I just love this show! I look forward to it every week and go back and watch older episodes. It’s my absolute favorite UA-cam show. I really enjoy how you both work with the pedals and amps and describe what you are looking for them to do. It gets me to go back and tweak mine. Also, I think you do a better job demoing pedals than most videos the makers have on their sites. A lot of their demos are over produced. Carry on!
Barber Electronics is so underrated in general. Tone Press (lol) comp is awesome. The Small Fry Dumble style pedal, Direct Drive, and LTD are all amazing in their own right.
Fully agreed, David Barber deserves more recognition than he has had over the years. He basically brought NY-style parallel compression to the pedal world, and how many companies have copied that in the two decades since, it's pretty much everyone! Plus, his dirts are just fantastic. I LOVE the B-Custom ULTD he made me last year. Definitely getting another Barber this fall!
I've had at least one Barber in my collection since I first saw em on @Gearmandude channel in 2008. Tone Press & Gain Changer are a couple of great ones, out of many. Burn Unit, UnLTD, 1/2 Gainer all good.
I think Dan and I had the same reaction when the Zvex was kicked in. Almost got whiplash turning my head back towards the screen! What a wicked sound. F'kin glorious.
..and I thought it was only me that used to drool while practicing :) Great show guys. You should try the gain changer and direct drive from Barber - great pedals, incredible combo together.
Zvex '59 Sound is a BoR with some modified cap & resistor values. Same topology, killer tone. Zvex doesn't get as much love these days, but his pedals are classic.
YES! Barber Electronics is a brand I've had on the board for the last decade. The Gain Changer (original and SR) and Direct Drive are two of the best I've ever played. Thank you Dan and Mick, for giving Dave Barbers legendary overdrive designs the credit it deserves!
@@michael_caz_nyc yessir, mine too. And probably my direct drive as well. The Gain changer has been my main drive sound since I started gigging. The original and now the SR. Love it with a strat, tele, PRS, anything!
A Bassman 70 was one of my first really good amps! Really nice to hear one again. If you guys ever run across a 15" cabinet, definitely try it with one -- I had 2x15s and it sounded HUGE. Also pleased to finally see some Barber on here. If you guys ever do another "MIAB" shootout definitely grab the Direct Drive for that. I was truly blown away by that one when I had it.
I've had a myriad of OD's but honourable mentions must go to the J.Rockett Holdsworth drive & the Xotic Soul Driven Ltd AH. Amazing pedals which stack brilliantly. Great show BTW.
That was fun guys! I loved Mick's look when Dan was playing those cool runs at about 41:25 mark! Also loved the sounds Mick got out of that '59 Sound with his strat! Wow what a tone! Thanks guys!
That ZVex 59 is absolutely fabulous. It absolutely stole the show for me. What a sound 🤤 Second favourite was then OD9 modded. It does all I like from overdrive. Add something more to your existing sound, instead of cutting it away and stomping all over it (what sadly the SD2 did there for my ears)
Anyone else can just sit and listen to these two play and talk about gear all day. Mick your guitar playing your low key amzing! Phenomenal guitar playing. Your not given enough credit. Really dig it guys! Have been watching ya'll from very beginning love the show.
Wow.. Friday has come around quickly this week. And what a treat. Cheers guys. Some very nice pedals. I have the purple plexi and is one of my go to pedals..always on my board. And when it's cranked to gig level.its glorious. What a way to start the weekend. A great video and a gig sat night.. life is glorious .
Wonderful tones! 20 seconds into hearing Dan play the Purple Plexi I had to put Thin Lizzy "Jailbreak" on the HiFi and crank the volume, then I returned to the video. The ZVEX '59 Sound with the Strat had a tone I can't resist. Thanks for the inspiration and education. Peace and....Cheers
For the 2 part, please get Boss OD3, Way Huge Fat Sandwich, Tubescreamer Mini, Boss DD3 and Cry Baby (silver logo) and you will be surprised how this is ENOUGH. Cheers
Ah, perfect timing, I pick my AnalogMan OD-9 with BB in just over a week! Likely just as you're wrapping up VCQs I would imagine... standing there in the flesh with Mike and gang! To say I'm excited is an understatement...
The Dumble HRM (Hot Rodded Marshall) is a Dumble design which includes a Marshall-voiced, post-gain tone stack (via a trio of internal trim pots) for the overdrive channel.
i have an analogman od9 silver mod with bad bob. important to know that though it is in an od9 enclosure his mods turn it into a 808. whether it is the silver or standard mod, it's an 808 circuit. the silver mod is amazing. all the mids of a TS but doesn't shelve off the highs and lows so much
Fantastic. After so many years (7, 8 years?) doing what you do, you made a HUGE database of information to us. But now you reached that kind of crossroads: What to show next? What to test from now on? Still, I am always keep waiting for the fridays. Keep going on, mates...
Do you accept a suggestion? There are some amplifiers similar to the Bassman/JTM45 unsung, like Laney,, etc...How about compare some of them? Just a humble suggestion...
Thank you so much for all the wonderful content from TPS! I’ve been a fan for years and your knowledge and expertise have been an inspiration for me. But it still bothers me that the MIGHTY GIBSON FLYING V has never made an appearance whatsoever in your show. What??? BTW, I’ve bought your merch!😁🤘🏻
Such nice playing in this one! I know this is mainly a channel for guitar, but I've just discovered how great my guitar overdrive pedals sound on lead synth! So far my favourites for this are the Big Muff and Rat! Just wish they were stereo 😊
Mick, I'm sure the comments are full of recommendations, but since you liked the Barber, I really encourage a look at his Gain Changer SR. It's kind of an OD, kind of a boost, and kind of an EQ sculptor; it maxes out at a loooovely thick soupy medium drive ... and then with the gain switch set High, but the gain knob nearly off, it's the single most "transparent" pedal I've ever heard. Almost eerily so. It's the single best thing I've ever found for boosting into a pedal or amp for "same but more!," and it's also incredible serving as a pre-EQ for pedal/amp combinations that struggle otherwise. Anything that makes a Big Muff sound glorious into an AC15 is an object of religious significance. (And I think you in particular would love his Burn Unit drive too: it's squarely in the Dumble/Mark I Boogie ballpark, but it retains an astonishing amount of clarity and dynamics. Personally I think David Barber is the best gain pedal designer on Earth.)
Who of the crew is making the thumbnails nowadays? They're just killer. I really like the mood they convey and they look so pleasant. Makes me want to click every time (as if I hadn't before).
Delays, phasers, flangers even compressers I can, in time, make my choices. However, OD pedals for me are infinitely bewildering, largely because they are fundamental to the accent of the sound you're trying to express yourself with. It's a when-you- know-you-know thing that can take years and ....years ....and etc 💥
I believe Purple Plexi as a phrase came from George Lynch's main solo amp from his Dokken/Early Lynch Mob days. It was a hot rodded plexi with a purple skin on it!
How do I choose an overdrive? When I'm recording, I look around my floor and pick the first one that I see that might do the trick. When I'm playing live, I choose whatever seems easy. My favorites: Boss BD-2 and its offspring the Mooer Blues Mood, Zendrive. Always on while recording or playing through my Roland JC: Tronographic Boxidizer AIAB. My favorites here were the Barber Tone Pump, the ZVex 59 and the Boss Dual Drive.
I run Fjord Berserk, Waza Fuzz, Superconductor, Barber Gain Changer then Studio Daydream silver klon and will say the two fuzz that clean up covers whichever tone guitar you have. The EQs of Barber and Klon assist in any other situation
Bethel CT you say? Thats so cool, I live 70miles east of Bethel in a small town called Norwich. Lots of History here Thanks to you lot, ever hear of Benedict Arnold? His homestead once stood at the foot of the hill I live on. MAn, hope you enjoyed your stay here in the Nutmeg state. Cheers.
Always loved the big black Barber Tone Press compressor as an effect/ tone sculpturerer for bass on certain songs (live). I had one for a couple of years until it got stolen at a gig (stupid me). The dry mix was just great! Loved it to bits!! 🖖
I’ve fallen in love with love pedals drives the past year or so. The zen drive and the Tchula I don’t think will ever leave my board. Both fantastic. Also been a fan of the Dover drive and the COT50 in the past. But Sean’s pedals are pretty killer. And if your in his email list when he has sales you can get them super cheap too!
Great episode. Strangely it doesn't look as though you have a dedicated fuzz face episode? I strongly vote for this as Mick + fuzz face is always a highlight and it's a pedal I struggle to get a pleasing sound out of 👍
That J Rockett pedal always sounded so fat and articulate, whenever I've heard it online. Unfortunately never tried one. It is labeled as as dumble in a box by some people, but to me it sounds somewhat modern, especially with the gain up. It is surely not very well known, and it rocks!
FINALLY! I wondered if I was the only oddball with a Boss SD-2 lol. I also ran in to the same feelings about the pedal sound wise as Mick is describing.. I found that I used the Crunch channel on very low gain as a sort of Blues Driver equivalent, and I had to roll the top end off the lead channel to get a creamy lead type sound out of it, but I was never quite in love with the pedal.. I always loved the concept of the pedal and how compact it was, having two completely independent analog drive sounds in it, and I was able to use it to decent effect with my slimmed down combo and a couple pedals thrown in the back of it club gig setup in the early 2000's. But it was never really what I hoped it would be for me. This was a great episode, I love when you guys dip into the vault for stuff off the beaten path!
I'd love to see the results of Dan's mods to the SD-2. I have one (that's missing a knob infuriatingly) and I agree that the lead side is great but the crunch side leaves a lot to be desired. I've typically used the crunch mode as a clean-ish boost and just pushed the tone / level rather than the gain since it does tend to get fizzy. I've heard that you can "hack" the expression jack with a volume pedal instead of a switching signal and get some kind of blending of the two modes but I don't know how true that is, it'd be cool to incorporate some kind of series/parallel of the two circuits into whatever work Dan does. Thanks guys!
I'm currently only 20 minutes into the video but I'm not yet hearing any reverb. I've been playing guitar for almost 40 years and I've realised recently that I really don't like any dry electric guitar sounds. Reverb or delay or both is an absolute must for me. There's a lot of dry guitar on TPS.
Out of the bunch, I am really liking that Zvex. I own their Distortron and it is a really killer MIAB. I don't think that Zvex gets as much recognition as they deserve. Sure, they have some pretty wacky and interesting pedals, but they also have some of the best sounding pedals out there.
I have the TV mod and BB. Sometimes I wish I tried the Silver mod to get a bit more sparkle in the upper mids. I tend to have to run the tone higher with some amps not to have it lose high end.
@@scottcurry4116 Maybe I need to look into a similarly modded SD-1. Love it but it just isn't anywhere near as loud as my other ODs on its own. With a SHO after it, it's great. Maybe a Bad Bob would work similarly?
Hey guys, talking of overdrive pedals, is there anyway of doing an episode on Pete Cornish pedals, like the SS2,G2 ,P1 etc. Woluld be great to see you do these ...
I love when Dan went for a loose scratchy style when playing the '59 Sound and Mick matched him! You guys just keep getting better and more adventurous. And the noise solo at the end!
I have the SD-2 on my pedalboard since I was 16 (29 years ago) I ‘ve had a love and hate relationship with it but in the end it’s all love and stacks perfectly with my ts-9 tubescreamer ! Amazing pedal!
It is a good stacker. I wish I had known this in the late 90's. I probably would have kept it and saved the trouble of tracking one down. It took me years.
I remember staring up helplessly from my foxhole when my overdrive pedal reached down and pulled me up, slung me over it's back like an old acoustic and ran me through the maelstrom to safety! Cheers Dan and Mick!!
Whether you'll see this or not, but I hope Dan does. The SD-2 can have both channels on at the same time, and i think it ends up being in parallel, not series, so a very cool sound. You have to put an expression pedal in the remote socket, not a volume (although i've never tried with a volume as i've never owned one...). The light turns an orangey yellow - both LEDs on at the same time. I'm in the process of making a switch box that can switch between Crunch / Lead / Both. There's a guy on youtube who shows the signal chain for it, just search "SD-2 secret Yellow Channel". A super cool pedal, glad to see it getting some love!
Try the Godlyke Tamura Mod TS9 I think that pedal needs some attention, it's a TS9 modded with TS creator Susumu Tamura's chip and diode swaps, seems like it has more upgrades than the more expensive Maxon Apex808
SO stoked to see the Purple Plexi!! It's maybe my favorite of the type. It give so much of "that sound" in your head but retains the dynamics like few others. Cheers!!
I first heard about the Purple Plexi on Chappers’ Channel when they were doing a pedalboard channel at Anderson’s. Great sounding pedal but I’d classify it more as a distortion pedal though. Dan & Mick, have you ever tried the Carl Martin PlexiTone in any of your videos?
Love this episode! The sounds you all got were fantastic. I have a convoluted idea for a show that you may or may not have already done: Marshall amp with a cranked Fender style pedal vs. Fender amp with a cranked Marshall style pedal. Which setup would you rather have?
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Fridays aren't complete without you guys...thank you for your amazing work!
Our pleasure! 🤓🙏
I just love this show! I look forward to it every week and go back and watch older episodes. It’s my absolute favorite UA-cam show. I really enjoy how you both work with the pedals and amps and describe what you are looking for them to do. It gets me to go back and tweak mine. Also, I think you do a better job demoing pedals than most videos the makers have on their sites. A lot of their demos are over produced. Carry on!
Thanks Scotty 🤓🙏
Barber Electronics is so underrated in general. Tone Press (lol) comp is awesome. The Small Fry Dumble style pedal, Direct Drive, and LTD are all amazing in their own right.
Fully agreed, David Barber deserves more recognition than he has had over the years. He basically brought NY-style parallel compression to the pedal world, and how many companies have copied that in the two decades since, it's pretty much everyone! Plus, his dirts are just fantastic. I LOVE the B-Custom ULTD he made me last year. Definitely getting another Barber this fall!
I've had at least one Barber in my collection since I first saw em on @Gearmandude channel in 2008. Tone Press & Gain Changer are a couple of great ones, out of many. Burn Unit, UnLTD, 1/2 Gainer all good.
I think Dan and I had the same reaction when the Zvex was kicked in. Almost got whiplash turning my head back towards the screen! What a wicked sound. F'kin glorious.
..and I thought it was only me that used to drool while practicing :) Great show guys. You should try the gain changer and direct drive from Barber - great pedals, incredible combo together.
Cheers chaps, lovely drives, lovely Butters, lovely Mick and Dan. Lovely.
Zvex '59 Sound is a BoR with some modified cap & resistor values. Same topology, killer tone. Zvex doesn't get as much love these days, but his pedals are classic.
YES! Barber Electronics is a brand I've had on the board for the last decade. The Gain Changer (original and SR) and Direct Drive are two of the best I've ever played. Thank you Dan and Mick, for giving Dave Barbers legendary overdrive designs the credit it deserves!
My Gain Changer SR is Going-to-the Grave with me. ( by far ) my Favorite OD for a Strat into a Princeton.
@@michael_caz_nyc yessir, mine too. And probably my direct drive as well. The Gain changer has been my main drive sound since I started gigging. The original and now the SR. Love it with a strat, tele, PRS, anything!
Incredible conclusion to this episode
Wow, that SG takes Dan into serious AKA DAKA mode. Great show! Love the moded maxon and the 59! Thanks guys for inspiring tones.
A Bassman 70 was one of my first really good amps! Really nice to hear one again. If you guys ever run across a 15" cabinet, definitely try it with one -- I had 2x15s and it sounded HUGE.
Also pleased to finally see some Barber on here. If you guys ever do another "MIAB" shootout definitely grab the Direct Drive for that. I was truly blown away by that one when I had it.
Really appreciate Dan's love for LOVEPEDAL. Been using their overdrives exclusively for over a decade. Especially my trusty Eternity.
I've had a myriad of OD's but honourable mentions must go to the J.Rockett Holdsworth drive & the Xotic Soul Driven Ltd AH. Amazing pedals which stack brilliantly. Great show BTW.
That was fun guys! I loved Mick's look when Dan was playing those cool runs at about 41:25 mark! Also loved the sounds Mick got out of that '59 Sound with his strat! Wow what a tone! Thanks guys!
Cheers mate 🤓🙏
Such a fun episode on a great bunch of OD pedals, great playing but both of you and Mick you rule and drool 🎸🤤
MaxOn, MaxOff... Brilliant 😂
That ZVex 59 is absolutely fabulous. It absolutely stole the show for me. What a sound 🤤
Second favourite was then OD9 modded. It does all I like from overdrive. Add something more to your existing sound, instead of cutting it away and stomping all over it (what sadly the SD2 did there for my ears)
Anyone else can just sit and listen to these two play and talk about gear all day. Mick your guitar playing your low key amzing! Phenomenal guitar playing. Your not given enough credit. Really dig it guys! Have been watching ya'll from very beginning love the show.
Thanks so much 🤓🙏
00:00 - 02:35/52:29 - 53:52 Just plain wonderful. Thank you, Gents!
Wonderful stuff! Reminds me of the old pedal shed episodes from the early days…..AND a classic all on to boot - chappo, team.
David needs to send you guys a Gain Changer SR ( please, I'm begging you ) = It's that good !!! Strat > Gain Changer > Fender Princeton > Killer Tone.
Wow.. Friday has come around quickly this week. And what a treat. Cheers guys. Some very nice pedals. I have the purple plexi and is one of my go to pedals..always on my board. And when it's cranked to gig level.its glorious. What a way to start the weekend. A great video and a gig sat night.. life is glorious .
That Barber Tone Pump sounds brilliant! And here I was thinking I don’t need any more pedals for the time being … ahh who am I kidding 😂!
Wonderful tones! 20 seconds into hearing Dan play the Purple Plexi I had to put Thin Lizzy "Jailbreak" on the HiFi and crank the volume, then I returned to the video. The ZVEX '59 Sound with the Strat had a tone I can't resist. Thanks for the inspiration and education. Peace and....Cheers
You can kind of blend the channels on the sd-2, using an expression pedal you can get a yellow setting and that's one hell of a sound!
Those notes were just singing in that intro,man that sounded great
For the 2 part, please get Boss OD3, Way Huge Fat Sandwich, Tubescreamer Mini, Boss DD3 and Cry Baby (silver logo) and you will be surprised how this is ENOUGH. Cheers
“Volume is tone.” - EVH.
I agree. Mick here.
Another day, another good beard day for Dan. On point!
Love Dan's intro playing. Always belts out a cracker.
Thanks Paul 🤓🙏
Such a great episode! Love the ending lol.
Ah, perfect timing, I pick my AnalogMan OD-9 with BB in just over a week! Likely just as you're wrapping up VCQs I would imagine... standing there in the flesh with Mike and gang! To say I'm excited is an understatement...
Watched this yesterday and haven't stopped thinking about those sounds Mick was getting with the 59 Sound... truly, truly epic.
Everything sounded good and then I heard the '59 and d*mn, that's THE sound.
OMG! That outtro was totally unhinged. 🤣🥰
When you die and go to electric guitar heaven, you will see Jesus plays a 59 Bassman and Strat.
48:50 I'm in total agreement. That pedal sounds killer.
41:17 Daniel, ……..NICE!!!
The Dumble HRM (Hot Rodded Marshall) is a Dumble design which includes a Marshall-voiced, post-gain tone stack (via a trio of internal trim pots) for the overdrive channel.
i have an analogman od9 silver mod with bad bob. important to know that though it is in an od9 enclosure his mods turn it into a 808. whether it is the silver or standard mod, it's an 808 circuit. the silver mod is amazing. all the mids of a TS but doesn't shelve off the highs and lows so much
SD2 was the first pedal I ever bought as a teenager, second hand in 1997. Still use it all the time. great pedal!
i use a Barber LTD a lot . one favorite pedal that i've never seen on your show is the Reverend Drivetrain version 1 .
Fantastic. After so many years (7, 8 years?) doing what you do, you made a HUGE database of information to us. But now you reached that kind of crossroads: What to show next? What to test from now on? Still, I am always keep waiting for the fridays. Keep going on, mates...
Do you accept a suggestion? There are some amplifiers similar to the Bassman/JTM45 unsung, like Laney,, etc...How about compare some of them? Just a humble suggestion...
Thank you so much for all the wonderful content from TPS! I’ve been a fan for years and your knowledge and expertise have been an inspiration for me. But it still bothers me that the MIGHTY GIBSON FLYING V has never made an appearance whatsoever in your show. What??? BTW, I’ve bought your merch!😁🤘🏻
If you ain’t dribblin’ you ain’t playing hard enough!!! 😂
Such nice playing in this one! I know this is mainly a channel for guitar, but I've just discovered how great my guitar overdrive pedals sound on lead synth! So far my favourites for this are the Big Muff and Rat! Just wish they were stereo 😊
49:02 You're not alone, Mick.
The Tone Press is great. It was my first compressor pedal with a clean blend control. Great pedal and it was moderately priced.
Mick, I'm sure the comments are full of recommendations, but since you liked the Barber, I really encourage a look at his Gain Changer SR. It's kind of an OD, kind of a boost, and kind of an EQ sculptor; it maxes out at a loooovely thick soupy medium drive ... and then with the gain switch set High, but the gain knob nearly off, it's the single most "transparent" pedal I've ever heard. Almost eerily so. It's the single best thing I've ever found for boosting into a pedal or amp for "same but more!," and it's also incredible serving as a pre-EQ for pedal/amp combinations that struggle otherwise. Anything that makes a Big Muff sound glorious into an AC15 is an object of religious significance. (And I think you in particular would love his Burn Unit drive too: it's squarely in the Dumble/Mark I Boogie ballpark, but it retains an astonishing amount of clarity and dynamics. Personally I think David Barber is the best gain pedal designer on Earth.)
If you like the Tone Press you need to get your hands on a David Barber Gain Changer SR. It's truly a remarkable overdrive.
Who of the crew is making the thumbnails nowadays? They're just killer. I really like the mood they convey and they look so pleasant. Makes me want to click every time (as if I hadn't before).
Thanks Yuppi, that would be Micky Magic 🪄
@@ThatPedalShow they just pop up in the feed, impossible to miss and you always know which channel it is. Eye for aesthetics definitely not wasted.
The Strat through the Zvex ... 😍😍😍
Delays, phasers, flangers even compressers I can, in time, make my choices. However, OD pedals for me are infinitely bewildering, largely because they are fundamental to the accent of the sound you're trying to express yourself with. It's a when-you- know-you-know thing that can take years and ....years ....and etc 💥
I believe Purple Plexi as a phrase came from George Lynch's main solo amp from his Dokken/Early Lynch Mob days. It was a hot rodded plexi with a purple skin on it!
That tele kills
Hi friends. You absolutely NEED to try the new JRockett HRM. It's a whole different beast in comparison to the mkI that you're trying here....
How do I choose an overdrive? When I'm recording, I look around my floor and pick the first one that I see that might do the trick. When I'm playing live, I choose whatever seems easy. My favorites: Boss BD-2 and its offspring the Mooer Blues Mood, Zendrive. Always on while recording or playing through my Roland JC: Tronographic Boxidizer AIAB. My favorites here were the Barber Tone Pump, the ZVex 59 and the Boss Dual Drive.
I run Fjord Berserk, Waza Fuzz, Superconductor, Barber Gain Changer then Studio Daydream silver klon and will say the two fuzz that clean up covers whichever tone guitar you have. The EQs of Barber and Klon assist in any other situation
Bethel CT you say? Thats so cool, I live 70miles east of Bethel in a small town called Norwich. Lots of History here Thanks to you lot, ever hear of Benedict Arnold? His homestead once stood at the foot of the hill I live on. MAn, hope you enjoyed your stay here in the Nutmeg state. Cheers.
Always loved the big black Barber Tone Press compressor as an effect/ tone sculpturerer for bass on certain songs (live).
I had one for a couple of years until it got stolen at a gig (stupid me). The dry mix was just great! Loved it to bits!!
🖖
I’ve fallen in love with love pedals drives the past year or so. The zen drive and the Tchula I don’t think will ever leave my board. Both fantastic. Also been a fan of the Dover drive and the COT50 in the past. But Sean’s pedals are pretty killer. And if your in his email list when he has sales you can get them super cheap too!
Can we get a “mick’s licks” episode once in a while? I’ve learned a lot of licks from you guys but some I can’t keep up with and need a tutorial.
Theres a very famous 1973 Metal Face Super Lead owned by George Lynch could it be in reference to that?
Great episode. Strangely it doesn't look as though you have a dedicated fuzz face episode? I strongly vote for this as Mick + fuzz face is always a highlight and it's a pedal I struggle to get a pleasing sound out of 👍
check out the episode where they visit AnalogMan and compare Sunfaces
That J Rockett pedal always sounded so fat and articulate, whenever I've heard it online. Unfortunately never tried one. It is labeled as as dumble in a box by some people, but to me it sounds somewhat modern, especially with the gain up. It is surely not very well known, and it rocks!
100% IMO it doesn’t sound like a dumble, but does sound great!
FINALLY! I wondered if I was the only oddball with a Boss SD-2 lol. I also ran in to the same feelings about the pedal sound wise as Mick is describing.. I found that I used the Crunch channel on very low gain as a sort of Blues Driver equivalent, and I had to roll the top end off the lead channel to get a creamy lead type sound out of it, but I was never quite in love with the pedal.. I always loved the concept of the pedal and how compact it was, having two completely independent analog drive sounds in it, and I was able to use it to decent effect with my slimmed down combo and a couple pedals thrown in the back of it club gig setup in the early 2000's. But it was never really what I hoped it would be for me.
This was a great episode, I love when you guys dip into the vault for stuff off the beaten path!
damnit why don't my ODs sound this good! great show - 6 beauties and great playing + choices of gtrs
I got the Angry Driver, and Blues Driver into Angry Charlie is badass
I'd love to see the results of Dan's mods to the SD-2. I have one (that's missing a knob infuriatingly) and I agree that the lead side is great but the crunch side leaves a lot to be desired. I've typically used the crunch mode as a clean-ish boost and just pushed the tone / level rather than the gain since it does tend to get fizzy. I've heard that you can "hack" the expression jack with a volume pedal instead of a switching signal and get some kind of blending of the two modes but I don't know how true that is, it'd be cool to incorporate some kind of series/parallel of the two circuits into whatever work Dan does.
Thanks guys!
I'm currently only 20 minutes into the video but I'm not yet hearing any reverb. I've been playing guitar for almost 40 years and I've realised recently that I really don't like any dry electric guitar sounds. Reverb or delay or both is an absolute must for me. There's a lot of dry guitar on TPS.
Out of the bunch, I am really liking that Zvex. I own their Distortron and it is a really killer MIAB. I don't think that Zvex gets as much recognition as they deserve. Sure, they have some pretty wacky and interesting pedals, but they also have some of the best sounding pedals out there.
I have that Analogman silver mod with the Bad Bob. It’s easily the most-used pedal I have. It takes up one spot and sounds great with everything.
I have the TV mod and BB. Sometimes I wish I tried the Silver mod to get a bit more sparkle in the upper mids. I tend to have to run the tone higher with some amps not to have it lose high end.
@@scottcurry4116 Maybe I need to look into a similarly modded SD-1. Love it but it just isn't anywhere near as loud as my other ODs on its own. With a SHO after it, it's great. Maybe a Bad Bob would work similarly?
Hey guys, talking of overdrive pedals, is there anyway of doing an episode on Pete Cornish pedals, like the SS2,G2 ,P1 etc. Woluld be great to see you do these ...
I love when Dan went for a loose scratchy style when playing the '59 Sound and Mick matched him! You guys just keep getting better and more adventurous. And the noise solo at the end!
I have the SD-2 on my pedalboard since I was 16 (29 years ago) I ‘ve had a love and hate relationship with it but in the end it’s all love and stacks perfectly with my ts-9 tubescreamer ! Amazing pedal!
It is a good stacker. I wish I had known this in the late 90's. I probably would have kept it and saved the trouble of tracking one down. It took me years.
Only see the intro, and just smash a like button!
What a sound!!!
thank fuzz it's friday!
Shoutout bethel Connecticut! I grew up like 2 towns over from there.
Proper sound with that purple plexi. Starting @ 10:30
I remember staring up helplessly from my foxhole when my overdrive pedal reached down and pulled me up, slung me over it's back like an old acoustic and ran me through the maelstrom to safety! Cheers Dan and Mick!!
Amps sound incredible together!
Yeah, they really do
damn Mick that strat, maxon and bassman might be my fave tone ive heard you play over the years
Ha. Ha "negative suck factor" loving your hat Dan
Lovepedal getting love ❤
great show, have you guys ever thought of bringing a synth/keys player on and using different pedals for synth?. bit out there
"Stop that dog (from) dribbling on my seats!"
Whether you'll see this or not, but I hope Dan does. The SD-2 can have both channels on at the same time, and i think it ends up being in parallel, not series, so a very cool sound. You have to put an expression pedal in the remote socket, not a volume (although i've never tried with a volume as i've never owned one...). The light turns an orangey yellow - both LEDs on at the same time. I'm in the process of making a switch box that can switch between Crunch / Lead / Both. There's a guy on youtube who shows the signal chain for it, just search "SD-2 secret Yellow Channel". A super cool pedal, glad to see it getting some love!
Awesome! Thanks so much 🤓👍
If I remember right, you use an expression pedal or a stereo volume pedal or something and it allows you to blend the tones.
So the boss ….. is it just 2 different settings on the SD-1 ..???
They all sound amazing except for the Dual Overdrive. I've tried to become friends with Boss' spikey highs and bass cut but I just can't.
Greatest ending ever!!! Hahaha. Great episode. Cheers.
Is there a budget option that can get you close to that 59 sound?
Try the Godlyke Tamura Mod TS9 I think that pedal needs some attention, it's a TS9 modded with TS creator Susumu Tamura's chip and diode swaps, seems like it has more upgrades than the more expensive Maxon Apex808
SO stoked to see the Purple Plexi!! It's maybe my favorite of the type. It give so much of "that sound" in your head but retains the dynamics like few others. Cheers!!
I first heard about the Purple Plexi on Chappers’ Channel when they were doing a pedalboard channel at Anderson’s. Great sounding pedal but I’d classify it more as a distortion pedal though. Dan & Mick, have you ever tried the Carl Martin PlexiTone in any of your videos?
Watching with a coffee in my new TPS mug. I'm left handed so logo is facing the screen.
Love this episode! The sounds you all got were fantastic.
I have a convoluted idea for a show that you may or may not have already done: Marshall amp with a cranked Fender style pedal vs. Fender amp with a cranked Marshall style pedal. Which setup would you rather have?
Weird, but interesting....
SD-2 was a pedal I hunted for back in the height of my 2nd hand payday Boss purchases, but it was such a disappointment… however OD-2 for life ✊🏻
I love this show! Would be lovely to have an update on your boards, what do you have on now?
Hot Rubber Monkey is such a killer tone
Exelent opening Dan
I especially enjoyed theFloyd Rose equipped SG at the very end.