What a great goddamn video. You totally sold me on the pedal. Wish more people did what you do, because you knew damn well what the pedal can do and what we will use it for most probably. Perfect execution.
I love this pedal. It’s one of the best clean boosts I’ve ever heard. That’s normally how I use it, to boost another overdrive after it. I didn’t like the Stoner mode as much I thought I would. It’s a bit over the top. I don’t really use it. The Stones mode is awesome though.
Tbh the Stones mode is worth the price of admission alone, the Stoner side is a different beast altogether, but if you ever feel the need for some raucous fuzz then it's there :-)
@@Supernautiloid haha well if you ever get into any of the other bands on here you're set! You could actually use it for some of the Stones fuzzier stuff too ;-)
just bought a vintage version, without the stoner button. mostly for my precision bass, wiyh 18V supply, but definitely will use it with my guitars also. can't wait to play with it. postman comes in 2 days...
I own one, it’s the best dirt box I got for heavy/punishing tones, and might even get a second one just to have different settings available on tap. it’s that good.
It's a very good Howard G circuit. The clean mode, cranked, and the dirty mode set low, provide an excellent platform for other effects, especially into a NMV style amp. The RAH is very different, and unlike any other Drive I've tried, - now you can get them used, dirt cheap.
This is from Catalinbread’s foundation series, so it’s meant to go first/early in the chain to act as the platform upon which you build your sound. With that said, I have great success running a J Rocket Archer (Klon clone) into it. Sounds amazing in both of my amps. If you’re still looking for a demo, I can try to film a demo of it when I get some free time.
@@tedtone4365 You’re a little off about that. This is a foundation as in it’s meant to be treated as an amp being on all the time. It’s designed to be very responsive to volume input and clean up with lowering your guitar volume. You can increase headroom by running the pedal at 18v instead of 9v. This can be run first in the chain, sure, but that’s not how it’s designed.
It is true! I think Greg Sage and Wipers are underrated. Their sound is a mix of Proto-Grunge, half Stoner, long before the style gained notoriety. This pedal fits Greg Sage's style well, without a doubt! Good observation of you! Greetings from Brazil!!
Man I want the DLS 3 and this one! ThT would cover the rest of my sounds. But this one is more a guilty pleasure for me. As I can already do a good bit of the stones stuff with my Tone King…The Stoner Mode has me interested!
Thanks mate! I use a 1 Spot power supply or a Pedaltrain volto depending on what i'm doing. I'm not too familiar with the micro terror but you'd likely need to get it on a pretty cleanish setting. Hope that helps!
@@LetsPlayAll Woo Hoo super excited for that. Always been on the edge about buying amp/artist in a box pedals cause I considered them one trick pony's.....but your video proves otherwise. Hope that's the case with RAH and DLS as well
Absolutely mate, it can defo be used for bass guitar too, in fact I believe they started out the journey for this pedal aiming to make an awesome Bass Overdrive but realised it also sounded cool on electric guitar :-)
@@LetsPlayAll Great - if you post some RS lessons I might ditch my E string and return to Keef riffs. Haven't played em for 20 yrs now but were always fun :)
"Nice simple controls". Yeah, I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree 😄 Don't get me wrong! This is a great review, and it's a marvellous pedal. But it's extremely sensitive when it comes to those controls, and they interact a lot in all kinds of ways. You should really take your time to learn how they all interact when you first get this pedal but the pay off is amazing. Nothing out there ever got me to nail that dry, in-your-face 70s Keith sound untill I stumbled across the SFT.
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the vid! I just meant the layout is familiar - treble, bass, volume, gain but yes I do agree they are highly interactive. It's a super little pedal :-)
I'll share a minority opinion to which I subscribe. Chasing any sound is elusive, and a waste. Time is better spent (1) dialing in any acceptable tone, similar or not, and (2) nailing the playing, note for note, nuance for nuance, touch for touch, of whatever solo or chording that you're intent on capturing. I believe that much tone comes from the magical interaction that takes place between the fingertip and the string, and between the plectrum and the string. Hence, Keith Richards will always sound like Keith Richards, and Mick Taylor will always sound like Mick Taylor. Again, just worry about getting any good tone, one that you like, one that you think sounds good to others, and one that will sound good when recorded. The latter two concerns trump the former, first concern. It's easy for me on all three, I'm playing through 3 early '70s Ampeg amps.
@@grubbetuchus or just let people do what they feel like doing? None of us are selling out stadiums it’s really more about having fun for 99% of guitar players.
2:24 not a half bad attempt but if you really want to play it correctly watch how the pro's do it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_Pl73yzjW-Y.html
I'm sorry, I really don't hear anything from this pedal that the right amp dialed in, and some volume knob manipulation on the guitar, can do. I mean having an "amp like", tone to it is kinda silly to me, like why not an actual amp? I mean, I'm sure it's fine if you want to usea boost pedal, but to me, learning to get a good sound out of your amp instead of just relying on a pedal will make you learn to use your ear more, and really discover the subtlety of the relationship between the guitar and the amp, and getting better at doing it will make you a better player at the end of the day. I did like the reverb on it
Thanks for the comment, always appreciate it when people take the time to do so! For me these types of pedals are useful precisely because I don't have an Ampeg type amp at my disposal. My amp is a single channel (Victory V40) so can do "sort of" Fender/Marshall cleans with a teeny bit of break up if pushed, but it's best used as a pedal platform for me personally. Being able to modularly add other amp tones is a cheaper way to get "amp like tones" without having to buy the amp itself. Plus the Stoner side to this pedal has a very particular voice that not many other pedals nail. The Stones side is more subtle but does that not quite clean/not quite dirty thing really well, to my ears anyways. Cheers!
Dude I agree 100%. All of these boutique pedal companies are taking people for a ride. Sure someone can get that 1 exact tone from that 1 exact amp somewhere they don't have already, but by the time you get 4 or 5 of these pedals you might as well have saved up for a great tube amp that's going to give you the tone you need for whatever you're doing. Honestly how many overdrive tones do you need on a pedal board for 1 live show? I don't really want to be the schizoid guitar tone guy on stage that has a different overdrive sound for 10 different songs. But whatever, it' not my money to spend. Guitar companies know guitarists love chasing tone, that's why they keep making all these pedals that have a hairline width of difference between them.
@wilsonrutherford7519 why?? My guess would be for fun. It's not just about live shows. It's about enjoying playing, and if having 10 different drive tones is someone's idea of fun then........
Thanks for this Julian, i was totally unaware they had, and naively wasn't aware of the subject matter, i thought it was a reference to heroin but will make sure I'm more informed in future! 💜
They didn't remove it from the setlist because it's a racist song. They removed it because they wanted to take the safe route of censoring themselves, instead of asking people who feel uncomfortable about the lyrics to actually investigate what the song is about.
