They sent me a broken Lizard Queen. Let's try to do a comparison!
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2023
- I was looking for the perfect octave fuzz, but this pedal is broken!
After troubleshooting the Lizard Queen, I got it to work long enough to compare it to The Argo by Mythos. Let's see how they stack up.
Best tones I heard from this pedal so far! Thanks for sharing! Hope they get you a working pedal!
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
Some good tones for sure, But this guy thought his pedal was broken because he didn't understand what he was doing. That remove some points in my opinion.
@@hort8520 I tried different guitar cables and had the same problem. The guitar cable leading to the amp had to be at just the right angle, applying just the right pressure to work, so the issue wasn’t me 🤷🏻.
That is unfortunate. I got one of the big box ones and it is awesome
I’m glad your big box is in good working order. I might get a replacement for this one after I feel like the QC is evened out and there isn’t a mad rush. Thanks for watching!
It's pretty telling that we have no idea if it's broken or it's supposed to sound like that... 😂
Hahaha! That’s hilarious. Thanks for watching!
This pedal does have some bad settings, but it has some really fantastic ones too. And it helps to have more bass EQ on the amp or guitar. I have a Reverend Charger HB with a bass contour knob, and at full bass, the pedal sounds fantastic at any setting. But if I turn the bass down even 15%, some pedal settings start to sound shrill.
The interplay between all the equipment is a huge consideration, for sure. Thanks for watching!
Your pedal was defective, but I would argue you should have waited for a replacement unit for a proper review of the product. Otherwise it just comes accross as a review on EHX QC. Much like some reviewers love to "review" Fender MiM instruments just to bash the company, when the product they have in their hands has factory problems (reviewing a lemon to portray the company as a lemon-factory-you do not necessarily come accross that way, to be fair.)
My EHX Lizard Queen had no noise issues, nor weird buzzes, and sounds very good. I like that knobs limitations, and how the balance knob isn't really a tone knob. Love its dirty cleanliness. I do blend it with a clean signal, but it's an awesome effect-IMHO.
My apologies, do not mean to argue. Thanks so much. 👍
I appreciate your polite feedback. Thanks for watching!
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Love that guitar you have in this video. Not sure about the JHS
Thanks! It’s a Custom Shop Strat in a translucent ebony finish with 69 pickups. Thanks for watching!
I think you need some ground loop isolation. Start by plugging all of your audio equipment into one surge protector instead of multiple wall outlets. All audio equipment is subject to interference and if you use multiple wall outlets to plug in audio gear that's connected to each other: the ground wires throughout the building create a giant loop and therefore work like a big antenna for picking up interference. Another thing that helps a lot is ferrite bead noise insulators. They're inexpensive and you just pop them onto your audio power cables and it reduces the interference from ground circuits and AC current. It's definitely worth addressing this perspective before calling out any issue or fault to any gear.
That’s why I used a Walrus Phoenix isolated power supply for all the pedals and ran all the equipment into a power conditioning surge protector (and used shielded guitar cables). Thanks for watching 🙂
@@everynotecountsofficial that's fair, fuzz pedals are just freakishly noisy. My bad
Geez. I just saw a reply notification in my inbox and after reading it and then a bunch of others it's sad to say that there are some very condescending and very rude people out there. (BTW I just bought the Satisfaction Plus and it's amazing. So glad I sent the Queen back.)
Thanks for the lead on the Satisfaction Plus. It wasn’t really on my radar but I will look into it. Yeah, people have a lot of “keyboard confidence” in the comments section of UA-cam. It helps me develop thicker skin lol.
He got a faulty pedal, he's not complaining about "is a fuzz pedal supposed to be noisy?" Of course it's supposed to be noisy, but not that jack noise he was getting. WTF?
Yeah, I’m not sure why there was confusion about that. Maybe people didn’t watch the actual video before commenting. Thanks for watching!
I got a defective pedal as well but in a different way. The sound is shrill as hell even when at full Shadow. The Shadow/Sun dial doesn't really do anything except for a tiny shift into a slightly darker tone... ironically when the dial gets into SUN territory. Then it immediately goes back to what is was originally - super bright. And there's so much noise it's ridiculous. Hello? Quality control? GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER! So disappointed. I just ordered an E-H Octavix. Hopefully it won't disappoint. (BTW the stacked setup is the exact thing I used to do with a Pigtronix OCTAVA. Absolutely fantastic and so quiet. Use it for the octave effect but get the fuzz/distortion from whatever you like. Wish I hadn't parted with it.)
I'm not convinced either of you got a deffective pedal. It's a very specific tool. Don't use a Phillips screwdriver when you need a fork. After re-listening to this specific video I'm convinced he will never use it in a manner where it sounds good. Turn the volume up on the pedal and turn the volume down on your guitar, dude. Edit: sometimes being stony means being too stoned to realize a guy on UA-cam got a defective pedal.
@@spencerdavis507 you saw where I had to jiggle the guitar cable on the output side to kill the horrendously loud signal, right? Obviously it wasn’t supposed to be there because I had NO guitar sound or signal while that buzzing was occurring. After carefully positioning the output cable with juuuuust the right amount of pressure on the cable, I was able to get rid of it i could actually hear the fuzz and play the pedal. I have this problem regardless of what cables are used. The pedal was defective.
@@spencerdavis507 With all due respect I'm not trying to convince you. I just wanted ENC to know that I got a lemon as well. In 2004 I bought a new TV. It took 4 lemons in a row before I finally landed on lucky 5. I love Electro-Harmonix and I love JHS but the Lizard Queen I bought didn't work properly. And what am I replacing it with? An Electro-Hatmonix pedal. These things just happen.
@@everynotecountsofficial replace the cable, bud.
@@spencerdavis507 I cycled through several cables and still had problems, sadly. Thanks for watching!
let's be honest. The Lizard Queen is just about beeing part of a community experience. The product is secondary. Most people who bought this will play it only once or twice. You will never find anyone who impulse bought the large version during the live presentation openly regretting their purchase. They played us like a damn fiddle.
I absolutely understand your sentiment. I think there were people out there like me that were just excited to try a new octave fuzz for $99, but there are certainly individuals that had been begging for this product to be created for the last few years. Nothing wrong with wanting to be part of a community and making a purchase as part of a group experience, though that wasn’t my motivation (or yours, it sounds like). One day, maybe I will find the mythical, perfect octave fuzz. One day… lol.
Thanks for watching!
Who you playin’ with my man?!
This is a bassist dream
Its gonna be in many bassist chains
JHS is annoying to watch but the man knows his stuff and makes great collabs
Has nothing to do with being part of a community 😂
If you think it’s some kind community thing then do your part and come clean my gear and u can wash my car when your done 😝
@@michaelreyes9997 i hope bass players will benefit from it then. I didn’t quickly bond with it, and that’s fine. To each their own 🤷🏻. Thanks for watching!
Try cranking octave 95% it'll kick in. Common problem but it isn't defective
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
Just got mine today, wicked radio interference.
Sorry to hear that. It was a neat pedal. Thanks for watching!
as a builder who respects jhs i was really surprised how un inspiring this pedal was i just havent found anyone getting a killer tone with it, and the fact that they just used two very simple old diy circuits and slammed them together is so NOT eh. eh old pedals were huge complex circuits thats killed it.
Yeah, I really wanted to bond with it but definitely had a bad initial experience due to the defect (which, of course, happens with all builders eventually). I might give it another go one day and see if running my amp differently would improve the situation. For now, I’m content with the octave fuzz I have. Thanks for watching!
Recieving a bad pedal is disappointing, but I would have waited to do the compariuson video until you got one that works. Seems like the only reason this video was made was to let everyone know you got a bad one. Are you goin gto make another one after getting a replacement?
Since the problem seems to be related to the output jack of the pedal, I made a judgement call and assumed that, when I had a good connection, the circuit was being accurately represented.
I sent it back for a refund and don’t know if I will get another one. In the end, I liked it, but I don’t know if I liked it more than what I already have.
After some time passes I might give it another shot if I still want another octave fuzz.
Thanks for watching!
In my opinion EHX has always made crap. I bought a brand new LPB-1 with a defective footswitch and returned it. I’ll never buy another pedal from them.
Oh wow, I’m sorry to hear that! First impressions are hard to shake. Thanks for watching!
I'm not going to lie. It sounds like you didn't understand what you were buying. It also sounds like you took the noisiest possible guitar amp combination and then expected The lizard Queen to not be noisy. Put yourself in some 1970s shoes. This thing is stony as all get out. Your setup? Not so stoney and of noisy. Noisy isn't bad, But it is bad if you're expecting some kind of gated clean thing... ... I'm not quite sure you are cut out for this..
I'm assuming you might not be so stony, as you are kinda noisy. Then again what do I know? I'm sure we both agree with this guy had no idea what he was getting into. Now we need A completely inverse reproduction called the laser queen.
@Syrup @Hort I was running a victory V140 on 100w mode, using Walrus Audio’s Phoenix power supply for isolation, and have zero problems with the other fuzz pedals I use. I know what fuzz hiss sounds like, and this wasn’t it. When the pedal DID work, I got good sounds out of it and didn’t have persistent noise issues. However, did you see where I had to jiggle the guitar cable on the output side to kill the horrendously loud signal, right? Obviously it wasn’t supposed to be there because I had NO guitar sound or signal while that buzzing was occurring. After carefully positioning the output cable with juuuuust the right amount of pressure on the cable, I was able to get rid of it i could actually hear the fuzz and play the pedal. I have this problem regardless of what cables are used. I like fuzz, I’m fine with noise. The pedal was defective.
I was running a victory V140 on 100w mode, using Walrus Audio’s Phoenix power supply for isolation, and have zero problems with the other fuzz pedals I use. I know what fuzz hiss sounds like, and this wasn’t it. When the pedal DID work, I got good sounds out of it and didn’t have persistent noise issues. However, did you see where I had to jiggle the guitar cable on the output side to kill the horrendously loud signal, right? Obviously it wasn’t supposed to be there because I had NO guitar sound or signal while that buzzing was occurring. After carefully positioning the output cable with juuuuust the right amount of pressure on the cable, I was able to get rid of it i could actually hear the fuzz and play the pedal. I have this problem regardless of what cables are used. I like fuzz, I’m fine with noise. The pedal was defective.
@@everynotecountsofficial bro you write 500 words for every criticism. Your tone sounds broken, not your pedal. If you have bad input jack that's one thing, But listen to what you're playing. That's not an input jack.