The only guy to truly nail Brian May's tone on the entire internet. Nice.

7:45 That’s the Brian May sound nailed

The riff from Into the Void always gets my head banging, I have no choice in the matter.

Treble boosters are cool but I need a talent booster. Where can I get one of those?

And now I'm on Reverb looking at treble boosters.

Long time Rory Gallagher fan, thanks Pete for honoring him, he is so underrated!

Treble booster sales are fixin' to skyrocket now.

If only you played more Iommi! That sound was perfect!

I’m a huge Sabbath fan. I’ve been chasing a modern day Iommi tone since I very first started playing, and I gotta say, at the very end what you said “so what’s that good for? Well, it’s good for this!” Queue Into the Void. Pure nostalgia, and then of course the old school Iommi photos. Put a big smile on my face. Glad you paid homage to The Godfather of metal. Thanks for the video. I enjoy your approach and style. Cheers Pete.

Perfect timing, I was just talking to a friend about treble booster today.

Yah, look at this guy, truly nails that classic old queen riff like noone else ive ever heard.

Hey Pete, Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Very informative! Played a bit with treble boosters in the past but now gonna experiment and probably build one!

Yep. People tend to test them out at bedroom level and get the wrong impression. They are great when the amp is cranked but best with low gain older amps.

I literally have no idea how you slammed into Brian's tone like that. So good. Love your videos and damn, you are one hell of player! Awesome video!!!

Great stuff Pete! Super informative and a great showcase for the era that gave us some of the best riffs ever, awesome!

A really great vid, Pete. I like discovering forgotten knowledge of the times past and have been aware of treble boosters thanks to Tony Iommi, but you really showed how they make the amp sing and demonstrated it in such a natural and entertaining way including killer riffs. Thanks a lot!

Dude! Best tone, audio quality, voice and haircut on the internet of guitar videos! Awesome! :)

Who the f is hitting thumbs down? Who ever you are, you’re just not getting it....Thanks Pete! Killing it on all fronts.

That was so great! I love how much fun you were having playing the stuff as well. It shows how we all go back to being ourselves in high school when we play our heroes music.

One of the most revealing vids I've watched in a year or so!! Thank you so much, Pete!! 😎

Great video! It almost feels like watching a nice documentary about the Treble Booster! You've shown where it came from, you've shown how to use it and you've shown who famous used it and how. Useful and full of interesting facts! ...and lots of nice riffs from you!

Love your work Pete, awesome video as always

I love this episode so much I'm watching again 2 years after the fact! Treble Booster = on my wish list! Kepp on Rockin' Pete!!

Pete you’re a gentleman. Thanks for taking the time to do these demos!

Thanks Pete! Learned something new from your amazing video. Keep them coming!

Into the Void was just breathtaking. Thanks Pete! Rock on!

All I can say is, IT'S ABOUT TIME someone made a video featuring the treble booster! Thank you very sincerely for bringing to light the original secret to Brian May, and Tony Iommi's tone. I had grown weary of the countless tube screamer videos that have polluted KZfaq in the last decade. This was enjoyable, and took me back to my years as a touring tech in the early eighties. Rock on!

Pete, your incredible musicianship makes these videos really shine.

We would say.. most underrated guitar player Pete!!! Just amazing!!!!

Interesting stuff, loved the segment when Brian May was talking about Rory Gallagher. Also some outstanding playing by Pete :D

Pete, you have changed my entire perception when it comes to gain and distortion, this has helped me in so many ways, thank you.

Great video! Answers some of the questions I've had about that muddy overdriven sound.

Great video! Being a Brian May fan I have long wanted a treble booster. Thanks for this video.

Killer great show Pete thorn! Tremendous information

Have always loved treble boosters. Well done Pete! Incredible tones. I mostly use the BSM but have used a Java Boost modded with NOS transistor and the Constellation. I also like the sound of a strat neck pickup into a treble booster into an AC30. You did a great job of nailing Brian May and Tony Iommi.

Thanks for the education, Pete! Your enthusiasm for these tones are written all over your face and body language, not just your words! Fun. Fun. Fun.

The Priest tone was killer and the Iommi tone was crushing! Great demo Pete!!!

Into The Void = the heaviest riff around revealed! Very good informative video and Brian May talking about Rory influencing him in gear and tone is a bonus!

Pete with just the best kind of video once again!🙌🏼

Awesome video Sir! Great explanations balanced with a good amount of neat playing. Thank you

LOVED your "Into the Void" guitar faces, as we all share your "How can anyone be as cool as Iommi?" thoughts. Awesome.

Perfect demo! May, Iommy and Glenn!

Dude! You even pulled up Glen’s tone here! Love it! Sounds even closer to the album than with Brian’s tone! Great video!

Your videos bring so much joy. Thank you.

Great demo! Made me go back to a Judas tune. Haven't played it in a while. I guess I was 'Victim of Changes.' ;) Stay awesome!

Great video Pete (not that they're not usually), really interesting stuff! Good work... Again 😁

I LOVE We Will Rock You's solo specially on how loud, fuzzy and overall "electric" it sounds, and all along it was the treble booster to thank! Definitely will grab one of those.

Amazing tones Pete!! That Iommi guitar sound was immense. Great episode🤘

man u nailed the brian may sound man. not an easy thing to do!

I've never owned a treble booster, but always wanted to. This analysis video by Pete may push me over the edge! I'm a massive fan of the tones of Brian May and Rory Gallagher. Pete really captures May's tone here.

Great video. I like the woolly guitar tones of a straight humbucker into a vox or marshall, but I can see why this was so needed and still is today

Wow. Best Iommi sound I’ve ever heard. Always thought it was about some kinda fuzz. Favourite Sabbath riff as well. Well played sir.

Recently got my first treble booster. It's so good pushing my Carvin X100b.

Amazing video Pete! Great playing as always and really informative. Also shout out to the Range Van Lord from Jext Telez

I definitely underestimated the treble booster :| Thanks for taking the time to make this video Pete! 🙏 Now I understand a little more about that effect and it resolves a lot of "too warm" tone problems I used to had playing with hambucker pickups🤔

Just seeing this for the first time, Pete. Great video and love the magic the treble boost adds... I think for some there is this preconceived notion that it will get too sharp in the high end, given the name, but you can hear both clarity and harmonic enrichment that is just super pleasing. And thanks for the shoutout to my favorite band, Judas Priest!

Absolutely nailed the Tie Your Mother Down tone. Best sound-alike I've ever heard.

Not only did I (long overduly) delve into the treblebooster world, I actually have started making them myself together with fuzzface clones, both separately and as a two-fer pedal. That's all I personally need together with a Vox these days.

Super cool video, Pete! You looked like you were really having fun doing this one. A treble booster into a dirty amp is such a great tone.

Awesome sounds Pete! Been getting great results with the D*A*M Red Rooster into a Superbass for a while now, definitely an underrated effect.

I've built a couple Rangemasters. I used to just leave it on all the time. Turn up the guitar to ooze harmonics and sustain. Turn it down for beautiful cleans. One of my favorite pedals.

Great video Pete, as usual ! I’m probably wrong, but I suspect that the main reason why the treble booster isn’t as popular as it should be (these days) is simply because the name “treble booster” doesn’t do it justice. A lot of amps are already quite bright in tone (Marshall and Fender for example) and users of those amps will tend to turn down the treble control down on the amp. So why therefore would they use a “treble booster”. However, as you know only too well the treble booster isn’t simply acting like an additional treble control for your amp, it is doing a lot more to the relationship between the guitar and the amp than simply adding more treble. It is actually “over driving” the tubes in a very specific way, emphasizing both the mid and hi harmonic frequencies, and helping to produce a very smooth, clear and saturated overdrive tone. I think if they renamed it they’d sell like hot cakes (Perception is everything!)

"It's perfect for this..." Love it! Brilliant video, Pete. Thank you.

Love this video. I've come back to watch it multiple times. I'm a Queen fan and you did a great job capturing that magic tone. Thoughtful and articulate presentation as well.

Oh My God! Sabbath Into The Void! 😁 Perfect 👌👍 got to get that peddle!!

You’re loving this, a big kid....!!

Great stuff Pete! Thanks for the education on great rock tone! You truly rock!

Holy shit Pete! That tone is AMAZING! Thanks for making this video.

GREAT video! Great tones! Great playing! Thank you! You're right though, Pete. People don't seem to know much about these underrated effects nowadays, but I really thinks it's at least got to be getting better (in no small part to great videos like this one!). I started playing guitar waaay back in the '60s, and treble boosters were, even then, pretty much unknown. IIRC, I first began actually hearing of them in the '70s, what with the advent of early guitar magazines like Guitar Player. Really, back in the day, we'd maybe own a fuzz and later on, an early wah. (Believe it, young players: Back then, whatever you learned was pretty much going by word of mouth-this was pre-GP mag and pre-internet/KZfaq. Primitive times indeed, lol!). One day ("way back" in the late '90s) I eventually decided to ASK about treble boosters at a great local store, and the VERY knowledgeable owner kind of looked at me and... admitted he really had no experience or even any knowledge of them himself. Ha. IIRC, we simply shrugged together and agreed that, yes, they most likely boosted treble. Duh! Anyway, I eventually got myself a great Homebrew Electronics Germanium 44 Treble Booster, and discovered that, yes, it sure did a LOT more than simply boost treble. WOW! Thanks for the GREAT demo, Pete (as usual) and especially for including so much interesting history. I'm now inspired to get my Germanium44 out tonight and put in some good time making music. Thanks again!

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing.Brian May king of the Vox Had a exh that plugs into to the jack of the guitar just gain work good on a practice amp.

Thanks for this video enjoy hanging out with ya in your studio pete, thanks again

Supper informative, waiting for the next vid to come! Million thanks!

Pete,I forgot to thank you for turning me on to these a few years ago when you did a comparison of different overdrive types (I picked up a OD-1 from that video too!) I tried to get the 65 Amps model you have,but they ceased production...ended up with a Beano Boost and loved it UNTIL it went berserk at a hot outdoor show (I quickly learned how temperature sensitive germanium transistors are)...sold it and decided my next ones needed 2 things: silicone transistors and tone shaping capabilities (straight rangemaster type is just a hair too bright and thin for my setups) I ended up keeping a Catalinbread Naga Viper and an NRG Poker...they have different characteristics,but they sound fantastic,are versitle,and feel great under the fingers...they have become irreplaceable in my setups and I don't miss germanium at all...also,loved the Daredevil Silver Solo..very reasonably priced,but just too close to the Naga Viper to justify keeping it around...the only one I didn't care for was the current Laney/Black Country Custom Tony Iommi version...was wanting to love it but it just seemed to react more like a standard overdrive than a true treble booster and I could never dial the EQ to my liking...apologies for the book report,but hopefully, someone can use this info

This video has an acceptable amount of Judas Priest. Nice work.

You know, every time I watch one of your pedal videos my shopping list gets longer 😂 excellent excellent video Pete. Love that sound and how it’s shapes the amp sound. I want to get a treble booster now!!! Have an amazing day man! 😊🙏🙏

Hey Pete, very rocking video, and I think you just gateway ‘d me into needing/wanting a - “Treble Booster “! Now to just pick one. Or two, or... damn you for being so kickass!

Rory and that Rangemaster!! 🤘That was the secret sauce!

Thanks Pete. Very informative and got the surprise of Rory G being mentioned.

Nailed those iconic tones! Thanks for posting👍

I'll have to check one of those out. Killer sounds. Loved it Pete, Thanks !

Rory has to be my favorite guitarist of all time. His legendary licks wouldn't be the same without the treble booster.

Wow, the was almost exactly the We Will Rock You tone.

Bad ass! I've always wanted to learn that We Will Rock You riff at the end NICE! YOU ROCK Pete 🤟😎🤘

Great sound man . Always enjoy your playing as well. Appreciate ya brother.

Pete, you have to be the most under-rated guitar player on the planet!

Amazing, this even works with modelling amps.. even old ones like Guitar Rig 5, AC30 cranked.. wooly as you say, add the built in Treble boost (based on the range master) and it's instantly Brian May, great stuff Pete

Thanks Pete, very informative video as always!

Love it. Love the shot of JP at Us83. Halford's stage entrance for that show is beyond epic.

0:59 *Iron Man* by Black Sabbath 3:59 *Tie Your Mother Down* by Queen 7:30 *We Will Rock You* _[Solo]_ by Queen 8:08 *Victim of Changes* by Judas Priest 12:22 *Into the Void* by Black Sabbath

I think ppl don't get that you need to have the amp running hot. A lot of people are looking for low volume high gain sounds due to their domestic playing situations

Wow! Thanks Pete! I really appreciate your influence sir!!!!

YYYYAAAAAAAAAASSSSSS!!!!! Love my treble booster! The history lesson here is MUCH appreciated! The light is shining down on treble boosters!!!! My number one fave drive effect.

You know what i love pete?? That effing hum!! Its nice to hear the equipment alive and juiced. Soo much nowadays its gated, over produced etc etc. Its nice to have amp hum.

Best pedal I ever bought (and I've got a shit ton of them) is my Catalinbread Naga Viper. The way it brings the mids to life is just amazing. Very important piece of my puzzle.

My favorite video so far... This was great... Especially that iommi tone at the end...

Tony Iommi is a legend! I can listen to his tone for hours is given the chance. Awesome video!

Got the Naga Viper, it's great. Love treble boosters.

I remember hearing CCR talking about why is there a Bass knob on a guitar amp :D. the treble boost is a great way to really Kick a dirty amp in the face without flabbing out.

Now that was worth watching. I enjoy your videos, always learning. Keep the faith.

I've been on the fence about the treble booster. Dan and Mick certainly made it clear how useful they can be and why people have a natural aversion to the idea of a "treble booster" without good examples. But I have to say, this is the best demo of their capabilities and I'm seeking out that /13 unit right now! Man, that Iommi demo was hair raising! 🙌🏻 Thanks Pete!