Duuuuudes, thank you so so much for the love, you’re a couple of beautiful people. That is the way I like it, 100% and a DP sandwich everyday 😅. And the DP boost side is really designed to give you that huge fat clean when you’re playing alone, which we do a lot in our videos of course, it makes any clean boring amp sound heavenly:), and it makes any Strat or tele bloom, instant Mayer tone, it’s like an always on thing. I will run it level at 9 and lows at 3 for that.. And if I wanna use it as a boost for the drive side I would do it the other way around. But now the HC clipping is on it I love using that when I boost the drive side, exactly for the reason you guys say. The other thing I do is have drive pedal on each side of the Dane and that way I have the boost after a drive (like you guys like it, you weirdoes :). Thank you again and let’s hang soon please. Luv ya💜
The Meteore low fi takes one to sixties film and, if you were alive to hear it, a low fi experience. This does a stellar job of recreating that "budget" "low fidelity" recording era. It really does take you to a place in time.
this format is absolutely perfect. it genuinely suits your personalities so, so very well. honestly, reminds me a little bit of way way back in That Pedal Shed times, and i couldn’t keep a massive smile off of my face the whole video. y’all are doing great work. cheers!
This is *proper* TPS... the other shows were great but this is the meat and potatoes of the channel. The inspiration you got from the Meteore is exactly how I feel every time I use the Rubberneck.
So glad to see a Caroline pedal on here. Meteore is so unique, Somersault is a lush chorus/vibrato, despite being labelled also as 'low fi'.' Would love to hear you play the Shigeharu fuzz too, its basically a tube screamer into big muff sound, love how it retains clarity and fuzziness. The labeling on the pedals can be a bit annoying, but they're always a lot of fun
I got the Meteore and Kilobyte, about a decade ago, and the Kilobyte has never left my board. The Meteore only leaves the board, if I’m in a cover band, and I need very specific reverbs, that are easier to do with a multi-effect. Though, I’ve gotten through cover gigs with just the Meteore. It works like different types of delay, based on how the controls are set, and it’s nice having the havoc switch for getting cool sound effects, or a ending and even with the Kilobyte, I can set it up to do very unique lead tones. Killer builder.
Absolutely LOVE the format of this vid. Keep em coming. Alot of times I think what falls down with typical pedal demos is CONTEXT, and this provides it brilliantly.
In the early 70’s I liked fuzz face, Maestro phaser, Echoplex and cranked Marshalls. Today my simple board is Wah (Real McCoy), Anologman Sunface (NKT), Believe (octave), & FoxRox Aquavibe. My amp (Carr Rambler) has a great reverb & tremolo. When I want experimental I have a chain of pedals that range from Strymon to Chase Bliss to Keeley to (fill in the blank) which are on three different loaded pedalboards that can be connected in any order. The one constant is that I still prefer physical pedals over plug-ins.
I always love watching people play their vintage DMM on video showing the settings, and then compare it to mine. They vary so dang much, but all fun with their own thing!
Great episode, terrific playing and it sounds fantastic! Dan's old MM has a very special fidelity, a lot of space and depth in the chorus, it wraps around everything and lifts you into it. I can feel Dan's love for the new Jag. BIG Love to the whole TPS crew.
Dan's enjoyment of playing his old Dlx Memory Man has just inspired me to finally press the button on getting an old one. Great video as always gentlemen, thanks!
I bought my Ross Distortion (black version) about 1985. Always on, Distortion at 11 o'clock and Volume all the way up. Only pedal I owned until I started watching TPS a few years ago! -Thanks guys! P.S. it's still on the board
I really enjoy this format. It's not about "better or worse." It's more educational for the listener to hear the differences and similarities to understand what is right for them. That said, Dan is spot-on about the new Ross. I like both the germanium and silicone sounds, but they are different enough that having that foot-switchable would be brilliant.
Great show Leg Ends, I love Dan's new Jag , it's nice to see Mick's 335 getting the love it deserves. That Strat is a thing of beauty, no wonder it's welded to Mick's hands . The Dane is still brilliant. I love the enthusiasm you guys have for your craft . Nice to see the Pedals are back on That Pedal Show ( Who Would Have Thunk It !! ) . PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.
When he put the strat through the Dane that’s how we all imagine the strat we’re obsessing over is going to sound. That was one of the best Strat tones I’ve ever heard
Haha! Fizzy Dan is the best Dan! 😁 The enthusiasm you both show is the reason we're all here, it's totally contagious. Keep doing what you do. 👍👍 LONG videos are best, and I am unanimous in that. ;)
I have had a "Drive" sandwich for years - "BOOST-DRIVE_BOOST". Gives loads of options to drive after boost or boost after drive. Sometimes add another drive after the 2nd boost 😀
Great episode! In terms of the DMM... I really feel the old big box's preamp and fixed modulation ratio are the key elements to why it sounds so better.
As a Dane I approve boost before overdrive 😊 Also as a The Dane MkII owner, I can recommend runnning a Fuzz (I’m using a Mythos Golden Fleece) into The Dane’s boost side - sounds bloody amazing!
‘Plugging it in, turning some knobs and see what comes out’ that is how I’ve made three albums in three years. Let the pedals take you and go with it - as much as possible use those first takes.
Totally get what Dan is experiencing - the "feel" of those old EHX pedals is truly special. They just magically become an extension of your fingers. The new ones all feel stiff, like I'm fighting them. Nothing compares to my old Electric Mistress - volume drop, noise, and all!
Love this type of show format. Given many of us have to think hard before buying a vintage or premium pedal vs a new/reissue, it gives us a chance to decide if it is worth it or not.
Whoo hoo a Meteore on TPS! I bought mine from a Tokyo guitar store in 2017 and it will never leave my board (and enjoys sitting between my fuzzes and drives)
I think the words you were both looking for with the memory man comparisons are “it’s very close but not exactly the same” and Dan has had his for so long and he knows it so well he immediately keys into the “it not exactly same”. Someone who didn’t have that experience could probably play the new one and be really happy with it. For the record, what I really heard on the recording was it seemed like the modulation intensity was almost volume dependent old one (to my ear the notes smoothed as they were held on the old one) and the new one the modulation was very consistent. Which could be very different than in person.
The thing about the Ross distortion that I never hear people comment is it’s transparency. Everyone says that about the Klon. But if you have a Ross Distortion and dial up the distortion, it sounds exactly like your original guitar signal with just added grit
It's nice to see the Jag. I have a 66 I bought in 85. I think the silicon vs germanium on the Ross distortion reissue sounds like it has more bass than the germanium. It's always nice watching you two try out pedals!
Personally, I'm disappointed if TPS is less than an hour long, but 10-minute shows would be great to through some pedals that otherwise we might not see. Great show as always gents 👏 👍
On the DMM, i would say that the new one is like a clean version of a photo and the original one is like the same photo with a sepia filter on and instant nostalgic feels
The thing about this show is that you two are so likeable and knowledgeable about what (almost; my GF watches too) the audience is so interested in, I don’t care if you are covering my topic of least interest, you’re great entertainment. Tx! You’ve arrived.
As much as I hope the shorter videos will earn you thousands of followers, all the lengthy, tangentheavy episodes is why I cherish you both like dear friends. As for suggestions of Old-New.: 1. Echorec. Binson & T-rex (how did they not call it the echorex😅) 2. Your own Pedalboards, amps attitudes and guitars. 1997 (or something) vs 2023. 3. Recording a song on tape vs digital. Real world re-visited? Anyway. Lots of love and gratitude for you both and for what you do! Now off to friday night jam!! Cheers!
Love the format. Comparison new to old is great. "Will this unseat the current standard?" Is a great question. And for any of these, we must hear the '61! What it does to a pedal is it's own thing and helps juxtalose. Any excuse to hear a new angle on that guitar is welcome!
I know that isn't a mustang but I have an original 1968 mustang and I have to say, it sounds wonderful. Something about the bridge is really a lot of fun and adds to the sound. This is coming from a guy who owns a Jem, a Les Paul, Strat, etc. Something really unique about the sound. Love the new guitar you have there. Really great sounding and the orange just pops
I haven’t bought a pedal in a long time. In fact I can’t remember when. I got the HX Stomp back in early 2022 to facilitate recording but before that I’m not sure. I’m happy with what I’ve got so not overwhelmed by all the stuff coming out. It’s just fun to see how things develop. I have so much I can do with what I’ve got it would be bonkers to buy more stuff for some time. I appreciate I might be in the minority. I’ve been focusing on making music with what I’ve got and I think that will continue. Please not me - this is just me. And no judgement on anyone else and where they are at.
As you loved the Meteore so much I would highly recommend the When The Sun Explodes by Beautiful Noise Effects. Quite a similar concept of a lo-fi/broken spring reverb with some really cool gain (feeding into the reverb) options and an incredible feedback section with an added tremolo (and build in Australia!)
I love this and the episodes likes this and those that show all of the different kinds of modulated analog delay for example are my favorites. Longer than hour please.
I've owned several deluxe memory man units over the years, and I noticed that the sound each makes is pretty specific to how the unit is calibrated. I sent a couple in for calibration by EHX at different times, and they came back sounding way better. Still like a memory man, but more clear. I think maybe Dan's old one might need calibration. Yours would sound much more like the nano I bet if it had it done.
It makes me so pleased to see more of the pedals from my board creep in! If you have the Hawaiian Pizza, you can set it to do this wide channel strip type boost that's just killer!
Dan's Jag is too cool. I just got a Gretsch Tennessee Rose with the low output Hi'LoTrons, and I'm a convert to low output pickups. Sounded epic with the Rosses! I would very much like one in sonic blue.
I wrote this two or three years ago: Dan (you - depending who’s reading) should try the Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water pedal. It wouldn’t surprise me if it would make him (you) really emotional. In a good way of course. And if you do try one (I’m pretty sure Andertons will have one to try out), please take a little bit of time to understand the controls, because they act highly interactive. I’m only writing this because I’m so convinced he (you?) will find it amazing. I usually don’t get around trying to convince RU-vid content creators what or what not to do. This is my exception to that rule. ❤
Come back to the nano DMM in 30-odd years and hear what it sounds like. Bet it will be as magical as the old one is now. Vice versa, I reckon the old one sounded rather more pristine when it was young. They really are like old tape delays in many ways. DMM is
Been trying to push Phillipe from Caroline Guitar Co as a guest here in what seems like forever haha. So good to see my favourite reverb pedal on here, just the best guy and range of pedals.
Your recent look back at pedals you haven’t used in a while inspired me to do the same and I have fallen back in love with the DOD Rubberneck. After watching this episode, I would love Dan’s take on the Rubberneck compared with his old DMM - not as a replacement or clone, but if the question is “what modern-production, reliable pedal could do *that thing* for me in a live setting,” I think you owe the Rubberneck a deep dive to see how it does.
It’s interesting you guys say the DP boost is better in the room but the Heavy Water mode is what you’d want live. Pete has said before that he shaped the DP boost on the Dane in part to suit his needs playing demos for Anderton’s.
Am I the only person who ever noticed this? Plugging into the second output of my 70’s 24V DMM separated the dry and wet signals. With the modulation on, there was no chorus-y “swoosh” on EITHER output, so the phase inversion actually happened acoustically between the two amps, or amp/PA. Totally different, and way more subtle than other stereo pedals that swoosh on both outputs.
I'm with Dan, I'd always expected the Meteore to be bit crushed and had never listened to it. Man very nice. Apparently there is a way to mod it to control the pre-delay, that would make it even more interesting, but sounded ace as it is. That being said... Dan playing his DMM with the Marrguar was some of my favorite tones I've heard on the show.
Hi fellas,... a bit of advice in jumper'ing a 4 Input configuration... when you plug into two jacks of one side, it makes both jacks Lo sensitivity... like your plugging one cable into the Lo sensitivity... we all know when we plug into the Lo Sensitivity it's much lower volume and you lose a bit of presence... that being the case I suggest you try plugging into both jacks of the 'Normal' Inputs, and jumper to the Hi Sensitivity Input of the 'Bright' Volume... you will get more presence and sparkle from the amp. And then turn up the Normal volume to fill in the bottom frequencies... Also, if you're wanting to drive the amp into distortion by turning it up and driving it with your guitar; you will get far more harmonic content in the mids and upper mids with this method of jumpering... not saying you're doing it wrong,... however you may enjoy the tones more this way... thank you both for giving us all some of the very best content on RU-vid week after week... y'all are awesome !! Cheers and have a great weekend !!
I really enjoyed the segment on the Ross distortion - to my ears, the new Ross in the silicon mode is MUCH more vocal and "open", and would be a fantastic solo sound. When it was in germanium mode, it was awfully close - definitely close enough to chalk it up to component variations.
Great show, as usual… regarding the DMMs, the old one’s transients are much softer, as opposed to the Nano, which has clearer and brighter transients in the repeats.
Loved the episode as always! I must say I feel the difference between the old / new DMM is negligible, especially in a mix. Impossible to tell the difference. And the old DMM are just so troublesome and noisy it’s a no brainier.
It has been a very long time since you guys have come up against a preconception & watching it be shattered by inspiration was wonderful to see. Now Dan can jump down the Lo-Fi rabbit hole and emerge a shoegazer.
Not sure how it felt under the fingers but the germanium setting in the new ross sounded almost identical to the vintage unit when the settings adjusted to get them close.
Ooooooo, Mastery Bridge on the Jaguar looking quite smart. Did it come with the Mustang bridge that was too wide? 500k volume pot is a nice add to those as well
Finally found time to finish the video! Definitely like this format really useful. Meteore sounded great. Now thinking how I can recreate that on Zoia or a Fractal.
Interestingly I have used the meteore for years. The thing about that belton brick is that it really does sound- despite what Caroline fx say about the intent- like a real spring reverb. To me what is awesome about real spring is the sense of space- it's less to do with the spoingy tone and more to do with the visceral sense of space that real things give you. I also have the UAD Golden and an actual Fender 63 reverb tank. The Golden is what I use for recording, and Caroline for live. I think what I've realized over time is that it sounds weird to me for my guitar- live- to sound super hi fi. In fact, I don't want to really hear "everything" in my guitar when I'm standing in front of the amp. What I like about the Meteore is that it smooths the hi end out, and especially when you hit it with drive/ fuzz, it sort of steps out of the way- while the UAD gets all messy sounding-
the new format really works, but never lose the tangents and experiments - your best ideas and observations usually pop out there. as to the questions - the jaw-dropper for me was the ross re-release! it destroyed the original one(amazing)trick pony. a real 70's distortion/overdrive - yet with loads more facets, and applications. and i agree with Dan the old deluxe memory-man is breathtakingly beautiful - crystalline in a room or studio, but absolutely useless live. the playing got crazy good on the delay and reverbs. another great show chaps - i always expect at least an hour with you two - no need to apologise for that - i suspect all your other fans love it as well...
You almost certainly covered this before, but I'd love a show on beautiful unpotted microphonic PAF pickups, and how to minimise noise on a dual-amp pedalboard setup. The other day I thought I'd put together the best rig ever, but I couldn't use the guitar I wanted to. Normal house, lights, computers, fans, etc., louder than the guitar signal 😥
Can't believe it took you guys this long to get ahold of the Meteore! Such an excellent pedal - and great for more than just "lo-if" sounds. It's my most used reverb pedal!
