Thanks Jason ! 😊 Pedals are Tone Chasers true never ending Story . 😉 Josh Scott says it best, "Just try Stuff !" & "Use It, if You've got It !" . He's also a firm believer, that Price isn't the biggest Factor in whether a Pedal can make good Tones .
I have quite a few drive pedals. Overdrives (soft clipping) and distortions (hard clipping). If I was stranded on an island and I had to pick one drive pedal to take with me it would be the JOYO British Sound pedal. Although it's billed as a hard clipping distortion pedal it does soft drive very well. $39.99 on Amazon... For an overdrive the best one I've found is the AZOR Overdrive. The old green one. Perfectly EQ'd. For my liking at any rate. I tried the Wampler Triumph and the Phenom. I've also tried a couple of REVV pedals too. I wasn't all that impressed. You just don't need to spend $300 on a drive pedal anymore. I've put together 16 pedal boards all with "budget" pedals and they all sound fantastic. I'd put 'em up against any rig. ANY rig. And now for the other shoe. There is a video from Josh Scott (JHS) highlighting Behringer pedals where he divulges that he buys some of his components from Uli Behringer. Yes. Your $400 (boutique) pedal has Behringer components in it.
@@RandyFricke yup it's crazy how much the brand name sticker on a pedal drives up the price! So many options out there! Problem is here in Canada, there's only Amazon who has any variety where budget pedals are concerned....🤔
I like the first one on the original setting. The others didn't sound any better and some were worse. This matches my experience trying to find a decent noise gate pedal. After BOSS, EHX and a few others, I settled on a $40 Donner mini pedal that works better than anything else I have tried in decades. I have 3 of them hooked up to various amps, and they are great.
Hey there, J! Great demo off all these drives. Have you done a King of Blues video. If not, a plain and then dressed up (with delay and some chorus) demo would be appreciated! I'm loving my budget pedals- my BIG however is the Db level I can play at.
great demo/comparison brotha! im running a jhs hall reverb plus a sonicake "blue skreamer" with my crate v5 5watt tube amp and love the sound! esp with the "dumble mode" on wooo!
Option paralysis having all those pedal to choose from 🤣 Have you tried the Joyo/Ammoon 'American Sound' (or the British Sound & AC Tone models) amp sim pedals? IMHO they are all you need going into a clean amp or direct for recording.
Last 3 for me , I do have a double barrel haven’t yet reviewed. Of those I’d go for wampler pound for pound price wise. I am not a gigging musician so affordable is always good, just question reliability and durability. Great review 😎🤙
@@SearchingForTone hey man thanks. Yeah that seems to be the consensus, however I had to replace the switches in 2 of my Wampler pedals and the led light in another. So electronics all fail at some point regardless of price. This Caline Brigade has been on my pedal board for the last month and it's fantastic!
Man , love your videos !! I know that you can buy good pedals and amps and guitars cheap ; just by using my ears. You demonstrate it and that I find awesome !!! I do it for some time and gig with them ; always compliments about my sound. Love your playing by the way ...........
@@Jef-sj6zc thanks man! Yeah I have been using the Caline Brigade on my gigging board for a month now and the guys in the band love my sound! Crazy! I went from 2 250$ overdrive pedals to this 90$ dual overdrive pedal and no one noticed hahaha
@@j-man9457 Yeh , you are so right !! Glad I find somebody who is doing the same as I do , and I am not a beginner , I am a semi professionel guitar player for a long while. First expensive stuff but than I find out that it was not necessery : use your ears and take your time to find out what you can reach with the right cheap stuff. I am really a fan of what you are doing on these videos !! 😅 from the Netherlands
@Jef-sj6zc wow man thanks! Much appreciated! I'm far from a professional, but I do play in a few bands and these pedals are great. For the country rock stuff that Caline Brigade is hard to beat with a Tele! Hahaha Rock on Man!
Now, you know the difference between overdrive and distortion and then fuzz is a whole different beast. You can get silicon or germanium or led clipping there’s a ton of options. Then you have your boost type stuff. I’m a tube amp guy too so that’s another factor. Stacking takes a specific order and can vary according to your taste. I’m hearing more of a distortion than what you’re calling fuzz. Fuzz is definitely more of a gnarly thing. But when you have the right ones, that can actually work nice together…. Cool stuff tho. 🙌🙌🙌
@@joereddy3146 yeah you may be right. Not a fan of distortion pedals either they are just fuzzy sounding to my ears, so drives are my go to... But not all drives sound right and crisp. I haven't pinpointed what exactly I like hence all these pedals hahaha!
I wonder if the lower end pedals have built in noise gating. The higher end ones seem to be noisier. That would affect your sustain in like, a ballad or something, you'd have to try it. I've got a low end ($35USD) DemonFX drive and it is really noisy, so that one isn't gated. I didn't like that timmy at all. I still haven't soldered that Aion Andromeda together. You've inspired me to do that today. I'm starting to think the government should regulate drives and allowing only one circuit for drives, that way there will only be one drive to choose from. Called "the drive." Then we will only have to decide on one of the three authorized colors and we will all be much happier with our choices.
@@j-man9457 That Aion Andromeda is almost finished. I haven't spent a lot of time on it, just I kept getting interrupted by stuff like a water leak and children wanting to build Legos they found in the laundry room that I'd forgotten to give them. I'm really happy with the quality of the Aion components. I will have to see how she sounds soon. I will let you know.
I liked the cheap blue one best. Could that have been because it was first in the chain? Maybe run it again with the other pedals first or individually hooked up?
Hey j how are you bud, Caline really gives a lot for the money and from what I've read they are using the same chips in most cases as the pedal they are copying. Of course the switches and jacks aren't as good quality but I've yet to have a cheap pedal fail me. Nothing wrong with most of these cheap pedals.
No more money does not make a better drive!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@theguitarprofessionals8584 agreed! I love that JHS Double barrel, but 430$ here in Canada? Come on!😯
Its Stupid!!!!! Cant wait till we walk into sweet water together!
@theguitarprofessionals8584 my last year of work, then road trip!
You have to see Chess Records 2120 south Michigan Ave
I just got myself the 10th anniversary Pure Sky and absolutely love it. Such a great drive! New addition to my board.
@@Dang2Production cool man! How is it different than the non 10th anniversary PureSky?
@j-man9457 it's purple haha the only difference that I know of, should be the same tonal wise
@Dang2Production interesting!
Thanks!
Thanks Jason ! 😊
Pedals are Tone Chasers true never ending Story . 😉
Josh Scott says it best, "Just try Stuff !" & "Use It, if You've got It !" . He's also a firm believer, that Price isn't the biggest Factor in whether a Pedal can make good Tones .
@@curtisc9350 yup true words right there for sure!
I thought the blue cheap one was nice when you adjusted a little. There`s so many variables but you did a good job.
@@barackmycat9448 yeah the puresky gets great reviews but for me it's too saturated...
I have quite a few drive pedals. Overdrives (soft clipping) and distortions (hard clipping). If I was stranded on an island and I had to pick one drive pedal to take with me it would be the JOYO British Sound pedal. Although it's billed as a hard clipping distortion pedal it does soft drive very well. $39.99 on Amazon...
For an overdrive the best one I've found is the AZOR Overdrive. The old green one. Perfectly EQ'd. For my liking at any rate.
I tried the Wampler Triumph and the Phenom. I've also tried a couple of REVV pedals too. I wasn't all that impressed.
You just don't need to spend $300 on a drive pedal anymore.
I've put together 16 pedal boards all with "budget" pedals and they all sound fantastic. I'd put 'em up against any rig. ANY rig.
And now for the other shoe. There is a video from Josh Scott (JHS) highlighting Behringer pedals where he divulges that he buys some of his components from Uli Behringer.
Yes. Your $400 (boutique) pedal has Behringer components in it.
@@RandyFricke yup it's crazy how much the brand name sticker on a pedal drives up the price! So many options out there! Problem is here in Canada, there's only Amazon who has any variety where budget pedals are concerned....🤔
I like the first one on the original setting. The others didn't sound any better and some were worse. This matches my experience trying to find a decent noise gate pedal. After BOSS, EHX and a few others, I settled on a $40 Donner mini pedal that works better than anything else I have tried in decades. I have 3 of them hooked up to various amps, and they are great.
@@RacerX888 wow cool man! Good to know. Yeah I really don't think price matters... There are some great budget pedals out there!
Hey there, J! Great demo off all these drives. Have you done a King of Blues video. If not, a plain and then dressed up (with delay and some chorus) demo would be appreciated! I'm loving my budget pedals- my BIG however is the Db level I can play at.
@@calbrockocat8728 I have not. Not a huge fan of the KOB but I'll see if I can get a vid of just this one for ya!
@@j-man9457 Thanks much!!
great demo/comparison brotha!
im running a jhs hall reverb plus a sonicake "blue skreamer" with my crate v5 5watt tube amp and love the sound! esp with the "dumble mode" on wooo!
@@birdman316 nice man! Good blend of inexpensive and expensive effects there! $ does not equal tone! It's taste hahaha!
Option paralysis having all those pedal to choose from 🤣
Have you tried the Joyo/Ammoon 'American Sound' (or the British Sound & AC Tone models) amp sim pedals? IMHO they are all you need going into a clean amp or direct for recording.
@@ItsaCatsLife I have not but I'll look into their availability here! Thanks 👍
Last 3 for me , I do have a double barrel haven’t yet reviewed. Of those I’d go for wampler pound for pound price wise.
I am not a gigging musician so affordable is always good, just question reliability and durability.
Great review 😎🤙
@@SearchingForTone hey man thanks. Yeah that seems to be the consensus, however I had to replace the switches in 2 of my Wampler pedals and the led light in another. So electronics all fail at some point regardless of price.
This Caline Brigade has been on my pedal board for the last month and it's fantastic!
Man , love your videos !!
I know that you can buy good pedals and amps and guitars cheap ; just by using my ears.
You demonstrate it and that I find awesome !!!
I do it for some time and gig with them ; always compliments about my sound.
Love your playing by the way ...........
@@Jef-sj6zc thanks man!
Yeah I have been using the Caline Brigade on my gigging board for a month now and the guys in the band love my sound! Crazy! I went from 2 250$ overdrive pedals to this 90$ dual overdrive pedal and no one noticed hahaha
@@j-man9457 Yeh , you are so right !!
Glad I find somebody who is doing the same as I do , and I am not a beginner , I am a semi professionel guitar player for a long while. First expensive stuff but than I find out that it was not necessery : use your ears and take your time to find out what you can reach with the right cheap stuff.
I am really a fan of what you are doing on these videos !! 😅 from the Netherlands
@Jef-sj6zc wow man thanks! Much appreciated! I'm far from a professional, but I do play in a few bands and these pedals are great. For the country rock stuff that Caline Brigade is hard to beat with a Tele! Hahaha
Rock on Man!
Now, you know the difference between overdrive and distortion and then fuzz is a whole different beast.
You can get silicon or germanium or led clipping there’s a ton of options. Then you have your boost type stuff.
I’m a tube amp guy too so that’s another factor.
Stacking takes a specific order and can vary according to your taste.
I’m hearing more of a distortion than what you’re calling fuzz.
Fuzz is definitely more of a gnarly thing.
But when you have the right ones, that can actually work nice together….
Cool stuff tho. 🙌🙌🙌
@@joereddy3146 yeah you may be right. Not a fan of distortion pedals either they are just fuzzy sounding to my ears, so drives are my go to... But not all drives sound right and crisp. I haven't pinpointed what exactly I like hence all these pedals hahaha!
Hey Buddy, can’t tell if I’m feeling Fuzzy, or Distorted 💥😱
Great review.
Look out Brad, the J is coming after you with overdrive 💪💪💥👍
@@guitarzan0515 hahaha Brad says he's not one bit worried hahaha!
I wonder if the lower end pedals have built in noise gating. The higher end ones seem to be noisier. That would affect your sustain in like, a ballad or something, you'd have to try it. I've got a low end ($35USD) DemonFX drive and it is really noisy, so that one isn't gated. I didn't like that timmy at all. I still haven't soldered that Aion Andromeda together. You've inspired me to do that today.
I'm starting to think the government should regulate drives and allowing only one circuit for drives, that way there will only be one drive to choose from. Called "the drive." Then we will only have to decide on one of the three authorized colors and we will all be much happier with our choices.
@@stephanpeters3875 Thanks man! Justin Trudeau is on his way out, so get in there and make it happen 👍🤘😉
@@j-man9457 That Aion Andromeda is almost finished. I haven't spent a lot of time on it, just I kept getting interrupted by stuff like a water leak and children wanting to build Legos they found in the laundry room that I'd forgotten to give them. I'm really happy with the quality of the Aion components. I will have to see how she sounds soon. I will let you know.
@stephanpeters3875 sweet!
I liked the cheap blue one best. Could that have been because it was first in the chain? Maybe run it again with the other pedals first or individually hooked up?
@@aeynghus yeah maybe! I'll do a follow up vid as a few have asked to hear it separately!
Try them with different guitars you might get different results and deferent turn knobs on both pedals and guitars
@@kennethhoneycutt4513 yeah no doubt, however I personally only play teles with the bands I play with, so that's my standard for testing pedals 😃
I have the pure sky. Try the gain at 11o'clock
@@spookshilljoe7376 will do man thanks!
Nice
Hey j how are you bud, Caline really gives a lot for the money and from what I've read they are using the same chips in most cases as the pedal they are copying. Of course the switches and jacks aren't as good quality but I've yet to have a cheap pedal fail me. Nothing wrong with most of these cheap pedals.
The pedal is always better on the other side of the street.
@@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp hahaha!