Understand The Types Of Overdrive Pedals On The Market

In this week's episode, we're making the complicated stuff simple, and I’m 100% here for it. I explain how every overdrive you've ever heard basically comes from one of five pedals. And it's beautiful

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Let's Talk About Overdrive
1:55 Soft Clipping Overdrives
3:38 EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Demo
3:59 Blues Breaker Soft Clipping Overdrives
5:39 Snouse Blackbox Overdrive Demo
6:04 Hard Clipping Overdrives
8:19 Black Arts Toneworks Quantum Mystic Demo
9:01 Klon Style
11:26 Way Huge Conspiracy Theory Demo
11:43 Transistor Based Overdrives
14:34 Wampler Plexi Drive Demo
14:57 Comparison of Each Type of Overdrive
15:40 Sorry I Can't Cover Everything
16:24 Record Time
17:59 Thanks for Watching!

Gear in this Episode:
Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer
JHS Bonsai
EarthQuaker Devices Plumes
Fulltone Full-Drive
Boss SD-1w Super-Overdrive
Electro-Harmonix East River Drive
Marshall Blues Breaker
Analog Man King of Tone
JHS Morning Glory
Coppersound Pedals Foxcatcher
Snouse Blackbox Overdrive
CMATMods Butah
Wampler Pantheon Overdrive
DOD Preamp 250
MXR Distortion +
Black Arts Toneworks Quantum Mystic
Spiral Electric FX Yellow Spiral Drive
Daredevil Drive-Bi
Fulltone OCD
Klon Centaur
Ceriatone Centura
J. Rockett Audio Archer
Wampler Tumnus
Joyo R-Series R-01 Tauren
Way Huge Conspiracy Theory
Boss BD-2w Blues Driver
Keeley Super Phat Mod
Ibanez MT10 Mostortion
Zvex Box of Rock Vexter
Wampler Plexi Drive
JHS Twin Twelve
JHS Charlie Brown

Episodes Mentioned in this Video:
The JHS Show: What is a Blues Breaker?
The JHS Show: History of Distortion

Record Time:
Matthew Perryman Jones - Land of the Living

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[kchas]

You know, the fact that I never feel you're trying to sell me YOUR pedals actually makes me consider buying one of YOUR pedals even more.

[simon_patterson]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the high production quality of videos on this channel.

The quality of every video is gold, which isn't mentioned in the comments nearly often enough.

[Safouane]

josh, if you ever read this, your channel is a Gem to the guitar community and pedal fanatics, thanks for sharing your love of pedals and knowledge with us. keep making awesome videos.

[trevelyanjoelpakkari]

I love how Josh understands that his pedals are a niche market and that not everyone can afford them, and he doesn't mind promoting other pedals and gear. This is very wholesome. You can also see that he is a pedal enthusiast at heart and just enjoys playing and commenting on them. Keep up the good work.






P.S. Will buy a JHS pedal just to support you

[Nightwinflyer]

Josh, you should seriously consider making a coffee table book about pedals. The real deal, the size of a briefcase! All the nerdy details. Like this video, the main pedals in each category and their clones...pictures, circuit diagrams, charts and lists...it could (and would) be glorious!
...on a side note, I'm still waiting for my Behringer pedal that has been backordered since you did your video on them...just sayin'...

[mikaailahmed]

Just got a Morning Glory and I can't recommend it enough for that sweet honey mustard tone that I always wanted but couldn't get from a tube screamer or a blues driver. It's an absolute must have for that low to medium gain tone. I've become an instant JHS fan!!!

[Kapacool]

Really knowledgeable guy that doesn't take himself too seriously. Hat's off!!!

[GuitarJawn]

"Mid Frequency Hump"

Should be a Tshirt and I would buy one right now

[ricky]

when I used to go on Reverb and look at overdrive/distortion pedals it wasn't clear if I was looking at overdrive or distortion. this video makes all of it make sense so thats pretty cool, i ended up with 3 different pedals in this video all in different categories and I'm happy about that

[guitardave]

There needs to be more people like Josh and Brian Wampler. Love that they aren’t just promoting their own pedals, but talk fondly and knowledgeably about others. Very refreshing. Other industries should learn from this - it’s nice to be nice!

[tldnolan]

Josh: i'm just human, just a normal guy
> a normal guy who owns serial no. Klon

[pauldaskal]

Been playing 34 years and have been a tone junkie the whole time....yes we might know many things...but most of us that know stop and Listen when Josh has something to say...Thank You in advance for being a necessary tool in the Tone Quest...you are totally appreciated!

[stefanoterrana]

I had the weirdest dream last night that I met Josh at the back of a McDonald’s and he let me choose a pedal for free. Man I watch this show too much lol

[Headsign]

I learned a lot in this video and I love Josh's narrative style.

[scorpionsaloon]

Thank you, Josh. That is probably the best explanation of the basics for different overdrives that I have ever heard. Impressive. 😎 The comparisons through the same rig, same chords = priceless for a guy like me. Thanks again.

[jbognap]

It would be cool if there were a "family tree" diagram showing the different tribes of overdrives with all their descendants.

[joelkupiainen]

I love the fact that a Klon Centaur clone is called "The Conspiracy Theory".

[djmartinez]

Broooo I never knew there was such a proper way to categorize O/D pedals. I see people (reviewers) mixing categories in shoot outs, like "Centaur vs King of Tone vs TS808." This was super enlightening. Thank you.

[JMLRecording]

I like that he doesn’t ever trash anything. Like my grandfather used to say, “don’t spew what you hate, speak what you love.”

Man that plexi-drive is amaaazing

[jwmcmillenii]

I love how this show is becoming an organized, interactive reference book with an index pointing you to other "pages" of the book to take you deeper into a subject. Or maybe like in comics when they reference something that happened in a previous issue and there's the little asterisk pointing you to the bottom of the panel where it tells you exactly what issue. I really dig it, and I thank y'all for all the hard work.