man and other delays within that family.

[@TVicc]

Agreed. Not even Josh can handle them all. (Pun intended)

[@ImNotOld_ImVintage]

Now I want to build a Big Muff clone and call it Vintage Porn.

[@arceneaux777]

Witch Burner is also a great name - and a fun pedal

[@voxfazer9154]

"Trouble Booster" by Bigfoot Engineering

[@mark.guitar]

EHX "Bass Balls". I have an original one from about 1980 and, yes, I have the box.

[@gilesmurphy9818]

Feels criminal that the big muff wasn’t mentioned

[@musicbinderpro8903]

Many thanks for the video! Nick is awesome on the drum! Wow! 👍

[@DoobTube71]

Throbak “stRange Master” treble booster! Seymour Duncan “Vapor Trails” analog delay Keeley “Darkside” JHS “@“ overdrive F-Pedals “PunQMonk” envelope filter Lovepedal “Rubber Chicken” auto-wah Keeley “Vibe-O-Verb” harmonic vibrato phaser...’VERB! Beetronics “OverHive” OD distortion & “Royal Jelly” OD/fuzz Keeley “Bubble Tron” dynamic flanger phaser

[@marcellofreitas7356]

You could have included Digitech´s Bad Monkey and EHX Soul Food. Great names for pedals too. : )

[@adrianr2312]

Maybe the best pedal names are the friends we made along the way

[@krispykrunkdonut]

Vick Audio FuzzStache. The Graphic is also amazing! makes me giggle every time i look at it

[@MusicTherapyLaz]

Greatest names.... well. . maybe not the greatest.. but I do have a 🐓 Blocker pedal! It's supposed to go along with the 🐈 Melter...I think... hey... has anyone tried a 🐓 Blocker in front of a 🐈 Melter? You know you want to do this video suggestion... but can you?... will you?...I dare you Josh! lololol Rock on dudes! 😎🎸🐦

[@mark65mc]

As I wrote in your reverb livestream chat, when you make your reverb pedal that drips, it needs to be named "The Leaky Faucet".

[@richardchambless12]

The Teese Monkeys Fly Out Butt has been on my wishlist for a while.

[@Ferruidoblanco]

Josh I can tell your channel is my MTV from this times

[@DoobTube71]

Lovepedal “Bone Tender” !!!

[@kentlangham5811]

"Dreaming of an Iron Smoke Army" may just be the greatest riffage ever thrown to tape.

[@adamgrant6570]

It would be great if you added "bass play" segment where we can hear how pedals sound through bass guitars

[@poetryofbeing]

That would be great.

[@joezabrowski803]

@7:05 is some awesome Beats Antique vibes!

[@waldemardaninsky2428]

I miss the "turd fuzz" by Dr. No effects

[@andreafox7267]

😂

[@davidelderbristol]

Always liked Marshall naming their Compressor pedal "Edward" - a great nod to British Medieval history.

[@memaij8852]

that “TUNA” is best pedal ever

[@loganrynoryno8996]

That was my first tuner pedal! Worked for a long time!

[@OmicronTauKappaClassicDaddy]

I have one that is in mint condition. That's because it never really works correctly...just lights up and tells you the wrong thing. Will be great to indoctrinate (haze) new band members though!

[@Apopheniomind]

(cause he dont play guitar? 🤯)

[@ue4058]

Trippin' brand Jacques Stompboxes (I think they're in France) has some far out names: Fat Burner, Electric Sheep, Electric Lamb, Meistersinger, Mercer Box, Bat Fuzz ... owner has a fixation with Philip K. Dick and The Prisoner.

[@Neuri]

A “Luneral” if you will 😂

[@TomMilleyMusic]

I have a monophonic octave pedal from Eleca called "Black Hurricane". Got it for like 35 bucks, and it's actually pretty cool, though a little glitchy at times, which I kinda like. Seems to be hard to find now, at least last time I looked I couldn't find one for sale. But I think that's one of the coolest names for a pedal I've seen, and it gets some pretty cool glitchy/synthy/fuzzy octave sounds, and it's kinda fun having a pedal that I'm pretty sure Josh doesn't have :P

[@inferno72229]

How in the hell Josh you didn't even mention any Steel Phanter pedals? - Pussy Melter - Butthole Burner - Poontang Boomerang That was the greatest pedal name ever.

[@brucegibbins3792]

What? are you a junior in high school?

[@chrisradzion2148]

I’ve noticed something- maybe 50% or more of the jam songs sound like they could be Thrice songs. That’s a compliment; imho Thrice has made some of the best guitar driven music of the last almost 20 years.

[@earlycuyler2295]

If " weeping demon" doesnt make the list...

[@timearchitecture]

I loved that wah

[@burkinifatso5546]

I still have mine! The only wah you'll ever need.

[@KimonFrousios]

Damn cool name and design. Sounds great clean but kinda gets lost in the drive, regardless what drive and guitar I use. So kinda anticlimactic for a demon... I like it too much to get rid of it and not enough to actually use it.

[@earlycuyler2295]

Ive had many wahs before and after this, but nothing is as versitile.it can " mimic" 99.99% of other wahs, and signature model tweaks .I kinda wish ibanez made some other expression pedal units like this. A phaser would be dope, stage selection," trigger" mode, rise fall, "step", and have the pedal asignable to rate, depth, or mix... or even a volume pedal/ gate, as long as it had swell in AND out, and was as adjustable as the wah

[@MarshallGTV]

Moon funeral...most people call that sunrise...curious. Also regarding the sitar swami.. looks like you don’t have the slide and the insert.. what a shame.. however your Pedal works.. mine broke 😔

[@roopejay]

"It think we're gonna do a jam that capture the essence of a lunar funeral" Proceed to play upbeat funk.

[@patrickwashburn4501]

My favorite pedal name was one that sadly was never produced. Shortly before his Snarling Dogs company went out of business, Charlie Stringer announced plans for a dual ring modulator pedal to be called “Bangkok Bed and Breakfast.” Kind of out of character for a Snarling Dogs pedal.

[@murdernova8217]

Where's the Electric Mistress???

[@TVicc]

Agreed. Not even Josh can handle them all.

[@TheRealcdawg22]

Electro Harmonix started it all.

[@Rainyman63]

In my small collection my favorites are the DOD „Ice Box“ and the EMMA „DiscumBOBulator“

[@דורשטיין-ט1ו]

The bass player should be on camera.

[@CMHobbies]

@Regular Joseph no, y’all not watch the live streams? Addison sits off to the right (their left).

[@SwirlyWhirlyXYZ]

Is the bass player also the camera operator?

[@walrusgumboot]

No mention of Way Huge’s “Camel Toe”? I’m surprised

[@CarolineGuitarCo]

That Charlie Stringer pedal wins for the most syllables. It’s like the Fiona Apple album title of pedal names.

[@audiocamp]

Moon Funeral is named after the song "Moon Funeral by Cloakroom"

[@ephramtherabbit]

The Earthquaker Devices Tone Job gave me a good chuckle when I picked it up

[@tootrue]

Oh wow, it’s supposed to mean blow job! That’s so funny omg hilariously lame and disgusting!

[@kanjosidr]

@@tootrue do you hate people or something?

[@matthewpollard2843]

In the Czech Republic there's a brand of Joyo called Razzor. The Joyo Ultimate Overdrive is called the Hellraider. Look it up; Razzor Hellraider. Looks and sounds exactly the same as the Joyo because it is the Joyo, just as Harley Benton pedals are Joyo. I have about 3 or 4 of these pedals. You should have one too, or else, how are you ever going to survive Josh?

[@ZRobertson91]

The trick is to cut the SPAM thick, pan fry it enough that the edges are crispy, slice of American cheese, on two pieces of the cheapest bread you can buy. Or, cube it up real small, scramble some eggs, make fried rice with them

[@joshdeal575]

I mean, agreed, but what? (Only a couple minutes into the video)

[@tungtobak]

American cheese - ew. With love / a european

[@joshdeal575]

@@tungtobak there are certainly better options. I would say, if you use a more quality cheese, stay in the more mild and buttery category. SPAM is essentially a very salty ham product (without getting very specific), so anything that's too salty or funky would likely not compliment that.

[@aaronpott7667]

Record time - Josh have you recommended the album "Painted Shut" by the Philly band, Hop Along? I was listening to "Under the Umbrella" by In the Company of Thieves and it has tons of the same vibes as Painted Shut.

[@RoySmithVideo]

I can't believe the Steel Panther "P%##y Melter" isn't at least mentioned here.

[@bachelorsuite7066]

Maybe he's upset they sold out before he got one? I agree definitely top ten name in the last few years

[@tokiboi6777]

I think its more because he isnt a sexist douche

[@bachelorsuite7066]

They were going to call it “Sex, Religion & Politics” but those are three subjects where nobody can agree

[@djbryant77]

That 100% drive sounds great!

[@raspberryjuiceentertainmen719]

The gonkulator better be on this list

[@johnrel5355]

Awesome musical sequences! you're on the top!