What a great example of a pedal company [any company, actually], really making the genuine effort to both listen to and them implement feedback from the community. I wish these folks huge success!
I just spent a little over a half an hour talking to the creator of the Enhancifier, seems like a real nice guy. I ordered this new version yesterday, after watching your video. I can't wait for mine to arrive. :)
The pedal sounds awesome ! It's a sound that seems like 3 pedals at once being a boost, an EQ, and a bit of reverb all at once. The difference between the dry sound , then the sound with the enhancifier is night & day to me, plus the increase in sustain . I absolutely love what I'm hearing.
Another great video Phil. I truly appreciate it. I am always impressed with your ability to communicate in such a clear manner that is straight to the point. And your guitars always sound like the setup is just perfect! Trying to figure out how to talk you into doing one of mine (ha, ha)... not kidding. Thanks again, it means a lot to me and the rest of us around here. Also, thanks so much for all the fine comments, from everyone out there, about the Enhancifier. OK, back to work...
I've got a REVV Tilt Boost that largely does the same thing. Nothing like just slightly warming up the front of the amp without adding gain. Sounds good.
NEVER considered getting an enhancer/boost. But now, based on what you showed and ESPECIALLY for me, the sustain you can achieve at a lower volume, is something I have been wanting. I play a lot of Yardbirds stuff ( imagine that 😆 ) and trying to get the sustain Jeff used on the likes of Shapes of Things, I just cannot do it, without getting my neighbors mad!😁 So thanks Phil for an awesome tip! I will NOW go back and watch your original vid; since I hadn't discovered your 1st rate YT channel as of yet. Glad I did!
It makes your single coils sound like humbuckers. Yeah strats should come with one of those. They should also move the volume knob back and out of the way
Nice one! Hadn't seen this before - I love the look of the original, studio ready for me but I can understand the desire for a more gig friendly design etc. Thanks for the demo - useful pedal.
What I hear that pedal doing sounds exactly what I get when I use an Exotic EP boost, especially with single coil pickups,It boosts and thickens the sound and smooths out the upper frequencies. The EP boost is a lot less expensive and considerably smaller.... just saying.
It makes the lead tone sound so much fuller and warmer. Definitely worth investing in. I love these videos, as there are so many products that will never reach our shores, in Africa (yeah, all we get is rain…). However, I have found that importing a product based on a UA-cam video can be “hit and miss”. It would be great to hear how this pedal works with other pedals (favorite overdrive etc), and where best to place it in the chain. Thank you.
I currently use the Catalinbread Epoch boost as my clean boost. It's a bit too bass heavy to leave on for me, but I find it adds the perfect amount of bass and mids to a lead tone to make it stand out. Eq pedals work, but they raise the noise floor a bit too much. And another boost may add too much treble and gain to a tube Amp. This sounds like it does a similar thing with more controls
I use an EQD Arrows in a similar fashion. That one's a bit more affordable, especially used. I'll have to check one of these out at some point. I really liked it with your Heritage.
All the “secret sauce” lingo aside, a bit of digging revealed that this effect is at its core, a compressor, in the style of a Urei 1176 or Teletronix LA2A. I’m not saying it’s not a great pedal, but let’s not call a duck a unicorn. Nothing against Phillip here, but I just have little patience for companies who put a shroud of mystery over what their effects basically are.
Thank you for posting, Yes, I mentioned if you watch the first video that's were I talk about what is based on. It is based on this, which you can still buy from Sweetwater sweetwater.sjv.io/EKomMP
Often savvy audio engineers use vintage compressors and limiters, but not always for compression or limiting. Just having those big recording tools on adds a richness and dynamics to an instrument that they might route through them. The Enhancifier was developed to get that effect in a smaller format. It isn't a design directly from the 1176 or LA2A circuits. It's a boost that creates that kind of enhancement by its design and careful part choices. Certainly inspired by those two amazing audio tools.
@@Enhancifier is it a colorsound power booster / overdriver at heart, with added master volume that was my guess im sure you tweaked it to your liking, but sound just like one its a great circuit as i said above in my two comments.
are you sure i can swear its a colorsound powerbooster at heart, the controls the sound and the fact that it run off 18 voltas are all dead give aways its a great circuit which is why so many guys have used the original as well as altered it to make theyre own type versions of it. ive built la2a kits and it would be hard to put that type of circuit into a box that size.
The older pedal is really styled similarly to 1969 Maestro pedals, like their sustainer. The case is the same, the placement of the switch is the same, the large knobs are the same.
mt guess is that its a colorsound power booster /overdriver at heart which of used by jeff beck i sell alot of them its great because you have both cut and boost for hi freq and low freq i bet that sizzle gets fuzzy when you turn it all the way up. almost every pedal ive come across with those knobs is a power booster / overdriver. i just hooked my band mate up with one
I don’t mind the size of the older one. I don’t use tons of pedals so losing room on the pedal board is ok. Plus, I just like that it looks like an old record player.
I'm hearing EQ, compressor with an input filter before the detector and maybe some subtle clipper/saturator. The same story again: pedal manufacturers are charging crazy money for nothing special, because a lot of guitar players don't know how to use regular EQ and compression.
Very cool pedal indeed. I wonder if tinkering with a Boss GE7 we could get close to that haha . it's a bit out of the price range I'm willing to spend .
I have a Unit 67. I like it. I think the 67 works best with the Enhancifier in front of it. We recommend the Enhancifier should be the first position in the chain after the guitar. Makes everything downstream richer.Those two pedals are different from each other but play well together.
Honestly ts808 is all the boost u need. They smooth out all the highs and are magic with strays. Plus cranked is a legendary overdrive tone. Seems like large pricy pedal for some boost and compressions. Why not do what so many legends do and go with a ts808. Even a boss OD-3 does a great job in this role
yeah it sounds just like a colorsound power booster which was powered by 18volts or the overdriver which they altered the circuit so it could run off 9 volts. alt of companies have altered the circuit a little and made killer pedals from it including myself with the my sound sounds version if it is the circuit im talking about which im pretty sure it is. david gilmour famously used it as well to run with his big muff giving it the ability to cut the mix more. even pete cornish makes one. jeff beck and gilmour are probably the most famous users
I think 'expensive' is a difficult word. It is value-laden. It contains some judgement. Price related to the product. But regardless quality and use 400 is a lot of money related to people's budget. That is independent of the product. Of course you can save for it,. but that means you can only buy something like this once a year, and generally you want something new more frequently. And if it is once a year what would you buy? On the other hand. of course, does frequent acquisition render frequently used or long time valued purchases?
Wow! I thought it sounded sweet and fat, it would be perfect for my Gilmour Strat!! I don't use many pedals, that one is the best I think I ever heard!! I was just getting ready to buy a Voodoo Labs PS too. I like it enough to cancel another pedal and buy that one!! Thanks Phil!! Great review!! 8) --gary
I loved the video, however, I hate to see politicians putting advertisements in front of your videos, I skipped as soon as possible! Thanks for showing us the cool stuff!
With an electrified acoustic with a contact pu and / or a built-in mic it puts out a fuller, richer sound. More like how you hear the guitar when you are playing it acoustically.
Hey Phil, didn't you have a different "always on" pedal before that was a tone enhancer? I forget the name of it, but does the Enhancifier replace this at the start of your pedalboard? :)
Is there a significant difference between the The Enhancer Pedal and a Klon Centaur, or one of its better clones, of which there are more than a few at much lower price points? They seem to do the same thing.
Hi Phil I’m hoping you can help me I saw your show on the enhancifier like it and ordered it 4-5 months back I’ve been in contact with the company they said they were struggling getting all the orders out. That was three months ago. I’ve send another email to get an eta. Now I’m not getting any response. Can you help. Talk to someone or give me another contact. I’ve could have used the money for other pedals I still need but still waiting. Please help
Hi Guitar 🎸 Guy nice video 📹 and workmanship that sounded awesome amazing 👏 For were You Connect the Guitar 🎸 🎶 to the Speaker and Bass 🔊 and Treble is there a Phone or KNIGHT RIDER SYSTEM OR JUST PLAIN ROBOTS 🤖 SYSTEM ALSO 😮😮😮😮😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😮😢
I guess I don't see what the fuss is about, it sounds like a clean boost, very similar to an EP Boost. It definitely sounds good but there's a lot cheaper gear that will do the same thing
As a guitarist,we all for the most part, have our own little riffs. I feel your always doing gear,tines,examples...and so your style, is really hard to tell just from watching your videos. Being that ive mever reslly heard you play for long periods, id love to see a "phils riffs" kind of video, where you just play riffs. Maybe the first riff you ever created. Ykno, riffs that sre truely yours..there where a few quick ones in here that make me question "damn are those his??,if so thats a cool style" When it comes to youtube guitar, most ppl are fumbling with the gear, I'd like to hear what your kind of style is. Show us some riffs, and just put out a video talking about the riffs and stuff youve discovered and made,made your own,borrowed from etc. from heavy stuff to surf to blues. cuz even tho im a metalhead, i have many riffs that just came.from.elsewhere. theyre sort of "not me" and are the kinds of things i never heard anyone else ever do. We all have em. And i wanna hear yours
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What a great example of a pedal company [any company, actually], really making the genuine effort to both listen to and them implement feedback from the community. I wish these folks huge success!
The enhanced sounded excellent. Well balanced in the frequencies. So much more pleasing to hear.
It actually enhances the tone. So beautiful. It sounds like everything I've been looking for on a clean tone.
I just spent a little over a half an hour talking to the creator of the Enhancifier, seems like a real nice guy. I ordered this new version yesterday, after watching your video. I can't wait for mine to arrive. :)
Thanks for sharing
The pedal sounds awesome ! It's a sound that seems like 3 pedals at once being a boost, an EQ, and a bit of reverb all at once. The difference between the dry sound , then the sound with the enhancifier is night & day to me, plus the increase in sustain
. I absolutely love what I'm hearing.
As always...In Phil We Trust! Thank you!
Another great video Phil. I truly appreciate it. I am always impressed with your ability to communicate in such a clear manner that is straight to the point. And your guitars always sound like the setup is just perfect! Trying to figure out how to talk you into doing one of mine (ha, ha)... not kidding. Thanks again, it means a lot to me and the rest of us around here. Also, thanks so much for all the fine comments, from everyone out there, about the Enhancifier. OK, back to work...
Good info, beautiful guitars, nice melodic playing. Well done Phillip! Rock on!
The older, retro looking one sounds better to my eyes.
lol. That was great
I'm going to steal that phrase "Sounds good to my eyes. Brilliant, funny and true.
wow that's cool I've had boost pedals, but that is quite a difference. thanks Phil!
I've got a REVV Tilt Boost that largely does the same thing. Nothing like just slightly warming up the front of the amp without adding gain. Sounds good.
Can you imagine my confusion after clicking this title and you appearing with a 'singlé cut?
Same!
@@christianwheeler8386 and a strat.
Singlé?
@@DMSProduktions The apostrophe is a catastrophe
@@fritsvanzanten3573 Only for SOME! ;o)
NEVER considered getting an enhancer/boost. But now, based on what you showed and ESPECIALLY for me, the sustain you can achieve at a lower volume, is something I have been wanting. I play a lot of Yardbirds stuff ( imagine that 😆 ) and trying to get the sustain Jeff used on the likes of Shapes of Things, I just cannot do it, without getting my neighbors mad!😁 So thanks Phil for an awesome tip!
I will NOW go back and watch your original vid; since I hadn't discovered your 1st rate YT channel as of yet. Glad I did!
It makes your single coils sound like humbuckers. Yeah strats should come with one of those. They should also move the volume knob back and out of the way
Pfft, the volume knob is in the perfect place (for me 😉 lol). But yeah this pedal is a marriage made in heaven for a Strat.
Volume is in the perfect place 😊
Sounds like a boost with reverb
The reverb is the spring reverb in the amp. The Enhancifier just makes the reverb sound more detailed and fuller.
It sounds fantastic!
Nice one! Hadn't seen this before - I love the look of the original, studio ready for me but I can understand the desire for a more gig friendly design etc. Thanks for the demo - useful pedal.
What I hear that pedal doing sounds exactly what I get when I use an Exotic EP boost, especially with single coil pickups,It boosts and thickens the sound and smooths out the upper frequencies. The EP boost is a lot less expensive and considerably smaller.... just saying.
Once I sell my 70 extra gain pedals, I will definitely buy this. 😉 Excellent demo
Yeah wtf how did I end up with so many drive pedals and only one delay/verb
Phillip turns into a beast when he first flips on The Enhancifier. You see the look in his his face? 😂
Oh gosh, yes, you're right!
@@strumminronin Kinda like the character “Pyle” (Charles D’Onofrio) in the movie Full Metal Jacket.
Oh that sounds nice
The heritage is beautiful.in looks and sound .
Adds some nice sweetness to those single coils.
They both sound great. I do like the look of the original more.👌🏼
It makes your modern pickups sound more like vintage p.ups!
Boy. Excellent.
It makes the lead tone sound so much fuller and warmer. Definitely worth investing in.
I love these videos, as there are so many products that will never reach our shores, in Africa (yeah, all we get is rain…). However, I have found that importing a product based on a UA-cam video can be “hit and miss”.
It would be great to hear how this pedal works with other pedals (favorite overdrive etc), and where best to place it in the chain.
Thank you.
The Enhancifier should be first so the downstream pedals get the benefit of the full, richer tone.
That Strat sounds magnificent
You sold me Phil. I just purchased the Enhancifier. 🙂
I currently use the Catalinbread Epoch boost as my clean boost. It's a bit too bass heavy to leave on for me, but I find it adds the perfect amount of bass and mids to a lead tone to make it stand out. Eq pedals work, but they raise the noise floor a bit too much. And another boost may add too much treble and gain to a tube Amp. This sounds like it does a similar thing with more controls
I use an EQD Arrows in a similar fashion. That one's a bit more affordable, especially used.
I'll have to check one of these out at some point. I really liked it with your Heritage.
Since seeing the first Enhancifier it has been on my Christmas list. It will happen this year.
All the “secret sauce” lingo aside, a bit of digging revealed that this effect is at its core, a compressor, in the style of a Urei 1176 or Teletronix LA2A. I’m not saying it’s not a great pedal, but let’s not call a duck a unicorn. Nothing against Phillip here, but I just have little patience for companies who put a shroud of mystery over what their effects basically are.
Thank you for posting, Yes, I mentioned if you watch the first video that's were I talk about what is based on. It is based on this, which you can still buy from Sweetwater sweetwater.sjv.io/EKomMP
Often savvy audio engineers use vintage compressors and limiters, but not always for compression or limiting. Just having those big recording tools on adds a richness and dynamics to an instrument that they might route through them. The Enhancifier was developed to get that effect in a smaller format. It isn't a design directly from the 1176 or LA2A circuits. It's a boost that creates that kind of enhancement by its design and careful part choices. Certainly inspired by those two amazing audio tools.
@@PhillipMcKnight 💀💀💀
@@Enhancifier is it a colorsound power booster / overdriver at heart, with added master volume that was my guess im sure you tweaked it to your liking, but sound just like one its a great circuit as i said above in my two comments.
are you sure i can swear its a colorsound powerbooster at heart, the controls the sound and the fact that it run off 18 voltas are all dead give aways its a great circuit which is why so many guys have used the original as well as altered it to make theyre own type versions of it. ive built la2a kits and it would be hard to put that type of circuit into a box that size.
The older pedal is really styled similarly to 1969 Maestro pedals, like their sustainer. The case is the same, the placement of the switch is the same, the large knobs are the same.
It sounds like it's adding a very small amount of verb as well. Pretty cool.
It is just making the Fender's spring reverb sound more full and noticeable.
mt guess is that its a colorsound power booster /overdriver at heart which of used by jeff beck i sell alot of them its great because you have both cut and boost for hi freq and low freq i bet that sizzle gets fuzzy when you turn it all the way up. almost every pedal ive come across with those knobs is a power booster / overdriver. i just hooked my band mate up with one
I don’t mind the size of the older one. I don’t use tons of pedals so losing room on the pedal board is ok. Plus, I just like that it looks like an old record player.
I'm hearing EQ, compressor with an input filter before the detector and maybe some subtle clipper/saturator. The same story again: pedal manufacturers are charging crazy money for nothing special, because a lot of guitar players don't know how to use regular EQ and compression.
And most people will just use a tubescreamer with the drive on zero and a little bit of gain instead and achieve the same result.
The first version looks like a Maestro Fuzz that I had in the 70s.
Very cool pedal indeed. I wonder if tinkering with a Boss GE7 we could get close to that haha . it's a bit out of the price range I'm willing to spend .
Would be interesting to see/hear a comparison with the Drybell Unit 67
I have a Unit 67. I like it. I think the 67 works best with the Enhancifier in front of it. We recommend the Enhancifier should be the first position in the chain after the guitar. Makes everything downstream richer.Those two pedals are different from each other but play well together.
Honestly ts808 is all the boost u need. They smooth out all the highs and are magic with strays. Plus cranked is a legendary overdrive tone. Seems like large pricy pedal for some boost and compressions. Why not do what so many legends do and go with a ts808. Even a boss OD-3 does a great job in this role
Very cool pedal
Love it. I prefer the bigger one.
yeah it sounds just like a colorsound power booster which was powered by 18volts or the overdriver which they altered the circuit so it could run off 9 volts. alt of companies have altered the circuit a little and made killer pedals from it including myself with the my sound sounds version if it is the circuit im talking about which im pretty sure it is. david gilmour famously used it as well to run with his big muff giving it the ability to cut the mix more. even pete cornish makes one. jeff beck and gilmour are probably the most famous users
I don't know why I would need this instead of the Taurus Servo
I think they missed the opportunity to call ver 2 the Enhancifierer !
So the third gen would be Enhancify Rah Rah Rah?
@@strumminronin Dad-aged people of the world, unite! 😂
I think 'expensive' is a difficult word. It is value-laden. It contains some judgement. Price related to the product. But regardless quality and use 400 is a lot of money related to people's budget. That is independent of the product. Of course you can save for it,. but that means you can only buy something like this once a year, and generally you want something new more frequently. And if it is once a year what would you buy? On the other hand. of course, does frequent acquisition render frequently used or long time valued purchases?
Is it like the BBE sonic maximizer ? I had one of those and it just makes everything sound better .
That what I was thinking.
Hey Phil! Has this pedal replaced the Taurus Servo Analog Guitar Enhancer on your pedal board?
I have that problem when recording my acoustic with my looper. The lead part is always too thin and not powerful enough
Wow! I thought it sounded sweet and fat, it would be perfect for my Gilmour Strat!! I don't use many pedals, that one is the best I think I ever heard!! I was just getting ready to buy a Voodoo Labs PS too. I like it enough to cancel another pedal and buy that one!! Thanks Phil!! Great review!! 8) --gary
EVH5150 is all you really need, noise gate and boost/compressor built in
I loved the video, however, I hate to see politicians putting advertisements in front of your videos, I skipped as soon as possible! Thanks for showing us the cool stuff!
Is that song the wedding song for the waltzer??
It makes your Strat singles sound like lace sensors.
It sounds great but could this not be achieved with an eq?
@@brucemyers5463 or a reverb?
The Enhancifier circuit is more harmonically complex than just an eq.
@@Enhancifieryou could've just said yes instead of this snake oil type response
What's that LP/Tele crossover guitar with the P90s next to his head? Looks beautiful!
Seems cool! I wonder how this would do with an acoustic guitar. 🤔
With an electrified acoustic with a contact pu and / or a built-in mic it puts out a fuller, richer sound. More like how you hear the guitar when you are playing it acoustically.
Its almost like a 3d hall effect.
Seems a great pedal that
Hey Phil, didn't you have a different "always on" pedal before that was a tone enhancer? I forget the name of it, but does the Enhancifier replace this at the start of your pedalboard? :)
Ok, you’ve caught my interest - question tho, where would you put this on your chain?
I put it first. Unless I’m using a wha then wha first.
Maybe i could get a sound capture for my Tonex? 😂
that sounds really good! I won't touch a strat without a compressor.
"hign-end analog pre-amp, EQ, boost" - with a boatload of compression.
Sooooo, can we get this by using affordable pedals-maybe a combination? Maybe and Edge-“of Breakup pedal and subtle reverb or delay ?
Sounds like a Keeley Compressor with reverb to me
I was so hoping it was a tuner...
Is there a significant difference between the The Enhancer Pedal and a Klon Centaur, or one of its better clones, of which there are more than a few at much lower price points? They seem to do the same thing.
Has that “Dire Straits” kinda tone!
I'm sure, if we tried, we could play _any_ Stratocaster without this pedal.😂
Wow.. I was way off. I thought it was a Metal Zone
An overhyped compressor with reverb?
What! No- way!!
What is the voltage?
Sounds like some compression and reverb
Hi Phil I’m hoping you can help me I saw your show on the enhancifier like it and ordered it 4-5 months back I’ve been in contact with the company they said they were struggling getting all the orders out. That was three months ago. I’ve send another email to get an eta. Now I’m not getting any response. Can you help. Talk to someone or give me another contact. I’ve could have used the money for other pedals I still need but still waiting. Please help
Hi Guitar 🎸 Guy nice video 📹 and workmanship that sounded awesome amazing 👏
For were You Connect the Guitar 🎸 🎶 to the Speaker and Bass 🔊 and Treble is there a Phone or KNIGHT RIDER SYSTEM OR JUST PLAIN ROBOTS 🤖 SYSTEM ALSO 😮😮😮😮😮😮😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😮😢
I guess I don't see what the fuss is about, it sounds like a clean boost, very similar to an EP Boost. It definitely sounds good but there's a lot cheaper gear that will do the same thing
BBE sonic stomp ??
But, what's inside them?
Mono squadrillion glued to the bitrate. 😉
A dead raccoon. Hence its large size.
Hi Phil! Didn't the Vero do something similar? How do they compare? When used with the Lovepedal in this video, what was the pedal order?
Ummm,... a weak reverb unit at 2x the price? I don't get it...
guitar sounds better with reverb, what a shock
Sounds like a compressor sustainer pedal
I cant play any of my single coil guitars without my Seymour Duncan P.U. Booster.
It’s a compressor.
As a guitarist,we all for the most part, have our own little riffs. I feel your always doing gear,tines,examples...and so your style, is really hard to tell just from watching your videos. Being that ive mever reslly heard you play for long periods, id love to see a "phils riffs" kind of video, where you just play riffs. Maybe the first riff you ever created. Ykno, riffs that sre truely yours..there where a few quick ones in here that make me question "damn are those his??,if so thats a cool style"
When it comes to youtube guitar, most ppl are fumbling with the gear, I'd like to hear what your kind of style is. Show us some riffs, and just put out a video talking about the riffs and stuff youve discovered and made,made your own,borrowed from etc. from heavy stuff to surf to blues. cuz even tho im a metalhead, i have many riffs that just came.from.elsewhere. theyre sort of "not me" and are the kinds of things i never heard anyone else ever do. We all have em. And i wanna hear yours
Really loved this pedal when you first demo’d it. Nice to see a more affordable version 😊
I do love this thing!
Sure you can
sounds like a compressor with some distortion.
Video has strat in the title, shows a les Paul instead
People, people, people, do you have an expensive Strat, a Princeton and a Creamback? Go with that shit first. See if you like it.
I know it’s sub… but it doesn’t just sound fatter but fuller too. I like it much.
It makes the tone so much richer, I love it, but Phil... is there any cheap alternative to this pedal?
Like any pedal specifically you would recommend?
*It looks like a vintage **_Gibson Maestro FZ-1S Fuzz-Tone_** pedal. I wonder if Gibson's sue happy lawyers are aware of it...* 🤔
it is just a very expensive EQ