Hey what's the go with UA-cam not putting you over the top of 100k yet???!!!! There's no way people are not going to see Dr Rics face melting blues set at Guitcon and not beat the door down to sign up. C'mon people share this one round to as many folks as you can!!!
Cool man you deserve it....loved the hiking vid in Germany no idea how you spend that long in a room full of guys w too many cameras and not go crazy 😉
Really great video and playing as well , Thanks for the tips and really great choices , they all sound great in their own way , my faves were the royal flush , ponyboy , stardust , Thanks again
Great review, to me the 3 best we’re the 808, such a classic tone, the pony boy is a very close second, I like the control you get w that pedal ,and the Pride of Texas is a great sounding box, I like the fact you used the DSL, I love the HRD but the Marshall has such great tone and all of those pedals really accentuate its sonic quality, excellent choice of the Texas heat speaker as well, Everything combined really brought out some great sounds from that Strat
They all sound great, but the 2 standouts for me are the Pride of Texas and the Ponyboy pedals. Maybe because they're the lest TS clone sounding of the bunch, but I hear more note articulation and distinctive tone form those two. Great demo, as always, Shane!
Shane, you should try a TC Electronic Spark Boost with a Strat. It has a fat boost which works well with the bridge pickup. There are also mid boost and clean boost options.
The Pride of Texas has become the centerpiece of my tone. I like to use the neck pickup of my tele with with the pedal at a moderate gain and decently high treble into a slightly driven Tweed blues junior. Danelectro really knocked it out of the park with that one
nice info on your personal touch to usage in context to jamming an gigging ...todays amps an gear i think cranking amps to the point of natural distortion is asking to replace tubes once a week ...pedal waise with out sounding like a blues snob ...they to me are all tube screamerish in there own way.,but showing there is alternatives in availability an price is a on spot idea to the real devoted players who cant afford a klone, or any of the higher priced pedals...i like them all they all have there own mojo but all in some way pay ahmage to the mid hump or boost of a screamer...stacking is a great way to keep from buying a fuzz pedal though...nice video shane
Shane great video! I liked the pride of Texas it was pretty awesome and especially with the Mexican Strat and the Texas Heat. Shane are you pickups stock? I have a newer Mexican Strat and the pickups sound really good.
As primarily a single-coil guy this video is right up my street. I'm always on the look out for new sounds. My current single-coil pedal board consists of: TritonLab Labyrinth --> DOD Gonkulator (set as a boost) --> TrueTone Garage Tone Axle Grease delay --> Vick Audio '73 Rams Head BM fuzz --> VFE Old School Tremolo --> Carl Martin HeadRoom spring reverb.
Great video. Does the level or balance knob effect the tone? I know it obviously increases the volume. I just thought it was used to get to unity gain compared to amplifier.
Tone City Model M ;-) Two channels of gorgeousness! Goes from a creamy blues crunch to balls out rock and everything in between! With a built in boost circuit giving around 20db, I think, you got it all... Give it a try if you find one over there Shane!
Man those sound awesome! Really dig the Pride of Texas! have the same MIM Strat with a maple fretboard and at lower volume, I really love the JoYo Ultimate Drive, which is a Fultone OCD clone. You can keep the gain back around 9 o’clock and it’s super clean but hot, or crank it up more and when you roll the guitar volume back it cleans up really nicely. The best part is you can get it for under $30 USD! 🤙🏻 😎🎸
Have you actually AB tested both? I'd be open to using one as a second gain stage but would want to know its not a waste of cash as a poor photocopy of the orig?
Admittedly I haven’t A/B tested a real OCD vs. the Ultimate Drive because I’m just a bedroom hacker on a budget, but I listened to tons of audio online before getting the JoYo and they seemed very similar in function (taking into account all rigs and recording methods vary). For the money, the Ultimate Drive doesn’t disappoint, but again I’m not a gigging pro so I can’t speak to the durability, etc.
Definitely need a TS with a strat in front of a Fender amp to shape that mid focus required to stand out in the mix. Getting an attenuator so I could actually use the overdrive in my Deluxe was a revelation. I'm convinced most FHRD owners have not even played its full breakup range given the volume required is so prohibitive. Highly recommend selling a pedal and trying one if you haven't out there. (note: Two Notes Captor is only $220 USD and there are similar affordable choices like it)
I used to crank a Hot Rod Deluxe as standard practice. It sounded glorious, but was impractically loud for most situations. It also meant I went through valves like wildfire, and eventually killed the stock speaker. I bought an attenuator, but found that it tended to make the tone quite muddy and fizzy. So I ended up with an overdrive pedal... I tried a few different ones, and settled on a Boss BD-2. I just leave it on and ride the volume control, just as I used to do with the amp cranked. It's not quite got the same feeling of a small nuclear bomb going off behind you, but the tone is much better than through the attenuator, we get more gigs and less complaints.
Great tips guys I use and recommend the fryette powerstation which is a reactive load/re-amp type it's 99.9% the full tone at any volume RRP 600 cheaper used
The V3 has the best EQ stack I've tried on a klon but if you want the legit original sound the one before it is great and stacks great into another pedal. If you want to use the pedal on it's own maybe the V3. Both are great.
I think they are great rhythm guitar pedals / boost pedals but I don't like them so much as a one pedal does all kind of thing. For lead tones I prefer a mid bump pedal like a Tubescreamer for example.
Wow, not a bad pedal in the bunch! Are any of them candidates for your pedal of the year, Shane?? Also, do you have any plans to shoot a similar overdrive pedal video for humbucker guitars? ;)
Recently bought an American Professional Strat. Deciding on what AMP and pedals to buy. I was thinking Fender Blues Jr, Boss Katana, or Line 6 Spider and either OCD, Ibanez TS or Maxon. Any Recommendations?
Fender champion 100.. on clean channel With pedals such as tubescreamer , RAT , dd8 boss, ce5 boss, mxr phaser95, BD 2 by boss if you want..thats my setup for my american strat
Yea, some of these are a tad pricey, but the Pride of Texas comes in at under £70 in the UK, sounds great and is built like a tank! Sure, a Behringer Vintage Tube Overdrive can be had for under £20, but how many times are you going stomp on it before you’re shelling out for a new one?
Michael Craig from my understanding, SRV is just a 6L6 or 6V6 (pretty much a Fender) amp cranked up to edge of breakup with a tube screamer type pedal in front with very, very low gain and high volume to push the amp and then tone to taste. Hendrix, on the other hand, is more of a cranked British style amp (EL34 typically) with a fuzz (typically a fuzz face) cranked up and the volume of the guitar turned down to slightly clean it up. If you want to add more saturation or get nice bite for a lead you just turn the guitar volume up. I forget the UA-camr that has a really good video on the Hendrix tone. If you search Hendrix fuzz secret it should pop up. I think his name is like millstep or something like that.
I have a maxon 808, an analog man King Of Tone and a Xotic BB Preamp. Honestly the BB Preamp is part of my tone with strat, tele and even Les Paul, react very well to the volume pot of the guitar. The King of Tone is nice but I think it is overrated, doesn’t deserve the resale values on used market
why do you have a can of finger ease in the background? that crap is a total scam, it doesn't anything except relieve fools of excess cash. think about it... if it make the strings somehow softer or more pliable, the string tension and pitch would therefore drop. did they sponsor you or something? kinda says something about you if that's the case, because I seriously doubt that you wouldn't know that they were complete BS.
Hey what's the go with UA-cam not putting you over the top of 100k yet???!!!! There's no way people are not going to see Dr Rics face melting blues set at Guitcon and not beat the door down to sign up. C'mon people share this one round to as many folks as you can!!!
Thanks Dan! I am surprised it hasn't clicked over 100k yet too I thought it might of happened before my trip here but it's not too far away now. 😄
119 to go!!!!
I have a few pretty cool videos coming up so hopefully it tips it over the edge. Either way it's only a day and a half away worst case 😄
Cool man you deserve it....loved the hiking vid in Germany no idea how you spend that long in a room full of guys w too many cameras and not go crazy 😉
He’ll hit a 100K in no time. Shane’s reviews are great. He doesn’t talk talk talk, and gets straight to the demo.
Awesome playing! The lick at about 8:55 was smoking! My two favorites were the pride of Texas and the riff raff.
Really great video and playing as well , Thanks for the tips and really great choices , they all sound great in their own way , my faves were the royal flush , ponyboy , stardust , Thanks again
Great video, great tones, awesome playing! Rock on Shane!
Thanks for the heads up, I need at least two of those! Killer tones Shane! Very nice playing. That strat sounds amazing. Don't let that one go!
Hi Shane, thanks for the ongoing great videos!. I would love to see you review the pignose 7-100 amps.
Great video, I love the clean sound on Strats.Ty!
The PONYBOY hands down for me! Thank for this - I've been looking to buy an OD pedal.
Hey thanks! You basically used my guitar and amp exactly the way I use them and tried out some overdrives I’ve been thinking about.
Man, those are all killer tones! That Royal Flush is a ripper.
Great review, to me the 3 best we’re the 808, such a classic tone, the pony boy is a very close second, I like the control you get w that pedal ,and the Pride of Texas is a great sounding box, I like the fact you used the DSL, I love the HRD but the Marshall has such great tone and all of those pedals really accentuate its sonic quality, excellent choice of the Texas heat speaker as well, Everything combined really brought out some great sounds from that Strat
Every single pedal you presented here are absolute winners!!!!! I also dig the Greenchild K818 with Strats!! Rocking video Shane!!! 🎸🎸🤘🏽🤙🏾😎
They all sound great, but the 2 standouts for me are the Pride of Texas and the Ponyboy pedals. Maybe because they're the lest TS clone sounding of the bunch, but I hear more note articulation and distinctive tone form those two. Great demo, as always, Shane!
That white strat is awesome!
Great comparison video Shane ! For my money on Strat tones the Danelectro POT can't be beat !
My Strat & Fender amps seem to love any and all Maxon pedals.
Maxon 808 is a Ibanez Tubescreamer with slightly less compression. Great Pedal.
Well done
very smart video !
Shane, you should try a TC Electronic Spark Boost with a Strat. It has a fat boost which works well with the bridge pickup. There are also mid boost and clean boost options.
The Pride of Texas has become the centerpiece of my tone. I like to use the neck pickup of my tele with with the pedal at a moderate gain and decently high treble into a slightly driven Tweed blues junior. Danelectro really knocked it out of the park with that one
Very helpfully! Hey what about a high gain pedal with single coil?
nice info on your personal touch to usage in context to jamming an gigging ...todays amps an gear i think cranking amps to the point of natural distortion is asking to replace tubes once a week ...pedal waise with out sounding like a blues snob ...they to me are all tube screamerish in there own way.,but showing there is alternatives in availability an price is a on spot idea to the real devoted players who cant afford a klone, or any of the higher priced pedals...i like them all they all have there own mojo but all in some way pay ahmage to the mid hump or boost of a screamer...stacking is a great way to keep from buying a fuzz pedal though...nice video shane
The open road (visual sound) is one of my best overdrive
Shane great video! I liked the pride of Texas it was pretty awesome and especially with the Mexican Strat and the Texas Heat. Shane are you pickups stock? I have a newer Mexican Strat and the pickups sound really good.
Hello thanks for your Vidéo
And what you think about the tube screamer mini for the strat ?
Thanks millions
As primarily a single-coil guy this video is right up my street. I'm always on the look out for new sounds. My current single-coil pedal board consists of: TritonLab Labyrinth --> DOD Gonkulator (set as a boost) --> TrueTone Garage Tone Axle Grease delay --> Vick Audio '73 Rams Head BM fuzz --> VFE Old School Tremolo --> Carl Martin HeadRoom spring reverb.
That Tsakalis Riff Raff sounded great!
Thanks man!
Man, the Pride of Texas could easily pop through the mix. Searing, dirty tone! As usual Shane; you’re playing is great for the ears! Cheers dude.
Love strats….. my favorite OD pedal for a strat KOT
Another great option is the Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive. You should definitely give it a try, it’s a killer blues overdrive.
Great video. Does the level or balance knob effect the tone? I know it obviously increases the volume. I just thought it was used to get to unity gain compared to amplifier.
Hey Shane. God bless! Is that an Okko Diablo Overdrive in your arsenal?
The white Strat is where it’s at! 😁👍
Tone City Model M ;-) Two channels of gorgeousness! Goes from a creamy blues crunch to balls out rock and everything in between! With a built in boost circuit giving around 20db, I think, you got it all... Give it a try if you find one over there Shane!
I have a players strat and a Gretche electromatic with filtertrons would these pedals work with both
I love fuzz pedal so much
2:25 sounds very very close to the tone in Immortality by Pearl Jam.. to my ears
What are your thoughts on the Fulldrive 2 MOSFET with a Strat
It takes me around 10 sec to hit the like button.
The Big Muff is the pedal to use with a Strat and a Tele!
ruscoe lee Completely agree
Can you make the same style video, but for a les paul please?
Man those sound awesome! Really dig the Pride of Texas! have the same MIM Strat with a maple fretboard and at lower volume, I really love the JoYo Ultimate Drive, which is a Fultone OCD clone. You can keep the gain back around 9 o’clock and it’s super clean but hot, or crank it up more and when you roll the guitar volume back it cleans up really nicely. The best part is you can get it for under $30 USD! 🤙🏻 😎🎸
Have you actually AB tested both? I'd be open to using one as a second gain stage but would want to know its not a waste of cash as a poor photocopy of the orig?
Admittedly I haven’t A/B tested a real OCD vs. the Ultimate Drive because I’m just a bedroom hacker on a budget, but I listened to tons of audio online before getting the JoYo and they seemed very similar in function (taking into account all rigs and recording methods vary). For the money, the Ultimate Drive doesn’t disappoint, but again I’m not a gigging pro so I can’t speak to the durability, etc.
Which one of these works best with a telecaster?
Definitely need a TS with a strat in front of a Fender amp to shape that mid focus required to stand out in the mix. Getting an attenuator so I could actually use the overdrive in my Deluxe was a revelation. I'm convinced most FHRD owners have not even played its full breakup range given the volume required is so prohibitive. Highly recommend selling a pedal and trying one if you haven't out there. (note: Two Notes Captor is only $220 USD and there are similar affordable choices like it)
I used to crank a Hot Rod Deluxe as standard practice. It sounded glorious, but was impractically loud for most situations. It also meant I went through valves like wildfire, and eventually killed the stock speaker. I bought an attenuator, but found that it tended to make the tone quite muddy and fizzy. So I ended up with an overdrive pedal... I tried a few different ones, and settled on a Boss BD-2. I just leave it on and ride the volume control, just as I used to do with the amp cranked. It's not quite got the same feeling of a small nuclear bomb going off behind you, but the tone is much better than through the attenuator, we get more gigs and less complaints.
Great tips guys I use and recommend the fryette powerstation which is a reactive load/re-amp type it's 99.9% the full tone at any volume RRP 600 cheaper used
RAT!
Which pedal can I use on a strat for metal?
Thought the royal flush stood out. I've definitely have been going for more definition lately. Don't like fizzy at all.
I notice that The - Chellee Ponyboy there is V1-V2-V3 witch one do you recommend? .Thanks Shane
The V3 has the best EQ stack I've tried on a klon but if you want the legit original sound the one before it is great and stacks great into another pedal. If you want to use the pedal on it's own maybe the V3. Both are great.
hay Shane, what are your thoughts on the Boss blues driver 2 ?
I think they are great rhythm guitar pedals / boost pedals but I don't like them so much as a one pedal does all kind of thing. For lead tones I prefer a mid bump pedal like a Tubescreamer for example.
Have u tried the True Tone OCD Shane? That’s a nice pedal.
Did you mean the Fulltone OCD? If so yes they are great but they have a top end that's quite bright in my experience.
Wow, not a bad pedal in the bunch! Are any of them candidates for your pedal of the year, Shane?? Also, do you have any plans to shoot a similar overdrive pedal video for humbucker guitars? ;)
Recently bought an American Professional Strat. Deciding on what AMP and pedals to buy. I was thinking Fender Blues Jr, Boss Katana, or Line 6 Spider and either OCD, Ibanez TS or Maxon. Any Recommendations?
hey man get a blues jr tweed, its awesome.
Fender champion 100.. on clean channel With pedals such as tubescreamer , RAT , dd8 boss, ce5 boss, mxr phaser95, BD 2 by boss if you want..thats my setup for my american strat
Is that Buddy Guy poster new?
The Texas Heath (great speaker) makes your amp sound less like a Marshall. It sounds more open like a Fender.
Have you concidered putting a celestion Cream back in it?
Love the Royal Flush and the Maxon. Check out the Barber Electronics Gain Changer S.R. = my #1
Nice to see the white mexican strat again! :)
I love you man ❤
But please review some cheap pedals, i heard behringer are great cheap boss clones
Yea, some of these are a tad pricey, but the Pride of Texas comes in at under £70 in the UK, sounds great and is built like a tank! Sure, a Behringer Vintage Tube Overdrive can be had for under £20, but how many times are you going stomp on it before you’re shelling out for a new one?
bloodshot eyes yeah dude
I find Behringer pedals for 13 dollars in my country
I have gigged with my Behringer pedals for over 12 years.....how many 'stomps' have you gotten out of yours?
I've reviewed probably 200 cheap pedals on my channel 😆
Eric CB behringers are 70$ here and dollar is also expensive here, boss pedals are around 120$+
7 OD for Tele?
Anyone see any pedals?
Whats the best one or ones to get the hugest Hendrix - Stevie Ray type tones possible?
Michael Craig from my understanding, SRV is just a 6L6 or 6V6 (pretty much a Fender) amp cranked up to edge of breakup with a tube screamer type pedal in front with very, very low gain and high volume to push the amp and then tone to taste. Hendrix, on the other hand, is more of a cranked British style amp (EL34 typically) with a fuzz (typically a fuzz face) cranked up and the volume of the guitar turned down to slightly clean it up. If you want to add more saturation or get nice bite for a lead you just turn the guitar volume up. I forget the UA-camr that has a really good video on the Hendrix tone. If you search Hendrix fuzz secret it should pop up. I think his name is like millstep or something like that.
I have a maxon 808, an analog man King Of Tone and a Xotic BB Preamp. Honestly the BB Preamp is part of my tone with strat, tele and even Les Paul, react very well to the volume pot of the guitar. The King of Tone is nice but I think it is overrated, doesn’t deserve the resale values on used market
What's your amp, man?
kingtone duelist is a great one for strat
or in the realm of affordable pedals Caline's crazy cacti is awesome
Aka Josh Smith's pedal for his Strat. Don't act like you came up with that combo. You stole it from Josh.
umm, why do I feel personally attacked when all I did is express my opinion about pedals you might not know about that work great on strats?
@@Milankoful You feel personally attacked because you are being personally attacked. Pretty simple.
@@chrishepburn1503 Dude I don't think Jim was trying to claim that combo at all, he was simply suggesting it. Can't we all just get along?
The Marshall gives it a tone I overall do not enjoy...ruined the Demo for me...
Left handed guitars are so weird looking
why do you have a can of finger ease in the background? that crap is a total scam, it doesn't anything except relieve fools of excess cash. think about it... if it make the strings somehow softer or more pliable, the string tension and pitch would therefore drop. did they sponsor you or something? kinda says something about you if that's the case, because I seriously doubt that you wouldn't know that they were complete BS.