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Dude the tones you’re getting are great! And I did buy the pedal, I think it’s great. It sounds amazing! The gate is probably the best on board gate on any pedal I’ve used.
Thank you for your honesty, Kyle. Not everybody likes every piece of gear and it's nice to hear some real opinions rather than someone glossing over the negatives on a piece of gear for a quick payday. At one point the tone reminded me of Madhouse by Anthrax.
This setup would make an incredible fly rig or a setup for a dude like me who's the singer and just plays on a few songs a set. I'm definitely interested in combining it with a powerstage for just this reason.
I found the Chug pedal to be awesome going into my Fryett PS2.
I also have the Soldano SLO pedal and it only sounds great when putting my Dirty Tree in front of it.
Thanks for being honest at the end. Something that would be really cool is to see something like this with a Spark Amp. That may be what many people only have.
This pedal has some nice features that most other distortion pedals do not have. Split gain controls. 5-band EQ section. Gate knob.
It sounds good. But all these pedals sound the same to me. I like the Friedman BE-OD Deluxe.
I love Ola's channel and I've been a fan and subscriber for almost a decade, but I agree with you man; it's just not a pedal I'm really feeling. I played around with mine for a solid two days straight and came to the conclusion it's kind of a one trick (tone) pony. It sounds great when I'm jammin in Drop-C and trying to get a djenty super high gain tone with really accentuated mids and tight lows, but lacks shape control in the high frequency range which is typically the most troublesome when it comes to suppressing the unwanted harmonics inherent to high gain tones. I respect your honesty in reviewing gear bro!
The Ltd definitely sounds good the EMG's did magic man!!
Found your channel due to the fact I'm struggling with the pedal too. I also am a fan of Ola and his channel and was very excited to get this pedal,,, I can't get a usable tone. When I plug strait into my interface it has an oscillating sound which I don't feel is normal. Also something to note that I didn't notice,,,, NO EXCHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE EU,,,,, period,,,, and they were quick and final with the response. Maybe I need something to drive it but for 200 bucks why,,, thanks for the review and glad someone else is struggling too.
+1. Not the amount of gain I was expecting.
I think you may have gotten a faulty pedal, taylor danley did a video where he used a tube screamer in front and it sounded great. Ive also boosted mine before and it sounds great. I'm not sure why yours didnt. Maybe its dialed in differently from ours or maybe its faulty
VINEHAMS! Happy to see Craig's pickups are getting recognition outside of Newfoundland!
BTW, I'm guessing you're going for a mid or so 90s/early 2000s tone. I also think you did a very honest and accurate review of the pedal. It is exactly what you said it is for. 👍
It took me a bit but I got it dialed in. Had to run to the front of the amp tho (I couldn’t get it to work to my liking through the effects loop). Very tin-ny sound had to cut the high gain control all the way down and back the highs down to about 11 o’clock then I finished the sound off with the 10 band eq. 🤷♂️
Your starting tone sounded really killer. I'm surprised to see you turing gain that high yet your tone doesn't even sound that distorted - it sounds really clean. I have gain usually turned below 5. I use a Maxon 820 but have this same rig - Peavey 6505 + and a 90s Mesa Cab and a Jackson KVT guitar that sounds really good but I have to admit - whenever I've tried Gibson guitars, 3 of them in the last 10 years, they sounded a bit better, a bit flatter, neutral but worked better in the mix.
That guitar just steals the show. Stunning Les Paul.🤘
What a stunning R8 that is. God damn.
A friend of mine got his in the mail the other day and I got to give it a test drive.. it definitely seems to favor anything tuned to C and lower. Especially baritone or 7/8 strings.
While I do play C and lower often, this would just be superfluous.
Yeah this thing sounds killer to me. I'm loving the mids of this thing. And its aggressive as hell. I'm honestly surprised Kyle doesn't care for it but after explaining, it makes sense. This pedal is pretty darn modern sounding for sure!
I kind of don't get the fact that he doesn't like that it won't get his particular tone. He did state that he like he likes the older tone type pedals. It's a chug pedal lol not a 80's rock pedal 😂
Got this pedal for modern metal tones. It does the job but too much high end for my taste. Would prefer the treble to have more range. One of the best gates I have ever used. I give it a 7 out of 10.
Try it with your bass - instant HUGE metal bass tone.
pretty sure there's a ts9 type circuit built in and always on. makes sense that it clashes with an overdrive
I’ve been playing metal on my 50s Standard lately as well.
Oh, and I bought a oversized Mesa 412 cab and I came to your channe first to buy it using an affiliate link, but it wasn't on there (or at least that I could find). It's quite possible I'm just a jackA$$ and the affiliate links work differently than I thought. If that is the case, you should make a quick video on how they work, and more specifically if we can use your affiliate link to buy anything on Sweetwater so you get a kickback, and we can better support the channel rather than only the specific piece of gear the link takes us to when selected. I'd imagine this has happened to others who want to support the channel as well, and we (gear heads) need people who give no BS honest reviews on gear 🤘
Kyle .sick looking R8..and I use a lot of Vineham pups.. Craig winds some killer pickups for all tastes.. great review.. you know your taste..
I would try it on a t.c.Electronic G. System Guitar Pros.. It has boost & many more tones! My Guitar a, Draco V. is a deep dark sounding thing in sound! Don't even need to down tune it~!
10:26 sounded pretty good.
I think it sounds great, but I also understand what you mean by it not being voiced for what you play.
Based on all the demos I've seen, I haven't really loved the sound of it either tbh. I do like the idea of a low frequency crossover though to control the amount of gain on the low end differently.
it is a fine pedal. i have ordered one also. I'm not sold either.neither do i hate it. the gain for me is way to stiff.I'm constantly like, where's the gain. it sounds really dry to me.
I don't know man the Northern Mauler,the Soldano pedal,the tilt Revv Shawn Tubbs pedal,now the Ola Chugger,hell man I have to see your demo with this Chug pedal cuz iam lost 😳 lol 😆 🤣
I ordered right when the Chug was announced, got it only a few days later, tested it in depth, but I was really disappointed.
The two gain control knobs are not really doing a good job in my opinion, the mid frequency EQ filter is far too wide and overall the pedal does not offer a lot of gain.
I do love Solar guitars, but I already sold the Chug pedal.
Came for the paddle, stayed for the R8. Gosh, that‘s one beautiful Les Paul right there.
Looks like Ola took a page out of the metal zone's playbook with the concentric pots in the eq section. Boss is really the only manufacturer I've seen with the concentric Pots, and frequency sweep. Tons of versatility but usually requires taming the frequencies to get a usable tone. You said your not a huge fan of the pedal, but your tones are pretty decent man.
Obviously it doesnt sound like an amp but i think it can sound pretty good with the right IR
Love that Solar makes a pedal and it sure looks cool. Sounds unremarkable to me though. Maybe they're playing it safe with an average sounding all-arounder for their first pedal entry?
What do you expect? They make some really obscure bit crushing ring modulating thing?
@@Ottophil I didn't exactly 'expect' anything. Just voicing an opinion and posing a question about their approach
I thought it sounded really great with the Les Paul
I was chugging before anyone else even cared about it. Over 50 years of pedal stacking into over drivin marshall amps.
It sounds pretty good-was it meant to be placed in front of a slightly overdriven amp for best results?
Honesty very much appreciated!
Great vid as always dude, I have a noisy PRS mt15 would you recommend this or the pylon noise gate with boost to get the best of the amp?
So I just sent my MXR 5150 OD back cuz I couldn’t get any kind of tone out of it that I liked. Ironically, Ola did a demo of it with a Solar King V through the 5150 into the clean channel of a Randall. The tones he gets out of that setup are some of my favorite. In fact I recorded a few seconds of it and made a ringtone cuz I like it so much LOL
Anyway, I’m looking at something with more gain so I thought I’d try a preamp. I’m torn between this Chug and the KSR Ceres (another one Ola did a demo on and got some amazing tones).
So…. What does everyone think, the Solar Chug, or the KSR Ceres?
as mentioned in the video, the chug has very little saturation, certainly much less than the 5150 of you just returned.
I would have liked to see a simple eq used with it
instant subscribe at 5:11 for the honesty.
Sounds better when run through the tubes. I thought i would like this thing but I'm just not feeling it like thought I would.
I've been scouring online for a decent deal on a used LTD BK600, gorgeous. The pedal is alright imo. I'll pass, lil to scratchy on the attack. I like percussive chugs, but not quite that percussive. Prefer more low end instead.
What a beautiful Gibson Paul
I would also try to put it in front of the Amp or an other Amp, many pedals excel together with Amp gain and eq
I tried my Chug pedal through the clean channel on my JP2C and it didn’t sound good at all. Going into the FX return it sounded great. But, to my knowledge, you can’t use other FX in the loop when you run it that way.
I also ran the Chug into my Fryett Power Station 2 with my FX in the loop on the PS2 and it sounded amazing.
I dialed the gain to noon and got great 80s metal tones.
I used Olas Chug, Amp Settings video as a starting point. Especially the pedal settings for going into the FX return of the Mesa amp.
What's up Kyle. the noise gate work's really well
Glad to hear the noise gate work is doing well.
A mid frequency and extra gain on tap might have done it for me, but this isn’t it.
I hope you get your hands on an Oh My Goat and Flesh Rot V2.
Nothing super cool but worth checking.
I still love my revv g4 better.
Prefer to save for next valve head - not sending more on pedals.
Great job as always!
Hail🤘
Valve amps are a waste of money.
@@TheCyberMantis I have three and want another one.
For me it's the tone !
@@TheCyberMantis Why do you think that they are a waste of money?
@@KeithMcKissick I don't think, I know.
@@TheCyberMantis Okay. How do you know that valve amps are a waste of money? And what led you to that conclusion?
i respect your honesty.
Im not a huge fan of ultra modern pedals either. I was super underwhelmed with the Fortin mini grind. The only "modern" pedal I've really gotten into is the horizon devices nano attack. That's where I live 80% of the time.
I find a lot of the mini pedals have a really really bad high end that's hard to dial in right.
Have you tried that new Blackstar AMPED 1? Curious your take on that, especially verse a normal tube power section and the Duncan power stage
supposed to be getting some Blackstar stuff in soon for the channel and that's an item I requested!
That Hatebreed for drop C 🔥
That Les Paul is beautiful man 🤘😈
But… does it chug? 🧐
Kyle, that Les Paul! OMG, that Les Paul. I'm in love. It's just beautiful. Did it have Custombuckers in it? I'd give you a kidney for that guitar with the stock pickups. I'd give you a toe for the stock pickups. Heh, as far as I'm concerned, the star of this video is that Les Paul. I can't concentrate on anything else!
Instantly subbed your tue best man
All my homies love the gibbons. The toan is stored in the headstock
👍🤘IT’S CHUGS!!!
Hi Kyle, how would you compare the pedal with the satan ?
Sound like Instant Ola Tone@Randall Satan / Dimebag Tone
@BullyThatkidd u not KB right... Kyle who this bullyThatKidd?
That sounds great to my ear lol
When are you going to demo a valvestate ?
Yeah, if you were going for more classic sounds then you picked the wrong pedal. But you know that. Lol. Nothing wrong with that, I'm in my mid 50s and I absolutely love tones all the way back to the 70s. Mostly 80s but I also appreciate the brutality of modern sounds. Even in my old age, I tend to go for a more modern tone. But I will also groove on some 80s/90s style gain when I come across it.
Personally I'd rather have a larger pedal with individual knobs spread out instead of stacked and crammed, but that is just me.
Any idea when the duality dx will become available again?
Sucks that you couldn't get the tone you want. I have same preference as you. I've played on some more modern voiced stuff lately, and I find that a modern voice is best for down tuned 7 strings or 8 strings. But the mids are too "spanky" for 6 strings imo. "Spanky" is the best way I can describe it.
If you can I would definitely try plugging a down tuned 7 string through it.
I like your honesty and I agree. It's a shittier deadweld duality
it's not even the same type of pedal my guy. lol
I guess Ola didn’t know that Chug is a derogatory term here in Canada. That being said, would you say it’s voiced similar to a Fortin Grind or a Precision Drive?
Only weak people are offended
I hope his next pedal is called Hoser
I'm running the Granopyre. Do you feel this pedal rivals the Deadweld Duality DX?
they're completely different pedals. the Deadweald is a multi channel overdrive. This is a preamp pedal.
Gotcha
It’s great to hear fancy amps but, did you try it out with a solid state amp?
did you watch the video?
@@belligerentamateur 😂😂😂
@@belligerentamateur love how nice Kyle is....
The pedal has some weird compression. It can be also heard on official clips. I hate it....
Trying to add up how many thousands of dollars are on that wall. Not to mention sitting on his lap…
Hey Kyle wass up man!?
Kyle, what would you use as an amp in a box type of pedal if you could not use a tube amp? Im looking to slim down my rig to a "fly rig" type of setup. Im not a big fan of the digital modelers . Looking for something that is easy to use and sound good. thank you
BluGuitar Amp 1 Iridium. Kind of the ultimate fly rig amp
@@RichMaza 100%! It’s crazy good, light, and not that expensive imho for what you get, tone and features wise. Thomas hit one out of the park with this one.
Just sounds like a really expensive MXR Fullbore
The pedal works better plugged directly into the amp not into the effects loop
that's personal preference. it was designed to work both ways.
@@belligerentamateur he's complaining he doesn't like the pedal lol so I'm telling him to try it a diff way than he did 🤔
It sounds okay. I've never been a fan of these style of pedals. I'd much rather use an amp with traditional style OD pedals. I've been playing guitar for 25+ years and I've seen a lot of "gimmicks" come and go over the years. However, a well built tube amp never goes out of style.
I would have to agree on that. Every time I tried a preamp pedal, I went back to my tube amps. Only exception for me is the Bluguitar Iridium. It's a full amp and not just a preamp, granted, but that thing blew me away. It really sounds and feels like a tube amp and I'm sure 99.99% of guitar players wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a real amp and this in a live setting. It's that good.
@@Lenser Personally I think the Iridium is pretty cheap for what you get to be honest (4 channels, a built-in noise gate, reverb, boost and the fact that you can change the tone of the channels and the type of boost). Plus, if you buy one from Thomann, it's 739 USD, which is a pretty sweet price haha
yeah! but put something like it in front as a boost , as a od . could put your ods to shame
@@yowild9629 You're right. That's a possibility. Unfortunately, Kyle didn't try using it in front of the 6505. So, I didn't get to hear how it would sound, running it like that.
Depends i think. My setup is a 8100 preamp in a pedal into the return of a vk100h. A marshall 8100 is a rare gem on the market and known to break on the road. And i do have to say. That preamp pedal is exactly like the amp itself. Using the vk100 gives the option for depth and presence control + theres a pot on the back where you can change the powerstage in the vk. Great to dial in depending on the stage you are playing
I definitely recognize the build, it appears to be a Monoprice made pedal.
I like it, but do I need it? Probably not 😂
Hard pass for me. Not enough gain and wtf a pedal called Chug and you can’t scoop the mids?? That mid knob is dialed in a very weird frequency. Too modern
Ola is the self declared expert who cant decide if something chugs or not. He is a most arbitrary and confused man whos credibility borders on the negative.
Chug! Chug! Chug!
You know I might get a lot of shit for this but the guitar you use doesn't actually matter the only difference in the pickups is the output and signal clarity there's not a real tonal difference on high gain.
Glenn fricker tested it on his channel on a blind test and no one could really tell the difference besides the difference between humbucker and single coil
I’m not gonna tell you which moment in this video earned you the sub, just know that it did.
No no no you have to start with all knobs off then play with them randomly so you can waste a minute or so lol
Okay if Ola said it chugs then it chugs! Nah just kidding I believe that's 200 dollar pedal. That's expensive,
I don't think it's that expensive compared to similar pedals these days. Just look at the revv stuff, KSR or the new Soldano pedal. If it's worth that much for you, that's another question.
@@patfix It is for made in China (not talking about quality, just price)
To be fair KSR Ceres and Vesta are 3 channel pedals. You can have a clean, crunch, and lead tone on one pedal. Plus it's made in the u.s. and you know who makes it and they have damn good customer service.
This is a chug pedal, not a quad cortex, dude.
I quite literally have no idea what that's supposed to mean
@@belligerentamateur It's a dirty ass pleb analog pedal, not a top notch complicated DSP programmed with algorithms more complex than 4th dimensional black hole math.
Amp goes chug chug better
"MORE GIRTH"
Overdrive is a boost. You can't boost a boost pedal....
this isn't a boost pedal, it's a distortion/preamp pedal. Two very different things
By the way, you can boost a boost pedal. 😃 And this isn't an overdrive or boost. It's a distortion/preamp pedal. There's a difference
@@schecter7elite801 YOU CAN'T BOOST A BOOST PEDAL
@@belligerentamateur THEY'RE THE SAME THING BECAUSE I SAY SO
@@joshsmith7033 nailed it
will it chug...guess not lol
You of all people should know a pedal can never do an amps job
Edit:you do
Bro is your thumb okay? lol looks like it got smashed
a man so what do you think's better you think oh my goat is better or the chug pecause I love your honest review on a chug pet look as everybody says how sick it is and I just don't believe it
It can't be boosted...? Feck it so.
The Pedal is absolutely awesome🤘. Clean your ears Kyle 😄. Your review of it will make me buy one soon.
Less talk and more play
zero play and more spelunking
Less talk, more playing, adjusting pedal knobs, and more playing.
You're no Ola Englund
I will make sure to not play at all moving forward. thanks!
@@belligerentamateur Wow, is that supposed to be some kind of rebuttal? We want to hear the pedal, not you. LOL
@@BeyondOurSolarSystem I want to hear me, not you. LOL
@@belligerentamateur I'm not emitting any sounds from my mouth at the moment. I'm texting. You were not emitting sounds from your amp coming from pedal as your video title promise. What we heard was you describing the sound that was supposed to be coming from that pedal and out of your amp.
I just had some black beans. Perhaps later I will be emitting sounds. But that's for me to share with the Mormons at my local grocery store who keep fuching with me. I like to fuch with them back.
Cheers!!
@@BeyondOurSolarSystem Less talk, more play bro.
Quit putting it in the loop. Go thru the front.
No.
@@belligerentamateur Suit yourself.