Great tones, intelligent & clear analysis of the pedal. The recording by the way, is much better than most reviews on UA-cam... The playing seems effortless but is selected to demonstrate not for (the purpose of) showboating. Great job!! Thanks.
Planning out my pedalboard... Strymon Bigsky, TImeline, Mobius, Cali76, Digitech Drop, Digitech Mosiac, and now that this overdrive is out, 15 drive pedals. HELP!
I want an overdrive/preamp pedal that - is smooth and warm - is able to do warm low gain (classic sound) and high gain like what you used in dorje Suggestions?
That pedal grow for every minute of the video, especially on the single coil. Seems to be worth a couple of hundreds too. Still 3-4 times than what I spend on equipment for my home noodling board...but You never know. Like it a lot :)
I clicked your video cause you're known as a metal dude and I thought I was going to see this pedal being used in a metal context. Instead, we get you going up and down the pentatonic scale on a les paul and strat, which is what every other dad rock guitar channel is doing.
In case anyone was wondering, LEDs need more voltage than regular silicon diodes to turn on, meaning less of the signal gets clipped off. Just for fun germanium needs less voltage than silicon, which means more clipping. Nerd Time Over
I’d like to hear their perspective on blending in the dry signal in some of the lower gain more open settings. My guess is that Dan may like this pedal but Mick would say not really his thing.
First, love your vids and your playing. Keeps us well informed and entertained! Second, am I alone in wanting reviewers to put ODs into both clean, dirty and then boosting high gain amps? Most pedal reviews seem to focus on the sound through a clean to barely broken up sound and not in the boosting capacity. I am biased is this since that is what I use overdrives for so admittedly I understand it’s a niche request. I run a Phil X Friedman and then put an overdrive in front to get anything from AC/DC and Thin Lizzy to early Metallica to even tech death metal. The pedals that seem to do the trick best (so far) are the Greer Lightspeed, Southland, Timmy, Tummnus, and lastly the Lovepedal OD 11. I despise TS style circuits because of the mid hump as I run a good amount of miss already from the amp. I’m always on the quest for cool overdrives for this purpose and I find most pedal reviews don’t show this application. It would be dope to hear them in this context. Again thanks for all of your content and hard work.
Perfect walkthrough of a pedal like this. Definitely going to be eyeing this one for the board. Especially helpful when you’re going back in forth between different guitars, I appreciate the variety here! Man those strat pickups though...
Love the sounds coming from the Mammoth. Definitely hope Walrus audio puts that art on a shirt sometime, the all brown and white on the beast looks mint.
Question for Rabea or anyone that can answer. I heard you say your rhythm and even lead playing is the way it is because you started out as a drummer. How would you explain rhythm playing to a guitarist from a drumming perspective so as to improve their rhythm and lead playing?
@@Elias0112 I find it very difficult to maintain a groove while playing by myself. If I have a drummer or track it's much easier, but then I fall into a trap of being locked into the drum groove instead of being able to add to it with variation on the guitar. That's really the point I'm stuck at and I'm not sure how to practice and progress beyond it
omgggg whyyy did they make this without a Mids EQ??? Guitar is a mid frequency instrument, you need 3-band EQ to get the perfect tone you want. If not for that I'd buy it right now.... but without it I have to continue shopping around FML.
Being enthusiastic about EQD's track record with Drive pedals like the White Light ,and Crimson Drive, I remember being enthusiastic about trying the Grey Channel,- which Ages greatly reminds me of, - only to be badly disappointed: all too often, when you try to do too much in one circuit, you end up with a bunch of compromises. To my ear, Walrus is dead on with dialing in and voicing their Drives, ,- the Voyager , Iron Horse and Warhorn being outstanding takes on classic circuits, ( which I would choose over the originals)- and I think they managed well here to capture the essentials.They filled the gaps in one pedal, which was prob a smart move, considering how confused many seem to be by their extensive previous releases.Although lacking in the straight up square wave dept, (- only the Kangra, IMO, is a competitive Fuzz) ,- they've covered the bases, along with some of THE best modulations and time based pedals available.
No wonder people keep making new overdrives; it's the one thing nobody really gets just right. Maybe this one will do it. You never know until you try it yourself.
Am I the only one who dont hear the difference between modes? I realy like that pedal, but is it worth? I find that pedal like others... what should i have to listen to and watch when I am buying a pedal?
tis a bitchin pedal to be sure. amazing studio quality overdrive tones pump from this modestly nuanced device. i highly recommend it as you can see in the video it also pairs extremely well with ambient and other drive/modular effects. in addition to sounding crisp and powerful on tis own.
Rabea & his fantastic talent & extensive knowledge. Here, he did it again. Just the 1 guy to take it out for a multi timbre run. I’m gonna buy that box. “Articulate”, that’s the word I’ve been looking for, just to describe his compositions & performances. So, Aye, I’m in love w/that box & I’m buying it. (If only midi/Cv controllable!) YET, I REALLY want to hear it, slotted on his *board* in front of the Krakens!
Having a hard time choosing between WA Ages and the GFI Jonassus. I am looking to using an overdrive pedal on a super low gain setting through a clean channel thats about to clip. Has anyone tried both before? Watched the demos and they both seem to achieve the sound I want easily.
it's articulate and so are you... it makes these vids a winning combo every time. Seems like now you're just showing off with that awesome studio space but that is indeed jealousy talking. I always dig the shirts too. These tones(with your playing style) are great and I am strat partial, but your gritty stuff near the end on the Les Paul are the shizz. Rock on
I find myself wanting Walrus Audio pedals before even hearing them for the graphics alone
It also helps that they always make amazing sounding pedals
@@LunaticTheCat And so unique sounding.
Its a problem. I'm glad they make great sounding stuff, cause I have bought like 10 things from them based on how it looks 😅😅
yeah man my last four pedal buys have all been Walrus. i’m hooked
14:11 Sounds a bit like Royal Blood on a guitar, sounds epic! 🔥
Love out of the black haha
Great tones, intelligent & clear analysis of the pedal. The recording by the way, is much better than most reviews on UA-cam... The playing seems effortless but is selected to demonstrate not for (the purpose of) showboating. Great job!! Thanks.
Love to see a shootout between this and the eqd plumes with its 3 clipping stages
I would like to add one of these to my board so I could stack this with the Plumes.
Dope review, man! Thorough and sweet playing!
19:26 oh lord. oh lord that tone.
Holy shit that drive is useable through the gambit. That's amazing.
Already bought mine. Stoked!
Sounds SO good with the LP, my word!
Great Demo, just ordered one....btw very appropriate that you unintentionally said "Ages" @ 16:35
Has a nice rolling metallic tone with the Strat. Great demo.
Love the review man! Greetings from Singapore!
Wondering how this would sound when blending it in on the way back into your fx loop. So in parallel.
Planning out my pedalboard... Strymon Bigsky, TImeline, Mobius, Cali76, Digitech Drop, Digitech Mosiac, and now that this overdrive is out, 15 drive pedals. HELP!
strymon are boooooring, your taste is cookie cutter. get original
@jack benson
Gee, thanks for the advice Jack.
Beautiful riff at 6:00
Ooh that's CHUNKY
Very nice
For metal it could be used in front of a HM-2 to tighten up the low end and blend in some dry for the classic buzzsaw with the more modern tight tone.
Don’t underestimate the Wampler EQuator for that type of thing. That thing is my (not so) secret weapon!
Great videos and playing! Just wondering what camera are you using for your videos?
This pedal makes your guitar sound exactly like I would imagine an angry mammoth heard charging straight towards you would sound like
Very nice tone! Do you use any emulation on those Unison Pre's or just run it cleanly? If so which ones?
Yur liking that Friedman hey, I knew you would, it's hard to quit playing it. Sounds good, like the pedal. Probably sound good through my pink taco 😜
I want an overdrive/preamp pedal that
- is smooth and warm
- is able to do warm low gain (classic sound) and high gain like what you used in dorje
Suggestions?
I'd like to receive brand new pedals before launch, too, please! :)
Me too 😉
maybe is a dumb question, but how you compare this Ages Five-state OD with the Boss SD-1? regards.
Omg he said “chewy”!!!!!!
I say that too omg 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️😂😅
Love you're les paul btw you look really healthy rabea
That pedal grow for every minute of the video, especially on the single coil. Seems to be worth a couple of hundreds too. Still 3-4 times than what I spend on equipment for my home noodling board...but You never know. Like it a lot :)
Thank you for always using a Strat to demo. Easier me to hear the true character of a pedal .
Tones remind me of the Danelectro Billionaire Cash Cow
Awesome playing as usual, loved it
first! xD
sorry not sorry!
holy shit, that intro tone though!
I clicked your video cause you're known as a metal dude and I thought I was going to see this pedal being used in a metal context. Instead, we get you going up and down the pentatonic scale on a les paul and strat, which is what every other dad rock guitar channel is doing.
Nice and thicc. Love it.
"Today"? Only today?
Does anyone know if this has quiet switching like EQD? Thanks
In case anyone was wondering, LEDs need more voltage than regular silicon diodes to turn on, meaning less of the signal gets clipped off. Just for fun germanium needs less voltage than silicon, which means more clipping.
Nerd Time Over
AttakaiMusic Thanks, Josh!
Appreciate the insight my dude!
Just got a red dirt germanium and man it rips, especially playing the strat through it. Best ts808 type pedal out there imo.
Keep going!, This stuff fascinates me and I'm thinking about learning electronics to eventually do pedals and amps for fun!.
Who sounds this damn good every time they improvise...honestly, the dude is awesome.
me. i do.
@@jackbenson8228 Prove it meme faced person..
Thousands of people. It's normal.
@@b4nd Proof or be declared bullshit
@@itm72 proof is for the birds! Good to see we’re not alone in the world Tyler S. Stone Sinclair.
Did he just say around 10:16 that he could play this for..."AGES"?
*guys at Walrus high five each other*
Hey Bea, just at heads up, there is no link in the description. Awesome demo, keep the good work!
I can totally see Dan and Mick having a blast with this one.
I’d like to hear their perspective on blending in the dry signal in some of the lower gain more open settings. My guess is that Dan may like this pedal but Mick would say not really his thing.
I cant they will just gurn. I cant stand to see them play
Dan would play. Mick would twist a couple of knobs, unimpressed, dismiss it as another Od. Not in depth at TPS. Love those guys tho
That is one PHAT tone!!!
Everytime I say no more dirt boxes, that keep pulling me back in...
First, love your vids and your playing. Keeps us well informed and entertained! Second, am I alone in wanting reviewers to put ODs into both clean, dirty and then boosting high gain amps? Most pedal reviews seem to focus on the sound through a clean to barely broken up sound and not in the boosting capacity. I am biased is this since that is what I use overdrives for so admittedly I understand it’s a niche request. I run a Phil X Friedman and then put an overdrive in front to get anything from AC/DC and Thin Lizzy to early Metallica to even tech death metal. The pedals that seem to do the trick best (so far) are the Greer Lightspeed, Southland, Timmy, Tummnus, and lastly the Lovepedal OD 11. I despise TS style circuits because of the mid hump as I run a good amount of miss already from the amp. I’m always on the quest for cool overdrives for this purpose and I find most pedal reviews don’t show this application. It would be dope to hear them in this context. Again thanks for all of your content and hard work.
Miss? * mids
Perfect walkthrough of a pedal like this. Definitely going to be eyeing this one for the board. Especially helpful when you’re going back in forth between different guitars, I appreciate the variety here!
Man those strat pickups though...
My board is in serious danger of becoming completely Walrus Audio.
Serious.. i just picked up 2 in their memorial day sale and now this may replsce my ocd
Everything they make is so good. I want to get this pedal and the Voyager pedal so bad.
Thumbs up for the word “squidgy” ;)
14:50 was like a piece of heaven. Fire, mate!
As usual amazing demo, I just can’t believe they’ve released a clean blend overdrive and no bass demos :/
Dude you are like the luckiest guy on earth with all that gear ! I would be in gear overload heaven ! Love ya brother excellent work as always !
Love the sounds coming from the Mammoth. Definitely hope Walrus audio puts that art on a shirt sometime, the all brown and white on the beast looks mint.
I think it’s already up on their website!
that's a beast of a pedal for the strat to my ear. I like the lp, though have to love the strat tones
That intro was so Alice in Chains....
Question for Rabea or anyone that can answer. I heard you say your rhythm and even lead playing is the way it is because you started out as a drummer.
How would you explain rhythm playing to a guitarist from a drumming perspective so as to improve their rhythm and lead playing?
@@Elias0112 I find it very difficult to maintain a groove while playing by myself. If I have a drummer or track it's much easier, but then I fall into a trap of being locked into the drum groove instead of being able to add to it with variation on the guitar. That's really the point I'm stuck at and I'm not sure how to practice and progress beyond it
Itd be cool to see a deluxe version of this pedal. Presence knob. Mid control. Tight switch .
At 15:58 I forgot about the pedal and started mentally stealing guitar licks.
"I could play that for ages actually" I see what you did there 👉 lol!
I was interested in a review of the walrus pedals. So happy to see your channel pop up. Thanks for your time putting this together for us.
“ I could play this for ages” can’t tell if this was intended or not hahaha !!!
So for over 3 years only 107k of 8 billion are interested? What a shame...
13:00. I dont know why, but i love this one
That is an amazing tshirt. Where can i get one?
Was that firefly’s by finch at 14:05?!
Wow the high gain actually sounds great
"i could play that for ages"
like it
Mind is BLOWN at these tones
Great demo as always but these types of pedals seem a bit pointless without presets.
You can always get two.
Completely off topic but does anyone know what shirt he's wearing?
Can i play muse with this pedal? For exemple (Psycho, The handler...)
😮
omgggg whyyy did they make this without a Mids EQ??? Guitar is a mid frequency instrument, you need 3-band EQ to get the perfect tone you want. If not for that I'd buy it right now.... but without it I have to continue shopping around FML.
Being enthusiastic about EQD's track record with Drive pedals like the White Light ,and Crimson Drive, I remember being enthusiastic about trying the Grey Channel,- which Ages greatly reminds me of, - only to be badly disappointed: all too often, when you try to do too much in one circuit, you end up with a bunch of compromises.
To my ear, Walrus is dead on with dialing in and voicing their Drives, ,- the Voyager , Iron Horse and Warhorn being outstanding takes on classic circuits, ( which I would choose over the originals)- and I think they managed well here to capture the essentials.They filled the gaps in one pedal, which was prob a smart move, considering how confused many seem to be by their extensive previous releases.Although lacking in the straight up square wave dept, (- only the Kangra, IMO, is a competitive Fuzz) ,- they've covered the bases, along with some of THE best modulations and time based pedals available.
No wonder people keep making new overdrives; it's the one thing nobody really gets just right. Maybe this one will do it. You never know until you try it yourself.
Reminds me of my trusty ol' gv-2
Am I the only one who dont hear the difference between modes? I realy like that pedal, but is it worth? I find that pedal like others... what should i have to listen to and watch when I am buying a pedal?
tis a bitchin pedal to be sure. amazing studio quality overdrive tones pump from this modestly nuanced device. i highly recommend it as you can see in the video it also pairs extremely well with ambient and other drive/modular effects. in addition to sounding crisp and powerful on tis own.
Rabea & his fantastic talent & extensive knowledge.
Here, he did it again.
Just the 1 guy to take it out for a multi timbre run.
I’m gonna buy that box.
“Articulate”, that’s the word I’ve been looking for, just to describe his compositions & performances.
So, Aye, I’m in love w/that box & I’m buying it.
(If only midi/Cv controllable!)
YET, I REALLY want to hear it, slotted on his *board* in front of the Krakens!
Was ignoring this pedal on Instagram the whole day....fuck, is amazing!
One of the best ODs I've ever heard---5:50 to 6:26 is great.Great review and playing!
Walrus Audio are just gotta have pedals, good bye checking account!
Excellent video, really explored the pedal clearly. Except I'd like to have heard it through a slightly crunchy amp. Cheers.
Great Tones per usual!! Off Topic..I'd love to hear you jam with Zakk!! js
Having a hard time choosing between WA Ages and the GFI Jonassus. I am looking to using an overdrive pedal on a super low gain setting through a clean channel thats about to clip. Has anyone tried both before? Watched the demos and they both seem to achieve the sound I want easily.
Ah, I clicked because I read Five-Stage overdrive. :(
11:51 woow 😲
Just ordered the National Park edition! Awesome demo, you are an amazing guitarist!
Hi rabea! When will you have the next part of your strat pickup mod coming out?! ☺️
Wow. You can get Jerry Cantrell's Alice in Chains tone right quick with this one.
This this is Bitchin!
I bet the special edition art is a Woolly Mammoth
Such a nice heavy rock tone with the lp, not really a hi gain tone, but more articulate and ballsy
it's articulate and so are you... it makes these vids a winning combo every time. Seems like now you're just showing off with that awesome studio space but that is indeed jealousy talking. I always dig the shirts too. These tones(with your playing style) are great and I am strat partial, but your gritty stuff near the end on the Les Paul are the shizz. Rock on
That dry knob and EQ section makes it a better TS then a TS. If you use your TS like SRV or Mayer does.
Great video. Just picked up an Ages box
Hi Rabea, did you use compressors ( Ox Box, Logic or UAD) in this video?
Hey, how is the Ages different than the Bonzi?
Clipping mode 4 with the strat on the neck pickup sounds a bit fuzzy
Norman, Oklahoma gang rise up. Sounds killer.
14:04 that sound made me buy the pedal. ❤
how does this pedal compare to the Voyager?
I love walrus pedals! Love my melee!
You were really getting off my Man!!! Really dug it Man!!!!