LOL... kind of what I though... I actually thought... That clean tone he set sucks.. then... wait what? A dist pedal in front of a Mark V? Madness!!! I only use an Xotic RC Booster just to add a bit of immediate sparkle for some tones.
The Mark v is an awesome amp. However I think dirt pedals are a cost effective way of opening up ones tonal Arsenal. As much as it pains me to say this, I own a number of Boogies including a Mark iii and a mark v, but some distortion pedals truly rival or challenge the whole concept that one can only achieve good gain sounds using a tube amp. For example anybody here tried a Goosoniqueworx 7th Heaven? I play this into the clean channel of both my Mark amps as my main source of gain and it is absolutely killer.
+Goomba Seal have you tried the kvlt? Sounds even heavier than the G7H, due to the added bass. (But in honesty the G7H is plenty brutal, more than i'll ever need in fact ;D)
Just a little crunch of my tube amp plus a distortion pedal does the job for me. It's offering not more or less / better or worse drive. It only changes the overdrive structure.
all i need to hear is some powerchords, some damped string chugging,and a few lead notes to check out the sustain and tone. the guitar wanking is utterly pointless.
I really have nothing against boutique pedals I have my share of them but this pedal, that's been around for a while, sounds like a slightly and put emphasys on slightly more sophisticated Boss DS-1...I mean it sounds like shit...the Xotic SL Drive although different but diff in the sense that it sounds great kills this pedal, yeah sure it has a bit less gain but I guess that's the diff between a shitty sounding version of a Boss DS-1 and a high quality Plexi sounding boutique pedal but hey "Riot Fans" blow away your dough on this as you please ... even the Mooer Audio Solo (Clone of the Riot) sounds better than the real deal.
Great pedal and one of the best demos I've seen; I wish more people would use Andy's approach of having a second person manipulate the pedal without a break in the playing, especially the way he shows it in a separate window. Nice job!
@dalstar925 I really wonder sometimes if people just have a super sense of hearing................ or crummy computer speaker they listen to youtube demos on. :-)
with a chorus or something else many metal guys pep up their clean sounds that was the problem with the old dual rectifiers clean where they awful with a roland jazz chorus they sound much better
simon rock i always wanted a dual rectifier when i was younger, but never went for it for that exact reason - lack of versatility. the Mk V is one of mesa's flagship heads though. you'd have thought they'd want to do more to broaden their market - especially at the price they're asking for it!
do you do your oun voice overs? did he just flip the wsitch while he was playing? thats crazy,,,,,,you should never atempt this at home,,,,it can change your tone,,,, can i get a little verb on that thing,,,,its a little dry in there
mmmm ok... but... any pedal will sound great with that fucking mesa boogie mk V... and all the settings can produce with that amp and even more and betters hahahaha
I can't believe how harsh everyone's being about your playing! When you did the high distortion demo I was really impressed! As a side note I agree about the riot pink being an awful colour, it does come in green and crimson red tho which both look much better!
Everyody talking about the mark V but didn't notice that Suhr guitar, you could easily plug it in a potato and it would still sound amazing. (And is even more expansive than the mark V head)
@CobHatecrewNor Get the MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe or the MI Audio Tube Zone ( I own both). I also have the riot pedal. I also have a Badger 30. The riot is a good pedal but alittle cold sounding. The Riot fits best with a EL34 type amp. 6L6 type amps are ok but you get that Y-type of sound from the pedal in those amps (like this video). I guess, choose what pedal you want that fits your amp. Not all pedals sound good in different amps.
Well he can certainly play. Nice chops sir. I think this is the distortion pedal I'm looking for. Much more convenient for a pedal board over my Blackstar valve pedal which has it's own 22V power supply!
Mark V's clean sound is garbage and the demo video shows no different. I always thought that you judge an amp by its clean tone then add pedals to it? Beautiful Suhr though.
I have a marshall mg ( i know i know, it sucks ) I bought the OCD but it has too much bass, muted sound, i dont know how to explain but maybe it doesn't work well with solid estate amps, will the Riot work better with my amp?
@TavernacleRecords Thanks bro, but unfortunately in my country i can't find neither of them, so i've bought 2 hardwire pedals, sc-2 and cm-2. it cost's 1,9 jt rupiah or 180 dollars, i think it suits me well. But maybe in the future, i'm going to get maxon RTD800.
@nobleblood100 Be sure to check out other demos of the Riot. After watching a bunch of them with varying sound quality (camcorder mics suck!), I am convinced that this is the most amp-like sounding distortion pedal I have heard to date. This will be amazing with my Nova System! If you're not playing modern metal this should serve you very well.
your vedio has crystal-clear picture quality~~ If it is possiable, I would like to watch you make a review on a CAA od100 se+ or PT100 or a Cameron CVV100 in the future. All the best!
@haggertysmusic i mean i'm listening on crummy speakers but i'm smart enough to realize that...too bad we can't all be there lol...i liked the review so keep it up!
He doesn't use a distortion pedal... He mostly uses the Mesa mark V. I know he has a tubescreamer in his chain, but that's used only as a boost for solos sometimes.
Funny thing with these boogies they all sound shrill and shite on their own. When cranked and in context of a full mix they cut through and do the metal thing if that's your bag. They are one of the best metal amps but in my humble opinion one trick pony amps. The cabs are pretty handy though.
