Lovepedal Zendrive vs Shin’s Music Dumbloid Special

Two of the best pedals for achieving the D-sound and much more!
Both are great sounding pedals and well built ! Let me know what you think !
The amp I use in the demo is a D’Angelo custom work, a dumble style amp handmade in Italy!
The guitar is a Les Paul deluxe 77 routed for humbuckers Seymour Duncan antiquity PAF

[@aladinin]

Both nice.. Zen perhaps a little smoother, but the Dumbloid sounds more organic, as in real amp like to my ear. Dumbloid wins this for me. Shame the price on the Dumbloids is way huge.. Cheers & thanks for the Demo :)

[@Utubesup7890]

They are a lot. Just got one. Having second thoughts. This is the 2nd one I bought. But you can find one used for less. I just don’t understand using label makers for labels on such expensive pedals. Waiting on a shin’s drive though. I think that will be more my thing. I’m using the dumbloid to push my amp’s distortion.

[@GrumIsMe]

Both sound good, but the Dumbloid has some really interesting stuff going on with its harmonics. Nice demo.

[@francescogatta5932]

Thanks, I sold both them and bought a Dumble Ods clone, I think the dumbloid sounds a little too muddy sometimes, zendrive is tighter but a little more compressed..anyway try Tanabe zenkudo or Dumkudo, I had the zenkudo and was amazing, better then both dumbloid and Zendrive

[@PolaOpposite]

If Robben Ford or John Mayer said they were using a discontinued $25 Amazon 0D pedal, within two years they'd be selling for $600 on Reverb.

[@francescogatta5932]

Maybe, but they are not

[@PolaOpposite]

@@francescogatta5932 TS10 is close to it... it's really nothing special, but John Mayer used one once and now it's overpriced on the resale market. The Zendrive is pedestrian and gives very little tone control. And various versions of the Shin Dumbloid fluctuate in price from under $100 to $600. There is no intrinsic value in the two pedals you demoed.

[@francescogatta5932]

@@PolaOpposite no pedal has real value in terms of how much we pay it, think about the klon centaur. This is a comparison between two pedals, you maybe right about overpriced pedals but your comment is out of context.

[@PolaOpposite]

@@francescogatta5932 If you are limiting free speech, then sure, it's out of context. But for the average bloke, when we're talking about reviewing or comparing pedals the context of price is always at the forefront, that is to say that we're watching the video to inform our purchases and where our money is best spent. And it makes sense since price is what prevents us from buying an actual Dumble.
Nevertheless, my pov is not a commentary on your presentation or your playing. You did a great job of comparing the two.

[@francescogatta5932]

Ok, I get what you mean. I don’t want to limit anything, you’re opinion is important and I appreciate your comment, my point is that there’s no mention in this video about the price or which pedal is worth the money. Anyway zendrive in much cheaper than the dumbloid and really close to it 🙂

[@wabisabi6802]

But you're already using a nice amp to begin with.

[@francescogatta5932]

Yep, it’s great amp!

[@yakshrajsingh8121]

Then you should buy your pedals according to your cheapo prototype amp😂