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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- An in depth video to hep you navigate the Naga Viper treble booster by Catalinbread. The Naga Viper is a modern treble booster, like hot sauce for your pedal board! Howard goes into detail some of the flavors the Naga Viper has to offer, giving you a better understanding to cook up your own sound. Different modes allow you better control of its juicy harmonic range or turning your little Princeton Reverb into a fuzz box galore.
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TLDR?
Naga Viper into clean Marshall: 2:40
Naga Viper into cranked Marshall: 4:07
Naga Viper into clean Princeton: 7:14
Naga Viper into cranked Princeton: 9:38
Naga Viper and DLS into Princeton: 13:47
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I hate it when it's late at night and I crank the volume up on my computer because I can't hear what the guy on UA-cam is saying.. Then when he starts playing guitar, it wakes everyone up in the entire house.
ShadowⓋ use headphones
Dad problems
Those are the moments I live for
The closest I've heard to Unleashed-era Priest distortion...tbe holy grail of all distortions!
Well, 8 years later and this is still the absolute best explanation and demonstration of the Naga Viper that I have ever seen. Based on all the other (more recent) demos I've seen, I was going to pass on this pedal as they all dwelled on "you use this pedal through a near overdriven Marshall". Should have come to this video first - this pedal is more versatile than I thought. Will be grabbing one now.
Thank you for including those markers in the description to jump to the different configs. Very helpful.
Here are a few more to the same riff with different setups:
Marshall (vol 7) 4:32
Marshall (vol 7 + naga) 4:54
Princeton (vol 9 + naga) 10:32
Princeton (vol 2ish + DLS + naga) 15:20
Probably the best pedal purchase I ever made.
Love this video (and the pedal). Mine hasn't left my board for two years. I especially like it paired with tweed-style overdrives, but have also gotten some cool sounds running it into Big Muff, Fuzz Face and even Tonebender style fuzzes.
Same here! I have a Velet Fuzz, but I'm thinking of replacing it with the Katzenkonig also by catalinbread
Hi Patrick. Do you run it before or after your fuzz boxes in the chain ?
5 years later, is it on your board still?
@@roadrunnertropical Depends on the fuzz, usually before but I’ll dial in a dark sound at the amp. The booster can give a fuzz a lower impedance signal than it’s designed for, so it can get bright.
@@thathorrorshow4126 Yup! Using it into a DLS now. Considering getting a Beano Boost just for something different, but the Naga has never met an amp or amp-like dirt box it couldn’t boost.
I have to be honest, at 4:31, I like your tone, it sounds fuller and more natural to the beautiful Marshall tone. I rock all night long with that classic rock sound.
Amazing pedal guys, one of the best rock tones I've ever heard.
iommi, may, tipton, page, blackmore. the fathers of all metal all used rangemaster or horny-skewes treble boosters with their non master vol marshalls/laneys/voxs all set right around 6, oddly enuf. never understand why these fell out of fashion....used properly they ARE the sound of heavy rock. tighter low end, much more percussive pick attack, much more harmonic complexity, fatter mids....all things that sound great in a full band mix. the quality of the transistor makes a big difference. there are a few makers out there doing it right.
livingabovethe12th Brian May a father of metal?
@@ffs_auggie Yes, he is. Talk to any serious metalheads from the mid to late 70s. Remember Metal evolved. A lot of guitarists and bands that used to be considered Metal and who were at the forefront of defining the style and sound of the genre are simply no longer recognized for their contributions by a generation that lost touch with Metal's roots.
@@ffs_auggie Innuendo is Metal AF
@@kjsouthall252 Yeah, what's known as "Heavy Metal" now ain't, what they call "Metal" today is really more Punk/Hardcore Punk with some faint flashes of the original shit, but no it ain't Heavy Metal, real Heavy Metal was the heavy Blues Rock sound of Zep/Purple, just cranked to 11 and adding other elements like Jazz and Classical, and adding a darker, more moody tone and feel, what people call Heavy Metal now is a shitty, lifeless product with no soul, as for the so-called "evolution" it really isn't an evolution, but a devolution.
4 years late.. but may got his tone from rory gallagher.. ! its on youtube in some may interviews
Sick Flying V!! And great sounding pedal too. Love that you made it easy to dial in classic rangemaster tone
I tried almost every treble boost pedal and none give me what I am after. I stumbled across this video last night, then ordered this. I will be running this in front of a 50 watt EVH 5150 lll mostly. There is a certain POP in this pedal I am looking for that the other pedals don't have. It's like a half cocked wawa pedal type of thing, but cleaner and more in your face. I MUST have that- it's what I'm after. Fingers crossed. Thanks for this video. I know its old, but trying to get my tone right never gets old. This is exactly what I am after.
All of a sudden that little Fender Princeton started kicking some ass!
That's my next pedal on the list I love that screaming Brian May, Tony Iommi, Michael Schenker tone..not sure if Schenker used one but it sure sounds like it
Schenker uses a crybaby wah wah
Man it would be good to live somewhere that lets you crank a non master volume Marshall. We used to set them up in community halls and back gardens for party gigs. The police would show up if we tried that these days. If I play barely louder than a loud TV the grumpy old man next door calls the apartment manager -- even after hours. Drives me nuts. I have resorted to using a Two Notes Captor and impulse responses. Sounds legit but lacks that singing sustain thing the feedback causes. Nobody has managed to model that well really. Digitech came close-ish recently though.
I just got a good deal on a used TI Boost. Waiting for it and was watching treble booster videos that led me here. I do want that Sabbra Cadabra pedal. The Talisman and BelleEpoch deluxe too. Importing to NZ costs a bundle though. One at a time. I had a SCOD. It was cool but a little but too over the top for me, which tbh made me wonder if the Naga Viper would be a lot more intense than a RM clone. But then i got a TI boost anyway. Doh.
I have been watching some of the old footage of Deep Purple. His treble booster is ever present. A purple or blue thing. late ron he used some piece of hifi equipment as a booster. i wonder if it had some compression going on that he liked.
I never had a fuzz, which is funny because I am a huge fan of Jimmy Page and Hendrix. In that film It Might get Loud Jimmy had the fuzz for everything. I guess he did not turn the sustain right up because he does not sound so fuzzy.
My Les Paul needs new frets. Three week wait list, so sure enough I put it off yet again and bought a pedal. I only have one guitar most of the time. Spares get sold if they do not get played much. Only a problem if my guitar needs work. I want to learn to do it myself plus build pedals, but my spine is busted up and it makes everything much harder. I need to work out a way to do stuff that ain't ouchy. Fuzz first and work my way towards building out a 18 watt turret board I have.
I have this pedal and like it alot. I had a different brand treble booster and hated it because of weird frequencies and noise. But I wanted to try a different brand so I tried the Naga Viper and it is awesome and works great.
I've been using a cranked MXR 10-band EQ in this capacity for quite awhile, but it simply doesn't have the same character as this. I'll be getting a Naga Viper very shortly.
That Princeton example was pretty awesome, to make it sound like that and have that amp, but wish to have a economical way to extend that amp's inherent tonal realms.
These in depth reviews are great.
Dig the Swervedriver LP in the background!
I have my 13 pice colection of Cbreads and I realy love them all. I'm using one Naga and a RAH and sounds something with my SG. My settings are Naga boost almost CW, range almost noon and heat CW. RAH with gain crancked up, mids all up and bass and treble noon. This is the set I use on my Zappa band, The Central Scrutinizer Band, and sounds pretty Frank 70's!! FZ uses the original Rangemaster as well. How about to create a FZ edition of a Mu Tron III with a Marshall and a Naga? Inca Roads solo style in a box heheheh
Howard, you are a genius and your project is the best treble booster ever!
Just a tip if I could change your original idea: this chicken head knobs are a tricky choice, because I turned the boost full CCW with the tip of my shoe when it was turned it on during a show. I've already changed my knobs for round ones.
Thanx a lot! Cheers from Brazil...
It took me a little while for me and my Naga Viper to see eye to eye. For me, it works best first in my pedal chain (or second behind my wah) then, karma suture, DLS, tuner, and into my Fender Super-Sonic. I would be hard pressed to get the sound and tone I love without that naga viper now! I also power it with a carbon zinc 9 volt. Thanks, Catalinbread! Can't wait to get the zero point!
Kris Brickey Thanks for your support and comment! We're also glad the Viper's doing the job for you :)
Folk festival of the Blues vinyl in the background 🤟🏻
Just received mine yesterday. Great pedal. My Vox is smiling.
How does this differ from Laney's TI boost pedal?
cast390 I was wondering the same! Hopefully someone responds. I think the IOMMI is less “fuzzy” from review I have read and gets really raunchy and tight inherently. I was reading the viper is amp specific. I’m going to buy both and figure which is better.
Marshall Sound+ treeble booster Is 😈🦇🐐😇❤️❤️❤️
I ordered one today for my Marshall. I have high hopes but it sounds noisy. Yes, I have an NS-2 noise gate!
Way too noisy. I have to experiment with my ISP Decimator and try to quiet it down, yet not mess up the tone. I love the tone, but the noise is over the top bad so far. I gotta make this work, but the tone and overtones are the best thing I have heard in all my years of playing.
Judas Priest Sinner! The LIVE version from Unleashed in the East!
the "'''''live'''"" version xD
i have one...and im happy with it
“Let me adjust the microphone levels so it’s not too loud”. *proceeds to pop both my ear drums*
Does a treble booster only work with a tube amp
I love these videos guys, I have a suggestion. I have both the Belle Epoch and Echorec delays and while I'm just probably being a little to scared to fuck with anything inside of it I want to see how the switch works to take it from true bypass to buffered mode. I opened up my Belle Epoch and I just felt like a bull in a china shop and didn't wanna touch the switch in case I wasn't moving it the right way. Can you guys do a video explaining it? I haven't really found any.
IcyBluesOfDeath just take a pen and gently move the little switch, you won't break it unless you're The Hulk
IcyBluesOfDeath Glad you asked that question! We'll be a shooting a video addressing that pretty soon :) Stay tuuuuuned!
IcyBluesOfDeath As promised: ua-cam.com/video/QDeT88CteO4/v-deo.html
You guys are the Best!!! I plan on buying all of your pedals like other nerds would buy Star Trek Figures lol
10:19 sounds like Judas Priest for me! Wonderful! Better than a lot of high gain amps!
Fuck yeah! Judas Priest "Sinner" playing in the background!
All Glenn & KK used to use back in the day with their Marshalls were phasers and treble boosters...
Nice demo. Is this pedal more effective in a dirty amp thru the effects loop or out front?
Front only!
This sounds so nice. Has anyone ever tried a ThroBak Strange Master?
nice guitar
I just ordered one cuz the knobs look like the knobs on my ac15.. hope i like this ;) of cos I love Black Sabbath and Queen.. using a p90s SG.. std LP, and Am pro Tele with a vox ac15..
Got my pedal today.. put it before my OCD and Big muff, set it to Rangemaster style.. (two tops knobs fully CW and the boost at 12 oclock).. it really cleans things up.. pretty fn cool.. Im not totally cranking my AC15 but I played the paranoid riff loud enough to piss off neighbors and it really cleans up the output as far as I can tell.. 2 thumbs up on this pedal..
So which is better? Naga Viper or Sabra Cadabra? With the Sabra can I remove the Supergroup tone when I want the natural sound of the amp with the Booster?
Has anyone ever played the riff imprinted on the pedal?
It happened. 16:42 woot!
@@lynetteaylsworth4739 it’s like a near lawsuit level of a black Sabath riff
the notes on the range master seem all like chords sabbath used
I bought the Sabbra Cadabra so I could have the Dallas Rangemaster and Tony Iommi all-in-one box! Love the Range knob all the way up! Thats where the magic is!
good to know thanks!
i bought a BSM RM rangemaster, good tone too
If you guys at Catalinbread need an apprentice....
Great tutorial. It gives me more ideas to try out. I just purchased the Naga Viper a couple weeks ago. I love it on my Zinky Mofo at home. At my rehearsal space I have a Baron Custom K88. Very high gain head. Even with the Gain backed way off I am hearing some strange things with the pedal engaged. I get a lot of high end feedback...which I expected....but sometimes when I hit certain single note lines....I am getting inconsistencies in the signal. The signal actually breaks up....and I don't mean overdriven. The signal almost drops in and out rapidly. Almost in the same way it does with an MXR Blue Box. The signal kind of crackles. Very hard to explain. Is this normal with a high gain amp or is there an issue with the pedal?
Something is definitely wrong with my Naga Viper. When I turn the range knob all the way down CCW the volume is off. No sound at all from the pedal.
I'm having the same experience. Also Heat knob at full CCW results in a lower-than-unity volume. what gives?
I see a lot of people use Naga Viper before overdrive (with a dirty amp). But is it good with distortion (over clean amp)?
What speakers are in the cab you're using ? G12M-25 greenbacks ?
Should be, IF the 1960AX is unmodified ...
What mode was the DLS in? Super Lead?
Would this work with an Orange cr60c, all analog but a solid state amp?
I love the gain channel just need that little extra something 😉
For a brighter Marshall like a JMP 2204, what would be a general EQ to get a Sabbath sound with humbuckers? I saw your other video of you guys jamming to Cornucopia and saw you had the EQ dimed. Is that what I should be going for?
Got the same sabbath converses
is the guitar short scale
So is the Rangemaster sort of a 1 transistor mild fuzz?
+FallaciousScotsman
Not a fuzz, more like a booster, but emphasizing the mid to higher frequencies. The range masters and similar boosters work best on an overdriven tube amp. Doesn't necessarily have to be plugged in a dark sounding amp like the older Marshall Plexi amps, but any any tube amps. Brian may uses a range master on a bright, chimmy amp, the Vox AC30 and it sounds creamy.
+gmlasam Well, the AC30 got more of a "chimey" reputation after the Top Boost mod; if you watch Brian May's Star Licks video, he demonstrates how the normal channel on the AC30 (the only channel he uses) is still kinda dark, especially running at full blast, and how the treble booster basically opens up articulation and such...
I tested a clon of Brian may's treble booster connected to the first loop of a musicomlab controller... the sound was thinner and trebly... but when I connected after the guitar out of the controller was fuller, with a lot of harmonics... is the buffered signal of the loop of musicomlab responsible of thinner sound (and a little bit of ground noise)?... it will have the same behaviour a Catalinbread Naga Viper on the controller loop?, thanks for your time!... greetings
Eduardo Muñoz always have the treble booster 1st in your chain! That's the golden rule haha
if you have a muddy distortion amp like dsl
15, just add a treble booster pedal for your amp , problem solved
I have DSL 15 and Im really considering Naga Viper or any similar treble booster ... For what it is, Naga Viper looks to me little bit expensive, but it have all the controlls in a way I wish them to work ...
@@stanislavmigra or ti boost
Exactly, those are on my list. Pitty I cant try all of them in one place ... TC is the cheapest one (by a mile) and Naga viper is for me the hardest to get .. .decisions, decisions :D :D :D
yessss
Will this pedal work well with my wireless system
My current treble booster sounds terrible when i use wireless and so have to go back to cable
Wireless systems are buffered and germanium fuzzes and boosters sound terrible with buffered impedance. So no, ha.
Ryan Harding on my strap it goes then XD
Kieran Hill that's why Brian may's is on his strap before his wireless
livingabovethe12th i know but i wanted to know if this or the galileo would work well on a pedal board after the wireless XD
I just bought one
Anybody try this with a bass guitar?
The one I bought doesn't sound like that. Tons of hiss, no matter how I set the controls. Really disappointed.
Paul Von Tyrant I had the same problem. Get a noise gate.
Same here. That pedal is noisy as fuck!
I thought the Sabbra Cadabra was supposed to mimic the Dallas Rangemaster?
universalmanchild The Sabbra Caddabra does replicate a Rangemaster but what seperates the Sabbra from this is that the Sabbra has the pre-amp circuit from a Laney Supergroup (which is the amp Tony Iommi used)
Make an octave fuzz-kinda pedal please!
Check out the Catalinbread Octapu$$y...it is octave-fuzzy awesomeness ;)
kurtcobainsk8dudu They already have one of the best ones around. I've played with a lot of octave fuzz pedals and the Octapussy is one of my favorites.
subtractivemagic :) Yes, you are awesome. Thanks for the hype :p
kurtcobainsk8dudu they also make the Perseus Sub Octave fuzz with an octave or 2 below
Hey man! Where can i check them out? The site only shows one pedal :)
Awesome! How is this on a solid state modeling amp? Are there adjustable pots if the backing is removed?
Very difficult to see the pedal settings.
These things sweeten up when you turn the icepick treble down.
Also my girlfriend wants to know if Howard likes White Russians.
IcyBluesOfDeath Is this a question about cocktails or actual Russian people? Don't know Howard personally, but I'm going to guess: yes and yes.
Haha I was actually making a Big Lebowski joke.
I wish it was germanium :(
The germanium ones are kinda inconsistent, the best ones i've had imo have been silicon. Havent played a naga viper tho.
After playing with a germanium treble booster I certainly wish I had one that wasn't. Damn thing was unusable in the summer heat, I wound up throwing it in the fridge to get it to work right.
@@gonzoengineering4894 Germanium overheats way too quickly, Everyone raves about them. I would rather have silicon.
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Cool but the real ones like on your screen are fantastic. Have fun
Jackie Chan grew his hair out?