Thank you and Kudos to you guys, I don't know you guys yet personally but I imagine you as a bunch of mad guitar scientists over the pond, staying inside when it's freezing outside for months on end, jamming and developing plugins and hardware :) Great job on this unit, it has really ben fun getting to know my way around it, you've made a great tool for musicians.
@@prsjackal yep, when I hear demos of stuff, you tubers are often not pulling the whole mojo from the equipment, Pete has his ways of fine tuning and giving you these valuable infos. About the Oscar, it’s often a question of being commercial and pleasing the crowd, Pete is above that...😉
Saw Rabea's video earlier. Now, with yours, I have a great reference for this 'beast'! Both of you approach it from different angles, with your own distinctive sounds, & that's great for someone like me. I'm retired but, I love messing around with all kinds of music, blending styles together too. Hey, no rules in Rock or Metal, or Country, or Jazz..... If there were, I'd break them, as I've done before! - Nice one, Pete! Thanks for another great video!
It’s amazing to see someone on this level still grow massively both as a player and composer. I absolutely love the prog influence you brought into your playing lately ❤️
Your channel is my go to for gear reviews due to it's in depth sounds and detailed demos. I really can't understand how you don't have many, many more subscribers. Just another awesome demo as usual.
I’ve been a Fractal guy for a long time and haven’t taken this unit seriously until now. You demonstrated that those mid-gain sounds are high quality which is my measure of a modeler. Thanks for what you do! Oh yeah, you are also a killer guitarist as well!
Song structure chops are stronger than ever, fitting for the guy who pioneered the genre of composing and producing hooky groovy pieces to demo gear online -- still the best to do it
Pete, I hope one day before I leave this place we call earth... I get to meet you and shake your hand. You have a sincerity and authenticity that comes out in every video you do no matter what it is. Whether its a gear demo or you talking about life, it does not matter. You have the same vibe. During times like this, you have been a real life saver and a true inspiration. I hope life brings you massive amounts of positive vibes and love.
I came for the Quad Cortex, I stayed for the music! Pete, you are just an absolute joy to watch and listen to! Thanks for this, very much looking forward to getting to grips with this thing!
Woah, I wasn't ready for the kickass song in the beginning! I came to hear the Quad Cortex, but now I don't even care. I'm just rewatching the song and being inspired!
Pete , I don't know how you do it. Just fantastic. I built a project studio in 2019 and have had serious case of GAS since. Many of the things I've added you have done videos of. I've been interested in the Quad Cortex and was really happy when I saw you did a vid. I'll definitely be picking one up. I see value for my studio but also live when gigs happen again. I also watched Rabea's videos on it his are great as well. Cheers
@@PeteThorn All the video is great of course, and the intro track as well - but it just puts a smile on my face when you jam through som classic sounding rock'n'roll with corresponding good tones for that, just makes a great mood! I'm sure I'm not alone thinking that!
Thanks for doing this one Pete. I've been a tube amp guy for a long while now, and have yet to take the plunge into the land of modeling. This could be the thing that pulls me in.
Wow, Pete.....your intro song is just amazing! I thought 'Joe Satch' after a few bars. Fanatastic video, the QC seems like an absolute MUST HAVE piece of gear...the tones just blew me away. It amazes me that you can write such great songs in just a few mins....I'm sure it takes a musician of your calbre to do this seemingly so easily. How the hell will Neural Networks keep up with demand, eh? I want TWO of these units!!
Thanks man! He was a big influence on me, when surfing with the alien came out ,I loved his approach to instrumental guitar. Simple songs with great traditional sort of songwriting
@@PeteThorn More about your intro track...I just love 12/8..it just 'swings' along....plus I love time signature changes...that's why I love Rush so much..keeps you guessing...throwing in a few 2/4 or 7/8 bars with killer riffs to fill them! Man, that song deserves a full track version. Your recording, and filling in complementary parts to make a complete soundscape...your skills knows no bounds. So you are a Producer, Recording Engineer, Song Writer / Arranger, not to mention a killer guitarist. Not many like you out there, at that level. Oh I forgot, you are also a videographer, script writer, cinematographer, and video editor too. So much work to make your channel what it is...many, many thanks.
Finally got mine Brother! First up to bat will be my newly converted piccolo bass. I have been waiting 6 months but already feel like a proud Poppa. Thank you for that Voodoo That you do!
Yeah, the gear is good and Pete's a genius. I just got to "I added a reverb in front that only activates when I roll back the expression pedal, which I put as a volume in front of both amps." And so he transitions smoothly from heavier rhythms to ambient melody without ever stopping playing. I have no business owning $1600 worth of guitar gear, but I really want this now....
@@yessitsme6884 perhaps I should have been a bit more clear. Usually the "drunken Roadie" is the "Drunken friend" who said they would help mo e gear. 😂
PETE THORN. The " go-to" guy for all things involving Guitar Tone. Luthiage, Guitar Clinicist, Engineer, Producer, Sunday Gear Talk Show host and all around inspiration. Love your Les Paul Tones in this one. I myself have z 1972 L.P. Custom. Woody Tones for decades. " PETE " YOU KNOW WHO I AM" THORN.🙂
Yeah, the only guy who properly finds balance and demoes the middle ground: pure cleans, cleans on the edge of break up and tasty crunch and hi-gain sounds. No wonder he was Chris Cornell's choice for his solo band on tour. What a legend. 0% bullshit and ego.
When you're a Pete Thorn, a man who breathes guitar, real amp or modelling don't matter anymore to his sound at least to people like me. And most listeners are like myself, we love the music&melody.
You sir are no dummy! You are one of the best reviewers and guitarist on UA-cam! Your creative song style really speaks to me for clarity and inspiration. You helped me make my Headrush decision 3yrs ago and its seems its finally time to upgrade.
One of the nicest guitar heroes in the music industry.
Thanks Daniel!
@@PeteThorn Bless you, Pete. Thanks for great playing, superb tones and tons of inspiration.
Pete who are you?
Man, YOU knocked it out of the park. Thanks so much for the incredible video!
I hope Pete gets 10% commission. He just sold a boatload of QCs
Thank you and Kudos to you guys, I don't know you guys yet personally but I imagine you as a bunch of mad guitar scientists over the pond, staying inside when it's freezing outside for months on end, jamming and developing plugins and hardware :) Great job on this unit, it has really ben fun getting to know my way around it, you've made a great tool for musicians.
Sounds amazing... is it me, or are the switches really close together? Is this intended to be used on a stage while wearing shoes?
@@HankCScorpio Yep. I just ordered one.
I'm selling my grandmother to get one!!!
Pete Thorn has made more videos in the last ten months than the rest of Hollywood combined. Got to be worth an Oscar!...
and he is canadian too, enough to make the american dudes jealous 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻😜😜😜
The Grammys should make an award for best music-based UA-camr...or a series of awards for guys like Pete.
@@prsjackal yep, when I hear demos of stuff, you tubers are often not pulling the whole mojo from the equipment, Pete has his ways of fine tuning and giving you these valuable infos.
About the Oscar, it’s often a question of being commercial and pleasing the crowd, Pete is above that...😉
I'll second that Steve. Pete is Ruling!
And his videos are way BETTER than anything Hollywood is putting out.
"It made me late for dinner" - Pete Thorn
put that on the box
yes exactly!
Or: " I was on a promise and totally lost track of time"!
Thank you Pete
That would be all it would take to sell me on it!!!
God damn! That was immense! Great video dude loved it :)
Hey dude! Thanks man, I watched yours earlier as well, awesome as always man!
My first words were also God damn. Pete and Rabea thank you both for awesome demos
Dude! That was awesome! Love the comradery in the community!!
YUP! Agreed. That was totally bad ass.
Great opening song.
Saw Rabea's video earlier. Now, with yours, I have a great reference for this 'beast'! Both of you approach it from different angles, with your own distinctive sounds, & that's great for someone like me. I'm retired but, I love messing around with all kinds of music, blending styles together too. Hey, no rules in Rock or Metal, or Country, or Jazz..... If there were, I'd break them, as I've done before! - Nice one, Pete! Thanks for another great video!
Bought this, returned immediately when I still couldn't play Revenge of the Nerd.
It’s amazing to see someone on this level still grow massively both as a player and composer. I absolutely love the prog influence you brought into your playing lately ❤️
Thanks!
Dude, I'm running out of superlatives to describe your intro songs on these demos. This is just amazing Pete. Rock on and stay safe brother!
Thanks Bruce!
One of the most epic demos of all times with plenty of tasty playing. Thank you Pete.
Your channel is my go to for gear reviews due to it's in depth sounds and detailed demos. I really can't understand how you don't have many, many more subscribers. Just another awesome demo as usual.
Thanks Steve!
I’ve been a Fractal guy for a long time and haven’t taken this unit seriously until now. You demonstrated that those mid-gain sounds are high quality which is my measure of a modeler. Thanks for what you do! Oh yeah, you are also a killer guitarist as well!
Are an Axe FX III User? Would you say QC has better crunch sounds tha AXE or AXE more realistic?
I preferred Fm3’s video, I think it sounded fuller talking about bass freqs !!
Song structure chops are stronger than ever, fitting for the guy who pioneered the genre of composing and producing hooky groovy pieces to demo gear online -- still the best to do it
Such beautiful use of the sway bar. Great as always Pete. Nice to hear you get chunky.
Love how specific your are with the edge of break up tones 🤘🏻
Pete, I hope one day before I leave this place we call earth... I get to meet you and shake your hand. You have a sincerity and authenticity that comes out in every video you do no matter what it is. Whether its a gear demo or you talking about life, it does not matter. You have the same vibe. During times like this, you have been a real life saver and a true inspiration. I hope life brings you massive amounts of positive vibes and love.
ive watched a lot of videos on this thing and you're the only one that showed what it can do with an expression pedal. super cool.
I'm buying one ONLY if it does a spot-on 1993 Peavey Bandit.
I’m with you on that and hopefully it can capture the Tube Stack subtleties on my Gorilla GG-20...
Aka the only amp anyone really needs
Personally I need the Rectifier model from the original Line 6 Pod.
Don’t forget to make the dual amp setup with an ART SGE Mach 2 😂
Well, selling point is that it actually CAN profile your 1993 Peavey Bandit. Íd hook up my battery vintage pignose. Nothing fuzzes like that.
Loving the RUSH Tshirt!
I came for the Quad Cortex, I stayed for the music! Pete, you are just an absolute joy to watch and listen to! Thanks for this, very much looking forward to getting to grips with this thing!
Anxious. The Andertons vid with Rabea was pretty impressive.
Woah, I wasn't ready for the kickass song in the beginning! I came to hear the Quad Cortex, but now I don't even care. I'm just rewatching the song and being inspired!
Finally a proper replacement for the AX8. Outstanding demo as always Pete!
Thanks, Pete. Great stuff there in your video.
damn man everything pete plays always looks and sounds killer.
It's almost as if there's just a hint of truth in the old "the tone is in the fingers" cliché.
That sparkly clean with compression, chorus and delay is worth the price alone!!
That intro - CRUSHING it. Always the best gear reviewer on youtube.
Thanks Jordan!
Fantastic, Pete! Thank you thank you thank you....!!!!!
Heya Doug, thanks!
Come for the gear, stay for the playing. Hopefully you don’t tire of the repetitive accolades. Awesome stuff as per usual, Pete
Thanks Funk!! :)
I always stop in for the demo music. So good!
Sounds great!! COOL Rush T-shirt BTW!!
The tones after adjusting the levels are awesome!
Holy s*** Pete. That was an amazing instrumental piece to open the review.
Thanks so much! Yeah I was proud of that one I like the little weird chord change In the second to last bar before it turns around in the clean part.
Pete , I don't know how you do it. Just fantastic. I built a project studio in 2019 and have had serious case of GAS since. Many of the things I've added you have done videos of. I've been interested in the Quad Cortex and was really happy when I saw you did a vid. I'll definitely be picking one up. I see value for my studio but also live when gigs happen again. I also watched Rabea's videos on it his are great as well. Cheers
Pete! The track at 22:48 should have been much longer - each riff you run through is SO GREAT! Great Energy! LOVE IT !!!
Thanks man!!!
@@PeteThorn All the video is great of course, and the intro track as well - but it just puts a smile on my face when you jam through som classic sounding rock'n'roll with corresponding good tones for that, just makes a great mood! I'm sure I'm not alone thinking that!
Thanks for doing this one Pete. I've been a tube amp guy for a long while now, and have yet to take the plunge into the land of modeling. This could be the thing that pulls me in.
The intro piece was... just ... awesome! Beautiful ... heavy... inspirational!!
Thanks!
Amazed at how close those captured sounds got to the amps , great demo Pete
Wow, Pete.....your intro song is just amazing! I thought 'Joe Satch' after a few bars. Fanatastic video, the QC seems like an absolute MUST HAVE piece of gear...the tones just blew me away. It amazes me that you can write such great songs in just a few mins....I'm sure it takes a musician of your calbre to do this seemingly so easily. How the hell will Neural Networks keep up with demand, eh? I want TWO of these units!!
Satch academy
Thanks man! He was a big influence on me, when surfing with the alien came out ,I loved his approach to instrumental guitar. Simple songs with great traditional sort of songwriting
@@PeteThorn More about your intro track...I just love 12/8..it just 'swings' along....plus I love time signature changes...that's why I love Rush so much..keeps you guessing...throwing in a few 2/4 or 7/8 bars with killer riffs to fill them! Man, that song deserves a full track version. Your recording, and filling in complementary parts to make a complete soundscape...your skills knows no bounds. So you are a Producer, Recording Engineer, Song Writer / Arranger, not to mention a killer guitarist. Not many like you out there, at that level. Oh I forgot, you are also a videographer, script writer, cinematographer, and video editor too. So much work to make your channel what it is...many, many thanks.
Awesome job! Thank you. Now I have to buy one.
This is the absolute gold standard for demo videos. Incredible effort and sounds great.
So much generosity in your videos Pete. Really appreciate it !
Thanks for sharing. ❤
Wow Pete, thanks for the great introduction man, also that guitar music is seriously good to listen too.
Finally got mine Brother! First up to bat will be my newly converted piccolo bass. I have been waiting 6 months but already feel like a proud Poppa. Thank you for that Voodoo That you do!
Excellent Demo. Especially happy to see a brief Bass run through (and it being clean). Many thanks! 😊
Nice intro song ..as usual..love the size, design and of course the tone so much..will get one soon..
Very cool, indeed. Great demo and instructional narrative! Thanks Pete.
Yeah, the gear is good and Pete's a genius. I just got to "I added a reverb in front that only activates when I roll back the expression pedal, which I put as a volume in front of both amps." And so he transitions smoothly from heavier rhythms to ambient melody without ever stopping playing. I have no business owning $1600 worth of guitar gear, but I really want this now....
Simply great. Great device, greater playing, greatest everything...
Thanks!
Thank you Sir! Excellent and informative in every way.
Sick playing - sounds incredible!
Some delightful and heavy succulent riffs there Pete, you could almost eat them. If the riffs were food.
Awesome pedal and awesome playing Pete.
Thats some great solid playing. Keep rockin
Was looking to seeing what music this would inspire you to create and you didn’t disappoint, awesome job dude!
Thanks Simon!
Waiting for someone to do a 'drunk guy in crowd spills a beer on it' test :)
That is a true concern. Well put
I'm mostly concerned about dust when playing outdoor gigs. I've had a few MXR pedal switches die that way.
Or how about the "Drunken roadie who decides to take a piss on your pedalboard" test?😣
@@JPTyler Thankfully I can't afford a roadie, I have to take a piss on my gear myself :D
@@yessitsme6884 perhaps I should have been a bit more clear. Usually the "drunken Roadie" is the "Drunken friend" who said they would help mo e gear. 😂
Thank you Peter !
Just finally got mine and this video is by far the most helpful, thanks man!
Pete, you are AWESOME!!!!! It doesn't matter what gear you are using, you make it ALL found Fantastic.
Awesome! Thanks Pete!
PETE THORN. The " go-to" guy for all things involving Guitar Tone. Luthiage, Guitar Clinicist, Engineer, Producer, Sunday Gear Talk Show host and all around inspiration.
Love your Les Paul Tones in this one. I myself have z 1972 L.P. Custom. Woody Tones for decades.
" PETE " YOU KNOW WHO I AM" THORN.🙂
Yeah, the only guy who properly finds balance and demoes the middle ground: pure cleans, cleans on the edge of break up and tasty crunch and hi-gain sounds. No wonder he was Chris Cornell's choice for his solo band on tour. What a legend. 0% bullshit and ego.
Haha well I always say who I am at the beginning of every video and I figure OK I’ve said that like over 500 times now so...
Awesome music, great video!
13:01 "And I'm a Dummy" .....
Says one of the most knowledgeable guys on the interwebs when it comes to guitar stuff....
Nice track. That lp with the wah sounded soooo good!
When you're a Pete Thorn, a man who breathes guitar, real amp or modelling don't matter anymore to his sound at least to people like me. And most listeners are like myself, we love the music&melody.
this is amazing pete. i loved your 'demo' song. absolute vibes!
Amazing Video! Thanks so much for showing so much about this. Your an amazing Musician! 😁👍💯
Feeling the Plini vibes, sounds brutally good!
Great video! Loved it! Super excited to get my hands on one of these!
Wow! The things we can do with DSP today is incredible. Great video. I was drooling 🤤 the entire time!
Best demo track of this thing by a country mile!
An awesome video Pete! Superb playing & tonez!!
Pete is a leGend!:) it’s a pleasure to watch this guy play.
Damn, listened to that opening track....now I need to go outside and put my roof back on.... nice.
Awesome Guitars 🎸 Pete 🎶🎶🎶☮️
Came for the riffage. I was not disappointed. O M G! Beautiful, as always. Thanks, Pete!
sounds good Pete. Thanks for the demos.
Holy crap Pete...killer tones! Killer composition as well.
Be shure Pete Thorn can achieve same results with Behringer equipments, too. Quad Cortex sounds nice, but this guitarist is the key here. :)
I'm speechless. You could make a tennis racket sound incredible. And the quad cortex is insane.
Between (this) Pete’s video and Rabea’s video-I was led to preorder one through Sweetwater. Wow! I can’t wait!
Watch the Paul Davids review. You may cancel....
Awesome video! That accordion sound was badass! ha ha ha. Seriously, thanks for the deep dive, wonderful work as usual.
Wow. Pete - so impressive. You get inside and really just 'get it'. NIce.
A great guitar performance ! Glad to have seen you playing guitar so good for Michel Polnareff in Nîmes arena ! thanks
Really nice playing, Pete!
This thing is amazing as were the songs snippets Pete put together for the demo. Thumbs up from me!
Inspired me to play music today. Great stuff!! Really enjoyed this.
What an awesome piece at the beginning!!! smokin!!!
Thanks!
Great video and playing Pete!
Of the many demos that appeared on my homepage, Pete’s video is the one I knew I needed to see first. Never disappoints.
Pete, I freaking love you man. Great playing.
Bless you, Pete, another magnifique video that is nothing but helpful.
You sir are no dummy! You are one of the best reviewers and guitarist on UA-cam! Your creative song style really speaks to me for clarity and inspiration. You helped me make my Headrush decision 3yrs ago and its seems its finally time to upgrade.
Thank you Miguel!
incredible video! your genuine excitement really showed through in this video!
Best reviews, great tunes. Always my favorite .... thank you Sir.
That was amazing! I want to see how to use it in a live context. Always love your playing and how you show (let us hear) the individual parts. 👍👍
So, Pete, when are you going to put out some music of just your noodling around? Instant purchase!
Great stuff about the Quad Cortex. And additionally some nice playing by a manual allergic 😂👍🤓
Hope you're doing well, Pete. Glad you found a nice Destroyer, really suits you! Peace from japan.
It truly Sounds Incredible and Different from other modelers so far