The Digitech pedal does have a volume control. You mentioned in your video that it does not. The swell knob also doubles as a volume knob and has a top and bottom pot. One is for volumed and the other is for the time it takes for the feedback to come in. Thanks for the demo. If you play the pedal in auto mode, you get some really cool melodies that pop in out of our playing based on your playing style.
As far as I know, the Digitech FreqOut is the only one that you can bend the string during the feedback and manipulate the signal. I have one and really like it. I also have the Boss super distortion and feedbacker.
@@martinvannostrand8488Boss ds1 have a few basic rules tò apply of you want a nice and fat sound; 1) you may have already a break up sounding amp! 2) have the gain set at 10 or 11 o clock, depends from the gain set on your amp. 3) the tone control set a bit back from noon, also at 10 or 11 o clock.
Nice job! I recently picked up a Digitech Freqout. It's a lot of fun and does a decent job once you get the hang of it. I like that it works opposite of a feedback destroyer. Very cool idea. I never realized that a Dr. Distorto did feedback. I bet that is modeled on the HX Effects that I recently got. I still have an Echo Park from that series. It has held up much better than I ever thought it would.
Excellent vid and overview, liked and subscribed! 🎸 Another option is the Behringer FD300 Ultra Feedback / Distortion (clone of the Boss DF-2), very affordable when they first appeared (I think) in '04 ish. It's well reviewed, but stigmatized by the love/hate some people have with their pedals. Also, I think the Boss FB-2 is a digital circuit. But I like it's sound too!
Thanks! I didn't know there was a Behringer clone. Looking at the videos. it sounds exactly the same as the Boss DF2! Apparently it also has a cult following. There's also one from Fender called the Runaway that's even rarer these days. I think the boost in the FB2 is analog but the feedback circuit is digital, but I must say I haven't checked the circuit board.
Way more fun just running the amp hot but I can see the practicality of this. I know my amp and pedals well and can make it feed or be silent on a whim, I enjoy interacting with the speakers in that way. I do think in certain environments a pedal could work well for people who just want a controlled feedback here and there without the risk of running their amp hot enough to do it naturally. Great for not blowing up FOH accidentally when live, great for bedroom guitar with volume restrictions. I suppose great if you haven't spent much time with high gain amps and always being diligent about how much noise you're creating.
The boss DF-2 and the Digitech had the best sounds. The Behringer had a dream set of features but sounded awful as did the silver Boss. Funny that you didn't use a big distorted tone in any of the demo but I guess you were constrained there by many of the pedals also being distortions. Sounded really odd to hear feedback swelling out of Chillipepper-esqe clean riff! Finally congrats on wearing shoes. I'm lowkey annoyed by the amount of pedal reviews wear you see a socked foot sneak into the picture and hit the switches
Haha thanks! Besides not wanting to bother viewers with my socks or bare feet, I don't like the feeling of stomping on footswitches without soles underneath my feet. What did you mean with the Behringer one? I know they did a clone of the DF-2 but apparently it sounds identical.
@@DIYguitarGuy It sounds horrendously digital and doesn't sound like feedback. Agreed on the feeling of stomp switches and also yes. I've noticed those guys usually wear socks that are intended so show how witty / edgy the wearer is. Very tiresome
It would be cool to have an expression pedal input to engage the effect and be able to move the feedback up an octave, though the Boss pedals kind of get there.
Yeah that would be a cool feature. The Fender Runaway has it but I was unaware of that pedal when I made this video. It's still a cool pedal but I prefer pedals that have an expression input (or midi) instead of one that's build in.
I thought the freqout was the pedal I was looking for but when I used it with the songs that had to have feedback/ sustain longer than 4 seconds it would crap out. The feedback only lasts as long as the LED light to the top then it just dies. That isn't good enough, so I either need a sustainer built in guitar or a sustainer pedal instead of the feedback. or both?
It looks like you engage the pedal after you hit the last note. Would it not make more sense to hit the switch 'before' the note is played, to get the transients and higher gain? Sounds great anyway.
Because for the Boss DF-2 and FB-2, you have to activate the feedback side by holding the switch down while the effect is on. It has to lock on to the note you're playing. The distortion or boost is already on so the higher gain is already there, you just have to tell it to what note the feedbacker effect should apply to. Both of them sound terrible when you continue playing while the footswitch is held down. For the Freqout and Dr. Distorto it doesn't matter since they have auto tracking.
It can provide those tones but it doesn't add sustain, it's dependant on the guitars sustain. It also does those ebow kind of sounds with the slow attack. You have no control over the release and it can be really abrupt. Maybe if you place a volume pedal after it, it can be smoothed.
@@danieltv123 I tried a freqout the other day at a music store and that was the one thing that disappointed me was the note disappeared after like 3-5 seconds. Do you know if there is any way to stop it from cutting out
I was aware of the earliest orange Boss one from the 80s. Is it possible the distortion in it is the DS1 as the settings and pedal color are the same? I have the Digitech and it is the most versatile, its a shame it never really caught on like the Whammy. I set mine with the auto off so you can engage with the footswitch, level is about the same as original signal, gain two thirds and the feedback setting at oct above.
But when did the DS2 come out? I thought late 80s well after the DS1 and the Feedback one. I should check that one out too as the Turbo is orange so it must relate with any orange BOSS distortion pedal@@DIYguitarGuy
It doesn't. The only pedal of these four that's capable of holding a note for as long as you want is the Boss DF-2, but keep in mind that it's monophonic, so that's only one note and no chords. Besides that, it'll always add a wild vibrato effect and it's pre-gain, so it will always sound distorted.
You're welcome. For that setup I would recommend all of them except the FB-2, that one really relies on speaker feedback. I think the Freqout is the best sounding one so I use that on my digital pedalboard without speakers as well, there's a demo on my channel, if you're interested.
The FB2 not working without speakers doesn't make sense. Isn't the whole idea for these pedals to eliminate amps for silent headphone practice or direct ampless recording. Why does FB1 need to see a speaker.I can't see how it can interact with a guitar speaker?
@@annedeoedipus7849 The RAT Solo pedal worked well in this regard but I had to sell it. Just recording with the Tech 21 Tri-AC at the moment which sounds pretty darn good to my ears
@@-jank-willson I, for example, plugged a RAT Solo pedal into the Joyo and was able to get a lot of great feedback. I imagine almost any distortion pedal would suffice, however. Just gotta crank some knobs Also, I think I used the Extreme Metal for that and even its "boost" switch so ya might have to really hit the circuit hard.
@@Brutuscomedy how do you plug a pedal into another pedal (other than in-series like a regular pedalboard, but that won't create any feedback)? Or does it have an FX loop just like how some fancy amps have an fx loop? Or is it one of those passive feedback looper pedals? i have no idea what you are talking about im sorry 😭🤣 The sound I am trying to go for, is the queen 'we will rock you' and green day 'brain stew' guitar solo feedback sound.
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The only one that works naturally and flexibly is the Freqout, and that guy does exactly what it says on the tin. And that's my feedback on it.
Freq out still 1st
Freeqout would be a good pedal, but the feedbacks don't last more than 10 seconds. I need a pedal with a feedback decay of over 30 seconds.
Any luck on the search.. I was considering the freqout.
@@TavisMorris It was hard, but I got it now.
@@flaviomartignoni9524 Clean or distortion?
The Digitech pedal does have a volume control. You mentioned in your video that it does not. The swell knob also doubles as a volume knob and has a top and bottom pot. One is for volumed and the other is for the time it takes for the feedback to come in. Thanks for the demo. If you play the pedal in auto mode, you get some really cool melodies that pop in out of our playing based on your playing style.
As far as I know, the Digitech FreqOut is the only one that you can bend the string during the feedback and manipulate the signal. I have one and really like it. I also have the Boss super distortion and feedbacker.
Can you tell me if FreqOut can be used with headphones or if it only works with amplifiers?
@@Skullcrushait works with headphones too
Fender made a pedal dedicated to creating feedback but i haven't heard of or ever even seen an example of one in the flesh
the band hum uses that pedal
The overdrive on the boss sounds amazing
It’s disappointing in person, you wouldn’t believe how thin it can be. Makes your guitar feel lighter lol
@@martinvannostrand8488 yea cameras and mics never capture the intensity or depth of something.
??? uhhh what?
@@cam-inf-4w5 my ears didn’t capture any depth from that pedal out of my amp either
@@martinvannostrand8488Boss ds1 have a few basic rules tò apply of you want a nice and fat sound;
1) you may have already a break up sounding amp!
2) have the gain set at 10 or 11 o clock, depends from the gain set on your amp.
3) the tone control set a bit back from noon, also at 10 or 11 o clock.
Nice job! I recently picked up a Digitech Freqout. It's a lot of fun and does a decent job once you get the hang of it. I like that it works opposite of a feedback destroyer. Very cool idea. I never realized that a Dr. Distorto did feedback. I bet that is modeled on the HX Effects that I recently got. I still have an Echo Park from that series. It has held up much better than I ever thought it would.
I liked that vibrato on the Boss. It could be an extra option for a new Freqout if Digitech ever makes new pedals again.
With freqout you can actually do a vibrato during the feedback and it will react
Excellent vid and overview, liked and subscribed! 🎸 Another option is the Behringer FD300 Ultra Feedback / Distortion (clone of the Boss DF-2), very affordable when they first appeared (I think) in '04 ish.
It's well reviewed, but stigmatized by the love/hate some people have with their pedals. Also, I think the Boss FB-2 is a digital circuit. But I like it's sound too!
Thanks! I didn't know there was a Behringer clone. Looking at the videos. it sounds exactly the same as the Boss DF2! Apparently it also has a cult following. There's also one from Fender called the Runaway that's even rarer these days. I think the boost in the FB2 is analog but the feedback circuit is digital, but I must say I haven't checked the circuit board.
@@DIYguitarGuy, thanks for the kind reply, I didn't know about the Fender Runaway, cool! 🎸😎
@@RichInternationalAirthe behringer is no more in produktion.
nowadays they cost just as much as the Boss originals...
Great video. I hope you get more views. It deserves it! Subscribed!
Way more fun just running the amp hot but I can see the practicality of this. I know my amp and pedals well and can make it feed or be silent on a whim, I enjoy interacting with the speakers in that way. I do think in certain environments a pedal could work well for people who just want a controlled feedback here and there without the risk of running their amp hot enough to do it naturally. Great for not blowing up FOH accidentally when live, great for bedroom guitar with volume restrictions. I suppose great if you haven't spent much time with high gain amps and always being diligent about how much noise you're creating.
The boss DF-2 and the Digitech had the best sounds. The Behringer had a dream set of features but sounded awful as did the silver Boss. Funny that you didn't use a big distorted tone in any of the demo but I guess you were constrained there by many of the pedals also being distortions. Sounded really odd to hear feedback swelling out of Chillipepper-esqe clean riff! Finally congrats on wearing shoes. I'm lowkey annoyed by the amount of pedal reviews wear you see a socked foot sneak into the picture and hit the switches
Haha thanks! Besides not wanting to bother viewers with my socks or bare feet, I don't like the feeling of stomping on footswitches without soles underneath my feet. What did you mean with the Behringer one? I know they did a clone of the DF-2 but apparently it sounds identical.
@@DIYguitarGuy It sounds horrendously digital and doesn't sound like feedback. Agreed on the feeling of stomp switches and also yes. I've noticed those guys usually wear socks that are intended so show how witty / edgy the wearer is. Very tiresome
which of these pedals could replicate the feedback on the green day 'brain stew' and Queen 'we will rock you' guitar parts?
It would be cool to have an expression pedal input to engage the effect and be able to move the feedback up an octave, though the Boss pedals kind of get there.
Yeah that would be a cool feature. The Fender Runaway has it but I was unaware of that pedal when I made this video. It's still a cool pedal but I prefer pedals that have an expression input (or midi) instead of one that's build in.
Use a wah as well
I thought the freqout was the pedal I was looking for but when I used it with the songs that had to have feedback/ sustain longer than 4 seconds it would crap out. The feedback only lasts as long as the LED light to the top then it just dies. That isn't good enough, so I either need a sustainer built in guitar or a sustainer pedal instead of the feedback. or both?
It looks like you engage the pedal after you hit the last note. Would it not make more sense to hit the switch 'before' the note is played, to get the transients and higher gain? Sounds great anyway.
Because for the Boss DF-2 and FB-2, you have to activate the feedback side by holding the switch down while the effect is on. It has to lock on to the note you're playing. The distortion or boost is already on so the higher gain is already there, you just have to tell it to what note the feedbacker effect should apply to. Both of them sound terrible when you continue playing while the footswitch is held down. For the Freqout and Dr. Distorto it doesn't matter since they have auto tracking.
Can you play anything other than that one lick? And how about chords, you do know that chords feedback too?
Several of these pedals don't feedback properly with chords, the df2 even says so in the manual. Maybe stop being a fucking knob?
Now compare e-bows and sustainiac pick ups with these feedback pedals.
Thanks.
None of these are made anymore except the Freqout. Start saving now, though.
Which place in the pedalboard is better for these effects?
What happened to all the sound in this video?
I wonder if the freq out can be used like fernandes sustainer/sustainiac/ebow for legato sustain play...have you tried it?
It can provide those tones but it doesn't add sustain, it's dependant on the guitars sustain. It also does those ebow kind of sounds with the slow attack. You have no control over the release and it can be really abrupt. Maybe if you place a volume pedal after it, it can be smoothed.
What I disliked when I had one was that the feedback would just disappear after a few seconds.. unlike real amp feedback
@@danieltv123 I tried a freqout the other day at a music store and that was the one thing that disappointed me was the note disappeared after like 3-5 seconds. Do you know if there is any way to stop it from cutting out
If you put an EHX Freeze pedal before the Freqout, you can have infinite sustain from the Freeze and harmonic feedback from the Freqout.
1.digitech (so clean signal) 2.boss fb-2, okay digitech that i wanted for my music
I was aware of the earliest orange Boss one from the 80s. Is it possible the distortion in it is the DS1 as the settings and pedal color are the same?
I have the Digitech and it is the most versatile, its a shame it never really caught on like the Whammy. I set mine with the auto off so you can engage with the footswitch, level is about the same as original signal, gain two thirds and the feedback setting at oct above.
I think the DF2's distortion is the one from the DS2 Turbo Distortion on mode 2 (mode 1 is the same as the DS1)
But when did the DS2 come out? I thought late 80s well after the DS1 and the Feedback one. I should check that one out too as the Turbo is orange so it must relate with any orange BOSS distortion pedal@@DIYguitarGuy
How does the TC Electronic Infinite compare to these pedals?
It doesn't. The only pedal of these four that's capable of holding a note for as long as you want is the Boss DF-2, but keep in mind that it's monophonic, so that's only one note and no chords. Besides that, it'll always add a wild vibrato effect and it's pre-gain, so it will always sound distorted.
SoftTube's Acoustic Feedback blows them all away. Too bad it's only available as a plugin.
I’’ll take the digitech 👍
Thanks for the test, to use before a digital pedalboard without speakers, would you only recommend the Digitech? , greetings
You're welcome. For that setup I would recommend all of them except the FB-2, that one really relies on speaker feedback. I think the Freqout is the best sounding one so I use that on my digital pedalboard without speakers as well, there's a demo on my channel, if you're interested.
The FB2 not working without speakers doesn't make sense. Isn't the whole idea for these pedals to eliminate amps for silent headphone practice or direct ampless recording. Why does FB1 need to see a speaker.I can't see how it can interact with a guitar speaker?
👍👍👍
One can always run a distortion pedal into one of those analog amp sims, such as a cheap Joyo or more expensive Tech 21, to generate massive feedback.
Wow, cool, I did not think of that. Thanks that will be super useful.
@@annedeoedipus7849 The RAT Solo pedal worked well in this regard but I had to sell it. Just recording with the Tech 21 Tri-AC at the moment which sounds pretty darn good to my ears
I am not sure what you are talking about? does the joyo amp simulator pedal have a separate FX loop like some amps do? Could you link me to a video?
@@-jank-willson I, for example, plugged a RAT Solo pedal into the Joyo and was able to get a lot of great feedback. I imagine almost any distortion pedal would suffice, however. Just gotta crank some knobs
Also, I think I used the Extreme Metal for that and even its "boost" switch so ya might have to really hit the circuit hard.
@@Brutuscomedy how do you plug a pedal into another pedal (other than in-series like a regular pedalboard, but that won't create any feedback)? Or does it have an FX loop just like how some fancy amps have an fx loop? Or is it one of those passive feedback looper pedals? i have no idea what you are talking about im sorry 😭🤣
The sound I am trying to go for, is the queen 'we will rock you' and green day 'brain stew' guitar solo feedback sound.
You would think someone would come out with a DF-2 clone. Are you out there, Josh?
There is one: the Behringer FD300 Ultra Feedback/Distortion.
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Yeah, I'd like a pedal that does the opposite. Next, review a static and a white noise pedal
Freak out is the closest thing you'll find to an actual sustainiac
Freqout por lejos
The Dr distorto one is obviously the worst
Mate, I only got 50 bucks
Holy crap, whatever you do, do not demonstraye how these sound with playing going through. ONLY show sustained last notes. What a waste of time.