5 Minutes with the Electro-Harmonix Superego - Pedal Demo 

Now I just need this, a looper pedal, volume pedal, delay, alter ego, more delays, holy grail+, a POG2, a new power supply and I'm set!

didn't know Louis CK demo'ed pedals

This was my first time seeing your page. Great demo, really professional and thorough. Looking forward to seeing more demos from you.

Best demo on this pedal I've seen yet. Thanks!

JUST PLAY THE DAMN PEDAL I'm kidding, that was very thorough, which is what pedal reviews should be like IMO.

Gotta day I’ve watched this about 15-20 times. Probably 1/3 of those views are from after I got the pedal, and I totally love it. You get right to the point and explain it perfectly.

Very well done, and comprehensive too. Thinking about using this with my electric violin and you've convinced me to try this out.

Very helpful, Ryan. Droff runs one and I haven't found a video that explains so much so well (so quickly). I may see what I can do about grabbing one.

Man! I'm so glad you explained it all. I was flipping through reviews/demos of the pedal trying to figure out how the hell it works. Got this pedal via trade and thought it was broken at first cause it was confusing without a manual lol.

First good demo of this pedal I have seen. Thanks.

Ryan, Thanks for a job "really" well done my friend. Very (to the point) video for someone (like me) who's interested in only freezing notes/cords as opposed to wanting (tons) of various Sound Effects. I just got mine, and it works very well for my needs. The best aspect is "NO" annoying "LOUD" click when you press the Button as on some other Freeze Pedals. Thanks again...

i just ordered mine today looking forward in putting good use of it !

Really great video, man. Thanks for the explanation and the time to share this.

great and comprehensive little vid.

That was the review I was looking for, thanks !

Thank you veeeery much for this great vid, you helped me a lot with my Superego 🙏 Love from 🇨🇭

joegridl the speed/layer knob's function actually varies by whichever mode your'e in. in momentary mode it makes the sounds crossfade more quickly or more slowly; in latch mode it controls the volume of the previously captured layers (rather than limit them to a certain number); in auto mode it determines how long the previously captured sound will take to fade out on its own.

I like this informatve video. Is it possible to set the "Super Ego" to sound/act like the "Freeze" pedal? Will this pedal do the infinity hold for reverbs that do not have the feature built in?

The best demo!

Hey, I have a burning question. Is the effects loop bypassed when the pedal is not engaged? I have a lot of cool pedals such as a pog2 that I would love to ad to the eveffcts loop of the pedal but I would still want to be able to use those effects independently if the superego is turned off. Otherwise this pedals super awesome effects loop is not a practical as I would need.

Thanks so much, can't wait to get one

Is the dry signal also "frozen?" meaning if the effect level is set to off, will the dry signal be sustained?

Notice latch mode is in GREEN and the dials secondary function in GREEN is LAYER. Several ehx pedals use this color scheme to depict a possible 2nd "function" per se, for a dial etc.

Can you advise please. If I play a bass note to capture the sound I presume it would appear at the 'Send' output. Does this mean that if I don't return the the caputured, (sustained) sound it could be separated out to another amp, while the 'live' sound would come out of the normal output? Would this work?

thanks Ryan, great demo.

Excellent demo.

Thanks for the video! Very helpful. But would this be ideal pedal paired with a volume pedal and reverb, for swells? Seems like a lot of people use a number of pedals to get swells. And looking for a cheaper; alternative. But still get the same sound.

Great vid. Very informative.

Hey the best tuto video bout this great pedal I've seen so far good video t-you =)

Hey! Great Video! I have a question about the pedal: Is it possible to get like a constant tone while tremolo picking notes? I don't want to post another RU-vid link in the comment but please have a look at the song Walk The Fleet Road by Editors. Is it possible to recreate the guitar sound with the Superego? Thanks!

This is a great review! Thanks -)

Great review

Okay so this is what I want. I thought i was after a compressor because i desired more sustain but the compressor is way subtle and squishes my chords too much. this pedal sounds like you can blast in your full chords and still have decent sustain

Awesome video! For people who keep complaining about the amount of talking, try intro riffs with the pedal for your review!

Great video you explained a lot in such a short amount of time 👍

Nice Vid! Is the other effectpedal in the loop (send & return) only tu use, if the superego is activ? Or is it possilble to use them even the superego is off? sorry ma english... :-)

Thanks thanks thanks thanks for this demo :)

Nice, thank you.

I think it's pretty nutty. I want to try one out for a few hours. .

i have this pedal but the output is not working i there anyway i can use this pedal just with send or return?

Just curious...how would this behave with a drum machine ?

A very trippy-sounding pedal. I'll bet if I plugged one of those electric sitars into it, or had a sitar-like effect in the signal path before it, it would sound like some otherworldly Indian raga or something!

nicely done.... NYC PEDALS !! kicks asss!!

You should demo the TWA Great Divide 2.0

Cna you add an expression pedal to control transitions?

nice demo

Thanks bro!

wow, waiting to receive the Superego, but I am a novice with pedals and my learning curve is straight up.

I bet this would be pretty sweet with an EHX B9 or C9 in the loop.

very nice video i take your exemple for my review in italian tks!^^

Hi i have a question whats the specific name of that thin patch cable?thanks

High gliss sounds better with minor chords in my opinion. You can do a great rendition of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" with this pedal.

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hey man, awesome video! what cables are you using in the send/return? cheers!

Hey, man. What brand are your send/return cables?

This is a really cool pedal. I modified mine to make it a little more user friendly. I added an external footswitch input so I can plug in a sustain pedal. Now I can hold/freeze notes with a pedal instead of the tiny button on the SuperEgo. I can modify your pedal if you like or show you how to do it. Contact me. Take it easy.

If I get one of hese I can play that "Big Country" song I've always wanted to play.

Reminds me of a Pedal Steel guitar or a set of bagpipes :P

What patch cables are those

EHX pedals have a very high learning curve, they are very modular/dynamic and take some serious time/tweaking to be useful. That being said I have had a " Memory Man w/Hazarai " since 2008 and still getting new sounds whenever I tweak it 10 yrs later. If you're a plug n play type, maybe not your cup of tea, just saying.

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Sounds like the THX sound effect when the layer knobs is all the way up.

Two minutes into to this, I'm ready to "CHOKE SOMEBODY"!

Is Louis C.K doing the demo for this? lol Seriously though great walkthrough.

"Spirit of Radio" progression at 3:00!!

+Joseph Suratt I believe it is, yeah. You could probably get around that if you bought something from this1smyne -- I think he makes boxes that will let an effect effectively send to 2 different places. Could be worth looking into if you're interested!

The Layer knob is explained not very accurate. to the left there is only one layer possible, the more you turn it, the more layers you can add to the first.

Not for me, but thanks for the considered demo!

great review! dont think u talk 2 much at all; good balance btwn words & sounds. i actually - sort of- got to understand how this somewt complex pedal works.

2:28

Follow your gliss

Good demo, but many EH pedals sound cool at first, but after a while you realize how coldly synthetic and digital they sound (though the Memory Man + Hazarai is great).

7:03 was creepy as hell

This guy sounds like he could be louis cks brother 😮

Just get guitar rig!

The sound is really annoying or the way it's played.

it'd be cool if we heard something besides a g chord

I'm actually really disappointed by this thing. It's really nothing more than a freeze pedal, with a pitch shifter involved. The Subdecay Octasynth seems like a much cooler pedal.

It's not really a great review if you combine it with another pedal, man!

Really confusing in my opinion.

Illuminati?

Unless this was earlier Kraftwerk..no..useless

man sure is crazy how much talking there is in this.

Bla bla blablabla blaaaaa

Stop talking and let us hear the device, please!!!

less talking: more playing bro. jesus

Was really disappointed with this pedal.

Yawn...

I wish @ElectroHarmonix would dress up these pedals a little better they always look so cheap looking for $219 dollars give it paint job instead of slapping a sticker on top

this pedal is for people who smoke marihuana or hallucigenic drugs. They usually have very worn out guitars.

to be fair, I have not watched every demo of every pedal, but, this is the dullest i have seen so far. I was looking to buy this, but now I'm not so excited

this pedal sucks dont buy

wayyy too much yappin'.....peoole want to hear the sounds man 😟😞