The blur on the top of the Marshall cab is something Pete drew on it… I’ll leave you to guess what it is, suffice to say we thought it best to blur it. 😂. If you know Pete, you’ll know what it is. 🍆
Interesting concept! It would be interesting to see if the individually favored pedals got along nicely with one another. There are pedals that i love on their own, but which do not play well with others.
Fair play for your patience. The football references were really starting to get on my nerves by the end of it. My first negative comment on this channel!
Most pedals have a sweet spot where they sound good. Great pedals have several. With Strymon you're paying for both quality and versatility. Good Behringer pedals are amazing for the price though.
Absolutely, Most FX are finding the sweet spot, the Strymon is trying to pick which sweet spot, @@Stonemeister. Its such a great thing to have when you want to quickly dial something so you can just play
Pretty much my thinking. But in a pound for pound fight, I got the Behringer for £14 second hand. If it has 1 great sound for that price it’s a bargain. I’m not sure it will last though.
I really appreciate these kind of videos. That “zing” is what I’ve been trying to describe in my head that I didn’t like about my own plate reverb. It’s the closest to what I like but man, that’s really helped out with what I’ve been dealing with! So thanks guys!
my God that tone is freaking insane. just a clean amp with reverb. holy moly! well done Rabea! edit: this was hilarious too. i was laughing the whole time. thanks guys!
Very cool to see Rabea's instant affinity with the Blue Sky, familiar territory I guess. It's not just a better thing, it's completely about how it makes you personally feel.
I did this with my eyes closed, genuinely participating. My favourite by quite a distance was the Strymon. The JHS and GFI are second and third. This was quite helpful guys, I appreciate it. Thank you.
May I say, I love that you took time to go into the settings in real time. It is very helpful to hear Bea say make it duller or take off the top end and watch which settings correspond to his requests.
I love those blank JHS pedals. Funnily enough, I think the marketing behind them is great haha, a pedal with no marketing or branding on it, super clean, almost the "apple" of pedals. Look good and sound good.
The RV-6 is a great pedal - save your money... but then I am in no position to tell you :) - please buy whatever you want and like. Tastes are different
Honestly, Behringers digital delays and reverbs are very very under underestimated. Very often the number # 1 choice amongst shoegazers for example. Its the same with the Zoom multi fx units (The Ms-50G and the -70 CDR) wich are like 100 bucks and packed with a bunch of other effects
@@MikaelKonradssonThanks for the opinion "youandyou" here is another thought ? Ever try Seymour Duncan Sfx-09 Double Back Compressor Guitar Effects Pedal. If so howz zit ? HOWZIT? CHEers booze.
Oh yeah, I absolutely love Rabbea’s ambient playing. He is just so effortlessly musical and deeply soulful, I am effected by it regardless of the style he is playing. Truly unique and a pure pleasure to hear.
Rabea has an amazing ear.. and I completely concur with his tastes.. choice and ear! Great Job! I am now going to buy the Strymon Blue Sky! And probably also the JHS that lasted 4 rounds. Both Great pedals! Great shootout!
A great video. I especially enjoyed Lee’s look of puzzled anxiety as the Behringer briefly gave the Blue Sky a run for it’s money. Wow, the Blue Sky is good though. I’m just off to check what’s in my piggy bank!
Always enjoy these videos thanks. I think it’s better when you don’t give hints how good or bad a product is though. Rather than telling Rabea he is playing something high end it’s best to keep it a mystery so that it doesn’t influence him.
Well you know, the football references are fun and all to some degree, but here it's just too much. And I like both Andertons and football :) Great video concept, as someone said - you should do this with Bea with all the "standard" effect pedals, it's really interesting! :)
Too bad the whole theme of impartiality was compromised with Lee's team, control and pricing hints/declarations! Love Rebea but the entire comparison is meaningless ... !
The fact that the WHSP won the fuzz and the 3 series hall almost won this make me feel 1000 times better about the choices I made deciding on and buying those pedals haha
This validates my ear and judgement regarding overall value (function, features, etc) . I have the Skylar which is a killer reverb pedal and does the ambient stuff really well too. Canadian prices with taxes in: Skylar: $310.75 vs. Blue Sky: $463.30 vs. UA Golden: $620.37. No brainer imo.
My fav was the golden out of the bunch (what's on my board) but I was impressed the JHS held its own so many rounds. Overall I'd say the guitar is the winner that one is sick!
my take away is that the strymon is top notch especially with how the signal path runs through it... but the JHS reverb was my fav overall because of how good it sounded with minimal functions to get there.
Ease of use is such an underrated factor in pedals. A pedal should have three controls max and not multi function - it just becomes distracting. Really like what JHS is doing with the 3 series for this reason
That "cut highs + bump up mix" is perfect tool for background guitars. It's most inspiring sound I could choose. One thing I experience alot is that reverbs designed for stereo rarely sound good in mono
I compared a load of premium reverbs and the BigSky came out on top for me. There's just something so nice about the way it is able to be very present without muddying up your tone. Maybe analog dry through has a thing to do with it as well, but mainly it's just the quality of the reverb sound that does it for me. Surprisingly, the reverb in the Avalanche Run v2 came second for me. Such a magical sound. I'm sure that if it had more controls it could be sold as a very succesful stand alone reverb pedal.
You know it's 1 am in Japan and I just got myself another beer, opened it, saw there's a new andertons video so I clicked it, and man! Rabea's playing is soooo good! and the football analogy just made me laugh! Wonderful video as always! Soo chilling to watch andertons and drink beer!
Great shootout! Been waiting for you guys to do a proper reverb comparison. Blue Sky does sound fantastic. A little bummed to see the RV-6 lose so quickly 😅 I think it’s hall setting is killer. Great delay too. Awesome every man pedal. But yeah, I gotta start saving for a Strymon!
Unfortunately no full album (that I know of), but he's got a couple chill tracks among all his face-melting stuff haha th-cam.com/video/gBzq-p7SdRk/w-d-xo.html
Blue sky was sounding great. It's on the Spring that UAD is definitely the best of these. It's 224 Hall is better too. But, definitely Strymon has a knack for just sitting right, melding into the guitar tone. They're great with synths too. But on vocal or drums, I'd take the UAD. The UAD Del-Verb is the real bargain, since you are getting three great delay algorithms too, of types that work really well for guitarists. And the reverb tweakability isn't such a big deal on guitar, and in the studio you can shape it, pre or post. I'd like them to add a fully variable Reverb Decay for the algos in the app though. The Flamma FS-02 is a good budget pick, especially for ambient, nice Cave and Cathedral settings.
For me the JHS 3 Series was the winner, I liked it straight off the bat, good sound, simple controls and it beat off a lot of the opposition but is only £99 as opposed to £359 for Rabea's choice. On the other hand I don't have Rabea's ear or talent :):)
I know this is all just good fun but the Blackhole getting cut right off the bat seemed staged. Of course it's going to sound horrible if you have the Gravity cranked to 11. Lame.
The amount of incredible pedals we have now is almost overwhelming I love the graphic in the bottom right corner showing us which we're currently hearing!
I'm not convinced Rabea has any strong opinions about football or football teams whatsoever - I certainly don't. If he was being influenced that way, he might not have booted the Eventide in round 1.
Every single time the strymon bluesky came back on it brought a smile to my face... One day I will get my hands on one, but until then I think hearing Rabea play through it is good enough 🔥🔥
I know brands like strymon and eventide can be amazing, but if I have to dick around with apps and computers to get everything just right, it’s too much. You may as well use plugins instead.
Interesting video and the JHS Hall Reverb comes over very well in the final mix, but I've never seen a blind test where Lee gave away more clearly in advance what the expensive pedals were: that was a real shame.
He talked about them being complicated and favorites in the tournament but that was not directly cost. TC pedals are inexpensive and complicated and he said they were a favorite.
I always loved the BlueSky, but I’m quite liking the new JHS Hall Reverb. It’s quite a good reverb when you back off the mix and bring up the decay, and at $100, it’s definitely cheap eats. I would pencil in the Americans as the JHS international football team.
Neunaber Immerse MK II, Keeley Hydra and Strymon Flint should have been on there. EDIT: am I wrong or was the Blue Sky set to Room while the following pedals were set to Plate?
The blur on the top of the Marshall cab is something Pete drew on it… I’ll leave you to guess what it is, suffice to say we thought it best to blur it. 😂. If you know Pete, you’ll know what it is. 🍆
Was it purple, though?
@@Basement_Dweller only if you hold it too tight
Dick jokes, classic lol
Well, it's quite visible throughout the video, until you removed the top cab and blurred it
@@Xstractorhow is it visible when the top cab is literally on top throughout the video?
Here's an idea for the channel: do similar shoutouts (delays, overdrives, distortions etc.) and then create a pedalboard with Rebea's choices.
Then auction it for charity!
Interesting concept! It would be interesting to see if the individually favored pedals got along nicely with one another. There are pedals that i love on their own, but which do not play well with others.
Fkn OATH.. More shoot-outs like this !!
Rebea’s favorite is who is paying him to say it. Dude can shred, but also has so much gear in his favorite box it dilutes his opinion.
@@defh2oI don't get it, it's a blind test here right?
Rabea is such a good player. I love hearing him play slower more moody stuff.
You’re gonna love his grinding gears vol 2 then
@@gustavoramos3572😂😂😂 whyy?
This “Winner stays on” series with Rabea is awesome! You guys should do one of this for every main effect.
I second this.
I'd love to watch a similar episode but with overdrives/distortion pedals !
Rabea has a really good ear and taste.
As long as Lee does a hint of research to dial in the pedals better. Kind of stupid if you’re not optimizing the benefits of each pedal 😊
@@redwood-in-stereo true
Enjoy Bea's playing but could have done without the Captain trying to bias a decision
This was great fun. Genuinely I had no idea what was what. Lee didn’t really give anything away because I know nothing about football 😂😂
Are you going to try out the Wes Borland Zargon dual reverb?
You and me both brother I’ve never watched football
Fair play for your patience. The football references were really starting to get on my nerves by the end of it. My first negative comment on this channel!
I could listen to Rabea playing clean tones all day long. What a player he is. 🤘👍
The fact a Behringer can nearly go toe to toe with the Strymon is pretty mad
Surprises always come when you judge with your ears and not your eyes
Most pedals have a sweet spot where they sound good. Great pedals have several. With Strymon you're paying for both quality and versatility. Good Behringer pedals are amazing for the price though.
Their engineering is astonishing, sadly so is the ego of their owner.
Absolutely, Most FX are finding the sweet spot, the Strymon is trying to pick which sweet spot, @@Stonemeister.
Its such a great thing to have when you want to quickly dial something so you can just play
Pretty much my thinking. But in a pound for pound fight, I got the Behringer for £14 second hand. If it has 1 great sound for that price it’s a bargain. I’m not sure it will last though.
Bea's playing is too good for this because he makes everything sound beautiful. Easily my favourite player for chill ambient stuff
I really appreciate these kind of videos. That “zing” is what I’ve been trying to describe in my head that I didn’t like about my own plate reverb. It’s the closest to what I like but man, that’s really helped out with what I’ve been dealing with!
So thanks guys!
my God that tone is freaking insane. just a clean amp with reverb. holy moly! well done Rabea! edit: this was hilarious too. i was laughing the whole time. thanks guys!
Very cool to see Rabea's instant affinity with the Blue Sky, familiar territory I guess.
It's not just a better thing, it's completely about how it makes you personally feel.
JHS 3 Series has now done phenomenal in both the Fuzz and Reverb blind shootouts.
Yup, that JHS is the real deal. 👍
You can tell he obsesses about his pedals, and it shows.
Must be the box!
Yup, I have the JHS 3-series Hall Reverb and it's replaced the EHX Oceans 11 on my board despite having 10% of the features. They're awesome.
I have jhs 3 n im liking it
2 things I learned here: Bea hates Zing, and football.
Pete laughing in the background also killed me
Always a fun and good video when Rabea is there. He made every pedal sound glorious just with his playing, phrasing and touch.
I could listen to Rabea play like this all day long. ♥
I did this with my eyes closed, genuinely participating.
My favourite by quite a distance was the Strymon.
The JHS and GFI are second and third.
This was quite helpful guys, I appreciate it. Thank you.
May I say, I love that you took time to go into the settings in real time. It is very helpful to hear Bea say make it duller or take off the top end and watch which settings correspond to his requests.
I really don't like that Lee is giving hints about the pedals price/quality/reputation in a blind shootout.
Who cares
Could listen to Rabea noodle around like this for hours. He MUST make a soundscape album.
Very interesting. Strymon is the hands down winner for me as well.
More blind testing pedal shootouts please!
No Ventris? JHS with a major showing here, respect Josh!
I love those blank JHS pedals. Funnily enough, I think the marketing behind them is great haha, a pedal with no marketing or branding on it, super clean, almost the "apple" of pedals. Look good and sound good.
I literally set my Blue Sky V1 to Rabea's settings and instantly saved it as my favorite preset. Absolutely beautiful tones.
It was close for a moment with the Behringer. Just shows you when you don't listen with your eyes!
I was happy to see a comparison between the Blue Sky and the RV-6. Mostly because I have the RV-6 and I don't have a Blue Sky but now I want one.
The RV-6 is a great pedal - save your money... but then I am in no position to tell you :) - please buy whatever you want and like. Tastes are different
Rabea's playing here is just brilliant. Super inspiring
The JHS impressed me but also the Behringer DR-800 (round #7) which was my favorite round.
Amazingly presented video, well done Lee.
Bea, you can hear really well, top player mate
The Behringer held it's own against the Strymon Blue Sky
The captain's reaction was priceless, utter disbelief
Weird, I thought it was better than some, but absolutely not close to the Strymon
Honestly, Behringers digital delays and reverbs are very very under underestimated. Very often the number # 1 choice amongst shoegazers for example. Its the same with the Zoom multi fx units (The Ms-50G and the -70 CDR) wich are like 100 bucks and packed with a bunch of other effects
Shoegazers, haha! @@MikaelKonradsson
@@MikaelKonradssonThanks for the opinion "youandyou" here is another thought ? Ever try Seymour Duncan Sfx-09 Double Back Compressor Guitar Effects Pedal. If so howz zit ? HOWZIT? CHEers booze.
Not that every video isnt the best, but this is the best
watching Rabea reviews is dangerous. it all sounds good.
Exactly. I was like "Oh that sounds good, Oh this sounds good" and then with blue sky i was like "that's it I'm getting this one". Dangerous indeed.
Lee had way too much fun with the football bit thing there 🤣
Oh yeah,
I absolutely love Rabbea’s ambient playing. He is just so effortlessly musical and deeply soulful, I am effected by it regardless of the style he is playing.
Truly unique and a pure pleasure to hear.
Rabea has an amazing ear.. and I completely concur with his tastes.. choice and ear! Great Job! I am now going to buy the Strymon Blue Sky! And probably also the JHS that lasted 4 rounds. Both Great pedals! Great shootout!
Bea is such a talented artist in many genres thank you Rob for introducing him to andertons.
Rabea's clean playing with the Blue Sky is the best sounding guitar playing on the channel ever ❤
I’ve been really enjoying my Strymon Cloudburst, amazing pedal !
Amused by how Rabea seems to be totally over the football/soccer nonsense most of the time :)
Reverbs are serious business! I'm actually half serious with that. When you're trying to find a vibe, it requires a certain headspace.
You guys should think about doing more of these. They’re a lot of fun! It’s great to hear the thought process of a musician as talented as Rabea.
Previous pedals were set to Hall but Walrus Fathoms was set to Plate - just FYI. Great playing though!
31:58 Rabea's playing is unbelievable
Rabea’s strat tone is what I’m striving for.
A great video. I especially enjoyed Lee’s look of puzzled anxiety as the Behringer briefly gave the Blue Sky a run for it’s money. Wow, the Blue Sky is good though. I’m just off to check what’s in my piggy bank!
Always enjoy these videos thanks. I think it’s better when you don’t give hints how good or bad a product is though. Rather than telling Rabea he is playing something high end it’s best to keep it a mystery so that it doesn’t influence him.
That was fun, amazing how the Behringer was a serious contender with the Strymon!
So far this series seems to be an official JHS ad 😂 can’t deny the affordable quality as much as the strymons should take the cake.
This is a great example of how simple can be better
What a great Shootout 🤩 I learned so much 👍
I love the reverbs in the Kemper!
Every time I hear Bea play, I'm inspired to pick up my guitar...
And I am inspired to buy pedals.
Well you know, the football references are fun and all to some degree, but here it's just too much. And I like both Andertons and football :) Great video concept, as someone said - you should do this with Bea with all the "standard" effect pedals, it's really interesting! :)
Too bad the whole theme of impartiality was compromised with Lee's team, control and pricing hints/declarations! Love Rebea but the entire comparison is meaningless ... !
Love these series!
My reverb too is a Bluesky V1, and YES! My research didn't fail me either, it's like there is a reverb orchestra with the Bluesky.
Love mine too!
Really liked the Fathom, Behringer, JHS and the Strymon the most. Special bonus was hearing Rabea playing
I like this type of video a lot. Also any time Rabea is playing guitar I'm here for it.
the golden reverberator sounds so nice.
It'll be really nice if get to build a full pedalboard with the winner pedals of this series with Bea.
The Strymon sounded way more 3d and reverb-like than most, that was really awesome
Totally agree, it was buttery smooth with no artefacts. Great pedal.
The modulation on it really gives you that 3d space. Good reverb, for sure.
I feel like it changed the tone of the guitar too much
GFI is stellar too though. should have compared hall instead of plate in my opinion...
The fact that the WHSP won the fuzz and the 3 series hall almost won this make me feel 1000 times better about the choices I made deciding on and buying those pedals haha
3 series hall is one of my faves, it’s a great pedal
Would be awesome to see a follow up video where Rabea dialed them all in to his liking and A/B’d again!
Man I wish I could afford one of those Strymons, they sound wonderful.
This validates my ear and judgement regarding overall value (function, features, etc) . I have the Skylar which is a killer reverb pedal and does the ambient stuff really well too. Canadian prices with taxes in: Skylar: $310.75 vs. Blue Sky: $463.30 vs. UA Golden: $620.37. No brainer imo.
Behringer $54 CAD lol
you know apart from all the amazing reverb pedals... i'd just love a chord chart of everything Bea is playing. those are absolutely beautiful
My fav was the golden out of the bunch (what's on my board) but I was impressed the JHS held its own so many rounds. Overall I'd say the guitar is the winner that one is sick!
I think comparing hall and plate is tricky! Definitely different in the reflections. When there was options to select Hall that may have been closer!
my take away is that the strymon is top notch especially with how the signal path runs through it... but the JHS reverb was my fav overall because of how good it sounded with minimal functions to get there.
Ease of use is such an underrated factor in pedals. A pedal should have three controls max and not multi function - it just becomes distracting. Really like what JHS is doing with the 3 series for this reason
Lee spending the whole Video not saying a single word about reverb is just hilarious 😂
Absolutely brilliant, keep it up
But I learned loads about soccer/football.
That "cut highs + bump up mix" is perfect tool for background guitars.
It's most inspiring sound I could choose.
One thing I experience alot is that reverbs designed for stereo rarely sound good in mono
I compared a load of premium reverbs and the BigSky came out on top for me. There's just something so nice about the way it is able to be very present without muddying up your tone. Maybe analog dry through has a thing to do with it as well, but mainly it's just the quality of the reverb sound that does it for me.
Surprisingly, the reverb in the Avalanche Run v2 came second for me. Such a magical sound. I'm sure that if it had more controls it could be sold as a very succesful stand alone reverb pedal.
You know it's 1 am in Japan and I just got myself another beer, opened it, saw there's a new andertons video so I clicked it, and man! Rabea's playing is soooo good! and the football analogy just made me laugh! Wonderful video as always! Soo chilling to watch andertons and drink beer!
Great shootout! Been waiting for you guys to do a proper reverb comparison.
Blue Sky does sound fantastic. A little bummed to see the RV-6 lose so quickly 😅 I think it’s hall setting is killer. Great delay too. Awesome every man pedal. But yeah, I gotta start saving for a Strymon!
Agree, have an RV-6 so was rooting for it to have a stronger showing too. Still love it, and you're right about the Hall setting.
@@lw1391 RV-6 is great
I'm getting that 3 series pedal immediately.
ya'll need to do one of these for like all different types of effects. They are fun.
Let's be honest, Strymon fully hitting their "inspiration machines" moniker there.
I could listen to rabea play this kinda stuff all damn day man, if he has done anything like this to listen to someone link me please, so relaxing
Unfortunately no full album (that I know of), but he's got a couple chill tracks among all his face-melting stuff haha
th-cam.com/video/gBzq-p7SdRk/w-d-xo.html
Blue sky was sounding great. It's on the Spring that UAD is definitely the best of these. It's 224 Hall is better too. But, definitely Strymon has a knack for just sitting right, melding into the guitar tone. They're great with synths too. But on vocal or drums, I'd take the UAD. The UAD Del-Verb is the real bargain, since you are getting three great delay algorithms too, of types that work really well for guitarists. And the reverb tweakability isn't such a big deal on guitar, and in the studio you can shape it, pre or post. I'd like them to add a fully variable Reverb Decay for the algos in the app though. The Flamma FS-02 is a good budget pick, especially for ambient, nice Cave and Cathedral settings.
Y'all should make an entire rig out of Bea's winners and try to create a song out of it.
Rabea is such a professional while Lee is a complete nuisance the entire time 😂
I loved how he played a little toccata and fugue
I'm on the reverb pedal hunt. This is exactly what I needed!
If you got the money, get the bigsky.
@@harrymanilow the ua tbh
Not even on here but the Empress Reverb is my favourite
For me the JHS 3 Series was the winner, I liked it straight off the bat, good sound, simple controls and it beat off a lot of the opposition but is only £99 as opposed to £359 for Rabea's choice. On the other hand I don't have Rabea's ear or talent :):)
I know this is all just good fun but the Blackhole getting cut right off the bat seemed staged. Of course it's going to sound horrible if you have the Gravity cranked to 11. Lame.
The amount of incredible pedals we have now is almost overwhelming
I love the graphic in the bottom right corner showing us which we're currently hearing!
i know there are a lot of pedals out there but wish we had seen the neunaber immerse included here!
Rabea is my favorite new guitar player!!!
I’m not convinced Rabea would have picked the Blue Sky over the 3 Series had Lee not referred to the Strymon as the “France” of football.
I'm not convinced Rabea has any strong opinions about football or football teams whatsoever - I certainly don't. If he was being influenced that way, he might not have booted the Eventide in round 1.
Every single time the strymon bluesky came back on it brought a smile to my face... One day I will get my hands on one, but until then I think hearing Rabea play through it is good enough 🔥🔥
I know brands like strymon and eventide can be amazing, but if I have to dick around with apps and computers to get everything just right, it’s too much. You may as well use plugins instead.
I wish I watched these videos before building out my board :D
Really enjoyed this comparison!
Interesting video and the JHS Hall Reverb comes over very well in the final mix, but I've never seen a blind test where Lee gave away more clearly in advance what the expensive pedals were: that was a real shame.
He talked about them being complicated and favorites in the tournament but that was not directly cost. TC pedals are inexpensive and complicated and he said they were a favorite.
Fortunately Rabea doesn't know anything about football (his words.)
I always loved the BlueSky, but I’m quite liking the new JHS Hall Reverb. It’s quite a good reverb when you back off the mix and bring up the decay, and at $100, it’s definitely cheap eats. I would pencil in the Americans as the JHS international football team.
My two favorites were the two that took the top slot. That Strymon is just gorgeous, but I'd be more than happy with the JHS hall reverb.
Reverb shootout without EQD and EHX pedals, why?
You must have the Walrus Fathom set to the hidden 5th setting that includes delay. There is no delay in the regular plate setting.
Would love to see this with delay! And the rest of the effect types like distortion, overdrive, and compression pedals too
They did a delay and overdrive with Rabea as well.
Neunaber Immerse MK II, Keeley Hydra and Strymon Flint should have been on there.
EDIT: am I wrong or was the Blue Sky set to Room while the following pedals were set to Plate?
I wonder what would happen if Neunaber Immerse MK2 was on this list,
it's plate sounds absolutely amazing..