Mid Boost mode is for the front of the amp just like normal mode. That’s why it seemed to be under a bit of a blanket as you were running into the effects return; Pre Amp mode is the only setting designed for that. An otherwise excellent video though! I’ve got their Silver Linings and I doubt it’ll ever leave my board.
It scores 10 out of 10 with me. It sets out to do just one thing and do it right. There is just enough flexibility to set it to your rig. None of the extras are useless clutter and noise makers only usable for Shoe gaze and bedroom Sci Fi. Very, very impressive.
I bought my Silver Linings pedal a little over a year ago after hearing your demo of it. I love bluesy, almost-fuzz overdrive tones and it is absolutely perfect for that while having a wide range of gain and EQ options, plus it is well-built and the embossed faceplate is beautiful. I didn't see much discussion of it and saw a lot of clearance prices on it at the end of last year, so it didn't seem to be nearly as popular as I thought it should be, which made me sad. This new pedal looks awesome! I definitely plan to pick one up once it's available here in the US and I have the extra cash. I'm more of a rock and blues player so imagine it won't unseat the Silver Linings as my favorite drive pedal, but it seems equally versatile and well-built. I love their designs and how they have kept an embossed faceplate with this pedal, and the lightning bolt display for the clipping LED is perhaps the coolest display for a clipping LED I've seen! It makes me wish the Silver Linings had that. :)
Digital John is a killer player, and nice break from Pete's major scales, which are badass btw. This pedal would probably sound best through a 50-100 watt clean (non hi-gain) tube amp. Eh idk.
Only thing that was missed was the pre-tone backed off with the treble dialed back in and vice-versa. High-pre tone with low treble would probs give a really cool treble-booster feel.
Can you guys do an extensive video on the Zoom g6 and the best ways to run this (directly into amp cab powered or non powered, directly into amp input, through effects loop, etc). I purchased this as a budget friendly option to maximize tone capabilities but I am struggling to get good sounds, I dont know if its how I am physically connecting this thing, my lack of understanding how to build up the effects in the device or what. All the videos I see on this are just reviews telling us that its a good value for the budget but there is nothing great out there on how we should be connecting it to amps or cabs. What a great opportunity for a "DIGITAL JOHN" moment!!! Also, great job, I love all of your videos, I find everything that you all do here very informative and you pump out a massive amount of content... keep on Rockin'!!!
Well, are you running it into the effects loop? If so, have you turned off the cab sim on the presets? If you're running the pedal through a guitar amp, turn the cab sim off. If you're running the pedal into a set of headphones, turn the cab sim on. You don't need to simulate a guitar cab in the preset if the sound is coming out of a guitar amp. That's 99% of the problem people have. It's hard to answer your question because you've given almost zero details as to what you've tried, or what it sounds like. This is also why you don't buy a cheap pedal without looking up if there's good guides, or reviews, or support first. Always research your purchase, this is why. You spent money trying to save money, but you're going to end up spending more money in the long run replacing the shit you bought trying to save money.... JUST SPEND THE FUCKIN MONEY! lol.
I hope this helps you out- this is a link to the operations manual for the G6- it has a section specifically dedicated to how you connect it to amps and so forth. The tip the rude guy above gave you about the cab sim is spot on though- if you're running it into a real cab or an amp, then there's no use for the cab sim- turn it off. Each one of the presets probably already has it included- so you'll have to edit them and remove the cab sim. If you're running into headphones or straight into a recording interface of some kind- turn them on. If you've tried running it into the front of the amp and it doesn't sound good even with cab sims off- try running the output directly into the "return" of your effects loop. This is skipping the preamp section of your amp and running directly into the power amp and then out to the speaker. This means your preamp won't color the tone or add or subtract anything from it. Good luck man- the link is below. zoomcorp.com/media/documents/E_G6_v2.pdf
I know the engineer that designed the circuit for this pedal. He said that it runs on a potato and a gherkin power plant which is distributed on a circuit board made from a wholemeal rice cake and serviced by an army of nits that keep everything flowing just nicely.
Yes and it all sounds impressive but they cheaped out they should have put in NOS vintage nits like the old Gringley Metal Masher. Then there is the Gherkin power Plant. Much too sweet and not near enough tang in its upper range. Its all very disappointing to a serious doublespeaker.
@@Paul_Lenard_Ewing Sir! I refer you to Noggin the nog who used the finest nepalese gherkins to illuminate all the mountains of the gong people so they could summon the silver winged angels of Meredith to sing theyre golden songs of woppington bop. nuff said
It's all very nice but it sounds like every other hi-gain amp-in-a-box pedal out there but with more knobs/switches! It will have to go a long way to beat my Victory V4 Kraken Preamp pedal... PS: I've just seen the price: it's a lot of pedal for £239. I wouldn't swap it for my Kraken but if I didn't have the Kraken: that's a different story!
I’ve bought a Simplifier DLX blindly, right after the Captain video and, after a month or so, I’ve failed to find an issue with it! Damn, is literally fantastic!!!❤❤❤
@@alessandrodecarli2462 what kind of music do you play ? i know it's awesome for everything soft to hardrock but does it accept boost to play high gain ?
I’ve tried out on a wood club in an 80’s Poison-like night and was astonishingly clear and powerful. Just selected CLEAN with a STACK and 6L6 finals and let it flow! Actually, I’m not a Metal-Head, so I don’t know exactly how it works with really high-gain pedals, but with Muffs it respond very well!
Wanted to like this. I keep wanting to like DSM Humboldt stuff. Just... I dunno. Nothing that ever jumps out at me. I've hovered over the "buy" button for a Simplifier DLX at least a half-dozen times. Just always walk away from sound demos felling... whelmed? Whelmed. I'd love to see this head-to--head with the Ibanez Pentatone, since they seem to be going after similar functionality.
LOL- This pedal has more gain than I would use even with the gain knob tuned all the way down. Sounds cool when someone like John plays it though- just not my thing.
The oldest argument in music "IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE AN XYZ" like a klon, like a tubescreamer, like a... like a... No one is forcing you to buy these, if you can't hear the difference then it's obvious you don't play this kind of music, which means the pedal isn't for you, so your opinion of it really doesn't matter. You either like it, and it does the thing that you need it to do with the specific rig that you're running, or it doesn't and you use whatever you prefer. If you like metal zones... LOL then go use a fuckin metal zone bro, no one is stopping you but all the people laughing when you bust out a metal zone with a straight face.
@@DudeMcGuybro what in the absolute hell are you on about? I have never seen this much words written to make zero sensible arguments. “If you don’t like it don’t buy it” - the stupidest argument in music. How the hell did you figure out that I like this sound from my comment? This sounds horrible, as does a Metal Zone, you absolute bot of a person!
This review's got a little Metal Zone in front of the amp energy. DSM call this pedal a 'lead machine' even if you're playing death metal tones you want mids for a nice, full lead sound (ie. Bjorn Gelotte). The mids are scooped until 13:41 wish there was more than a minute of knob-fiddling left after that.
Ugh. I really don't like that kinda (metal) sound. I prefer my H&K Warp Factor. If guitar sound was beef, Warp Factor makes it "tender".To me, this makes it "cold & tough". = No thank you.
All hail Digital John!
This is a space saver w built in gate and volume boost for solo time!
Mid Boost mode is for the front of the amp just like normal mode. That’s why it seemed to be under a bit of a blanket as you were running into the effects return; Pre Amp mode is the only setting designed for that.
An otherwise excellent video though! I’ve got their Silver Linings and I doubt it’ll ever leave my board.
DSM is about to take over the world, and i like it
It scores 10 out of 10 with me. It sets out to do just one thing and do it right. There is just enough flexibility to set it to your rig. None of the extras are useless clutter and noise makers only usable for Shoe gaze and bedroom Sci Fi. Very, very impressive.
I bought my Silver Linings pedal a little over a year ago after hearing your demo of it. I love bluesy, almost-fuzz overdrive tones and it is absolutely perfect for that while having a wide range of gain and EQ options, plus it is well-built and the embossed faceplate is beautiful. I didn't see much discussion of it and saw a lot of clearance prices on it at the end of last year, so it didn't seem to be nearly as popular as I thought it should be, which made me sad.
This new pedal looks awesome! I definitely plan to pick one up once it's available here in the US and I have the extra cash. I'm more of a rock and blues player so imagine it won't unseat the Silver Linings as my favorite drive pedal, but it seems equally versatile and well-built. I love their designs and how they have kept an embossed faceplate with this pedal, and the lightning bolt display for the clipping LED is perhaps the coolest display for a clipping LED I've seen! It makes me wish the Silver Linings had that. :)
The little lightning locks great and it sounds great
D I G I T A L 🤖 J O H N
Digital John is a killer player, and nice break from Pete's major scales, which are badass btw. This pedal would probably sound best through a 50-100 watt clean (non hi-gain) tube amp. Eh idk.
big fan of this pedal! 🖤☁
Only thing that was missed was the pre-tone backed off with the treble dialed back in and vice-versa. High-pre tone with low treble would probs give a really cool treble-booster feel.
I am very fussy about high gain tones, and this sounds perfect!
The fact that "The Captain" said the rig was running through a Boss Katana Artist says it all: "For the Win". Whoo-who !
How do you think this might work with a bass?? I know it isn't meant for it, but would it transfer well?
Stunning job on showing all the functions!
Digital John on an analog Humboldt? Awww, we'll take it!!!!
MXR EVH 5150 has a gate and boost too FYI.
Jon's a bad ass -- that pedal sounds fantastic.
DSM just seem to know ... great pedal
Can you guys do an extensive video on the Zoom g6 and the best ways to run this (directly into amp cab powered or non powered, directly into amp input, through effects loop, etc). I purchased this as a budget friendly option to maximize tone capabilities but I am struggling to get good sounds, I dont know if its how I am physically connecting this thing, my lack of understanding how to build up the effects in the device or what. All the videos I see on this are just reviews telling us that its a good value for the budget but there is nothing great out there on how we should be connecting it to amps or cabs. What a great opportunity for a "DIGITAL JOHN" moment!!! Also, great job, I love all of your videos, I find everything that you all do here very informative and you pump out a massive amount of content... keep on Rockin'!!!
Well, are you running it into the effects loop? If so, have you turned off the cab sim on the presets? If you're running the pedal through a guitar amp, turn the cab sim off. If you're running the pedal into a set of headphones, turn the cab sim on. You don't need to simulate a guitar cab in the preset if the sound is coming out of a guitar amp. That's 99% of the problem people have.
It's hard to answer your question because you've given almost zero details as to what you've tried, or what it sounds like. This is also why you don't buy a cheap pedal without looking up if there's good guides, or reviews, or support first. Always research your purchase, this is why. You spent money trying to save money, but you're going to end up spending more money in the long run replacing the shit you bought trying to save money.... JUST SPEND THE FUCKIN MONEY! lol.
I hope this helps you out- this is a link to the operations manual for the G6- it has a section specifically dedicated to how you connect it to amps and so forth. The tip the rude guy above gave you about the cab sim is spot on though- if you're running it into a real cab or an amp, then there's no use for the cab sim- turn it off. Each one of the presets probably already has it included- so you'll have to edit them and remove the cab sim. If you're running into headphones or straight into a recording interface of some kind- turn them on. If you've tried running it into the front of the amp and it doesn't sound good even with cab sims off- try running the output directly into the "return" of your effects loop. This is skipping the preamp section of your amp and running directly into the power amp and then out to the speaker. This means your preamp won't color the tone or add or subtract anything from it. Good luck man- the link is below.
zoomcorp.com/media/documents/E_G6_v2.pdf
Sounds good, I like how tight it is.
I know the engineer that designed the circuit for this pedal. He said that it runs on a potato and a gherkin power plant which is distributed on a circuit board made from a wholemeal rice cake and serviced by an army of nits that keep everything flowing just nicely.
Yes and it all sounds impressive but they cheaped out they should have put in NOS vintage nits like the old Gringley Metal Masher. Then there is the Gherkin power Plant. Much too sweet and not near enough tang in its upper range. Its all very disappointing to a serious doublespeaker.
@@Paul_Lenard_Ewing Sir! I refer you to Noggin the nog who used the finest nepalese gherkins to illuminate all the mountains of the gong people so they could summon the silver winged angels of Meredith to sing theyre golden songs of woppington bop. nuff said
It's all very nice but it sounds like every other hi-gain amp-in-a-box pedal out there but with more knobs/switches! It will have to go a long way to beat my Victory V4 Kraken Preamp pedal...
PS: I've just seen the price: it's a lot of pedal for £239. I wouldn't swap it for my Kraken but if I didn't have the Kraken: that's a different story!
Nice work DSM - now please do the exact same thing, but with gain running from clean to JCM800 on 11. And a reverb. 😂
Owww.....🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐
Metal or Djent? Does the pedal work well for other types of metal as well such as death metal or black metal, or only the djent style?
Standard pedal,John is TOP 😊
Waiting for my amplifier Deluxe... Hope it will accept some high gain and boost, impossible to test it or see any vid about that
I’ve bought a Simplifier DLX blindly, right after the Captain video and, after a month or so, I’ve failed to find an issue with it! Damn, is literally fantastic!!!❤❤❤
@@alessandrodecarli2462 what kind of music do you play ? i know it's awesome for everything soft to hardrock but does it accept boost to play high gain ?
I’ve tried out on a wood club in an 80’s Poison-like night and was astonishingly clear and powerful. Just selected CLEAN with a STACK and 6L6 finals and let it flow! Actually, I’m not a Metal-Head, so I don’t know exactly how it works with really high-gain pedals, but with Muffs it respond very well!
@ander_tons. hey, is it you always who tried to f**k my money last time?
@@jkdmyrs 😱😱😱…
Wanted to like this. I keep wanting to like DSM Humboldt stuff. Just... I dunno. Nothing that ever jumps out at me. I've hovered over the "buy" button for a Simplifier DLX at least a half-dozen times. Just always walk away from sound demos felling... whelmed? Whelmed.
I'd love to see this head-to--head with the Ibanez Pentatone, since they seem to be going after similar functionality.
i live in a county called humboldt and we get a lot of clouds not just black
@@rexrathtar3893 what?
It was a joke, cirrus is a cloud type but sounds a bit like serious, are you serious.
@@anomalousresult ok i dont know about any cloud types
So it's going in the front of the Katana, or the power amp in? Or effects return?
Lee says power amp in.
@@che2335 yes he did :)
Ah yes, digeridoo John!
Occasionally Analogue John...
They need to incorporate this into a metal edition of the Simplifier deluxe
What has happened to digital John?
The Digital Jhohn joke never gets old
Nice, for me it sounds like a devil Klon on steroids!
I love the controls but it sounds sooo compressed
LOL- This pedal has more gain than I would use even with the gain knob tuned all the way down. Sounds cool when someone like John plays it though- just not my thing.
KSR Ceres, no gate, but sounds metal.
EVH has noise gate
Have we made full circle and we think these tones are good again? It sounds like a metal zone bruh...
The oldest argument in music "IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE AN XYZ" like a klon, like a tubescreamer, like a... like a...
No one is forcing you to buy these, if you can't hear the difference then it's obvious you don't play this kind of music, which means the pedal isn't for you, so your opinion of it really doesn't matter. You either like it, and it does the thing that you need it to do with the specific rig that you're running, or it doesn't and you use whatever you prefer. If you like metal zones... LOL then go use a fuckin metal zone bro, no one is stopping you but all the people laughing when you bust out a metal zone with a straight face.
@@DudeMcGuybro what in the absolute hell are you on about? I have never seen this much words written to make zero sensible arguments. “If you don’t like it don’t buy it” - the stupidest argument in music.
How the hell did you figure out that I like this sound from my comment? This sounds horrible, as does a Metal Zone, you absolute bot of a person!
War Machine John
I remember when Judas Priest and Iron Maiden ruled the day - now I on occasion here them in elevators . . . .
Metal tone needs tubes. Lots of tubes
This review's got a little Metal Zone in front of the amp energy. DSM call this pedal a 'lead machine' even if you're playing death metal tones you want mids for a nice, full lead sound (ie. Bjorn Gelotte). The mids are scooped until 13:41 wish there was more than a minute of knob-fiddling left after that.
Am I the only one feeling that D I G I T A L JOHN HATES when Lee calls him D I G I T A L JOHN???? 😅
:( You guys can make anything like the 70's
On a scale of 1 to visual KEI this is a 2. Not the pedal for me.
DigiJon
Ugh. I really don't like that kinda (metal) sound. I prefer my H&K Warp Factor. If guitar sound was beef, Warp Factor makes it "tender".To me, this makes it "cold & tough". = No thank you.
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