It's the small things that are usually most important to tone rather than hitting a maxed out drive pedal. I really love what it's doing here and I think I would leave it "always on"
I’ve used the Storm since 2019. I use it as an “always on” sauce pedal. I typically run the gain at about 10-11 o’clock just to goose the front end and boost to taste. Limiter I leave on 0 because it seems to be bigger and more open that way.
Excellent demo!!! It’s almost like if you recorded a guitar track without it… it’s that sweet sauce that makes it more “world class” sounding. Like if you turned it off is when you’d notice it most… in a full mix.
So good man! After chatting the other day I found one of the old Solodallas Shaffer replica so I ordered it ha. Your channel content and tone are always 🔥🔥🔥
Awesome video Kenyon!! I am also a worship guitarist and a huge fan of your tone! I use all of your tonefactor presets/irs and they sound amazing!! Love to see a video rundown of your pedalboard!!
Hi Kenyon, I just heard there's an INTERNAL TRIMMER on the Storm?! Lol, that is not mentioned in any manual. Where is it in the pedal? I just opened mine up and can't find it.
Yes there is! I didn’t know that at the time of making this video. So it is set stock at half way in this video. I have since maxed it out and love the way it sounds. It’s a huge sound. I made a post about it in my subscribed content on Instagram, you can find a detailed answer there. But it’s a small little thing you can turn that looks like it can take some kind of tiny screwdriver.
I've had this for the last 3 years now and I largely use it as a boost. Whether before my dirt pedals, between or at the end. Now that I better understand what the limiter does from your video, what's your recommendation for placement pedal placement? Before or after drvies?
I’m glad the video helped! And that’s a tough thing to recommend placement because I will constantly put it in different positions based on what I want to accomplish. Right now, as opposed to the video, I have it before all my drives and I’m setting it as a clean preamp subtle lift to the tone and it sounds amazing. There’s literally so many different ways to use it. So you’ll just have to make a decision on what you want/need this pedal to be for you.
So nice! What power supply do you use? I just got the Storm pedal but it makes a lot of constant noise, the more boost it has, the more noise it makes, so it is useless right now.
I'm using strymon power. A combination of a Zuma and few Ojai's. It's definitely an important piece to have good power so your pedals pick up as little noise/interference as possible.
Your tones sound great but for the purpose of the demo I think you could back the compressor way off, just a thought. Also is the storm before or after the compressor?
Thanks! The storm is after the compressor! While I’ll consider that for things down the line, it would defeat the purpose for me to alter the tone I think sounds good to demo a pedal. Ultimately it would sound like anyone else who just plugs straight in to a pedal to demo it. For me this context makes it the most helpful and applicable for the style of music I play!
Thanks! Yeah not quite the exact same, but it seems like when paired with a general compression tone, it can bring out really inspiring, snappy sounds like my most compressed setting on the Tone Press, but better!
Yes it is! I have a pedal board rundown video inbound soon and will show examples. I primarily use it as a treble boost when needed, mainly for my humbucker baritone to lift its clarity, but sometimes as a sublt treble boost for my normal guitars to lift a cleaner picking part.
You know, it kind of varies. Often times using my own equipment, I like the chime it adds and a necessary top end. But when playing live and using different equipment I often like the feel of output 1.
I would say the storm is different than an optical compressor. The storm having a limiter definitely gives it some of that compressor experience in some ways, but I personally wouldn’t use the storm in place of a compressor, although it can get you close if that’s all you have
The Xotic Super Clean is really cool as a general boost, but I think I would lean more towards the Storm for some interesting, punchy rhythm tone so it adds a nice, subtle grit texture and top end articulation.
