1) The pedal doesn't do "nothing". The Boss Enhancer pedal is a unity gain modulator that duplicates the input signal and routes it through a second order High Pass filter which is envelope-controlled, then mixes it back into the output. This allows treble frequencies to be boosted without raising the noise floor or introducing hiss into your sound. It can also cut treble frequencies by use of the inversion knob. 2) All knobs at 12 o'clock has no effect on your sound. You must change at least one of the knobs to alter your sound. 3) The pedal as a whole acts as a shelf cutoff for frequencies above the selected range. It equalizes the output of all frequencies above the threshold selected, making them a unity gain monolith. 3.1) The Frequency knob in the 12 o'clock position sets the shelf cutoff for about 2000 Hz. At full clockwise position, it is set for about 5000 Hz, and at full counterclockwise it's about 1500 Hz. 4) The primary use of the pedal is for solos where you want specific frequencies to be boosted above the rest of the mix (drums, keyboards, etc) without introducing hiss or gain. 5) The Inversion side of the Mix knob blends in out-of-phase treble, which cancels out the clean treble, bringing the overall treble frequencies down. As you crank it counter-clockwise, it overpowers the clean signal and the phase cancellation goes away, and it does about the same thing as mixing in the non-inverted high-passed signal. The inversion knob essentially inverts all frequencies beyond the shelf as either a unity boost or a cut. 6) The Enhancer pedal is best used as the final effects pedal in a chain before Reverb or Delay pedals. Do not use this pedal before distortion or any other modulation pedal. If you also have an EQ pedal, place this after the EQ, not before. I hope that helps.
So, as I understand, it helps to get that lead tone we can hear on late 80's pop rock songs, that is like contained on some specific frequencies, isn't it?
THANK YOU. Can't tell how many people I've seen saying it does nothing but putting it before all of the gain. Hear it after the distortions and modulations, then you'll know what it does
I think you cant get the "clean" tone you have in your head with those pickups, with something like a tele the sound would have been alot cleaner. I really like that clean / not clean sound btw.
This demo is completely missing the point. It's most useful at the end of a long pedal chain that incorporates distortion going into a clean amp. It decompresses the gain a bit and replaces the lost tone.
Thank you for point out what should have been obvious. After a distortion pedal, particularly one that gets very muddy, it adds definition to the pick attack and gets the low-end to play nice with the rest of the frequency range without having to cut it. I can't play a Proco Rat or a Metal Zone without one of these "useless" pedals. I could use a Death Metal pedal without one, but why would I want to?
Enhancer/exciter pedals are poorly understood by the guitar community; almost as poorly as compressors. Your first mistake is using it with humbucker pickups. Bad idea. This category of pedals needs to have lots of top end in the input signal, and feed a speaker system that is also capable of providing top end, rather than the tradition 6khz rolloff of a 12" guitar speaker. Keep in mind that the category of effect is derived from the original Aphex Aural Exciter. That unit was found on countless recordings in the early 1980s, and was characteristically applied to acoustic guitars, whose strings would sound newer than new when "Aphexed". I imagine it would sound great when enhancing a Nile Rogers single-coil rhythm guitar, feeding the board. And I imagine that when musicians plugged a Les Paul into one, and auditioned it through a Marshall stack, their usual response was "Is this thing even on? I'm not hearing any difference between effect and bypass." Good pedal but neither musicians nor music store staff understood it well enough to recognize who and what it was for.
In addition, he's running a Baritone guitar into it which is going to have even a lower high frequency shelf, then he turns the 'Freq' knob all the way up so it's boosting far above the range his guitar can put out.
It's not necessarily a bad idea. All enhancers basically take the upper harmonic content from a source and mix it back into the fundamental tone in some way. Hence, there only needs to be some baseline higher frequency harmonics present. Depending on the specific functions of this enhancer, how much content is added back may also be dependent on the line level of the audio source. Vocals, bass, drums, other acoustic instruments are audio sources that have more apparent benefit from enhancers, moreso than electric guitars at least. Especially for a genre like metal. So yeah, if you wanna demo this pedal, use something other than an electric guitar...
I think it actually sounds pretty good and makes the signal just clearer and more brilliant but without making it more harsh. But no need for that if you have an Axe FX-3 😄
This pedal works best in a loop, or at the end of a chain of pedals. Most notably after distortion not before. When used in a loop the effect is actually strong. I don't think you where using it properly, Fluff. It's much like the BBE sonic stomp or the Aphex exciter pedal. I use the Aphex exciter, it has the most control over your sound. Exciters do something to your sound that no EQ can. Especially a high gain tone. But even blues tone as well, or a shimmering clean sound with chorus. They track down frequencies that aren't part of the sound in the first place and introduce them into your tone. Gear like this is end of the signal chain and always on. I think they made them into pedals to introduce them to different people, or attract different buyers. It's not a useless pedal, you were using it completely wrong. Then you disregard it. You must do a retake on this. Put it in a loop or after a distortion pedal and demonstrate it properly. You owe it to your viewers, who many probably think it's crap and useless, and that all pedals like this are crap. This may be the solution they were looking for.
@@lincolnbuck , I totally agree with you. Unfortunately many people hang on every word these TH-camrs say. I've been playing guitar for 35 years. In and out of bands, my brother is a recording engineer, I've done session work, I own and tried tons of gear over the years. Plus I'm a total pedal junkie, from $35 pedals all the way up to $500 boutique tube distortion. I love them all equally, and they all have their own mojo, regardless of price. There's no such thing as bad gear just uninformed musicians. And all of the TH-camrs have done that at some point or another. EytchPe42 is the worst. Dude has $100000 worth of gear 30 amp heads. Plugs in a pedal, can't get a decent sound, trashes the gear, makes a bunch of jokes and video over. You'd think with all that gear he'd have a smashing tone. Example , watch his review on the Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit. Made it look like shit, and all the comments were on how bad it sounds. Then watch Rabea Massad review the same amp and the tones he achieved...omg, he made it sound like the greatest amp ever. Wooooow. For every one who trashes Boss DS1... I have only one thing to say. Smells like Teen Spirit. Same pedal. What a wall of crushing tone. 'Nuff said.
About EytchPe42 , I'm gonna check it out , I never heard of him before , so …. Rabea Massad , yes , he's a well-known guitarplayer from Dorje , youtube andertons , .... !!!! BOSS DS1 , I bought that one in 1990 , but I sold it in 1991 , because I didn't like !!!! Instead I bought a cheap one from Aria , Aria Ultra Metal AUM-1 , it was ok !!!! Last year , don't ask me why , I bought another DS-1 , but I still don't like it !!!! My favorite , Nobels ODR-1
Like a bbe Sonic maximizer... I use the acoustic maximizer on my acoustic pedal board ... It's basically a DI and preamp for the acoustic... Sounds great
SUPER USEFUL. I've thought about this for the past week, and I think the most creative use case is to put it on one side of a stereo guitar signal. You'd get pick-sensitive phasing that might sound delectable through an amp like a Jazz Chorus.
When the EH-2 was introduced in 1990, it was presented as a pedal that could bring out detail that could bring out detail and clarity in the signal that can get lost after a lot of signal processing. If you consider the types of effects and processors available at the time, especially just before the big resurgence of vintage and retro-style gear just a few years away, it made sense. The EH-2 was introduced at the same time as the PN-2 and OS-2. There was even a half-rack model (EH-50) soon after. In the right setup and conditions, the EH-2 really is actually great, but it's such a subtle effect that it's more noticeable when it's switched off.
Thanks for posting this! I used this pedal in the past and it worked best - and most noticeable for me - running pedals into a clean amp (after distortion/ at the end of a pedal chain).
I have one of these. Because i use single coil and humbucker pickups, so i use the pedal to add some more twang to the humbucker so that the guitars don't sound so massively different.
Lol... clean tone. What the heck? Also, you made a weird face like “see nothin” when you turned it on. But it CLEARLY made a difference. Time for an ENT check up, man.
Dang, Fluff, you must've lost a lot of hi-end in your hearing. It's not subtle at all to my ear, it adds a LOT of boost to the 8k+ range. I think people should give you a break on the clean tone tho. For me, clean has always just meant when the distortion pedal is off.
Yeah. I have lost a lot of high-end in my hearing and I definitely have an issue around 8-10k, yet I hear the change as clear as day. I honestly have no idea how he doesn't unless he means "this doesn't do a lot" when he says "it's SO SUBTLE". It does sound like an aphex enhancer going on and off.
I own both an EH-2 and some BBE products, and both work well. I have found that a BBE in the FX loop of a high gain amp will yield similar results as putting an EH-2 right after a high gain pedal into a clean tone (read as: not what was displayed as a "clean" tone in this video).
It’s far from useless. It’s a very subtle effect. It comes into its own when recording. Play it with headphones for 10 minutes, then turn it off, you will miss it trust me! I found a NOS unit boxed and mint for €40 and a used MZ-2 Digital Metalizer for €35 in the same shop back in 2010.
This goes at the end of the signal chain RIGHT BEFORE THE AMP. I have two of these and two GE-7 EQs. One EH-2/GE-7 combo goes right before my STEREO L amp and the other EH-2/GE-7 combo goes right before my Stereo R amp. Trained ears will hear the difference. Especially during playback of two identical recordings with the exception of one being recorded WITH the EH-2 and one WITHOUT it. It is here that the tonal qualities are remarkably different upon comparison. I consider these more of a studio tool but can be used to subtley brighten your overall guitar tone during a live performance.
It's meant to go after distortion. It was their version of exciter. Amazing in the loop of great amp. It's not useless, you just don't know how to use it.
Exciter, I love to use it in the end or after the distortion and chorus pedal. It makes the pinch harmonics sound clear and aggressive, specially when I tune down the low E string to D or. I think there is no useless pedals or effects, it only depends on what kind of music or style of playing.
The difference is definitely audible if you set the frequency right. If you crank the frequency all the way up there's not a lot coming off the typical guitar pickup for it to be doing anything with, though. It's not night-and-day, though. I used to use the Korg implementation of an enhancer on bass all the time in the 90s when trebly tone with chorus was still 'the thing'. Haven't used one since except plugins when mixing - works great on 12 string guitars or mandolins if you want to get one to 'pop out' in a mix.
Yeah you kind of nailed it when you said its a bit of a presence knob boost in a box, which is sort of handy i guess? I used it in a 90s cover band for a dirty to cleaner lead passage in ONE freaking song! It did recover a bit of lost clarity at the end of my pedal chain but didn't talk well to my overdrive pedals that were tube driven, bit too pinchy sounding.
The EH-2 was an essential part of my rig in the 1990s. It's essentially a pedal version of an Aphex Aural Exciter, and the effect is more or less than of a treble booster. It's not subtle at all in "Inverse" mode, especially if you put it after an overdrive or distortion pedal.
this is a great pedal for guys who play a lot of modern worship or pop music. It can give a humbucker equipped guitar that filtertron-esque bite and give your amp just that extra bit of cut.
I bought one around '93. Musicians Friend had a blowout at 30 bucks. It is very subtle, but VERY noticable when you dont have it on. It's almost like having you tone knob of your guitar on 0. But when it is on, your tone knob on 10. Adds clarity when using alot of pedals. I used it to clean up my sound when I had a solid State amp. Left my pedal board when I got a tube amp. For some reason wasnt needed.
The BOSS Bass Limiter Enhancer is kinda cool, it can actually do a cool kind of thing adding a bit of zing to a more dull sound on guitar (the bass comp) as it can add back the high end that a comp takes away. Once you put the frequency about half way I thought it did a nice thing for the tone, almost more single coil like, extra chime, that I dont think more treble could do.
I use the boss bass enhancer on my bass rig.. Its my always on pedal.. Its almost like a compressor and it really roundsout my bass tome and keeps it punchy.. As for guitar i never tried one..
I used to use this to get really sparkly cleans with a strat middle/neck pickup. I trade it, a DOD gate/loop, and an old Tokai flanger for a reissue gonkulator
I just did a video on my channel for one of these. I sold it on Reverb directly after. I was all excited that Fluff bought my pedal, except mine was beat up way more lol
As a bassist, the lmb-3 was one of the best pedals I owned. It tamed the boominess of my tone and evened out the levels so that my signal was clean and consistent. Nowadays I don't really need it as a crutch anymore though as I have everything dialed in on my ax8.
I once read something on this awhile back and they were saying something about it being used during recordings to control the signal chains better? If I ever come across it again I'll post the link.
Think of it as an envelope filter for a really narrow frequency band. It is sensitive to your pick attack and can attenuate or boost the frequency (very narrow band) you choose. It is great as a buffer at the end of your chain to fix tone suck or to pull out a nasty frequency from your guitar pedal chain combo.
#Wow! I found it very interesting when you used the bridge pickup, that extremely "muddy" sound virtually disappeared when you started the pedal. In the neck pickup really the pitch was very subtle but in the bridge really was incredible and (IMHO) I found more efficient than the BBE systems, but I imagine that in "normal" guitars the effect is null, in the previous video of your baritone I liked much of the sound of it, but with this pedal the sound became incredibly superior. To get the doubt out after hearing the whole test on the monitors, I heard again with headphones and the effect gets even better! I think you should explore this pedal more on your set at the most (let's say) "melodic" moments when using your baritone (which is wonderful!).
I believe this pedal is best used in the FX Loop, plug it in and give it a try, it may still not be your cup of tea still but the pedal has much more range and versatility in the FX loop. Give it a try, let me know what you think. I did a video a while ago on this pedal of the differences of putting it in the fx loop compared to front of amplifier, check it out if you have time. - Kevin
An enhancer/exciter adds some low level, very high frequency, overtones that aids the ear in hearing the instrument in a dense mix. Since distorted sounds already have plenty of overtones it does little there. I have sometimes used a similar pedal from Aphex on clean sounds - I thought it gave it a bit more clear and distinct sound. But sure a subtle effect.
I could see using that after an EHX C9 or a weird modulation. I’ve noticed that on my line 6 M5, I get a lot of extra top end boost when I turn on certain effects and when playing in a band setting it’s a quick jump to rid the volume pedal. With this pedal, especially on a C9 (with some of the shrill things that can come out at high volume), you could cut that shrill ness by reducing your top end. Yes you could use eq, but why?
I found it in a pawn shop; its essential now. The reason why you THINK that its useless, is that you did not run it through a pedal chain. You made the number one mistake which is to plug the guitar into the pedal, then the amp. you should run it through 5 or 6 pedals and see the difference. It takes a muddy signal and turns it bright, allowing it to cut through the mix. It sounds great with overdrive as well. For people who dont want to mess with an eq, or just like the novelty of this semi-rare pedal, its a fun little pedal.
I have used one a lot in the past, it depends on how you use it, its like a Sonic Stomp. its very subtle on cleans :) the settings in the video are ones I would never use :)
Yea i can definitely notice a difference. It’s still a bit subtle on all noon, but with everything cranked, it acts more like a presence or brightness control.
I could hear the difference on the bridge pick up, sounded a little louder and cleaner then when it was off. That's how it came out on the video to me.
So here’s a thought, you can decide if it’s meaningful or not. But what worse screeching or hissing noises back then? Perhaps this was a way for them to control an out of control hissy high end? Like a single coil high gain something something?? Or maybe shift their piercing peaks to be more high mid range?
The advantage of an enhancer over a straight HF EQ is that it's dynamic so it's not boosting unless you're playing which means that there's no extra noise when you're not playing.
Will it be usable on dirtier sounds? In my case, my guitar pickups could sound different sonically when I'm on clean & dirty channel. They kinda responded richer in harmonics on dirty channel. I wonder if this pedal could react differently when used not on clean tones. Is that possible for you to try it again?
I had the BOSS limiter enhancer for bass, the "enhance" feature just added an unnatural treble and was pretty much useless. The limiting part worked great of course
secret tip: use this pedal after an analog Roland synth. then you will hear it. i use this pedal for my Paraphonic-505 and HS-60 and it very beautifully "enhances" the tone. top end comes through while maintaining the lows...
Thank you for this demo. I could clearly hear the difference. I don't know why you couldn't. My ears have been exposed to very high decibels on a regular basis, but apparently yours are even worse off. Yes, it is subtle, but you definitely know when it's not there. For some reason, I can only find them available to ship from Japan on eBay, but I think I'm going to go for it. I was listening through my car stereo speakers, just for reference...
10 years ago I used a rackmount BBE maximizer in my bass rig but anymore there’s just so many better effects out there to get the desired tone you want
Could you split the guitar signal into two amps. The enhancer first, in one chain, only activating effects behind it when you strum hard. Maby a delay? then the delay would only work, when you really dig into the guitar. Would that work?
I wOndEr wHeN fLUfF wILl lEaRn wHaT a ClEAn tOnE iS
Lmao
Hopefully never you magnificent beast.
*spongebob making chicken noises*
yeah screw the guys trying to give legitimate criticism and feedback, that's just dumb of them
I can't believe you would dare to have a less clean clean tone than me! My clean tone has precisely the correct percentage of harmonic distortion!
Perfect for me because I’m the most useless guitarist you have never heard of!
are you me?
Ouch, that hit hard home. 😂
Same, bro. Same.
hahaa
drittal if u wanna feel better about yer self than watch my 1 and only TH-cam video it fucken sucks I suck I garuntee you are 100 times better than me
1) The pedal doesn't do "nothing". The Boss Enhancer pedal is a unity gain modulator that duplicates the input signal and routes it through a second order High Pass filter which is envelope-controlled, then mixes it back into the output. This allows treble frequencies to be boosted without raising the noise floor or introducing hiss into your sound. It can also cut treble frequencies by use of the inversion knob.
2) All knobs at 12 o'clock has no effect on your sound. You must change at least one of the knobs to alter your sound.
3) The pedal as a whole acts as a shelf cutoff for frequencies above the selected range. It equalizes the output of all frequencies above the threshold selected, making them a unity gain monolith.
3.1) The Frequency knob in the 12 o'clock position sets the shelf cutoff for about 2000 Hz. At full clockwise position, it is set for about 5000 Hz, and at full counterclockwise it's about 1500 Hz.
4) The primary use of the pedal is for solos where you want specific frequencies to be boosted above the rest of the mix (drums, keyboards, etc) without introducing hiss or gain.
5) The Inversion side of the Mix knob blends in out-of-phase treble, which cancels out the clean treble, bringing the overall treble frequencies down. As you crank it counter-clockwise, it overpowers the clean signal and the phase cancellation goes away, and it does about the same thing as mixing in the non-inverted high-passed signal. The inversion knob essentially inverts all frequencies beyond the shelf as either a unity boost or a cut.
6) The Enhancer pedal is best used as the final effects pedal in a chain before Reverb or Delay pedals. Do not use this pedal before distortion or any other modulation pedal. If you also have an EQ pedal, place this after the EQ, not before.
I hope that helps.
So, as I understand, it helps to get that lead tone we can hear on late 80's pop rock songs, that is like contained on some specific frequencies, isn't it?
THANK YOU. Can't tell how many people I've seen saying it does nothing but putting it before all of the gain. Hear it after the distortions and modulations, then you'll know what it does
@Ari Parker You're a dumbass.
"Clap you stupid bastards!" - (J. Biden meets the Troops)
way to complicated for Fluff. sadly the pedal doesnt multiplay braincells
this is basically a set of new strings in a pedal
So true! Haha, very good description!
That's a damn good way to put it. Subtle but noticable.
good for pure nickel strings or anything that sounds the same throughout its life
Fluff: "as clean as possible"
Fractal Audio: "am I a joke to you?"
Everyone else: Yes.
Fluff seems to have the same problem as Rob Chapman when it comes to clean guitar sounds. 3:20 is apparently "As clean as possible"
This tone is more dirty than a hooker who hasn't bath for a week
Clean is relative you muppet 😂😂😂😂
@@ryanlusby569 how is clean relative 😂😂 its not as dirty, but it's still dirty, so it's not clean is it 😂
I think you cant get the "clean" tone you have in your head with those pickups, with something like a tele the sound would have been alot cleaner.
I really like that clean / not clean sound btw.
@@famigeratox2277 tbh he's talking about the pedal, not the guitar, so he should change guitar
As clean as a crust punk guitarist who’s been awake for 72 hours.
LOL
This demo is completely missing the point. It's most useful at the end of a long pedal chain that incorporates distortion going into a clean amp. It decompresses the gain a bit and replaces the lost tone.
exactly correct
or......... use a buffer?
Thank you for point out what should have been obvious. After a distortion pedal, particularly one that gets very muddy, it adds definition to the pick attack and gets the low-end to play nice with the rest of the frequency range without having to cut it.
I can't play a Proco Rat or a Metal Zone without one of these "useless" pedals. I could use a Death Metal pedal without one, but why would I want to?
@@EpicStuffMan1000 A buffer boosts signal. It doesn't enhance the quality of lost/reduced frequencies.
@@jonathanwapner6262
The buffer not only boosts the signal, it also changes the impedance, preventing signal loss
Enhancer/exciter pedals are poorly understood by the guitar community; almost as poorly as compressors. Your first mistake is using it with humbucker pickups. Bad idea. This category of pedals needs to have lots of top end in the input signal, and feed a speaker system that is also capable of providing top end, rather than the tradition 6khz rolloff of a 12" guitar speaker. Keep in mind that the category of effect is derived from the original Aphex Aural Exciter. That unit was found on countless recordings in the early 1980s, and was characteristically applied to acoustic guitars, whose strings would sound newer than new when "Aphexed". I imagine it would sound great when enhancing a Nile Rogers single-coil rhythm guitar, feeding the board. And I imagine that when musicians plugged a Les Paul into one, and auditioned it through a Marshall stack, their usual response was "Is this thing even on? I'm not hearing any difference between effect and bypass."
Good pedal but neither musicians nor music store staff understood it well enough to recognize who and what it was for.
Thank you, useful and great comment!
That's exactly what I use it for, it sounds killer on a strat for funk and disco. I even use it for clean emo parts.
You nailed it. I personally love this pedal on my Jazzmaster with super thick chorus.
In addition, he's running a Baritone guitar into it which is going to have even a lower high frequency shelf, then he turns the 'Freq' knob all the way up so it's boosting far above the range his guitar can put out.
It's not necessarily a bad idea. All enhancers basically take the upper harmonic content from a source and mix it back into the fundamental tone in some way. Hence, there only needs to be some baseline higher frequency harmonics present. Depending on the specific functions of this enhancer, how much content is added back may also be dependent on the line level of the audio source. Vocals, bass, drums, other acoustic instruments are audio sources that have more apparent benefit from enhancers, moreso than electric guitars at least. Especially for a genre like metal. So yeah, if you wanna demo this pedal, use something other than an electric guitar...
I wonder when Fluff will learn what a "clean" tone actually is.
Hey man, there's someone making a joke of you
Uhhhh I think there's something wrong with your guitar or signal chain if that's "as clean as possible"... lol ;D
I get a lot of spam for enhancers...
@WORST CHANNEL EVER And maybe my name is not even Phil.
@@mr.phil.a Mom? Is that you? ;-)
@@jonniegibbins Shhh don't tell ya Dad
Title says most useless pedal ever and I still thought, yeah I’ll waste 8 minutes watching it
We are all with you... Just killing brain cells and waiting for death
I watched because I actually find the EH-2 to be very useful at making muddy distortion pedals come alive.
I think it actually sounds pretty good and makes the signal just clearer and more brilliant but without making it more harsh. But no need for that if you have an Axe FX-3 😄
Last time I was this early, the pedal was from WISH.
Dude. I could hear the difference with my phone speaker 🤦♀️
Yup same. Clear as day
I couldn't... Lol...
This pedal works best in a loop, or at the end of a chain of pedals. Most notably after distortion not before. When used in a loop the effect is actually strong. I don't think you where using it properly, Fluff.
It's much like the BBE sonic stomp or the Aphex exciter pedal. I use the Aphex exciter, it has the most control over your sound. Exciters do something to your sound that no EQ can. Especially a high gain tone. But even blues tone as well, or a shimmering clean sound with chorus. They track down frequencies that aren't part of the sound in the first place and introduce them into your tone. Gear like this is end of the signal chain and always on. I think they made them into pedals to introduce them to different people, or attract different buyers.
It's not a useless pedal, you were using it completely wrong. Then you disregard it. You must do a retake on this. Put it in a loop or after a distortion pedal and demonstrate it properly. You owe it to your viewers, who many probably think it's crap and useless, and that all pedals like this are crap. This may be the solution they were looking for.
@@lincolnbuck , I totally agree with you. Unfortunately many people hang on every word these TH-camrs say. I've been playing guitar for 35 years. In and out of bands, my brother is a recording engineer, I've done session work, I own and tried tons of gear over the years. Plus I'm a total pedal junkie, from $35 pedals all the way up to $500 boutique tube distortion. I love them all equally, and they all have their own mojo, regardless of price. There's no such thing as bad gear just uninformed musicians. And all of the TH-camrs have done that at some point or another. EytchPe42 is the worst. Dude has $100000 worth of gear 30 amp heads. Plugs in a pedal, can't get a decent sound, trashes the gear, makes a bunch of jokes and video over. You'd think with all that gear he'd have a smashing tone. Example , watch his review on the Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit. Made it look like shit, and all the comments were on how bad it sounds. Then watch Rabea Massad review the same amp and the tones he achieved...omg, he made it sound like the greatest amp ever. Wooooow.
For every one who trashes Boss DS1... I have only one thing to say. Smells like Teen Spirit. Same pedal. What a wall of crushing tone.
'Nuff said.
You took the words right from me. Definitely run this in the loop.
About EytchPe42 , I'm gonna check it out , I never heard of him before , so ….
Rabea Massad , yes , he's a well-known guitarplayer from Dorje , youtube andertons , .... !!!!
BOSS DS1 , I bought that one in 1990 , but I sold it in 1991 , because I didn't like !!!!
Instead I bought a cheap one from Aria , Aria Ultra Metal AUM-1 , it was ok !!!!
Last year , don't ask me why , I bought another DS-1 , but I still don't like it !!!!
My favorite , Nobels ODR-1
I just googled on EytchPe42 , result: ZERO !!!!
@@rottingemptiness he recently changed his TH-cam to 42street gear.
Like a bbe Sonic maximizer... I use the acoustic maximizer on my acoustic pedal board ... It's basically a DI and preamp for the acoustic... Sounds great
SUPER USEFUL. I've thought about this for the past week, and I think the most creative use case is to put it on one side of a stereo guitar signal. You'd get pick-sensitive phasing that might sound delectable through an amp like a Jazz Chorus.
DUDE its not even a *tiny* bit subtle, when its set to boost the highs, it LITERALLY DOES THAT very audibly, and you just acted like it was nothing?
People's ears are different. I guess he can't hear highs as well
It was still waaaaay more subtle than an EQ. It is useless compared to an EQ pedal.
When the EH-2 was introduced in 1990, it was presented as a pedal that could bring out detail that could bring out detail and clarity in the signal that can get lost after a lot of signal processing. If you consider the types of effects and processors available at the time, especially just before the big resurgence of vintage and retro-style gear just a few years away, it made sense. The EH-2 was introduced at the same time as the PN-2 and OS-2. There was even a half-rack model (EH-50) soon after. In the right setup and conditions, the EH-2 really is actually great, but it's such a subtle effect that it's more noticeable when it's switched off.
Thanks for posting this! I used this pedal in the past and it worked best - and most noticeable for me - running pedals into a clean amp (after distortion/ at the end of a pedal chain).
I have one of these. Because i use single coil and humbucker pickups, so i use the pedal to add some more twang to the humbucker so that the guitars don't sound so massively different.
lewis deakin humbuckers and single coils are supposed to sound different
Why do you have a single coil and humbucker guitar if you want them to sound similar?
@@RadioFW 😆
Lol... clean tone. What the heck? Also, you made a weird face like “see nothin” when you turned it on. But it CLEARLY made a difference. Time for an ENT check up, man.
Dang, Fluff, you must've lost a lot of hi-end in your hearing. It's not subtle at all to my ear, it adds a LOT of boost to the 8k+ range.
I think people should give you a break on the clean tone tho. For me, clean has always just meant when the distortion pedal is off.
Yeah. I have lost a lot of high-end in my hearing and I definitely have an issue around 8-10k, yet I hear the change as clear as day. I honestly have no idea how he doesn't unless he means "this doesn't do a lot" when he says "it's SO SUBTLE". It does sound like an aphex enhancer going on and off.
As a concept this does sound solid for bass. If, for example, you tend to go from finger picking to slapping and back, or something
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I own both an EH-2 and some BBE products, and both work well. I have found that a BBE in the FX loop of a high gain amp will yield similar results as putting an EH-2 right after a high gain pedal into a clean tone (read as: not what was displayed as a "clean" tone in this video).
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That is actually a truly, honestly clean tone by Fluff standards
It’s far from useless. It’s a very subtle effect. It comes into its own when recording. Play it with headphones for 10 minutes, then turn it off, you will miss it trust me! I found a NOS unit boxed and mint for €40 and a used MZ-2 Digital Metalizer for €35 in the same shop back in 2010.
This goes at the end of the signal chain RIGHT BEFORE THE AMP. I have two of these and two GE-7 EQs. One EH-2/GE-7 combo goes right before my STEREO L amp and the other EH-2/GE-7 combo goes right before my Stereo R amp. Trained ears will hear the difference. Especially during playback of two identical recordings with the exception of one being recorded WITH the EH-2 and one WITHOUT it. It is here that the tonal qualities are remarkably different upon comparison. I consider these more of a studio tool but can be used to subtley brighten your overall guitar tone during a live performance.
It's meant to go after distortion. It was their version of exciter. Amazing in the loop of great amp. It's not useless, you just don't know how to use it.
Exciter, I love to use it in the end or after the distortion and chorus pedal. It makes the pinch harmonics sound clear and aggressive, specially when I tune down the low E string to D or. I think there is no useless pedals or effects, it only depends on what kind of music or style of playing.
I really enjoy watching videos that don't make me want to buy anything 😀
I can see it being used in some applications but, nothing that I would throw on my board. Thanks for the vid bro.
The difference is definitely audible if you set the frequency right. If you crank the frequency all the way up there's not a lot coming off the typical guitar pickup for it to be doing anything with, though. It's not night-and-day, though. I used to use the Korg implementation of an enhancer on bass all the time in the 90s when trebly tone with chorus was still 'the thing'. Haven't used one since except plugins when mixing - works great on 12 string guitars or mandolins if you want to get one to 'pop out' in a mix.
Yeah you kind of nailed it when you said its a bit of a presence knob boost in a box, which is sort of handy i guess?
I used it in a 90s cover band for a dirty to cleaner lead passage in ONE freaking song!
It did recover a bit of lost clarity at the end of my pedal chain but didn't talk well to my overdrive pedals that were tube driven, bit too pinchy sounding.
The EH-2 was an essential part of my rig in the 1990s. It's essentially a pedal version of an Aphex Aural Exciter, and the effect is more or less than of a treble booster. It's not subtle at all in "Inverse" mode, especially if you put it after an overdrive or distortion pedal.
I think this could be awesome for solid state amps with guitars
this is a great pedal for guys who play a lot of modern worship or pop music. It can give a humbucker equipped guitar that filtertron-esque bite and give your amp just that extra bit of cut.
I bought one around '93. Musicians Friend had a blowout at 30 bucks. It is very subtle, but VERY noticable when you dont have it on. It's almost like having you tone knob of your guitar on 0. But when it is on, your tone knob on 10. Adds clarity when using alot of pedals. I used it to clean up my sound when I had a solid State amp. Left my pedal board when I got a tube amp. For some reason wasnt needed.
I remember seeing one of these in a music shop in Barcelona back in '09, it was super dusty and faded.
Yea, humans don't notice much difference but my German Shepherd grooves out to it.
The BOSS Bass Limiter Enhancer is kinda cool, it can actually do a cool kind of thing adding a bit of zing to a more dull sound on guitar (the bass comp) as it can add back the high end that a comp takes away. Once you put the frequency about half way I thought it did a nice thing for the tone, almost more single coil like, extra chime, that I dont think more treble could do.
I use the boss bass enhancer on my bass rig.. Its my always on pedal.. Its almost like a compressor and it really roundsout my bass tome and keeps it punchy.. As for guitar i never tried one..
I used to use this to get really sparkly cleans with a strat middle/neck pickup. I trade it, a DOD gate/loop, and an old Tokai flanger for a reissue gonkulator
I just did a video on my channel for one of these. I sold it on Reverb directly after. I was all excited that Fluff bought my pedal, except mine was beat up way more lol
As a bassist, the lmb-3 was one of the best pedals I owned. It tamed the boominess of my tone and evened out the levels so that my signal was clean and consistent. Nowadays I don't really need it as a crutch anymore though as I have everything dialed in on my ax8.
I once read something on this awhile back and they were saying something about it being used during recordings to control the signal chains better? If I ever come across it again I'll post the link.
I've used the bass version and thought it worked well. BBE version is more noticeable and it equally works just as well on bass and guitar.
Think of it as an envelope filter for a really narrow frequency band. It is sensitive to your pick attack and can attenuate or boost the frequency (very narrow band) you choose.
It is great as a buffer at the end of your chain to fix tone suck or to pull out a nasty frequency from your guitar pedal chain combo.
Fairly sure it's an exciter, meaning it's not just boosting the highs it's adding new harmonics too. Subtle high end saturation.
I have one of these that was left at my house years ago. I think it may actually do something for me. Gonna did it out this weekend.
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It sounds like slightly more fresh strings or perhaps the removal of the tone pot from the signal.
Nice light green colour.Matches the colour of my Strat.Have to get one.
It doesn't do anything, but it works great!
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I found it very interesting when you used the bridge pickup, that extremely "muddy" sound virtually disappeared when you started the pedal.
In the neck pickup really the pitch was very subtle but in the bridge really was incredible and (IMHO) I found more efficient than the BBE systems, but I imagine that in "normal" guitars the effect is null, in the previous video of your baritone I liked much of the sound of it, but with this pedal the sound became incredibly superior.
To get the doubt out after hearing the whole test on the monitors, I heard again with headphones and the effect gets even better!
I think you should explore this pedal more on your set at the most (let's say) "melodic" moments when using your baritone (which is wonderful!).
Dare you to take a shot every time Fluff starts a sentence with the word “now”!
I believe this pedal is best used in the FX Loop, plug it in and give it a try, it may still not be your cup of tea still but the pedal has much more range and versatility in the FX loop. Give it a try, let me know what you think. I did a video a while ago on this pedal of the differences of putting it in the fx loop compared to front of amplifier, check it out if you have time.
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Idk, seems alright? I would much rather go with the BBE Sonic Maximizer personally. Or maybe just more suitable for a bass?
so is it just a treble booster?
An enhancer/exciter adds some low level, very high frequency, overtones that aids the ear in hearing the instrument in a dense mix. Since distorted sounds already have plenty of overtones it does little there. I have sometimes used a similar pedal from Aphex on clean sounds - I thought it gave it a bit more clear and distinct sound. But sure a subtle effect.
I could see using that after an EHX C9 or a weird modulation. I’ve noticed that on my line 6 M5, I get a lot of extra top end boost when I turn on certain effects and when playing in a band setting it’s a quick jump to rid the volume pedal. With this pedal, especially on a C9 (with some of the shrill things that can come out at high volume), you could cut that shrill ness by reducing your top end. Yes you could use eq, but why?
Seems like a great pedal to de-baritone a baritone if needed.
I have one of these, not sure what it actually does, but it sounds good on cleans 👍
I have that pedal, and used it for just a while... it’s now back in its box... :)
This would be interesting after a distortion pedal or maybe in the loop of the amp.
I found it in a pawn shop; its essential now.
The reason why you THINK that its useless, is that you did not run it through a pedal chain. You made the number one mistake which is to plug the guitar into the pedal, then the amp.
you should run it through 5 or 6 pedals and see the difference. It takes a muddy signal and turns it bright, allowing it to cut through the mix. It sounds great with overdrive as well.
For people who dont want to mess with an eq, or just like the novelty of this semi-rare pedal, its a fun little pedal.
I have used one a lot in the past, it depends on how you use it, its like a Sonic Stomp. its very subtle on cleans :) the settings in the video are ones I would never use :)
I have never heard of the enhancer.
You should do more videos of weird guitar pedals nobody has heard of.
I use this on my guitar rig and bass rig, I almost can’t play an amp without it. Sounds ridiculous I know, but it just sounds so damn good.
Yea i can definitely notice a difference. It’s still a bit subtle on all noon, but with everything cranked, it acts more like a presence or brightness control.
I have an enhancer in my old Boss BE5B and it's great on bass.
Wow, updated TH-cam and now there are two rounds of ads! I will do my best to watch through them both fully just to help my TH-camrs :D
I could hear the difference on the bridge pick up, sounded a little louder and cleaner then when it was off. That's how it came out on the video to me.
I am a bassist, and I had never heard of this. At that time, I was using the trusty old Tube Screamer.
I mean, to your credit that was the cleanest clean tone you've had to my memory
I actually really like this; i feel like it adds more dynamic to your playing
So here’s a thought, you can decide if it’s meaningful or not. But what worse screeching or hissing noises back then?
Perhaps this was a way for them to control an out of control hissy high end? Like a single coil high gain something something??
Or maybe shift their piercing peaks to be more high mid range?
This pedal is the "Lee Sklar Producer Switch" for guitarists.
That pedals works with studio sessions but it changes just a very small amount of sound.
Got one years ago and I thought it didn't do anything ............. until I plugged into the effects loop! Then it was awesome!!
Could you check out the df-2 as well? Would love to hear your thoughts!
The advantage of an enhancer over a straight HF EQ is that it's dynamic so it's not boosting unless you're playing which means that there's no extra noise when you're not playing.
I need this pedal. Like I legitimately want it, sounds like it would be super useful for so many things if you use it well.
Thank you so very much fluff
That baritone guitar is so far my favorite in your collection
Will it be usable on dirtier sounds?
In my case, my guitar pickups could sound different sonically when I'm on clean & dirty channel.
They kinda responded richer in harmonics on dirty channel. I wonder if this pedal could react differently when used not on clean tones. Is that possible for you to try it again?
I had the BOSS limiter enhancer for bass, the "enhance" feature just added an unnatural treble and was pretty much useless. The limiting part worked great of course
secret tip: use this pedal after an analog Roland synth. then you will hear it. i use this pedal for my Paraphonic-505 and HS-60 and it very beautifully "enhances" the tone. top end comes through while maintaining the lows...
Put this at the end of your chain. Clears it up. I've used mine for years. When you switch it off, you notice. 😎
Thank you for this demo. I could clearly hear the difference. I don't know why you couldn't. My ears have been exposed to very high decibels on a regular basis, but apparently yours are even worse off. Yes, it is subtle, but you definitely know when it's not there. For some reason, I can only find them available to ship from Japan on eBay, but I think I'm going to go for it. I was listening through my car stereo speakers, just for reference...
When you lower your guitars volume.knob, you will.notice a drop in high end. This pedal will add "sparkle" or presence as you roll back or play softer
How is that clean?
10 years ago I used a rackmount BBE maximizer in my bass rig but anymore there’s just so many better effects out there to get the desired tone you want
If you use it as a buffer section in your pedalboard, then it stops being useless ;)
Could you split the guitar signal into two amps. The enhancer first, in one chain, only activating effects behind it when you strum hard. Maby a delay? then the delay would only work, when you really dig into the guitar. Would that work?
My buddy apparently used this because his fender mustang champion amp had a bad humming sound and I guess it suppressed the noise
Even on a phone speaker I could hear just that hint of top flavor but as you put it this is one of the most useless pedals ever!