Currently I have a Tubescreamer with Keeley Mod, a Flyrig 5 V2 with Sansamp, and i just bought an MXR 10 Band EQ. Should I get rid of all those and just get the Kernom Ridge ? I’ve been searching for a tone like this pedal offers, and I haven’t yet tried the MXR 108S. What would you do ? I’m talking to you out there, all you pedal junkies and holy grail tone-seekers. Much appreciation for any help.
This and the Paul Davids review inspired me to buy a Kernom Ridge and my oh my it has not disappointed. Whether it can recreate a legendary pedal in an A/B doesn't really matter to me, what matters is can I quickly dial in a great tone and will it cover a lot of bases for its real-estate. The short answer is that the Ridge pretty much does it all quickly and easily. The mood control basically allows you to dial in 6-7 different OD/fuzz pedals and then the brilliantly design EQ section allows you to sculpt that in seconds. I had not really appreciated the value of EQ BEFORE the pedal until I worked with the pre-tone here, it is genius. Also genius is the dedicated cut/boost mid control... essentially this lets you hump or scoop the mid like you would on a Boogie graphic EQ; works a charm. Bottom line here is that the Kernom is all I need on my board and it displaced Jessie Davey's Duelist, which has been my much loved staple for some years (and itself threw the Sunset and all-other-comers off), Strymon Sunset is not even in the same class as either of them. With the mood cranked left the Kernom is even in 'always on' territory. I'm not a big writer of reviews and am certainly not an influencer... just another guy like most here, but thought it might be useful to share here among fellow guitarists since these things are still rather rare at the moment. Build quality is also superb and the metal enclosure is solid, yeah it looks a little unusual but geeez does it deliver so who cares. For info I'm using a CS Strat into Victory The Jack/Victory Creamback cab and play mostly blues/classic/80's stuff. HTH. (Lee/Pete, thanks for the outstanding video).
Mine arrived from Kernom earlier this week. Killer pedal and a great review! That said, it can get even closer to the different sounds you were after once you get your head around how it works. Start with mood and get in the general range for the type of drive you're after. You guys, for instance, did a lot of tweaking trying to get it to sound like a KOT on the boost and more TS modes, and not enough in the middle, which is bluesbreaker territory. Once you have that right get as close as you can with the eq flat and get the drive in the ballpark, THEN move on to your eq. Understand that the pre-eq makes a MASSIVE difference in the tonal character of the drive. The mid helps with presence and boosting the amount of drive, and the post-eq kinda corrects what you did in the pre-to your final taste. So looking for, say a klon sound, use the pre to cut the bass (as klons tend to do), tweak the mids, and then you can return as much bass as you want on the post eq and know it won't be at all flubby from the distortion circuit (or leave it out to be more klon like). The mood and the pre-eq are the keys with this pedal and between them, I'm not sure I'll need another drive pedal (who am I kidding, I'll buy them anyway). lol My Chase Bliss Preamp MkII is going up for sale! :)
Hi Ezm69! Mine arrived too. Its great. Im noticing when the mood knob is at around 9 o clock, there is a very sudden switch, not really a gradual/fluent transition, but almost like a switch being turned. Does your have that too?
Thanks for this. Sounds like we are similar (though I’ll be keeping my Automatone MkII 🤓). Mine arrives soon and I’ll likely follow the same logical steps you outlined here. Hopefully we will be able to share custom settings as we become more familiar with the pedal. Enjoy and keep exploring 🤙
@@YesItsReallyKeith my delivery has been delayed several times, so I am unable to say for certain. However, I believe it is made of aluminum (or other metal alloy).
5:50 Pete's absolutely right. This tech should definitely be in an amp. I'd buy the damn thing. Throw in a nice sized foot slider on the footswitch and you've got something special.
And yeah, put something like an HX Stomp XL in the effects loop and hey presto, twin XLR direct outputs, and you’ve got an hugely versatile rig. If you need a fuzz, just throw it in the front of the amp.
I wanna visit Europe....drop in at Anderton’s; to thank the Captain & Danish Pete for the joy and informational honesty they’ve brought to my life. Congrats, you deserve 8 million subs
Been waiting for this one. The Kernom almost sounds too good to be true. I know Paul Davids loved it as well so I'm hoping the hype is real based on both these videos!
I am a reviewer that has reviewed to date 2,257 pedals as of today.. Trust me the reason it sounds too good to be true is because it is. Ask Paul Davids if it is on his board??? Ask our hosts if it will be on theirs??? I would rather spend the same money & have two analog pedals that did one sound each but did it killer. If I was willing to compromise I do not like modelling but I would buy the Valeton GP-200LT modeler over this in a heartbeat.
@@Paul_Lenard_Ewing While I don't deny there's a lot of hype around this pedal, it did sound stellar in this video. Super close to the KoT and the Klon, sometimes virtually indescernible. Probably as good as the best clones of the two. So if you just think of it as a do-it-all dual OD pedal it's great. Particularly considering the price, and has some unique functionality.
For a single pedal to be versatile enough to get that close to the KOT & Klon is amazing by itself. Add all the additional sounds it actually does make sense to buy two Kernom pedals. I would never pay $$$$ + for a pedal, ( Klon ) or even wait over a year ( KOT ) for one to arrive when I can get one or two of these for a fraction of the cost.
I saw Paul Davids' video and immediately placed a preorder on Andertons 2 weeks ago (best price for US shoppers!). This is everything I've been looking for in an all-in-one drive pedal. Glad to see you guys got some great sounds out of it. Looking forward to finally getting it in my hands.
Good to see this. I see some great comments and quite a few haters that just want to put things down and I don’t mind their opinions, but I do want to hear from the ones who have it or have tried it. Mine was ordered about a month ago and is finally on the way! Can’t wait to try it!
Mine arrived too. Its great. Im noticing when the MOOD-knob is at around 9 o clock, there is a very sudden switch (between mood 1 and 2 basically), not really a gradual/fluent transition, but almost like a switch being turned. Does yours have that too, or am I out of luck??
I honestly think the coolest thing about this pedal is that you can pair it with any amp and come up with an inspiring sound to you. I haven't bought music gear in years. This pedal I'm thinking about because it completely eliminates the question of "which overdrive should I use?". You just plug it in and come up with something you're happy with and you're done.
it's true but the appeal of having the sounds split up into the originals is having them accessible quicker and on their own. really depends on what you do. i guess savable presets would help with that
The easy answer to "which overdrive should I use" is all of em. This is a hell of a cool pedal and the price is right in the middle somewhere. Two of the pedals on that board are obscenely expensive so this thing is a no brainer. But just go to the store man. They'll let you try anything you want.
Okay, nobody else said it but I will. Whatever is going on between you guys right now, knock it off. We love you, you love each other. The not so subtle cutting jabs back and forth make me worried, you two do the best episodes together. I really, really hope the both of you had a shit coffee and got stuck in traffic for 3 hours and it was just a shit day. Please tell me that's what's up 🥺 otherwise great video of course. Pete, Cap, seriously you guys are an amazing team ✌️❤
I would normally make 5 drives myself then spending £270 on pedal... Said that, this one is outstanding. This is the piece of technology that seems to be priced really reasonably
PRE-ORDERING for Xmas!!! I think You had the tube screamer nailed when you saved the pre-set but when you went to the klon and nailed that you went back to the tube screamer to add gain, when you added gain the light flashed I assume to say it’s saved it on the fly, then you held the preset to save it which wrote over the original saved preset with how you had the knobs, I think, which was why it then didn’t sound nailed on anymore but don’t quote me?
The Kernom really looks like it's the evolution of the Strymon Riverside. Does an impersonation of everything except fuzz. This is analog though, which Should appeal to more users
Great pedal. So versatile. For the studio, this would be useful for dialing just the right boost or OD sound for a given track. For live, I think it would be best paired with a MIDI controller unless you only need two different sounds. Thanks for the demo.
The Kernom really CAN do everything, it's a real game changer and "at last" something to take that (often exaggerated) focus away from the Klon. Klon's are great but not everyone's fave as it is a bit of a one trick pony, , ,and stupid price's for that ?? Nope ! I'll have a Kernom thank you very much !
Sounds beautiful! I think this is going to be my new overdrive! I love my BB, but I love how versatile this is! Have you compared to this the Dirty Mac? That’s on my wishlist as well!
I TOTALLY AGREED with Cap when he says that Klon is overrated! Damn right: is a good pedal, great sound but hey! Not the Holy Grail…but probably I say this ‘cause I can’t afford it…😂😂😂😂
No- you're right. It's absolutely overrated, in fact I've seen blind tests where the ppl consistently picked a 20 dollar clone over the actual Centaur. They took two pedals- hid them, let the ppl hear them- and then ask them to pick the most expensive drive. Almost without exception they chose the 20-dollar Mosky silver horse over the Klon. When asked why they chose it as the more expensive pedal they all said the same thing- it sounded better. They assumed that the more expensive pedal would sound better- which makes sense, but it didn't.
Pete looks & sounds like I do on a Saturday midday after getting home at 6am from a night out, which began on Friday 18:00 😉😅 If only I could riff as he does after such a night out 😅
@@AdolfFauci That's not how he Lee does it though, the dials are all over the place and he messes with them for a while but then always settles on 12 and leaves it there lol.
Hey Lee and Pete, you should review the EQD Palisades pedal, it does all the TS808 variants in one pedal, plus 2 od channels and boost, be interesting to hear your thoughts on it.
I think I may need this pedal in my life now. I just want to thank you two for getting me into trouble with my wife, because she's going to have my hide if I spend any more money on gear, lol. J/K, she is actually very ok with it and watches your videos with me. From your fans here in America, thank you for the great gear reviews you folks do, they are always informative and equally entertaining as well.
"Is the Klon really a Tubescreamer?" That's a really good question actually. They _are_ very similar. The Klon just has a bit more bass that you can't squeeze out of a TS. Nothing that an EQ pedal couldn't solve though. Or, if you don't want the hassle of an EQ (although it's one of the most useful pedals in my book) just go out and buy a Mosky silver horse for next to nothing. None of the 7 billion people out there can tell the difference except Eric Johnson. Really, they can't, and you can't either. Check out the blind hearing vid JHS did on it.
I don't own it, but seeing these vids I'm having a hard time with this pedal. It can do an awful lot of stuff. And do it really good. But that mood control is incredibly sensitive. It took them ages to recreate the TS. I thought the original TS sounded better all the way through 80% that segment until they got it right. And it was just a millimetre to the left or right that made the difference. So some sort of midi board (or whatever you call it) that can remember multiple settings would be a must-buy with the Kernom for me. Without it, it just isn't practical. That's a lot of €'s spent at that point. The Kernom is a very cool pedal, and it actually does something new (allowing you to recreate the sound of an incredible array of pedals) but it's just baffling to me they didn't incorporate a function to store more presets in an ergonomical matter.
Well done for 800 k I really like that pedal It’s got “paul “ written all over it Or will have on the back when I buy one Seriously , thanks for the reviews and the laughs it’s often the highlight of my afternoon when you upload Longer tea break anyone? 😁😁😁👍🙏
Dang it you guys, it’s now backordered 😂 Guess that’s what happens when both Paul David’s and Andertons both release a killer review video of an awesome new product lol. I should’ve bought it the day I saw the Paul David’s review hahaha
@@terrybanks5063 but you don't, people can share dial positions, you can look at this video for example and see what settings they used for each pedal. And since it's kind of this pedals main gimmick I doubt it'll be hard to come by this info
I am, of course, subscribed - if you need someone to give the pedals to, I'm making it easier for you! :) I'm In New Zealand, do you ship that far? I couldn't tell when looking this morning. I will look again now. Been playing for 25 years. Been playing a shredder guitar for 20 years and only just modded it with vintage pickups to suit the style I've like for the past 15 years. Really not got into pedals due to cost but am loving all your videos about the different budget setups but I'm currently trying to emulate them on a Nux MG200 that I got as part of a bulk buy. It really is getting me "closer" to the sound but still miles away. Help a kiwi out and send me some pedals please! :)
Pete is being a little unrealistic with the expectation and missing the point. Why expect this pedal to be even more accurate to cloning the classic pedals then a dedicated clone would be. No common sense. If the pedal is capable of closely replicating the tone of 4 or 5 classic drives and another pedal can only replicate one of course the one that is dedicated to ONE JOB will probably be most accurate. That's not what you buy this for. If you want 99% accurate get a dedicated clone. This is for having nearly the accuracy with more options. More choice.
Very good demo! Thanks! It leaves me with two questions. Can it regain the rich overtones of a tube-driven OD, eg Kingsley Minstrel? How does it react when you turn down the volume on the guitar? A really good OD keeps the volume but reduces the gain, like the one mentioned above. It's been 9 months since you posted the video, so maybe too late to ask questions.
Can this pedal do the Blues Driver type OD? My Blues Driver seems to add something to the feel. IT's like it comes alive or something. I need something for the 2nd pedalboard and wonder if this can do it?
Crazy good pedal but, out of my reach financially- as usual. Maybe they'll hit the used market soon and I can get one that way. Couldn't agree with Capt. more about the klon- massively overrated imo. It's a good drive pedal, I'm not saying it isn't- but it's not the gran pu-ba of drive pedals- which is how everyone acts. I've heard drives that sounded much better for far less money.
Preordered one of these from the Aus distributor a couple of days ago and it's in the mail today. Fairly sure I'll be using your (visual) presets, so cheers! And I think I'll be taking my XSonic Airstep out of its box finally. I just sold my KoT, which I never really bonded with, but they do sell well.... I think this is going to be a good replacement at less than half the price!
Interesting. It's very big and there is no stacking. But it's reasonablly priced, has the MIDI... and some excellent sounds. There will probably be a market for it. Not for me though.
I’m so annoyed with RU-vid. I’ve literally watched every video on all of their channels for the last 5 years, and yet every so often they disappear from my suggested videos or subscriptions, only to find out that I’ve been unsubscribe and they’ve been buried and I have to go looking for them to find videos.
The recent Jim Lill video hasn't landed here I see...you don't need more drive pedals, you need one good one and a (dual) EQ pedal. I know, this goes against the business model ;)
