Drive Pedal Shootout

Adji

Quick and dirty shootout between several drive pedals which I am auditioning for the new rig. These are:

Fulltone '70

Irontone Cranked Combo

Bob Burt Clean Boost

Valvette Custom Drive

Xotic BB Preamp MB

Bob Burt Overdrive

Nothing scientific about this, just my favourite settings(ish) for each pedals and seeing how they are working within the rig.

Spikeedog

See this is why I love this forum. It's like Giitar and effects university.

Drew_TNBD

um... completely OT, but you're looking good Adam!

monquixote

Good shootout. 

Wasn't familiar with Bob Burt stuff. 

ThePrettyDamned

Smart man - don't dial them in to be similar, play them to their strengths and see what you like best. Love it

It amazes me how many demos focus on two pedals having the same settings or dialled in to sound as similar as possible to see which is better! 

JayGee

ThePrettyDamned said:

Smart man - don't dial them in to be similar, play them to their strengths and see what you like best. Love it

It amazes me how many demos focus on two pedals having the same settings or dialled in to sound as similar as possible to see which is better! 

Ideally I'd like to see both. 

Thing is, for me there are there are two different questions, one is "What is the difference between this pedal and that pedal?" (more/less gain, brighter/darker, mid-hump/"transparent") and the other is "What does this pedal do really well?" and if you want to form a view of how a particular pedal is going to work for you in your rig for what you play I think it's helpful to have a comparison with a known reference as well as the "dialled in to a tone" demo.

Adji

Drew_fx said:

um... completely OT, but you're looking good Adam!

Haha thanks bro! Havent been training for a few weeks, need to get back into it!


Thanks everyone, glad its useful.

meltedbuzzbox

cool video but if I may say, a clean sound doesn't have reverb and delay on it. This is more of a pet peeve on my behalf though

please don't let me detract you from doing more of the same, my hat is off to you for taking the time out and putting the effort in. 

monquixote

meltedbuzzbox said:

cool video but if I may say, a clean sound doesn't have reverb and delay on it. This is more of a pet peeve on my behalf though

please don't let me detract you from doing more of the same, my hat is off to you for taking the time out and putting the effort in. 

I think in this case it's a specific "which should go in my rig" video so I guess the other rig components need to be included.

Adji

Monquixote is absolutely right mate. This is all part of my new rig building project / process so I was dmeoing the pedals as I will be intending to use them. I can do full demos at some other point.

benmurray85

Adam I love all your videos. Just something about your down to earth approach and nature that s really interesting to watch. I'm not even a shred dude but your channel is one of the best I subscribe to for interesting, applicable and USEFUL demos and advice. Thanks

meltedbuzzbox

Adji said:

Monquixote is absolutely right mate. This is all part of my new rig building project / process so I was dmeoing the pedals as I will be intending to use them. I can do full demos at some other point.

fair enough bud. I am a lazy reader and I saw the word shootout and came in with my size 9s :-)