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Do any of these have programmable presets? The chroma is fine but if I get a sound I like but have to bounce away to get a useable sound can I get back to it? Same with the deca. I find I'm needing 4 different delays and not enough pedalboard real estate for 4 different delays.
Have you played the Deco V2? I’m also slightly obsessed with that pedal but I’m in the mindset of ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ so I haven’t upgraded but am I missing something?
well, you got a point. most of em are expensive beauties. i dont mean to come across like that jerk know it all sales guy in a store who refused to sell me a polyphonic synth trying to force me to get a monophonic to learn proper synthesis but: having demoed pedals at trade shows my experience with noobs is: they dont yet hear the difference … chroma console is complex. fun. maybe turning a knob and shit happens is enuff, but id advise getting a 2 knob compressor, a pleasent medium drive (blues driver odr mini) , ge7 most importantly an analog delay first. line6 m5 for finding out wich mods are liked and exploring other fx. tc flashback ii. got mine for 80. some holy grail or hall of fame. if noobs spend half a year with that theyll approach chroma console in a whole other way. the deco too.
Really good overview, thanks! I have the Deco - love it, I came up recording to tape (including having 2 1/4 inch Studers in the studio to ADT with!) and I think Strymon have excelled themselves with this one. Also familiar with some of the later UA stuff - tasty reverb, indeed! That Chroma thing definitely looks like almost too much fun! Just a couple of my own personal favourites to throw into the loop in case you haven't tried them - Effectrode Blackbird 12AX7 Vacuum Tube Pre-Amp Pedal and the Crowther Double Hot Cake (Paul is a friend from way back, I've used Hot Cakes since he started making them in the late '70s). Cheers.
Mate, one of the absolute best 12 string songs is Because I Love You, by the Masters Apprentices, an absolute Aussie Classic, even stolen by Nike for advertising sadly at one stage. Go learn it, you will love it!
@@MattKellyMusic Yea, I am sure you can....but not on Reverb right now! I think its a super popular pedal thats gonna hold its value. The Deco and Volante are tied for 1st for the favorite pedal I own.
@@pcurryii it was a run on sentence. Saying what inputs and outputs it has… including midi, and it’s also a stereo pedal… lol that’s the only the thing you took from this video?
The thing that always gives me trepidation about videos like this is the fear that if I buy all the pedals everyone else buys I’m gonna sound just like everyone else, which is my least favorite thing
@@Turtlpwr I totally get that and I had that mindset before too but it’s how YOU use the pedal. Ya know? Almost ALL of these effects have been around for a long long time. It’s just reused stuff that gives you sooo much more tonal options and can actually help you not sound like others!
Well bro you just pick and choose what you want from each person's rig. You can also take the pedal one person has and do something totally different with it. The only time you're gonna sound exactly the same is if you use the entire exact chain with the exact same guitar. I can promise you this same pedalboard through a different amp with a different guitar is gonna be different enough. That's not even getting into amp settings/speakers/tubes/captures, guitar settings/pickups/strings, and pedal settings. There's only so many pedals out there, and only so many ways to be "different". Don't stress about being different, don't stress about copying someone, just do what you think sounds good. No one is gonna say "wow you sound exactly like that one youtuber who did that one video on pedals". You'll be fine brother
VERY very VERY nice work. Your talent is far above most. I would challenge you to compose something you consider to be your answer to TSFTS. I think you could do it. I really think you could do it. PLEASE TRY. Thank you.
A quality demo - thanks for the great guitar tone examples! I like the quilter amp "retro" sounds more than other polished amp sims. Also, the feel while playing is the best. Tried the Superblock US first, but I only use the D.I. at home, so this amp is all I need.
Hello, do you know what Joyo pedal are each side? I give you an example: Is the Right side a Joyo Vintage Overdrive? something like this,,,,Or each side has an unique sound that not comes from other Joyo pedal? or really comes from King of tone?
They are made in china. Stay away from this company guys seriously. Go and look at trust pilot reviews. I bought this exact guitar from them and it was shockingly bad, like really bad. Had so many issues with it, wouldn’t stay in tune for any length of time and needs so much work done to it before it’s even half decent. I’m not sure if all these RU-vidrs are getting paid to say they are better than epiphone and better value than Gibson but they are miles off it. I tried to return mine and they just stopped replying to my emails and when you try call them the phone line is dead. This company are scamming people left right and centre and if you don’t believe it go and look at the trust pilot reviews, people receiving pianos with half the keys not working and then the company just ignoring the customer when they try and send it back. I’m going to post this on as many video reviews of this guitar as I can because I don’t want people getting scammed like thousands of other people have. Please take this on board and stay away from donner.
Wow that's am impressive result from a cheap brand guitar. 👍 I have a little Donner strat copy, I modified it a lot and it's a superb guitar now. Donner give you a lot of guitar for the money. But might need some fret and action finishing (mine did anyway)
I bought the Hush Pro that just came out. I purchased it after looking at a lot of traveler types and just really like the looks as well as the abilities baked into the pro version. It will be my second attempt learning guitar and what I love most is ability to use the pro with headset so no one has to hear how bad i'm playing as I am learning.
$1300 isn’t an expensive amp anymore. 2 of my tube amps are worth about $4000 each, which is a common price for many good tube amps now, and there are even more expensive ones out there (Wizard, Dumble etc.) That’s not to say that $1300 isn’t a lot of money for some people, we all have different budgets and perceived cost is relative… but a $1300 amp isn’t expensive, objectively speaking. It’s mid-level at most.
not expensive to you, but to most. And "anymore"? $1,200 was always $1,200. Just because we can afford more expensive amps doesn't make them less expensive lmao. There's someone who says a $600 amp is expensive. and "objectively speaking"?? maybe to rich people. Ask most of the target demographic of guitarists, they would say anything about $1,000 is expensive and anything over 4k is out of reach. Don't be so delusional about it man.
@@MattKellyMusic No need to be rude, I was politely making a point. The market for amps is what it is; $1300 is at the lower end of the market, I’m not saying it’s not a lot of money, I’m saying it is objectively not at the expensive end of amp market. That’s a fact. I get what you’re saying, technically all amps are expensive, but that doesn’t change the fact that a $1300 amp is mid-level pricing at best. Also, I never claimed expensive = better, you’re just making things up now and misrepresenting my views. My Peavey 5150 cost me less than $1000 and is 1 of my favourite amps.
@@MattKellyMusic And “anymore” because the cost of amps has increased drastically. If you’ve been buying them for as long as I have, you should understand what I mean by that.
