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@@DirtyDemos oh i didn't know that! Holy Island Glass Palace is based on the older version of the Dod Bifet Preamp, but there definitely are differences.

@@nicholasrella6904 thanks man! Yeah Longsword plays really well with boosts and always reacts a little differently 👍

@@rahzark Legend has it it's based on the older version of the Bifet Preamp! In some settings they react similarly but overall theres quite a lot of differences. Especially when stacking :) Both awesome in their own right, as a straight up boost I usually prefer this one.

@@rahzark oh, i think the boost side on the Glass Palace is a pretty clean and open Mosfet boost :)

@@angelolivares8754 that's true, it's very versatile. I find you can adress the mids quite well with the tone knob in Germanium mode at least :)

thanks so much, that means a lot! Yeah this one has a pretty distinctive mid range for sure, definitely worth trying out!

@@NathanHorton-wg7yb Hmmm that is strange. As far as I know it was specifically designed to pair well with bright single coil guitars and add some weight. That EQ is super effective, too. I'm sure you can get pretty much anything you want out of it, frequency wise :)

Thanks so much :)

@@halt.halt.halt. thank you :) in the works, actually.

@@nicholasrella6904 hey man, thanks that means so much! Most of the Pedals I review I bought with my own money. From time to time I do get sent a pedal (that I contacted the builder for), but that's usually stuff I would have bought myself either way (if I could afford it, 4-6 reviews/pedals per month is not something that I could financially uphold for an extended time). But in those cases I disclose that and do an honest review as well, there's no agreement for me to say anything but my honest opinion, also there's no money changing hands. That being said, this channel has helped me build great relationships and friendships in the guitar community and -industry that I am super thankful for. As a general rule, if there's a pedal that I think is bad (especially regarding build quality and sound. Visuals are super subjective of course), I'm simply not gonna review it. This channel is a bit of a tone searching journal for me, too. So no point in documenting the non-inspiring things :) Thanks so much for the kind words 👍

@@PedalsandTea I tore my shoulder at work & have been out on comp the past few months. I've had a lot more free time on my hands. I'm a pedal junky. I watch pretty much all the pedal videos. Sometimes I think I might enjoy watching pedal videos more than actually playing with my pedals. 😂 Right now I can't play very much since shoulder's not fully healed yet. I've followed guys like Knobs, Collector//Emitter & Mark Johnston since the beginning. I love all those channels, but the earliest videos were by far the most inspiring. This channel has that same vibe. A nice blend of classic pedals & lesser known builders. Not just the latest trendy pedals that everyone makes the same videos about. 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🎸

@@nicholasrella6904 busted shoulders ain't fun at all, I know that feeling. Get well soon! :)

this is the only one I´ve tried but I would love to check out some of his other stuff for sure!

@@blazepond5518 thank you! :)

@@robertallen3031 how do you like the additional options in the supreme? :)

@@Derpa_Derpa_777 ouch that's gotta hurt! But there are so many awesome fuzzes out there, I'm not sure if trying to get one of these again is worth the hassle :)

@@PedalsandTea I have a Spaceman fuzz now. I’m definitely not sad that I own it. But every fuzz is unique. I enjoyed collecting them but my taste has changed. I might still snag a few to hang on to just in case I get the itch.

@@Da_Publick i don't think it's based on a muff either, but tbf, Holy Island MM is based on a Muff and can sound way different in a lot of settings. The circuit design can be similar but people usually tweak the hell out of classic circuits (which is why "based on" is a popular phrase) so that the sonic end result might not resemble the original at all. People feel differently, that's okay.

@@PedalsandTea You're right, it is Stone Age tech; but, hey, so's the Axe. 🤣

@@simonblanjean6538 i don't know what that means but right on 😄😄😄

@@totalbender420 it's a special one for sure. And very low noise compared to some others:)

@@HurtsmithTV haha i guess i'm an enabler now 😌

@@masterofreality230 that Led is super cool, too. It really looks like a crystal ball:)

@@nicholasrella6904 yeah the Pharaoh is a classic for a reason. I haven't tried rolling off tone and volume much, but since it's not a super compressed feeling Muff, I'm sure it works very well. Especially since the lower gain sounds are so articulate.

@@dots.sounds thank you so much! Yeah that's how I became aware of this one. Still watch that video on the regular 😌

@@weasel_face which Pharaoh variant do.you like the most? :)

Have you ever played the silver one with black print? It's the BMP V1 version. I'm actually buying that one and would like to know how it differes from the usual gold Pharaoh.

@@siriplaydopethrone8973 i have not but now I'm curious!

Which custom circuits do you like best? I follow the Black Arts custom shop on reverb. I've always wanted to try a custom pedal. There aren't any demos of them. Black Arts should make a short demo video every time they release one. I would love to see a shootout.

@@nicholasrella6904 I like the violet the most but the V3 is really cool too! I’m pretty sure he’s got a video with most of them side by side, some are more drastic than others tho. The V3 version has very little bass but the triangle has so much, good for guitars with different pickups.

@@weasel_face Thanks for the info. I gotta get me one of those Black Arts customs one day.

That sounds really cool :) was it a custom option or is it another Pharaoh variant that´s available?

@@SearchingForTone yeah there were but this is the only one I've had. The civil war one sounds cool too. The supreme might be a tad too much for me.

@@KeithShelley1 Thanks man :) i have them set pretty flat with a little bass and treble boost on the '74 and a bit more treble/bass boost on the '78 (and a little bit of presence boost on the '78 as well). That being said, no two amps are the same, there's always gonna be differences in component values. Not to mention the huge influence your cab and speakers have. I run a Hiwatt 212 with Fane Medusa 150 (the IR I use to record is pretty close to that). But i did a side by side comparison with 4 other cabs with different speakers and the differences were huge. Generally, with Hiwatts I recommend dark speakers like Fanes or Swamp Thangs. Even with EVM12L which are not super bright it was pretty punishing

@@PedalsandTea thanks for the reply! I use a modeller and I'm a bit obsessed with getting a great pedal platform tone for doom out of the Hiwatt model. I'm always super curious about everyone's settings so I can try them myself. Keep up the great work! 🤘

@@louiekeyser2769 Had my eyes on a black forest for a while now... :)

@@PedalsandTea a very versatile pedal. Boost, overdrive, fuzzy distortion... It's got it.

@@CorNigrum sorry about that! Good thing they are quite affordable and available on the used market:)

@@joshferguson9703 thank you! Well as all TH-camrs Always say "Hit the Bell icon so you'll be notified about new Videos coming up!" 😄

@@DreCarvalho Rat plus Muff is always great! :)

@@thebrokenorder His 2 in one pedals are so nice. Had my eye on a Coven for a while. That black forest looks super cool 👍

@@chrisco1986 it's voiced so well, i think it's super hard to get a bad sound out of it!

@@nicholasrella6904 nice that seems like a great combo! :)

@@DirtyDemos absolutely get one! No ragrets! :)

@@saulipurhonen5472 the old graphics are so cool looking, i really like that one a lot. It's a keeper for sure :) thanks for watching!

My first boutique pedal as well. Still one of my favorite pedals of all time. I own more than 10 great fuzzes. Never met one that could replace the mighty Pharaoh.

@@midnightsocean2689 pretty much, but that's what makes it great :)

If it was that easy I’d sell a pedal made up of bad jack and a dying battery for $300+. Also deemed art and splatter paint.

Doesn't feel Like a Muff to me at all, you sure about that? That would be very interesting how far they tweaked the circuit

@@PedalsandTea Spaceman fuzzes have their own unique feel. The scooped sounds kind of remind me of a muff. A lot of people seem to think there's some early Tonebender in the Sputnik's DNA. It's definitely not a Fuzz Face. I'm really not sure. It could be a totally unique circuit if that's even possible. I don't know much about circuits & technical stuff. I'm just a guy that loves to play & collect pedals. I always associate Sputnik with Russian Muffs because of the Russian name & its ability to Doom like no other. I use Sputnik to play songs that would usually call for a green Russian & it sounds amazing. I love it for Matt Pike stuff. I don't really use it to replicate a muff. I use it INSTEAD of a muff if that makes any sense. Whatever it is, it's an absolutely beautiful pedal & it's a lot of fun to play.

@@nicholasrella6904 hey whatever works :) you can definitely get a lot of scoop and compression out of both

Damn, i guess i gotta go all Pokemon on their lineup and catch 'em all.

@@PedalsandTea I've been trying to collect them all. It's an expensive habit. They just remade the first Spaceman pedal. Hopefully they will make another Voyager tremolo. The original is hard to find and pricey. I have an Orion Reverb which is cool because I always wanted to build an all analog pedalboard & there are hardly any analog reverb pedals. The Explorer is the best sounding phaser I've played. I haven't tried the Meridian or the flanger or the eq or compressor. I don't really have much interest in filters so the Polaris & Artemis didn't appeal to me.

@@raoulselten9480 haven't had one of those here, but who knows, maybe it was an inspiration:)

@@TheoAndHisPedals all of their stuff is super interesting. Would love to try out a Redstone as well:)

I'm really surprised at how good the Saturn VI sounds. Being one of the "cheaper" Spaceman pedals, I wasn't expecting it to sound so sweet. Definitely one of the best low gain drives I've ever played.

@@timothyverlinde7531 probably a matter of preference. With any tight clean amp I would go for Swamp Lord. With a softer amp I think the extra projection of Pharaoh can be very useful:)

@@PedalsandTea yeah you are right, im playing it trough a london city 100 watt tube amp its exactly a pretty tight amp. On its own it allready sounds great, boosted with a tubescreamer its glorious especially for palm mutes. Really love this pedal tho

For crazy leads im boosting it with a zvex fuzzolo, also very cool combo