This series is brill. Nice playing as usual Pete. See below for "Amore" stupidity: "When the tone hits your ear like a sixpack of beer That's Honore. When the tasteful licks fly like a bird in the sky That's Honore When he sits down to play on his purple tele That's Honore When the jokes that he tells need some mind bleach as well That's Honoooore!" Cheers guys!
I first found out about the small speaker overdrive right at the end of 2021. Bought it as soon as it was available at a store in the US. I love how it sounds with my tele, and it stacks really well too!
the point Lee is making is spot on. back 20 years ago, finding boutique pedals at all let alone overdrives was very hard. you had to basically buy them used from touring guitar players. that’s why all-tube amp heads have multiple gain channels. millennials are like “i’d just use the clean tone and if I want overdrive I’lluse my pedals”. well that wasn’t an option. gain stacking with pedals wasn’t a thing until very recently. which is why the tube screamer is famous. because, like Lee said, they were used as a volume tool and not for its “tone”. before social media existed.
I don't see how you play without it; I don't know a single guitarist who doesn't use delay. It fills the empty spaces and smooths out the edges and transitions from one tone to the other- especially if you have tails turned on. A good delay, reverb, preamp, and compression pedal- setup properly, will make your live playing sound like it's been mixed in a studio.
With respect, I think you might have missed an important bit about the 3 Series Screamer (which I got about 3 weeks ago). The toggle switches between two modes. One mode emulates what Josh started out creating in his pedal career, a modded Ibanez Tube Screamer tone. Switched into the other position, it's all his own. For $99 it's a dynamite pedal. And as long as I'm coming off like a JHS fanboy, I have the 3 Series Delay and it's terrific as well.
Lee, plug in a 57 Custom Champ, the one they make now. Set it to 3, tell me (using any pick-up that isn’t the bridge) that they don’t have enormous low end. I think they have too much in fact. It’s only when they’re especially open that the low end seems more controlled. Treble boosters and eq pedals at the ready with a lot of the very basic small speaker amps! - LOVE the sound of that Small Speaker Overdrive pedal!
Here's an interesting pedal. DOD FX57 Hard Rock distortion. It has a "doubler" delay and germanium and silicon. Needs male pwr Jack, can be modded.. pretty wild
One, please do another blind challenge with pedals, maybe a delay one. Second, wow Pete looks great, congrats Pete on 6 months of staying sober!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe it became so famous because it was a great color green and it looks so cool on your pedal board,, think about it,,,,!!!!!!!! It’s psychological ohhh bright and shinney
this discussion is about the “make sure I’m doing what everyone on else is doing aka John Mayer’s pedalboard” here’s what every IG guitarist has (or a clone), whether they need it or not, just to deal with their massive insecurities…they are: Klon, TS10 (could literally be had for $60 before people saw JM using one) Bluesbreaker, Noble ODR-1, the Tim/Timmy, Strymon modulation, Xotic EP Booster, 1981 (proco rat), Eventide H9, Cali 76 there, now you can be like everyone else and finally sleep at night 😂
The Commodore does actually do the Plexi thing quite well. The Tone slider accurately sounds like it's blending between the treble and normal channels on a four-hole Plexi.
In answer to Pete's question about why would one buy the JHS Screamer instead of a cheap TS mini pedal, I think the answer lay in the +/- toggle. From the manual: "Toggle changes the clipping. Up is asymmetrical clipping (which is the strong mod clipping). Down is symmetrical clipping (stock TS9 TS808 style)." If you want the JHS mod, you want that pedal. If you don't care about it, any TS9 or clone will do fine.
Captain… You didn’t want to show what max gain sounded like, if not for just a second? I was curious to hear how hard that JHS screamer would go as you turned it up, but you left me hanging at about 80%. 😭 I know no one uses it for that, but I heard new wild textures emerging. Sadness. I do like that solid gold bluesbreaker. Versatile and aesthetically pleasing. 0.0 oh my the Replica is amazing. Character on those basic delay tones and that driven runaway sound is unique and exciting.
those pedals are one thing, but that particular Les Paul is really something else! Love what those SolidGoldFX stomps do, and the small speaker overdrive is soooo nice! fun review.
In Defense of the Tube Screamer First, I need to clarify that I'm talking about the Ibanez _Tube Screamer Overdrive Pro TS808_ and not any other Tube Screamer, whether by Ibanez or any other company or individual. It does something that I haven't heard other overdrives do, not even other Tube Screamers. When used as a boost, with little to no "Overdrive" dialed in and maximum or close to maximum "Level," it adds a certain sizzle to what I think of as the top end of my guitar's/amp's sound. My mental nickname for this added flavor is "crispy-crunchiness." It's not obnoxious (if you don't run the "Tone" control too high) or ear-piercing. It's a sound that you usually get when you double-track guitars in recording, a sound that's not there _unless_ you double-track guitars in recording, a little extra upper or upper-mid bite. Something to do with the comb-filter dynamics of the two tracks' signals when played together simultaneously, doubtless. Now, maybe there are other, non-TS808 overdrive circuits out there that will do all this, too--I haven't played _every_ overdrive in existence, but I haven't found it or them as of yet. It also tightens up the bass in a useful way. Turning up a tube amp to where you're getting a goodly amount of crunch or grind can cause its preamp circuit and output section to get woolly, flubby and muddy. The TS808 can do wonders at combating that tendency while still leaving enough low end for your tone to still be big and brawny. I understand when people don't like the Tube Screamer. Used in the way you would _think_ it's supposed to be used it can be underwhelming and impart a boxy sound to a rig. Maybe that's why it's popular with Strat-into-Fender-amp players: it fills in the "scoop" of Fender amps when played with Fender single-coils with some mid-range. But, to me it really shines as a clean(-ish) boost to an already clipping or crunching tube circuit, adding distortion while minimizing muddiness. Here endeth the rant.
Love how the guys go through the first two pedals, and are like "yea. All the pedals are basically clones from the 80's. Nothing is new." Then they hit the third one. lol
Thank god D-Pete finally found a non pink andertons shirt to model for us,,, it clashes with every great guitar he picks up to play. And play very well he most certainly does .. no pressure D-PETE we love ya like a son,, you just need you to make better choices for the overall good of all.
T-Rex pretty much went to shit, only a few pedals left in production. Anyway I wonder what it was about Replica that made people like David G or Pete Townshend use it.
Just rewatching these again and I've gotta say once more, we need the un=bleeped versions too!
Y'all should absolutely sell a RED BAND ANDERTONS dvd with all of your best uncensored, unedited, and unabridged bits.
Gear Gone Wild
I would just be Pete singing songs like Mother with a bunch of swearing in it
This series is brill.
Nice playing as usual Pete.
See below for "Amore" stupidity:
"When the tone hits your ear
like a sixpack of beer
That's Honore.
When the tasteful licks fly
like a bird in the sky
That's Honore
When he sits down to play
on his purple tele
That's Honore
When the jokes that he tells
need some mind bleach as well
That's Honoooore!"
Cheers guys!
I first found out about the small speaker overdrive right at the end of 2021. Bought it as soon as it was available at a store in the US. I love how it sounds with my tele, and it stacks really well too!
the point Lee is making is spot on. back 20 years ago, finding boutique pedals at all let alone overdrives was very hard. you had to basically buy them used from touring guitar players. that’s why all-tube amp heads have multiple gain channels. millennials are like “i’d just use the clean tone and if I want overdrive I’lluse my pedals”. well that wasn’t an option. gain stacking with pedals wasn’t a thing until very recently. which is why the tube screamer is famous. because, like Lee said, they were used as a volume tool and not for its “tone”. before social media existed.
The Supafunk envelope filter is one of the best I've heard on a pedal. Really impressed by the Small Speaker too.
TRex need to sign Pete up. I hate delay pedals, never have worked out how to play with one, but he made me want to try again. You’re a legend Pete.
I don't see how you play without it; I don't know a single guitarist who doesn't use delay. It fills the empty spaces and smooths out the edges and transitions from one tone to the other- especially if you have tails turned on. A good delay, reverb, preamp, and compression pedal- setup properly, will make your live playing sound like it's been mixed in a studio.
If I could only use one it would be that tube screamer for sure. Thanks guys.
BREAKING: New study finds 2 out of 2 guys who play blues riffs prefer bluesbreakers over tubescreamers! Love the channel, just yanking your chains!
Or the Nobels ODR/Wampler Belle😉😉
With respect, I think you might have missed an important bit about the 3 Series Screamer (which I got about 3 weeks ago). The toggle switches between two modes. One mode emulates what Josh started out creating in his pedal career, a modded Ibanez Tube Screamer tone. Switched into the other position, it's all his own. For $99 it's a dynamite pedal. And as long as I'm coming off like a JHS fanboy, I have the 3 Series Delay and it's terrific as well.
Thanks for another fun video watching you with your great sense for sound and great guitar playing. Thank you!
Lee, plug in a 57 Custom Champ, the one they make now. Set it to 3, tell me (using any pick-up that isn’t the bridge) that they don’t have enormous low end. I think they have too much in fact. It’s only when they’re especially open that the low end seems more controlled. Treble boosters and eq pedals at the ready with a lot of the very basic small speaker amps! - LOVE the sound of that Small Speaker Overdrive pedal!
that TRex Replica just sounds ameeezing ... Absolutly bonkers delay
Pete on the envlope filter is Priceless !
That new intro is a welcome edition haha
Small Speaker Overdrive: "Everything at 2 o'clock!!! NICE
Here's an interesting pedal. DOD FX57 Hard Rock distortion. It has a "doubler" delay and germanium and silicon. Needs male pwr Jack, can be modded.. pretty wild
One, please do another blind challenge with pedals, maybe a delay one. Second, wow Pete looks great, congrats Pete on 6 months of staying sober!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe it became so famous because it was a great color green and it looks so cool on your pedal board,, think about it,,,,!!!!!!!! It’s psychological ohhh bright and shinney
1:17 "hit the notifications, bellend" sheesh ok I will Pete, no need to get so personal
Beautiful outro
this discussion is about the “make sure I’m doing what everyone on else is doing aka John Mayer’s pedalboard”
here’s what every IG guitarist has (or a clone), whether they need it or not, just to deal with their massive insecurities…they are: Klon, TS10 (could literally be had for $60 before people saw JM using one) Bluesbreaker, Noble ODR-1, the Tim/Timmy, Strymon modulation, Xotic EP Booster, 1981 (proco rat), Eventide H9, Cali 76
there, now you can be like everyone else and finally sleep at night 😂
Really enjoyed this one chaps! 👍🏼
The Commodore does actually do the Plexi thing quite well. The Tone slider accurately sounds like it's blending between the treble and normal channels on a four-hole Plexi.
If I am not mistaken, the Commodore is supposed to be emulating a Marshall JTM 45... Not a Marshall plexi super lead...
Chris buck best guitar player around
More like this more often please.
In answer to Pete's question about why would one buy the JHS Screamer instead of a cheap TS mini pedal, I think the answer lay in the +/- toggle. From the manual: "Toggle changes the clipping. Up is asymmetrical clipping (which is the strong mod clipping). Down is symmetrical clipping (stock TS9 TS808 style)." If you want the JHS mod, you want that pedal. If you don't care about it, any TS9 or clone will do fine.
I agree with the Captain. Never liked the Tubescreamer.
Small Speaker, Big Sound
Have you checked the special cranker by EQD speaking of original overdrive circuits?
Captain…
You didn’t want to show what max gain sounded like, if not for just a second? I was curious to hear how hard that JHS screamer would go as you turned it up, but you left me hanging at about 80%. 😭 I know no one uses it for that, but I heard new wild textures emerging. Sadness.
I do like that solid gold bluesbreaker. Versatile and aesthetically pleasing.
0.0 oh my the Replica is amazing. Character on those basic delay tones and that driven runaway sound is unique and exciting.
those pedals are one thing, but that particular Les Paul is really something else! Love what those SolidGoldFX stomps do, and the small speaker overdrive is soooo nice! fun review.
In Defense of the Tube Screamer
First, I need to clarify that I'm talking about the Ibanez _Tube Screamer Overdrive Pro TS808_ and not any other Tube Screamer, whether by Ibanez or any other company or individual.
It does something that I haven't heard other overdrives do, not even other Tube Screamers. When used as a boost, with little to no "Overdrive" dialed in and maximum or close to maximum "Level," it adds a certain sizzle to what I think of as the top end of my guitar's/amp's sound. My mental nickname for this added flavor is "crispy-crunchiness." It's not obnoxious (if you don't run the "Tone" control too high) or ear-piercing. It's a sound that you usually get when you double-track guitars in recording, a sound that's not there _unless_ you double-track guitars in recording, a little extra upper or upper-mid bite. Something to do with the comb-filter dynamics of the two tracks' signals when played together simultaneously, doubtless. Now, maybe there are other, non-TS808 overdrive circuits out there that will do all this, too--I haven't played _every_ overdrive in existence, but I haven't found it or them as of yet.
It also tightens up the bass in a useful way. Turning up a tube amp to where you're getting a goodly amount of crunch or grind can cause its preamp circuit and output section to get woolly, flubby and muddy. The TS808 can do wonders at combating that tendency while still leaving enough low end for your tone to still be big and brawny.
I understand when people don't like the Tube Screamer. Used in the way you would _think_ it's supposed to be used it can be underwhelming and impart a boxy sound to a rig. Maybe that's why it's popular with Strat-into-Fender-amp players: it fills in the "scoop" of Fender amps when played with Fender single-coils with some mid-range. But, to me it really shines as a clean(-ish) boost to an already clipping or crunching tube circuit, adding distortion while minimizing muddiness.
Here endeth the rant.
Pedal Cabinet video! Yay! JAFODs! Oh... ;)
3:17 - 3:58 this little jam right here is tasty!!
the small speaker sound like good bluesbreaker pedal!
Is the Comodor and a 32 or 64k🤔👍🥃Respect to you fellas.
Yeah boys!
7:09 " who starts with 'John' and ends with 'Mayer' " 🤔🤔🤔
Where’s that MLII video you promised? I’m looking into a LP type guitar.
On the way🤙🏻
Good video…what do you recommandéd as good acoustic guitare amplifier?thanks.
Is there a OF page where you can find the uncensored version??
Kindly make a Les paul type guitar comparison also.
24:35 Pete reminded me of Strongbad from the Fhqwhgads.......
What about hiss in the screamer?
Toot powered rather than 9v if I am not mistaken ;) all the lolz
I can not imagine why anyone would want pedals.. All I have is a cry baby.. Lexicon in the fx loop.. Think I would like echoplrx pre amp.. Always good
I like my mini tube screamer ohhh welll
Love how the guys go through the first two pedals, and are like "yea. All the pedals are basically clones from the 80's. Nothing is new." Then they hit the third one. lol
Is there silicon or germanium parts in Dane? Its all copied lol, tweaked yes
The solid gold sounds like seventies porno music. Lol
Hairy privates and all...
Here I am , a black guy ,saying Pete’s got the funk
The 18th century he said..
Thank god D-Pete finally found a non pink andertons shirt to model for us,,, it clashes with every great guitar he picks up to play. And play very well he most certainly does .. no pressure D-PETE we love ya like a son,, you just need you to make better choices for the overall good of all.
T-Rex pretty much went to shit, only a few pedals left in production. Anyway I wonder what it was about Replica that made people like David G or Pete Townshend use it.