For me 1:38 - Clean tone 1:51 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2 3:15 - ThorpyFX The Dane 4:40 - Ami Effects Silverbell 6:59 - Analogman King of Tone 8:52 - Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtainium 10:26 - ThorpyFX Heavy Water 12:04 - VS Audio Royal Flush 14:06 - Browne Protein 16:17 - Crazy Tube Circuits Crossfire 18:13 - Kingtone The Duellist 20:25 - Cornerstone Gladio 22:00 - Nordvang 83 Drive 24:22 - Cornerstone Imperium 26:31 - Nux Ace of Tone 28:00 - Volta Black Tweed Plus 30:04 - Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword 32:28 - JAM Pedals Double Dreamer 35:53 - Volta The Blue 37:13 - Volta 1987 38:46 - Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MkII
Amazing playing, amazing pedals and tone. What this shows me is that many of us own way too many drive pedals and obsess over the little nuances when actually they do all sound almost identical.
The skills of a guitar player would be about 90% of the outcome. 10% would be the pedal. And the sexy girl in the audience getting wet will always respond if you can develop your guitar playing skills and to be the 90%.
True, true. Same with guitar tone. An EQ pedal is the best pedal to have on your board. I'm surprised he didnt have a TrueTone Jekyll & Hyde dual pedal. Mine can be dialed in infinitely. Lots of tone knobs to play with.
@@firebald2915Love my V2 Jekyll and Hyde! I've owned three over the years and come back to it often, like an old friend I could get my with just an EQ, a compressor and my three Truetone pedals: Jekyll and Hyde V2, H2O V1, Tap Delay V3.
@mattgilbert7347 I hear ya ! I just switched to Elixir Phosphor Bronze strings on my thinline Tele to get more string tone out of it and got a wound G which gets rid of that nasty squeal that predominates too much. Running a Fender LT25 bypassing that 8" speaker into an aged G12k Eminence. I love mid range tone crunch clean then put my Jekyll&Hyde OD to punch it up from clean. That speaker cab (Crate) made my weekend happy as can be. EQ and my Cloudburst and I'm set.
@@firebald2915 I'm a fan of wound-Gs! Back when I played a MIJ Vox SG copy, we were a kind of grungy/proto-"Queens of the Stone Age" Indie band and I used 13s or 14s on the Vox with only 5 strings (no high E). The G on that was, ofc, wound. We tuned it down 2-4 steps. Second guitar was an Epiphone Explorer with 10-46 standards on it, tuned to a couple of alternative tunings depending on the song. I ran a 100W Fender Solid State 1x12 combo for the first few years, then finally got my first Valve amp, a beast of a thing made in Dunedin, New Zealand. "Gerard" 75W EL34 Power valves, 3 or 4 12AX7s in the pre (maybe 1 was a 12AU7... long time ago). I had three pedals and one all-analog mini-rack reverb/,delay. 330ms analog delay and it had a tiny spring inside! Pedals were a RAT clone, a Washburn Stereo Chorus, and a DD2 or DD3. So simple, so loud, and soooo good. The 90s. Such a great time until late-stage Capitalism decided we were having too much fun, not generating enough profit, and with the assistance of the CIA....ever wonder about that heroin "fad" of the 90s? I sure do. After what they did to inner-city communities in the USA in the 80s/early 90s with crack, it wouldn't surprise me if they were partially to blame for the boom in heroin in the 90s that contributed to the downfall of the emerging Indie/Grunge/Alternative scene. But the equipment we used was basic AF yet so inspiring.
How do u only have 11k subscribers. Ur one of the best guitar channels in my opinion. TPS, JHS and Sasha Ivantic are my go to channels for pedals. Your awesome man!
I ask myself the same question. I hope his channel does great in the future, Sasha certainly deserves to have a bigger following. I sometimes repeat his videos just to hear Sasha play again. Sooo amazing!
I think people come to Sasha’s channel for his personality and playing as much as the actual demos. He’s one of those players that sounds the same - always great - through any pedal. Sasha has that dark, lower mids-fat sound with a touch of clean transient, and the lovely mix of major and minor penta noodling, whether he is in front of a Thorpy Dane, Fuzz Face, treble booster or a KoT etc etc. Players like Sasha, Shawn Tubbs and Mike Hermans dial in a tone they like and then do their thing - they are proof that tone is in the fingers but also that you can generally get ‘your’ sound through nearly anything.
Crazy that after a 20 pedal shootout I’m still thinking “I can’t believe he didn’t include the D&M Drive, the Strymon Sunset, the Wampler Pantheon . . .”
They’re all great pedals. I’m a pedal addict. I have them. Just ordered the cornerstone imperial. Oh I have the D@M too. And the crossfire. Both good too. And way too many more.
One of the most important things we as consumers need in pedal videos: play chords. Blues sounds great, but it doesn't showcase the whole scope of the pedal. Rhythm and lead need to be displayed, IMHO. Just feedback my dude. You're playing sounds great and thanks for show us these pedals.
I love my Browne Protein!! It's replaced a bunch of drive pedals. Just wished for more EQ options, more mids, etc. But they really did a great job on it!!
@@amieffects5754 i wish i knew about your company before this video. The Silverbell was the pedal that spoke to me the most in Sasha's video. Sounded fantastic!!! I was looking at your website and noticed your located in France. Do you ship to America, and if so, are there any extra duty/fees that aren't included in the initial shipping cost?
@@orryfishburne5326 Thanks a lot!! It's indeed a very interesting video!! Yes we do ship worldwide. There should be some import fees and added VAT when you inport in America. It depends of the laws in your state I think.
How are more people not talking about the Ami Silverbell?! out of all of these it instantly caught my attention. such a big clear sound. Might have nab one at some point.
I have always liked the Lovepedal Amp 11 and I am now using the Jetter Red Square. I have used other dual pedals from JHS and Wampler in the past. Lots of different flavors.
Very nice selection of pedals. My main takeaway from this was how close they all sound to each other. Perhaps more chordal work in the demo would reveal more tonal differences? Thanks for putting this together. Cheers!
Definitely! Plus stacked with another overdrive, fuzz and distortion respectively. And of course, played in full band context with two guitars, bass and drums. That would be a big project.
For anyone else listening quietly on laptop speakers at work (yes, I know), the good news is they all sound the same, and the main thing is Sasha's excellent playing!
Thanks a ton man! Listening to demos they all sound quite similar indeed. The main takeaway which I forgot to mention is you should try it yourself. Every guitar, every amp, every pedal feels different under the fingers. And it's the difference between sounding great or being in the zone. Which is a tiny difference on paper but a huge difference to your own feeling and to an audience. My videos are only here to provide some pointers. Please don't take them as truth. What works for me might not work for you.
First of all, thank you so much Mr. Ivantic. Second, your Strat pickups are wonderful. Third, To my ears, I feel the Nordvang and the King of tone are my favorites. A tie. With the Nordvang being more versatile. Fulltone and Protein really close, but the King of Tone and Nordvang somehow managed to get rid of any fizz and also managed to sound almost uncompressed, and keep a bright sound. Simply more pleasant to the ears and less harsh. I could go on and on. Kudos to all of these fine pedals.
There are 18 pedals in this list that I think are far above exceptional. I bet if I owned them all, I would only play two or three and the rest would collect dust. But that is only because I am always searching for the same tones out of my own hands. Wish there was a way to “rent all of them at once for a week. A pedal vacation!
Im looking for a Dumble type pedal, so for me it’s gonna be either the Unobtanium or the Imperium. This demo doesn’t make it any easier. Excellent testing.
One of the most inspirational pedal reviews I’ve seen, thank you! Really awesome combination, great playing and sound. Will need to sell my house now to go buy some!
Phenomenal job with this. I preferred The Duellist, Unobtainium, and the Volta 1987 - but you could not-go-wrong, with any of them. My favorite Overdrive is the Barber Electronics Gain Changer SR. oNe LovE from NYC
One of my favorites is The Toxic Twins dual overdrive pedal. I don’t own one but maybe someday. Meanwhile I got a Strymon Sunset to play with. Thanks for sharing the comparisons. Which Volta is your favorite??
Great video! One of my favourite and underrated dual overdrives is the T-Rex Moller. Tubescreamer with a seperate boost. What really makes it cool is, that it has a blend knob on the tubescreamer side, which is great if you really want that gainy midpush, but also want to dial in a bit more transparency. bargain on the used market.
Thank you for this amazing comparison. Great playing and sounds. Many of these pedals sound great. Wannahaves from this video: The Dane, The Duellist, Double Dreams and The Volta 1987. Currently on my board: RR Fat Drive, Suhr Eclipse and EP Boost.
I watched/listened to the whole video. I'm an avid dirt pedals collector as well and it's funny to me how similar the ace of tone sounded to the K.O.T. , which I hate that I should but the Duelist sounds way better to my ears than it ever did. I love mine. The pedal besides the Duelist I'm probably going to go buy now is the Gladio...that just plain sounded good. Different enough to matter yet still not too dissimilar for what close to perfect tone sounds like. The Duelist is tough to beat though...
The best Dual OD Design _imo_ - Channel 1 is a smooth OD that sits back in mix. Channel 2 is a BD style tone that cuts. Together you’ve got high gain that sustains for days. Royal Flush nailed this. Would love to try one.
I love Jetter dual overdrives and dual overdrive/boost pedals (as well as his Fuzz(es), Unvibe/Phaser) with the two I use most often being the Jetdrive V2 and Red Square. I've been using my Jetdrive for nearly 13 years!! It's like the KOT of Dumble-ish voiced dual ODs.
Wampler Pantheon (which is not included) is one awesome dual overdrive. Another one is the DSM & Humboldt Silver Linings Pre Amp pedal. Check these out!
I have a lot of these but the duelist ends up on the board a lot because of all the switches. I don't use any of them live, but it's really cool when you're putting down tracks and trying to get your eq and clipping to be just right in the mix. BB side on glass and TS side on fat for the win
Oh that creepy autofader thingy at the end sounds good but looks freakin awesome. Should have something like that as a passcode for entereing the house! Get the three combos right to enter 😂
You bluesy/SRV style is awesome! It makes me remember when I first time I learned the blues, (about 1976) once ya learn the blues, they never leave ya....... Thanks for the video!
I only have single channel overdrives on my board atm, however it's a Chase Bliss Condor, Kingsley Page and a Origin Effects revivaldrive compact - and I love all on them :P
love the video but I'm disappointed you didn't showcase all the settings on the Full-Drive 2. That comp setting is great but the other 2 are much more aggressive, especially messing with the Vintage/Modern switch. Have a few dual OD pedals and it's one of my favorites, especially with an additional boost or EQ of some kind in front of it. But I get it, you can't play with all the settings on each pedal otherwise it'd be a 10 hour video
Great video. You did awesome job showcaseing the differences. Like the Fulldrive is nice tight compressed drive, still dynamic but everything is kept in place. Where Royal Flush or Dane where sparkly lowgain, very open sounding, loads of dynamics and jumping up and down depending on pick dynamics. Unobtainiu and Gladio gets the fuzzy cusion around notes, they get dirty, but not compressed. The Nordwang get that hard, sharp distorted tones, etc etc.
Wow..! My ears are tired now 😂 This was fun! I liked the following: - VS Audio Royal Flush had a sweet harmonic top end none of the others had. - Nordvang 83 Drive seems versatile and offered a crisp fuzzy breakup. - Jam Pedals Double Dreamer gave a fat yet transparent bottom end. However, my overall feeling is that most of these drives are unnecessary if you have a good amp and use your volume knob.
This is so valuable a video for me. I’ve been wondering about some of these pedals and great to hear them all compared. I’ve saved and shared the video with friends. Thank you so much for this! Would love to see similar videos for reverb and for delay! What guitar and was used, and what pickups? What amp? Thx and God bless you
as always in these comparison videos we al have our own preferences. For example, I am very impressed with Kasleder's Toxic Twins pedal, This pedal is in KOT territory. But you can't please us all. Great video Sacha, thanks!
I've currently been rocking an old Hughes & Kettner Tube Factor for over a year now. Lovely thing. The only wish I have is to have a tiny volume boost on the high gain side as the increase of saturation makes it disappear into the mix a bit more. But sound and feel are really nice!
On this list...the Duelist. One my board the Truetone VS-XO...Nobels/ODR/Drivetrain on one side...expanded TS on the other. Waiting to be tested...Wampler Dual Fusion.
Impressive review. Did you sell your home to accumulate all these pedals?!? One more dual pedal to consider is the REVV Amplification Tilt Overdrive. It’s the only OD pedal I’ve tried that doesn’t have the midrange “hump” of Tube Screamers. Sooooo many pedals to keep us entertained (and broke), but I believe a skilled player can slay with a simple OD, good amp and playing techniques.
I bought the Brown Protein and tried to love it, i just didnt bond with it so i let it go. Now i bougt the Nordvang 83 drive and i love it. Immediately i started digging it and put it through many of my amps and along with the HX Stomp and this one isn't leaving me, its a keeper!
Just got the KOT after a five year, ten month wait. Was on the list so long I forgot about it three or four times. Then almost missed my turn because I was using a different email address. Huge mistake you don’t want to make because your turn depends on the email you used to get on the waiting list.
Hi Sasha, after having followed your good advice about the Jam Pedals retro vibe (I bought it and I am extremely happy!!! so much happy that I have also bought the ripply fall and the delay llama mkIII...just incredible pedals!!!)... So...clarified I trust your advice...now I am back to you for another one 🙂!!!! I have just started with my band mates a new project for a blues gig (only blues with all the great classics...) ...so now I realize I have to buy a very good overdrive as well as a fuzz for the purpose!!! I am currently using a TS9 + a fulltone OCD...but after a couple of rehearsals I am not happy at all! PLEAAASE help me!!!! Some hints: I play mainly with a strat but I would like something very good also for my les paul as well as for my duesenberg startplayer TV... I use a Tone King imperial mkii and/or a Friedman twin sister...And I look for an overdrive that is transparent (possibly a double overdrive?) because I love the tone of my amps!!! And also versatile!!!! good for both amps and for single coils and humbuckers... From this video my feeling would be: Duellist, Nordvang (I see there are diverse Nordvang dual overdrive), Jam pedals, protein, The Dane... maybe I would also need a clean boost on top of a dual overdrive pedal????? ....and what about the fuzz?? in that case I am oriented to the fuzz phrase from jam pedals (apparently excellent for the clean-up tones...). Finally...to add further uncertainty...why not the chase bliss preamp mkii that does everything??? PLEASE help!!! I am lost!!! Cheers, Alessandro
I don't think Sasha can advise you, as they are all very high end pedals and not everyone has the same tastes. Among these I have the VS Audio Royal Flush, the Cornerstone Imperium (actually I have the Gladio SC and the Antique) but also the Browne Carbon (the blue side of the Protein) and I can tell you that if you got one of these 3 you wouldn't regret it
Wow seems like a ton of work man! I don’t really care about the pedals, just here for the tasty licks. You sound like you no matter which pedal it is. ❤
I care Sasha. And I can’t stop buying them. Actually, I bought the quad cortex and I love it. But I still love my amps and for awhile I stopped buying pedals but it got me again. The pedal addiction. Oh no I want the Volta 1987. Help!!!!
I like many others responding feel that the comparisons with the one amp and one guitar show really how close many are. SOMETIMES the change in these are the way they react with certain guitar/amp combos. Can be slightly different. And is why with my Helix I have 3 fuzz and 3 boost/drive pedals. To replace one I have to sell one lol.
Excellent video!! I'm ordering Volta Custom The Blue thanks to your post. And probably, 3-4 others as well. Actually, NO, no thanks..... I'll be broke by time I check out the ones I like. Yeah, thanks for NOTHING. 😉😉 Just kidding.... I liked and subscribed today. I'm hooked on low/med gain OD's.... keep up the good work. 👍🏻👍🏻 Frankie Baby Chicago 😎.............. 🎼🎶🎵🎶
Ok I’m a pedal addict so here goes. Please no offense Sasha I’m not a Dumble lover. But I do have the cornerstone antique v2 for the times I play clean but I’ll use it to push amp’s distortion. There’s a ton of pedals that so many haven’t heard about like Weehbos there’s one called the SLoDrive after the Soldano and oh you know what I bet you’d like? The kollmanation impossible to get now. Made by Tim Jauernig. Handmade. It looks like he’s taking a break. He works full time. It’s to me a better version of the analogman. Just my opinion. Formula B the jtm45 one. There’s too many too mention. The Engine by Drybell. And then the big names. The wampler pantheon, plexi deluxe. The piggie fx nobody seems to know about it. Brown sound type of pedal, high gainer. Literally 100’s of pedals if not thousands out there. I have the Crossfire. Great pedal. Shin’s MK11 and his X Drive. Ratified by Cmatmods and JHS no longer made All American rat pedal. And the original rockbox swirly boiling point, baby blues and brown sugar. No longer available in swirly paint job. I would have liked to try the Volta but I need to try and stop this #gas buying. S as although, I certainly enjoy it.
It would have been fun if T-Rex Møller was pedal numer 21, because I've got that pedal. It sounds great on my rig. This is a fun video regardless, it's very informative.
These all sounded amazing. My search is for as close to SRV style i can get. Ideally spanninf Lenny to Weather to Pride... thats asking a lot and currently requires multiple pedals but i think i heard all of that in the CTC Crossfire. Maybe the cleaner side of the 1987 too but be interested to hear the higher gain side of that with less gain
The cleaner side of the 1987 could get you some SRV sounds but not most of it. If you want approach those tones in a few pedals I’d recommend a TS style pedal with a lot of output paired with the Pedal Pawn Texan Twang
@SashaIvantic thx very much for replying Sasha. I am on the fence about the Texan Twang. Would u rate this approach more than say the ctc crossfire? I already have a ts9 and I can at least buy the Twang locally albeit pretty expensive
Who wants another video with me doing a blind comparison and picking a winner based on these audio tracks?
Or use the Strymon Sunset and get all the sounds from all those pedals in a midi enabled pedal?
pls do one with fuzz pedals, love them
Do the fuzzes please 😁✌️
Yes please! As well as your top 5 (not blind tho)
Me!
For me
1:38 - Clean tone
1:51 - Fulltone Fulldrive 2
3:15 - ThorpyFX The Dane
4:40 - Ami Effects Silverbell
6:59 - Analogman King of Tone
8:52 - Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtainium
10:26 - ThorpyFX Heavy Water
12:04 - VS Audio Royal Flush
14:06 - Browne Protein
16:17 - Crazy Tube Circuits Crossfire
18:13 - Kingtone The Duellist
20:25 - Cornerstone Gladio
22:00 - Nordvang 83 Drive
24:22 - Cornerstone Imperium
26:31 - Nux Ace of Tone
28:00 - Volta Black Tweed Plus
30:04 - Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword
32:28 - JAM Pedals Double Dreamer
35:53 - Volta The Blue
37:13 - Volta 1987
38:46 - Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MkII
Amazing playing, amazing pedals and tone. What this shows me is that many of us own way too many drive pedals and obsess over the little nuances when actually they do all sound almost identical.
The skills of a guitar player would be about 90% of the outcome. 10% would be the pedal. And the sexy girl in the audience getting wet will always respond if you can develop your guitar playing skills and to be the 90%.
True, true. Same with guitar tone. An EQ pedal is the best pedal to have on your board.
I'm surprised he didnt have a TrueTone Jekyll & Hyde dual pedal. Mine can be dialed in infinitely. Lots of tone knobs to play with.
@@firebald2915Love my V2 Jekyll and Hyde! I've owned three over the years and come back to it often, like an old friend
I could get my with just an EQ, a compressor and my three Truetone pedals: Jekyll and Hyde V2, H2O V1, Tap Delay V3.
@mattgilbert7347 I hear ya ! I just switched to Elixir Phosphor Bronze strings on my thinline Tele to get more string tone out of it and got a wound G which gets rid of that nasty squeal that predominates too much. Running a Fender LT25 bypassing that 8" speaker into an aged G12k Eminence. I love mid range tone crunch clean then put my Jekyll&Hyde OD to punch it up from clean. That speaker cab (Crate) made my weekend happy as can be. EQ and my Cloudburst and I'm set.
@@firebald2915 I'm a fan of wound-Gs!
Back when I played a MIJ Vox SG copy, we were a kind of grungy/proto-"Queens of the Stone Age" Indie band and I used 13s or 14s on the Vox with only 5 strings (no high E). The G on that was, ofc, wound. We tuned it down 2-4 steps.
Second guitar was an Epiphone Explorer with 10-46 standards on it, tuned to a couple of alternative tunings depending on the song.
I ran a 100W Fender Solid State 1x12 combo for the first few years, then finally got my first Valve amp, a beast of a thing made in Dunedin, New Zealand. "Gerard" 75W EL34 Power valves, 3 or 4 12AX7s in the pre (maybe 1 was a 12AU7... long time ago). I had three pedals and one all-analog mini-rack reverb/,delay. 330ms analog delay and it had a tiny spring inside!
Pedals were a RAT clone, a Washburn Stereo Chorus, and a DD2 or DD3.
So simple, so loud, and soooo good. The 90s. Such a great time until late-stage Capitalism decided we were having too much fun, not generating enough profit, and with the assistance of the CIA....ever wonder about that heroin "fad" of the 90s? I sure do. After what they did to inner-city communities in the USA in the 80s/early 90s with crack, it wouldn't surprise me if they were partially to blame for the boom in heroin in the 90s that contributed to the downfall of the emerging Indie/Grunge/Alternative scene.
But the equipment we used was basic AF yet so inspiring.
How do u only have 11k subscribers. Ur one of the best guitar channels in my opinion. TPS, JHS and Sasha Ivantic are my go to channels for pedals. Your awesome man!
Totally agree. Sascha is the best.
Give him a chance he used to work for Max guitar store. He’ll get there. I like that strat Sasha.
I ask myself the same question. I hope his channel does great in the future, Sasha certainly deserves to have a bigger following. I sometimes repeat his videos just to hear Sasha play again. Sooo amazing!
And Paul Davids
I think people come to Sasha’s channel for his personality and playing as much as the actual demos. He’s one of those players that sounds the same - always great - through any pedal. Sasha has that dark, lower mids-fat sound with a touch of clean transient, and the lovely mix of major and minor penta noodling, whether he is in front of a Thorpy Dane, Fuzz Face, treble booster or a KoT etc etc. Players like Sasha, Shawn Tubbs and Mike Hermans dial in a tone they like and then do their thing - they are proof that tone is in the fingers but also that you can generally get ‘your’ sound through nearly anything.
Crazy that after a 20 pedal shootout I’m still thinking “I can’t believe he didn’t include the D&M Drive, the Strymon Sunset, the Wampler Pantheon . . .”
They’re all great pedals. I’m a pedal addict. I have them. Just ordered the cornerstone imperial. Oh I have the D@M too. And the crossfire. Both good too. And way too many more.
Totally agree
and the kingsley jouster which beats them all.
@@louiscyfer6944or a TrueTone Jekyll & Hyde. I love mine ! Adds boost to clean, too. EQ accordingly.
The Wampler Pantheon Deluxe is the best thing since sliced bread, imo. I also was surprised that it wasn't included here.
Can't wait for your "I tested 142 Fuzz pedals" video!
Part 1 is 142
I always come back to the FULLDRIVE2, feels like home of overdrive
The JAM Double Dreamer sounds incredible
The VS Audio Royal Flush stood out for me. Had a Browne Protein for a few months then sold it.
Awesome demo! Awesome Channel!! Would love to see the same thing with fuzz pedals :D
the longsword sounded INSANELY good as a light drive, and does super heavy just as well.
One of the most important things we as consumers need in pedal videos: play chords. Blues sounds great, but it doesn't showcase the whole scope of the pedal. Rhythm and lead need to be displayed, IMHO. Just feedback my dude. You're playing sounds great and thanks for show us these pedals.
I love my Browne Protein!! It's replaced a bunch of drive pedals. Just wished for more EQ options, more mids, etc. But they really did a great job on it!!
The Longsword is on my list... thanks for the demos!
That Ami was SUPER cool. The mid lift certainly did not disappoint! Never heard of it till now. Very awesome.
Thank you Matthew!!
@@amieffects5754 i wish i knew about your company before this video. The Silverbell was the pedal that spoke to me the most in Sasha's video. Sounded fantastic!!! I was looking at your website and noticed your located in France. Do you ship to America, and if so, are there any extra duty/fees that aren't included in the initial shipping cost?
@@orryfishburne5326 Thanks a lot!! It's indeed a very interesting video!! Yes we do ship worldwide. There should be some import fees and added VAT when you inport in America. It depends of the laws in your state I think.
On another note. The Volta 87, godamn. Now that is pedal, that really sounds and behaves like my actual plexi. Good job Italy
Really stoked to hear that! Thanks! A LOT of research goes into our pedals ♥️
@@voltacustom and it shows
Loved the Protein! Clear, warm and good vintage vibes
How are more people not talking about the Ami Silverbell?! out of all of these it instantly caught my attention. such a big clear sound. Might have nab one at some point.
Yes, that one sounded killer!
I have always liked the Lovepedal Amp 11 and I am now using the Jetter Red Square. I have used other dual pedals from JHS and Wampler in the past. Lots of different flavors.
Amazing work Sasha. Impressive overall quality. 2 mentions apart the ones I already know for me : ThorpyFX Heavy Water and JAM Pedals Double Dreamer.
This was amazing. Thank you for all the work this must have taken
Quality content at its best. I have to agree.
Very nice selection of pedals. My main takeaway from this was how close they all sound to each other. Perhaps more chordal work in the demo would reveal more tonal differences? Thanks for putting this together. Cheers!
Definitely! Plus stacked with another overdrive, fuzz and distortion respectively. And of course, played in full band context with two guitars, bass and drums. That would be a big project.
And maybe several albums with completely different bands showing the pedals with different genres. Now that's a project.
Different strings and picks also effect how the pedal reacts, so demo those as well.
For anyone else listening quietly on laptop speakers at work (yes, I know), the good news is they all sound the same, and the main thing is Sasha's excellent playing!
Thanks a ton man! Listening to demos they all sound quite similar indeed. The main takeaway which I forgot to mention is you should try it yourself. Every guitar, every amp, every pedal feels different under the fingers. And it's the difference between sounding great or being in the zone. Which is a tiny difference on paper but a huge difference to your own feeling and to an audience. My videos are only here to provide some pointers. Please don't take them as truth. What works for me might not work for you.
First of all, thank you so much Mr. Ivantic. Second, your Strat pickups are wonderful. Third, To my ears, I feel the Nordvang and the King of tone are my favorites. A tie. With the Nordvang being more versatile. Fulltone and Protein really close, but the King of Tone and Nordvang somehow managed to get rid of any fizz and also managed to sound almost uncompressed, and keep a bright sound. Simply more pleasant to the ears and less harsh. I could go on and on. Kudos to all of these fine pedals.
There are 18 pedals in this list that I think are far above exceptional. I bet if I owned them all, I would only play two or three and the rest would collect dust. But that is only because I am always searching for the same tones out of my own hands. Wish there was a way to “rent all of them at once for a week. A pedal vacation!
Exactly
Find sounds you like to make
Lots of ways to get there usually
Im looking for a Dumble type pedal, so for me it’s gonna be either the Unobtanium or the Imperium. This demo doesn’t make it any easier. Excellent testing.
Just get both! 😂 rock on, brother!
Shin music dumbloid is the best there is for dumble tone be warned it is expensive
@@93Rats it is.
I'm about 2.5 years into my king of tone wait. Still hyped. I think a Protein might be next as a stop gap measure though.
You'll need three more pedals to fill that hole in your heart before you get the KoT 🤣
You are the best kind of madman. Well done Sasha!
One of the most inspirational pedal reviews I’ve seen, thank you! Really awesome combination, great playing and sound. Will need to sell my house now to go buy some!
Phenomenal job with this. I preferred The Duellist, Unobtainium, and the Volta 1987 - but you could not-go-wrong, with any of them. My favorite Overdrive is the Barber Electronics Gain Changer SR. oNe LovE from NYC
The Imperium is the one that comes instead of the Gladio.
Inace svaka cast brate, jako kul video!
Hvala puno!
One of my favorites is The Toxic Twins dual overdrive pedal. I don’t own one but maybe someday. Meanwhile I got a Strymon Sunset to play with. Thanks for sharing the comparisons. Which Volta is your favorite??
Great video! One of my favourite and underrated dual overdrives is the T-Rex Moller. Tubescreamer with a seperate boost. What really makes it cool is, that it has a blend knob on the tubescreamer side, which is great if you really want that gainy midpush, but also want to dial in a bit more transparency. bargain on the used market.
The Silktone's clean sound is amazing.
Absolutely amazing undertaking! Wow!
I’m probably wrong, but I don’t think the KOT has any TS based topology.
Yeah, two blues breakers
Thank you for this amazing comparison. Great playing and sounds. Many of these pedals sound great. Wannahaves from this video: The Dane, The Duellist, Double Dreams and The Volta 1987. Currently on my board: RR Fat Drive, Suhr Eclipse and EP Boost.
Great demos. There are so many good dual drives out there now that it’s difficult to choose. Thanks for taking the time to showcase these.
my 3 favs from your playing:
1. Kingtone - The Duelist
2. Cornerstone Gladio
3. Heavy water
I’m gonna have to go with the Volta Blue! Thank you Sasha for creation this!!!
Oh wow! Thank you Charles! 🙌
@@voltacustom great pedal but too bad the boost side can't be activated on its own...
Yeah…. I’m watching AGAIN. Because I like to listen to the awesome playing and tones. Yup, I’ll be back again too 😝😝
I have and love the duelist and barber gain changer. Really love your Protein, Thorpe Dane! Surprisingly KOT didn’t do much for me.
I watched/listened to the whole video. I'm an avid dirt pedals collector as well and it's funny to me how similar the ace of tone sounded to the K.O.T. , which I hate that I should but the Duelist sounds way better to my ears than it ever did. I love mine. The pedal besides the Duelist I'm probably going to go buy now is the Gladio...that just plain sounded good. Different enough to matter yet still not too dissimilar for what close to perfect tone sounds like. The Duelist is tough to beat though...
The best Dual OD Design _imo_ -
Channel 1 is a smooth OD that sits back in mix. Channel 2 is a BD style tone that cuts. Together you’ve got high gain that sustains for days.
Royal Flush nailed this. Would love to try one.
I love Jetter dual overdrives and dual overdrive/boost pedals (as well as his Fuzz(es), Unvibe/Phaser) with the two I use most often being the Jetdrive V2 and Red Square.
I've been using my Jetdrive for nearly 13 years!! It's like the KOT of Dumble-ish voiced dual ODs.
Wampler Pantheon (which is not included) is one awesome dual overdrive. Another one is the DSM & Humboldt Silver Linings Pre Amp pedal. Check these out!
I was so hoping for the VS/XO by visual sound or truetone now....I've had it for years and can't seem to find a better one. Great video sir.
I have a lot of these but the duelist ends up on the board a lot because of all the switches. I don't use any of them live, but it's really cool when you're putting down tracks and trying to get your eq and clipping to be just right in the mix. BB side on glass and TS side on fat for the win
Oh that creepy autofader thingy at the end sounds good but looks freakin awesome. Should have something like that as a passcode for entereing the house! Get the three combos right to enter 😂
Great video! Thanks. I've been using a Lovepedal Amp 11 for a few years now & love it! I try others but keep going back to the Lovepedal.
It's an awesome pedal and underrated. No one talks about it but you can get some great tones out of it.
Nice video. Still ask myself why I never see the Suhr Eclipse in such video’s. I got the duellist and Suhr on my board. Both great dual overdrives!!
Protein, Nordvang, cornerstone and that jam pedal all sound really great
You bluesy/SRV style is awesome! It makes me remember when I first time I learned the blues, (about 1976) once ya learn the blues, they never leave ya....... Thanks for the video!
The Duellist, the Dane and the Volta. BUT...they're ALL great pedals!
They are exactly my 3 choices as well!
Boost/Drive so subjective, hard to choose!
But dude love your feels! 😎
Oh man, that Imperium really grabbed me. Excellent video as always.
I only have single channel overdrives on my board atm, however it's a Chase Bliss Condor, Kingsley Page and a Origin Effects revivaldrive compact - and I love all on them :P
love the video but I'm disappointed you didn't showcase all the settings on the Full-Drive 2. That comp setting is great but the other 2 are much more aggressive, especially messing with the Vintage/Modern switch. Have a few dual OD pedals and it's one of my favorites, especially with an additional boost or EQ of some kind in front of it. But I get it, you can't play with all the settings on each pedal otherwise it'd be a 10 hour video
Great video. You did awesome job showcaseing the differences.
Like the Fulldrive is nice tight compressed drive, still dynamic but everything is kept in place.
Where Royal Flush or Dane where sparkly lowgain, very open sounding, loads of dynamics and jumping up and down depending on pick dynamics.
Unobtainiu and Gladio gets the fuzzy cusion around notes, they get dirty, but not compressed.
The Nordwang get that hard, sharp distorted tones, etc etc.
Wow..! My ears are tired now 😂
This was fun!
I liked the following:
- VS Audio Royal Flush had a sweet harmonic top end none of the others had.
- Nordvang 83 Drive seems versatile and offered a crisp fuzzy breakup.
- Jam Pedals Double Dreamer gave a fat yet transparent bottom end.
However, my overall feeling is that most of these drives are unnecessary if you have a good amp and use your volume knob.
Sasha! Your content is just WICKED!! AMAZING!! Thank you very much indeed for your work!!
The Protein is so good it’s ridiculous. I adore that pedal. Also love the KoT and the Unobtanium. Great video!
This is so valuable a video for me. I’ve been wondering about some of these pedals and great to hear them all compared. I’ve saved and shared the video with friends. Thank you so much for this! Would love to see similar videos for reverb and for delay!
What guitar and was used, and what pickups?
What amp?
Thx and God bless you
as always in these comparison videos we al have our own preferences. For example, I am very impressed with Kasleder's Toxic Twins pedal, This pedal is in KOT territory. But you can't please us all. Great video Sacha, thanks!
Kasleder ToxicTwins missing! Best one i have tested so far.
Would send it over for a test if you will!
I've currently been rocking an old Hughes & Kettner Tube Factor for over a year now. Lovely thing. The only wish I have is to have a tiny volume boost on the high gain side as the increase of saturation makes it disappear into the mix a bit more. But sound and feel are really nice!
tube factor is great i own one also.
Nice one putting Pete's favorite color topper on the dane
On this list...the Duelist. One my board the Truetone VS-XO...Nobels/ODR/Drivetrain on one side...expanded TS on the other. Waiting to be tested...Wampler Dual Fusion.
That’s an impressive list. 😂 love the video!!
Impressive review. Did you sell your home to accumulate all these pedals?!?
One more dual pedal to consider is the REVV Amplification Tilt Overdrive. It’s the only OD pedal I’ve tried that doesn’t have the midrange “hump” of Tube Screamers.
Sooooo many pedals to keep us entertained (and broke), but I believe a skilled player can slay with a simple OD, good amp and playing techniques.
Toll, wie du die Stärken der einzelnen Pedale hervorbringst!
I bought the Brown Protein and tried to love it, i just didnt bond with it so i let it go. Now i bougt the Nordvang 83 drive and i love it. Immediately i started digging it and put it through many of my amps and along with the HX Stomp and this one isn't leaving me, its a keeper!
Awesome video. My 1st time seeing Nordvang. Blown away and will be buying asap.
Do it. You will not be disappointed
Duellist and the Dane v2 are on my shortlist. Great playing.
Excellent demo of these pedals. Subscribed!
Just got the KOT after a five year, ten month wait. Was on the list so long I forgot about it three or four times. Then almost missed my turn because I was using a different email address. Huge mistake you don’t want to make because your turn depends on the email you used to get on the waiting list.
Hi Sasha,
after having followed your good advice about the Jam Pedals retro vibe (I bought it and I am extremely happy!!! so much happy that I have also bought the ripply fall and the delay llama mkIII...just incredible pedals!!!)...
So...clarified I trust your advice...now I am back to you for another one 🙂!!!!
I have just started with my band mates a new project for a blues gig (only blues with all the great classics...) ...so now I realize I have to buy a very good overdrive as well as a fuzz for the purpose!!! I am currently using a TS9 + a fulltone OCD...but after a couple of rehearsals I am not happy at all!
PLEAAASE help me!!!!
Some hints: I play mainly with a strat but I would like something very good also for my les paul as well as for my duesenberg startplayer TV...
I use a Tone King imperial mkii and/or a Friedman twin sister...And I look for an overdrive that is transparent (possibly a double overdrive?) because I love the tone of my amps!!!
And also versatile!!!! good for both amps and for single coils and humbuckers...
From this video my feeling would be: Duellist, Nordvang (I see there are diverse Nordvang dual overdrive), Jam pedals, protein, The Dane...
maybe I would also need a clean boost on top of a dual overdrive pedal?????
....and what about the fuzz?? in that case I am oriented to the fuzz phrase from jam pedals (apparently excellent for the clean-up tones...).
Finally...to add further uncertainty...why not the chase bliss preamp mkii that does everything???
PLEASE help!!! I am lost!!!
Cheers,
Alessandro
I don't think Sasha can advise you, as they are all very high end pedals and not everyone has the same tastes. Among these I have the VS Audio Royal Flush, the Cornerstone Imperium (actually I have the Gladio SC and the Antique) but also the Browne Carbon (the blue side of the Protein) and I can tell you that if you got one of these 3 you wouldn't regret it
so they all sound pretty similar, hard to pick a favourite
Wow seems like a ton of work man! I don’t really care about the pedals, just here for the tasty licks. You sound like you no matter which pedal it is. ❤
Thanks a lot!
I care Sasha. And I can’t stop buying them. Actually, I bought the quad cortex and I love it. But I still love my amps and for awhile I stopped buying pedals but it got me again. The pedal addiction. Oh no I want the Volta 1987. Help!!!!
I own most of these petals. If I can only keep one, it would be the newest version of the Duellist.
The Browne Protein is so good! Thank you Sasha!!!
Tasteful playing! Great selection of drives.
Really liked that 1987 pedal , lots of ways to use that one
I like many others responding feel that the comparisons with the one amp and one guitar show really how close many are. SOMETIMES the change in these are the way they react with certain guitar/amp combos. Can be slightly different. And is why with my Helix I have 3 fuzz and 3 boost/drive pedals. To replace one I have to sell one lol.
Suggest the Boss OD-200 to cover your overdrive needs...or the Boss GT1000 Core that has the OD-200 in it...
Excellent video!!
I'm ordering Volta Custom The Blue thanks to your post.
And probably, 3-4 others as well.
Actually, NO, no thanks.....
I'll be broke by time I check out the ones I like.
Yeah, thanks for NOTHING.
😉😉
Just kidding.... I liked and subscribed today.
I'm hooked on low/med gain OD's.... keep up the good work. 👍🏻👍🏻
Frankie Baby
Chicago
😎.............. 🎼🎶🎵🎶
Nice man, would just like to hear the pedals on diff gtrs/pickup positions
Ok I’m a pedal addict so here goes. Please no offense Sasha I’m not a Dumble lover. But I do have the cornerstone antique v2 for the times I play clean but I’ll use it to push amp’s distortion. There’s a ton of pedals that so many haven’t heard about like Weehbos there’s one called the SLoDrive after the Soldano and oh you know what I bet you’d like? The kollmanation impossible to get now. Made by Tim Jauernig. Handmade. It looks like he’s taking a break. He works full time. It’s to me a better version of the analogman. Just my opinion. Formula B the jtm45 one. There’s too many too mention. The Engine by Drybell. And then the big names. The wampler pantheon, plexi deluxe. The piggie fx nobody seems to know about it. Brown sound type of pedal, high gainer. Literally 100’s of pedals if not thousands out there. I have the Crossfire. Great pedal. Shin’s MK11 and his X Drive. Ratified by Cmatmods and JHS no longer made All American rat pedal. And the original rockbox swirly boiling point, baby blues and brown sugar. No longer available in swirly paint job. I would have liked to try the Volta but I need to try and stop this #gas buying. S as although, I certainly enjoy it.
You are a monster! :D Great video, very cool tones! :)
I told myself no more overdrive pedals for a year that's just changed lol 😆 great playing to mate
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Double dreamer, Nordvang and ami silverbell for me were the best. And of course protein, which is the only one I already have
Your playing is as hot as your shirt. I miss the Kasleder Toxic Twins in your choice, great sounding dual OD. Keep on, THX!
The Toxic Twins is amazing. My favorite drive to date. It's definitely a pedal that will always be on my board
That VS Royal Flush when you kick in both sides!
All similar SOUNDING but the black tweed looks the coolest. Use a king of tone clone myself - best in my opinion
They all sound the same! 😱
Awesome video, Sasha! 😃😃😃
The jam double dreamer and the Royal flush for me. Goodness!
It would have been fun if T-Rex Møller was pedal numer 21, because I've got that pedal. It sounds great on my rig. This is a fun video regardless, it's very informative.
These all sounded amazing. My search is for as close to SRV style i can get. Ideally spanninf Lenny to Weather to Pride... thats asking a lot and currently requires multiple pedals but i think i heard all of that in the CTC Crossfire. Maybe the cleaner side of the 1987 too but be interested to hear the higher gain side of that with less gain
The cleaner side of the 1987 could get you some SRV sounds but not most of it. If you want approach those tones in a few pedals I’d recommend a TS style pedal with a lot of output paired with the Pedal Pawn Texan Twang
@SashaIvantic thx very much for replying Sasha. I am on the fence about the Texan Twang. Would u rate this approach more than say the ctc crossfire? I already have a ts9 and I can at least buy the Twang locally albeit pretty expensive
Nice video, but TMI at one time for me. Love the shirt, BTW.
conclusion: You can get good tones on any overdrive. Thanks a lot!