Behringer SF300 Secret Mode
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2021
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My settings for the Electric Wizard tone on mode 2 is
Level: 11 O'clock
Gain: 1 O'clock
Treble: 10 O'clock
Bass: 3 O'clock.
It is really Dopethrone and Come My Fanatics...
1.5 is my mode. I like all of them. Best cheap pedal ever.
Nice!! Thanks so much for watching!
You bet!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
I wish I could get a 1.5 little Block of wood or something that perfectly Locks it in 1.5 mode
It’s a tie for me between this and the danelectro fab fuzz
I’m going to get one, and wire it so the boost mode is combined 1 and 2. 😀
Just got this the other day in the mail. Best $19 I ever spent
Nice!!!
Great idea with the in between mode!! Love your playing and the riffs! Thanks man!!
Thanks a ton!
I love the "secret mode" especially on the jazzmaster. I just ordered one for $24.99 hopefully it doesnt take too long to arrive.
Thanks for watching! You’ll for sure love the pedal!
Amazing. Can't wait to try this tomorrow!!! I love my SF300 as a boost but occasionally switch in mode 1. Thanks for this tip!
Hope you dig it!!!
I love this pedal. I finally got it a few months ago. Fuzz mode 1.5 is awesome!
Glad you're digging it!! Thanks for watching
Had my eye on this pedal for years, watched tons of demos and finally ordered one yesterday from sweetwater while they’re on sale for $14. Came to watch your demo and it’s got me hyped to see what tones I can expect switching between high and low output pickups 🔥
Why would you wait years for a 25 dollar pedal?
@andrewmc147 Maybe he was just doing his research? Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
@@adamn78 exactly. Doesn’t matter if it’s a $25 pedal or a $3000 piece of gear. I like to watch as many gear demos and read as many reviews of a product as possible before I make a purchase.
@thedoyleharcavy Same here, man. Nobody likes wasting money on something they end up disliking, no matter how much it costs. Having said that, I like what I've been learning about the SF-300 so far and am considering purchasing one from Sweetwater as well.
I just now literally did the exact same thing in the exact same order 😆
Just got mine in yesterday. Ordered it back in January lol. Solid pedal. The boost is nice versatile option to push amps and other pedals and the Fuzz is super gnarly. I dig it.
Very cool!!
I love it man!!! You demo’d a pedal I actually own!!! I love my Super Fuzz, it sounds great and it was dirt cheap. I did have to wait for it, it was on back order for a couple of months when I bought it. I didn’t know about fuzz 1 1/2 though, that’s really cool. I’m gonna have to try that. Great video Eric!!!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Man, the super fuzz is so good! I’m very curious to get some more of their pedals! Thanks for watching, as always!
This is awesome, never even thought about trying this!
Definitely try it!! It really brings a different vibe to the pedal
I also wondered if that was an option, but never tried. Now it's my favorite setting, thanks Eric!
Glad you dig it!!
Wow, that's a nice find! Thanks for the video!
Glad you dig it!
Thanks for sharing the Secret Mode 1.5 It sounds great on a Tele!
Heck yeah!
1.5 is definitely my favourite. I've had mine set to that since 10 minutes after I first plugged it in. Sounds especially good with your Jazzmaster!
It’s a really cool mode! I agree, it really shined with the Jazzmaster. I think those lower output pickups really are the trick
@@EricMerrow Try 2.5 mode really crazy on its own, especially when stacked! Rat>superfuzz>Muff. really brutal like Sabbath on one end of the guitar and Jimi on the other!
@@_MetaLI have to try this. Thanks for the idea!!
Thanks Eric!
Nice tip on the pedal!!
Good to know man!
Thanks for watching, Troy!
Wow that 1.5 moment hit the spot!!
Just ordered this pedal like a minute ago I can't wait for it!!!
You’re going to love it!! Thanks for watching!
I've owned this pedal for over a year and had no idea this was a thing. Can't wait to try it for myself.
I hope you dig it!!!
Great pedal, I didn’t know about the 1.5 setting, Sounds cool.
Thanks for watching Rich!!
One of the things you'll notice whether it's an overdrive, fuzz or distortion pedal, the hi knob always makes everything sound super thin. Best setting for me has always been 9oclock or less and then adjust the treble on the amp to taste to bring back some clarity. Not sure how this pedal performs for fast parts because most fuzzes don't take fast playing very well. This problem is always easily solved by stomping on a overdrive placed first in the chain going into fuzz then into amp.
Couldn't agree more! Thanks so much for sharing!
of course, fast performing fuzz is key if you want to sound like Eric Johnson.....
Cool! Nice riffin too!
Thanks so much!
New sub.
I been looking for a cheap fuzz to try out, this may be the one. Sounds wicked.
Thanks so much for watching!
Awesome trick! After waiting 3 months my pedal finally shipped from Sweetwater.
Nice! Bummer about the wait, but I'm glad you're getting it!
Great presentation!!
Thanks so much!
Dig your review. I love this cheap fuzz. Setting 1.5 is my fav. Great playing btw!
Thanks so much for watching! 🤘
You the man for this one🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video!
Love this fuzz it has all the sound anyone could want.....great video
Thanks for watching!
Awesome brother, its great to meet a fellow gear enthusiast. Rockin demo dude 🙌🏻🎸
Thanks so much for watching!!
@@EricMerrow 😊👍🏻
Nice hack, Eric. It's like that Strat in-between position before the 5-way switch was invented. I just picked up one of these Super Fuzz pedals, it's a really cool piece of gear at a fantastic price.
Exactly!! Thanks so much for watching!!
Yeah, now we need a 5-way SF300 :)
Damn that Jazzie sounded nice! Can't wait for my SF300 to arrive
Thanks so much for watching!
Discovered this once by accident, it sounds pretty nice.
Awesome! That’s a nice surprise, haha. Thanks for watching!
Haven't been able to get fuzz tones quite right but I've been trying to get them on a Schecter fretless that has Lundgren pickups in it. After watching this I think I'm gonna try putting one of my EQs in front of the fuzz and cut some of the pickup volume heading into the pedal.
I just received one a few days ago. I like the mid heavy selection (#1) most except it’s more mids than I would normally want. The scooped sound (#2) I don’t like much at all. Only way I can keep 2). from sounding buzzy is to turn the treble down a little more but the mid heavy one has endless sustain and a great aggressive sound. Thanks for revealing the secret mode, I would’ve never thought of it. With both on it sounds almost like it’s smoothing out the mids by raising #2) and lowering #1). The secret mode is definitely the best!
So glad you got one! And thanks a ton for watching!
@@EricMerrow Just got a chance to try the secret mode! Maybe it doesn’t have quite as much gain but is definitely better plus has more clarity and overall better tone.
The Hyper Fuzz was my only drive pedal for years, it makes me really happy that this absolutely bonkers fuzz is getting so much love 15 years later :) granted, i only used it in Boost mode, which I think is really overlooked! Has anyone tried this with the Boss??
Factoid: i think this phenomenon arises due to the switch being "make before break", where the lead is never left floating between outputs. The alternative is for the switch to open ch1 before closing ch2 etc.
Thanks for sharing!!!
I used the HyperFuzz boost channel with a Turbo OD on the non-turbo channel, and Xtortion as my drive platform for probably 2 decades. It ROARED, but at the same time gave great harmonic definition without too much much dirt before the xtortion was engaged.
All three are great. Each one does it's own thing. The 1.5 is really cool, but I'll have to go with 2. Electric Wizard all day! But I have been using 3 a lot lately to boost other pedals or boost the dirty channel of my amp. Great pedal!
Heck yeah! 🤘🤘🤘 Thanks for watching!
Using the correct guitar as well. 🤩
Awesome!, thanks 👊
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badasss thanks!
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Scored one for $18 a few years ago. I should have grabbed two. Great video!
Yes!
I have been looking for that NIN bass tone and that's it. I use a compressor and overdrive going into the super fuzz on 1.5 mode with the bass dimed, and treble about noon. A noise suppressor at the end, and there it is. Warm, fuzzy, rumbling, with no extra noise. Another alternative is to get 2 SF300s and have one on boost mode, going into the other on 1.5, with a noise gate.
Awesome!!
You uploaded this video on my birthday :)
Happy birthday!
I use 1+2 mode for my bass and I love it!
Right on!! 🤘🤘
sounds really good, I have a JHS Supreme which is based on the univox superfuzz, so it still essentially has 2 similar fuzz modes, but it also has a "mod" switch which is a mid boost, so I feel like I can get close to this sound with that pedal by using the scooped fuzz setting with the mid boost on
Very cool! thanks for watching!
A Super Fuzz makes me think of it as a Chainsaw stand alone effect. Cool vid
Thanks for watching!
No, HM300 is a (Swedish) chainsaw
@@bullfrogboss8008 chainsaw files he's got some effects. Why HM300 is Sweedish? In 1983 the HM-2 hit the market. Ever since many Sweedish player took granted and that is how the HM-2 from Boss gets cloned. Then HM300 copies. However, there are so many way to attain chainsaw mode and there are so many diferent ways in Sweedish death metal. However, that is a story of the past. I used Metal Zone and came up with chainsaw thrash, very agressive and punchy too. So the Super Fuzz would be another way to get that, but I don't know with what. Even the DS-1 gets chainsaw.
You're the first one that claims it's easy to get Swedish chainsaw tone with many different pieces of gear
@@lexingtRick Chainsaw with a metal zone? Lol I don't believe you
1.5 my fave ... All sound good 👍
Heck yeah! 🤘🤘🤘
The boost really clears up the sound especially with a digital pedal that is already kinda muddy. I can pretty much get all the tones I want with that combo.
You mean you use this going into a digital pedal?
It’s an analog pedal my guy
I watched this, then found one of these brand new from Sweetwater for $25, and that "secret mode" is great
Right on! Thanks a ton for watching!
Damn cool thanks.
Thanks for watching!!
This is very awesome.thankbyiu very much.theres a guy selling these pedals with aod he has done to them they is exactly what this truck does.ut combined both fuzz 1 an 2.and he charges 85 to 90 bux per pedal.now all I gotta do is spend $20 and wait 2 months and I'll have the same sound...without mods
Haha, yeah modding these pedals doesn’t make much sense to me. They’re great and only $20 so win win!
Eric, this is a cool and clever! Btw friends, I recommend trying Behringer pedals when looking at BOSS pedals. Typically you'll find the difference is the casing. If you're not gigging all over kingdom come, the Behringer casings will suit you.
Thanks for watching Chris! Great recommendation! I’ve actually got another video coming out where I echo those sentiments
@@EricMerrow Terrific! I started using BOSS pedals when I started out and they were my go-to brand. I've tried many others since. I've owned a few Strymons for example. What I've learned is to stay with what I really need from a pedal and that in itself can be cost-effective. I may have tried 7 or 8 chorus pedals before I decided the Behringer suited just what I needed. If I were recording for something truly professional, then my decision would likely change. I've written all of this for those that are new to pedals.
The mode switch on mine has been shorting out for some time now so the only way I can get it to work is actually in the 1 1/2 mode and boost mode. Still a great pedal. Unbelievably doomy!
Total bummer about the switch shorting out. Thanks so much for watching though. And I’m glad it still works in some way! 🤘🤘
That Jazzmaster is the sound I like best.
Right on! Thanks for watching!
I have this fuzz.. I'll check out 1.5. Sounds good.. I had 2 other fuzz pedals. Sold them and kept this one.. Only one I need..
Heck yeah!!!
I forgot you could do this! Haha very cool
Thanks for watching!
Really well explained,. I wonder how hackable this pedal is? Adding a 2nd toggle would make it simple to go to FM1.5. I'll have to try it.
I’m so glad you liked the video!
YES!
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That's the stuff
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Nice! 😃
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Kinda a Kyuss meets Electric Wizard sound. Cool.
Totally! 🤘🤘🤘
Thanks! Once when I first got it, I got an amazing tone with this pedal, but never got it again, so I mostly use it in Boost mode, which I actually really like. I wonder if I had it in 1.5 and didn't realize it??? Gonna try it!
Right on!! Thanks for watching! Hopefully you dig that 1.5 mode 🤘🤘
This video is gonna cause it to sell out again. It happened before when JHS reviewed it. Took me 3 or 4 months to get it! 🤪
I put in an order for 3 or 4 Behringer pedals. Took me about the same amount of time to get them
Anything with the p-90's. A lot of songs were recorded in the past using p-90s. So many it's mind blowing. Though on stage a lot of players will use their regular sg/les paul double coils to break through the mix as well as decrease the feedback
Yeah humbucker equipped guitars are definitely nice for reigning in noise! Thanks so much for sharing!
@@EricMerrow no problem, it's wild thigh how a 1 watt amp with a switch built for 1/4 watts are hand built for seasoned players who record and want that full tube tone without all the volume, and they overdrive so fast. This is how creamy smooth p-90 sounds can be recorded and sound HUGE. I read an article that Jimi Hendrix played an Epiphone Wilshire when recording several tracks, but played the strat on stage most times. I've seen him play live on a documentary. It's ( Wilshire) dual p-90s, with a great design to reach screaming tones through small tube amps and mic'd for recording.
That's a lotta tone! I just got mine brand new after getting bitten by the fuzz bug! :-)
Right on!!! Thanks for watching!
While I'm kinda on the fence about 1.5 mode ... plus I'd suggest ... just call it mode 3 ... aka 1 + 2!equals ... I'm sure others have tried this ... but you can use the exact same inbetween setting with mode 2 and the boost, and that's oddly interesting, as you get quite a weird mix ... of your clean sound +boosted+ so well defined plus a underneath fuzz ... the downside is that boost at least on the admittedly only a few setting I tried amplifies the noise floor so is a rather noisy affair ... but I would say interesting enough to ay with, plus a noise/gate ... may help
Oh man, the Jazzmaster sounded so much better on that pedal. You paired up two beautiful sounds. Much better than watching that "The Bachelor" TV show when hearts break!!! 🤡👍😎🎸🤘.
Thanks so much for watching!
I liked the new secret mode.
Same here!!
this is dope as hell, thanks for sharin' dude!
Thanks for watching!!
Fuzz 1.5 is preferred. Does anything useful happen when in the in-between position between Fuzz 2 and Boost?
I found setting 2.5 to be less useful bc the volume of the boost channel and fuzz 2 channel is really mismatched. But if you have the pedal, definitely try it out and hear for yourself!
How do you think this pedal would work with Fishman Modern Fluences
I’ve never had any experience with active pickups so unfortunately I can’t really say
How is this fuzz into a crunch amp ? I'm asking this, because I do it with all my fuzz pedals except the Big Muff ones.
I’m sure it would work really well into an amp that’s already driven!
The Jazzmaster with the pedal is the Smashingpumpkinsinator.
Sold.great review.can i use any adapter or do i have to buy theres?
You can use a normal 9v center negative pedal power adaptor or you can run it off a 9v battery
@@EricMerrow hey thx mych
How would this pedal sound hooked to the Blackstar fly 3 w/extra cab( 6 watt output). Is it worth buying or will it not show it's full potential?
I cannot say how the pedal would sound with that amp as I have not tried the black star amp. However, this pedal is really fuzzy and gainy so I bet it would be a fun pedal to run into any amp!
Great video and fuzz, the Behringer pedals are great value though undecided if this is a secret mode or rather a cheap switch!
😂😂 in this instance it’s a bit of both. Haha thanks for watching!
YES!!!!!!
Thanks for watching!
The real secret hack: This is Behringer's take on the Boss FZ2 Hyper Fuzz, a pedal that can cost a few hundred upwards to $1000.
the fuckin riffage dude. hell yeah that’s dope
🤘🤘🤘🤘 thanks for watching!
Just got this pedal and whilst having the tuner on the behringer is pushing odd clipped segments of noise through? 😮
That’s odd. If the tuner is on, you shouldn’t be getting any signal passing at all
What kind of SG is that you’re using? Looks awesome. Great demo!
Thanks for watching!! My SG is a 2001 Standard 🤘🤘
@@EricMerrow It’s a great looking and sounding guitar! Thanks for the great demos of this pedal man! Just ordered one for myself lol
The Forbidden Fuzz! :-)
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Nice ! Now, I have to go try the mode 2,5 ! (if it even exists)
It does exist! However, to me, it doesn’t sound as balanced or good as the 1.5 mode. Definitely worth trying though!
I can't believe no one had made this in clone form using a dip switch block to toggle each setting on/off (similar to the expandora).
There are a million octave fuzzes and clones of this ..
Wait 'til the Behringer Waza Craft drops with a 1.5 mode switch by default lol
I have one of these on order, can you wedge it between fuzz 2 and boost too?
You can do a mode 2.5! It doesn’t sound as good to my ears. I really think 1.5 is where the sweet spot is
Big time Josh Homme tone . You think I ain’t worth a dollar but I feel like a millionaire !
Also very Siamese dream ish
SF300 position in between one and two position 1.5 Hooray more FUN!!!!!
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Ironic that 1.5 secret mode and the overdrive Boost that very few people talk about are by far the best features of this pedal! I'd love to have a nice boutique fuzz on my board, but I can't get it over my heart to cut this little gem. Tone-per-dollar probably the best pedal you can buy.
It's really sounds bad to me. I barely use it but I feel like I could easily change some resistor values
Thanks for watching!
Your demo sounds like your auditioning for a Stoner Doom band! Thanks for the demo. I shall get the pedal. 💀🎧
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Nice Eric I'll have to try that with my SF 300. How does it react to active Pups? Peace Bro.
Great question! I was using my SG with a bit hotter bridge pickup, and it seemed to be hitting a threshold of some sort so it kinda sounded a bit muddy. When I switched to my Jazzmaster, it sounded and felt quite a bit more normal. If your pickups are hot, I’d just recommend trying to utilize the volume knobs. I’m sure that would help! Thanks for watching!
@@EricMerrow Cool I'll give it a try . Thanks Eric.
is there a 2.5 mode between Fuzz 2 and Boost?
there is a 2.5 mode - however, I didn't find it super useful as the boost is quite a bit louder than mode 2 which makes it less even sounding
Nice - need to pick one of those up. Though this makes me want to mod it for better reliability of selecting those halfway modes; you'd basically be swapping in a Strat-style 5-way switch for the little slider. Not sure how hard that'd be to do on the board; the difficulty would depend on whether the slider is surface mount like (presumably) most of the components. If it is it'd be harder but still doable.
It’s definitely a doable mod. However, I tend to not recommend modding these pedals just because it’s a pain in the ass and for ~$30 you could get a 2nd sf300 and the parts to build a Y split box then you could run both in parallel just like it’s doing in the 1.5 setting. It’s just perspective though - that’s just my opinion. But if you want to mod them, it would be approximately as difficult as modding a boss pedal since they’re similarly sized.
@@EricMerrow Fair points - though I've got more time than money, and an itch to tinker, so my personal tradeoffs diverge from the usual.
@@unsoundmethodology did you ever get around doing this? I would guess the 1.5 setting simply shorts the input of the switch with both output 1 and 2, in that case it should be very simple.
It would be cool to install a potentiometer to mix the two tones, but I guess that might lead to some impedance issues depending on whats going on around the switch...
@@JenkemFactory I haven't gotten to this yet, so I couldn't say. The pot option sounds intriguing, though.
So basically, removing the switch and adding a jumper wire would give me 1.5 set constantly on? Trying to get the in between setting as the main tone.
I wonder how hard it would be to mod the switch for one that does 1, 1+2, 2 and Boost instead of just a 3-way toggle. Would a pot let you blend between modes?
That's a good question. I honestly don't know. I would assume if you found the right switch, you could mod it but I'm not sure if it would be worth the headache/hassle. Thanks for watching!
You couldn't use a single pot to mix the two together without more circuitry; it's essentially a dry/wet mixer but with two different wet channels. The minimum, to my understanding, would be a double pot wired to cross-fade between the signals, but that also cuts each channel's level by half at the midpoint.
I'm gonna try this Eric! But I coincidentally I may have accidently discovered this with my toe last night lol trying to go from Fuzz 1 to Fuzz 2. I mostly live in boost, but it's a great pedal. Sorry Boss, should've kept making them, your loss! :P
There is a 2.5 mode too but I didn’t find it terribly useful since the boost mode volume is so much louder than the fuzz. Glad you found it though!!
@@EricMerrow The gain control also sets the level of the boost, and the level control doesn't affect the boost at all so it's possible to find a sweet spot with a nice blend. It'll always be boosted though so it's best to think of it as a boost to drive your amp with a bit of fuzz mixed in.
Jazzmaster best for 1.5 setting. Boost mode my fave setting overall.
Right on!! Thanks for watching!
That is fuckin wild 🤘
Very wild!!!
is the middle Position possible with fuzz2 and boost?
It is possible! I didn’t find it terribly useful because of how unbalanced those 2 channels are but if you have a pedal, you should definitely try it!
@@EricMerrow thanks für the response!
This is how I watched the playboy channel when I was a kid.
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Now I'm wondering if there's a 2.5 mode!
There is a 2.5 but it doesn’t seem nearly as useable as 1.5 to my ears
Thanks!!
@@EricMerrow maybe usable for a part 2 tho!
the boost mood makes my amp clip :( awesome video though, 1.5 is really cool 😎
😎🎸🎸🎸😎 sweet 🎸🎸🎸
Thanks for watching!