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I absolutely love my zendrive. I use it next to a king of tone and a tube screamer. When I want THAT lead sound...that sort of “$300,000 worth of ridiculous gear” Los Angeles lead sound, that’s what the zendrive does. The king of tone makes for a great “core” sound in any room, the ts boosts the entire planet and the zendrive makes for an expensive sounding lead tone...and there you go.
I heard Michael Jordan once saw Robben Ford going for a jog and was so inspired he invented Air Jordans. He stopped making them when the hype got silly but eventually Nike reissued them. Robben still wears em when he can't fly to shows.
This is the first run of the Lovepedal manufactured version with SMT parts. You can tell because there’s no white washer at the base of the foot switch, and the led is blue when not lit up and it doesn’t have the black bezel around it. I just got an original Alfonso built Zendrive. It’s so good that I’m currently selling off other stuff to buy a backup since the originals are gooped, and basically can’t be easily repaired if something wears out😩. It’s the strongest and most immediate connection I’ve felt to an overdrive, or any kind of pedal for that matter.
Just catching up on this one while binge watching ZenDrive vids post TPS Robben Ford. As usual your sublime playing makes me forget about the pedal/amp/tone reason for arriving. 🙏🏼💜✨
Your guitar rig 5 setting is like The Stig of the guitar world. Identity never to be revealed unless it gets offered a lucrative book deal ? I have tried this Zendrive incarnation along with the Red and Black Magic. My favourite is my White one though, which I was quite chuffed to just notice has the exact same settings as you used when the drive was at 1 ‘o’clock.
Jonathan Sharp Haha! That’s brilliant 😂 No mystery Jonathan; I’ll be doing a video about it as soon as my recording setup is a little more permanent. It won’t be long ☺️
Holy fuck theres like 7 other pedals on the market for under 100 bux that sound just like this. And to think i could have bought a few for 50 each back in the day hahahaha
That’s interesting about the fender amp sound or any brand, I feel (as a fender fan boy I guess, but open to any good tone) that people will label it a fender sound and believe you can’t do the same with another brand, even if it’s like really heavy rock or mid 50’s country or rock clean tones. So very different sounds both described that way. I saw footage recently of Hendrix and I can’t recall the other and they were playing fender amps. He sounded quite like himself. I guess if you are going to perform you should be open to anything, it might turn out to be your new favorite!
There are not many players I want to just sit and listen to solo, with my eyes closed, not paying any attention to the world around. This is beautiful.
I've met Robin Ford a handful of times through a dear friend of mine that passed about 7 years ago named Steve Bishop. Steve was from Washington DC where I had the privilege of meeting Danny Gatton , via Los Angeles via Seattle where I met him and Robin and was privileged to see them do a show here in Seattle at the Paramount Theater. He ended up in nashville where he got really plugged into the music scene down there doing shows and recording as a side man. Sadly nobody here will know Steve Bishop but I'm here to tell you that he was a phenomenaly gifted player that could easily hold his own with Robin Ford and his good friend Danny Gatton. Steve was the kind of guy that he could pick up anything with strings on it, didn't matter what the instrument was and he could just make it talk, make it sing like nobody I've ever heard before including Robin ford, no disrespect to Robin or Danny Gatton. Steve Bishop was on a list of the 10 best unknown guitar players put out by vintage guitar magazine maybe 15 years ago. There used to be videos of Steve up on TH-cam but after his passing I think that his family must have taken those videos down. I'm only able to find one or two of his videos but they're not the best example of Steve's playing. I wish the world could have heard Steve because he was that good and I was witness to how his playing affected those around him listening to him. We were all mesmerized. I miss him dearly. He was only 54 or 55 when he died of spinal cord cancer and towards the end he couldn't even hold his guitar and play which just seemed cruel.
Hey brother! Tasty AF playing! One little addition to your story from my memory, Alf actually made a pedal between hearing Roben’s recording & the Zendrive. Which was the ‘Mosferatu,’ from my understanding (I don’t remember the source, but I think it was on the Hermida website). The particular recording Alf was referencing, Roben was playing a higher gain rig than usual & that matches the Mosferatu. However he preferred a lower gain rig, which after feedback resulted in the ‘Zendrive.’ From there I believe the rest of your story is accurate. I actually own original handmade Hermida Zen 1, Zen 2, Mos, Dist, Tiki Drive. To my ears the Zen & Zen 2 are my favs, the mos is definitely geared to a higher gain & doesn’t quite have the dynamic range of the Zens. Hope that wasn’t too long winded, much appreciated for your video! All the best & great video :)
that you have the guts and skill to let people listen is fantastic. where others yell and "talk" with their axe, you are happy to have a conversation that is relaxed and intriguing. love your work
This is expressive, tasteful, sophisticated playing. Who really cares what I think, but for what it's worth, I don't hand out compliments to other players just to be polite. Wonderful stuff.
I've seen Robben Ford a few times, and yes, he used the Zendrive with the Dumble. I also have seen him in a video using it with a Fender amp. I'm also fortunate to have an original made by Alf. It's the one pedal I will always keep. Nice job on this demo by the way!
Stan Esposito Cheers Stan. I actually spoke to Alfonso last night via email and he said that Robben has used it with his Dumble in the past. High praise indeed...
I have an Original Zendrive. Having had one for over 10 years now, here's my .02c: The Hype - much of this has to do with the fact that Alfonso Hermida was hand-making these (with maybe 1 assistant), so if you ordered one, you might wait a couple weeks or many months to actually get one in your hands, depending on Al's workload at the time. This meant that prices would get a little silly. I think they originally went for $150 (Al refused to raise his price despite high demand), and then people were selling them for $250-300. This created somewhat of a buzz and may have led to some exaggeration as to what this pedal can do... The actual sound: When I first tried my friend's I immediately fell in love with it. It has a refined grain that is relatively unique. It's transparent and you can almost hear your original clean tone somewhere in there, and when you switch it on, if you have the level set right, you would seamlessly go from your clean tone to dirty, with no pops and no massive change in timbre other than more saturation It's extremely touch sensitive and you clean up your tone with just picking intensity and nuance. It's very responsive and will pretty much accurately give you back whatever you throw at it. One huge thing I discovered with it, is that if you have a guitar with a treble bleed, you can actually clean up the tone of the Zendrive by backing off your volume, whereas without treble bleed the difference was kind of marginal..
Awesome playing, as always! I actually enjoyed your clean tone even more than with the Zen engaged. I recommend you to give the White Zen a try if you have the chance to. It's my favourite (I use it mostly clean to low-gain) of the numerous variations of the last few years at lovepedal.
Hey mate I just have to say you do excellent demos. You don't just play one 3 note phrase and then repeat the exact phrase on different settings which I hate. THIS is a good demo. Chords, licks, high notes, low notes, playing hard, playing soft, bridge pickup, neck pickup.. then different settings on the pedal. Also your clean tone is a really good well rounded tone unlike many horrible demos which immediately destroy the sound of the pedal by using thin crappy sounding cleans. Great job! subscribed. Love your playing also. Cheers.
I've owned a real Zendrive and a clone and I have to say that while it is one of he greatest lead pedals for a band context, it's mostly hype and nothing special in terms of pedal design. It really only sounds like a Dumble when you are running it into a Fender BF-style amp, which is really what the Dumbles were designed from.
It's the greatest lead pedal but has a dumble design and has nothing special. What tha hell does it means? Is there any special thing with other Overdrives?
I’ve owned a Zendrive (& a Zendrive 2) for about 10 years now. Collected them from Alf’s house while over there on holiday. He’s a great bloke. Let me try out the prototype Nuvalve that had been played and signed by Brad Paisley and Carlos Santana. Love the sounds it makes with my telecaster.
I'll tell you flat-out what the "Fender sound" is or should be IMHO: The relatively recent ' '64 Custom Hand-Wired' Deluxe Reverb. I had a real-deal '66 Deluxe Reverb when a young teen in the mid-late 60's. While my old '66 was hand-wired, of course, it NEVER sounded as good as the recent hand-wired version. They are VERY pricey at ~$3200 new. However, I found a mint used one at a great price and grabbed it. The things are awesome and worth every penny!
The only overdrive pedal I know for certain that Robben had much involvement with was the OD pedals made by the late Taku Sakashta. Taku had made a guitar for Robben and wound the pickups for it but Taku was never quite happy with the results even if Robben liked what he heard.
I need to check out more Robben Ford. From the 80’s to the 2000’s I listened to mostly blues but didn’t listen to him and I don’t know why. You mentioned him, and just yesterday I found a video of him talking about his tele, his main blues guitar he said. Chance upon a name 2 or more times in one day and you should go do it on purpose. I haven’t seen one of your videos in a month or so Chris I enjoyed this one thank you!
I have an original 'gooped" Zendrive. I paid $70 for it about 4 years ago. I love it and doubt I'll ever part with it. My always on OD, is the Mad Professor Bluebird, which I sometimes stack with an Xotic Effects Soul Driven or the Zen.
Sinceramente, ...es aburrido!! 8 min en arrancar y cuando lo hace no propone nada!, creo que no es la mejor manera de resaltar un "overdrive". Si lo que se pretende es meramente corporativo, ...tampoco funciona!, por lo demás buen vídeo (probablemente).
Wow, Chris your tone even without the Zen engaged is wonderful, what reverb or other pedals are you using ? I just received the Love Pedal version of the Zen and I was afraid that it might be to high gain but your settings at the open are really low and the tone is incredible. As always love your playing and video's !! greeting from Detroit (If you ever play here let us know). Thx
Beautifully played and I think this is a fabulous pedal made by Hermida or Shawn of love pedal I could not tell the difference between them when tested for me it's an always-on pedal
Honestly, cut that wobbling the guitar back and forth out. Its ridiculous. You dont need it and it looks like some sort of weird habit you have formed. Your playing and tone are sensational. Period. That grossly overused gimmick to try and eeek out every last drop of vibrato is ruining your whole vibe. And this video. Now stop.
Ooops. Ive just realised who you are.. um, so maybe i might just go downstairs and wobble my guitar round abit and you can do whatever the hell you like Chris.
Saw you a few years back at the Newbridge Memo - the gig went up several large notches when you solo'd on that 335. Such a rich and powerful sound and a genuinely beautiful guitar in the hands of an incredible player.
Man, fantastic playing and great tone! Who should I listen to if I want to cop a style like this? Mayer is an obvious first answer, but anybody else? Also, that was an excellent review of the pedal. Subscribed!
RECIPE for a Happy Heart..... Fender Reissue, Vertex Boost , Zendrive , Hall f Fame reverb...Tech 21 EQ...... pop a Celestion cream back , up grade your tubes to some Gold Lions......you'll think you died and went to Heaven..................................
Worth the hype? The question remains unanswered. So why not change the title of the video? Suggestions: "Buck & zen", "Buckoodling the zen drive", "Zen and the drive I took of my board", "Spinal zen tap (subtitle: the sound who couldn't find his way into the mix)" By the way, I owned the Hermida version. Tried it with Marshall, Vox and Fender amps. Whenever I stepped on it my guitar disappeared in the mix. Worth the hype? Not for me. Regards, a fan
Tony Sap I’ve never tried a Simble but what I’ve heard of Mad Professor’s stuff sounds great. In fairness, the Zendrive is readily available as well and there’s not a massive price difference 🙂
you talk very fast maybe youve fasted or are intelligent, butmaybeI read the ramble title wrong: hype? I wanna know is the yellow clone worth it, friayfretworks is kinda missleading if its hype youre int in, boohoo, is this a guitar pedal int V ? no, its (fr fetdurds IMHP, Seacrest in/out, eat sumthin.. I feel for eating sumthin as well
Voice knob reduces bass slightly while increase gain. That’s a key dumble function to allow maintain tone on bass in particular without letting it muddles and overpowering the mids. He used his thumb instead of picking his base string mostly. So that technique reduced distortion and mute the bass string a bit anyway. No need to life the voice knob. If he wanted more gain overall he would have lifted the voice knob.
You can get these pretty cheap if you are willing to wait. You can sign up for e-mail notification with Lovepedal or check this URL on the weekends: lovepedalcustomeffects.myshopify.com. Usually a sale every 2-3 weeks, delivery typically takes a couple of weeks as well but the price difference is well worth it.
Hi Chris I bought the Klon clone Velvet Minataur from John in Greece. Stacked with a Turbo Rat first is nutz. Always loved the original Zen. I had ordered one from him in Florida in the USA years ago, but he went out of business and returned my deposit. I know Robben Ford uses one among others. Opinion please if you have time?
I have an original one of these and didnt even realise they were sought after looking at the price on reverb its crazy i think i paid 200 or so and models like mine in the same condition are selling for 1000 cray
Key bits:
Intro jam: 0:00
Thoughts/history/opinions: 1:40
What’s it sound like? 8:00
Buck And Evans Chris, you should string all these improv videos together and make an album, I would buy it, very relaxing stuff ,
Wow! What amp is being used? Reverb also sounds very rich. Incredible playing!
I absolutely love my zendrive. I use it next to a king of tone and a tube screamer. When I want THAT lead sound...that sort of “$300,000 worth of ridiculous gear” Los Angeles lead sound, that’s what the zendrive does. The king of tone makes for a great “core” sound in any room, the ts boosts the entire planet and the zendrive makes for an expensive sounding lead tone...and there you go.
I heard Michael Jordan once saw Robben Ford going for a jog and was so inspired he invented Air Jordans. He stopped making them when the hype got silly but eventually Nike reissued them. Robben still wears em when he can't fly to shows.
Hey Buddy! Yup. I was there and watched it all happen. Confirmed.
Oh ok
I love the sound of mine thru a twin reverb with my 335!
I think it sounds great as an overdrive man you should post like on the side of your techniqes because man your style is like captivating
aaron _2don Cheers Aaron!
I agree, you are awesome Chris!
This is the first run of the Lovepedal manufactured version with SMT parts. You can tell because there’s no white washer at the base of the foot switch, and the led is blue when not lit up and it doesn’t have the black bezel around it. I just got an original Alfonso built Zendrive. It’s so good that I’m currently selling off other stuff to buy a backup since the originals are gooped, and basically can’t be easily repaired if something wears out😩. It’s the strongest and most immediate connection I’ve felt to an overdrive, or any kind of pedal for that matter.
Man, just watched the first 40-50 seconds of the vid and whatever gear you use, it still sounds like you. Kudos! Hope to find my way there one day...
Just catching up on this one while binge watching ZenDrive vids post TPS Robben Ford. As usual your sublime playing makes me forget about the pedal/amp/tone reason for arriving. 🙏🏼💜✨
Nice 335. I don’t love the Zen Drive, but I stayed to hear Chris play through a lovely 335. 👍😁👍
Amazing phrasing & dynamics......one of my favorite u-tubers for sure!
Just wonderful in every respect, you and the pedal.
Spot on info about the pedal history and in general. I came here cause Alfonso him self sent me the video link, so...
Hector Papo Camacho PopTweaker Cheers Hector! Give Alfonso my best; everything of his that I own is incredible! 👌🏻
Bro you need to go BIG time because your playing is good food for the soul, give thanks and play on!
Blooming excellent playing. 10/10.
I dont usually like the Zendrive but gosh, you made it sound really nice
Your guitar rig 5 setting is like The Stig of the guitar world. Identity never to be revealed unless it gets offered a lucrative book deal ? I have tried this Zendrive incarnation along with the Red and Black Magic. My favourite is my White one though, which I was quite chuffed to just notice has the exact same settings as you used when the drive was at 1 ‘o’clock.
Jonathan Sharp Haha! That’s brilliant 😂 No mystery Jonathan; I’ll be doing a video about it as soon as my recording setup is a little more permanent. It won’t be long ☺️
Chris, would love to see you and Danish Pete cook a vid up together at some point in the future, would be epic.
Aaaaaand, sold.
Robben does use it with his Dumble. Saw them at his Guitar Dojo in August. Can’t get my jaw off the floor.
sweet playing
Sounds great! What amp are you going through?
That's a keeper, suscribed!
Where the f**** have you been hiding that vintage gibson beauty and how come you never play it?!?!?! 😱
Are you playing through amp software? Which one do you prefer?
👍🏼
Do pedals like these work their magic with solid state amps?
Holy fuck theres like 7 other pedals on the market for under 100 bux that sound just like this.
And to think i could have bought a few for 50 each back in the day hahahaha
That’s interesting about the fender amp sound or any brand, I feel (as a fender fan boy I guess, but open to any good tone) that people will label it a fender sound and believe you can’t do the same with another brand, even if it’s like really heavy rock or mid 50’s country or rock clean tones. So very different sounds both described that way. I saw footage recently of Hendrix and I can’t recall the other and they were playing fender amps. He sounded quite like himself. I guess if you are going to perform you should be open to anything, it might turn out to be your new favorite!
desde argentina soy tu fan! soy bajista, me gustan los videos q subis, nunca dejes de hacerlo bro!
12:50
Yeah, noted because I want that lick.
You must slow down your speaking in your videos!
There are not many players I want to just sit and listen to solo, with my eyes closed, not paying any attention to the world around. This is beautiful.
Chris is pretty durn good and quite listenable, no argument there! 😉
Aaaaaand, sold.
I've met Robin Ford a handful of times through a dear friend of mine that passed about 7 years ago named Steve Bishop.
Steve was from Washington DC where I had the privilege of meeting Danny Gatton , via Los Angeles via Seattle where I met him and Robin and was privileged to see them do a show here in Seattle at the Paramount Theater.
He ended up in nashville where he got really plugged into the music scene down there doing shows and recording as a side man.
Sadly nobody here will know Steve Bishop but I'm here to tell you that he was a phenomenaly gifted player that could easily hold his own with Robin Ford and his good friend Danny Gatton.
Steve was the kind of guy that he could pick up anything with strings on it, didn't matter what the instrument was and he could just make it talk, make it sing like nobody I've ever heard before including Robin ford, no disrespect to Robin or Danny Gatton.
Steve Bishop was on a list of the 10 best unknown guitar players put out by vintage guitar magazine maybe 15 years ago.
There used to be videos of Steve up on TH-cam but after his passing I think that his family must have taken those videos down. I'm only able to find one or two of his videos but they're not the best example of Steve's playing.
I wish the world could have heard Steve because he was that good and I was witness to how his playing affected those around him listening to him. We were all mesmerized.
I miss him dearly. He was only 54 or 55 when he died of spinal cord cancer and towards the end he couldn't even hold his guitar and play which just seemed cruel.
Sorry to hear about your friend, Steve Bishop. May he rest in eternal peace!
💙💙
What a nice tribute. So often the case that talent is taken from us too soon. It shows us that we should appreciate people while we have them.
Steven Bishop ? Didn't he write "On and on", "Sperate Lives", etc. ?
Sometimes I wanna just cry !! Wonderful playing !!!
Sean Crow Haha. Thank you Sean ☺️
Hey brother! Tasty AF playing!
One little addition to your story from my memory, Alf actually made a pedal between hearing Roben’s recording & the Zendrive.
Which was the ‘Mosferatu,’ from my understanding (I don’t remember the source, but I think it was on the Hermida website).
The particular recording Alf was referencing, Roben was playing a higher gain rig than usual & that matches the Mosferatu. However he preferred a lower gain rig, which after feedback resulted in the ‘Zendrive.’
From there I believe the rest of your story is accurate.
I actually own original handmade Hermida Zen 1, Zen 2, Mos, Dist, Tiki Drive.
To my ears the Zen & Zen 2 are my favs, the mos is definitely geared to a higher gain & doesn’t quite have the dynamic range of the Zens.
Hope that wasn’t too long winded, much appreciated for your video!
All the best & great video :)
Searched for "Hermida Zendrive"...
...stayed for the playing.
Just keep doing more of it man. It's bloody hypnotic!!!
that you have the guts and skill to let people listen is fantastic.
where others yell and "talk" with their axe, you are happy to have a conversation that is relaxed and intriguing.
love your work
exactly
This is expressive, tasteful, sophisticated playing. Who really cares what I think, but for what it's worth, I don't hand out compliments to other players just to be polite. Wonderful stuff.
I've seen Robben Ford a few times, and yes, he used the Zendrive with the Dumble. I also have seen him in a video using it with a Fender amp. I'm also fortunate to have an original made by Alf. It's the one pedal I will always keep. Nice job on this demo by the way!
Stan Esposito Cheers Stan. I actually spoke to Alfonso last night via email and he said that Robben has used it with his Dumble in the past. High praise indeed...
I saw RF last year at the Dallas Gtr show playing the Tele w a zendrive into a Fender amp- He sounded as he always does....amazing :-)
I've been watching for a while and was blown away when I just realized I wasn't subscribed. Don't worry I fixed that problem !!!
I have an Original Zendrive. Having had one for over 10 years now, here's my .02c:
The Hype - much of this has to do with the fact that Alfonso Hermida was hand-making these (with maybe 1 assistant), so if you ordered one, you might wait a couple weeks or many months to actually get one in your hands, depending on Al's workload at the time. This meant that prices would get a little silly. I think they originally went for $150 (Al refused to raise his price despite high demand), and then people were selling them for $250-300. This created somewhat of a buzz and may have led to some exaggeration as to what this pedal can do...
The actual sound: When I first tried my friend's I immediately fell in love with it. It has a refined grain that is relatively unique. It's transparent and you can almost hear your original clean tone somewhere in there, and when you switch it on, if you have the level set right, you would seamlessly go from your clean tone to dirty, with no pops and no massive change in timbre other than more saturation It's extremely touch sensitive and you clean up your tone with just picking intensity and nuance. It's very responsive and will pretty much accurately give you back whatever you throw at it.
One huge thing I discovered with it, is that if you have a guitar with a treble bleed, you can actually clean up the tone of the Zendrive by backing off your volume, whereas without treble bleed the difference was kind of marginal..
Awesome playing, as always! I actually enjoyed your clean tone even more than with the Zen engaged.
I recommend you to give the White Zen a try if you have the chance to. It's my favourite (I use it mostly clean to low-gain) of the numerous variations of the last few years at lovepedal.
prefer the tone without the drive pedal....the pedal is nice enough, but that guitar and amp combo is very sweet sounding to me.....
Man I love your playing, but the constant swing on that guitar is making me seasick 😂
close your eyes....
If you wiggle your phone just right it stays still.
Maybe he's on a boat?
I agree !!!...he should go to the playground ,plenty of swings there !!!
🙈
Hey mate I just have to say you do excellent demos. You don't just play one 3 note phrase and then repeat the exact phrase on different settings which I hate. THIS is a good demo. Chords, licks, high notes, low notes, playing hard, playing soft, bridge pickup, neck pickup.. then different settings on the pedal. Also your clean tone is a really good well rounded tone unlike many horrible demos which immediately destroy the sound of the pedal by using thin crappy sounding cleans. Great job! subscribed. Love your playing also. Cheers.
I've owned a real Zendrive and a clone and I have to say that while it is one of he greatest lead pedals for a band context, it's mostly hype and nothing special in terms of pedal design.
It really only sounds like a Dumble when you are running it into a Fender BF-style amp, which is really what the Dumbles were designed from.
It's the greatest lead pedal but has a dumble design and has nothing special. What tha hell does it means? Is there any special thing with other Overdrives?
Time for a solo album if you doing just this kind of stuff, Chris. Love it.
I use my Zendrive with a 1958 Tweed Deluxe. Only turned up to three, I Get superb tone with the blue light glowing.
Yes. My 2010 Zendrive is by far the best piece of guitar equipment I’ve ever owned.
I’ve owned a Zendrive (& a Zendrive 2) for about 10 years now. Collected them from Alf’s house while over there on holiday. He’s a great bloke. Let me try out the prototype Nuvalve that had been played and signed by Brad Paisley and Carlos Santana.
Love the sounds it makes with my telecaster.
I'll tell you flat-out what the "Fender sound" is or should be IMHO: The relatively recent ' '64 Custom Hand-Wired' Deluxe Reverb. I had a real-deal '66 Deluxe Reverb when a young teen in the mid-late 60's. While my old '66 was hand-wired, of course, it NEVER sounded as good as the recent hand-wired version. They are VERY pricey at ~$3200 new. However, I found a mint used one at a great price and grabbed it. The things are awesome and worth every penny!
The sound comes from the pedal or your hands...??? I'm sure that you will sound amazing with my cheap gear...
I would definitely want to adabt your style
The only overdrive pedal I know for certain that Robben had much involvement with was the OD pedals made by the late Taku Sakashta. Taku had made a guitar for Robben and wound the pickups for it but Taku was never quite happy with the results even if Robben liked what he heard.
Robben Ford uses a ZenDrive, supposedly created to mimic his sound through a Dumble. Does this version sound as good as Robben’s version?
Lovely intro and touch! I appreciate your sound! Especially in a category of YT video that typically features lots of sloppy, noodle-y playing. :)
Dude... Robben fucking Ford has one on his board. It must be worth the "hype". The man owns a real Dumble amp among other great other amps.
I need to check out more Robben Ford. From the 80’s to the 2000’s I listened to mostly blues but didn’t listen to him and I don’t know why. You mentioned him, and just yesterday I found a video of him talking about his tele, his main blues guitar he said. Chance upon a name 2 or more times in one day and you should go do it on purpose. I haven’t seen one of your videos in a month or so Chris I enjoyed this one thank you!
I have an original 'gooped" Zendrive. I paid $70 for it about 4 years ago. I love it and doubt I'll ever part with it. My always on OD, is the Mad Professor Bluebird, which I sometimes stack with an Xotic Effects Soul Driven or the Zen.
So with new Helix update this pedal “Dhyanna Drive” sounds way better, really digging it now
Can you please do a video on the intro's you place before demoing a pedal. They all sound similar and beautiful! How do you do it?!
Sinceramente, ...es aburrido!!
8 min en arrancar y cuando lo hace no propone nada!, creo que no es la mejor manera de resaltar un "overdrive".
Si lo que se pretende es meramente corporativo, ...tampoco funciona!, por lo demás buen vídeo (probablemente).
Wow, Chris your tone even without the Zen engaged is wonderful, what reverb or other pedals are you using ? I just received the Love Pedal version of the Zen and I was afraid that it might be to high gain but your settings at the open are really low and the tone is incredible. As always love your playing and video's !! greeting from Detroit (If you ever play here let us know). Thx
I’m more impressed with your playing. The Zen is nice but prices I’ve seen are ridiculous. Hype.
Nice... what's yr guitar volume n tone set on?
I've heard so many good things about this pedal but now that I've heard it I wouldn't buy it ! Thanks for the demo !!!😎👍
I keep coming back to this video of this pedal. Man you do it justice
I really enjoyed your playing and almost forgot about the pedal!!!!!! New Sub too!!
Great tone and playing. Going to be honest; I'm trying to learn some of those licks. Are you in Eb tuning?
Beautifully played and I think this is a fabulous pedal made by Hermida or Shawn of love pedal I could not tell the difference between them when tested for me it's an always-on pedal
No its mediocrity in.pedals.
❤You play very very well
Really really good ...so tell me ...whats are you influences ?
John McLaughlin uses it that's why I have one.
Honestly, cut that wobbling the guitar back and forth out. Its ridiculous. You dont need it and it looks like some sort of weird habit you have formed. Your playing and tone are sensational. Period. That grossly overused gimmick to try and eeek out every last drop of vibrato is ruining your whole vibe. And this video. Now stop.
Ooops. Ive just realised who you are.. um, so maybe i might just go downstairs and wobble my guitar round abit and you can do whatever the hell you like Chris.
Did you Ever touch the voice control?
The only overdrive that never gets taken off my board.
Saw you a few years back at the Newbridge Memo - the gig went up several large notches when you solo'd on that 335. Such a rich and powerful sound and a genuinely beautiful guitar in the hands of an incredible player.
Man, fantastic playing and great tone! Who should I listen to if I want to cop a style like this? Mayer is an obvious first answer, but anybody else? Also, that was an excellent review of the pedal. Subscribed!
John McElroy robben ford, srv, hendrix, mateus asato, matt schofield, josh smith, allen hinds, eric gales, tomo fujita, kirk fletcher, etc...
North Mississippi allstars. Marcus king. moe.
What amp are you using chris. ?
Simon Connell Hey Simon. Running direct into Guitar Rig 5 for a bit of quiet home recording 🙂
You make me happy!
yes, it worth!!!!!
Man your playing is stellar and I really dig your playing
RECIPE for a Happy Heart..... Fender Reissue, Vertex Boost , Zendrive , Hall f Fame reverb...Tech 21 EQ...... pop a Celestion cream back , up grade your tubes to some Gold Lions......you'll think you died and went to Heaven..................................
Worth the hype? The question remains unanswered. So why not change the title of the video? Suggestions: "Buck & zen", "Buckoodling the zen drive", "Zen and the drive I took of my board", "Spinal zen tap (subtitle: the sound who couldn't find his way into the mix)"
By the way, I owned the Hermida version. Tried it with Marshall, Vox and Fender amps. Whenever I stepped on it my guitar disappeared in the mix. Worth the hype? Not for me.
Regards,
a fan
That sounds incredible. I have been tossing up whether to get a Zendrive or not. This is not helping my wallet!! Haha! Love your playing as always.
Gabe Jr Levy Cheers Gabe ☺️
I have simble drive pedal sounds awesome readily available cheaper I think too
I have simble drive pedal sounds awesome readily available cheaper I think too
Tony Sap I’ve never tried a Simble but what I’ve heard of Mad Professor’s stuff sounds great. In fairness, the Zendrive is readily available as well and there’s not a massive price difference 🙂
Watch is too loose
you talk very fast maybe youve fasted or are intelligent, butmaybeI read the ramble title wrong: hype? I wanna know is the yellow clone worth it, friayfretworks is kinda missleading if its hype youre int in, boohoo, is this a guitar pedal int V ? no, its (fr fetdurds IMHP, Seacrest in/out, eat sumthin.. I feel for eating sumthin as well
curious as to why the voice knob was turned down to far the whole demo?
Voice knob reduces bass slightly while increase gain. That’s a key dumble function to allow maintain tone on bass in particular without letting it muddles and overpowering the mids. He used his thumb instead of picking his base string mostly. So that technique reduced distortion and mute the bass string a bit anyway. No need to life the voice knob. If he wanted more gain overall he would have lifted the voice knob.
You can get these pretty cheap if you are willing to wait. You can sign up for e-mail notification with Lovepedal or check this URL on the weekends: lovepedalcustomeffects.myshopify.com. Usually a sale every 2-3 weeks, delivery typically takes a couple of weeks as well but the price difference is well worth it.
That guitar sounds quite dark and muted to begin with. I always expect/hope 335's will be brighter but they just aren't I guess.
Just stumbled here and wanted to share some appreciation for your playing!! You are a tremendous player!! Nice job!!
A nice intro with the nice red cherry couch back there ;-)
I’d say that is a strong recommendation by the way you enjoyed that, same here. That was awesome Chris.
2nd pedal i bought after Friday Fretworks. Supro harmonic trem being the other.
Hi Chris I bought the Klon clone Velvet Minataur from John in Greece. Stacked with a Turbo Rat first is nutz. Always loved the original Zen. I had ordered one from him in Florida in the USA years ago, but he went out of business and returned my deposit. I know Robben Ford uses one among others. Opinion please if you have time?
Wow, awesome playing - great demo of a particular Zendrive setting that really sets off your rig (that 335 is so sweet!).
Seriously great playing! Plan on jamming with my 335/Zen/Deluxe Reverb after hearing this!! Also, would love to hear your insight on Guitar Rig 5!
DFojas Thank you man! GR demo coming, I promise 😊
Sweet! Looking forward to it :D
I have an original one of these and didnt even realise they were sought after
looking at the price on reverb its crazy i think i paid 200 or so and models like mine in the same condition are selling for 1000
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