Distortion Pedal Shootout (Feat. Ben Eller)
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The nice folks at Sweetwater let Ben Eller and myself have our way with Sweetwater Studios and we took the opportunity to do a little shootout of our favorite distortion pedals!
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@czechhusky4660 Жыл бұрын
03:32 - EVH 5150 Overdrive 06:08 - Freidman BE-OD 08:06 - Revv G3 12:05 - Boss Metal Zone "Waza" 15:20 - JHS AT Plus 19:10 - Wampler Gearbox 24:06 - DOD Grunge
@al3x2728 10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@allstarvb Жыл бұрын
I have the EVH 5150 pedal and I love it , I need that Andy Timmons pedal now 🤘🏼
@TheGhostGuitars Жыл бұрын
The Metal Zone is an extremely versatile pedal, however it will require time to finesse it into what you want. It's biggest strength is it's ability to provide nearly any tone desired. The biggest weakness is the huge learning curve required to getting the most out of it. Oh and the incredibly sensitive controls, even the teeny tiniest nudge on the controls can result in a huge shift in the tones gotten. Here patience and finesse is required to maximize the gains from this pedal (pun intended).
@chapter_black3234 Жыл бұрын
Boss pretty well fixed the sensitivity on the Waza version, but you have to switch modes...which they didn't do, but perhaps they thought that wouldn't make much of a difference. I really would like to find that sharp biting metallic tone that Ola pulled from the Metal Zone when first trying to run it through the effects loop
@Durkhead Жыл бұрын
@@chapter_black3234 if you don't have an effects loop an equalizer works pretty good I think it boss 7 band
@wowdaster Жыл бұрын
Ola Englund put the Metal Zone through the fx loop and its a massive improvement
@seandonnan3824 6 ай бұрын
Boss metal zone waza craft
@bluepedalsrock9271 6 ай бұрын
12:05 is all one needs to know about the Boss Metal Zone.
@TheDankCat127 Жыл бұрын
The Metal Zone is super versatile. With the powerful EQ controls you can dial in virtually limitless tones that all sound like shit.
@exp-eri-mental 9 күн бұрын
Not the beeeees
@chuckjcarter Жыл бұрын
Brian Wampler killed it with the Gearbox. What a great, dynamic pedal!
@HerdingDogRescuer Жыл бұрын
Just bought one. Hopefully it lives up to the hype.
@andywoodmusic Жыл бұрын
@@HerdingDogRescuer it will 😎
@andywoodmusic Жыл бұрын
🏁
@mdmusic2130 Жыл бұрын
I agree with you, it’s such a fantastic versatile overdrive for any guitarist! Killer tones for days!🔥🤟🏻🎸
@bcrocks3935 Жыл бұрын
I went digital with a gx-100, but my Gearbox and Fuzztration still live in its fx loop. I couldn’t bear to part with them
@glaucosouza1971 Жыл бұрын
Man, gotta love the videos that those guys make together. Always funny, informative and a joy to watch. Nice!!
@Ryan_Q3L Жыл бұрын
The BE-OD Deluxe is where it's at. The internal trim pots, mids, and presence capabilities really make it a stand out gain pedal-a dual channel gain pedal!
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, amen to that!
@ashthegreat1 Жыл бұрын
+1 - Ive owned 4 or the 6 pedals reviewed. None of them have the dynamics and sizzle of the BEOD. BEOD also awesome for soloing tone.
@supafrogg258 Жыл бұрын
Nicely done demo, guys! You were efficient in your coverage of each pedal. I really liked the JHS AT Drive, the Wampler Gearbox, & the MXR EVH Overdrive!
@WillAlleymouth Жыл бұрын
The gain trim pot inside the BE-OD makes a hell of a difference to the sound in my opinion. I've turned it almost down to 0 in mine and it is way more usable, dynamic and responsive.
@bdwitt66 Жыл бұрын
Yes! I have the deluxe and have one channel's gain turned almost down to 0 and it's just lovely.
@nicosonic Жыл бұрын
others might prefer to have the gain turned all the way up.
@joelspaulding5964 Жыл бұрын
@@nicosonic Thus the Deluxe.
@armandomorenotherevival7827 Жыл бұрын
I got rid my be100 od and for a dirty Shirley and I like it much better . Still has lots of gain so I have the rear trim pot at 11 o’clock
@lexdarocy Жыл бұрын
Agree 100%
@FrancoisCantine Жыл бұрын
That would have been nice to hear the Metal Zone with the costum switch on. The new mode is way more usable.
@karykane6038 Жыл бұрын
They could have tried to make the swedish death metal tones too 🤘
@mykneeshurt8393 Жыл бұрын
Metal Zone was my first pedal..... I love it.
@RickGuitarist94 Жыл бұрын
You guys are living the dream hanging out at Sweetwater all the time. One day, I'll make my pilgrimage there lol
@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio Жыл бұрын
The Metal Zone needs to be pushed into the FX loops... crazy tone when you do!
@DadRockAndGuitars Жыл бұрын
Several of my friends had the Grunge pedal. That is THE REASON I stayed away from pedals for a very long time! That JHS AT+ sounded killer. May have to look into that one some more!
@dewanebryant2616 Жыл бұрын
Great video gentlemen! Two of my favorite content/guitar creators in one spot! I love the 5150.
@micuronium Жыл бұрын
Those are all great pedals in their own right. Wow.
@leeanucha Жыл бұрын
Wow very useful vid for distortion pedals, pls do more pedals 🙏🙏🙏
@emartinezr 7 ай бұрын
I liked the EVH and the G3. Both are brutal and delicious.
@vethwynwetfeather Жыл бұрын
Thank you UNC for bringing the GRUNGE!!!🤘
@TVoltG Жыл бұрын
That EVH is damn good. I think I need one.
@dannyllerenatv8635 Жыл бұрын
The JCM 800 on the low side is indeed a great choice. Amp distortion overall is the best distortion, I owned a JVM410 for many many years, and even a few rectos. However, a high headroom amp(such as a JCM 800 or a Super Reverb which is what I now own) getting slammed by a pedal is also quite its own experience. Pedals are also simply put convenient. I also happen to love amps such as the Two Rock Traditional Clean and Bloomfield Drive just as much as I love a Soldano SLO 100.
@adamstein9333 4 ай бұрын
Over the Dual and Triple Recs?
@garyshelly6555 Жыл бұрын
I've been using a metal zone since 1995 lol, I've tried many many pedals over the years and always come back to the metal zone. Currently I'm just using it as a front boost, with the distortion all the way off. It sounds pretty killer in front of my crate bv 120, tunings at d standard with active pickups it slays.
@theorc9098 Жыл бұрын
I use the G3 on my board. Yes, it is very tight, but the EQ is so powerful that you can dial in some amazing tones on it. I absolutely love it.
@PooNinja Жыл бұрын
REVV Rules
@happycadaver Жыл бұрын
Same. I've had the G3 on my board for about a year now and it's definitely a main stay. Love that thing
@willbradley7342 Жыл бұрын
What amp do you run through
@PartyChicken407 Жыл бұрын
@@willbradley7342 - mine sounds good wether it’s into a Mesa dual recto input or FX loop, peavey bandit 112, even a computer interface with a clean amp sim. Even works amazing as a bass distortion.
@theorc9098 Жыл бұрын
@@willbradley7342 Blackstar HT stage 60 MT or a Marshall TSL 122
@oldmanriff7633 Жыл бұрын
At work (I'm a teacher) I have a 5150 OD into the clean channel of an Orange Crush 35RT. Sounds great & easy to lug around. The gate is a big plus. And yeah, it's absolutely a distortion pedal, NOT an overdrive, but ain't nobody arguing with Ed. I'm a child of the 80s, not the 90s, so I don't have a DOD Grunge pedal, but I *do* have a DOD THRASH MASTER! It says "thrash" so it's thrash, but it's also hot pink, so it's hair metal, too! I had that going into some little Yamaha practice combo. I cannot imagine the sizzle I was getting.
@pressleycaliforniacustoms9526 Жыл бұрын
Amazing chemistry together. Entertaining
@gloconti Жыл бұрын
I think that the MT-2 shines with super low tunings. It’s SO tight that it helps to keep everything in place and deletes flub. The parametric and gain is just so easy to over do… Think Crowbar!
@rocesboyanthony5343 Жыл бұрын
I’m fortunate enough to own a revv 3 and I absolutely love the crap out of it. Doesn’t leave my pedal board
@cricketguitar6782 17 күн бұрын
19:58 givin’ up from the Darkness riff ❤
@drcockles Жыл бұрын
I recently got into Andy Timmons after he was on That Pedal Show, I got the Halo delay then the AT+. The AT has instant gratification, great rock tones. I love my G3 and the Boss too. I have about 20 dirt pedals, I’m an addict. Great job guys cheers 🤘🏼
@wheresallthezombies Жыл бұрын
Pedal distortion into an amp is fun. I just look at pedal distortion and amp distortion as two different things. I like both and see them as tonal options. It’s REALLY fun to set up an amp to be overdriven and then stack a distortion pedal on top of that. So you can get a mix of the two. Really great of you’re looking for something more unique.
@evolman123 Жыл бұрын
If you want to try something unique, stick a fuzz pedal or other type of dirt box in the loop of a dirty amp -- running amp distortion into a dirt pedal can be crazy fun.
@WilliamHaisch Жыл бұрын
Thank you for trolling us with the “clean tone” statements. I had a good laugh at that. 😂
@metalonabudget574 Жыл бұрын
I have the EvH and its hands down the best distortion in my opinion iv owned also sounds amazing with a 1978 l7 lab series half stacks killer tone.
@PooNinja Жыл бұрын
REVV Rules & MT-2 for life!!🤘🏽
@basskirkster Жыл бұрын
Metal Zone…Swedish Metal at its finest. Used to run one into a Femder M-80 half stack. Classic
@BenEller Жыл бұрын
‘Member when we mashed on the dirty boxes?
@jmerrill72 2 күн бұрын
I member!
@thememoriesrising Жыл бұрын
The metal zone excels when plugged into return section of effect loop bypassing the pre amp section,
@jamesp7709 Жыл бұрын
I am a pedal junkie and I have found the 5150 overdrive (distortion) to be the tastiest, and I have them in all my pedal chains (studio, living room, music room etc). It works super well at lower gain settings with an Xotic Soul Driven pedal, also on low gain settings, in front of it. Instant Van Halen tone, or any choice of 80s hair metal.
@Staticgrooms Жыл бұрын
Fluff is ridiculously good at quickly dialing in an awesome sound.
@dmac3316 Жыл бұрын
Another great vid guys, thanks! I’ve got the Revv but now want to try the Timmons and Gearbox. I’ve always thought about the EVH also but never gave it a go. Hmmm decisions decisions lol
@leightnite3056 Жыл бұрын
Yep, that red one gots the sound I'm lookin 4!
@DammitCartman Жыл бұрын
these are literally the best overdrives. LOL. great stuff fellas!
@vincentharless1952 Жыл бұрын
Revv g3 for the win boys! Thanks for making the video
@dfhomemadestudio 2 ай бұрын
You are great guys
@wolfganghumboldt4830 Жыл бұрын
You know a piece of gear is good when you just suddenly start playing like a beast as Ben did with that JHS pedal
@jpgtr84 Жыл бұрын
Dude, I had an original DOD Grunge and Death Metal pedal back in the day. Man, that brings back some memories.
@DTension Жыл бұрын
Gearbox is my gig sound. Stacked and both sides alone. Versatile af. Love it.
@andrij.demianczuk Жыл бұрын
My fave is a Wampler Triple Wreck on the blue channel with modest gain settings, but pushed with a transparent OD in front of it (I use the Greer Lightspeed) through a clean amp with a lot of headroom.
@PaulMatthewMusic1 Жыл бұрын
That’s an actual real clean 🧼 tone
@8KilgoreTrout4 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE waking up to this!!! hmmmm do I drink another coffee.. choices choices
@PatrikWalzer-lt2qo 7 ай бұрын
I had the JHS AT+ and use now the MXR EVH 5150 with exact that configuration: Low Gain but boost. And it sounds great!
@johnfinlay4963 Ай бұрын
Fantastic guys . That EVH really sounded killer . Might have to go get one now🤘🏻
@timgoodman5429 Жыл бұрын
MXR 5150 is my favorite! Another great Wampler pedal is Pinnacle Deluxe V2. I A/B’d those beside each other and they each have something special going on. 5150 is awesome for thicker high gain and Pinnacle is more open for classic/hair metal tones.
@colinforfar878 Жыл бұрын
my first distortion padel was the dod metal x what a beast it was
@resington Жыл бұрын
Ah the sweet metalzone tones!
@diegoformaggio9993 Жыл бұрын
Great Video! Amazing 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@mgammill Жыл бұрын
Glad to see my woodshed heroes being represented : ) AT and AW and REVV : )
@Cherry_Sunburst Жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT.
@cynicald380 Жыл бұрын
Would love to see these distortion pedals running through the pre-amp, the metal zone is a beast that way
@tinman8014 Жыл бұрын
AT is awesome, have that one. The Empress Heavy is also worth checking out…different enough that both are worth having.
@sinnertrain7405 Жыл бұрын
You can get a Plexi sound out of the Friedman BE-OD if you turn the internal trim (gain) pot down and then have the gain knob really low.
@MeTuLHeD Жыл бұрын
For metal tones, nothing beats the Amptweaker Tight Metal Pro and the Empress Heavy. Monster pedals.
@leonidas3357 Жыл бұрын
Love the sound of that JHS pedal. Never heard it before but it does almost sound like a Marshall head.
@raven5679 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, a video featuring my two favorite internet Guitar Dad figures. This’ll be a fun one !
@TavaresProject Жыл бұрын
JHS for my tastes.. I may pick one up. You both did your jobs very well.
@therealjohndoe3862 Жыл бұрын
I have to say that my favorite DP currently is the Gehenna, especially for my purposes. It's one of the most tweakable pedals ever. And sounds sick.
@grumpyrocker Жыл бұрын
I own the EVH 5150 Overdrive and I love it. I tried the Friedman, but much preferred the EVH, and the noise gate is a big and much-needed bonus. I also have a Boss OD-200 which is good for metal tones too thanks to its boost options and noise gate.
@HiredGoonage Жыл бұрын
And I'm the opposite. The BE-OD for me was godly. I wanted the EVH to sound great but I couldn't dial the fizz out of it.
@eskilseter Жыл бұрын
These are all great, but the 5150 is *stellar*. It also sounds great going into anything, while some others are more picky about what amp you use.
@solosabbath8940 Жыл бұрын
I have a JHS Supervolt V2 for some reason and I must say it's a killer pedal. They seem to make some all around great pedals and I will have to check out something more my style.
@che2335 Жыл бұрын
U brought out da Grunge! I have DoD digital delay and combo flanger chorus in storage like you.
@TheFlexXMLG Жыл бұрын
oh yeah the revv g3 baby
@sicklinup 5 ай бұрын
Perfect test, direct in the front of the amp. So it sounds like it sounds for 80% of All Amateur players. Thabks ging forqard with this style of videos
@scottdavidson6066 Жыл бұрын
The pedal I’ve most used is a Boss DS-1 distortion (they’re orange). Great pedal for breakup rock tones. More classic than metal, though.
@luigizanellato2959 Жыл бұрын
Cool episode. I was hoping you had a DOD "Metal Maniac Pedal" for kicks! lol My very first distortion pedal as a kid. It actually wasn't too bad. I chose that rather than the Metal Maniac back in the day! lol
@thisdyingsoul76 Ай бұрын
I can remember an interview in the 90's with Kim Thaiyil from Soundgarden. Whe asked about his opinion of the DOD Grunge pedal he said "OH GOD! Is that what people think we sound like?" He then went on to explain how they all went out and bought one and jammed with them and laughed about how bad it sounded. 😂
@axeaddiction796 Жыл бұрын
The gearbox sounded really good. And the 5150 for heavier stuff
@scottrockit7680 Жыл бұрын
The Grunge Pedal!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 JHS sounded amazing!
@bigfatengineer Жыл бұрын
NOICE VID! MORE PAPA FLUFF AND UNCLE BEN COLLABS!
@Ben86511 Жыл бұрын
Great demo. I would have loved to hear each pedal, dialed in, one more time in quick succession though .
@smeemusic Жыл бұрын
The evh 5150 lead to me purchasing the 100 watt el34 evh head. Absolutely love it. Gotta get that revv tho. That metal zone belongs in the fx loop. It literally sounds like a beast of a high gain preamp in the fx loop
@smeemusic Жыл бұрын
Hey! That grunge pedal is my middle school years. And yes you're right, they were issued to all of us. Lmfao. Its like no matter where I went there was 4 of those things just laying around. And lets not forget the dod death metal distortion. Wanna talk about a jar of bees? Let's talk about the OG jar of beez
@wesd3370 Жыл бұрын
I feel like the way to get a metal zone working for you is to set the bass and treble to somewhere that sounds reasonable, then boost the mids and use the sweep to find the frequency boost that sounds good... then go back to the bass and treble and fine tune.
@roberttaylor-branco3217 Жыл бұрын
The Metal Zone needs to go through the effects loops. It has its own preamp in it. It sounds very different and great through the effects loop!!
@lw1391 9 ай бұрын
Haha. Uncle Ben sneaking in some Loverboy, right after some hints of Limelight by Rush @7:00 Good man!
@armandomorenotherevival7827 Жыл бұрын
The jhs andy timmons is on my next pedal buy. The headroom push even from iPhone speakers seemed to jump out the most compared to the others
@eskilseter Жыл бұрын
Props for the Humans Being riff from Uncle Ben. That's a fairly deep cut.
@hawg427 Жыл бұрын
Great video guys. The Boss Metal Zone is the only one I would not use. The rest sounded great.
@stevenausten9935 Жыл бұрын
Too much overdrive is never enough!😂great video guys👍
@SlyHikari03 Жыл бұрын
I like the Revv
@BB-ft6nd 7 ай бұрын
The Northern Mauler sits between the G3 and G4, and it's perfect. I haven't really used the HM-2 circuit...
@LeStraTele 8 ай бұрын
They all sound pretty good. The EVH is the one that sounds they way I like to play. The JHS just went onto my wish list.
@linusheeda Жыл бұрын
In my opinion the MXR EVH sounds the best, but the JHS also sounds very interesting 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@che2335 Жыл бұрын
Yes Ben Ive been workin for the weekend for 35 years! :(
@themightys1nclairs69 Жыл бұрын
loverboy! i love it on that friedman
@BlueberryStinkFinger62 Жыл бұрын
Like the Fulltone and Fender Hammertones
@johnfinlay4963 Ай бұрын
Loved the 5150🤘🏻
@jesperbc Жыл бұрын
I've had the G3 and the G4. Loved the G3 for chugs, but really had to tame the treble. The G4 was never my thing. Have a BE-OD, and once you discover how the treble and presence knobs interact, it's absolutely stellar. But all in all, the JHS @+ and the Wampler Gearbox surprised me the most in this shootout. Ultimately I'm into amps. They're just way cooler.
@JohnnyOskam Жыл бұрын
I’ve tried all these pedals. The Revv, Friedman and 5150 are all great. But the 5150 takes the cake. It feels the best. And has a built in gate. Amazing pedal 😎🤘🏼
@giovanigiorgos2955 Жыл бұрын
Will the 5150 use a 9 volt as a power source or do you need a 9-Volt AC adapter?
@7387470 Жыл бұрын
I really want one of those Revv G3 pedals
@miquelmarti6537 3 ай бұрын
It's har to decide btw the JHS AT Plus and the Revv G3
@UncannyAdam Жыл бұрын
Low key the Grunge is my favourite for my bass (with both tone knobs at like 9 o'clock, the gain super low and the volume at noon just for ease of remembering as it's in one side of an LS-2, blending in some clean signal and using the volumes of it to dial my overall volume/output) I just wish it sounded as good as I remember it did when I was 15 on my guitar 😂
@ruvchbrevth Жыл бұрын
It would’ve been awesome to hear the ERAS distortion on this one 🤩
@fuckinchencho Жыл бұрын
Cool looking Les Paul 👌🏽👌🏽
@stevenkenny6586 Жыл бұрын
Good video! I would have preferred to see/hear the pedals through the fx loop though.