Origin Effects Revival drive ..

lukedlb

Thank you, gents. You’ve helped convince me. The andertons video was a particularly good presentation of some of the available tones. I’m going to get one after the summer. 

breezytele

I’m another who just couldn’t find an o/d I liked, and only tried a few purchases 

I always preferred the rich harmonics of a tweed combo instead ( wherever the volume was set)

This Revivaldrive on the other hand just sounded ‘right ‘ immediately. 
And yes, it’s very responsive to pick attack 


  

stickyfiddle

I have to say, I'm not going to make a value judgement, and I haven't tried one yet and I don't want to play white man blues music, but the sounds around the 16:40 and 34:55 mark in that Andertons vid are really good. 

I could see myself buying half a Revival Drive when they bring out the inevitable single channel version.

dindude

Sounded good, but from the Anderson’s vid it seemed to have its own one sound (with lots of subtle variation) for something with so many knobs.

smudge_lad

dindude said:

Sounded good, but from the Anderson’s vid it seemed to have its own one sound (with lots of subtle variation) for something with so many knobs.

Same. Why don’t they let you hear it sounding like a cleaner Fender or Vox, as a lot of the comments suggest it can do? This would be a massive selling point for me

Rowby1

Bought one. When I get time to really give it a try out I shall report back. 

lukedlb

So far I’ve only hear one bad review and a return to Andertons. Ever present ghost tones, overly bright, fizzy OD, single coil buzz. That’s with the custom version on 3 different boutique amps. 

Rowby1

Well I’ll be trying it through an Egnater Tweaker, a ‘65 DRRI and an MJW L6-40 (JTM45 ish) so we’ll see. It’s the custom I’ve gone for.

JonHosker

It's a stunning pedal.
Believe me...ive tried most stuff and it is very flexible ... i am happy!!

Rowby1

lukedlb said:

So far I’ve only hear one bad review and a return to Andertons. Ever present ghost tones, overly bright, fizzy OD, single coil buzz. That’s with the custom version on 3 different boutique amps. 

Is this someone you know? Or off t’internet somewhere? Just interested to know a bit more.

lukedlb

Rowby1 said:

lukedlb said:

So far I’ve only hear one bad review and a return to Andertons. Ever present ghost tones, overly bright, fizzy OD, single coil buzz. That’s with the custom version on 3 different boutique amps. 

Is this someone you know? Or off t’internet somewhere? Just interested to know a bit more.

Someone I buy high quality gear from...
oh god, that came off wrong. I’ve been away from the uk far too long to autocorrect such expressions. Guitar gear obviously. 

lukedlb

Does anyone know of a shop in London where I can try one? Preferably the West End. 

BintyTwanger77

lukedlb said:

Does anyone know of a shop in London where I can try one? Preferably the West End. 

Your best bet is most likely to be No.Toms on Denmark Street, believe they're an Origin Effects dealer. I'd ring ahead first because I haven't been in for the past month and don't know if they have it in yet.

mburekenge

BintyTwanger77 said:

lukedlb said:

Does anyone know of a shop in London where I can try one? Preferably the West End. 

Your best bet is most likely to be No.Toms on Denmark Street, believe they're an Origin Effects dealer. I'd ring ahead first because I haven't been in for the past month and don't know if they have it in yet.

Was in there last week and they had one in

lukedlb

Great. I’ll be sure to try there. Thanks. 

Rowby1

You know what, I think this things bloody incredible! There’s a few things to point out though.

Firstly this is NOT an instant gratification pedal. If you expect to plug it in and sound amazing without dialling it in you’ll be disappointed. There’s some truly horrible noises possible with this pedal too so I suspect it’ll be like marmite. 

It really responds dramatically to the guitars controls and playing dynamics. That’ll suit some people well, others less so I’m sure.

The extra eq on the custom is very useful. I’ve tried through MJW L6-40 and a ‘65 DRRI and it can sound just as good through either of them with a bit of tweaking.

All the YouTube demos I’ve seen so far seem to concentrate on getting the Plexi run flat out tone. It does sound great like that but the clean/edge of break up thing is really lovely too. 

The suggested settings in the manual are a starting point only, you need to use your ears and work at it until you’ve got what you want from it. It’s very flexible, it’s just a matter of spending a bit of time on it.

So in summary, some people will think it’s an overpriced nasty sounding piece of crap, others will love it and probably end up selling all their other drives. I’m heading towards the later

lukedlb

I managed to get five minutes on the pedal a no toms before my son began kicking me in the back. Definition a pedal requiring time and a cranked amp to really hear what’s going on. I hope to return. 

SRich

lukedlb said:

I managed to get five minutes on the pedal a no toms before my son began kicking me in the back. Definition a pedal requiring time and a cranked amp to really hear what’s going on. I hope to return. 

Never too late for adoption....

JonHosker

Selling mine now as heading digital!!!

GavRichList

I’m quite surprised that two have been put on the chopping block already