My First Pedal: Dweezil Zappa Plays the MXR Distortion +
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- Dweezil Zappa's pedal journey began with the MXR Distortion Plus, the result of his admiration of Randy Rhoads. His journey with the pedal continues to this day (and even through this demo.)
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He really is an underrated guitarist, that is some serious chops
Guitarwizard999 how is he not an underrated. Frank gets talked about but Dweezil is also one of the best but just doesn’t get talked about as much.
because dweezil just plays his daddys music
He learned from Zappa
@@dressedtosmellgood so? That's standard in genres like jazz and classical music, playing songs written by other people.
He has INSANE chops
I once heard him play an insane lick that my brain can’t even begin to take apart
I like how he's honest and messing around and not trying to sell it
He seems like the coolest most humble guitar player! I get that impression from every video I’ve ever seen of him.
I love Dweezil Zappa's playing. Good stuff fam.
L I T
This guy annoys me like no other....well....except for maybe his brother, Ahmet.
How so?
I can sound better that this guy and im very bad lol
Great video- I always enjoy Dweezil's videos on here
Man, Dweezil is the man! But I do hear people all of the time talking about the distortion plus as not having enough distortion, and generally not sounding very good, but the way Randy used it was more of a boost to his overall tone. He drove his amp harder and then had the pedal on top of that, most people just plug it in clean and complain about it's sound without experimenting with the amp settings to find the right sound, I've used one of these for a little while now and I like the way it sounds on my board more than my OCD pedal, it's all about experimenting to find your sound. You can't just use the same amp settings with a bunch of different pedals and expect it to sound like the sound in your head, you have to work to get it.
Well said .... The distortion + works best into a slightly overdriven amp .... into a clean is way too fizzy .
Many thanks.
@@dannobman07 I have used the old Fuzz trick with this circuit ,and tossed a Tube Screamer after it to great effect (pun intended ; ) Believe it or not I get great tones from that board .That starts with a Strat into a treble booster no less. I can get thin and fizzy if I want. I'm just saying I'm literally watching this because I can't believe the tones I just got done making five minutes ago \m/
So cool to see your appreciation for RR!
I used one for years, produced in the Randy era. It was beige. Terrific pedal. Whole whole trick with it was not to crank it all the way but just enough to get you over the edge. I used it with three amps: a JMP reissue stack, a Peavey Classic, and a Peavey Bandit. It sounded best with the Classic and the JMP. If you have an amp with enough of a growl and presence, it gets you as far over the edge as you need to be if you play hard rock and traditional metal.
My first was a Chandler Tube Driver -- and I still have it. Got it repaired a couple years ago actually.
That SG jesus what a beauty
the neck pickup sits back like a whole inch. That's such an awesome modification and then the switches for phase are sweet
Dear Dweezil!
Brian May's territory is a sweet spot to reach with that wonderful guitar of yours! I'm impressed!
Regards!
He's a liar. He's just warned you he was wrong in the past and he's thinking you won't notice he's deliberately being wrong in 2019. The establishment is desperately trying to keep you uneducated, so they can keep robbing you of your money.
Dreyn 77 what?
@@Joker-qy2fv Dreyn (it's crazy speak for ) WHAAAT?
Wow, so much props for those Mr. Crowley licks!!
props??
Randy's Altec Landsing speakers were a huge part of what set his tone apart and made it scream wih clarity. Randy himself said when he played his setup thru a standard celestion cab, it sounded horrible. He wanted NO spkr breakup at all. Zakk didn't want spkr breakup either which is why he's always used 300 EV spkrs in his cabs.
Very true. Speakers are very important.
Because of Randy I put 180 watt Pyledrivers in four 4×12 cabs in the 80s. Also used a 10 band EQ and distortion in front of 2 Marshall heads. Guitar players loved my sound, they were astounded when they played through that rig.
@@jfo3000 Wow, that had to be a screaming rig. The distortion was a mxr dist plus?
Cool to see someone dissect this old beast!
This MXR 2010 era pedal ISN'T THE SAME AS the 1979 pedal. They're not even the same yellow paint! This pedal in the vid is 100 times better than the 1979 version, which has perished by now.
Yay! Dweezil has a really sweet, sincere way of being condescending. The apple certainly didn't fall far from the tree. Good job, Valley boy.
Totally see your dad in your eyes 👀 🙂
We all miss him
After years of buying and selling pedals (big brands to boutique) I ended up with the MXR Distortion +. From Bob Mould to Dave Murray, Jerry Garcia to Roland St. Howard and of course Randy Rhoads this pedal can cover so much ground. This, a Black Russian Big Muff and Fulltone Queen Bee and I’m covered. Dweezil is such an incredible guitar player. I remember watching MTV when he would host a show with his sister and I remember he had this cool green guitar and he would play solos as they went into break or video .... great stuff !!!! - Rick / PureSalem Guitars
Hell yeah, I remember watching Dweezil and Moon back then on MTV 🤘. That must have been like '86/'87. I remember thinking Moon was so pretty.
What a great player and cool guy
Its a great unit. I too got it because I thought it would make me sound like Randy, but unless you have two cranked Marshall full stacks in your bedroom, that's probably not going to happen. This pedal is great for dialing classic tones and is a good supplement to an overdriven amp. A classic for a reason.
Yep you needed the supper lead with the one wire gain mod, then the MXR distortion plus!!!
I did the same thing lol so many pedals.
Not to mention that he owns a lot of his dad's guitars & equipment, but he also owns a Strat that Jimi Hendrix gave his dad...that's pretty tough to wrap my head around, Good Lord! I've always liked Dweezil, not easy at all to follow in those footsteps. He's a great player and entertainer. Thanks for the vids, CME!
Allegedly from J.Hendrix
Actually, the family had a big falling out around the time Gail Zappa died. Ahmet and Diva got the biggest portion of Frank’s estate, they got to sell of a bunch of Frank’s stuff. I did see where Dweezil had the Hendrix guitar, it I’m not sure if he was able to keep it or had to give it up to the estate.
Maybe I should have said “Gail’s estate,” rather than Frank’s…
He was also gifted the Fair Warning "circles" Strat from the man him self Eddie Van Halen . He repainted it the "Rasta" color scheme before giving it to him .
A fun piece of trivia I always loved is that Stevie Ray Vaughan used jimi hendrix wah pedal. The exact same pedal. So Jimi's version of voodoo child, and Stevie's version of voodoo child, used the exact same wah pedal on both versions. Basically Stevie's brother Jimmy Vaughan played a bit with hendrix as a support band, and jimi gave him his wah pedal. And then Jimmy knew how much SRV idolised Hendrix, so he gave him that wah pedal, and stevie used it for his whole career.
I think I remember hearing once he used it in conjunction with another wah pedal, like he nailed a bit of wood to both pedals so that if you pushed one down they'd both go down together, so when both were turned on at the same time you get double wah. Maybe I'm misremembering, or that story is about another guitarist and I'm confusing them. But if it was Stevie, I just think how nuts it is to have jimi hendrix's actual wah pedal, and sticking a fucking nail through it to conjoin it to another pedal. I'd baby that thing forever, if I had it.
That was my first pedal too. Still got it, and it's my fave still!
What, after 5 years its still your fav? Dude, wake up! It's NOT the 1979 pedal! Those things are corroded and falling to pieces.
@@dreyn7780 people have different tastes Jesus calm down
I started playing at 13/14 years old in 1979 but wouldn't get my first pedal (it was also) a used MXR distortion+ until 1982 also because if R.R. mentioning it. Got it for $15 & the guy said for $5 more he would throw in a Univox micro phazer. Had no idea what a phazer was except on Star Trek. Their both great & still use both today.
The reissue of the original is superbe. It can only be powered by a battery (no power supply jack). It’s so earthy and natural sounding. It’s on my top ten. It’s an exact replicate of the original. Hand wired. I don’t know if they still make them. You chose a great first pedal. Peace & Twang
Did Mr Z just play the riff to Dragon Attack by Queen? Fantastic stuff!
he did indeed.
That pedal with a marshall 1987 give the kill em all tone!!! Its almost a fuzz pedal too
As he says, the MXR works best as a boost pedal: The sound of the MXR over a clean channel is okay, but when you run it into a tube Amp that already has a bit of gain going, thats when you really get the tasty sound
Love that he played “Dragon Attack” when discussing Brian May territory lol
Put an Ibanez Tube Screamer in front of that MXR + and it will have some killer tone ..
My dad gave me his old Big Muff Pi on my 15th b-day!
Jesus what a player
My first Distortion was a Boss DS-1. I bought a Distortion+ last month and it's a bit fizzy, you have to use it in the right context to get the best out of it.
Just because you bought something and you made noise with it, doesn't mean you know anything about it or know how to make it work. We're sick and tired of instant judge experts! Your social credibility rating is still at minus 100%! You'll need to tell the truth for a decade before your rating will get to zero credibility.
Oh put a sock in it!
You attacked MXR and now you're attacking other humans too! Your behaviour is worse than snakes!
I attacked MXR did I? Are you for real? I just bought a Micro Chorus, Phase 90, Dyna Comp, Micro Amp and Distortion + so I in fact gave them business! You obviously didn’t read my comment, I said it sounded a bit fizzy when I first tried it. I’ve since got it to sound the way I like it as it’s a great pedal. I have been collecting pedals since 1987 and I have almost 100 now. So I don’t know who you are to judge me.
They've made at least 8 different versions of the pedal called distortion +. It's the same as a ford mustang car. How many versions of the ford mustang car? They're all different. So, in reality, you're not really communicating with people. It's like saying you know ford mustang cause you bought the 2015 model. Humans need to communicate and do it effectively. It's MXR's most high fidelity distortion pedal series. Whatever version you buy.
My first pedal as well.
My first pedal was the cliched BOSS SD-1. :) It's weird to see Dweezil with gray hair.
50% sounds of randy rhoads's tone : cranked up Marshall tube amp , mxr distortion plus ( turning all the way up ) , eq
What tube amp specifically? I'm planning on getting the Marshall mg30cfx and I'm wondering if the distortion + works well with it.
@@spoiledmilkfilms4164 Marshall tube amp . Like jcm900 , jcm800 ,plexi ,Marshall Studio Classic SC20C JCM800 Combo Amp, Marshall SV20C Studio Vintage ( plexi ) , friedman amps
Nice to see Jason Priestly is so knowledgeable about guitars.
Holy crap he does look like Jason Priestley
Terry Hesticles and i just made a comment how he doesn't look much like frank at all. then i see this comment lol!
Yeah, he's distorting the truth to add to his Internet fame and eventually his alternative bank account. It just goes to show, we all have been ripped off by these companies for decades, but eventually, the religious family who survived randy's death, realised they needed to complete the brand by selling the modded marshall. But NOW, in 2018, this Zappa man doesn't realise the 2010 version of this thing isn't the 1979 version of this thing. At least with cars, buyers didn't drive the Toyota as if it was sterling moss's car. Electric guitarists have been totally exploited, always. Don't be cheap! Buy all 10 RR pedals and you won't be disappointed in your multiple RANDY RHOADS DISTORTION SOUNDs the big name brands have made for you! I'm STILL NOT going to buy any D, Zappa music product in 2019. We're more wise than you. All thanks to exploitation of the past. We do get wise and complete the full setup that works.
The D+ was my first pedal as well. Never a better pedal. It was my brother's pedal but he let me borrow it for a short while. It let me play every Neil Young riff like it was supposed to sound. Love that pedal. My brother let it out of his sight now. Shit.....
This 2010 era pedal is different to the 1979 pedal. Or, maybe you ARE six years old?
@@dreyn7780 so hes the same age as You?
I still use my '79, after all this time.
I thought he had a sustainer pickup in the neck position.
This must be his #2, because the #1 does indeed have a sustainer.
I think this may have been filmed before he installed the sustainer pickups (the #1 and #2 both have sustainers now, and #2 is fretless on 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings).
0:38 I did exactly the same thing and felt exactly the same way.
My first pedal was a dod supra distortion when i was a teen and i still hate it like the first time
6 band EQ, modded JMP, DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup, Altec speakers will get you into Rhoads territory
and a cranked up Marshall tube amp
Dweezil,
"What the Hell were you thinking?"
Any updates for a release?
Lawd that’s a nice axe.
Funny enough Randy did exactly what he mentioned in order to get the described tone.
Anyone knows the model of that white guitar on the back?
its a reverend of some sort
He would probably like a 1979 grey DOD 250 Preamp Overdrive better for more of a singing midrange tone.
Surprisingly, the Distortion + and the 250 have a similar circuit topology, using hard-clipping, op-amps, and a gain control that rolls off high end as the control is lowered.
Yep I know having built my own exact circuit clone (1979-1980) from scratch and refurbishing a D+ that had a fried PCB so I made a replica board. The 250 has a nice mid-range tone that I like better.
That's due to the bypass cap in the feedback circuit cutting the highs, right?
The grey 250 circuit doesn't have a cap in the op amp feedback loop, just a resistor. The later yellow 250's added that (25pF) due to a different op amp used to tame the highs.
So the grey circuit used the original op-amp's lower frequency response at high gain to provide the filtering?
I dunno, sounds pretty damn good to me.
I bet his dad would find some of the new metal gear to his liking. Franks attack on some of his work wad blistering dead on lead which requires hot, tight pickups and amps. Thanks to Dweezil for his integrity and his chops.
Oh hell Yes! Great share.
Not a single shade of RR's little finger in this box eheh
I started talking guitar 🎸 seriously because of Randy Rhoades guitar playing.
come to brazil
you want a website to come visit you?
I think he’s inviting the pedal
1:04 now I feel like a loser
My first pedal too! Sounds as terrible now as it did then. Maybe somehow it's got worse. I did spill coke on it once
Don't blame your youth for not making you part of the establishment. You're not paying the establishment for educating you. You're just buying a thing. Don't disrespect something which you don't actually know or understand. To get to randy rhoads's level, you'll need decades worth of patience, being unspoken, and listening qualities. It's very expensive to learn what RR learned.
Need more gain for mr crowley
It's diMarzio not chibsom. Not only does Gibson make different sounds from the SG guitar compared to the Les Paul, but they make different SG sounds too! Zappa thinks you're all stupid and don't realise this basic fact.
It's never not entertaining (and hilarious) to watch professional musicians try and make something sound like crap. Sorry, Dweezil, it sounds just fine. Also, Andy (tone report) demo'd this pedal a few years back and it sounded pretty cool.
I'm scratching my head here. Those pedals sound great in the right hands. They're literally collector's items now and the prices have been going up on the ones in good condition.
Yeah, humans do that with stuff that is just too good to go in the trash. They pushed up the price of old 1940's telephones too, so how smart are humans? The price goes up effect, just means there's millions of humans surrounding you. It's fly type of behaviour, not Christian human behaviour on a rock spinning in outer space. There's NO MEANING in numbers. Only a bunch of human insects manipulating numbers.
At some points he looks like Bryan Campbell
"No Fuzz" All love. Take the Reverb from NASA. Add your genius to it. Mad Love.
Only zappa’s son
absolutely not a dis at all in any way, i love zappa and his music but if i would never have guessed by looking at him and hearing him speak, that he's franks son. often the case with father and son they are very alike but i can't see it here. but in the guitar playing yes very much so.
he goes harder than his dad..
Oh, my.
Shine on Me...
That definitely makes me not want to buy this pedal.
Your sound is only as good as your weakest link it's not all in the hands one trick pony