Great video !!! Great pedal, I was looking for an analogic multifx. The quattro has the sound ! You have all that a guitarist need. No way to have good distortion with a digital processor.
The drive section is the Carl Martin DC Drive, not the Plexi. I have a DC Drive on another pedalboard, it sounds amazing and has a built in boost for solos.
You must not be familiar with that tuning, I was using EADG#BE. Page used it while with the Yardbirds. Drummers usually don't notice that, what kind of set do you play?
Is this Mark Iannucci? Dude! It's John Langdon from way in the Tustin Nissan days. I was looking for reviews on the Carl Martin Quattro and realized you look and sound like Mark Iannucci! Awesome video! Hope all is well.
John Langdon yes Bro it's me, that was my first YT video. The people from Carl Martin were great and I wanted to do something to thank them. The pedal is the bomb by the way.
Hello atsrecords1960, curious about the Quattro..... are you still using it? if so how long have you had it and how's the durability? have you compared it to any other multi effects?, also when the high gain is on is it very noisy? Thanks for any and all insights you can share regarding the Quattro.
Rick Johnson Sorry, just saw this. I used to have it on my pedal board but I now use it alone for gigs where I am not carrying half the studio with me. I like it because there is less to plug in and less to go wrong. And, the sounds are like the boutique pedals I have in my closet now. I've owned a ton of multi effects that I thought would be the messiah for me when playing live but failed. When you are playing live reasonably loud good quality analog pedals into a clean amp are the way to go. Modelers and such just don't have the headroom in my opinion when playing live, at least to my ear. That's why I love this pedal, using it live it's just clean and powerful. I love the drive in it so much I bought the CM DC Drive which is the stand alone drive with boost. The tone I get out of that thing live is amazing in all gain settings. I run the DC Drive alone into my Blackstar and I am in heaven. To me, the more poop you put in front of your amp the more poop comes out.
Do you think this would sound alright with analog synthesizer keyboard. I've got a phophet 8 rev2. I don't like using the digital fx onboard the synth and am looking for an analog multi fx unit that won't eat up the tone of the keyboard.
I only used it with guitars but it didn't add any color or change my tone at all. That's why I used it. I can only assume it would sound as clean on keyboard but the signal from a keyboard is a different animal from passive pickups on a guitar.
AceOfHeart2012 no, you are wrong. A guitar can be out of tune by a microtone or many increments thereof and beyond. To the untrained ear a guitar could technically be out of tone yet sound indistinguishable from a guitar in tune.
You can but I didn't, the compressor sounds and feels like a high quality unit. I played with the compressor on all the time set at aprox 12 o'clock. Made everything very punchy and tight. As I said at the end of the video, I ran a Carl Martin Hydra boost into the loop on the back of the unit. That work perfectly for solos, super clean and didn't distort the tone or signal. Just made what I was playing louder TO CRUSH MY DRUMMER ! Thanks for asking.
Ok. Many thanks! I had been used the Plexitone for a time but i sold it because I didnt like the drive..i am afraid of drive of quattro sounds like the plexi.
Great video !!! Great pedal, I was looking for an analogic multifx.
The quattro has the sound ! You have all that a guitarist need.
No way to have good distortion with a digital processor.
The drive section is the Carl Martin DC Drive, not the Plexi. I have a DC Drive on another pedalboard, it sounds amazing and has a built in boost for solos.
the delay is not analog, it's based on the PT2399 chip which is digital
You must not be familiar with that tuning, I was using EADG#BE. Page used it while with the Yardbirds. Drummers usually don't notice that, what kind of set do you play?
Is this Mark Iannucci? Dude! It's John Langdon from way in the Tustin Nissan days. I was looking for reviews on the Carl Martin Quattro and realized you look and sound like Mark Iannucci! Awesome video! Hope all is well.
John Langdon yes Bro it's me, that was my first YT video. The people from Carl Martin were great and I wanted to do something to thank them. The pedal is the bomb by the way.
John Langdon i didn't know you played. Email me and let me know what you are up to.
I am in NY right now. ats.records@yahoo.com
Wow, is that the pedal or do I need to get a Blackstar? That first crunch tone was insane.. AC/ DC !
i really wish i could get this pedal someday :O
Hello atsrecords1960, curious about the Quattro..... are you still using it? if so how long have you had it and how's the durability? have you compared it to any other multi effects?, also when the high gain is on is it very noisy? Thanks for any and all insights you can share regarding the Quattro.
Rick Johnson Sorry, just saw this. I used to have it on my pedal board but I now use it alone for gigs where I am not carrying half the studio with me. I like it because there is less to plug in and less to go wrong. And, the sounds are like the boutique pedals I have in my closet now. I've owned a ton of multi effects that I thought would be the messiah for me when playing live but failed. When you are playing live reasonably loud good quality analog pedals into a clean amp are the way to go. Modelers and such just don't have the headroom in my opinion when playing live, at least to my ear. That's why I love this pedal, using it live it's just clean and powerful. I love the drive in it so much I bought the CM DC Drive which is the stand alone drive with boost. The tone I get out of that thing live is amazing in all gain settings. I run the DC Drive alone into my Blackstar and I am in heaven. To me, the more poop you put in front of your amp the more poop comes out.
Do you think this would sound alright with analog synthesizer keyboard. I've got a phophet 8 rev2. I don't like using the digital fx onboard the synth and am looking for an analog multi fx unit that won't eat up the tone of the keyboard.
I only used it with guitars but it didn't add any color or change my tone at all. That's why I used it. I can only assume it would sound as clean on keyboard but the signal from a keyboard is a different animal from passive pickups on a guitar.
COOL
A guitar is either in tune, or out of tune. Like pregnancy; there's no such thing a little pregnant.
Signed,
Real Musician
I take that back. That was not good form of me. Apologies. It was a fine demo.
AceOfHeart2012 no, you are wrong. A guitar can be out of tune by a microtone or many increments thereof and beyond. To the untrained ear a guitar could technically be out of tone yet sound indistinguishable from a guitar in tune.
Hi friend! Can I use the Compressor like a Boost volume for solos?
You can but I didn't, the compressor sounds and feels like a high quality unit. I played with the compressor on all the time set at aprox 12 o'clock. Made everything very punchy and tight. As I said at the end of the video, I ran a Carl Martin Hydra boost into the loop on the back of the unit. That work perfectly for solos, super clean and didn't distort the tone or signal. Just made what I was playing louder TO CRUSH MY DRUMMER ! Thanks for asking.
Ok. Many thanks! I had been used the Plexitone for a time but i sold it because I didnt like the drive..i am afraid of drive of quattro sounds like the plexi.
I never did, but running a clean boost through the loop on the back of the pedal works perfectly.
Needs a reverb and a fuzz.