These DESTROY Pedals | Why Solid Couplers Are The Devil's Work

Upon first glance, solid couplers may seem like a great idea, but they are the work of the devil, created for the sole purpose of destroying your pedals!
This video explains why you should never, ever use these.
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[@ScienceofLoud]

Upon first glance, solid couplers may seem like a great idea, but they are the work of the devil, created for the sole purpose of destroying your pedals! This video explains why you should never, ever use these. #guitareffects #solidcouplers #pedalboard More from CSGuitars: Gain access to exclusive content at: www.patreon.com/csguitars Buy CSGuitars Merchandise - www.csguitars.co.uk/store Website - www.csguitars.co.uk Contact - [e-mail] Affiliate Links: Thomann - www.thomann.de/gb/index.html?offid=1&affid=367 Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/2mGGg CSGuitars uses: LEWITT Microphones - www.lewitt-audio.com/ Hoffnine Cabinets - www.hoffnine.co.uk/ Hosa Cables - hosatech.com/ Dragon's Heart Guitar Picks - www.dragonsheartguitarpicks.com/ Title graphics and logo by: www.studiosmithdesign.co.uk/ Join the discussion at: Facebook - facebook.com/csguitars Instagram - instagram.com/csguitars/ Twitter -twitter.com/CSG_Scotland Music available at: Amazon: amzn.to/2HUdXgV iTunes: apple.co/2JvpCjp Google Play: bit.ly/2KgSzkl Or stream on Spotify: spoti.fi/2HuYPTP

[@pcorriveau1982]

Great advice! It makes sense when you think about it

[@adrianamorphous]

CSGuitars I've been waiting for you to cover these damn things

[@search895]

Good input(no pun intended). I thought they looked like a good idea but I never bought them yet. Now i won't. I think you should have not made Yoda appear as evil. He is the goodest guy in the galaxy.

[@ffburger101]

Thanks! I had no idea and almost bought several XD

[@bpabustan]

Finally! Somebody has the strong will to expose these couplers. From experience it did nothing good on my pedalboard 18 years ago. Good job Colin!

[@yorkiel7446]

is it okay to use them guitar to amp?

[@yorkiel7446]

im kidding please dont murder me

[@mostpeoplearebots]

the ducc yes it's a good way to get some seriously good feedback sounds. heard it's an old scottish trick from the 17th century

[@oneminutefixed5003]

I literally LOLed

[@radbradmusicartist]

best troll comment XD

[@kenwinston2245]

BREELYANT ! Got to try that . . .

[@Ovahkill]

“But steel is heavier than feathers”

[@shagstars]

But they arrr both a kilogrram.

[@ArmyBoiSweat]

Yeah 1 gram of steel weighs something like 15 grams

[@hackmiester1337]

Wa’ah. Pür wa’ah.

[@scottym3]

if you get 10 pounds of steel and ten pounds of feathers, they both weigh the same.

[@AshWont]

@@ArmyBoiSweat a meme refrence within a meme refrence

[@BrentODell]

I have a friend who's a mechanical engineer, I sent him the quote "if you don't design points of flexibility into rigid systems, they will design themselves" He got a kick out of it :)

[@wingracer1614]

"If peaceful change (of fuzz) is impossible, violent change (broken shit) is inevitable."

[@ogunhe]

@@wingracer1614 #TaoOfSquareWave

[@beatuplexus]

wingracer 16 very relevant today

[@blazer6248]

Except that's not their only use. They can be used with female-ended cables without issue. They need no point of flexibility there.

[@skyguy6257]

Colin: *says these are satanic hell spawn* Black Metal guitarist: nice

[@ishanator3819]

Oh no, what have you done? You’ve just ruined some really nice distortion pedals...

[@jeffreyrockstudio8759]

Yea give dem black metal guitarist..... i bet their tone would get more satanic the longer they use it. And it will summon hell after few years of use.....

[@JeanMarceaux]

I've imagined Abbath play his guitar with a whole ass Marshall 100 watt head duct taped to the output jack and now I can't stop laughing.

[@ulassbingol]

Mechanical engineer here: He is definitely correct.

[@smorrow]

The sockets should be on a flying lead like the power socket on ThinkPads (pre-USB-C) (just in case).

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

205 downvoters accidentally ordered a bunch of these and want to live in denial.

[@DMSProduktions]

And that is NOT a river in Egypt!

[@ashissiiick9682]

Hearing him say "pedals" cleared my skin and unlocked my fretboard

[@phantompenguin]

i wasn't anticipating such a delightful treat this mornign but here we are

[@JadeDude1973]

Like it rhymes with "fatals" lol

[@carlosmatos9848]

I use a solid coupler from my guitar to amp. Less resistance = pure tone

[@ZaneDalton]

Carlos Matos 🤣

[@airgliderz]

Pure snake oil Bullcrap.

[@smackyfrog6046]

You should test it out and prove its snake oil, Alan.

[@airgliderz]

@@smackyfrog6046 no, you have to prove what you say is true, which clearly, physically, it is not. Stop spreading lies based on unfounded bullshit heresey again and again

[@Youtube.Commen-tater]

alan connelly It is clearly a joke

[@3dlabs99]

"Theoretically if we kept going they would form a large circle".... sounds like a challenge

[@godzilla964]

I want to see that.

[@catfishmudflap]

I don't even use pedals, but I love this video. I'm a Civil Engineer, so I especially liked the bridge joint analogy. Great work. Back to Hell solid couplers!

[@matthewrosario7150]

me: wow i should really stay away from those i don't want to hurt my pedal board also me: only has one pedal

[@scottbecker3485]

Totally valuable! An additional point against such couplers: When your pedals are firmly attached to your pedalboard using Velcro, whenever you want to remove a pedal, your need to apply leverage of some kind to its base, and that means you are torquing the jacks on it as well as on any neighboring pedals.

[@oi-yeah-nah-mate7731]

I’ve yet to find another guitar channel on KZbin that explains these kind of things in such a simple and funny way

[@claytonduguay9617]

But when he gets really excited, like in this video, I have to turn on the closed captioning. Rock on Colin!

[@DropkickDex]

You can yell anything in that accent and I'll probably agree.

[@ScienceofLoud]

The earth is flat.

[@DropkickDex]

The earth is flat.

[@beeps123]

THe earth is flat. Lol

[@pixel6173]

He didn't type in the accent though, so the world still remains round.

[@herpderpinson6117]

Corte AAAAAAAYYYYYEEEEEE M8

[@slash196]

Arguably, the companies that sell them should really stop.

[@MottaGroove]

If they are the same ones that sells the pedals........ i don't think they would.

[@blazer6248]

Why? That's not their only use. They were around for years before being used between pedals. They're M-to-M 1/4" telephone line adapters. I use 3 of them daily with 3 cables I have that, have female ends on them to convert them to male ends. Then I can use those cables like a normal instrument cable.

[@yata8185]

@@blazer6248 people don’t use there brain anymore

[@sirspongadoodle]

@@yata8185 false, people are way smarter now than ever before. The internet has caused immense amount of knowledge to be shared instantly.

[@eli-boy7473]

My brain: I only play acoustic guitar My fingers klickin on this regardless: Are you really in charge here?

[@stockphotowhiteguy11]

Yeah I don’t know why I’m here either but it’s interesting if I do get electric

[@MushVPeets]

I don't even play the guitar, but I'm here anyway.

[@JubbLaRacing]

Finger klicking good

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

The Human Spain. Dude, my jaw hurts just listening to that delightful accent. I really enjoyed the video, and your style. Gonna have to subscribe.

[@haralabospap7091]

John JohnnyArt Pavlou It makes me wonder where he's from. He sounds a bit Scottish.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Haralabospap, it’s marvelous. Ye mite be rite, lahd.

[@haralabospap7091]

John JohnnyArt Pavlou Oh well, I feel like I'm stupid. At 0:02 it says *HANDBUILT IN SCOTLAND* Ay guess Ay was fockin rite.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Haralabospap, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite🏛

[@tropic1018]

I died of laughter when I got to that part bc I read ur comment first and had no idea what u we’re talking about😂

[@legoharry100]

Colin out here doing the Lord’s work.

[@mikeharnett2410]

100% correct. I've seen more damaged pedals in my shop caused by rigid couplers than by any other source of abuse. I can spot where a rigid coupler was used by whether the 1/4" phone jack is normal dirty-noisy or VERY noisy.

[@thesystima]

"These are the work of the devil" Nah man, they are the work of the CMARM (Christian Moms Against Rock and Metal)

[@nehemiahzo_]

Lee Bakker they refuse to believe that it exists.

[@thechrononaut1]

I regret my non-scottish birth.

[@dhill05]

Great accent and country indeed.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD

[@justspacey8357]

Peedal

[@blazer6248]

I regret not being a Motaur 😆

[@cinnamonnoir2487]

The logical endpoint of this line of thinking would be to remove the housings from all your pedals, stack the circuit boards on top of each other, solder them together, and then put the whole towering monstrosity inside a new, custom-built housing the size of a laundry hamper. And _then_ you attach one giant button to the top that just says "Gain".

[@Psyfonify]

*all the gain

[@gredangeo]

SLAYURRRR!!!

[@JunkCCCP]

Isn't that basically an effects rack?

[@thevideosinc]

So an fx rack...

[@CoryMck]

"no one man should have all that power" Also, the noise would be hard to avoid and the problems would be hard to detect.

[@karniboy6549]

Glad someone addressed this!!! I’m so sick of seeing these things used...worst case is when it’s on a pedalboard thst has Velcro holding the pedals down and it sinks down a couple millimeters...I can hear the jacks screaming in agony...

[@philidor9657]

Great concise and useful video. Thanks for the info!

[@anusrepairman]

Said the word "Flex" so many times i thought phil swift from flex seal was gonna barge in randomly.

[@Aarlog]

To show you the power of Flex Seal... *grinding noises* I sawed this pedal in half!

[@mus-dos4763]

Aarlog "i broke my pedals with solid couplers, and repaired using only flex tape on both sides"

[@thehamsarris6131]

THAT’s A LOT OF DAMAGE

[@Mike_Stanford]

"Flay-ex"

[@jjverona8249]

to be fair those solid couplers do a lotta damage

[@Krendin]

Did I just join a cult? Cool.

[@mathewwallis2863]

Wow! This is quite an eye opener. Thanks!

[@MysteriousPostbox]

Thanks for the info man, this never crossed my mind before!

[@christiantaylor6384]

Yeah seriously I had no idea about this, man. Thanks for A) the click-baity headline that got my attention at a passing glance and B) following up on the click bait with actually relevant and helpful content and also explaining this with science. But also not thank you for the fact that I'm gonna have to eventually re-setup my pedalboard because my entire front row may or may not use these lmao

[@LukeSniper]

Apparently 7 people who manufacture these things saw this video, thought Colin wanted their children to starve, and felt compelled to click the thumbs down

[@satan1189]

LukeSniper i bet collin wants to starve them actually

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

Something I find hilarious is Colin’s ability to switch his voice to intimidating epic speech mode to every day chat mode in the blink of an eye.

[@cartercasteel2513]

Extremely useful and interesting! Subscribed

[@s.e.n3264]

Praise the Colin

[@colinnoble1899]

Michael Arias thanks

[@harakirikiss6128]

Comedy and guitar science. I love it.

[@sugmintub]

Seasoned with a wee dash of Scottish. Done.

[@W7RSON]

*YEAH!!!* Guitar Science

[@gregmerritt9366]

Comedy, guitar, AND science? Only thing that's missing is some pro rasslin to have my total YT experience in one video.

[@csjaugiedog]

Very useful information! THANKS

[@JayMoreau]

Awesome stuff Colin, thank you sir.

[@adamtaylor2142]

Excellent mechanical analysis! Thanks Colin.

[@presentelaw]

Thanks for the advice!!! Great video.

[@OCnStiggs]

THE WHEEL OF PEDALS! OMG!!! Great video! Great explanation! Well edited with no pauses. THANKS!

[@cuscoothriyas5163]

I use EBS patch cables for this reason. They are flat and let me squeeze every cubic inch of my real estate

[@bbman2225]

Thank you for this, I had been planning to buy these but now I know to save my money and pedals.

[@gamerownzz]

This video earned my sub for your channel. Brilliant presentation of the stresses and forces at play in a way everyone can understand. Solid advice with witty presentation, keep on rockin dude. Waiting for the next vid!

[@wisteela]

Great info. Love your style. Subscribed.

[@LesPeterGuitarJam]

great video.. nice info.. cheers from denmark

[@sjhart14]

As an engineering student, I greatly appreciate your detailed explanation of the stresses the jacks experience. It's all spot on. Rare to see in the music world and very much welcomed.

[@scottwheldon9992]

This made me smile. Thanks Colin.

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Really glad I stumbled across your video!

[@aidandoesmusic]

I can attest to this. Made the mistake of using one and it broke my damn Spaceman Sputnik. And my POG. And then I stopped using them. I learned the hard way, lol.

[@ronsansone6032]

Thanks. I think they fed me your video because I just bought some online. Nice.. I now see exactly what you mean.

[@salazar_music513]

I really enjoy your vids. Quality is top and the info is amazing 🤘🏽🎸

[@classicmacos1682]

This has become my favourite guitar channel. Great job Colin!

[@-NIRN-]

Thanks a lot Colin. Your video is so accurate. I just built my first ever pedalboard and when it came to the couplers, I saw those evil pieces of garbage in the guitar shop and I thought "wow genius idea !" so I bought them without the shadow of doubt. What a fool I was. Once at the rehearsal I instantly noticed the wrong alignment between my pedals and the day after I found this video in my KZbin suggestions. I am now on my way to buy flexible couplers. I will share these words of wisdom with the friends !

[@gabbogabbogabbo]

I am a minister and a metal bassist and you, sir, have inspired me to be better at both!

[@Psyfonify]

does this mean you play either christian metal, dadrock, or butt rawk/stank metal?

[@bbqchickenwingsofredemptio449]

Badioutube hail Satan 🤘😈

[@arturmalachowski8949]

Do you play bass for Ministry? ;)

[@A.J.99]

Great video, I never thought about it that way before

[@taur6115]

Glad I found this on my feed. I literally had these in my Amazon cart. Thanks!!

[@jojosmooth]

I would happily sacrifice one of my toes to be able to speak in your accent.

[@ScienceofLoud]

Only one?

[@jojosmooth]

LOL! Don't push it, man!

[@mactheman4698]

And that's why the Scottish accent is the greatest ever

[@aussiewanderer6304]

I think there are online courses that you can take to learn...

[@mactheman4698]

@@aussiewanderer6304 probably but the Scottish accent cant be done exactly the same as a scotsman

[@TheSillyPiglet]

I thought the devil's work was a good thing. You know, metal, no mids, all the gain, slayer and all that.

[@SEmc029]

ThaBadayuss But this would break my two metal zones hooked together.

[@altrock86]

But you don't want to break your paydel

[@kenconify]

That's controlled evil that makes you money. Not the kind that breaks the stuff you make money with. Basically giving in to wrath will be worse than giving in to greed. On that note don't give in to pride the world doesn't need another Fred durst

[@vikinglord7545]

Slayer has tons of mids.

[@endezeichengrimm]

Slayer uses a lot of mids.....

[@daveklain4683]

Thanks for this info makes so much sense

[@VB308]

Thanks Colin 💙 ur pure honesty 👊

[@allenscroggs9607]

Most hilariously informative video I’ve watched in a long time

[@GogiRegion]

(+Allen Scroggs) Is that not what this whole channel is…

[@denniswalsh8476]

Absolutely, and 85-90 percent of pedals I've had to work on have (dirty or) sprung (wired) input/output jacks. Some PCB mounted jacks even develope cracked solder joints. The "rest" may actually have other problems. Use patch cables and occasionally check to be sure the pedal's jack's nuts are tight.

[@joewalsh8217]

Great help friend!

[@DragonFlopp]

I'm half maybe possibly perhaps considering building a pedalboard sometime in the near future, so it's a good thing I came across this video! Thanks for the advice!

[@thein-tele-gent5654]

You just get more articulate with age sir! And a live action yoda?! Your Patreon is sending production values where? Through the roof!

[@xDXPxJOEx456x1]

We demand more evil yoda.

[@sonnet9100]

Excellent video!

[@JuveriSetila]

That Yodamuppet made me explode. Great video dude!

[@ccandrew111]

So the real solution is to TIG the pedals to the board; cheers Colin 👍 All jokes aside though, i shall be keeping a healthy distance between these connectors and my pedals

[@kenminerva]

Wauwww...I don't know how does KZbin know I need this..great info and knowledge for me..thank you, Colin. Rock n roll 🤘🏿🤘🏿

[@pramaadhapranata5678]

Love your videos. Subbed!

[@mr.k905]

F-I-N-A-L-L-Y!!!! Been preaching this for years now, getting nothing but hate in return as people are ignorant idiots, not listening to arguments but rather respond emotionally/irrationally. Hope with an established channel like yours more people will come to their senses and FINALLY realize the devil’s work here ; ) ...Very well explained by the way!

[@thespacerobb]

Colin, I didn't know you could get even more Scottish... Great video as always!

[@ScienceofLoud]

I actually tone down the Scottishness significantly when making videos. I am much more Scottish most of the time.

[@derpimusmaximus8815]

I think you averaged 0 cpm(cunts per minute), so you've managed to pretty much eliminate any Glaswegian entirely.

[@herpderpinson6117]

CSGuitars You need to do a video where you unleash the full Scotsman experience on us 😩

[@DanSZiegler]

Great video! Had bought a set to use in building a small board. Not using them now! Thanks!

[@Doug5524]

great advise Colin

[@zeyy84]

3:38 Ah yes human Spain. I eat those too

[@WaylonMorley]

Holy Shit Colin. I've been watching your videos since before you were huge on KZbin (about 6 or 7 years, however long) and I've always continued to get more impressed. Keep up the good work, I'd like to chat sometime!

[@MikaelLewisify]

Another tip...if you put your pedals too close together and something goes wrong with a pedal or cable, it’s a PITA to diagnose the problem and find the offending pedal/cable. Keep them separated enough that you can easily remove a cable and bypass a pedal/cable easily if needed. I found this out the hard way while setting up for a 1 hour festival slot. After finding the bad cable, we only had 20 mins left to actually play.

[@russellgibson7558]

Informative and entertaining!

[@brianricker1703]

Thank you SO much for this information!

[@TheSGStandard]

I strongly feel all PSA's should be done in a Scottish accent.

[@davidmcleod1760]

As long as it's no the glaswegian accent I'm cool with that.

[@EarleMonroe]

That sharp turn from intense rant into heartfelt plea for support would make an American televangelist proud

[@alik250]

Wow, this was an incredible video. Keep it up my dude

[@kbzonmarko]

that creepy Yoda was hilarious!!!

[@someonebald2022]

Why is the Scottish accent so well suited to these "HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION UNTO ALL YE SINNERS!!" kind of things? If I said it I'd sound ridiculous! My Glaswegian Great-Grandmother is laughing at me from beyond the grave....

[@someonebald2022]

"ARGH! Hot Potato, Oxford Shores, Puck Will Make Amends!!"

[@oldgoat381]

Tim the Enchanter may have something to do with it

[@adamdrummer1991]

Irish accent works too

[@ajoecel]

Good stuff, Makes sense. Thanks

[@user-uy7fz8dw6n]

Agree 1000%. Thanx for sharing this info. Like your chanel and many of your explaining vids. After watching your chanel I got better at beeing a guitarist in a band.

[@StatusQuonald]

I regret ever buying and using these. I tried to disconnect a pedal once, but they were all glued down to the pedal board with velcro. Tore the whole goddamn setup to pieces 😦

[@aarongamer4975]

Ronald me too. wow, i wonder what kind of damage ive done. they been like that for 6 years lmao

[@deccollier6125]

My condolences.

[@Dudeitsmeee]

I can use one of these to "wear" my amp on the front of my flying V? I can't see a problem, should balance perfectly!

[@ViolentOtter]

I was about to order 5 of those. Thanks mate!

[@derrikdiaz2136]

Thank you so much! I bought a few of these and was using one between a NUX high gain and an Electro-harmonix Hot Tubes Overdrive, since their input jacks are almost alined. I put an end to that! Thanks Mate from San Antonio Texas!

[@777SlipHate666]

AHHHHH NOOOOO. I HAVE AN ORDER TO CANCEL NOW.

[@shitposterbryce3385]

777SlipHate666 HURRY! Quick, before the dark one finds your precious pedals!

[@MarkusGrimm83]

Lucky you! I bought a Z-connector two weeks ago...

[@KeithFine10]

Thanks, just pulled all mine (2) off my board

[@Ottophil]

Keith Fine i actually just bought a pair for between my flashback 2 and hall of fame 2 the stereo jacks are too close for my normal patch cables to fit

[@rojocarpathia]

Oh man, so glad I came across this video! I almost brought a set of these (I am new to pedals and such)! So glad for this and thank you!

[@pauljohnson600]

as a beginner player I wasn't even aware of these. thanks for helping me prevent a future mistake I would have made.

[@gamezharks]

I gotta slap my guitarist on the balls for using one of these now

[@kimhansen6384]

Could be fun - lets see the video :-)

[@kenster5115]

Steady on, just show him this vid..........much easier.

[@Kevin.Kelly.]

Make sure they don’t bounce back and hit you in the face.

[@movimentodoscacos]

That's very erotic

[@gcapeletti]

Well, he deserves a kick on the balls just for being a guitarist anyways...

[@InsomniacMatt]

I didn't even know these things existed

[@xXEmbracetheMetalXx]

Unfortunately...

[@deldia]

Seriously, great script you wrote for this. You're a good writer/communicator/speaker.

[@raynewell6371]

One of the best videos I've ever watched. Thank you. Bra

[@LillianAredhel]

I'm waiting for Colin to start a cult tbh

[@ScienceofLoud]

Isn't having a bunch of subscribers on my KZbin channel sort of that already?

[@LillianAredhel]

CSGuitars I dunno man, is it?

[@Steph-de6ne]

He already did, mate. We're all part of it, and by the looks of it some even whitout knowing it. tataTAAAAA(the usual sound when something schocking is revealed)

[@axe2rock]

CSGuitars lol