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Blue Collar Gear Review
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 15 ม.ค. 2022
Blue Collar Gear Review is a channel dedicated to the common user and lover of music gear from pedals, amps, guitars, and more. While there are a ton of excellent channels out there, BCGR aims to create simple straight forward content demonstrating how gear is supposed to perform without a massive level of overproduction. Our goal is to keep it short, simple, and to the point while also sharing knowledge in hopes to help our fellow musicians along the way. If you have made it this far in reading, BCGR thanks you for your time and visit to the channel.
BCGR founder, Dustin Welch, is also the guitar player for Decadence based in Columbia, SC. Decadence is a modern rock band sharing influences with the likes of Chevelle, Killswitch Engage, Breaking Benjamin, and more.
BCGR founder, Dustin Welch, is also the guitar player for Decadence based in Columbia, SC. Decadence is a modern rock band sharing influences with the likes of Chevelle, Killswitch Engage, Breaking Benjamin, and more.
Firefly LP Pickup Swap by Blue Collar Gear Review
What's up gear nerd. Very short to the point of 'can you hear the difference' in the pickups.
Up first is a riff by a homie and support of the channel, Ben Smith. Second clip is the FireFly outfitted with @seymourduncan Black Winters.
Very direct and emphasizes the difference in the sound.
If you want to see or hear something different, leave a comment!
Up first is a riff by a homie and support of the channel, Ben Smith. Second clip is the FireFly outfitted with @seymourduncan Black Winters.
Very direct and emphasizes the difference in the sound.
If you want to see or hear something different, leave a comment!
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FireFly LP Baritone Guitar Upgrades by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Hey Gear Nerds, this is part 2 (sort of) of the FireFly Baritone review from Fire Fly Guitars by JSN. This has been upgraded with Seymour Duncan Black WInters, Guyker tuners, and Guyker bridges kit. If you are reading this, the guitar is awesome and now even better in my opinion. Watch the unboxing here: th-cam.com/video/DoBEVg8xbx8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=novbFWd2BZj5_5m9 Thank you for watching!
FireFly LP Baritone Unboxing by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Brand new unboxing of a FireFly Les Paul style baritone. If this is your style, its a killer guitar. This is part one of the series. Check back when it is upgraded with new parts and pickups! 2: I own every single right to the music being played during the unboxing. The snip is from a track called Follow Me by my band Decadence. You can hear more here: open.spotify.com/playlist/3SdirS5LUpRZV9ni...
50 vs 150, how much power do you really need? By Blue Collar Gear Review
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Do you need 150 watts or do you want 150 watts? Truth is, you can not tell the difference in 50 watts of tube power vs 150 in the room! It really boils down to the headroom of the amp. This demo is meant to be a short demo to help you decide how big of an amp your really need and can you do the job with less wattage! You decide. Thank you for watching!
Bare Knuckle Pickup Demo by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Very quick to the point comparison of three sets of @BKPickups. No boost...it needs one...but raw and unfiltered samples of BKPs through the orange channel of a Mesa Triple Rec. Thanks for watching!
PARA EQ by Blue Collar Gear Review
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What is up gear nerds! Thank you for stopping by. This is a quick and dirty and somewhat sloppy demo of a massively powerful EQ. @JLongshore walked me through the basics and this is thing is gnarly! Hope you enjoy. Sounds are right out the box and right out the manual.
Bare Knuckle Pickups Nail Bombs by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Hey Gear Nerds! A very short and sweet-ish comparison of before and after with a Custom 24 PRS SE now outfitted with @BKPickups Nail Bombs! Spoiler - these things rock! Hope you enjoy!
Vital Drive by Blue Collar Gear Review
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What's up Gear Nerds? We hope you are doing well out there. If you are new to the channel, we are a blue collar group that enjoys music and gear. This video is no different! We've connected with pedal builder, Alan Goldstein, as a cool way to promote and showcase a local company based out of Charleston, SC. The Vital Drive is a killer drive pedal...from distortion to boosting a high gain amp, i...
Joyo JW03 vs Cable Tone by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Thank you for watching! Today, we demo the Joyo JW03 wireless unit compared to a hard cable. At 2.4gh, it seems to work very well in an isolated location but seems very solid and reliable. Gig worthy! No issues so far, but we will report on any findings and issues if they arise.
Diezel Herbert Preamp PT2 by Blue Collar Gear Review
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What's up gear nerds? This part 2 of the Diezel Herbert preamp pedal. Blown away is an understatement. We hope you find it useful in your journey to chase your tone. Thank you for watching! Setup and tech specs: th-cam.com/video/Jl37ROy16AA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=B-mgsPm4hwfMsRXD
Diezel Herbert Preamp Tutorial by Blue Collar Gear Review
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What's up gear nerds? Part 1 of 2, the Diezel Herbert Preamp Tutorial. This is to walk through the connections, options, and features. Part 2 will be linked here that will focus on demoing the tones and sounds! Until then, thank you for watching! Want to hear a few tone samples? Check it out here: th-cam.com/video/FwE2QIb38uc/w-d-xo.html
Before you buy the Boss MS3 by Blue Collar Gear Review
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What is up gear nerds? Just a quick demo and show case on some features and overall 'reach' the Boss MS3. This is a video of how it fits not how it works to help you determine if this unit will fit on your board or with your pedals. Great unit, I have an opinion on the ergonomics, but overall, it is a powerful unit.
Proper Pedal Power by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Hey Gear Nerds, just a quick 'utility' style video based on some recent encounters with pedals not behaving properly. After usual diagnosis tricks, the ultimate answer - proper power. Hope you find this video helpful!
Fortin NATAS by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Test driving the Fortin NATAS through a tube power amp and the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170. Building a small rig? This pedal has a tone of features! Us know what you think!
Pedal Rig Walk Through by Blue Collar Gear Review
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What's up gear nerds? I hope you are doing well out there. This video is an example of how to set up and run a pedal rig using a hand full of stomp boxes. Far from perfect, but the goal here is to illustrate how to run connections and provide an example of one of many ways this can be done. Questions or comments? We'd love to hear from you.
NoiseGate Shoot Out by Blue Collar Gear Review
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NoiseGate Shoot Out by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170 Demo by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Protone Pedal Preamp Demo by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Protone Pedal Preamp Demo by Blue Collar Gear Review
Positive Grid Bias Rack Setup by Blue Collar Gear Review (Viewer Request)
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Positive Grid Bias Rack Setup by Blue Collar Gear Review (Viewer Request)
Private Rig Run Down, Pt3 by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Private Rig Run Down, Pt3 by Blue Collar Gear Review
Private Rig Run Down Pt. 2 by Blue Collar Gear Review
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LY Rock Secret gain stage by Blue Collar Gear Review
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LY Rock Secret gain stage by Blue Collar Gear Review
Private Rig Run Down Pt 1 by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Private Rig Run Down Pt 1 by Blue Collar Gear Review
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EarthQuaker Devices Plumes OD by Blue Collar Gear Review
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EarthQuaker Devices Plumes OD by Blue Collar Gear Review
Bias Rack Midi Demo by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Bias Rack Midi Demo by Blue Collar Gear Review
Line 6 Wireless (G30 & G50) Demo by Blue Collar Gear Review
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Line 6 Wireless (G30 & G50) Demo by Blue Collar Gear Review
Is it fair to say that the EVH cabs with GH speakers will sound a little more muffled, than say a H&K with V30's?
That really gets into the build of the cab. These are oversized cabs so they feel and sound very clear in the room. I hope that answers your question but if not, let me know. Thank you for watching.
Bro that layout of inputs is standard for like every loop switcher I've ever seen lol. Why wouldn't you talk about the actual effects?
I definitely appreciate the comment. For my rig, the layout just didn’t work. The main point here is that if you’re trying to build a rig around it, you gotta take the layout into account….pedals, pedalboard if you’re using one, etc. When I fully hooked it up, the cabling was a pain in the ass for me personally and it ended up being a reason I didn’t enjoy the unit overall. There were already tons of tone demos but not many focusing on actually trying to integrate it. I may give it a second chance in the future. Thank you for watching!
Yo bro I just got this pedal and am fairly new to pre amps, what is your pedal chain like from your guitar, I tried running it through my valvekings return and couldn’t get it to sound too good, are all your pedals in this video in the fx loop or are some infront of your amp???
In this demo, I used the Duncan powerstage for my power source. You can use an amps return but keep in mind that the amp can color your tone. This is the Duncan 170. Thanks for watching!
Fk yeahhh 🤘🤘
Thank you for watching!
Она круто звучит❤
Thank you for watching!
got this amp with a 4x12 running through a boss sd1 and hm2, the sound from this amp nearly burnt my house down
Keep a fire extinguisher handy. It’s one of my favorite amps I’ve tried for the channel so far. Thank you for watching and commenting.
I did a lot of research into wah wah pedals as I wanted one with all the bells and whistles as I was only gonna buy one. And Dime's was one of the few recommended that had the most features. So I went with that one. I have the older bright green version. Though I do like the paint scheme of the newer ones better.
It’s definitely one of the nicer pedals I have had a chance to demo. Older wahs used to suck tone badly, but they’ve come a long way! I hope this video was helpful.
You just saved me money thank you
Thank you for the feedback! I’m glad you found it helpful.
We‘re thrilled to watch this sharing ❤ Keep up on more content like this!
Wow! Thank you for watching! Great products. I wish I found Guyker gear sooner!
Of the modern metal passive pickups SD makes. I think the BWs are my favorite. I have owned the Nazgûl, Scourge and Pegasus as well. The BWs are the most punchy and aggressive.
They are pretty nice pickups for sure. I had a Nazgul in a previous guitar and presently own two sets of Invaders. The BWs have their own distinct voice for sure. Thank you for watching and being supportive here and in the FB group!
I'm sorry but this video is worthless. Come on!
Thanks for watching anyway.
Just found your channel. Cheers from Camden, SC. - Wulf
Thanks for watching!
Ha! Just caught your post on FB. Excellent deal for $200 + shipping! Can’t wait to see the mods you have in store. Hope it serves you well, Dustin.
For $200, I practically had to buy it! Thanks for watching! I’m stoked to make the upgrades and changes. I’ll share a before and after!
Cool video man! Just got a set of these after watching your video 🤟🤟Rock on brother!
Thanks for watching! Glad it helped you out!
@@bluecollargearreview How are you liking those tuners so far? Other than way faster string change, can you tell any difference in tuning stability? thanks!
@@BAsed_AFroI abuse this guitar on a regular basis and the tuners still hold true since this setup. They’ve been very sturdy and it’s going to sound a little cliche, but I almost forget about having to tune this guitar. I hope that helps!
Great demo, thank you. The evh cabinet on the video is 2x12 , right? If so, the powerstage 170 has one speaker output, how did you use them together?
Thank you for watching. You are correct, the Duncan has one speaker jack as does the EVH 2x12. I am presently using a device called a ‘cab splitter’. It allows me to split cabs with various ohm loads and also, in this case, allows me to use two cabs.
Anniversaries all day long 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I have held onto these since filming. Love these cabs! Thank you for watching.
hi. this ly Rock clone still best metal preamp and still actual to buy it?
Hi! Thanks for watching! Since the making of this video I still own and use this preamp. It sounds killer. I believe you can still buy them, check out reverb.com - there’s usually some floating out there.
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Thank you for watching!
Appreciate the recommendation! I need to try one of these.
Hope you like it! Thank you for watching.
How did you get this guitar tone?
Direct in with a PRS loaded with bare knuckle aftermath pickups! Right into the front of a 6505+. 🤘
I had one for my '93 strat plus into a Dean Markley amp and absolutely loved it. My favorite pedal. It was like the salt on my pinto beans.
I love the way you stated that, it’s a pedal that should be used to the players taste…it can add a great layer of tone or it can stink up the tone depending on. Thank you for watching.
I use the Boss Cable Kit with mine, with a Rockboard Tres 3.1 board
Definitely suggest it!
Sounds awesome!
Thanks for watching! A definite improvement in my ears.
Seeing as this design comes from the pages of a musicians friend catalog from 2002, I am not surprised this thing has issues
Concept, the idea is great, but definitely room for improvement. There are way better options out there. Thanks for watching.
Here's a question: Does this pedal remove the hum and noise actually while you're playing, as well as not playing?
It absolutely does. You don’t know it’s there until it’s off if you’re using a high gain setup. Thanks for watching!
It absolutely does. You don’t know it’s there until it’s off if you’re using a high gain setup. Thanks for watching!
@@bluecollargearreview thanks so much
Very welcome. This board has changed a little bit over time, but the isp is still a key part of the rig.
Have you ever tried plugging in reverse for the seagull effect? From what I know only some gcb95's are capable of that "error" but as this one have 2 outputs and one of which can be assigned as an input, I thought maybe this one might accidentally have that option. Please let me know if you have any information regarding this matter.
Thank you for watching! I’m now going to investigate this because I am a nerd and LOVE this kind of thing.
Awesome video, what power supply are you using for the lr rock? Thank you!
This only needs a standard 9v power supply. Thanks for watching!
@bluecollargearreview 9v 100ma or higher ma? Thanks a lot!
@@yurikomaharjan6824most are standard 200ma which would be plenty.
The 33 on the green channel of the 5150 II would probably work better than the lead channel. I’ve got a Bugera 6262 Infinium that’s basically a clone of the 5150 II’s and the 6505+ amps, and i’ve always found the crunch channel on those amps with the gain turned all the way up sounds a lot better than the lead channel, which i don’t think is such a bad thing since you can EQ the lead channel and turn the channel volume up a bit higher to use it for solos in a band practice or live setting. The green channel with the gain all the way up also works great for high output passive pickups or even active pickups since you’ll be able to get a lot more juice out of your amp without the need to have to compensate by using an overdrive to push the front end too hard. I’ve always found overdrives seem to make higher output and active pickups sound a little bit sterile and the 33 does a really good job of letting the dynamics of the pickups shine right through.
Thanks for watching! I no longer have that pedal in my possession but I agree and the green channel is super underrated for these amps. Maybe that would be a good video?
@@bluecollargearreview i think it would be too. There are also people who have used a 6 or 10 band graphic EQ to mimic the frequencies the 33 is known for pushing. I’ve also seen some videos of the TC Electronic Spark boost which is basically TC’s update on the Integrated Preamp design with three switches for fat, clean, and mid boost capabilities and a dedicated Gain knob in case you need a little extra output for your boosted guitar tones, and it’s much cheaper than the 33. I think you can get the Spark booster for around $80 brand new if i’m not mistaken, definitely worth checking out as well if you come across it!
@@Stretchwreckedem469I love this feedback. It gives me a lot to research and dig into. Thank you! This is exactly why I started this channel.
invader was used on master of puppets by james hetfield
Some of my favorite pickups!
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Can it be replaced by the Electron Analog Heat?
I’ve not personally tried the electron analog heat, but I’ll see what I can find out!
I love the channel name, as a blue collar worker myself, I had to subscribe!!
Thank you for watching! That’s exactly what the channel is about! No fancy gimmick, no frills and click bait, just your average working musician who loves to try gear! The goal is to help folks make real informed decisions based on a neutral straight forward approach. Thank you for the sub!
Once you have a sonic stomp,you can't play without it.
I agree, it’s definitely has its place. This video is a bit older now, but the Sonic stomp still lives on my active pedal board. Thank you for watching!
Yeah mane! Righteous
Thank you for watching!
I've never seen issues like guitar players have with communication. This was a convoluted version of the manual which is useless. Distortion goes in the front of the amp (between the guitar and the input. Modulation goes into the effect loop....on a very generic setup. ALL of it is subject change depending on the player. But, no one has shown even with a crude picture, if nothing else, a routing scenario for this kind of setup. If I understood you right, your delay is going into the front of your amp? Regardless...this is an exceptional video for those who question whether or not the pedal works at all (and here are already 500 videos of guys to show you how to step on the on/off switch). Hitting the like button because this guy was nice enough to at least try and help other people with this problem.
Man, thank you for watching and thank you for the kind words. I honestly got tired of trying to find a good demo of this setup myself so I did my best to make one and explain it. For this setup which is still largely in tact today, all drives are in front and all modulation pedals are in the loop including the delay. Makes me happy that someone out there found it useful. Thank you for watching!
@@bluecollargearreview Trying to make videos like this is incredibly difficult, especially when on the fly. So, as critical as I am to this specific topic, you still were genuine enough, to take time out of your day to try. For that, alone, I subscribed, and hit the like button.
sick!
Thank you for watching!
This vs Herbert/VH4/Chug/Total Distortion Worship, to name a few?:)
Ohhh man, that could be fun! I’ll see if I can get my hands on them. Thank you for watching!
Ohhh man, that could be fun! I’ll see if I can get my hands on them. Thank you for watching!
Do I need any pedal to use this ?
Only your desired preamp or distortion. It’s a ‘clean’ power amp by itself.
@@bluecollargearreview thanks
Thanks for watching!
Quite small range.
There’s a range knob on the side that can dial a lot of tone.
@@bluecollargearreview welp what's the point of review, if you don't show what pedal can do
Thanks for the feedback.
That Diezel sounds so pissed. Also, that shirt looks nice on you!
Thank you for watching! Yes, agreed! The Herbert preamp was fun! The room sounded huge when demoing it.
You end up placing the decimator ISP at the end of the chain then before your Boss Delay ? That’s how I have mine I also have a 2 -channel amplifier
Yes! This is to keep the isp from cutting any delay tails off. I usually go with any modulation after the gate when I can. What rig are you running? Thank you for watching.
I have one of these V's, it's awesome. The one thing that was not mentioned in the video is the neck. The neck is the '58 baseball bat neck, very beefy. If you have small hands or like a thin neck, you may want to look elsewhere.
Definitely agree! Thank you for watching. The neck is very beefy!
Is this thing better than the VH4 pedal?? Cause that VH4 pedal is awful
I’m not sure, but I’ll try my best to find one and compare. My first impression of the Herbert is very positive. Thank you for watching
@@bluecollargearreview Your demo on a TH-cam video sounded better than I could ever get that VH4 pedal to sound
I had the VH4 2 for about 2 days. Tried it through multiple power amps and cabs and wasn't a fan, so I traded it. I will say that it wasn't terrible, but not worth the price. Demonfx is a fraction of the price and have some awesome pedals, especially their Friedman BE-OD clone.
@@ricksanchezito8972I’d be interested in trying the demonfx stuff, started seeing more and more of them. Thanks for watching!
@@Mike_HuntizWetvery much appreciated, part two dropped today with more direct focus on the tones.
Both sound great, the low sound of the KSR range is bigger and thicker, however it is not bad for the sound of the KSR clone from Ly-Rock, suitable for the price and its status as a clone, thank you brother for the great review and 'evil' riffs..lol
Thank you for watching! I don’t love clones over all but as a way to get into trying new stuff, it’s a far more affordable option. Thank you for the feedback.
I’ve played with Invaders for many years. I’m familiar with Nazgûl’s too. They’re both great. Both have their time and place. I do like the Nazgûls slightly better for Metal than Punk though but I don’t think you could go wrong with either or depending on what you wanted to do.
Thank you for watching! Since filming this, I actually one have the invaders. Both great pickups for sure. Agreed, time and place make sense.
I've always been intrigued by the MS-3. Good points made on here regarding the setup.
Thank you for watching! I ended up getting rid of this unit but it’s worth a look.
@@bluecollargearreview what do you use instead ? Thanks
Cool. I was at guitar center and had no idea what this product does. Kinda like bluetooth for guitar. Nice vid
Thanks for watching! One observation after owning it a while is proper power makes a huge difference in reliability.
Bbe acoustimax pedal
Until now i dunno whats the correlations between dog image and tremolo 😅
At the time of filming this, I didn’t know. Months later, I still don’t know! The pedal still works great though. Thanks for watching!
@@bluecollargearreview A dog barks like a trem: 'ruff ruff ruff'
@@ProficientPandathis is gold! Thanks for watching.
We just purchased one of these used, and we were trying to figure out if the pedal was supposed to be loose. Turns out it is!
Yes, it definitely felt loose to me too. It still felt smooth during this demo. Thank you for watching!