I just received mine, and this pedal really does sound good. I just plugged it in with every knob at noon - no fuss or messing around to dial in a good sound - and wow!
It's a great pedal isn't it?! I love the clarity of it. Currently I use it with the gain a little below noon. It just fattens things up nicely but still maintains that clear top end.
Every time I plug in, this pedal puts a grin on my face from ear to ear. I prefer it with my Marshall SV20H and the tone , drive sound and clean up is amazing. Can’t imagine I’ll ever sell it.
After searching for an overdrive pedal that’s not hard to dial in this is what I’ve been looking for I spent a lot of money looking for that sound works very well with my Janrey couldn’t be happier I can’t say enough about this pedal Save yourself a lot of time and money you won’t be sorry
Finally ordered one last night. Excited to run it with my TSV808 and that’s it for drives. Came back to this vid for like the 10th time🤣 Your playing is just another level! Big fan
Nice! It's a great pedal I love how it just fattens your tone up and it adds a bit of cut with that classic Vemuram clear top end. Thanks for the kind words mate I think you're an awesome player yourself!
Kick ass playing. I have the Browne Atom and it doesn't do what this pedal does. The Shanks like takes your tone and sweetens it in all areas. It cleans up so well and then you can attack it and it responds. Ugggh, I need this thing!
Thanks a lot! the shanks ods-1 is a great pedal. Let me recommend another, too that has now become my favourite Nobels style overdrive. It's called the "Buckartie-Boo" by Apollo Approved. You can contact him on instagram to purchase his pedals. The Buckartie Boo is Not true bypass, like the original Nobels, and the "feel" of the pedal is excellent and I prefer it to the Shanks, BUT the shanks is also a fantastic pedal and has that classic Vemuram sound. If you want as close to the original Nobels as possible, Get the Buckartie-boo. Amazing pedal.
Thanks for watching the demo! I don't have a royal blue anymore but I did have one at one point. It is an excellent pedal and I would say that there are some similarities. I think the Royal blue shines most with a Strat as it has an amazing clean up effect that sort of unloads the pickups - almost like a treble bleed effect. It does that better than any pedal I have tried. It also has a Bass and treble EQ which is super useful. The shanks shines with a Tele or humbucker IMO and has a lot of bottom end. Nice harmonic content. Does the nashville thing very well, but check out the Apollo Approved Buckartie-Boo which I think is even better than the Shanks.
Mate! Great playing, nice tone. Deciding if this pedal is worth dropping 500 bucks on, guess I'll hafta give it a red hot go this weekend, but this demo did a lot to convince me towards the positive. You're forgiven!
Thanks for watching! Yes it's a lot of money for a pedal. Vemuram stuff is priced quite high but I have to say it's very well built. I also have a Myriad fuzz by Vemuram. The shanks is based off the nobles odr pedal. You could try that too and see what you think! I'm keen to try one too.
@@jamesemerson4102 got excited when I saw the ODR mini, coz I have a mini habit going on. It seems these Vemuram pedals hold their value, not that I ever do that sell thing, lol.
Good question. I sold the ODS-1 and I now have a Jan Ray. I just think the Jan Ray is fantastic. Sounds like a Fender amp turned up, dedicated bass control, clear and punchy. Love it. The ODS had a bit too much bass for my liking.
Fantastic demo, great tones and playing. Actually the best demo of this pedal after John's own Instagram video this week. Great job because now I want one 🤦.
What a great tone and tasty playing! I just got this pedal and I can say it’s really powerfull and meaty, but what bothers me a bit is its darkness when the tone knob is set not further than at 4 o’clock. Even with increased trebles in my amp (Marshall DSL, guitar - Gibson Es 339) it still is kind of muted and not enough delfined in bottom end (trebles are just right). So I wonder if it’s a matter of this particular item I have or this is simply the character of a pedal. Did you have a similar experience?
Thanks mate! Thanks for watching. I find with my amps, most pedals are too dark on those settings. My amps aren't super bright. I sold this pedal but not because it didn't sound good. I don't think this pedal sounds as good with humbuckers though as it does with a strat. It had a little too much bass for my liking.
Thanks for your reply. Well, I sent mine back too and decided to stick to my BB Preamp 1.5, which sounds great with humbuckers and for slightly lower gain - Jan Ray, which is somewhat dark too, but at the same time very tweakable with bass and treble knobs, so the darkness doesn’t prevail.
Thanks for watching! I am running my guitar into an interface and then into guitar rig. The amp model is called the tweedman. The shanks is based off the nobels odr-1 which was and is used by a lot of Nashville session guitarists.
Well, I finally got one and rocked it for a few hours yesterday.. You did a great job of highlighting the best of the pedal because mine isn’t going to make it on the board. Too bassy, even though I love major low end. May use it as a quasi fuzz/bridge pickup lead only. Still great. I highly recommend you try the Ibanez TSV808.. it’s mega and the best drive to date I’ve played. Gotta turn the saturation on it all the way up and set both internal dip switches to the left for the punchiest setting and headroom. Let me know if you do, you’ll be glad you did.
did you mess with the bass trimmer? you can roll the bass all the way off. I don't find it too bassy at all but I don't run the gain high. It does add a bit of fatness to the sound but I like that. I would like to try the TSV808 but it's just too expensive and I don't see them come up for sale very often at all.
James Emerson yes, bass is off. Well, it’s only like $140-$150 more than the ods and considering it’s the best overdrive pedal ever, you should maybe sell one that’s not so hot and grab one of these. There I think 8 on Reverb.com
@@StratTones True but I got my shanks second hand for about $500 aud and now they are $600 or something! I would be keen to try the tsv for sure! How does it compare to the honey bee clean drive?
James Emerson punchier, more forward in the mix like nothing else. Not as much gain but not necessary when the tone is this good and much quieter than the clean drive
@@StratTones Cool man, I would really love to try one. Did you get to try before you bought? one of my favourite pedals is actually by a company here in Australia called Bondi Effects. It is called the breakers. I am about to do a demo on it. It's one of the most natural overdrives I have heard.
Any clipping is probably due to the quite affordable interface I was using and having the levels cranked. Vemuram make some pretty well built stuff, always impressed with the quality but never the price.
Nearly £400 ? - James could take a 2nd hand Ebay £10 Donner pedal and make it sound big/full/warm/heavy etc. Save your money, practice - tone is in the fingers
Thanks for the comment mate! Vemuram are very highly priced pedals. I actually sold the Shanks ods-1. I kept the Vemuram fuzz because I got it on a special holiday to Japan and it's simply awesome! I agree, tone is very much in the fingers!
@@jamesemerson4102 its a very nice sound these modelers are getting there its just as good as a tube amp and takes pedals really well; very nice playing too
For this demo I am using a Bassman style amp model running through guitar rig. I have used this pedal through several amps including my Dumble clone. It always sounds great! Thanks for watching!
Just regular guitar rig. The amp model is the tweedman warm tweed. Got some nice Dave leddin strat pickups hand wired in Australia : ). That always helps. Guitar rig has some great sounds in it though!
Thanks! it's a cool pedal. I love the very clear Vemuram top end that it has. I don't currently have any live demos. Will probably do one for each of these pedals though. Thanks for watching!
The demo starts with the bass rolled off and then I add a bit more bass later on with the trimmer. This pedal has a lot of bass though. I find that I don't need to touch the bass trimmer. I just leave it off.
@@faridzayish Cool! yes I think they should have given it even a tiny bit less bass and allowed the user to roll in a bit more if needed but the pedal still sounds good. The Jan Ray is a nice sounding pedal too!
James, you have very expensive taste. Great sounds. This pedal costs $610.00 in Australia, where I live. Is it worth the dosh? It sounds very good. 👍😁👍
Hey mate, yeah Vemuram stuff is definitely way too highly priced. They are well built and sound good but I no longer have this pedal. I use the Bondi breakers, mainly which was around $300. I am from Australia too and it's all so expensive for us! I still have the Vemuram fuzz though which is awesome. Bought that in Japan though so it was cheaper.
@@jamesemerson4102 Vemuram stuff is definitely overpriced. I know this pedal is a "signature" pedal but it's a tweaked ODR1. There are a bunch of great sounding tweaked ODR1s out there for folks who want some control over the typical ODR1 bass bump.
Do you want to buy me another guitar? 😂 I couldn't afford more than one guitar at the time that I made this video. We all have our financial limitations. I also can't afford a $5k camera that films in 4k or expensive mics, but hey, plenty of other people here who seem to appreciate the demo, somehow 🤷♂ Thanks for your encouraging words, and for all of those positive points you made about the video. ♥
Thanks but the playing is not meant to sound Nashville particularly as I'm not from there. The Nobels pedal is simply used by a lot of Nashville guys, that's all I meant by the title. 🎶🤟
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I run a Jan Ray in front of my ODS-1. It is the most glorious heavy overdrive tone I’ve ever heard.
Listen to the Dude, J Rockett
I just received mine, and this pedal really does sound good. I just plugged it in with every knob at noon - no fuss or messing around to dial in a good sound - and wow!
It's a great pedal isn't it?! I love the clarity of it. Currently I use it with the gain a little below noon. It just fattens things up nicely but still maintains that clear top end.
Very sweet, love it fantastic quality petals and they work so clean and natural
Dear god...the licks came out of nowhere! holy tone, holy playing. Almost too good, makes me believe I can sound like that lol.
Thanks for the kind words ☺️
Wow SHIT!!! Incredible Playing and Tone!!!! I will go buy one now. Thanks so much
I love this demo! Truly reflects the strenght of this lovely pedal.
Thank you!
Came for the pedal to hear what it sounded like. Stayed for your playing! (Pedal sounds great too)
Thank you!
Every time I plug in, this pedal puts a grin on my face from ear to ear. I prefer it with my Marshall SV20H and the tone , drive sound and clean up is amazing. Can’t imagine I’ll ever sell it.
James, you have excellent taste in overdrive pedals and your playing too was sublime...subbed.
Thank you! I'm back starting to do some more videos now. Thank you for watching and for subbing. I really appreciate that. James
After searching for an overdrive pedal that’s not hard to dial in this is what I’ve been looking for
I spent a lot of money looking for that sound works very well with my
Janrey couldn’t be happier
I can’t say enough about this pedal
Save yourself a lot of time and money you won’t be sorry
I agree it's definitely easy to dial in. Vemuram make great stuff. Very pricey but quality!
That clean tone at the begining was already enough! Wow!
Thanks for watching 😊
there is no wrong setting with this pedal..... dialing in a good sound is not a problem cause it sounds good where ever the knobs are !!!!
whoa. Seriously great sounding demo. Thanks for posting!!
Thanks for the comment ☺️ glad you enjoyed the demo.
Finally ordered one last night. Excited to run it with my TSV808 and that’s it for drives. Came back to this vid for like the 10th time🤣 Your playing is just another level! Big fan
Nice! It's a great pedal I love how it just fattens your tone up and it adds a bit of cut with that classic Vemuram clear top end. Thanks for the kind words mate I think you're an awesome player yourself!
how does tsv808 sounds compares to shanks ods1? I owned tsv808 but not sure if i would need shanks? whats your thoughts having played both, thanks!
@@Banoffeeee the shanks got sold and the TSV808 handles my drive needs. The clarity wasn’t as good with the Shanks and I had no need for it
@@StratTones hey there
@TheLastStratMan
Any chance you've had a Keeley modded TS808 and/or the AM Maxon/Bad Bob mod and compared either or with the TSV808?
Kick ass playing. I have the Browne Atom and it doesn't do what this pedal does. The Shanks like takes your tone and sweetens it in all areas. It cleans up so well and then you can attack it and it responds. Ugggh, I need this thing!
Thanks a lot! the shanks ods-1 is a great pedal. Let me recommend another, too that has now become my favourite Nobels style overdrive. It's called the "Buckartie-Boo" by Apollo Approved. You can contact him on instagram to purchase his pedals. The Buckartie Boo is Not true bypass, like the original Nobels, and the "feel" of the pedal is excellent and I prefer it to the Shanks, BUT the shanks is also a fantastic pedal and has that classic Vemuram sound. If you want as close to the original Nobels as possible, Get the Buckartie-boo. Amazing pedal.
Awesome playing and awesome sounding pedal 👍
First time watching one of your videos. I subscribed before the video ended!
Thanks! That's very kind of you.
@@jamesemerson4102 What amp did you use here? Thanks!
Now THIS is the best demo of the pedal. These are the tones I get out of mine. Bravo!
Thanks for digging the demo!
Love it James!!
Wow thanks for the comment, Kevin. I'm a big fan of your work! thanks for taking the time to check out my demo of this great pedal!
sounds great buddy !!! great tone and feel ;)
Thanks for the kind words! Much appreciated 😊
Nice demo... can you compare it with a Mad Professor Royal Blue?
Thanks for watching the demo! I don't have a royal blue anymore but I did have one at one point. It is an excellent pedal and I would say that there are some similarities. I think the Royal blue shines most with a Strat as it has an amazing clean up effect that sort of unloads the pickups - almost like a treble bleed effect. It does that better than any pedal I have tried. It also has a Bass and treble EQ which is super useful. The shanks shines with a Tele or humbucker IMO and has a lot of bottom end. Nice harmonic content. Does the nashville thing very well, but check out the Apollo Approved Buckartie-Boo which I think is even better than the Shanks.
@@jamesemerson4102 thank you very much
Damn dude, your riffs are tasty
Thanks!
Mate! Great playing, nice tone. Deciding if this pedal is worth dropping 500 bucks on, guess I'll hafta give it a red hot go this weekend, but this demo did a lot to convince me towards the positive. You're forgiven!
Thanks for watching! Yes it's a lot of money for a pedal. Vemuram stuff is priced quite high but I have to say it's very well built. I also have a Myriad fuzz by Vemuram. The shanks is based off the nobles odr pedal. You could try that too and see what you think! I'm keen to try one too.
@@jamesemerson4102 got excited when I saw the ODR mini, coz I have a mini habit going on. It seems these Vemuram pedals hold their value, not that I ever do that sell thing, lol.
that sound good!!
Nice playing! Sounds killer.
Thanks!
Jan ray or ODS-1 ? Dilemma
Good question. I sold the ODS-1 and I now have a Jan Ray. I just think the Jan Ray is fantastic. Sounds like a Fender amp turned up, dedicated bass control, clear and punchy. Love it. The ODS had a bit too much bass for my liking.
Fantastic demo, great tones and playing. Actually the best demo of this pedal after John's own Instagram video this week. Great job because now I want one 🤦.
Thanks for the compliment and thanks for watching! it's a great pedal.
did you get your ODS-1?
awesome review
Thank you for watching! 🎶🙏
What a great tone and tasty playing! I just got this pedal and I can say it’s really powerfull and meaty, but what bothers me a bit is its darkness when the tone knob is set not further than at 4 o’clock. Even with increased trebles in my amp (Marshall DSL, guitar - Gibson Es 339) it still is kind of muted and not enough delfined in bottom end (trebles are just right). So I wonder if it’s a matter of this particular item I have or this is simply the character of a pedal. Did you have a similar experience?
Thanks mate! Thanks for watching. I find with my amps, most pedals are too dark on those settings. My amps aren't super bright. I sold this pedal but not because it didn't sound good. I don't think this pedal sounds as good with humbuckers though as it does with a strat. It had a little too much bass for my liking.
Thanks for your reply. Well, I sent mine back too and decided to stick to my BB Preamp 1.5, which sounds great with humbuckers and for slightly lower gain - Jan Ray, which is somewhat dark too, but at the same time very tweakable with bass and treble knobs, so the darkness doesn’t prevail.
what pickups do you have on that guitar? Cheers!
Nice phrase and feel! What amp that u used? And what this pedal is based on? Thanks!
Thanks for watching! I am running my guitar into an interface and then into guitar rig. The amp model is called the tweedman. The shanks is based off the nobels odr-1 which was and is used by a lot of Nashville session guitarists.
Great demo!
Thanks! It's a great pedal.
Best od box made
Well, I finally got one and rocked it for a few hours yesterday.. You did a great job of highlighting the best of the pedal because mine isn’t going to make it on the board. Too bassy, even though I love major low end. May use it as a quasi fuzz/bridge pickup lead only. Still great.
I highly recommend you try the Ibanez TSV808.. it’s mega and the best drive to date I’ve played. Gotta turn the saturation on it all the way up and set both internal dip switches to the left for the punchiest setting and headroom. Let me know if you do, you’ll be glad you did.
did you mess with the bass trimmer? you can roll the bass all the way off. I don't find it too bassy at all but I don't run the gain high. It does add a bit of fatness to the sound but I like that. I would like to try the TSV808 but it's just too expensive and I don't see them come up for sale very often at all.
James Emerson yes, bass is off. Well, it’s only like $140-$150 more than the ods and considering it’s the best overdrive pedal ever, you should maybe sell one that’s not so hot and grab one of these. There I think 8 on Reverb.com
@@StratTones True but I got my shanks second hand for about $500 aud and now they are $600 or something! I would be keen to try the tsv for sure! How does it compare to the honey bee clean drive?
James Emerson punchier, more forward in the mix like nothing else. Not as much gain but not necessary when the tone is this good and much quieter than the clean drive
@@StratTones Cool man, I would really love to try one. Did you get to try before you bought? one of my favourite pedals is actually by a company here in Australia called Bondi Effects. It is called the breakers. I am about to do a demo on it. It's one of the most natural overdrives I have heard.
Seems when you dime the T, ya get that artifact type of clippings, which is problematic for a lot situations.
Any clipping is probably due to the quite affordable interface I was using and having the levels cranked. Vemuram make some pretty well built stuff, always impressed with the quality but never the price.
what amp do you play? nice sound
This is using the tweedman amp model in guitar rig. I am running my guitar into a focusrite interface, into my computer.
@@jamesemerson4102 thanks!
Delicious 😊
Thanks for watching!
Nearly £400 ? - James could take a 2nd hand Ebay £10 Donner pedal and make it sound big/full/warm/heavy etc. Save your money, practice - tone is in the fingers
Thanks for the comment mate! Vemuram are very highly priced pedals. I actually sold the Shanks ods-1. I kept the Vemuram fuzz because I got it on a special holiday to Japan and it's simply awesome!
I agree, tone is very much in the fingers!
whats the amp
Using Guitar Rig 5 with my interface. The amp model is called the "tweedman"
@@jamesemerson4102 its a very nice sound these modelers are getting there its just as good as a tube amp and takes pedals really well; very nice playing too
What amp??? Sounds great!!!
For this demo I am using a Bassman style amp model running through guitar rig. I have used this pedal through several amps including my Dumble clone. It always sounds great! Thanks for watching!
Jamesemersonmusic Thanks so much! Sounds phenomenal
Jamesemersonmusic are you running guitar rig 5 pro? I can’t believe the tone of the amp, even before the drive
Just regular guitar rig. The amp model is the tweedman warm tweed. Got some nice Dave leddin strat pickups hand wired in Australia : ). That always helps. Guitar rig has some great sounds in it though!
Jamesemersonmusic thank you so much for the info! Amazing!!!
Wow! This almost sounds like a bluesbreaker kinda pedal. Great demo
Thanks! it's a cool pedal. I love the very clear Vemuram top end that it has. I don't currently have any live demos. Will probably do one for each of these pedals though. Thanks for watching!
Yes, I also think it’s some version of the Bluesbreaker pedal. Sounds really good.
@@pericabenic4413 its a nobels odr1, those have a distinct low mid thump whereas bluesbreakers cut low end
Did you roll off the 'bass' from the trimmer?
The demo starts with the bass rolled off and then I add a bit more bass later on with the trimmer. This pedal has a lot of bass though. I find that I don't need to touch the bass trimmer. I just leave it off.
James Emerson yup! Totally agreed. I set the bass trimmer all the way off too. Liking it like that so far to stacked with Janray 🔥
@@faridzayish Cool! yes I think they should have given it even a tiny bit less bass and allowed the user to roll in a bit more if needed but the pedal still sounds good. The Jan Ray is a nice sounding pedal too!
A bit like royal jelly ...makes expensive feel better.....
😂indeed!
James, you have very expensive taste. Great sounds. This pedal costs $610.00 in Australia, where I live. Is it worth the dosh? It sounds very good. 👍😁👍
Hey mate, yeah Vemuram stuff is definitely way too highly priced. They are well built and sound good but I no longer have this pedal. I use the Bondi breakers, mainly which was around $300. I am from Australia too and it's all so expensive for us! I still have the Vemuram fuzz though which is awesome. Bought that in Japan though so it was cheaper.
@@jamesemerson4102 Vemuram stuff is definitely overpriced. I know this pedal is a "signature" pedal but it's a tweaked ODR1. There are a bunch of great sounding tweaked ODR1s out there for folks who want some control over the typical ODR1 bass bump.
Waaaw
Sounds like you are just trying it with a strat for 6 minutes.
Do you want to buy me another guitar? 😂 I couldn't afford more than one guitar at the time that I made this video. We all have our financial limitations. I also can't afford a $5k camera that films in 4k or expensive mics, but hey, plenty of other people here who seem to appreciate the demo, somehow 🤷♂ Thanks for your encouraging words, and for all of those positive points you made about the video. ♥
James what type of amp are you using here, sounds fantastic!
Thanks for the comment! Just using guitar rig with my interface ☺️ tweedman amp model!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
The ODR 1 is still better.
The Nordland ODR C is a bit better than the ODR 1 but not by much!!!
$385?? Bwahhhhhhh ha ha ha ha. No thanks.
Yeah, they ain't cheap!
Nice playing with none of these musical ideas sounds Nashville. More like Stevie Ray
Thanks but the playing is not meant to sound Nashville particularly as I'm not from there. The Nobels pedal is simply used by a lot of Nashville guys, that's all I meant by the title. 🎶🤟
Keep the clean sound …….. bin the pedal 🙃
$315 for a used one on Reverb…have at it. 😜