Origin Effects Revival Drive - What Do We Think? That Pedal Show
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
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Well well well. When somebody brings out an overdrive pedal that isn’t an overdrive pedal… //doesn’t// call it an amp in a box when it’s probably the best one we’ve heard to date… //and// charges a pretty penny to behold its charms, you can expect us to sit up.
So yes it’s complex.Yes it is amp like. And yes it’s an overdrive pedal for people whoo don’t like overdrive pedals. But is it the hands-down, bottom-up no-brainer purchase that we should all make?
Nope. This puppy is dividing opinion good and proper.
So what about us?
Please enjoy the episode…
Pedals in this episode…
• TheGigRig Three2One
www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• D’Addario Pedal Tuner
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2tIN4lD
USA: bit.ly/3yDAvux
Australia: bit.ly/2tfHqHN
• Analog Man Sun Face NKT Red Dot
www.analogman.com
• Keeley D&M Drive
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2oTblU1
USA: bit.ly/3E6wsYN
Australia: bit.ly/2pUDUAE
• Origin Effects Revival Drive Custom
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2w7XdLr
USA: bit.ly/3GD99qW
Australia: bit.ly/2MHlqz4
• JHS Panther Cub V2 Analog Delay
No longer made
• TheGigRig G2
www.thegigrig.com/g2
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- Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 0:00
- Always playing that lick: 1:45
- What are we doing today?: 2:05
- Woo, that’s a lot of controls: 3:19
- How are we plugging in? 5:10
- Two channels - orange and grey: 6:15
- Valve and solid-state rectifiers? 6:55
- Mick has spent his whole life trying to get away from hairy-ass amp distortion: 7:46
- The Poo Pooer Of Hamelin: 8:45
- The Anyest Any Amp Of All: 9:25
- Let’s get going. Finally: 9:53
- The Re-Amp EQ mode switch: 10:35
- Preamp and Bright Cap Structure: 11:00
- All in the middle… let’s go! 12:42 (13:13)
- Three different preamp settings: 14:14
- A sound Mick has been trying to get away from: 15:55
- EQ2 - eek! 17:20
- Let’s try some P90s: 18:16
- The Ghost control: 18:44
- The More/Presence control & negative feedback: 22:25
- Does Origin like P90s and humbuckers more than single coils? 27:11
- Into the front end or the effects loop of the HRD? And humbuckers… 29:40
- Let’s try the other channel: 32:11
- Mick still doesn’t like the hairy stuff: 36:10
- Dan’s sceptical about the Vox tones: 38:00
- Much better! The Revival Drive’s suggested settings: 41:20
- Clapton and Hendrix? 42:37
- Clapton: 42:54
- Hendrix: 43:54
- Less gain, for sure: 45:04
- Engaging the mid boost switch: 47:50
- Boosted with the D&M Drive: 48:40
- And a fuzz? 49:18
- Brian May? 51:16
- Kossoff? 52:25
- Mick’s philosophical tangent: 53:53
- Conclusions? 55:50
Guitars in this episode:
• Fender Custom Shop 1963 Telecaster - watch Dan’s video at bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster - watch Mick’s video at bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Collings 290 DCS - watch Mick’s video at bit.ly/2dDG96k
• Fender 60s Reverse Headstock Stratocaster - watch Mick’s video at bit.ly/2BuMqMZ
• Fender Custom Shop 1952 Telecaster - watch our video at bit.ly/2Hlpy5Y
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 - no video yet
• Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard - watch Dan’s video at bit.ly/2dbwbvS
Amps in this episode
• Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III (no longer made - check out the version IV)
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2KBwMWc
USA: imp.i114863.net/xMJ35
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We've been looking forward to this one. Go RevivalDRIVE!
I think you guys needed like 3 more knobs ;)
Hey guys, did you watch the show? Did the pedal sound as you intended it too? I may be a luddite when it comes to tweaking ghost notes and negative feedback but I'm stumped at how you've voiced this pedal....it wasn't that the gain structure or breakup was bad it was the overall treble and presence voicing of the EQ it sounded muffled and one dimensional.....given my OE compressor is the greatest pedal Ive ever owned am I wrong to have expected more? Is it possible there was a fault with the pedal?
Roy Thomas Bøe ok just did that and that sounded like an entirely different pedal!!! Also a very slick review vid production. I love TPS cause it’s the best indicator of how I might engage with a unit straight out of the box. It’s obviously a complex unit so I’ll def take the time to trial it in person to make sure I can drive the spaceship and get Jays tone variety w my setup tx man
I love classic cranked amps, but mot of the time I can't crank an amp. The thing the worries me about the Revival Drive is that the volume pot controls the gain, and there doesn't appear to be anything else to control the output level. Of course you have your amp controls, but I wonder how close the basic output is to unity? I know my Cali76 gives a large-ish volume boost with the output at 12 o'clock (with a Strat). I wonder if I'd be stuck with an amp volume so low its choked with a Revival Drive set to rock...perhaps Origin are happy to forego the world of moderate sound pressures? :-)
The output knob right below the volume knob is what controls your overall level.
- Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 0:00
- Always playing that lick: 1:45
- What are we doing today?: 2:05
- Woo, that’s a lot of controls: 3:19
- How are we plugging in? 5:10
- Two channels - orange and grey: 6:15
- Valve and solid-state rectifiers? 6:55
- Mick has spent his whole life trying to get away from hairy-ass amp distortion: 7:46
- The Poo Pooer Of Hamelin: 8:45
- The Anyest Any Amp Of All: 9:25
- Let’s get going. Finally: 9:53
- The Re-Amp EQ mode switch: 10:35
- Preamp and Bright Cap Structure: 11:00
- All in the middle… let’s go! 12:42 (13:13)
- Three different preamp settings: 14:14
- A sound Mick has been trying to get away from: 15:55
- EQ2 - eek! 17:20
- Let’s try some P90s: 18:16
- The Ghost control: 18:44
- The More/Presence control & negative feedback: 22:25
- Does Origin like P90s and humbuckers more than single coils? 27:11
- Into the front end or the effects loop of the HRD? And humbuckers… 29:40
- Let’s try the other channel: 32:11
- Mick still doesn’t like the hairy stuff: 36:10
- Dan’s sceptical about the Vox tones: 38:00
- Much better! The Revival Drive’s suggested settings: 41:20
- Clapton and Hendrix? 42:37
- Clapton: 42:54
- Hendrix: 43:54
- Less gain, for sure: 45:04
- Engaging the mid boost switch: 47:50
- Boosted with the D&M Drive: 48:40
- And a fuzz? 49:18
- Brian May? 51:16
- Kossoff? 52:25
- Mick’s philosophical tangent: 53:53
- Conclusions? 55:50
It's like freaky Friday where Mick knows all about the pedal and Dan has all the questions.
Parallel universe. :0)
exactly what I was thinking! :)
I’ve had the deluxe version of this pedal along with it’s separate footswitch for over a year now and I feel that I’m still discovering new tones from this pedal all the tine! I absolutely love it!
I so appreciate your demos, Chaps! You're both so cheerful and upbeat even when you're upset about something. TPS is always a pick me upon when I need it. Thanks, Mates!
The guitar gods shine upon me!! I asked for this video last night! Apparently you guys are weeks ahead of me. Cant wait to recieve mine! As always, stellar work!
Great episode. I love that Origin care enough to take the chance on making something this complex. And unapologetically so! Fair play to them. I don't think it's for me but it's great that it's out there.
Thanks for helping me understand this complicated pedal guys! Love the show!!
I really enjoyed the much deeper dive that you took with this episode. I learned more from this episode than I have from any episode in a while.
Excellent, thanks Eric - glad you enjoyed it!
I luurve the concept of this pedal - the versatility, the fact it's 'supposed-to-sound-like-an-amp', the fact it's all accessible from knobs & switches, all analogue, no midi, no digital, getting in the way, not a deep dive menu in sight, all 'hairy-arsed-amp-tones' - excellent!! - perfect for a luddite, guitar-cable-amp simpleton like me! Yes! :-) Btw Mick - I'm English & not based in USA
Fascinating show- and that’s an amazing bit of kit!
Probably too much for me though, I’m still trying to get my tones out of a Morgan Amp on 3, Big Bob, and Analogman Sunface... and I’m very happy in that ballpark!
Thanks boys!
Wow! Lots of interesting information. Many times I rewound to really catch something. Good job, guys!
Mick. I'm proud. I don't know much about how amps work and this was so informative. Well done and thanks for learning and sharing!
You’re welcome! Thank you for the kind words!
Very interesting. Thanks for giving this such good treatment.
Great video guys, I think between this and Pete Thorn’s video - amazing. I’m using an OxBox with a Lonestar Special and run the Revival into the front end. For recording it is brilliant, can’t hear the difference between the JTM45 and the above when recorded. Agree with Dan’s comments in the AC30, play with EQ2 a bit more and it gets closer. Thanks for the video guys!!!!
@ 20.16 - I love when Dan whispers - "that's very clever!" I need to cut a clip of that!!
The presets are where it starts to sound good. The Hendrix and the May tones were great (don't care how close to the artist tone they were, just sounded rad).
Flipping heck! Knobby McKnobface or what!! It’s the king of twiddles!
Nah. Try a ”Simplifier ” DLX…:-)
Love the show, learning a lot as always. Great video and awesome great pedal even if bedroom players like myself won't need.
Intense, in-depth and important discussion. Well done Gents!
I love that they put out something different than a 3-knob overdrive! The inside of this pedal has to look like a NASA control center. Sounds great!
Fantastic Review. I have this pedal and LOVE it. Well worth the money.
Also, I recently purchased a Super Reverb, and you two are more than vaguely culpable. It's marvelous, by the way. Worth every bit of the cost.
Wow, that's a great machine, well worth the challenge it poses. You've got your resolution back, Yeahh!
Hi guys. How about a show on different classic fender amps, i.e. super, blackface, tweed, deluxe, princeton etc Be really interesting to hear core differences, a nod to famous users and also how different pedals react to each (e.g for main gain pedal food groups, Ts klon ocd etc what works for each amp variant)
Really really want to do this. We’d discusssd getting some amps from Fender and then summer happened. Soon! :0)
Yes and it would also raise the quintessential question I would love to see discussed: Master Volume: with or without you?
That Pedal Show you should definitely do the fender amp thing so that you’d know almost all Fender amplifiers are tube rectified.
+1
I love suggestions that sound like really, really long shows :D
Guys. Watching since the beginning. You’re my guys.
Proper respect to J Leonard J. Honk placement was deliberate. You guys are the best!
We love J. He’s a fantastic human and crazy talented musician. Awesome.
Hey Mick and Dan, another awesome show! Can’t thank you guys enough for all the knowledge you have imparted.
If your show would have been around in the 90’s I can’t tell you how much money it would have saved me. Got rid of
a lot of good gear simply because I didn’t know how to get the best out of it or use it in the right context. You have
answered questions about tone I’ve been pondering for over 25 years!
That being said, I do have this one search though that is still ongoing and it has baffled me. Maybe you can help. I don’t know if you familiar with Dwight Yoakam’s producer/ guitar player Pete Anderson or not, but there is a certain tone that he uses from time to time on Dwight’s recordings: It is subtle but unique, and I have never heard it on anything else. Some examples are: “Thousand Miles From Nowhere”, “ Things Change”, “Fast as You” , “ I don’t Need it Done” “Pocket of a Clown”.ect.There is reverb and definitely slap back but also has a sort of metallic tone to it. Since guys are really into echo and delay you might be able to spot it right off. It could be a certain type of reverb or echo instead of a special effect of some kind. I’ve tried all the conventional guitar effects that I know of with no success.
Maybe you guys could do a show on some unusual guitar tones and how sometimes they are really not that unusual or some unknown crazy effect, but sometimes it’s just about knowing how to adjust what you already have in the right combinations.
Anyway, Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Alan Truckner
This show has a very detrimental affect on my bank balance and my marriage. Damn! that is one amazing sounding piece of kit, I can only imagine how it must FEEL. As usual you did a great job explaining the overall concept and features. Nice one guys. I may have to see a marriage councilor after this one!
Philosophical Tangent....
"Aurally Assaulted" is the phrase that I think you were looking for Mick. 😁
Interesting pedal and episode.
Stephen
When Dan strummed butters before plugging in... Holy cow that guitar sounds good all round!
Wow, what a beautiful sounding pedal. To me, that artifacting, those blemishes, imperfections, whatever you want to call it, those are what make valve amp overdrive so magical. As Leonard Cohen said, there are cracks in everything; that’s how the light gets in. Valve amps pushed hard are beautiful because they become imperfect and that’s where their personalities and beauty comes through. :) The guitar should get a chance to show its character and so should the amp. Man I wish I could afford this pedal to get some crazy tones!
Curios to hear it through stereo studio monitors direct...?..nice sounds for sure ...i will say that you guys are the proper guys to demo this ...mick your licks very clean with good sting....👍👍👍...dan ditto to u to these videos only work with skills an chemistry...well done...
Must say that is very impressive. There was a moment doing the Hendrix thing where it was erupting very much like the real thing. Another moment I heard some old Joe Walsh solo music. Pretty amazing.
You know what, the "All you need is Fuzz" design would make a great holiday sweater!
Great video guys, I found that using the blend control into my clean channel amp sound opens up all the lower gain fat, more tube screamer like sounds. You use the clean channel of your amp to tam and smooth the gain of this pedal. Then hit the blend override button for face melting solos.
I have plugged a silicon rectifier into my '58 bassman for many decades. Groove Tubes made a module that just plugs into the tube socket.
What Mick says at around 36:00 is so true. For a guitarist to cut through a mix, it's not about volume, it's about hitting the right frequencies so they pop out (or EQ'ing other things to make a space for it). So many players think that just being loud is enough. There are diminishing returns on this that kick in pretty quickly. Having an amp with good head room is great of course, but there's no point in dialling in something that is so loud that it overpowers everything else. And often times, the tone that sounds gnarly and rude by itself sounds awesome in a mix. The mix is the only important thing for me, unless you're a solo player of course.
I don't get all any of the critiques, this show was well prepared, deep in explanations and what I like the most, it was honest. I feel more and more that this is not my cup of tea in terms of sound and I am glad that Mick is saying that too. But it definitely sounds great and simulates that sound very well.
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it. If people are unhappy with videos it’s usually because we’ve offered an opinion that differs with their own. Or we flat got something wrong. Nothing very wrong in this video I don’t think, but the world of guitar tone is extremely subjective. People are dying to know what we think of stuff.... unless we’re not glowing about it. And then they can feel offended. Which is why we don’t touch stuff we don’t like. No winners in that situation. But this, we like this for what it sets out to do. Cheers!
That Pedal Show I also really enjoyed this show, and I personally love when someone checking out a piece of gear has critical things to say about it. It’s one of the things I love about TPS. I know you guys will say (understandably in a nice way) “I don’t like this”, when something isn’t for you. Also, in regards to the Strymon reference, did you mean their Riverside (which is their “tube inspired drive sounds” pedal) rather than the Sunset (multiple overdrives in a pedal)?
I laughed really hard at the "sensual/philisophocal" conversation!
You guys go so deep into everything you do and it is absolutely fabulous. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Best conversation on the tube. Beyond the incredible analysis is the real feeling of love and care in the gear. For That Pedal Show it should be changed to “Us Tube” . Cheers!
Blimey, thank you sir!
thanks mick! very informative episode and you lead the discussion beautifully. i don't think i would ever pay that much for an OD pedal so my opinion on the sound is totally moot but great fun to watch! 49:34 was an absolutely perfect tone moment.
Something important to know... The low control wraps the low end w hair if you want clean roll more off, use the bright caps, lower vol and more output, you can dial in a vox, just have to master the controls to what you want
The Clapton setting was instant Gary Moore 😂
Very amazing, flexible and interesting pedal.
Every friday I get the same thought. There should be an official "that pedal forum". I know there are plenty allready, but it would be a good place to talk further about the show, share stories and pictures of or gear. Each show springs new conversations that I often wish would go on a bit longer.
Hmmm. TPS is already an immense amount of work for us. A forum - full of hate, people arguing, being offensive etc etc etc (all forums have an element of this) - would totally do me in. Mick here. Sorry, but the few routinely spoil it for the many. Plenty of great, more established forums out there who have the mental fortitude to deal with it. I don’t. Cheers!
Maybe a subreddit? I'm pretty sure there would be people willing to be moderators.
Nah. Just not our thing, sorry! For example, I can’t tell you the number of posts I’ve read on, let’s say, Marshall Plexis (but insert any gear you care to mention) where it’s absolutely obvious the writer has never owned or played one. And yet they’re quoting things and opinions they’ve read etc etc etc. It’s 90 per cent misinformation. Usually... among some absolutely stellar stuff I should say. We don’t have the stomach for the 90 per cent unfortunately. :0)
That Pedal Show. I get what you're saying. Wouldn't want your job to become that of moderating. Just trying to find ways of enjoying the community between shows. And furthering the subjects.
I can see your point, the internet breeds quite a bit of misinformation and rudeness, even when moderated, and I can see why you would not want to delve into that cesspool. Cheers :)
Amazing!! Usually on headphones but today I had you plugged into the home stereo. What an episode to choose for that! Im a Tweed amp fan and that Revival Drive is everything I love about amp distortion.
For not being fans of that sound and feel on an amp you guys both were playin great. Amazing tone! Favorite episode in a while.
Random thought: Get Mark Letteri on the show! Or just check out his signature Melody OD pedal by J. Rockett. It's an overdrive with 6 slider EQ on it. So cool!
We’ve done the Melody. Or at least it’s been on the show already. Mark would be welcome any time night or day!
It cost a bit but well worth it. Truly a remarkable pedal. The best overdrive ever.
if you're doing Nashville type stuff, and recording at home using IR's, this pedal is a must have.
I love their comp.
Kinda cool to have another feature of this direct on IRs. Shawn Tubbs has an excellent demo of this as well, but I'm interested on your thoughts when comparing it to the Kingsley preamps.
The only channel I thumbs up before I watch.
Yep. First thing I do before watching. I don't understand why it has any dislikes. Who are these people?
@@colaboytje People who watch the entire video and don't like the approach to the demo. Who are the people who like something before they try it?
That thing sounds incredible!
So interesting to hear Mick talk about headroom at about 36.30. I get that completely. I've only just realised that when I want to take the sound somewhere else it's a fuzz that I want, not a distortion.
I can’t wait to get this one, WOW !!!
Just AWESOME!! Love this show!
How about a show on 2 guitars in a band mix and the challenges that come with that? Just a suggestion. Would like to see Mick and Dan playing at the same time. Double awesome!
I have this pedal and I must say it takes a little time to figure it out. But well worth the effort. This thing just blows most of my other OD pedals off my board and on to Reverb. The Tones are to die for. It so much fun to play. Don’t knock it until you try it. Totally worth the money. I love love love this pedal.
Really pleased someone finally did a truly in depth review of this pedal and it happens to be you guys. Well done chaps!
As regards the pedal, it did not inspire me to part with £500.00. I can see a use for it as an alternative to amp modellers such as the helix and Amplifire if linked with a decent IR cab simulator though, especially in silent stage situations.
"Okay, so the scariest pedal imaginable. Thanks. That's all you've got to say - scariest pedal imaginable....." :-). Gread vid and amazingly flexible pedal. Holy cow - there are options, then, there are OPTIONS! Amazing pedal. Thanks guys.
Monster playing as always.
A Test with a PA-System would be very interesting - and "clean sounds" too : ))
I’ve been killing myself as to what amp I wanna get cause I’m soooo tired of the dull tone of my Blackstar HT Stage 60 and low and behold... it’s a pedal! Thank you so much guys! You also just saved me about $1500!
This thing sounds freakin’ unbelievable. Gosh
Hi Guys. Great episode. The trick to using an Les Paul through a cranked Vintage Marshall sound is to roll your volume down a little off max and even turn the tone down on your bridge pickup. The Beano sound is a mix of both LP pickups, with guitar’s volume down around 7 or 8 on the bridge, and less on the neck. Could you revisit the Revival Drive with your 1987x, AC30 and Super Reverb? To see what the Revival Drive is like at getting cranked or slightly cranked amp sounds through those amps at quieter than cranked volume levels
Great video guys!
I would love to see you guys do a demo of the Revivial Drive with a GFI Cabzeus!
For some reason these two guys’ voices have a soothing effect on me. I usually listen to their shows early morning when I first wake up, before my afternoon nap or hitting the sack at night… I usually fall asleep within the first 10 minutes! As a result I have never quite finished watching any of the shows, LOL.😂
Hahaha! Awesome!
Dan, nice watch. I've got the same one :)
I enjoy everything you guys do! I don’t care if it’s tedious experiments or information, who else is gonna give us a genuine understanding at this schwang knowledge like y’all do? Lol do what you guys do, there will always be others benefiting from the effort you put into this show.
Great video, I am looking at getting one of these. Just seems like I would either leave it on a setting , or constantly be fiddling with it. Maybe a fav setting or 2 would help .
I've been watching your fantasic show for 3 years now and you to have taught me more in that time than in the last 25 bravo to both of you ... Did you know origin effects Revival drive is an anagram of afflicting Overdrive revise I rest my case
Hahahah!!! Excellent. And thank you for the kind words. :0)
That's great, Colin! I wish that we had discovered that first as we could have stuck that on the front page of the manual!
Origin Effects hi origin your pedal is a work of sonic and engineering art well done it's amazing. It's phenomenal what you can achieve when you remove the constrictions of what has come before x
Ugh. I love when Mick takes charge ;)
That's what she said! I'm sorry...
Liked before watching.
It’s a life changing unit in our Jimi tone chase
As well, lovely episode and I think there should be a part 2 where you guys have both at least have had enough time between both of you to each dial a sound that is close to your own personal fav amp sounds.
It doesn’t do mine. And if I need that much time for a pedal, it’s not for me. Mick here. Cheers!
The Revival drive Hot Rod compact is absolutely the cat's meow!!
I swear I could hear the Drive It Home riff from Cry Of Love in Dan’s playing at 21:19
It’s ironic that this TPS and JHS Pedals shows comes out the same week; and you mentioned the Strymon Sunset. My Origin Effects Cali76 Deluxe is an always on pedal (feeding the delay); and while watching the video my thoughts were... Nope! I rather use my Strymon Sunset; and then you go and mention the Sunset. The thing about the Sunset (with the favorite switch) is I can “set & forget” six great, useful, and different tones and that is why it will never leave my board just like the ‘76. Yes it is DSP. I don’t care, it is DSP done right! And is the poster child for the letter N in F.U.N. that Josh mentions. Keep up the great show, and continue to sprinkle in these “outside your wheelhouse” shows every once in a while.
So pleased to hear you both say what I think whenever anybody talks about cranked amp overdrive..."I don't like it". - Always a pleasure Gents.
Cheers Bleek. I should qualify it a bit. Mick here. A good AC30, JTm45, Tweed Deluxe etc... can be pure magic with the right guitar. To a point. But then it kinda goes over the top and becomes indistinct and gets nasty stuff. Also, it absolutely needs volume, and to get the power section breathing: it’s a physical experience as much as a sonic one. You take the physical bit away... just sounds scratchy to me.... until you get it in a mix and then it can potentially all change. I probably didn’t mean to be as binary as I sounded!
Binary? If that's binary, then so am I. Absolutely, I lose the clarity in chords and the leads don't seem to sing as much as fart out - or the character of the sound seems to suffer. I'm about to replace some Xotic Boosters, which I've used exclusively for years, because I didn't like the sound of them at higher gain settings. Replacing with the Vertex Clean Drive and Dynamic Distortion (Which was always a dirty word to me). Forever searching for ultimate clarity in very characterful sounds! Glad to know I'm not strictly alone ha!
When Dan plays the Collings jr.....I want that pedal, or one that sounds just like that.
Hats off to Simon, I think he's created something unique on the market here. If you want that vintage amp sound and you're a gigging guitar player turning up to venues with a random backline this is a great option for an consistently awesome sounding fly rig. Great job Dan and Mick too for a proper in depth review from a player's standpoint.
I like that a lot of the controls are different than other pedals - more like the 'advanced' options you get with some modelling units, though done all in analog. This could be an amazing recording tool.
Totally. If you don’t have the option of mic’ing an amp, this into an interface and some IRs..... interesting. How much better it’d be than straight Kemper or Helix type modelling would be interesting. Our replacements will make that video sometime in 2025. :0)
Okay, I'll put that in my calendar.
Always happy to see the jr’s make an appearance. Great sounding pedal. However, when it comes to guitars, amps or pedals I don’t have the mental capacity, patience, or dedication to play with more than 5-6 knobs. Anything more complicated than a non master volume amp is too much for me. God I’m so dumb.
I bought the Revival drive and returned it as it just did not do well with single coil pic -ups. It is fabulous with Hum-buckers and P 90's . They managed to get better sounds with a strat than i got. After watching this , I might have to give this pedal another try !!
dan wasnt stoked
No he was not.
Nice sound!!
I'd very much like to try one of these, but I have two very expensive pedals on my list before this. Effectrode tube vibe, and a Kingsley page. But, this is a solid #3
get a harlot and a bard some of the magic of kingsley is having 2 of them. there is a new phaser farm pedals dual phaser that does vibe so revival and harlot. ya skipping the tube vibe
Mick`s Collins is just super. So good!
Whisper this. It’s probably the best guitar I own. Apart from my other Collings. :0)
Those later sounds when you got your bearings were phenomenal, cheers for the great video. Isnt the sunset based on od pedals???
Yeah, maybe. it was the Riverside that was supposed to be ampy. Neither sound ampy. Cheers!
It’s like the Mark V of over drive pedals... you could tweak this thing forever, keep getting good sounds but the thought of knowing there might be another sound in there that I like more would drive me nuts personally which means I’d turn knobs more than play.
I like that there is a builder out there willing to throw it all in a single box though.
Interesting! And understandable. You’ve summed up why I can’t handle complex things... unless they have to be complex to function properly. Like a DAW or Photoshop. Mick here.
So far this is reminding me of that film when the two characters swap bodies 😂.
Faces, y'mean? Face Off?
Nothing as manly as that. Freaky Friday :-)
Kieren Moore - I'd love to see TPS with more slow-motion doves.
Yeah, M:i2-style ...
The sixth day ? 😂
Some nice tones and you have to applaud the thought and effort that have gone into this. From a marketing point of view though perhaps a pedal with just one of the sides and maybe the mid boost would have been a less daunting starting place? DIP switch could still enable tube vs silicon option. When are you going to have the Hamstead Odyssey on? Its become my main drive pedal but it can be difficult to dial in a tone. Keep up the good work guys. Thanks
Great, great in depth review. I covet thine Collings, Mick - just wanted to get that out of the way.
Question: After listening to the tracks, is the room experience vs. UA-cam experience CHALK AND CHEESE, or chalk and cheese?
Suggestion: Try the pedal through the Fryette Power Station amp stage.
Observation: The fact that such a tone shaping discrete pure analog circuit even exists in a small pedal blows my mind. This thing is a remarkable bit of engineering.
Jesus christ that strat sound so damn good
Which one? Thanks!
I could see this being a big win for artists that fly around and use backline amps as a way to quickly get "your" sound or for people who play in a bunch of different groups and need a different kind of drive per group but don't want to rebuild their board every gig.
Top notch as always. Was hoping to hear it through Mick's Two Rock though!
Shiver. That makes no sense!
No? Why is that? Too much hair?
Holy brigade buckets, that's a pricy pedal, super cool though.
I am absolutely more a Strat / Singlecoil Fan but man, Dans Les Paul sounds so freaking awesome!
Ah, well, there are Les Pauls and there are Les Pauls. You know the old ones tended to sound pretty ‘thin’ and ‘airy’ compared with the 70s and beyond vision of this weird sledgehammer thing. A good 57 / 58 / 59 type has the most amazing articulacy. Niiiiice!
Love you guys! Looking at the revival vs the king tone guitar duellist. I know both are good but what do you prefer if going into a two rock or Magnatone (big clean)?
Mick Taylor on fire. Very, very tasteful fire.
Thank you sir. :0)
Alright! Now we are talkin'!