Hermida Audio / Lovepedal White Zendrive - No Talking Demo
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2023
- When Lovepedal came alongside Alf to help out with Hermida's pedals, they eventually made a few modifications to the venerable Zendrive by Hermida Audio. The white Zendrive or "Vanilla Mojo", as Lovepedal calls it, is the lower gain of any option made by Lovepedal and Hermida.
I think it sounds great and is my favorite iteration of the Zendrive. It can get pretty mean in higher settings but it sounds great through any amp in lower settings to change characteristics to that fun Dumbley sound.
Please excuse any errors...this was a single pass through just to have some fun with the pedal.
Gear used:
Eric Johnson Strat
Lovepedal / Hermida White Zendrive
iRig (interface)
Neural DSP Archetype Nolly (for the "amp)
Logic Pro - Hudba
Nice review, many fail to capture the lead tones you can get from a ZD! I’ve had a ZD since Alfie sent me one in 2009. It’s a pedalboard constant, but mainly as a creamy lead boost from a clean or breaking amp. Different vibe on Strat and P90, but not my fave for chord drive( prefer Klon style boost).
I have that model, red enclosure, very nice tone range. Nice overdrive pedal
Zens of all flavors are fun! I had the red one for a while too and loved it. thanks for watching!
The modulation is awesome. Long reverb with a low repeat delay high mix?
thank you! No mod effects were on for this demo. The verb is a medium room verb, and the delay was low repeats with a mix I liked. delay and reverb were through Neural DSP's Nolly plugin.
Hey @brianschulz, constructive criticism allowed? If so, I'd suggest a bit less 'noise by other fx' when demoing a specific pedal. Reason: Delay & reverb are of course nice & make life a lot easier for us guitarists (they 'enlarge' the sound immediately by creating space/room in which the sound of the guitar is embedded; esp. useful for pickups with a discrepancy in attack VS sustain -> e.g. Tele/Strat single coils). However, this comes at the cost of adding 'clutter' to your tone (e.g. delay brings up attack again, again, again... get my drift?).
One criterium in choosing a drive pedal is its behavior in the sustain-phase (unless you're only a shredder ;o), especially true for "bluesy" ODs like the Zen Drive - even more 'truer' as ZD can be called 'Robben Ford's inofficial signature pedal'...
Apart from that, I do like this review: Straight into the matter, different settings/sounds are demonstrated, very nice and relaxed playing (subjective, but I like ;o). Thanks again for producing this, Brian!
Thanks for the input!