Has GFI Been Dethroned By Alexander Pedals? Orca vs Rewind vs Skylar vs Space Force
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- GFI has been king in the semi-affordable feature packed delay and reverb pedal market ever since the Skylar and Orca were released. Now, Alexander Pedals released their Rewind and Spaceforce. Is GFI still king or are they different pedals? Let me know in the comments what you think!
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Pedals I use and recommend:
- ThorpyFX The Dane (EU: tinyurl.com/mr67ntjx / UK: tinyurl.com/yyh3pkaj)
- ThorpyFX Peacekeeper (EU: tinyurl.com/2p9hh2wv / UK: tinyurl.com/2s4cypwc)
- Browne Protein (tinyurl.com/4w66w3sx)
- JAM Pedals Delay Llama mk. 3 (EU: tinyurl.com/ynwh9pns / UK: tinyurl.com/2p8t87aw)
- JAM Pedals Harmonious Monk (EU: tinyurl.com/mr5chc9d / UK: tinyurl.com/4wujx924)
- Reeves Electro ZO: (tinyurl.com/yc46vrry)
- Line6 HX Stomp (EU: tinyurl.com/3kj5u8y6 / UK: tinyurl.com/48a9bkct)
- Isle of Tone Haze 67, Haze 69 and Luxe 64 (tinyurl.com/wfjw9xzt)
- Dominion Fuzz (tinyurl.com/4fjp8y3x)
- ExpressoFX Silicon and Germanium fuzz (tinyurl.com/2ws4wjwd)
- OCE Pedals The Wrench (tinyurl.com/mrx4ysts)
- Chase Bliss Preamp MK II / CXM 1978 / Thermae (tinyurl.com/3tpu2yzd)
- GFI Orca (EU: tinyurl.com/43y9xajv / UK: tinyurl.com/26989w87)
- Alexander Pedals Rewind (EU: tinyurl.com/49xsc87r / UK: tinyurl.com/3cpzxmja)
- Cornerstone Gladio (EU: tinyurl.com/36768th2)
Amps I use and recommend:
- Blackstar St. James EL34 (EU: tinyurl.com/37yfskyw / UK: tinyurl.com/56prb9yt)
- Silktone Amp (tinyurl.com/2rsu7sxd)
- Victory V140 Super Duchess (tinyurl.com/2p9j53su)
Guitars I use and recommend:
- Panucci Guitars (tinyurl.com/2p8wctxd)
- Heritage H-150 Custom Core (EU: tinyurl.com/434535nc / UK: tinyurl.com/5t3nppjh)
- Martin 000-28EC (tinyurl.com/2p8phc66)
- B&G Little Sister (tinyurl.com/5n8cvnfj)
- Maxwell guitars (tinyurl.com/mr8w5rv3)
The other stuff I use:
- Curt Mangan Pure Nickel (tinyurl.com/yarsvwaa)
- Ernie Ball Regular Slinky (EU: tinyurl.com/uxz6sxyc / UK: tinyurl.com/3n9ch44x)
- Elixir 12-53 (EU: tinyurl.com/4bs5nz6d / UK: tinyurl.com/aysb4e5z)
- Dunlop picks (EU: tinyurl.com/4jf9eaer)
- Shubb capo (EU: tinyurl.com/b5an9uky/ UK: tinyurl.com/bdz7vck8)
- Gary Clark slide (EU: tinyurl.com/mvsxutwr)
Recording equipment:
- Sony A7 III (amzn.to/3iVsb2j)
- Sony A7 III Battery Grip (amzn.to/3iWImfM)
- Sony A6600 (amzn.to/3BzCu3j)
- GoPro Hero 10 Black (amzn.to/3lwOgpB)
- Sony FE 24-70 mm F2.8GM (amzn.to/3lySAER)
- Sony ZEISS Sonnar T E24mm F1.8 ZA (amzn.to/3BADqEO)
- Sachtler FSB8 tripod and fluid head (amzn.to/2YEODpP)
- MeFOTO Carbon fiber tripod (amzn.to/3mROhEm)
- Sandisk 128gb memory cards (amzn.to/3av1Aod)
- Manfrotto 420B Boom stand (amzn.to/3aywxrL)
- Lacie Mobile Drive external hard drives (amzn.to/3Axso1S)
- Dell XPS 15 laptop (amzn.to/3v3mzbf)
- Sennheiser EW 112P wireless lav mic (amzn.to/3FE5glZ)
- Rode NTG2 shotgun mic (amzn.to/30ajF9a)
- Panasonic Eneloop rechargeable batteries (amzn.to/3mLZ1Uv)
The setlist:
0:00 - GFI is king
0:26 - Intro jam
2:52 - Enter Alexander Pedals
3:39 - Features on the Alexander Pedals
3:59 - Features on the GFI pedals (Sorry about the oopsie)
4:29 - Knobs on the Alexander pedals
4:51 - UI differences and similarities
6:50 - Tones with the GFI Orca
8:31 - Tones with the Alexander Rewind
11:48 - Tones with the GFI Skylar
13:14 - Tones with the Alexander Space Force
16:28 - Which one should you get?
Not only is your content EXCELLENT, not only is you comedic timing incredible, but something about the way you communicate just makes me like you. There is an X-Factor, and I think you are awesome.
Absolutely phenomenal playing and tones! Both sound great in your hands!
Very cool playing and use of effects :) love the wingman ;)
Thanks for this video. Excellent overview of two pedals (Rewind and Orca) that have been bugging me as to what to get. A really nice and to the point comparison.
Good lord… the plate on the Space Force was all o needed to hear… so much smoother
I went through some reverb pedals over the years, from Marshall to the RV-6, Mooer to Walrus Slö. At one point a had the Skylar and it was the first reverb that really blew me away. It had some minor querks and two presets for having 4 algorhythms was a bummer, I would´ve kept it otherwise. First demo of the SpaceForce and I was sold. When I got it, it blew me away the same way the Skylar did, but didn´t had the querks of the GFI. They both are truly amazing for sure! It´s just a matter of what fits better to your playing. I would like to have the rewind, but am not sure how to justify it while beeing happy with my DD500... But hey, Christmas is on it´s way 🙂
Very moving and beautiful solo!! Made me tear up ❤❤
Lol stop lying you simp.
The Alexander pedals have a great interface. I loved everything about the Space Force, but it can't compete with the huge ambient sounds of GFI and other flagship reverbs. As an experimental small form reverb with many options, it's excellent. For those endless beautiful sounds, I'd go GFI or something else.
Great demo. Trying to decide on a second verb myself. My UAD Golden is great for realistic sounds, but not so much for ambient/experimental sounds.
I love GFI algorythms. That Spatium reverb is the best I've ever heard. My Orca just came in yesterday and will be alongside my Skylar. Time to mingle a bit 👍 Thanks Sasha! Ps - where do you get your drum tracks from?
I’m a massive fan of Alexander! GFI is amazing too but Alexander won my heart with the syntax error 2 and super ball.
Really really love Alexander. I love every pedal I’ve bought from them. Only sold my wavelength because I’m not a huge fan of modulation, but it says something that Alexander got me to buy a modulation pedal 😂
Love my GFI Specular Tempus. I never use the delay algorithms though since i have a Timeline for that. I love the Plate, and Spadium algorithm so much. Ive been thinking about trying out an Empress Reverb, but now i have to check out Alexander Space Force. The Rewind already blew my mind when i saw it on Mark Johnston's channel. Both sound amazing, and i like the smaller footprint in comparison to a Timeline and a Specular Tempus.
GFI still uses the Spin FV-1 DSP, which is almost 20 years old now. They are using it to its limits and their pedals sound good, but I feel silly buying a new FV-1 pedal in 2023. Alexander now uses the FXCore DSP which is way more powerful and better sounding imo
Sweet, I was looking at Empress Echo System, but the Alexander Rewind looks more usable for what I want to do.
I have the rewind. It’s f***ing amazing. In your hands sound a little better than in mines, but that’s just a detail. Cheers 🍻
BEAUTIFUL INTRO!
Por favor dime cuál es el pedal compatible de expresión para el skayler he probado varios si no le quedan
Mission engineering ep1
That intro! Man... that intro... frisson.
For me the GFI sounds better, has top mounted jacks and a bit more space between the foot switches which are all wins for me.
Something is distorting on the Space Force, didn't hear that on other demo's other than the lo fi algo.
I prefer the GFI ...I am a singer song writer but not your typical one that uses the 3 chord etc. accompaniment. I have a back ground from Prog Rock where I often am playing complex riffs and intermingled with flat picking chord constantly moving. I find an pedal with too much complexity too busy as my playing is indeed busy. Delays are worry some as I can have for example a delayed G landing on a G#. For reverb I often stay with a Plate as it literately only has 2 reflections not hundreds
The GFI I find is just tame enough especially on slower temps to work. I find most of these ambiance effects unusable as they compete with my playing. An effect should not result with the 'tail wagging the dog'.
GFI Skylar! The Space Force reverb trails almost sound distorted or like they are clipping on every setting; it doesn't get real clean to my ears. The Skylar sounds better IMO.
Dude, that's exactly what I thought. I owned it and it always would get a subtle white noise sound and broke up my signal.
I went to the website and updated the firmware. No help.
I had to sell it. I always wondered if I got a bad unit.
@@MaTTheWish Oh well..reading this after I got the pedal and have the same exact issues...what the fuck
Exactly!…distorted trails!)
I got lost in the playing.......
Both reverbs lose by a million miles to the Free The Tone Ambi Space Reverb. That's the best reverb on planet earth. Having said that, the tremble verb on the Skylar does sound incredible!