9:41 - I have been hearing these ghost tones in some of my amps for YEARS and it was driving me crazy because I didn't know what they were called, or if they were even normal. Glad to know I'm not crazy. 🤣
His demos are always so well done and composed. It may go unnoticed to most, but if you have done studio work or just played at a high level for any period of time at all, you realize just how tough it is to make everything Pete is doing look as easy as he makes it look. There’s a reason he’s one of the first calls for all the big sessions and touring bands 🤘🏼
@@Scratch_Monsters_Golf This needs to be said. There's a million gear demo channels these days, and some of the guys can actually play, fewer still have something interesting to say, but nobody has the chops and smarts AND the value-added of great original arrangements like Pete. He really is on his own level.
@@ue4058 you are probably already hip to Shawn Tubbs, but if not check out his channel and gear demos. He doesn’t put out as much material as Pete, but he’s another first call session guy that always has some absolutely killer demo tunes. Format is very similar to Pete’s and he would probably admit that he snagged a lot of inspiration for his demo format from Pete. Unlike a lot of others who ripped Pete’s format, though, Shawn can flat out do it. He keeps it tasty most of the time, but when he does decide to step out and bend your ear...the instant realization of just how good he truly is is frightening.
He's AMAZING !!! I remember when I was a kid in the 1970's I was reading an article about Jimmy Page. He said "I don't know". "I just do what I do". I think the same can be said about Pete.
Pete wakes up, lays down a hit song in 3 minutes, eats breakfast. How do you always keep it fresh ? Unbelievable. Oh well, time to buy more gear again.
As soon as I saw that thumbnail of Pete and the Wampler Belle, I knew it was gonna be good. He did not disappoint. I’ve had the Belle since it was first released and love it!
As others have stated, your playing speaks for itself. What also puts your reviews at my search-center is your clear articulation of what you hear happening and your ability to display it. Two thumbs up!
Your riffs are always the best and you always come up with a great song. Your demos are better than most of the music on radio! Thank you for doing what you do Pete!
Mr. Thorn, my sincerest gratitude to you, sir. I've learned more from your single channel about matters of tone-awareness, practical usage/application of effects, and general signal-chain knowledge than any/all other contributors. I thank you for sharing both your wisdom and talent (with a humble demeanor, even). Sincerely, your content is much appreciated by this Nashvillian. Keep up the great work!
I plugged it into my tube amp and it sounded great. What I didn’t expect was when I plugged this into my $100 hotone 5 watt solid state mini amp head that it would make it sound more like an organic tube amp. Really blown away because that open more airy sound I usually cannot get out of this solid state head and now I am even considering making this my practice and smaller venue rig 😐
I have it. It is a sweet pedal. Nice and open, clear and smooth. Very organic. Haven't tried it with other pedals yet, but I assume that it will be great stacked with other overdrives, since it's a mid-gain pedal.
Excellent video review Pete!!!🙌🏻And I agree with the side button IN the pedal sounds fantastic adding a new thing completely different than the original tone! To me this is an awesome overdrive that Brian Wampler put his own vision giving us an extremely versatile little drive!!!
Had the ODR-1 but always struggled with too much bass. Bought this one as soon as Wampler released it. Love the additional controls and the added switch.
Great video! You should invite Brian to your sunday live and discuss all catagories, delay, reverb, modulation, compression, but especially the difference and similaraties between a plexi pedal and a real plexi.
Green seems to really suit you Pete, especially that lovely strat. I recently bought this pedal for exactly the kinds of tones you demo’d here (I haven’t used it yet due to working my arse off building a home). Also, I recall you being a BIG fan of the original Nobels pedal. Well done again.
I know exactly what you mean about the elusive middle ground. Also the bit about not hearing drive till the track is singled out. Very good points, Pete. Those grooves you were doing are great! Bam!!
I have a Belle and a Timmy ... love them both. IMO the Belle makes the Timmy sound like it has a blanket over it. Both have their place, but the Belle is rapidly becoming my desert island pedal. Great demo!
Pete - I really appreciate you taking the time to do these videos. Your knowledge, experience and easy straight forward delivery make it a pleasure to learn from you. I especially appreciate the attention to the production value you invest in these videos. You are an inspiration that is helping me to make better music. Thank you brother!
Pete, you do a great job of getting the goods out of any pedal you demo. Maybe you could share your secrets of dialing in various pedals for different amps and guitars sometime?
Great video, thanks Pete! I love this pedal. The name says exactly what it does * Belle *. I need it as my main rhythm crunch sound. For Lead stuff i added the 1 or 2 Duke of Tone MXR overdrives. For me, Brian Wampler does the better tone control with the Belle than the Nobels ODR-1. The next pedal I test is the latest Nordland ODR-CS!
Pete, thanks for playing the pedal with an AC-30 style amp. I can’t wait to try it myself! Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it sound as great as you, but I’ll enjoy trying!
Thanks to Pete, I now have way more icing than my cake probably needed. I was just gonna get an ODR Mini, then I saw the original designer had a couple of new, improved versions under his own name, with bass, mid, spectrum and 'decompression' controls. THEN I saw the boutique price and began weighing options-seems Mr. Wampler had some similar ideas at about half the price, so...another green box joins the choir.
This is really my territory as far as gain. As much as I love wild sounding fuzzes, when I buy them I find I don't really have all that much use for them with my music. (Coincidentally, the Wampler Velvet Fuzz is the one that made the cut of all the fuzzes I've gone through, and is on my board) This kind of chimey low to mid gain punch would be very useful to me. Thanks for a great demo!
My ODR1-mini does a scooped sound much differently than my Timmy. If you push the ODR's Spectrum full clockwise, the Timmy can't emulate that. If you try, by cranking the bass and treb up, you get a lot of high freq hiss a low-end graininess on the Timmy. To me, that's the selling point of the ODR circuit, it's ability to do a really scooped OD well.
Awesome intro. Chord changes and solos. So tasty. I just bought a Belle and am blown away. I have plugged in close to the end of the chain, it actually brings clarity to my other dirt pedals.
I love my old ODR-1 with a BB Preamp pedal in front of it. Makes the bass heavy ODR-1 much more manageable. The Belle may very well be the next pedal in the board. Thanks for the demo man!
From Pete's description it seems similar to a Xotic BB Comp (where you can remove or add more compression) actually. Would you confirm the similarity ? Moreover, the BBComp in "more comp" mode is supposed to be similar to a Timmy. I prefer it without compression at the end of the chain.
Liking this pedal.... would get but just ordered a RYRA klone, using a Diaz Ranger n Xotic Super Clean boost for my drive I have a love/hate relationship with my TS lol Maybe sooner than later I've been wanting to get one of Brian pedals
Great playing - as usual. Great pedal - as usual. What I want is a good look at the desk-top clamp Pete uses to hold the pedals he demos. It's taken me a long time to figure out Pete knows as much about gear layout as he does about playing and tone - which, as we all know is considerable if not awesome - and to figure out I need a desktop clamp, too, for deep-diving into particular pedals. This on-the-floor crap is pretty stale for home studios...
Wow Pete, this looks like an absolutely great drive pedal. Such a wide diversity of tonal controls and variations. Wonder how this will compare to the Walrus Tom Quayle I'm getting soon. Of course, it's a pedal with two circuits which immediately differentiates it. If any of you guys read this and have any thoughts on this, please let me know.
If I didn't already have an ODR-1, this would have been a GASquisition as soon as it was released and I saw Brian's video. I actually recommended it over the ODR-1 to a guy on TGP a few months back.
I also have an ODR-1, not sure of it's exact vintage (got it used.) Really liked the sound but it started having an intermittent power problem seemingly to do with the input jack. Pretty sure I can fix it eventually, but was too bummed to mess with it. Besides, I have a Cochrane Timmy so I'm good. If I had it to do over again, I'd go for the Wampler for sure (the Belle didn't exist when I bought my ODR-1.)
I also have got the Belle and I like the most of my overdrives. It sounds so - musical, but I prefer it more with Singlecoils. It also sound great with a Klon-Style Overdrive before (like Tumnus Wampler for example). I haven´t knew that with the switch in the pedals goes more open sound, it´s a very slight change. Thanks for your video and Tips!
Hey Pete, I’ve just subscribed to your channel but I’ve been watching your demos for years. Anytime I’m considering buying a new pedal, I always check to see if you’ve done a demo. I just bought a Wampler Belle after watching your demo. Many thanks
Love the Manny's cable. Think I have one of those around here... (Yeah this is old. Just came back to this while a friend is checking out Belles for himself, and now I might want one for the front of my Dr Z.)
Honestly I don't think the Wampler is better than the ODR1. It's a nice pedal & has its own additional flavor but it's still just kind of a copy of someone else's stuff. & Sir I must say your playing is great & inspired👍👍
I have one of the ODRs. Ive had it for a year or so and i don't quite know what to think of it. There's times where it's perfect but those are very specific instances and i have trouble incorporating it into day to day tone. I wasn't even aware that they were really popular when i got it, i built an onboard boost for a "sessions" guitar. The circuit i chose for the description, not what it was based on. Matter of fact it was equated with a "vintage pedal." I assumed they were referring to a TS, which i didn't get because it didn't sound like one; the tone wood bump the mids, then kind of pull back on them and expand the high/low, without clipping. This sounds like it's more useful. I do really like it for my 335
Pete i feel you could be one of the best studio "Gun for hire " guys , just look at how many cool riffs, and songs you have written doing demo work . Always been a fan of your Talents in front and behind the camera .
