Wow, thanks a ton! Can’t tell you how much I appreciate that. In other news, I have finally got my second germanium boost that I was alluding to in this video hahahaha 🔥
Dude, I love your sound production. I don’t know how you mic the cab, but it sounds natural/felt like I’m hearing the amp in the room, unlike many other demo guys (compressed and clinical). Good work!
Thanks for asking, happy to share the setup. I’m running 4 mics these days. royerlabs r121 / shure SM57 in a dual mic clip about 1 foot away from grille pointing at the right edge of the cone, royerlabs r10 on back of open back 2x12 celestion g12 30w cab off axis for room sound, sennheiser e906 close mic’d on grille on top edge of 12” cone. uaudio Apollo x4 ableton Live 11
Oh yeah that ending there got really sick 🔥 I love the layout of this pedal. Anything Benson is just awesome. Benson is proof you do not need to be complicated to sound amazing or be one of the top amp/pedal makers on the market.
@@EdgeofBreakup I was just going to add an Edit….When you turned that Benson Preamp off…I didn’t realize you were getting a full out Hendrix fuzz tone and then went straight to glassy cleans when you turned it off. That was an amazing transition. Super glassy. This might be my favorite video of yours not just for the playing and tonal variety but the way you broke everything down made super spot on and really fun to listen to. Quick question? Have you ever done like a straight up TS-808 video? Or considered it? I know you’ve demoed many “ variants “ like the Soloist and Duelist but I would love to see a good old TS-808 demo through that amp, stacked with something cool. That amp is a beautiful piece of gear BTW. If I didn’t live with my gf, that would be the center piece of my living room haha
So agree with that. Folks are going on and on about how it’s just a clean boost 🤦♂️ but no matter how linear a boost is, including Germanium adds the characteristics that I mentioned plus an unmistakeable feel. Hope you love it. What are you running it into pedal wise and amp wise?
@@EdgeofBreakup Princeton with GA SC64 speaker. Pedal wise I run it into a cornerstone antique, benson preamp or blues power. Originally got it to mainly pair with the preamp but it does so well on its own.
Congratulations on the beautiful sound you got. I'd like to know how you connected the two amps together. Maybe with a small drawing. I know I ask too much !!
This is actually one amp, the Benson Vincent head and cab are the blue/white enclosures you see, and the grey enclosure is the Benson Tall Bird Tube Reverb, which is in the effects loop of the Vincent. 🙌 Thx! Remember to follow on Instagram and hit me up in the DMs anytime! instagram.com/edgeofbreakup
I am sorry but I don’t have the answer to that when it comes to buffers, but I do feel that it makes an excellent always-on tone and feel enhancer!! You might want to ask @benson amps
I know this is an old thread, but I just ordered my second Germanium Boost to stack with the one I have been using for years. Looking forward to the harmonic goodness 😀
@@EdgeofBreakup My most basic rig is a Grosh Electrjet VT into the Lehle Mono Volume S into the Benson Germanium Boost into a Swart Antares. I experiment with the other Benson pedals as well for dirt and lots of other stuff for ambience, but the basic rig is what I play 99%of the time.
Right on, I just googled the guitar and the amp, looks killer! Do you attenuate the amp so you can boost it harder without going deaf? Or do you play super loud?
I set volume between 3-4 and the push the front end for dirt. Pushing the front end also pushes the reverb harder. So play lighter or with less gain and reverb is less noticeable. Hit the front end hard and the reverb really kicks in but gets out the way. It’s a brilliant design. The amp isn’t *super* loud but definitely changes its tone profile as the volume goes up.
Great playing and presentation! I really like how it sounds. Wondering how similar/different this is to the Spaceman Atlas III Boost. Keep the 🔥 content coming, Sean!
Thank you my brother! I actually have not played the Atlas III - but I have to say this was fantastic with the Benson Amps ecosystem / other offerings.
Technically, it’s a faded sonic blue, but this guitar kind of shape shifts in terms of color in different light to sometimes look surf green - seafoam green is a darker more blue shade of green. This is a Nash S63 light relic with a ton of mods like Emerson blender wiring kit and treble bleed. Thx for watching!
Great question, I’m afraid I can’t technically answer it, but I have to say that the germanium fuzz can be set extremely low gain either by the impedance knob or by your guitar volume with the pedal set dirty, and there is a ton of volume available to function as a boost. I think you’d be stoked either way!
Hi. Sorry for my bad english. I write from Italy. Sorry if i bore you with my questions. I would like some advice. I heard you mentioned in your video that you may need two Benson Germanium Boosts on your pedalboard. One as the first pedal "always on" to shape the sound and the second to boost in the guitar solos. In my pedalboard I have a Benson Germanium Boost as the first pedal always on set at 7. As a second pedal I have a germanium treble boost from the historic English factory D.A.M called "Red Rooster" which I use to boost my third pedal, a Benson Preamp. But when I do it starts whistling like hell. Unless I turn off the first pedal (the Benson Germanium Boost). What do you advise me to do? Thanks in advance
I was speaking loosely because I could see myself using them that way if I had two 😂, however I’ve never been able to actually try using two Benson Germanium Boosts! Chris Benson has done extensive work making germanium check its drama at the door, and work better with other pedals. My money says it’s the other pedal with the issue, because germanium typically likes to be only first in the chain which means you can usually only have one - so it was quite a revolutionary change for Chris to disrupt this limitation with germanium! Try getting another Benson Ge Boost pedal and pair them together, and if that doesn’t work get a Benson Preamp or a Benson Fuzz - I can vouch for them working very well with the Germanium Boost! Thanks for writing it be sure to subscribe to the channel, and definitely follow me on Instagram too! instagram.com/edgeofbreakup
@@EdgeofBreakup I already have a Benson Preamp in the pedalboard. My third pedal. I use the DAM red Rooster Germanium treble boost to push the Benson Preamp. But unfortunately it whistles. But if I turn off the Benson Boost (first pedal) it stops whistling
Right, I’d blame the non-Benson Red Rooster pedal for that whistling…my bet is that it is the one reacting poorly to the Benson stuff. Germanium pedals other than the ones made by Benson are quite unstable and don’t like working with others. Good luck! Be sure to subscribe!
Thanks! That’s correct, these are Lollar, flat pole configuration, Vintage Blonde neck and middle with Special bridge. Additionally, it has an Emerson strat kit with a blender. 🔥 That kit includes an Emerson treble bleed. Highly highly recommended!
@@EdgeofBreakup Thank you for that prompt answer Sean, as well as for the wealth of information in all your very thorough videos! Curious if you have you had a chance to try the Lollar '64 pickups, and if so how they compare to your Blonde set. All the best to you!
I would love to try those, i’ve tried a significant portion of the Lollar pickups product line and I’ve always been stunned by them. Pretty much the best in the industry! Make sure to hit them up and let them know that you’d like a demo from me! I’d happily do it! Thanks, Daniel! Really appreciate it
Hey there, thanks so much for the kind words and for the comment! I think germanium imparts its own flavor on tone and feel, and the EP Booster is def a diff sound. There are some trolls out there that are calling this “just a clean boost” but I feel it does add some flavor, your mileage may vary. As for the Xotic line, people seem to love them and I have owned them in the past, but I can’t get over the design and the egregious font usage. I care about the whole package and Benson cares about design and aesthetics, so it’s kind of a non starter for me. There are way too many pedals that look fantastic and sound great for me to compromise on visuals! :) That being said everyone has their priorities.
Around 5 is unity gain, but there is a ton of germanium goodness in terms of level between 5-10. You’ll dig it. If the amp was not compressing and I wasn’t attenuating, I couldn’t handle the level 😂
Man you’re asking me about my two favorite companies… I think it depends on if you want a vintage Germanium flavor and feel, or if you’d like that API Console op amp sound! I’m keeping them both, it’s worth it!
Absolutely - it’s well known that the Benson Preamp gets a lovely fuzzy tinge to it when the gain is maxed out, and that’s without stacking… when you push it with massive level / eq with the Benson Germanium Boost… you’re going to fuzz town. It’s so great!
@@EdgeofBreakup i cant choose between germanium fuzz and preamp. i want overdrive sound but with option i push on the boost to have more fuzzy sound. What is the option can be better? Benson fuzz + boost over. Or pre boost + Benson preamp?
If that’s what you want, I’d recommend the Germanium Boost and the Benson Preamp. You can set the preamp for your base tone / level of breakup for rhythm, and then kick the Germanium Boost right into it as sort of a second gain channel of the same sound. Woo it’s good. All of that and if you get a treble bleed in your volume, you can clean one or both of those sounds up for so many shades of tones you won’t believe it. The fuzz is also amazing, if you go that way you def want a treble bleed to, amazing with the guitar volume down. It’s also a gamechanger in that you can place other pedals before it - most germanium fuzzes historically that’s a big no-no. Honestly my money says you’ll get all of them once you get one. Just a matter of which first. :)
@@EdgeofBreakup your commentary is also awesome....just at the right time and right place and not coming in the way of that super splattery fuzzboostortion tone
Thank you I tried to give you a wide range, and different permutations of cleanup and stacking! So glad you enjoyed the video! Feel free to follow on Instagram and say hello in the DMs!
Gotta say, with all due respect, that I disagree with your take on the way it cleans up with the guitar volume knob. If it does the incredible glassy cleanup of a fuzz face (ala Hendrix) and a germanium treble booster, I’m not hearing it here. My guess would be the impedance-proof (I think that’s what you called it?) feature. I can’t imagine that a germanium boost that can take a buffered signal in front of it could also respond very dramatically to guitar volume changes. I’m gonna watch your review on the Benson Germanium Fuzz next. I wonder if it’ll do the same thing.
Best review of this pedal yet. I bought one immediately. Can’t wait to slam my Chimera & Nathan Jr. with this thing. Gonna run it in front of the Preamp MKII as well - been looking for the right boost for that job. Gotta say too, this vid has brought my Vinny GAS to the point of overload. Wish I could afford to snag one right now…
Thanks a ton, I appreciate you commenting and so glad you grabbed one. I had so much fun looking across every kind of gain stacking I could possibly think of within the Benson family… Plus that always on clean thing is undeniable!!! Cheers man and be sure to drop in on Instagram and say what’s up
Hey Shawn, I must respectfully say you had a good thing going on the channel with the no-talk demos. The constant interruptions to the playing here makes this a bit challenging to watch. The 'let the pedal do the talking' philosophy seemed to be working fine and used to set you apart from the youtube crowd. I hope you reconsider the format. Peace.✌️
Thanks for the feedback! I might consider posting both if you enjoy it. I’ve gotten a lot of feedback asking for more on camera time and in-depth commentary - but I know there are a lot of folks who dug the no talking. That being said my metrics say most people tune out after 2min, and you really need a way to keep people engaged longer and taking / storytelling is a proven way to do that.
As a first time viewer, let me add that your voice was a bit drowned out by your extremely tasty playing.That and the onscreen comments sorta muddled the flow for me. So I mainly focused on the formentioned playing.
First time I’ve gotten that feedback. It’s two royer ribbon mics, one on the grill and one behind the cab for the room sound. Maybe try listening through headphones.
That’s bizarre to me, I don’t hear that and I’ve listened to it a ton. Regardless, thank you for watching this video and others I really appreciate it!
I would play it before, because I like hitting the preamp with a boost to get almost a second channel of Benson preamp tone! However that said, it can work after to give you a level boost.
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This is the best representation of what the ge boost is supposed to do. Sold.
Wow, thanks a ton! Can’t tell you how much I appreciate that. In other news, I have finally got my second germanium boost that I was alluding to in this video hahahaha 🔥
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Dude, I love your sound production. I don’t know how you mic the cab, but it sounds natural/felt like I’m hearing the amp in the room, unlike many other demo guys (compressed and clinical). Good work!
Thx a ton! Can’t tell you how much I appreciate that
Thanks for asking, happy to share the setup. I’m running 4 mics these days.
royerlabs r121 / shure SM57 in a dual mic clip about 1 foot away from grille pointing at the right edge of the cone,
royerlabs r10 on back of open back 2x12 celestion g12 30w cab off axis for room sound,
sennheiser e906 close mic’d on grille on top edge of 12” cone.
uaudio Apollo x4
ableton Live 11
This is so class! This all Benson rig is really something!
Came for the Germanium Boost, stayed for the patina on the fret inlays. Great demo! 😎
Haha thanks man! 🙌
Oh yeah that ending there got really sick 🔥 I love the layout of this pedal. Anything Benson is just awesome. Benson is proof you do not need to be complicated to sound amazing or be one of the top amp/pedal makers on the market.
True that! They care about design in the truest sense. Well said.
@@EdgeofBreakup I was just going to add an Edit….When you turned that Benson Preamp off…I didn’t realize you were getting a full out Hendrix fuzz tone and then went straight to glassy cleans when you turned it off. That was an amazing transition. Super glassy. This might be my favorite video of yours not just for the playing and tonal variety but the way you broke everything down made super spot on and really fun to listen to.
Quick question? Have you ever done like a straight up TS-808 video? Or considered it? I know you’ve demoed many “ variants “ like the Soloist and Duelist but I would love to see a good old TS-808 demo through that amp, stacked with something cool. That amp is a beautiful piece of gear BTW. If I didn’t live with my gf, that would be the center piece of my living room haha
Great review, I picked one up. I have to agree, even at unity it just kind of does something magical to the sound. Very musical and clear.
So agree with that. Folks are going on and on about how it’s just a clean boost 🤦♂️ but no matter how linear a boost is, including Germanium adds the characteristics that I mentioned plus an unmistakeable feel. Hope you love it. What are you running it into pedal wise and amp wise?
@@EdgeofBreakup Princeton with GA SC64 speaker. Pedal wise I run it into a cornerstone antique, benson preamp or blues power. Originally got it to mainly pair with the preamp but it does so well on its own.
I bet it stacks extremely well with what you listed! Would be some of my top picks for sure! Want that Antique asap!
Well… there goes all my money. Need the all benson rig…
Excellent playing as always!
I was determined to make a full sized Voltron robot out of Benson creations, and I hope I succeeded! Stoked that you dug it, you’re gonna love it!
Congratulations on the beautiful sound you got. I'd like to know how you connected the two amps together. Maybe with a small drawing. I know I ask too much !!
This is actually one amp, the Benson Vincent head and cab are the blue/white enclosures you see, and the grey enclosure is the Benson Tall Bird Tube Reverb, which is in the effects loop of the Vincent. 🙌 Thx! Remember to follow on Instagram and hit me up in the DMs anytime!
instagram.com/edgeofbreakup
Great vid! Like the new style with commentary too.
Thanks Ben! Appreciate your continued support and glad the format is working for you!
Your videos have always been great but are even more next level now! Good stuff and damnit I need this now
Thank you so much Hunter! Appreciate you so much! 🔥
Could a pedal like Benson Germanium boost always kept on at the beginning of the effects chain (set to no more than 12:00), replace a buffer pedal?
I am sorry but I don’t have the answer to that when it comes to buffers, but I do feel that it makes an excellent always-on tone and feel enhancer!! You might want to ask @benson amps
I know this is an old thread, but I just ordered my second Germanium Boost to stack with the one I have been using for years. Looking forward to the harmonic goodness 😀
I also have two! 🤜🤛 nice work!! What’s your rig like?
@@EdgeofBreakup My most basic rig is a Grosh Electrjet VT into the Lehle Mono Volume S into the Benson Germanium Boost into a Swart Antares. I experiment with the other Benson pedals as well for dirt and lots of other stuff for ambience, but the basic rig is what I play 99%of the time.
Right on, I just googled the guitar and the amp, looks killer! Do you attenuate the amp so you can boost it harder without going deaf? Or do you play super loud?
I set volume between 3-4 and the push the front end for dirt. Pushing the front end also pushes the reverb harder. So play lighter or with less gain and reverb is less noticeable. Hit the front end hard and the reverb really kicks in but gets out the way. It’s a brilliant design. The amp isn’t *super* loud but definitely changes its tone profile as the volume goes up.
Great playing and presentation! I really like how it sounds. Wondering how similar/different this is to the Spaceman Atlas III Boost. Keep the 🔥 content coming, Sean!
Thank you my brother! I actually have not played the Atlas III - but I have to say this was fantastic with the Benson Amps ecosystem / other offerings.
That was fantastic!
Thank you! What a blast! Don’t forget to subscribe
Is this guitar color SEAFOAM GREEN?
Technically, it’s a faded sonic blue, but this guitar kind of shape shifts in terms of color in different light to sometimes look surf green - seafoam green is a darker more blue shade of green.
This is a Nash S63 light relic with a ton of mods like Emerson blender wiring kit and treble bleed. Thx for watching!
a technical question. Do I get the same functions as the Benson Germanium Boost (green pedal) by setting the Benson germanium fuzz as a clean boost?
Great question, I’m afraid I can’t technically answer it, but I have to say that the germanium fuzz can be set extremely low gain either by the impedance knob or by your guitar volume with the pedal set dirty, and there is a ton of volume available to function as a boost. I think you’d be stoked either way!
buying. Thanks Sean! Your tones are cheeewwwy!
Oh man thanks!! Love this thing. Be sure to check out the awesome light blue ones on Little Box Effects! 🧊
Hi. Sorry for my bad english. I write from Italy. Sorry if i bore you with my questions. I would like some advice. I heard you mentioned in your video that you may need two Benson Germanium Boosts on your pedalboard. One as the first pedal "always on" to shape the sound and the second to boost in the guitar solos.
In my pedalboard I have a Benson Germanium Boost as the first pedal always on set at 7.
As a second pedal I have a germanium treble boost from the historic English factory D.A.M called "Red Rooster" which I use to boost my third pedal, a Benson Preamp. But when I do it starts whistling like hell. Unless I turn off the first pedal (the Benson Germanium Boost). What do you advise me to do? Thanks in advance
I was speaking loosely because I could see myself using them that way if I had two 😂, however I’ve never been able to actually try using two Benson Germanium Boosts! Chris Benson has done extensive work making germanium check its drama at the door, and work better with other pedals. My money says it’s the other pedal with the issue, because germanium typically likes to be only first in the chain which means you can usually only have one - so it was quite a revolutionary change for Chris to disrupt this limitation with germanium! Try getting another Benson Ge Boost pedal and pair them together, and if that doesn’t work get a Benson Preamp or a Benson Fuzz - I can vouch for them working very well with the Germanium Boost!
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@@EdgeofBreakup I already have a Benson Preamp in the pedalboard. My third pedal. I use the DAM red Rooster Germanium treble boost to push the Benson Preamp. But unfortunately it whistles. But if I turn off the Benson Boost (first pedal) it stops whistling
Right, I’d blame the non-Benson Red Rooster pedal for that whistling…my bet is that it is the one reacting poorly to the Benson stuff. Germanium pedals other than the ones made by Benson are quite unstable and don’t like working with others. Good luck! Be sure to subscribe!
Beautiful playing & tones. It looks like you're running Lollar flat stagger pickups in this demo -- can you point out which model you're running?
Thanks! That’s correct, these are Lollar, flat pole configuration, Vintage Blonde neck and middle with Special bridge. Additionally, it has an Emerson strat kit with a blender. 🔥 That kit includes an Emerson treble bleed.
Highly highly recommended!
@@EdgeofBreakup Thank you for that prompt answer Sean, as well as for the wealth of information in all your very thorough videos! Curious if you have you had a chance to try the Lollar '64 pickups, and if so how they compare to your Blonde set. All the best to you!
I would love to try those, i’ve tried a significant portion of the Lollar pickups product line and I’ve always been stunned by them. Pretty much the best in the industry! Make sure to hit them up and let them know that you’d like a demo from me! I’d happily do it!
Thanks, Daniel! Really appreciate it
Excellent demo… I’m sold on the boost. How do you think this would stack with either side of the Protein?
It stacks good with everything - do it!! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it. Don’t forget to subscribe. :)
Great pedal and very inspiring playing. Now my question for you (if you've used one) is how does this compare to the Xotic Effects EP Booster?
Hey there, thanks so much for the kind words and for the comment! I think germanium imparts its own flavor on tone and feel, and the EP Booster is def a diff sound. There are some trolls out there that are calling this “just a clean boost” but I feel it does add some flavor, your mileage may vary. As for the Xotic line, people seem to love them and I have owned them in the past, but I can’t get over the design and the egregious font usage. I care about the whole package and Benson cares about design and aesthetics, so it’s kind of a non starter for me. There are way too many pedals that look fantastic and sound great for me to compromise on visuals! :) That being said everyone has their priorities.
thanks! how much volume boost does the g.boost give in comparison with the bensonpreamp?
Around 5 is unity gain, but there is a ton of germanium goodness in terms of level between 5-10. You’ll dig it. If the amp was not compressing and I wasn’t attenuating, I couldn’t handle the level 😂
Anyone tried this with acoustic guitar or bass as a preamp/mild compressor?
Nope - but I bet it’d make even a ham sandwich sound good 😂
@@EdgeofBreakup Haha that could come in handy too :D
How does it compare to the milkman pop top boost? Thanks.
Man you’re asking me about my two favorite companies… I think it depends on if you want a vintage Germanium flavor and feel, or if you’d like that API Console op amp sound! I’m keeping them both, it’s worth it!
Thank you. Now i am sure that the boost pedal does nothing to justify its price. The preamp on the other hand sounds great!
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wow that thing sounds sweet!
Thanks a ton Barry! Appreciate you taking the time to check it out. I’m always listening when Benson puts out new stuff!! Top priority!
@@EdgeofBreakup I have the pre amp but hearing the boost in front of it, I’m now gassing for one.
It’s a killer combo
seems like boost + preamp by benson = fuzzy overdrive?
Absolutely - it’s well known that the Benson Preamp gets a lovely fuzzy tinge to it when the gain is maxed out, and that’s without stacking… when you push it with massive level / eq with the Benson Germanium Boost… you’re going to fuzz town. It’s so great!
@@EdgeofBreakup i cant choose between germanium fuzz and preamp. i want overdrive sound but with option i push on the boost to have more fuzzy sound. What is the option can be better? Benson fuzz + boost over. Or pre boost + Benson preamp?
If that’s what you want, I’d recommend the Germanium Boost and the Benson Preamp. You can set the preamp for your base tone / level of breakup for rhythm, and then kick the Germanium Boost right into it as sort of a second gain channel of the same sound. Woo it’s good. All of that and if you get a treble bleed in your volume, you can clean one or both of those sounds up for so many shades of tones you won’t believe it.
The fuzz is also amazing, if you go that way you def want a treble bleed to, amazing with the guitar volume down. It’s also a gamechanger in that you can place other pedals before it - most germanium fuzzes historically that’s a big no-no.
Honestly my money says you’ll get all of them once you get one. Just a matter of which first. :)
Ayyyy let's go!
Oooooh. That'll do!!
Heck yea!! Pushing the Vincent with it is awesome
Nice you have all benson and kingtone everything. I’m so jealous. I have to get a freaking Benson amp somehow
You’ll love it! Appreciate you taking the time to watch :)
Tone baby tone....at 8.00 is where the sweet spot is dialled in....I could ride in that tone wave for days
Haha I’ll keep pouring that Benson gain on!
@@EdgeofBreakup your commentary is also awesome....just at the right time and right place and not coming in the way of that super splattery fuzzboostortion tone
Thank you I tried to give you a wide range, and different permutations of cleanup and stacking! So glad you enjoyed the video! Feel free to follow on Instagram and say hello in the DMs!
Damn I want to do whatever you do for a living. Lol. A collection of benson amps would be killer
Among the best in the industry, in my opinion
@@EdgeofBreakup very! You’re a lucky man
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Gotta say, with all due respect, that I disagree with your take on the way it cleans up with the guitar volume knob. If it does the incredible glassy cleanup of a fuzz face (ala Hendrix) and a germanium treble booster, I’m not hearing it here. My guess would be the impedance-proof (I think that’s what you called it?) feature. I can’t imagine that a germanium boost that can take a buffered signal in front of it could also respond very dramatically to guitar volume changes.
I’m gonna watch your review on the Benson Germanium Fuzz next. I wonder if it’ll do the same thing.
Disagreeing is fine, doesn’t change what I perceive.
@@EdgeofBreakup For sure.
CRAP MAN I ONLY GOT VERTEX BOOST LIKE A MONTH AGO DANGGGITTTT
Haha! Nature of the beast… to be fair I have heard great things about that one too! Diggin it?
My advice - dump the Vertex shyster’s pedal and buy from a stand-up dude. Chris Benson is a gem. :)
Best review of this pedal yet. I bought one immediately. Can’t wait to slam my Chimera & Nathan Jr. with this thing. Gonna run it in front of the Preamp MKII as well - been looking for the right boost for that job.
Gotta say too, this vid has brought my Vinny GAS to the point of overload. Wish I could afford to snag one right now…
Thanks a ton, I appreciate you commenting and so glad you grabbed one. I had so much fun looking across every kind of gain stacking I could possibly think of within the Benson family… Plus that always on clean thing is undeniable!!! Cheers man and be sure to drop in on Instagram and say what’s up
Hey Shawn, I must respectfully say you had a good thing going on the channel with the no-talk demos. The constant interruptions to the playing here makes this a bit challenging to watch. The 'let the pedal do the talking' philosophy seemed to be working fine and used to set you apart from the youtube crowd. I hope you reconsider the format. Peace.✌️
Thanks for the feedback! I might consider posting both if you enjoy it. I’ve gotten a lot of feedback asking for more on camera time and in-depth commentary - but I know there are a lot of folks who dug the no talking. That being said my metrics say most people tune out after 2min, and you really need a way to keep people engaged longer and taking / storytelling is a proven way to do that.
Hit me up on Instagram DM, I’d love to chat about it
As a first time viewer, let me add that your voice was a bit drowned out by your extremely tasty playing.That and the onscreen comments sorta muddled the flow for me. So I mainly focused on the formentioned playing.
I appreciate that, I’m continually fine-tuning and finding the balance of volume levels. Thanks for your patience and the feedback - and for watching!
Hey.. the tone of the recording had a „far away“ tone… mic placement maybe?
First time I’ve gotten that feedback. It’s two royer ribbon mics, one on the grill and one behind the cab for the room sound. Maybe try listening through headphones.
@@EdgeofBreakup oh I did. It’s just this vid. The new ones are alright! Cheers
That’s bizarre to me, I don’t hear that and I’ve listened to it a ton. Regardless, thank you for watching this video and others I really appreciate it!
Germanium Boost before or after Benson Preamp?
I would play it before, because I like hitting the preamp with a boost to get almost a second channel of Benson preamp tone! However that said, it can work after to give you a level boost.
@@EdgeofBreakup got it thanks
I do own two, could be nice BEFORE AND AFTER 😂
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