MAD PROFESSOR Sweet Honey Overdrive vs EHX Soul Food

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It's a duel between overdrives! From mild drive-tones to full-gain crunch, I play a Custom 22, Les Paul Studio and a Tokai Breezysound Tele through a Suhr Badger 18 head & Orange PPC212 closed cab.
Electro-Harmonix SOUL FOOD is a clone of the famous Klon-pedals. This Mad Professor SHOD is a hand-wired (pre PCB-versions) pedal designed by Björn Juhl. It is made right here in FINLAND, yay!
Cheers for watching, folks!

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13 июн 2014

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@iluvguitars2112 9 лет назад

Excellent back-to-back comparison. Thank you!

@Usuallyjustahuman 9 лет назад

I really like your video style. Very nice pictures and composition of layout and writings etc.

@ZeBubba 9 лет назад

Thanks!

@EpicMadnessProdt 5 лет назад

Best comparison of any pedals I've seen in a long time

@gabillos 9 лет назад

Great review man! I love the video editing and style of your review and the sound of both pedals you managed to record... and using three different guitars, that's really useful for us, thanks! Both pedals sound great, good quality sound with personality, I think I prefer the soul food for myself and the kind of tone I'm digging for, but the sweet honey sounds nice too, pretty usable... Subscribing now!

@ZeBubba 9 лет назад

Thanks! They are two different animals, that's for shure. My preference is the SHOD, I guess it's the added treble-content. And I don't really need a clean/treble boost that much.

@jjhuckester 8 лет назад

They are both nice individually, but the big difference for me is in the delay. The Soul Food repeats as a non-tuneful fizzle whilst the Sweet Honey sends back harmonics that snuggle around the original note. I get a similar effect from my Mesa Boogie Flux Drive on lower gain and I still haven't found a better solo tone than the Budda ZenMan which blends with anything you throw at it.

@GuillaumeSPALAZZI 8 лет назад

Very nice and useful review man, great work and playing :) Very difficult to find and test mad professor pedals in guitar shops. Thanks to your demo I'll certainly purchase this SHO...

@ZeBubba 8 лет назад

+Guillaume SPALAZZI Cheers!

@RLMUD 6 лет назад

I watched a guy play a few weeks ago in a kick ass blues band, and could not believe what I was hearing. After the break I went up and talked to him. His set up was a strat into a fulltone full drive 2 into a soul food. he kept the full drive on the whole time and stepped on the soul food for his killer leads, and I can tell you it was absolutely the greatest tone and sound I have ever listened to. he was running into a fender twin reverb amp. He did mess with his guitars volume a bit as he had the soul foods gain up to around 8. super super tone

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@raytheprinter 9 лет назад

Nice demo!

@metalplatedfacejob 7 лет назад

both sound exceptional, both have pleasing qualities. The sweet honey is a little more lush sounding but the soul food would be a better choice in certain song arrangements. Soul Food is a bit more aggressive in the upper mids. I think the two compliment each other rather nicely and would work together in a mix or live situation, They would stack well together in my opinion. The verge of brake up tones are convincing as well. They would both work really well with the Saturn V or some other type of harmonic booster.

@StuartHerbert 10 лет назад

Thanks for doing this. The SHOD just has that little bit of extra quality for me.

@ZeBubba 10 лет назад

Cheers for watching! I'll share my views eventually - I'll let you guys make your own mind before that.

@raytheprinter 9 лет назад

I agree with Stuart.I just bought the SF ,and like it a lot,can't beat the price!

@stiffswithtitss 8 лет назад

I liked them best together.

@LexovichUkraine 10 лет назад

Absolutely great review! I am a happy owner of Sweet Honey and I just love it for the crispy transparent sound!

@ZeBubba 9 лет назад

Thanks! Recently that SHOD has been getting a lot more use between the two. It's like you said, those crispy highs are simply delicious :)

@LexovichUkraine 9 лет назад

Ze Bubba By the way what mic you have used for the demo and at what distance from the amp?

@ZeBubba 9 лет назад

Alex T. I used Sennheiser's e906 mic in front of my PPC212 cab. It's hanging from the top of that cab in front of it, maybe 2cm from the grill. I don't think that distance makes too much of a difference. As long as it's clearly not too far away for a dynamic mic. It's on an angle to the grill, maybe 45 degrees pointing to the center of the cone. You can see a photo of my micing-setup on most of my clips, if not this one.

@diegoleiva7242 8 лет назад

Beautifully recorded, beautifully played and an absolutely excellent comparison . One of the best, if not the best I've ever seen on RU-vid. Congratulations! With that said, I like the SHOD better but I think in a band context I'd choose the Soul Food. I like that subtle, boxy mid hump; I regularly use a Keeley Blues Driver so a flat-ish OD pedal is a bit of a scary proposition. The SHOD sounds prettier but I'm not sure that'd work out in a band setting. Thanks!

@ZeBubba 8 лет назад

Thanks for your kind words.

@whynottalklikeapirat 5 лет назад

The SHOD is completely functional in a band setting. I am using it alongside a BB preamp which sits about as perfectly as anything in a live mix and there is no problem switching between the two.

@luisgoregonzalez7394 4 года назад

Love Both pedals

@andymoore6400 9 лет назад

Love the top on your PRS. I have both the Soul food and the Joyo sweet baby (sweet honey clone) I play through a PRS P22. I find that the knockoff of the Sweet honey is more transparent, and sweeter than the soul food.

@ZeBubba 9 лет назад

Thanks. I've heard good things about that SHOD-copy too.

@xcrow0 7 лет назад

Are these the same circuit? Thought the SF was a treble booster like a klon centaur? I don't know what the SHOD is but with the amount of bass in the signal I'd bet its not a treble booster. Otherwise, this was a fantastic video. Great audio and video presentation.

@sparkyguitar0058 4 года назад

I see a lot of dissing of the Soul Food. I dont know cause I use a Meat and 3 modded Soul Food. It sound pretty good. But in my case it's the drive and then a bias modded older Tube Driver and then a Alchemy modded Blues driver. The Soul Food and the Blues driver are set gain low so not so noise when used alone. When stacked they get awesome then kick on the Tube Driver and hang on. I'm running the Tube Driver at 18v for more headroom and an old 12AX7 RCA tube. Kinda like a fuzz pedal especially with the Soul Food set with germanium switch on.

@davidbuzzin426 2 года назад

👍🇺🇲❤Soul Food (a chimey wonder)...EHX.......all the way....& everyday 🎸 rock n roll👍

@JansenDavy 9 лет назад

Shod, hands down.

@sarahwaters1103 5 лет назад

nice-organized video and graphics! . . but why didnt you do leads on the mad peofessor?

@byrdz2313 6 лет назад

Looks like the negative comments on the Soul Food are an attempt to justify ridiculously overspending on the Sweet Honey. You can go on Kijiji and grab a Sweet Honey clone, the Joyo Sweet Baby Overdrive pedal, for $25.00 Canadian.

@KiwiChen0630 10 лет назад

I have these two pedals. Love the shod for open sound chords. Sf sounds too much mid bump as the gain is turned up, might be useful for band situation.

@ZeBubba 10 лет назад

Yeah, that's pretty much how I hear it. Soul Food = mids, especially with gain boosted. SHOD = highs (and more lows).

@Tone2town 10 лет назад

Ze Bubba The SF was more dynamic in lower gain settings than the Sweet Honey..that was a shocker even though it's the PCB version.

@ZeBubba 9 лет назад

Josh YOSH It is NOT the PCB version! It's the older version, pre-PCBs. BTW, those PCB-versions are not made in Finland. Thanks for watching.

@BRich6 8 лет назад

Two great pedals. They sound very close in my estimation. In some ways the Soul Food seems to be a bit harsher and "boxyier" sounding to me, but that could be a function of the settings. I use the Soul Food, but I run a compressor before it so mine sounds a bit smoother than this one. The SHOD sounds great, but the difference from Soul Food is pretty small and not worth the price difference for me personally. Nice review! Thanks!

@ZeBubba 8 лет назад

The SHOD has sparklier highs imo, it is nicely colored with all settings. SF is quite neutral with low gain settings, but yeah, it gets middy/boxy with more gain. SHOD is my prefered pedal of the two. Cheers!

@firstnamelastname9370 6 лет назад

B Rich i learned through trial and error, buy the right one the first time around! so far, it has always been the more expensive one.

@lueysixty-six7300 4 года назад

First Name Last Name Give this man a cigar! We always think we'll be that one clever, shrewd shopper who unearths that one awesome gold nugget, the exception to the rule...but it is always folly! Price is almost always the surrogate indicator of quality. 2nd thought..scratch 'almost' !

@bo1ivarj 7 лет назад

The SHOD sounds warmer, fuller.

@PaulyStax 9 лет назад

the pedal setting were not carefully matched to be able to compare properly.

@chrisl7949 9 лет назад

To me the SHOD sounded more transparent and doesn't get as much midrange spike with the gain turned up. SHOD sounded richer to me with more harmonic overtones. That being said, Soul Food still sounds awesome, and Soul Food costs only 20% of SHOD...

@attackofthepacifists 8 лет назад

I don't care for the Soul Food. It sounds thin no matter how you set it. The Mad Prof had some nice tones without losing bottom end.

@candrabalimirage 2 года назад

Like#321st and Subscribed. Thanks 4 Ur Video !

@beau5375 6 лет назад

Guitar and amp are important. I played friends soul food with prs ce thru tweed deluxe clone. Gave up after 5 minutes.

@lueysixty-six7300 4 года назад

beau5375 R U saying because the amp was a clone and that the PRS was the budget line...the tone sucked? Or R U saying that you're a Quitter?

@MichaelCoughlanmusic 7 лет назад

Lefty. Righteous.

@ZeBubba 7 лет назад

Oh yes.

@ernestjones8641 7 лет назад

I just brought a soul food pedal it do not work on my amplifier

@firstnamelastname9370 6 лет назад

Ernest Jones that's a sign you should get the tumnus instead

@blizzbee 5 лет назад

Boss SD-1.

@bitzmil9319 4 года назад

SH for rhythm...step on the SF for lead. SF > SH = Tasty!

@nickrent8017 7 лет назад

hey what s the song you play from 1:32 and that where pedals are played together? Lovely play you are great

@ZeBubba 7 лет назад

It's one of my own riffs - it hasn't yet found itself into a song. The pedals aren't actually played together, in the end there are two tracks, one for each pedal. Thanks!

@nickrent8017 7 лет назад

i love that riffs. i would learn to play it

@ZeBubba 7 лет назад

Cool! It's basically two chords: 1. an F# minor chord on the 9th fret (root note's on the A string) with an added open high E-string (like this x-9-11-11-10-0)... 2. C# major chord (root note is the 9th fret of low E string). I play that second chord's lowest note with my thumb so I can add extra notes with my pinky & middle finger. Check out an E major scale to find notes that fit there. Hope this helps..

@nickrent8017 7 лет назад

thanks... i'll let you know

@ladzvideos 8 лет назад

Great sounding delay! What was that? Cheers.

@ZeBubba 8 лет назад

+Gin Tonic Strymon Timeline. Cheers!

@jackphillip6714 9 лет назад

If your rig lacks bass I would go with the SHOD but otherwise the Soul Food stands its ground. Is the SHOD $60 ?

@ZeBubba 9 лет назад

SHOD is much more than 60 bucks. There are two versions, handwired (like in this video) and a cheaper standard model. I think these pedals have lot in common, but they work very differently. Especially on higher gain settings - SF pushes lots of mids when you increase gain. IMO SF works better as clean boost but SHOD has more sparkly highs.

@tameroy 8 лет назад

Mad professor beats the shit out of the soul food! thx for the effort

@firstnamelastname9370 6 лет назад

great vid, but the lowly soul food doesnt belong on that board ;)

@oinkooink 2 года назад

Soul Food all the way. All the way with LBJ.

@ZeBubba 2 года назад

Lyndon b johnson?

@oinkooink 2 года назад

@@ZeBubba Well yeah. But I hear he was a big fan of soul food.

@lueysixty-six7300 4 года назад

Wow...I close my eyes, and every time the sweet honey just surges, rich, harmonic bliss...and the soul food just sounds flat in comparison..a poor facsimile..a black and white photocopy of an original Da Vinci. And I thought I could settle for the cheap one..! Looks imma hafta save some money for a splurge!

@BadMofoMusicCritic 5 лет назад

Soul food is the most overrated pedal I can ever remember. Sounds cheap and thin. I mean, it's ok for the price.. But it sure didn't earn a spot on my board.

@JRCGuitarist 3 года назад

It depends on how your are running it. I had to play with it for a few days to figure out how to get it to sound balanced with my gear. I think it’s as good as any “transparent” overdrive pedal. If people want more from it, I’m using a Preamp on my board and I bumped the bass, turned the treble and mids down on the preamp pedal. I only use the treble knob on the SF if I need treble. It sounds fine now. Also, it sounds really sweet with my Schecter (which has an EMG pickup in the bridge). So, pickups play a part when it comes to the SF.

@bsmith8166 Год назад

No talking -> 👎

@ZeBubba Год назад

You tried speaking coherently in a foreign language? It’s not a lot of fun for me on video, I’ve done it. It’s a sound demo, take it or leave it. Have a nice day!