Just a reminder to everyone out there that you should always take Guitar World demos with a huge grain of salt. They almost always make gear sound way worse than it actually is. Not saying these pedals are anything special, but they most definitely are better than the garbage sound presented in this video.
are you fucking kidding me what's wrong with this guy's demos? he is pretty thorough with them considering how long the videos are. man this guy gives some of the best demonstrations how could anyone think any less or differently?!?
Steven Apexresidual I'm not talking about Paul. I'm talking about Guitar World's ability to sound produce, somewhere along the chain from micing up to bringing audio to our ears, they almost always make equipment sound terrible, regardless of the quality of the equipment they're demoing.
Sooo, he added compression to the TS-808, Bass & Treble instead of a Tone knob to the OCD, and a HI-LO switch to the Xotic RC (&/or AC) Booster. Bravo, Kirk..............
Then he makes it all go MICRO PHONIC! Voltage is unique! But everyone can turn on the pedal, so they can't just use their custom equipment. Tell the idiots to GET RID OF THE FENDER AMPS! Get rid of the boostie squeemers! Force them to use their custom built amps and not add in some other BS product! We're sick of all this costly product insanity! We're going off to other hobbies right now! If this crap doesn't stop, were NEVER COMMING BACK to buy electric guitar product! Metallica can make a dollar out of this music thing, but WE CAN'T! The jokes over music industry! We've stopped buying!
When you are testing Kirk Hammets guitar pedals why do you play some random non metal stuff?? You could play at least couple of his solos or something closer to it. Don't you think that If Im interested in his signature pedals I would hope to hear you play some heavier sounds?!?!?!? This is so dumb!!!
zack flint 'cause some of them are demos which are not meant for promotion. They're just "trying out." probably Guitar World is possibly "promoting" the pedal so they want to avoid that kind of thing.
I feel like this guy actually knows about guitars, amps, pedals and all that stuff but why do his videos almost always sound that bad? that tone is so bad, what a pitty...
jajajaaj, the pedal have a horrible sound, sound very rare, eat the tone of the guitar :s the switch eat more tone, on this video a great clean was destroyed by this pedal... and for me the 3 pedals have equal result, the difference is the noobs and switch :S I love Metallica, I love kirk but i won't buy this pedals...
Unbelievable. Not a single one of those pedals sound as good as a cheap $25 dollar Caline CP-18 BB preamp clone, and how much do they want for them? I guess Metallica's torn jeans, Colt 45 and fried chicken days are long gone. Now it's all about Giorgio Armani, French Sturgeon Caviar and Dom Perignon. Np wonder all of their original fans (mostly from the lower class) now hate their guts after they decided they needed to take a big shit on all of their old fans and replace them with pop loving privileged middle and upper class fans, because after all; that's where the REAL money is. Funny thing is ; Metallica have never been any more than about a C+ in the talent department.
Is it me or do these pedals sound like pure caca. Just sayin. Nothing beats a tube amp. How bout them ENGL amps. Natural overdrive and distortion of a tube amp always wins IMO.
I agree. These sound awful. Attenuate a tube amp if you need to overdrive it without blowing the windows out. If somebody wants distortion buy a distortion pedal!!
+dale ward if you intend to use it as a source of distortion then I agree, it's no good. But used as a boost in front of a good tube amp then you got a really nice and versatile tool to shape your sound further (at least with the ghoul screamer, I haven't tried the other ones)
Just a reminder to everyone out there that you should always take Guitar World demos with a huge grain of salt. They almost always make gear sound way worse than it actually is. Not saying these pedals are anything special, but they most definitely are better than the garbage sound presented in this video.
+flips220 Worst demos on youtube.
are you fucking kidding me what's wrong with this guy's demos? he is pretty thorough with them considering how long the videos are. man this guy gives some of the best demonstrations how could anyone think any less or differently?!?
Steven Apexresidual I'm not talking about Paul. I'm talking about Guitar World's ability to sound produce, somewhere along the chain from micing up to bringing audio to our ears, they almost always make equipment sound terrible, regardless of the quality of the equipment they're demoing.
+flips220 To be it sounds like the amp and guitar are sounding like garbage! I'd like to hear these pedals with a Les Paul, JCM800, Mesa etc.
Steven Apexresidual he is playing a blues sound from a metal pedal and it doesnt work it sounds like shit
Keep in mind that Guitar World absolutely murders every piece of gear they demo.
was expecting a wah pedal lol
great demo... interesting pedals! Just might get one. That Caparison is a beauty!
You could at least make sure your guitar is in tune. That beginning especially was painful.
Sooo, he added compression to the TS-808, Bass & Treble instead of a Tone knob to the OCD, and a HI-LO switch to the Xotic RC (&/or AC) Booster. Bravo, Kirk..............
oh, and for absolutely STUPID prices...well done.
Then he makes it all go MICRO PHONIC! Voltage is unique! But everyone can turn on the pedal, so they can't just use their custom equipment. Tell the idiots to GET RID OF THE FENDER AMPS! Get rid of the boostie squeemers! Force them to use their custom built amps and not add in some other BS product! We're sick of all this costly product insanity! We're going off to other hobbies right now! If this crap doesn't stop, were NEVER COMMING BACK to buy electric guitar product! Metallica can make a dollar out of this music thing, but WE CAN'T! The jokes over music industry! We've stopped buying!
tune the freakin guitar . I mean c'mon these demos are rough most of the time but tuning the guitar shouldn't ever have to be mentioned
this guy gives the best demonstrations ever he's a sick ass guitar player
If u think this pedal is shit look at Jared dines demo he will change ur mind
+Osmar Garcia agreed, Fluff made a great demo as well.
Come on man, did real guitar player play in this demo?
+TheZooropaBaby Maybe it's the overrated chapman
Dark83Noodle you didn't get the joke, did you?
+TheZooropaBaby I think you'll find that this is the only pedal demo made by an actual guitarist.
Lol
+Dark83Noodle Think it's a Caparison mate.
about time a guitar player had direct input on a pedal build (lol, I couldnt even type that without laughing)
Man, the best review of this pedal ever!!! Thank you...
worth a listen way to go paul
Play the Traffic School song! (Some Kinda Monster reference)
Dunno, that ghoul screamer seemed to have some nice fuzz sounds. Maybe good as a grunge/stoner rock pedal more than a metal pedal?
One of the settings on the Ghoul Screamer sounds fuzzy on the bass.
Pauls face at the end of the video, tells you everything you need to know... dat hint when he says 'master of pedals'
Michael Nielsen did a couple killer reviews recently.
Hi, is there any difference in positioning between No.1 and Ghoul Screamer? Which one is suitable for metal music? Thank you.
It's cool i'm gonna cry
What Guitar is that ?? 😱😱
Why only play rock and blues rock when hammett fans only watch this video to listen how it sounds in heavy metal ?
don't get the point
Does it give It More Distortion
What? They don't come with wah effects?
Darkserpentes kirk has a signature dunlop wah pedal
Darkserpentes everyone throws a lot of shade at Kirk for his use of wah, but he really doesn't use it more than Zakk Wylde or Jerry Cantrell.
why does everyone hate this video?
Review THAT CAPARISON GUITAR!!!!!!!!
who is paul's hairdresser?
anybody hear a difference in these 3 overdrives?One that matters?
I want the ghoul screamer but it's too spendy for one pedal 😕
would would kirk need a compressor on his pedal? he uses emgs
i love metallica, but think i would most definetly buy a james hetfield pedal, rather than a kirk pedal
its really bothering how he doesnt play any actual metallica stuff
Everybody has hated this guys playing for years and they still don't change him out. Personally not that much of a big deal to me but still
🤔 not sold on these . Carry On ...
I never really noticed any sound difference imo
Why do clean boosts break up. this's not so clean. lol. I love all the options of the ghoul tho
Woah, that guitar is beyond rad. But this all sounds like Paul......
All the wrong music was played
Does it djent
where are rhe fast solos :p ?
I think they are made for push an already overdriven amp, isn't it?!?!
Hey what's up? I'm not Paul from Guitar World. Tho I just did a sloppy pooh in my depends. It sounds a lot better than these pedals. Interested?
why did he choose that guitar? not even setup the way kirk has his
Where's the FUCKING WAH
The good thing is these pedals will all be bargain basement prices because he pissed off so many guitarists they wont sell.
..and you fucked up "seek and destroy " badly...I'm off
Selling kirk's pedals and not playing Metallica songs ???????? Very stranges
just stop watching and got to jared dines channel, watch his demo
sell, sell, sell...buy, buy, buy...
When you are testing Kirk Hammets guitar pedals why do you play some random non metal stuff?? You could play at least couple of his solos or something closer to it. Don't you think that If Im interested in his signature pedals I would hope to hear you play some heavier sounds?!?!?!?
This is so dumb!!!
Ryan Bruce does a better review on his channel
no wah????????????/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF
sounds like a toy guitar,
well, Hammett
NOPE
Play rythm ,fackk solo
don't waste your time on this crap
He does not know any Metallica lmao
+zack flint i think it's copy right issues. that's gonna matter when they're promoting specific products.
+zack flint I doubt he's allowed to play a Metallica song as they were originally written, you know, copyright
+German Lehmann most of the ghoul screamer demos I watched played master of puppets ect
zack flint 'cause some of them are demos which are not meant for promotion. They're just "trying out." probably Guitar World is possibly "promoting" the pedal so they want to avoid that kind of thing.
Probably wasn't played EXACTLY the same, on most reviews Paul changes a note or two so there are no copyright issues
I'm just loving these comments! Lmao. As for the pedal, I can't see any value or reason to buy it, very uninteresting and nothing new, really.
+Pradeep Patel Because Kirk wants you too.
I feel like this guy actually knows about guitars, amps, pedals and all that stuff but why do his videos almost always sound that bad? that tone is so bad, what a pitty...
ugliest headstock ever
jajajaaj, the pedal have a horrible sound, sound very rare, eat the tone of the guitar :s the switch eat more tone, on this video a great clean was destroyed by this pedal...
and for me the 3 pedals have equal result, the difference is the noobs and switch :S
I love Metallica, I love kirk but i won't buy this pedals...
Unbelievable. Not a single one of those pedals sound as good as a cheap $25 dollar Caline CP-18 BB preamp clone, and how much do they want for them? I guess Metallica's torn jeans, Colt 45 and fried chicken days are long gone. Now it's all about Giorgio Armani, French Sturgeon Caviar and Dom Perignon. Np wonder all of their original fans (mostly from the lower class) now hate their guts after they decided they needed to take a big shit on all of their old fans and replace them with pop loving privileged middle and upper class fans, because after all; that's where the REAL money is. Funny thing is ; Metallica have never been any more than about a C+ in the talent department.
Move along people, nothing to see here. Totally unremarkable, generic & fizzy- sounding pedals.
Is it me or do these pedals sound like pure caca. Just sayin. Nothing beats a tube amp. How bout them ENGL amps. Natural overdrive and distortion of a tube amp always wins IMO.
I agree. These sound awful. Attenuate a tube amp if you need to overdrive it without blowing the windows out. If somebody wants distortion buy a distortion pedal!!
***** you are definately right.
+dale ward Yup,just get an Ibanez Tube Screamer,its way cheaper and does the job.
+dale ward if you intend to use it as a source of distortion then I agree, it's no good. But used as a boost in front of a good tube amp then you got a really nice and versatile tool to shape your sound further (at least with the ghoul screamer, I haven't tried the other ones)
Kaosware yes im sure your right
Horrible sounding pedals!
Over priced garbage.
Metallica would be much better without Kirk...
Guitar world sucks