Diezel VH4-2 Pedal - Quick Test with OX Stomp 

Marshall 4x12 cab. I absolutely love the thing. It's been the one piece of gear in the last year and a half that's really impressed me more than really anything else I've tried. Literally every other device I own that replicates the sound of a speaker cabinet/IR/etc, this thing just smokes.

Nah. I can’t find any info on the pedal.

@@FastRedPonyCar Man, idk where my brain is at. It's called KMA "audio machines". I accidentally said KDM. I believe the pedal was called "Endgame" they have a youtube channel. Definitely worth checking out.

@@DavidJosephBoth Man that thing does look really cool with tons of useful features as well.

The OX stomp is an incredible piece of gear and running it into an FRFR is the easy way to get a great sound with a ton of power for the stage (assuming you're using a decent FRFR). A power amp or guitar amp FX return and a real cab will offer a bigger and harder hitting sound and a more authentic guitar cabinet sound (since it's obviously the real deal) but will cost a lot more. I think the best sounding option without spending a ton of money is the fryette power station as you not only get a great power amp, you also can use it as a load box or attenuator with a real amp. A more expensive but more feature-rich solution would be the Boss WAZA tube amp expander. While it's a solid state power amp, it has 2 impedance controls that offer a lot of flexibility with the sound and way more outputs and flexibility on stage as well as having the ability to be an IR loader. While the TAE with even the best IR's doesn't sound as authentic as the OX Stomp, it makes up for it with all the flexiblity and is the best of these devices for stage use. The built in effects are pretty great and you can either use the Boss GAFC controller or a midi controller. The other option is the OX box. While it's more geared towards a studio player, it still works well on stage being able to foot switch a reverb or delay (both of which are very high quality), it can do the reactive load thing to go cab-less on stage but requires opening the unit up and DIY'ing an RCA to 1/4" jack and connecting the RCA plug into an internal line-in RCA jack if you want to run something like this VH4 or a modeler directly into the OX box. The Waza TAE and Power station both have direct inputs for that. There's no perfect solution so it depends on how you're wanting to use the gear which will dictate which product would work best.

Awesome I’ll have to do my research! Thanks for the quick reply!

I think it was clipping the whole time but didn't realize it because I was listening to it through a FRFR instead of my actual monitors. I was using the power amp output jack on the pedal which sounds better but is WAAAY hotter so some finesse is needed with the signal.

@@FastRedPonyCar Gotcha ! How do you like your FRFR ? Compared to a real cab or studio monitors i mean.

@@djabthrash While it doesn't sound exactly the same as a guitar cab, for the size, nothing can touch it. It's easier to get a consistently good sound using a good cab sim/IR/etc feeding into the FRFR than a guitar amp to a cab when you're on stage and you dont' have to have it crazy loud to get that consistent great sound either. If I had the choice, I'd be on stage with a head and 2x12 or 4x12 but it's way less practical and since we all use IEM's and don't rely as much on stage volume, having a good DI sound is what we've all gone for and it's working really well for us and given us way more control over our sound at shows.

​@@FastRedPonyCar Are you saying you use IEMs AND FRFRs when playing live ? If so, are you using FRFRs like floor wedges (just facing you, with the audience in the back), or like cabs (facing the audience or on the side) ?

@@djabthrash FRFR behind me facing the crowd. We have a full drum kit and me and our singer both use an FRFR behind us on stage so there is some sound comign from the stage instead of just drums. We tried to get just the guitars through the PA to work but it presented 2 problems. First was that the sound wasn't right. if you were front and center in front of the stage, the guitars were hard to hear. All you heard was a drum kit. Second problem was that if our IEM's fail for some reason and we need to remove them, we have no sound to hear ourselves.