Here's another cool pedal video about a super rare fuzz Kurt Cobain used to record with during the in utero sessions. The square wave sounds very unique and interesting!
@@alexander-qt4fc Arron says in a previous video that the Mesa boogie studio (clean channel) is identical to a Fender Quad Reverb just with an EQ circuit. So the mesa boogie studio is essentially a knock off lol.
@@alexander-qt4fc It's not literally a knock off Probs should have said "Fender inspired" Just saying the clean channel on the mesa boogie is almost if not identical to that of a Fender twin reverb minus the EQ circuit Arron talks about it in his 1992 reading festival tone video. Comparing the wiring diagrams of the two. Thought it was nifty to know you don't actually need a mesa boogie 22 just to nail his live tones.
I can definitely relate to the obsession of finding the perfect tone to replicate your favorite band/musician using every piece of gear and research that you can find. I never took it to quite the level you are at but I love and appreciate your dedication. This channel is gold!
The tone on the intro of "Rape Me" was the catalyst to my guitar journey all those years ago. That's also how I found your videos. What you're doing is amazing, every little detail down to the loop pile count of the carpet in the room during the recordings. Of what I think is one of the best sounding albums of all time. I'll be interested in both of the pedals when the time comes.
Hey Aaron I might have an idea for your power issues on the engine pedal. If you use a 9v power regulator in series after the 9v input you can minimize any large draw of power from the wall that could damage it. This method works with negative voltage and provides a constant supply of power to minimize inconsistency with the sound. I hope this helps, im excited to buy your pedals in the future.
The Super Fuzz + Echo Flanger combo is one of my favorite tones you ever shown in a video bro, the damn thing sounds like it's about to explode into a million pieces.
I cant get over how rad the engine sounds still. When you posted that video a while ago I was immediately impressed but hearing it again for the first time since then I'm still just as enamored
He should make a whole series, this one, pedal x, 'the engine', a pedal recreating the 4-tube amp with 3 of the tubes missing, etc. He should collaborate with Josh of JHS since he is also a big Kobain fan...
If you ever decide to release these pedals, PLEASE do not make them insanely expensive. I'm a teenager who's also living in seattle and your work is so inspiring, and these pedals are something I'm exactly looking for and would love to be able to own without breaking the bank, but in the end its your work and your decisions.
@@illcomeupwithacreativename4096 Invest? Dude, I said MAKE ONE. Couldn't be more than 20 bucks in parts. Stop making excuses and start making the fuckin pedal already bro
dude ik u probaly wont read this but this is like the holy grail of UA-cam favorite channel fs this sounds crazy good and your hi flyer is so cool I'm making my own in honor of you
love the pedal .obviously..hold on to that passion for as long as you can. cuz this place lacks lite once dulled..for ever subbed.keep the hunt alive, A-aron.
I know I’m not the only one going straight to Reverb after, check that during watching one, of Aaron’s videos. Solid work once again man. Time to play with some pedals.
I like your In Utero pedal way more than any of the others. Sounds full and bitey, the others sound so thin, and the Muff is missing that bite. Great vid!
Thanks Aaron! Just a couple of hours ago I built myself this pedal according to the scheme from tagboardeffects. I can't find the right words to describe how awesome this pedal is! In russian there is a word "pizdets". This is PIZDETS - what a cool pedal!!! And it's not even that it turns out to make the sounds of double-track guitars from the In Utero. This fuzz has a huge potential for noise-rock and other crazy punk. Once again, thank you very much! Your channel is a real find, brilliant content!!!
I think you definitely have found an In Utero secret weapon. That square wave nails it, it brings that very slight bite into the mix that the muff lacks. The Sansamp does this imo also
The filter matrix is too good! I don't have a Polychorus/can't get one (way too expensive lol) but the Electric Mistress has a Filter Matrix mode that works for me!
Love your videos. It inspires me to play more, better and make some new cool guitar tones, which i haven't used before. I am interested in your opinion if it is possible to buy a great sounding mustang on a budget?
The Engine pedal‘s sound is my favorite. The sound I always been searching for. But I definitely want also the IN UTERO Square Wave new pedal. This pedal has the sound or Seattle, literally. Big respect for it. I have a question: Do these two pedals work well with a ten watt amp?
@@nishito1680 it wasn’t a studio version to the Montage of Heck recordings. Just home recordings. Are you referring to the Square Wave pedal and not the engine?
The Univox Square Wave is fundamentally a Fuzz Face topology, except all silicon transistors and an FET for the 2nd transistor. Unlike a Fuzz Face or Tone Bender (which is often the same thing), the gain is fixed, rather than variable. Like the EHX Muff Fuzz - which is also a sort of silicon Fuzz Face variant with fixed gain - ituses a pair of clipping diodes on the output to add a little sizzle. And because the form factor Univox used would limit them to only two knobs/controls, they provided a Tone and Volume control, rather than the more standard Volume and Gain/Drive/Distortion/Fuzz control. This tone control is a little different from what many are used to, in that it rolls off bass,rather than treble. I've built a few of these, but made the gain variable, for less and more intense sounds, and included a toggle for selecting two kinds of clipping diodes, or no diodes at all. The thing remains a beast, even without diodes. If anything, the diodes serve to keep the volume in check, because this thing can be LOUD.
Has anyone ever tried to isolate the setting Kurdt used on the SansAmp into its own pedal? Seems like that’s an idea worth pursuing for Brian Wampler or Earthquaker or any distortion connoisseurs. Cool episode, Aaron.
@AaronRash If you ever do a commercial run of these pedals, would you consider combining the 'in utero' square wave fuzz and the echo flanger filter matrix together into one pedal?
I love your videos really inspire me to pick up my guitar and learn to just have fun. Would have any tips for someone going for a Nirvana type tone but with a bit of ambient feel?
Well, I'm not really into ambient but maybe a mustang can make it for you, the bridge pickup sounds very jungly a kind a surf and the neck pickup it's totally warm and bit of jazzy
You're going to have all the quads left in the US. Until now you're the only other person who I've known that even has one... Well, more than one. Hahaha. I did meet someone in Austin once who had a super six... The quad is a heavy amp. I can't imagine lugging around a 6x12 combo on tour. Crazy. The quad is the coolest of the fender combos IMHO it's like a stack but since it's a fender you get better bass response from the open back cab. I used to mic mine behind the speakers in the studio. It sounded really cool to mix in w the mic in the front.
Fucking awesome video, I honestly think that the Univox Superfuzz through the filter matrix almost sounds like your Engine pedal without the filter matrix on, so that may have been the tone as you said before, but still i’ve the engine as it does that sound regardless of the combo
He should make a whole series, this one, pedal x, 'the engine', a pedal recreating the 4-tube amp with 3 of the tubes missing, etc. He should collaborate with Josh of JHS since he is also a big Kobain fan...
Its fun to watch gear videos and see people try to recreate a guitarist tone. The thing about Kurt, I am certain a lot of us had his tone at one point in our lives, That crappy, I cant afford a good amp/guitar, turn the gain up tone. For me, it was a Fender M80 half stack that i spray painted green in my teens. If Nirvana was never a thing, I am certain people would hear his tone and hate it and would never want to recreate it. Its crazy how much fame can change things, Even the simplest things like Kurts guitar tone.
Awesome video ! Your work on the pedals amaze me a lot ... You should let it know the secret of your Fuzz pedals .. Trust me :) Anyway, awesome like always with those cinematic work and really well done job on the tone recreation.
Hey Aaron I have a question. If you are still doing the tone videos could you please do pennyroyal tea because this is my favorite nirvana song and I have not seen anyone else do it.
In your small clone mod video, you mentioned something about the modded small clone now being able to do the filter matrix. Do you know if it can do the filter matrix sound without modifying
which one do I prefer? it depends. If it's just the pedal, I prefer the sound of the square wave, but if we put the matrix filter on, I like the engine better.
You said The Engine runs on Negative power supply. ALL BOSS PEDALS ARE 9 VOLT NEGATIVE. Its EHX that’s more often Positive Polarity, but either way they make adapters to change the Polarity. I used a an adapter to change Negative To Positive for my Full Tone Soul Bender for many years w a Spot 1. Works fine. But Negative Polarity is MORE common i’d say. -Danno
Hey Aaron, I've been watching your videos for a while now and it would be really awesome if you could turn all these great Nirvana-tones of your vids into a Kemper-pack. I'd definately pay for them...
@AaronRash Bro, u should make a whole series, this one, pedal x, 'the engine', a pedal recreating the 4-tube amp with 3 of the tubes missing, etc. Collaborate with Josh of JHS since he is also a big Kobain fan!
Aaron, make sure your room is Pitch Dark when you sleep (during the day), that way your body will release sleep hormone. Once you wake up from sleep, you'll feel properly rested. You could use 100% black out curtains to cover those windows. Okay, take Great care buddy!
Are you gonna be making/selling any pedals!? I would love to have the Engine, Univox Super Fuzz, In Utero Square Wave pedals that you made they sound Amazing!!!! What’s your Website where you can Purchase the Engine Pedal?
He should make a whole series, this one, pedal x, 'the engine', a pedal recreating the 4-tube amp with 3 of the tubes missing, etc. He should collaborate with Josh of JHS since he is also a big Kobain fan...
@@-jank-willson Aaron Mentioned a Website where he is Selling the pedals he makes (or at least selling “The Engine”’pedal,) I wonder what website he’s talking about, I want the Engine pedal, and that Univox Super Fuzz and In Utero Univox Square Wave pedals, but it’s like impossible to get ahold of Aaron….
Bro is gonna have a zoo in his backyard and its gonna be all Quad reverbs
Best amp of all time
@@stephenkane2464, no, that's a mesa Boogie studio 22+
@@alexander-qt4fc Arron says in a previous video that the Mesa boogie studio (clean channel) is identical to a Fender Quad Reverb just with an EQ circuit.
So the mesa boogie studio is essentially a knock off lol.
@@BarrySmoother, wtf, that's not a knock off.
@@alexander-qt4fc It's not literally a knock off
Probs should have said "Fender inspired"
Just saying the clean channel on the mesa boogie is almost if not identical to that of a Fender twin reverb minus the EQ circuit
Arron talks about it in his 1992 reading festival tone video. Comparing the wiring diagrams of the two. Thought it was nifty to know you don't actually need a mesa boogie 22 just to nail his live tones.
I can definitely relate to the obsession of finding the perfect tone to replicate your favorite band/musician using every piece of gear and research that you can find. I never took it to quite the level you are at but I love and appreciate your dedication. This channel is gold!
The tone on the intro of "Rape Me" was the catalyst to my guitar journey all those years ago. That's also how I found your videos. What you're doing is amazing, every little detail down to the loop pile count of the carpet in the room during the recordings. Of what I think is one of the best sounding albums of all time. I'll be interested in both of the pedals when the time comes.
Hey Aaron I might have an idea for your power issues on the engine pedal. If you use a 9v power regulator in series after the 9v input you can minimize any large draw of power from the wall that could damage it. This method works with negative voltage and provides a constant supply of power to minimize inconsistency with the sound. I hope this helps, im excited to buy your pedals in the future.
The Super Fuzz + Echo Flanger combo is one of my favorite tones you ever shown in a video bro, the damn thing sounds like it's about to explode into a million pieces.
I cant get over how rad the engine sounds still. When you posted that video a while ago I was immediately impressed but hearing it again for the first time since then I'm still just as enamored
He should make a whole series, this one, pedal x, 'the engine', a pedal recreating the 4-tube amp with 3 of the tubes missing, etc.
He should collaborate with Josh of JHS since he is also a big Kobain fan...
I often re-watch your videos to only enjoy the tone you achieved, love this video!
If you ever decide to release these pedals, PLEASE do not make them insanely expensive. I'm a teenager who's also living in seattle and your work is so inspiring, and these pedals are something I'm exactly looking for and would love to be able to own without breaking the bank, but in the end its your work and your decisions.
shit dude same lmao
i mean i'm not in seattle but yeah
Just make one dude....Google is free and easy my dude
@@DrMurdercock bruh if you're a teenager you can't just invest in the necessary equipment on a whim 🤨
@@illcomeupwithacreativename4096 Invest? Dude, I said MAKE ONE. Couldn't be more than 20 bucks in parts. Stop making excuses and start making the fuckin pedal already bro
dude ik u probaly wont read this but this is like the holy grail of UA-cam
favorite channel fs
this sounds crazy good and your hi flyer is so cool I'm making my own in honor of you
The quality content that you make is totally unrealistic, it feels like a movie, great job with your videos, they are awesome dude!!!!!
love the work man keep pumpin out these videos i love them so much!!
Holy shit dude, again another banger. Keep at it brother!
Another upload, another happy day, thank you so much Aaron!
I long for the day that I can just build my own pedals to get the sound I want with the insane precision of this man lol
Yessir new vid
This is amazing. I started a project like this at one point - but you've taken it to levels I've never seen.
This is amazing, love your stuff man
It's just amazes me how close your tone is
love the pedal .obviously..hold on to that passion for as long as you can. cuz this place lacks lite once dulled..for ever subbed.keep the hunt alive, A-aron.
I know I’m not the only one going straight to Reverb after, check that during watching one, of Aaron’s videos. Solid work once again man. Time to play with some pedals.
I like your In Utero pedal way more than any of the others. Sounds full and bitey, the others sound so thin, and the Muff is missing that bite. Great vid!
Thanks Aaron! Just a couple of hours ago I built myself this pedal according to the scheme from tagboardeffects. I can't find the right words to describe how awesome this pedal is! In russian there is a word "pizdets". This is PIZDETS - what a cool pedal!!! And it's not even that it turns out to make the sounds of double-track guitars from the In Utero. This fuzz has a huge potential for noise-rock and other crazy punk. Once again, thank you very much! Your channel is a real find, brilliant content!!!
what schematic on that website is it?
Dude, your vids make me feel special
Pedal Demo Time-Stamps:
Square Wave (2:54)
Univox Super Fuzz (3:05)
The Engine (3:16)
Big Muff V1 (3:28)
That square wave pedal sounds amazing I’ll take one and one engine pedal. Awesome video.
I just want that engine pedal! Sounds very unique, I tried to tell him to get a hold of Josh Scott.
Awesome, I love your work ✨
Dude Aaron, once again you hit that shit out of the park man! So hyped for the engine pedal to drop and that ferrington mustang is looking sweet!
The filter matrix sounds the most badass with the Triangle bigmuff
awesome video aaron, keep it up!
glad your videos exist!
I think you definitely have found an In Utero secret weapon. That square wave nails it, it brings that very slight bite into the mix that the muff lacks. The Sansamp does this imo also
This is the tone I've been searching for my whole life
i really dig how the engine doesn’t have too much low end, i’m sure that sounds awesome in a mix
Best channel on Kurt Cobain's stuff by far! Should have his own show on Spotify or Netflix.
The filter matrix is too good! I don't have a Polychorus/can't get one (way too expensive lol) but the Electric Mistress has a Filter Matrix mode that works for me!
Love your videos. It inspires me to play more, better and make some new cool guitar tones, which i haven't used before. I am interested in your opinion if it is possible to buy a great sounding mustang on a budget?
the squier mustangs are pretty good for there price
The Engine pedal‘s sound is my favorite. The sound I always been searching for. But I definitely want also the IN UTERO Square Wave new pedal. This pedal has the sound or Seattle, literally. Big respect for it. I have a question: Do these two pedals work well with a ten watt amp?
I think that it isn't going to sound like the studio version, but it is going to sound good too.
@@nishito1680 it wasn’t a studio version to the Montage of Heck recordings. Just home recordings. Are you referring to the Square Wave pedal and not the engine?
The Univox Square Wave is fundamentally a Fuzz Face topology, except all silicon transistors and an FET for the 2nd transistor. Unlike a Fuzz Face or Tone Bender (which is often the same thing), the gain is fixed, rather than variable. Like the EHX Muff Fuzz - which is also a sort of silicon Fuzz Face variant with fixed gain - ituses a pair of clipping diodes on the output to add a little sizzle. And because the form factor Univox used would limit them to only two knobs/controls, they provided a Tone and Volume control, rather than the more standard Volume and Gain/Drive/Distortion/Fuzz control. This tone control is a little different from what many are used to, in that it rolls off bass,rather than treble. I've built a few of these, but made the gain variable, for less and more intense sounds, and included a toggle for selecting two kinds of clipping diodes, or no diodes at all. The thing remains a beast, even without diodes. If anything, the diodes serve to keep the volume in check, because this thing can be LOUD.
Has anyone ever tried to isolate the setting Kurdt used on the SansAmp into its own pedal? Seems like that’s an idea worth pursuing for Brian Wampler or Earthquaker or any distortion connoisseurs. Cool episode, Aaron.
The Joyo California is a clone of the Sansamp Mesa circuit.
@AaronRash
If you ever do a commercial run of these pedals, would you consider combining the 'in utero' square wave fuzz and the echo flanger filter matrix together into one pedal?
The production on your videos
I love your videos really inspire me to pick up my guitar and learn to just have fun. Would have any tips for someone going for a Nirvana type tone but with a bit of ambient feel?
Well, I'm not really into ambient but maybe a mustang can make it for you, the bridge pickup sounds very jungly a kind a surf and the neck pickup it's totally warm and bit of jazzy
@@jhon5235 I been looking at getting one but thank you for the info
What kind of ambience?
@@hayden911 trying to go for a dark yet comforting kind with a slight lofi feel but still holding a grunge rock feel
I loved it ❤️🇧🇷. Thanks
You're going to have all the quads left in the US. Until now you're the only other person who I've known that even has one... Well, more than one. Hahaha. I did meet someone in Austin once who had a super six... The quad is a heavy amp. I can't imagine lugging around a 6x12 combo on tour. Crazy. The quad is the coolest of the fender combos IMHO it's like a stack but since it's a fender you get better bass response from the open back cab. I used to mic mine behind the speakers in the studio. It sounded really cool to mix in w the mic in the front.
that’s dope , did you use four Celestine vintage speakers in your Marshall cab for the live and loud video?
You should do a pedal comparison, or collection video. It would be really cool!
My favorite pedal was the superfuzz, sounds good even without the filter matrix.
I can't wait for the pedal drop the engine is a beauty
Fucking awesome video, I honestly think that the Univox Superfuzz through the filter matrix almost sounds like your Engine pedal without the filter matrix on, so that may have been the tone as you said before, but still i’ve the engine as it does that sound regardless of the combo
The tone is 😮
can't wait for the engine to release
He should make a whole series, this one, pedal x, 'the engine', a pedal recreating the 4-tube amp with 3 of the tubes missing, etc.
He should collaborate with Josh of JHS since he is also a big Kobain fan...
Both your pedals sound better than any of the other fuzzes
The square wave pedal sounds amaaaaazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still waiting to buy an engine pedal, sounds so awesome.
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great video love it keep it up man. do you have sound proofing in there my familly would be pissed lol at 3 am
The big muff is definitely closest, but the engine does sound so unique I would love to see the schematics and make my own
I like the Square Wave most, I want one.
you should make an engine pedal with the echo flange built in that sounds incredible
Its fun to watch gear videos and see people try to recreate a guitarist tone. The thing about Kurt, I am certain a lot of us had his tone at one point in our lives, That crappy, I cant afford a good amp/guitar, turn the gain up tone. For me, it was a Fender M80 half stack that i spray painted green in my teens. If Nirvana was never a thing, I am certain people would hear his tone and hate it and would never want to recreate it. Its crazy how much fame can change things, Even the simplest things like Kurts guitar tone.
Hey man, are you going to sell all these pedals on your website or just the "Engine" pedal? By they way, it sounds AMAZING!!!
I dig the square wave. Is that going to be on the site as well? Thanks.
Awesome video ! Your work on the pedals amaze me a lot ... You should let it know the secret of your Fuzz pedals .. Trust me :)
Anyway, awesome like always with those cinematic work and really well done job on the tone recreation.
Hey Aaron I have a question. If you are still doing the tone videos could you please do pennyroyal tea because this is my favorite nirvana song and I have not seen anyone else do it.
In your small clone mod video, you mentioned something about the modded small clone now being able to do the filter matrix. Do you know if it can do the filter matrix sound without modifying
Lets go Aaron Rash upload.
Your neighbors must hate you! Keep this coming.
Aaron in a few months: listen up, Quad Quad Reverbs
love you dude
which one do I prefer? it depends. If it's just the pedal, I prefer the sound of the square wave, but if we put the matrix filter on, I like the engine better.
You said The Engine runs on Negative power supply.
ALL BOSS PEDALS ARE 9 VOLT NEGATIVE.
Its EHX that’s more often Positive Polarity, but either way they make adapters to change the Polarity.
I used a an adapter to change Negative To Positive for my Full Tone Soul Bender for many years w a Spot 1.
Works fine.
But Negative Polarity is MORE common i’d say.
-Danno
babe wake up aaron rash posted
will you also be selling the square wave pedal? i really loved that tone :)
DJ Saltynutz is In the house
U Need to make your own music bro it sounds so good and keep Some quad reverbs for the rest of us 😂😂
I want a Square Wave!
Aaron can you make a video about Kurt Cobain's feedback
u should make a video comparing the engine pedal and a ds1 id like to hear the differences
Hey Aaron,
I've been watching your videos for a while now and it would be really awesome if you could turn all these great Nirvana-tones of your vids into a Kemper-pack. I'd definately pay for them...
Hola U make alwais beautiful videos ...cheers
Was hoping you’d put on all of them simultaneously just to see what tone would come out…
@AaronRash
Bro, u should make a whole series, this one, pedal x, 'the engine', a pedal recreating the 4-tube amp with 3 of the tubes missing, etc.
Collaborate with Josh of JHS since he is also a big Kobain fan!
What are the settings you're using on the Filter Matrix mode? I have the same circuit OG Polychorus, def wanna try this out with my Muff!
Do you know the history behind the Black grill cloth Quad reverb? I used to have one and i remember spray painting the grill cloth Black 🧐
I need this pedal
When are you going to post the wiring diagram of the engine pedal
Aaron, make sure your room is Pitch Dark when you sleep (during the day), that way your body will release sleep hormone.
Once you wake up from sleep, you'll feel properly rested. You could use 100% black out curtains to cover those windows. Okay, take Great care buddy!
COOL!! what's the mic you are using for the amp?
Youre just killin it, dude. Fuck.
Are you gonna be making/selling any pedals!? I would love to have the Engine, Univox Super Fuzz, In Utero Square Wave pedals that you made they sound Amazing!!!!
What’s your Website where you can Purchase the Engine Pedal?
He should make a whole series, this one, pedal x, 'the engine', a pedal recreating the 4-tube amp with 3 of the tubes missing, etc.
He should collaborate with Josh of JHS since he is also a big Kobain fan...
@@-jank-willson Aaron Mentioned a Website where he is Selling the pedals he makes (or at least selling “The Engine”’pedal,) I wonder what website he’s talking about, I want the Engine pedal, and that Univox Super Fuzz and In Utero Univox Square Wave pedals, but it’s like impossible to get ahold of Aaron….
You could've fed a village with that many quads bro
My vote is for the v1 or engine without filter
dude u should totally sell the square wave pedal with the engine
if you made a filter matrix pedal that would be hells cool
bro you stole my riff lmaoo im kidding, good video tho bro!!
The Square Wave sounds like the Triangle Muff, but with mids.
Can hear mudhoney in the bigmuff.
he has the dodeca reverb
OH MY GOD, YOU'VE GOT 3 QUAD REVERBS..
Did you take the 2-3 power tubes out of the quad for this video??
Ever thought about taking the engine to JHS pedals to mass produce it
The riff you’re playing sounds like Warm Slime by Thee Oh Sees