agreed! I run a SD 805 OD in front of my 5150 50w and the 10 band eq in the loop, the eq makes an insane difference, makes the amp go from fire breathing dragon, to Doom Guy
Damn dude...how does this not hve more views. Just bought one and hands down the best video I have watched before I start tweaking it through my VH4. Going through the FX loop for sure.
Ha ha thanks, I just try to put out the best stuff I can and pray that the almighty UA-cam Algorithm Gods deem it worth recommending lol. Also, congrats on the purchase! The VH4 is a beast. I'm sure the 10 band EQ will give it some extra growl and bite to it.
Great pedal when used in conjunction with a MXR 5150 Overdrive going straight into a super Plexi. I utilize A boss noise gate and to make it even better I’m split off into to two Marshall’s via a boss ch1 chorus For a stereo / wet dry. I personally use a YJM 100 and a 410h Both modded by Jens at Kruse Amplification. Without the Eq pedal I never would get the sound I get. Great Video
I have that exact MXR 10 band and I've had nothing but trouble with it over the years. Every so often I have to take it apart and clean everything. This most recent time, there would be an odd popping noise only when the pedal was engaged/on. With the pedal off, no noise. Pedal on, popping bullshit. I then noticed two of the LED lights on the bass side were flickering with the pedal off. All of those lights are supposed to turn off except for Volume and Gain when the pedal is off but the first 2 bass dials were still noticeably on but dim. Took all of the LED's out and cleaned the sockets and put them back in. Plugged it in and none of the LED's came on. I then realized they actually do go in the sockets a specific way. The shorter lead goes in the top socket. I put the longer lead in the top originally. After I did this, the wierd dim LED's in the first two dials stopped and just turn off like the rest. Never ever had that much of an issue with a pedal except this one. If anyone reading this comment is going to buy this black one second hand or off of ebay...DON'T. Spend more and get the newer silver model with blue LED's.
I run it through my Peavey 6505+ 120watt's FX loop with the Isp decimator and a ts9 tube-screamer through the front through a mesa cabinet with V30s the tone is monsterous.
Thanx, Dustin; nice demonstration. BTW, it's clipping a lot of the time (it's when the gain and volume lights blink): you must adjust the gain first to your liking, without going into clipping, and then the volume, also avoiding clipping, in any mixing device. Greetings 🎸🎵🎶
Hi! Great video btw, have one question. Is this black version the same as the silver version? Or different? Meaning that the silver version may have some improvements or is it just a change of color? Thanks
Yeah this would work very well with an Orange. I find the Orange amps to be a bit harder to dial in for tightness then most other amps simply because they have a naturally fatter sound to them.
@@DustinAlford Definitely. I have the tightness issues worked out by using an OCD in the front end. But my issue is that my 212 cab came loaded with the cheap 70/80 Celestions, and they aren’t even close to being broken in. Until I can afford to swap out those speakers for the V types, I figured using the MXR in the loop will be great to dial out/shape some of the piercing high end I’m experiencing.
Also running an orange with 2x12 , got a idiotbox dungeon master into a rat into my cr120 with a '93 gibson les Paul studio. Plan on adding the eq next . I'm pretty much going for a doom tone.
Hi! You said in your video that with the EQ that you can make sound your marshall like a Mesa Boogie, what setting do you use and you put it before the amp or in the FX loop?
I can't remember it's been a long time. I generally try to tame the mids on a Marshall a bit to get it to sound closer to a boogie. A slight scoop in EQ works pretty well.
@@DustinAlford right on! I currently have the Zakk Wylde overdrive running through the front for that extra push already and it’s great for death metal. I think the eq will help shape it and narrow the tone to a nice deep gut punch. Great video man!
No, I think it's more of a camera issue not picking up the lights well at 24 frames per second. The lights themselves stay solid when you look at them in real life.
Hey man, I just rechecked the 10 band EQ again. It totally blinks if you do max it out. I'm sure it's a clipping indicator. Sorry to tell you otherwise.
You can capture all legendary sounds when plugged into Fx loop. So here's a challenge for you. Since you're Van Halen die hard fan why don't you try dial in and squeeze the tone out using that legendary MXR EQ? With this and I dunno your Mesa or Marshall you can do everything. Also try some Eddie's lick so we could hear how close you might get to the original tone. Ofc you could also read a bit about what pedals and amps he used (whatever album era) and use similar ones whatever you got on your pedalboard collection. Recently I'm very into reamping and bands tones recreation. Got Valeton GP100 and there's so much to do. A Fractal/Kemper for poor musicians like myself lol
I might just do that, I've thought about doing some videos like that for a while. It'd just take me longer to do because mic placement is super tricky when it comes to getting a close tone to a specific artists.
@@DustinAlford if you've got a mixer, some more mics and some more mic inputs on your usb audio interface then you could record multiple tracks at one take. Bought Superlux condenser mic for 1/3 price, wonder how it'll work vs my old dynamic Shure C606 (has no start to SM57, watched some comparison videos and I was devastated how grumpy it became even though it's a Shure lol)
@@paul_henderson I might have a go at it. Right now I'm completely rebuilding my recording setup at the moment. It'd be cool to see what mics Van Halen used in the past as well.
@@DustinAlford Yt hates me so much... Pasting this one for the 3rd time. 12:38 With that mid scoop you almost nailed And Justice For All album,. Once again, the MXR is very impressive. On EVH mics the rumor says according to some engineer he said Eddie, aside from SM57 also used Sennheiser e609 and or e409. It's just a random quick forum "chase own tail" rambling so I'd be careful, so don't quote me on that :p Just search evh tone vids on yt or google up so there's a tone of info (both official and rumors). Hope it'll lead you somewhere. Good luck with replicating your fav artists sounds! Btw there's also a VST called Mic Room by IK Multimedia (Amplitube developers) so it emulates different mics once you record it (you can change cheap mics into something sounding rich and expensive). Not sure how it would work on capturing an amp but why not giving a shot. 1 more thing. Have you plugged MXR into FX loop or amp front input?
@@paul_henderson Thanks for suggesting the vst sounds very helpful. I plug the Mxr in both the front and the fx loop in this video. The front first and the Fx loop section later.
If I can recall right I think I'm using a Boss Waza craft tuner into a Boss NS-2 to help remove noise from the pedals then it goes into the Amazon Boost which I think I only use on the part where I'm running the 10 band through the FX loop, and then the MXR 10 band into the front until I put it into the FX loop.
I tried dozens vanilla boosts and overdrives, but so far nothing beats good ol' MXR 10-band EQ! Hell of a pedal!
I totally agree man, it is awesome as a boost! It really gives you all the options in the world frequency wise.
agreed! I run a SD 805 OD in front of my 5150 50w and the 10 band eq in the loop, the eq makes an insane difference, makes the amp go from fire breathing dragon, to Doom Guy
Damn dude...how does this not hve more views. Just bought one and hands down the best video I have watched before I start tweaking it through my VH4. Going through the FX loop for sure.
Ha ha thanks, I just try to put out the best stuff I can and pray that the almighty UA-cam Algorithm Gods deem it worth recommending lol. Also, congrats on the purchase! The VH4 is a beast. I'm sure the 10 band EQ will give it some extra growl and bite to it.
First video I found where you can actually hear the difference. Nice.
insanely good pedal! even with a 5150 50w amp the eq pedal can give you all kinds of different sounds.. tiny tweaks make huge differences
Great demo, thanks!
Glad you liked it thanks
who else heard a little mastodon in the first riffs? Incredibly useful vid! Awesome work brotha!
Thanks man, glad I could help. I love Mastodon, you can totally get their fat sounds with this pedal too.
I got an mxr kfk 10 band eq. So its pretty much similar to yours. Thanks for the video Dustin. I'm getting some new ideas on using it.
Rock on! That pedal is awesome. I almost bought it over this one.
It’s perfect. I use it constantly.
Great pedal when used in conjunction with a MXR 5150 Overdrive going straight into a super Plexi. I utilize A boss noise gate and to make it even better I’m split off into to two Marshall’s via a boss ch1 chorus For a stereo / wet dry. I personally use a YJM 100 and a 410h Both modded by Jens at Kruse Amplification. Without the Eq pedal I never would get the sound I get. Great Video
Thank you. I definitely can see the 5150 pedal working well with the 10 band eq. Sweet set up man!
nice dude1 like the setting for a diezel !!
I have that exact MXR 10 band and I've had nothing but trouble with it over the years. Every so often I have to take it apart and clean everything. This most recent time, there would be an odd popping noise only when the pedal was engaged/on. With the pedal off, no noise. Pedal on, popping bullshit. I then noticed two of the LED lights on the bass side were flickering with the pedal off. All of those lights are supposed to turn off except for Volume and Gain when the pedal is off but the first 2 bass dials were still noticeably on but dim. Took all of the LED's out and cleaned the sockets and put them back in. Plugged it in and none of the LED's came on. I then realized they actually do go in the sockets a specific way. The shorter lead goes in the top socket. I put the longer lead in the top originally. After I did this, the wierd dim LED's in the first two dials stopped and just turn off like the rest.
Never ever had that much of an issue with a pedal except this one. If anyone reading this comment is going to buy this black one second hand or off of ebay...DON'T. Spend more and get the newer silver model with blue LED's.
I run it through my Peavey 6505+ 120watt's FX loop with the Isp decimator and a ts9 tube-screamer through the front through a mesa cabinet with V30s the tone is monsterous.
I bet man, it sounds like you have a awesome set up!
Quick question, Can I used as a DI Box for recording Dry + Amp signal separately?
That A string sticking up makes my eye wince.
Ha ha, good eye, me too I've poked myself a few times from not cutting the string end more then once.
Great video You deserve more views man
I appreciate that! I'm still trying to learn this whole youtube thing lol.
Thanx, Dustin; nice demonstration. BTW, it's clipping a lot of the time (it's when the gain and volume lights blink): you must adjust the gain first to your liking, without going into clipping, and then the volume, also avoiding clipping, in any mixing device. Greetings 🎸🎵🎶
Thanks for the tip!
I like the 'Smile" formation the best that starts at 9:20 :-)
Yeah you get some of that scooped characteristic without completely removing the mids, it's cool!
Hi! Great video btw, have one question. Is this black version the same as the silver version? Or different? Meaning that the silver version may have some improvements or is it just a change of color? Thanks
The silver one is newer and I hear it has less hiss, not sure though. I bought the older one just because I like it's look better.
Great pedal. Im about to get one to use with my orange so I can tweak the sound a bit more.
Yeah this would work very well with an Orange. I find the Orange amps to be a bit harder to dial in for tightness then most other amps simply because they have a naturally fatter sound to them.
@@DustinAlford Definitely. I have the tightness issues worked out by using an OCD in the front end. But my issue is that my 212 cab came loaded with the cheap 70/80 Celestions, and they aren’t even close to being broken in. Until I can afford to swap out those speakers for the V types, I figured using the MXR in the loop will be great to dial out/shape some of the piercing high end I’m experiencing.
@@MJPGuitar I can totally see this pedal workin for your particular situation.
Also running an orange with 2x12 , got a idiotbox dungeon master into a rat into my cr120 with a '93 gibson les Paul studio.
Plan on adding the eq next .
I'm pretty much going for a doom tone.
I like to tune before I make a video.
Love my set up noise gate, boss distortion, metal distortion, triangle fuzz, 10 band amp, spark booster.
Hi!
You said in your video that with the EQ that you can make sound your marshall like a Mesa Boogie, what setting do you use and you put it before the amp or in the FX loop?
I can't remember it's been a long time. I generally try to tame the mids on a Marshall a bit to get it to sound closer to a boogie. A slight scoop in EQ works pretty well.
Thanks for you answer!
I just ordered the silver one to add to my JCM 2000 tsl 100’s effects loop.
Nice, the TSL's are sick! This'll add a lot more versatility to your amp.
@@DustinAlford right on! I currently have the Zakk Wylde overdrive running through the front for that extra push already and it’s great for death metal. I think the eq will help shape it and narrow the tone to a nice deep gut punch. Great video man!
Does the flashing of the volume and gain sliders mean you are clipping or...?
No, I think it's more of a camera issue not picking up the lights well at 24 frames per second. The lights themselves stay solid when you look at them in real life.
Hey man, I just rechecked the 10 band EQ again. It totally blinks if you do max it out. I'm sure it's a clipping indicator. Sorry to tell you otherwise.
You can capture all legendary sounds when plugged into Fx loop. So here's a challenge for you. Since you're Van Halen die hard fan why don't you try dial in and squeeze the tone out using that legendary MXR EQ? With this and I dunno your Mesa or Marshall you can do everything.
Also try some Eddie's lick so we could hear how close you might get to the original tone. Ofc you could also read a bit about what pedals and amps he used (whatever album era) and use similar ones whatever you got on your pedalboard collection.
Recently I'm very into reamping and bands tones recreation. Got Valeton GP100 and there's so much to do. A Fractal/Kemper for poor musicians like myself lol
I might just do that, I've thought about doing some videos like that for a while. It'd just take me longer to do because mic placement is super tricky when it comes to getting a close tone to a specific artists.
@@DustinAlford if you've got a mixer, some more mics and some more mic inputs on your usb audio interface then you could record multiple tracks at one take. Bought Superlux condenser mic for 1/3 price, wonder how it'll work vs my old dynamic Shure C606 (has no start to SM57, watched some comparison videos and I was devastated how grumpy it became even though it's a Shure lol)
@@paul_henderson I might have a go at it. Right now I'm completely rebuilding my recording setup at the moment. It'd be cool to see what mics Van Halen used in the past as well.
@@DustinAlford Yt hates me so much... Pasting this one for the 3rd time. 12:38 With that mid scoop you almost nailed And Justice For All album,. Once again, the MXR is very impressive.
On EVH mics the rumor says according to some engineer he said Eddie, aside from SM57 also used Sennheiser e609 and or e409. It's just a random quick forum "chase own tail" rambling so I'd be careful, so don't quote me on that :p Just search evh tone vids on yt or google up so there's a tone of info (both official and rumors). Hope it'll lead you somewhere. Good luck with replicating your fav artists sounds!
Btw there's also a VST called Mic Room by IK Multimedia (Amplitube developers) so it emulates different mics once you record it (you can change cheap mics into something sounding rich and expensive). Not sure how it would work on capturing an amp but why not giving a shot.
1 more thing. Have you plugged MXR into FX loop or amp front input?
@@paul_henderson Thanks for suggesting the vst sounds very helpful. I plug the Mxr in both the front and the fx loop in this video. The front first and the Fx loop section later.
taff price
but i think i gonna buy it
What is the pedal chain? Can you share it?
If I can recall right I think I'm using a Boss Waza craft tuner into a Boss NS-2 to help remove noise from the pedals then it goes into the Amazon Boost which I think I only use on the part where I'm running the 10 band through the FX loop, and then the MXR 10 band into the front until I put it into the FX loop.
This may be what I’m after-
Have a Friedman PT20- (presence) and it’s pretty dark-
This will totally work to brighten it up, wish you the best!
I need one
They are so worth buying man.
9 or 18volt
18 volt