- Interesting bits and go-to sections… - Intro playing: 0:00 - Always playing that lick: 1:45 - What are we doing today?: 2:05 - Woo, that’s a lot of controls: 3:19 - How are we plugging in? 5:10 - Two channels - orange and grey: 6:15 - Valve and solid-state rectifiers? 6:55 - Mick has spent his whole life trying to get away from hairy-ass amp distortion: 7:46 - The Poo Pooer Of Hamelin: 8:45 - The Anyest Any Amp Of All: 9:25 - Let’s get going. Finally: 9:53 - The Re-Amp EQ mode switch: 10:35 - Preamp and Bright Cap Structure: 11:00 - All in the middle… let’s go! 12:42 (13:13) - Three different preamp settings: 14:14 - A sound Mick has been trying to get away from: 15:55 - EQ2 - eek! 17:20 - Let’s try some P90s: 18:16 - The Ghost control: 18:44 - The More/Presence control & negative feedback: 22:25 - Does Origin like P90s and humbuckers more than single coils? 27:11 - Into the front end or the effects loop of the HRD? And humbuckers… 29:40 - Let’s try the other channel: 32:11 - Mick still doesn’t like the hairy stuff: 36:10 - Dan’s sceptical about the Vox tones: 38:00 - Much better! The Revival Drive’s suggested settings: 41:20 - Clapton and Hendrix? 42:37 - Clapton: 42:54 - Hendrix: 43:54 - Less gain, for sure: 45:04 - Engaging the mid boost switch: 47:50 - Boosted with the D&M Drive: 48:40 - And a fuzz? 49:18 - Brian May? 51:16 - Kossoff? 52:25 - Mick’s philosophical tangent: 53:53 - Conclusions? 55:50
Hey guys, did you watch the show? Did the pedal sound as you intended it too? I may be a luddite when it comes to tweaking ghost notes and negative feedback but I'm stumped at how you've voiced this pedal....it wasn't that the gain structure or breakup was bad it was the overall treble and presence voicing of the EQ it sounded muffled and one dimensional.....given my OE compressor is the greatest pedal Ive ever owned am I wrong to have expected more? Is it possible there was a fault with the pedal?
Roy Thomas Bøe ok just did that and that sounded like an entirely different pedal!!! Also a very slick review vid production. I love TPS cause it’s the best indicator of how I might engage with a unit straight out of the box. It’s obviously a complex unit so I’ll def take the time to trial it in person to make sure I can drive the spaceship and get Jays tone variety w my setup tx man
I love classic cranked amps, but mot of the time I can't crank an amp. The thing the worries me about the Revival Drive is that the volume pot controls the gain, and there doesn't appear to be anything else to control the output level. Of course you have your amp controls, but I wonder how close the basic output is to unity? I know my Cali76 gives a large-ish volume boost with the output at 12 o'clock (with a Strat). I wonder if I'd be stuck with an amp volume so low its choked with a Revival Drive set to rock...perhaps Origin are happy to forego the world of moderate sound pressures? :-)
I’ve had the deluxe version of this pedal along with it’s separate footswitch for over a year now and I feel that I’m still discovering new tones from this pedal all the tine! I absolutely love it!
Great episode. I love that Origin care enough to take the chance on making something this complex. And unapologetically so! Fair play to them. I don't think it's for me but it's great that it's out there.
Hi guys. How about a show on different classic fender amps, i.e. super, blackface, tweed, deluxe, princeton etc Be really interesting to hear core differences, a nod to famous users and also how different pedals react to each (e.g for main gain pedal food groups, Ts klon ocd etc what works for each amp variant)
The guitar gods shine upon me!! I asked for this video last night! Apparently you guys are weeks ahead of me. Cant wait to recieve mine! As always, stellar work!
I luurve the concept of this pedal - the versatility, the fact it's 'supposed-to-sound-like-an-amp', the fact it's all accessible from knobs & switches, all analogue, no midi, no digital, getting in the way, not a deep dive menu in sight, all 'hairy-arsed-amp-tones' - excellent!! - perfect for a luddite, guitar-cable-amp simpleton like me! Yes! :-) Btw Mick - I'm English & not based in USA
The presets are where it starts to sound good. The Hendrix and the May tones were great (don't care how close to the artist tone they were, just sounded rad).
Fascinating show- and that’s an amazing bit of kit! Probably too much for me though, I’m still trying to get my tones out of a Morgan Amp on 3, Big Bob, and Analogman Sunface... and I’m very happy in that ballpark! Thanks boys!
What Mick says at around 36:00 is so true. For a guitarist to cut through a mix, it's not about volume, it's about hitting the right frequencies so they pop out (or EQ'ing other things to make a space for it). So many players think that just being loud is enough. There are diminishing returns on this that kick in pretty quickly. Having an amp with good head room is great of course, but there's no point in dialling in something that is so loud that it overpowers everything else. And often times, the tone that sounds gnarly and rude by itself sounds awesome in a mix. The mix is the only important thing for me, unless you're a solo player of course.
I so appreciate your demos, Chaps! You're both so cheerful and upbeat even when you're upset about something. TPS is always a pick me upon when I need it. Thanks, Mates!
I don't get all any of the critiques, this show was well prepared, deep in explanations and what I like the most, it was honest. I feel more and more that this is not my cup of tea in terms of sound and I am glad that Mick is saying that too. But it definitely sounds great and simulates that sound very well.
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it. If people are unhappy with videos it’s usually because we’ve offered an opinion that differs with their own. Or we flat got something wrong. Nothing very wrong in this video I don’t think, but the world of guitar tone is extremely subjective. People are dying to know what we think of stuff.... unless we’re not glowing about it. And then they can feel offended. Which is why we don’t touch stuff we don’t like. No winners in that situation. But this, we like this for what it sets out to do. Cheers!
That Pedal Show I also really enjoyed this show, and I personally love when someone checking out a piece of gear has critical things to say about it. It’s one of the things I love about TPS. I know you guys will say (understandably in a nice way) “I don’t like this”, when something isn’t for you. Also, in regards to the Strymon reference, did you mean their Riverside (which is their “tube inspired drive sounds” pedal) rather than the Sunset (multiple overdrives in a pedal)?
Something important to know... The low control wraps the low end w hair if you want clean roll more off, use the bright caps, lower vol and more output, you can dial in a vox, just have to master the controls to what you want
Great video guys, I found that using the blend control into my clean channel amp sound opens up all the lower gain fat, more tube screamer like sounds. You use the clean channel of your amp to tam and smooth the gain of this pedal. Then hit the blend override button for face melting solos.
Random thought: Get Mark Letteri on the show! Or just check out his signature Melody OD pedal by J. Rockett. It's an overdrive with 6 slider EQ on it. So cool!
Cheers Bleek. I should qualify it a bit. Mick here. A good AC30, JTm45, Tweed Deluxe etc... can be pure magic with the right guitar. To a point. But then it kinda goes over the top and becomes indistinct and gets nasty stuff. Also, it absolutely needs volume, and to get the power section breathing: it’s a physical experience as much as a sonic one. You take the physical bit away... just sounds scratchy to me.... until you get it in a mix and then it can potentially all change. I probably didn’t mean to be as binary as I sounded!
Binary? If that's binary, then so am I. Absolutely, I lose the clarity in chords and the leads don't seem to sing as much as fart out - or the character of the sound seems to suffer. I'm about to replace some Xotic Boosters, which I've used exclusively for years, because I didn't like the sound of them at higher gain settings. Replacing with the Vertex Clean Drive and Dynamic Distortion (Which was always a dirty word to me). Forever searching for ultimate clarity in very characterful sounds! Glad to know I'm not strictly alone ha!
Every friday I get the same thought. There should be an official "that pedal forum". I know there are plenty allready, but it would be a good place to talk further about the show, share stories and pictures of or gear. Each show springs new conversations that I often wish would go on a bit longer.
Hmmm. TPS is already an immense amount of work for us. A forum - full of hate, people arguing, being offensive etc etc etc (all forums have an element of this) - would totally do me in. Mick here. Sorry, but the few routinely spoil it for the many. Plenty of great, more established forums out there who have the mental fortitude to deal with it. I don’t. Cheers!
Nah. Just not our thing, sorry! For example, I can’t tell you the number of posts I’ve read on, let’s say, Marshall Plexis (but insert any gear you care to mention) where it’s absolutely obvious the writer has never owned or played one. And yet they’re quoting things and opinions they’ve read etc etc etc. It’s 90 per cent misinformation. Usually... among some absolutely stellar stuff I should say. We don’t have the stomach for the 90 per cent unfortunately. :0)
That Pedal Show. I get what you're saying. Wouldn't want your job to become that of moderating. Just trying to find ways of enjoying the community between shows. And furthering the subjects.
I can see your point, the internet breeds quite a bit of misinformation and rudeness, even when moderated, and I can see why you would not want to delve into that cesspool. Cheers :)
Great video guys, I think between this and Pete Thorn’s video - amazing. I’m using an OxBox with a Lonestar Special and run the Revival into the front end. For recording it is brilliant, can’t hear the difference between the JTM45 and the above when recorded. Agree with Dan’s comments in the AC30, play with EQ2 a bit more and it gets closer. Thanks for the video guys!!!!
I've been watching your fantasic show for 3 years now and you to have taught me more in that time than in the last 25 bravo to both of you ... Did you know origin effects Revival drive is an anagram of afflicting Overdrive revise I rest my case
Origin Effects hi origin your pedal is a work of sonic and engineering art well done it's amazing. It's phenomenal what you can achieve when you remove the constrictions of what has come before x
Wow, what a beautiful sounding pedal. To me, that artifacting, those blemishes, imperfections, whatever you want to call it, those are what make valve amp overdrive so magical. As Leonard Cohen said, there are cracks in everything; that’s how the light gets in. Valve amps pushed hard are beautiful because they become imperfect and that’s where their personalities and beauty comes through. :) The guitar should get a chance to show its character and so should the amp. Man I wish I could afford this pedal to get some crazy tones!
I have this pedal and I must say it takes a little time to figure it out. But well worth the effort. This thing just blows most of my other OD pedals off my board and on to Reverb. The Tones are to die for. It so much fun to play. Don’t knock it until you try it. Totally worth the money. I love love love this pedal.
Kinda cool to have another feature of this direct on IRs. Shawn Tubbs has an excellent demo of this as well, but I'm interested on your thoughts when comparing it to the Kingsley preamps.
I like that a lot of the controls are different than other pedals - more like the 'advanced' options you get with some modelling units, though done all in analog. This could be an amazing recording tool.
Totally. If you don’t have the option of mic’ing an amp, this into an interface and some IRs..... interesting. How much better it’d be than straight Kemper or Helix type modelling would be interesting. Our replacements will make that video sometime in 2025. :0)
It’s ironic that this TPS and JHS Pedals shows comes out the same week; and you mentioned the Strymon Sunset. My Origin Effects Cali76 Deluxe is an always on pedal (feeding the delay); and while watching the video my thoughts were... Nope! I rather use my Strymon Sunset; and then you go and mention the Sunset. The thing about the Sunset (with the favorite switch) is I can “set & forget” six great, useful, and different tones and that is why it will never leave my board just like the ‘76. Yes it is DSP. I don’t care, it is DSP done right! And is the poster child for the letter N in F.U.N. that Josh mentions. Keep up the great show, and continue to sprinkle in these “outside your wheelhouse” shows every once in a while.
Hey Mick and Dan, another awesome show! Can’t thank you guys enough for all the knowledge you have imparted. If your show would have been around in the 90’s I can’t tell you how much money it would have saved me. Got rid of a lot of good gear simply because I didn’t know how to get the best out of it or use it in the right context. You have answered questions about tone I’ve been pondering for over 25 years! That being said, I do have this one search though that is still ongoing and it has baffled me. Maybe you can help. I don’t know if you familiar with Dwight Yoakam’s producer/ guitar player Pete Anderson or not, but there is a certain tone that he uses from time to time on Dwight’s recordings: It is subtle but unique, and I have never heard it on anything else. Some examples are: “Thousand Miles From Nowhere”, “ Things Change”, “Fast as You” , “ I don’t Need it Done” “Pocket of a Clown”.ect.There is reverb and definitely slap back but also has a sort of metallic tone to it. Since guys are really into echo and delay you might be able to spot it right off. It could be a certain type of reverb or echo instead of a special effect of some kind. I’ve tried all the conventional guitar effects that I know of with no success. Maybe you guys could do a show on some unusual guitar tones and how sometimes they are really not that unusual or some unknown crazy effect, but sometimes it’s just about knowing how to adjust what you already have in the right combinations. Anyway, Keep up the good work! Thanks, Alan Truckner
Hi Guys. Great episode. The trick to using an Les Paul through a cranked Vintage Marshall sound is to roll your volume down a little off max and even turn the tone down on your bridge pickup. The Beano sound is a mix of both LP pickups, with guitar’s volume down around 7 or 8 on the bridge, and less on the neck. Could you revisit the Revival Drive with your 1987x, AC30 and Super Reverb? To see what the Revival Drive is like at getting cranked or slightly cranked amp sounds through those amps at quieter than cranked volume levels
This show has a very detrimental affect on my bank balance and my marriage. Damn! that is one amazing sounding piece of kit, I can only imagine how it must FEEL. As usual you did a great job explaining the overall concept and features. Nice one guys. I may have to see a marriage councilor after this one!
Must say that is very impressive. There was a moment doing the Hendrix thing where it was erupting very much like the real thing. Another moment I heard some old Joe Walsh solo music. Pretty amazing.
So interesting to hear Mick talk about headroom at about 36.30. I get that completely. I've only just realised that when I want to take the sound somewhere else it's a fuzz that I want, not a distortion.
It’s like the Mark V of over drive pedals... you could tweak this thing forever, keep getting good sounds but the thought of knowing there might be another sound in there that I like more would drive me nuts personally which means I’d turn knobs more than play. I like that there is a builder out there willing to throw it all in a single box though.
Interesting! And understandable. You’ve summed up why I can’t handle complex things... unless they have to be complex to function properly. Like a DAW or Photoshop. Mick here.
Hats off to Simon, I think he's created something unique on the market here. If you want that vintage amp sound and you're a gigging guitar player turning up to venues with a random backline this is a great option for an consistently awesome sounding fly rig. Great job Dan and Mick too for a proper in depth review from a player's standpoint.
I’ve been killing myself as to what amp I wanna get cause I’m soooo tired of the dull tone of my Blackstar HT Stage 60 and low and behold... it’s a pedal! Thank you so much guys! You also just saved me about $1500!
It’s the wonderful thing about guitar tones Conor! Just different preferences and why there are no answers only better questions. Dan also remarked to me yesterday that it seemed to sound much better recorded than his experience on the day. Also, your enjoyment of a sound is - in my opinion - 70 per cent how it feels and 30 per cent how it sounds. The percentages aren’t much help in reality, just making the point that how it feels to play is really, really important. Both of us were struggling today. Cheers!
You guys go so deep into everything you do and it is absolutely fabulous. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Best conversation on the tube. Beyond the incredible analysis is the real feeling of love and care in the gear. For That Pedal Show it should be changed to “Us Tube” . Cheers!
thanks mick! very informative episode and you lead the discussion beautifully. i don't think i would ever pay that much for an OD pedal so my opinion on the sound is totally moot but great fun to watch! 49:34 was an absolutely perfect tone moment.
For some reason these two guys’ voices have a soothing effect on me. I usually listen to their shows early morning when I first wake up, before my afternoon nap or hitting the sack at night… I usually fall asleep within the first 10 minutes! As a result I have never quite finished watching any of the shows, LOL.😂
Really pleased someone finally did a truly in depth review of this pedal and it happens to be you guys. Well done chaps! As regards the pedal, it did not inspire me to part with £500.00. I can see a use for it as an alternative to amp modellers such as the helix and Amplifire if linked with a decent IR cab simulator though, especially in silent stage situations.
Always happy to see the jr’s make an appearance. Great sounding pedal. However, when it comes to guitars, amps or pedals I don’t have the mental capacity, patience, or dedication to play with more than 5-6 knobs. Anything more complicated than a non master volume amp is too much for me. God I’m so dumb.
Curios to hear it through stereo studio monitors direct...?..nice sounds for sure ...i will say that you guys are the proper guys to demo this ...mick your licks very clean with good sting....👍👍👍...dan ditto to u to these videos only work with skills an chemistry...well done...
"Okay, so the scariest pedal imaginable. Thanks. That's all you've got to say - scariest pedal imaginable....." :-). Gread vid and amazingly flexible pedal. Holy cow - there are options, then, there are OPTIONS! Amazing pedal. Thanks guys.
Just a few points: - - I appreciate your effort to make the pedal worths it 600 euros. - Zillion of knobs and no midi? This is sad - I understand the guys behind Origin put months (or years) to develop such a complex and modern ovedrive/preamp/distortion pedal and for that they have all my respect. - Have an opinion based only by a YT video is stupid, so I'm stupid Cheers guys, a long time follower from Italy.
I very like your show guys! It would be nice if you could demo the Fairfield Circuitry effects? Will be very interested to have your opinions on these pedals made in Canada.
I bought the Revival drive and returned it as it just did not do well with single coil pic -ups. It is fabulous with Hum-buckers and P 90's . They managed to get better sounds with a strat than i got. After watching this , I might have to give this pedal another try !!
Same here. Was wondering if I could get a more adaptable version of my trusty Catalinbread SFT out of this, but I don't see how I could replicate my VT-40/VT-22 tones, which is surprising with the number of controls involved. The ideas behind it are great, but the sounds are very basic and stereotypical, there is no flexibility in tone aside from basic "UK vs US" sensibilities.
I agree its a bit sharp sounding on the fender single coils and at some points I did have to take my headphones off. The collings sounded great though!
Yeah it did sound better towards the end for sure. Luckily those suggestions are there for the simple minded like myself. If I plugged into it at a shop I think I would have a difficult time with it... hopefully the dealers have someone there who could help people with it.
Love you guys! Looking at the revival vs the king tone guitar duellist. I know both are good but what do you prefer if going into a two rock or Magnatone (big clean)?
Great video, I am looking at getting one of these. Just seems like I would either leave it on a setting , or constantly be fiddling with it. Maybe a fav setting or 2 would help .
I totally get where your (Mick) coming from when you say you like alot of head room without breakup in your amp. I personally love my 59 reissue Bassman when I crank it and get that amp breakup. Come to think of it, I have been watching TPS since the start and I don't think I have seen a Bassman on here.
I'd very much like to try one of these, but I have two very expensive pedals on my list before this. Effectrode tube vibe, and a Kingsley page. But, this is a solid #3
get a harlot and a bard some of the magic of kingsley is having 2 of them. there is a new phaser farm pedals dual phaser that does vibe so revival and harlot. ya skipping the tube vibe
I find that (in my trifling experience as a duffer), what I hear when I'm playing, when I'm within the feedback loop of my hands on the instrument and the amp cooking, is entirely different than what I hear when I listen to playback. Often, I'm wholly surprised at the difference in the experience. This is speaking to the philosophical bit. In terms of the pedal, I think it's a little baffling to me, in terms of what I would want at this time. More complicated than I would be comfortable with. I tend to like the amp to have some margin of headroom, though having it pretty squishy does make it easier to play some things.
Look I've said it before. This pedal is a pretty good over driving amp/pedal unit but it just lacks sufficient tonal variations and tweakability for mine. ***dies laughing, gasping for air**** Sounds pretty good. A great test would be to plug it into a straight out transistor amp I reckon. ;)
My interpretation of it is that if you were on tour, and you got some amp that a blind man made in his garage rather than what's on your Rider, you could save your ass with this thing and get a usable amp tone.
I understand but if it’s gonna give me so many super authentic classic tones which would require many thousands of dollars and not to mention real-estate and man-power carrying around so many amps, I say it’s 110% worth it. Think about it... if you had all these different amps, you’d need to learn how to work them separately anyway. That’s just me though... bring on the manual!!
Interesting reaction. Sounded better than many of the od/dist pedals you've had on and liked to me, even without in-depth tweaking. Also interesting to hear talk of you guys not liking cranked amp overdrive. It's cool that you're different, after all we already have Pete Thorn. But does make me think you could do some more stuff about real amp tone vs pedal emulation -as there are a lot of us out there that are into overdriven (if not cranked to the point of fuzz or ghosting) amp tone. BTW played the RD in person and it's the real deal -albeit a bit fiddly to initially work with.
Hi Martin. I guess it was a bit too black and white to draw the distinction so fully. I guess what I mean is that I personally prefer the sound of an amp and pedal interacting, in the way that so many classic guitar sounds were created. Really not big on amp emulations of any kind and for sure there’s real magic in the sound of certain amps cranked. Truth is, no pedal really does it. It’s an approximation of the gain and dynamic response which never really sounds like the amp. Maybe we should do that. A lot of people seem to have believed all the marketing guff that says pedals can sound like amps. It can’t.
Yes very much so. Would be an eye opener to the many players out there these days who have never really looked to amps for overdrive. Even in these times of incredible pedals IME you can get great sounds in the 80-90% accurate zone but fully closing the gap is difficult: I recently compared a Suhr SL67 to a 66 Showman and (fave MIAB) Alexander Jubilee into the same greenback cab. The Fender and pedal was a great tone well in the ballpark (you should demo that Jubilee), but the Suhr just had that bit more clarity and realism, as always. After one play in a shop I suspect the Revival is a noticeable move closer than most pedals, but there's likely always going to be a difference. BTW looking at what classic overdrive tones did and didn't involve od/dist pedals would make for a pretty cool episode, I reckon.
When I first heard about this I thought it would be pretty cool, and I contemplated purchasing it, but I admit it seemed very complicated, and I believe that stopped me from buying it. This video confirms that I was right, for me. For someone else this may be great, not for me.
Ah, well, there are Les Pauls and there are Les Pauls. You know the old ones tended to sound pretty ‘thin’ and ‘airy’ compared with the 70s and beyond vision of this weird sledgehammer thing. A good 57 / 58 / 59 type has the most amazing articulacy. Niiiiice!
I miss a sense of the bigger picture here--the possibilities of having a power amp in the electronic part of the signal process. Like the possibilites in having the opportunity to place stomp box effects after the power amp distortion, in the signal chain.
Great job. It takes a lot of fiddling to get your head around it, but with time you will get fantastic results.You should fiddled with the blend, really cleans up the highs of single coils.
I could see this being a big win for artists that fly around and use backline amps as a way to quickly get "your" sound or for people who play in a bunch of different groups and need a different kind of drive per group but don't want to rebuild their board every gig.
- Interesting bits and go-to sections…
- Intro playing: 0:00
- Always playing that lick: 1:45
- What are we doing today?: 2:05
- Woo, that’s a lot of controls: 3:19
- How are we plugging in? 5:10
- Two channels - orange and grey: 6:15
- Valve and solid-state rectifiers? 6:55
- Mick has spent his whole life trying to get away from hairy-ass amp distortion: 7:46
- The Poo Pooer Of Hamelin: 8:45
- The Anyest Any Amp Of All: 9:25
- Let’s get going. Finally: 9:53
- The Re-Amp EQ mode switch: 10:35
- Preamp and Bright Cap Structure: 11:00
- All in the middle… let’s go! 12:42 (13:13)
- Three different preamp settings: 14:14
- A sound Mick has been trying to get away from: 15:55
- EQ2 - eek! 17:20
- Let’s try some P90s: 18:16
- The Ghost control: 18:44
- The More/Presence control & negative feedback: 22:25
- Does Origin like P90s and humbuckers more than single coils? 27:11
- Into the front end or the effects loop of the HRD? And humbuckers… 29:40
- Let’s try the other channel: 32:11
- Mick still doesn’t like the hairy stuff: 36:10
- Dan’s sceptical about the Vox tones: 38:00
- Much better! The Revival Drive’s suggested settings: 41:20
- Clapton and Hendrix? 42:37
- Clapton: 42:54
- Hendrix: 43:54
- Less gain, for sure: 45:04
- Engaging the mid boost switch: 47:50
- Boosted with the D&M Drive: 48:40
- And a fuzz? 49:18
- Brian May? 51:16
- Kossoff? 52:25
- Mick’s philosophical tangent: 53:53
- Conclusions? 55:50
We've been looking forward to this one. Go RevivalDRIVE!
I think you guys needed like 3 more knobs ;)
Hey guys, did you watch the show? Did the pedal sound as you intended it too? I may be a luddite when it comes to tweaking ghost notes and negative feedback but I'm stumped at how you've voiced this pedal....it wasn't that the gain structure or breakup was bad it was the overall treble and presence voicing of the EQ it sounded muffled and one dimensional.....given my OE compressor is the greatest pedal Ive ever owned am I wrong to have expected more? Is it possible there was a fault with the pedal?
Roy Thomas Bøe ok just did that and that sounded like an entirely different pedal!!! Also a very slick review vid production. I love TPS cause it’s the best indicator of how I might engage with a unit straight out of the box. It’s obviously a complex unit so I’ll def take the time to trial it in person to make sure I can drive the spaceship and get Jays tone variety w my setup tx man
I love classic cranked amps, but mot of the time I can't crank an amp. The thing the worries me about the Revival Drive is that the volume pot controls the gain, and there doesn't appear to be anything else to control the output level. Of course you have your amp controls, but I wonder how close the basic output is to unity? I know my Cali76 gives a large-ish volume boost with the output at 12 o'clock (with a Strat). I wonder if I'd be stuck with an amp volume so low its choked with a Revival Drive set to rock...perhaps Origin are happy to forego the world of moderate sound pressures? :-)
The output knob right below the volume knob is what controls your overall level.
It's like freaky Friday where Mick knows all about the pedal and Dan has all the questions.
Parallel universe. :0)
exactly what I was thinking! :)
I’ve had the deluxe version of this pedal along with it’s separate footswitch for over a year now and I feel that I’m still discovering new tones from this pedal all the tine! I absolutely love it!
Great episode. I love that Origin care enough to take the chance on making something this complex. And unapologetically so! Fair play to them. I don't think it's for me but it's great that it's out there.
Hi guys. How about a show on different classic fender amps, i.e. super, blackface, tweed, deluxe, princeton etc Be really interesting to hear core differences, a nod to famous users and also how different pedals react to each (e.g for main gain pedal food groups, Ts klon ocd etc what works for each amp variant)
Really really want to do this. We’d discusssd getting some amps from Fender and then summer happened. Soon! :0)
Yes and it would also raise the quintessential question I would love to see discussed: Master Volume: with or without you?
That Pedal Show you should definitely do the fender amp thing so that you’d know almost all Fender amplifiers are tube rectified.
+1
I love suggestions that sound like really, really long shows :D
The guitar gods shine upon me!! I asked for this video last night! Apparently you guys are weeks ahead of me. Cant wait to recieve mine! As always, stellar work!
I luurve the concept of this pedal - the versatility, the fact it's 'supposed-to-sound-like-an-amp', the fact it's all accessible from knobs & switches, all analogue, no midi, no digital, getting in the way, not a deep dive menu in sight, all 'hairy-arsed-amp-tones' - excellent!! - perfect for a luddite, guitar-cable-amp simpleton like me! Yes! :-) Btw Mick - I'm English & not based in USA
The presets are where it starts to sound good. The Hendrix and the May tones were great (don't care how close to the artist tone they were, just sounded rad).
I really enjoyed the much deeper dive that you took with this episode. I learned more from this episode than I have from any episode in a while.
Excellent, thanks Eric - glad you enjoyed it!
Fascinating show- and that’s an amazing bit of kit!
Probably too much for me though, I’m still trying to get my tones out of a Morgan Amp on 3, Big Bob, and Analogman Sunface... and I’m very happy in that ballpark!
Thanks boys!
What Mick says at around 36:00 is so true. For a guitarist to cut through a mix, it's not about volume, it's about hitting the right frequencies so they pop out (or EQ'ing other things to make a space for it). So many players think that just being loud is enough. There are diminishing returns on this that kick in pretty quickly. Having an amp with good head room is great of course, but there's no point in dialling in something that is so loud that it overpowers everything else. And often times, the tone that sounds gnarly and rude by itself sounds awesome in a mix. The mix is the only important thing for me, unless you're a solo player of course.
Flipping heck! Knobby McKnobface or what!! It’s the king of twiddles!
Nah. Try a ”Simplifier ” DLX…:-)
I so appreciate your demos, Chaps! You're both so cheerful and upbeat even when you're upset about something. TPS is always a pick me upon when I need it. Thanks, Mates!
I don't get all any of the critiques, this show was well prepared, deep in explanations and what I like the most, it was honest. I feel more and more that this is not my cup of tea in terms of sound and I am glad that Mick is saying that too. But it definitely sounds great and simulates that sound very well.
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it. If people are unhappy with videos it’s usually because we’ve offered an opinion that differs with their own. Or we flat got something wrong. Nothing very wrong in this video I don’t think, but the world of guitar tone is extremely subjective. People are dying to know what we think of stuff.... unless we’re not glowing about it. And then they can feel offended. Which is why we don’t touch stuff we don’t like. No winners in that situation. But this, we like this for what it sets out to do. Cheers!
That Pedal Show I also really enjoyed this show, and I personally love when someone checking out a piece of gear has critical things to say about it. It’s one of the things I love about TPS. I know you guys will say (understandably in a nice way) “I don’t like this”, when something isn’t for you. Also, in regards to the Strymon reference, did you mean their Riverside (which is their “tube inspired drive sounds” pedal) rather than the Sunset (multiple overdrives in a pedal)?
Also, I recently purchased a Super Reverb, and you two are more than vaguely culpable. It's marvelous, by the way. Worth every bit of the cost.
Mick. I'm proud. I don't know much about how amps work and this was so informative. Well done and thanks for learning and sharing!
You’re welcome! Thank you for the kind words!
Something important to know... The low control wraps the low end w hair if you want clean roll more off, use the bright caps, lower vol and more output, you can dial in a vox, just have to master the controls to what you want
Thanks for helping me understand this complicated pedal guys! Love the show!!
Great video guys, I found that using the blend control into my clean channel amp sound opens up all the lower gain fat, more tube screamer like sounds. You use the clean channel of your amp to tam and smooth the gain of this pedal. Then hit the blend override button for face melting solos.
Random thought: Get Mark Letteri on the show! Or just check out his signature Melody OD pedal by J. Rockett. It's an overdrive with 6 slider EQ on it. So cool!
We’ve done the Melody. Or at least it’s been on the show already. Mark would be welcome any time night or day!
I love that they put out something different than a 3-knob overdrive! The inside of this pedal has to look like a NASA control center. Sounds great!
Guys. Watching since the beginning. You’re my guys.
Proper respect to J Leonard J. Honk placement was deliberate. You guys are the best!
We love J. He’s a fantastic human and crazy talented musician. Awesome.
So pleased to hear you both say what I think whenever anybody talks about cranked amp overdrive..."I don't like it". - Always a pleasure Gents.
Cheers Bleek. I should qualify it a bit. Mick here. A good AC30, JTm45, Tweed Deluxe etc... can be pure magic with the right guitar. To a point. But then it kinda goes over the top and becomes indistinct and gets nasty stuff. Also, it absolutely needs volume, and to get the power section breathing: it’s a physical experience as much as a sonic one. You take the physical bit away... just sounds scratchy to me.... until you get it in a mix and then it can potentially all change. I probably didn’t mean to be as binary as I sounded!
Binary? If that's binary, then so am I. Absolutely, I lose the clarity in chords and the leads don't seem to sing as much as fart out - or the character of the sound seems to suffer. I'm about to replace some Xotic Boosters, which I've used exclusively for years, because I didn't like the sound of them at higher gain settings. Replacing with the Vertex Clean Drive and Dynamic Distortion (Which was always a dirty word to me). Forever searching for ultimate clarity in very characterful sounds! Glad to know I'm not strictly alone ha!
Every friday I get the same thought. There should be an official "that pedal forum". I know there are plenty allready, but it would be a good place to talk further about the show, share stories and pictures of or gear. Each show springs new conversations that I often wish would go on a bit longer.
Hmmm. TPS is already an immense amount of work for us. A forum - full of hate, people arguing, being offensive etc etc etc (all forums have an element of this) - would totally do me in. Mick here. Sorry, but the few routinely spoil it for the many. Plenty of great, more established forums out there who have the mental fortitude to deal with it. I don’t. Cheers!
Maybe a subreddit? I'm pretty sure there would be people willing to be moderators.
Nah. Just not our thing, sorry! For example, I can’t tell you the number of posts I’ve read on, let’s say, Marshall Plexis (but insert any gear you care to mention) where it’s absolutely obvious the writer has never owned or played one. And yet they’re quoting things and opinions they’ve read etc etc etc. It’s 90 per cent misinformation. Usually... among some absolutely stellar stuff I should say. We don’t have the stomach for the 90 per cent unfortunately. :0)
That Pedal Show. I get what you're saying. Wouldn't want your job to become that of moderating. Just trying to find ways of enjoying the community between shows. And furthering the subjects.
I can see your point, the internet breeds quite a bit of misinformation and rudeness, even when moderated, and I can see why you would not want to delve into that cesspool. Cheers :)
Great video guys, I think between this and Pete Thorn’s video - amazing. I’m using an OxBox with a Lonestar Special and run the Revival into the front end. For recording it is brilliant, can’t hear the difference between the JTM45 and the above when recorded. Agree with Dan’s comments in the AC30, play with EQ2 a bit more and it gets closer. Thanks for the video guys!!!!
Wow! Lots of interesting information. Many times I rewound to really catch something. Good job, guys!
I've been watching your fantasic show for 3 years now and you to have taught me more in that time than in the last 25 bravo to both of you ... Did you know origin effects Revival drive is an anagram of afflicting Overdrive revise I rest my case
Hahahah!!! Excellent. And thank you for the kind words. :0)
That's great, Colin! I wish that we had discovered that first as we could have stuck that on the front page of the manual!
Origin Effects hi origin your pedal is a work of sonic and engineering art well done it's amazing. It's phenomenal what you can achieve when you remove the constrictions of what has come before x
Wow, what a beautiful sounding pedal. To me, that artifacting, those blemishes, imperfections, whatever you want to call it, those are what make valve amp overdrive so magical. As Leonard Cohen said, there are cracks in everything; that’s how the light gets in. Valve amps pushed hard are beautiful because they become imperfect and that’s where their personalities and beauty comes through. :) The guitar should get a chance to show its character and so should the amp. Man I wish I could afford this pedal to get some crazy tones!
Why is there an episode on a single pe... oh.
if you're doing Nashville type stuff, and recording at home using IR's, this pedal is a must have.
Mick sounds so good with that Collings at 19 min
I have this pedal and I must say it takes a little time to figure it out. But well worth the effort. This thing just blows most of my other OD pedals off my board and on to Reverb. The Tones are to die for. It so much fun to play. Don’t knock it until you try it. Totally worth the money. I love love love this pedal.
I have plugged a silicon rectifier into my '58 bassman for many decades. Groove Tubes made a module that just plugs into the tube socket.
Kinda cool to have another feature of this direct on IRs. Shawn Tubbs has an excellent demo of this as well, but I'm interested on your thoughts when comparing it to the Kingsley preamps.
I like that a lot of the controls are different than other pedals - more like the 'advanced' options you get with some modelling units, though done all in analog. This could be an amazing recording tool.
Totally. If you don’t have the option of mic’ing an amp, this into an interface and some IRs..... interesting. How much better it’d be than straight Kemper or Helix type modelling would be interesting. Our replacements will make that video sometime in 2025. :0)
Okay, I'll put that in my calendar.
Intense, in-depth and important discussion. Well done Gents!
It’s ironic that this TPS and JHS Pedals shows comes out the same week; and you mentioned the Strymon Sunset. My Origin Effects Cali76 Deluxe is an always on pedal (feeding the delay); and while watching the video my thoughts were... Nope! I rather use my Strymon Sunset; and then you go and mention the Sunset. The thing about the Sunset (with the favorite switch) is I can “set & forget” six great, useful, and different tones and that is why it will never leave my board just like the ‘76. Yes it is DSP. I don’t care, it is DSP done right! And is the poster child for the letter N in F.U.N. that Josh mentions. Keep up the great show, and continue to sprinkle in these “outside your wheelhouse” shows every once in a while.
Hey Mick and Dan, another awesome show! Can’t thank you guys enough for all the knowledge you have imparted.
If your show would have been around in the 90’s I can’t tell you how much money it would have saved me. Got rid of
a lot of good gear simply because I didn’t know how to get the best out of it or use it in the right context. You have
answered questions about tone I’ve been pondering for over 25 years!
That being said, I do have this one search though that is still ongoing and it has baffled me. Maybe you can help. I don’t know if you familiar with Dwight Yoakam’s producer/ guitar player Pete Anderson or not, but there is a certain tone that he uses from time to time on Dwight’s recordings: It is subtle but unique, and I have never heard it on anything else. Some examples are: “Thousand Miles From Nowhere”, “ Things Change”, “Fast as You” , “ I don’t Need it Done” “Pocket of a Clown”.ect.There is reverb and definitely slap back but also has a sort of metallic tone to it. Since guys are really into echo and delay you might be able to spot it right off. It could be a certain type of reverb or echo instead of a special effect of some kind. I’ve tried all the conventional guitar effects that I know of with no success.
Maybe you guys could do a show on some unusual guitar tones and how sometimes they are really not that unusual or some unknown crazy effect, but sometimes it’s just about knowing how to adjust what you already have in the right combinations.
Anyway, Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Alan Truckner
Hi Guys. Great episode. The trick to using an Les Paul through a cranked Vintage Marshall sound is to roll your volume down a little off max and even turn the tone down on your bridge pickup. The Beano sound is a mix of both LP pickups, with guitar’s volume down around 7 or 8 on the bridge, and less on the neck. Could you revisit the Revival Drive with your 1987x, AC30 and Super Reverb? To see what the Revival Drive is like at getting cranked or slightly cranked amp sounds through those amps at quieter than cranked volume levels
This show has a very detrimental affect on my bank balance and my marriage. Damn! that is one amazing sounding piece of kit, I can only imagine how it must FEEL. As usual you did a great job explaining the overall concept and features. Nice one guys. I may have to see a marriage councilor after this one!
It cost a bit but well worth it. Truly a remarkable pedal. The best overdrive ever.
Must say that is very impressive. There was a moment doing the Hendrix thing where it was erupting very much like the real thing. Another moment I heard some old Joe Walsh solo music. Pretty amazing.
The only channel I thumbs up before I watch.
Yep. First thing I do before watching. I don't understand why it has any dislikes. Who are these people?
@@colaboytje People who watch the entire video and don't like the approach to the demo. Who are the people who like something before they try it?
@ 20.16 - I love when Dan whispers - "that's very clever!" I need to cut a clip of that!!
So interesting to hear Mick talk about headroom at about 36.30. I get that completely. I've only just realised that when I want to take the sound somewhere else it's a fuzz that I want, not a distortion.
Very interesting. Thanks for giving this such good treatment.
I swear I could hear the Drive It Home riff from Cry Of Love in Dan’s playing at 21:19
dan wasnt stoked
No he was not.
When Dan strummed butters before plugging in... Holy cow that guitar sounds good all round!
It’s like the Mark V of over drive pedals... you could tweak this thing forever, keep getting good sounds but the thought of knowing there might be another sound in there that I like more would drive me nuts personally which means I’d turn knobs more than play.
I like that there is a builder out there willing to throw it all in a single box though.
Interesting! And understandable. You’ve summed up why I can’t handle complex things... unless they have to be complex to function properly. Like a DAW or Photoshop. Mick here.
Hats off to Simon, I think he's created something unique on the market here. If you want that vintage amp sound and you're a gigging guitar player turning up to venues with a random backline this is a great option for an consistently awesome sounding fly rig. Great job Dan and Mick too for a proper in depth review from a player's standpoint.
A Test with a PA-System would be very interesting - and "clean sounds" too : ))
Wow, that's a great machine, well worth the challenge it poses. You've got your resolution back, Yeahh!
I’ve been killing myself as to what amp I wanna get cause I’m soooo tired of the dull tone of my Blackstar HT Stage 60 and low and behold... it’s a pedal! Thank you so much guys! You also just saved me about $1500!
So... 3,5 years later, after listening to the mixed recordings... what's your take on it now?
I feel like I'm going a bit mad. These guitar sounds are incredible. Some of my favourites ever. They seem so underwhelmed.
It’s the wonderful thing about guitar tones Conor! Just different preferences and why there are no answers only better questions.
Dan also remarked to me yesterday that it seemed to sound much better recorded than his experience on the day. Also, your enjoyment of a sound is - in my opinion - 70 per cent how it feels and 30 per cent how it sounds. The percentages aren’t much help in reality, just making the point that how it feels to play is really, really important. Both of us were struggling today. Cheers!
Cheers for replying - very kind of you. To be clear then, might you say this is definitely one to try in the shop before forking out for it?
Dan here, I’d say that about every bit of gear wherever possible
Philosophical Tangent....
"Aurally Assaulted" is the phrase that I think you were looking for Mick. 😁
Interesting pedal and episode.
Stephen
You guys go so deep into everything you do and it is absolutely fabulous. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Best conversation on the tube. Beyond the incredible analysis is the real feeling of love and care in the gear. For That Pedal Show it should be changed to “Us Tube” . Cheers!
Blimey, thank you sir!
This thing sounds freakin’ unbelievable. Gosh
Ugh. I love when Mick takes charge ;)
That's what she said! I'm sorry...
thanks mick! very informative episode and you lead the discussion beautifully. i don't think i would ever pay that much for an OD pedal so my opinion on the sound is totally moot but great fun to watch! 49:34 was an absolutely perfect tone moment.
For some reason these two guys’ voices have a soothing effect on me. I usually listen to their shows early morning when I first wake up, before my afternoon nap or hitting the sack at night… I usually fall asleep within the first 10 minutes! As a result I have never quite finished watching any of the shows, LOL.😂
Hahaha! Awesome!
Really pleased someone finally did a truly in depth review of this pedal and it happens to be you guys. Well done chaps!
As regards the pedal, it did not inspire me to part with £500.00. I can see a use for it as an alternative to amp modellers such as the helix and Amplifire if linked with a decent IR cab simulator though, especially in silent stage situations.
Always happy to see the jr’s make an appearance. Great sounding pedal. However, when it comes to guitars, amps or pedals I don’t have the mental capacity, patience, or dedication to play with more than 5-6 knobs. Anything more complicated than a non master volume amp is too much for me. God I’m so dumb.
The Revival drive Hot Rod compact is absolutely the cat's meow!!
impressive tech but not a single tone I liked on this episode with this pedal, a TS808, OCD and good fuzz are more than enough.
So far this is reminding me of that film when the two characters swap bodies 😂.
Faces, y'mean? Face Off?
Nothing as manly as that. Freaky Friday :-)
Kieren Moore - I'd love to see TPS with more slow-motion doves.
Yeah, M:i2-style ...
The sixth day ? 😂
Curios to hear it through stereo studio monitors direct...?..nice sounds for sure ...i will say that you guys are the proper guys to demo this ...mick your licks very clean with good sting....👍👍👍...dan ditto to u to these videos only work with skills an chemistry...well done...
I'd be curious as to what sort of tones are possible with this in front of one of those pedal sized amps.
"Okay, so the scariest pedal imaginable. Thanks. That's all you've got to say - scariest pedal imaginable....." :-). Gread vid and amazingly flexible pedal. Holy cow - there are options, then, there are OPTIONS! Amazing pedal. Thanks guys.
Just a few points:
- - I appreciate your effort to make the pedal worths it 600 euros.
- Zillion of knobs and no midi? This is sad
- I understand the guys behind Origin put months (or years) to develop such a complex and modern ovedrive/preamp/distortion pedal and for that they have all my respect.
- Have an opinion based only by a YT video is stupid, so I'm stupid
Cheers guys, a long time follower from Italy.
I very like your show guys! It would be nice if you could demo the Fairfield Circuitry effects? Will be very interested to have your opinions on these pedals made in Canada.
The Shallow Water is an always on pedal for me and it is set to be subtle effect before distortion.
Let’s do it. We need to acquire some.
The Clapton setting was instant Gary Moore 😂
I bought the Revival drive and returned it as it just did not do well with single coil pic -ups. It is fabulous with Hum-buckers and P 90's . They managed to get better sounds with a strat than i got. After watching this , I might have to give this pedal another try !!
It’s a life changing unit in our Jimi tone chase
I see that Victory Sheriff preamp pedal in the back. Please tell me it sounds as good into a V40 deluxe as i hope it will!
Probably not the right video on which to talk about that! Videos coming soooooon. Ish. :0)
Worth a try! :P Keep up the great work guys!
Yes - wax lyrical about the offering of the week, or gtfo ... ;)
Now that is VERY interesting. I'm hoping it does sound as good too.
Love my slide rig, but no interest in this.It just doesn’t sound anything special. Many different shades of beige.
Same here. Was wondering if I could get a more adaptable version of my trusty Catalinbread SFT out of this, but I don't see how I could replicate my VT-40/VT-22 tones, which is surprising with the number of controls involved. The ideas behind it are great, but the sounds are very basic and stereotypical, there is no flexibility in tone aside from basic "UK vs US" sensibilities.
You know what, the "All you need is Fuzz" design would make a great holiday sweater!
I agree its a bit sharp sounding on the fender single coils and at some points I did have to take my headphones off. The collings sounded great though!
We could have turned the treble down of course. It’s very tweakable.
Do get to the suggested settings bit... better results there.
Yeah it did sound better towards the end for sure. Luckily those suggestions are there for the simple minded like myself. If I plugged into it at a shop I think I would have a difficult time with it... hopefully the dealers have someone there who could help people with it.
Love you guys! Looking at the revival vs the king tone guitar duellist. I know both are good but what do you prefer if going into a two rock or Magnatone (big clean)?
Monster playing as always.
Jesus christ that strat sound so damn good
Which one? Thanks!
Great video, I am looking at getting one of these. Just seems like I would either leave it on a setting , or constantly be fiddling with it. Maybe a fav setting or 2 would help .
I totally get where your (Mick) coming from when you say you like alot of head room without breakup in your amp. I personally love my 59 reissue Bassman when I crank it and get that amp breakup. Come to think of it, I have been watching TPS since the start and I don't think I have seen a Bassman on here.
I really want a Bassman. Mick here. Haven’t had one for at least 10 years. Which is weird because I love them! Okay, need to fix this.
I'd very much like to try one of these, but I have two very expensive pedals on my list before this. Effectrode tube vibe, and a Kingsley page. But, this is a solid #3
get a harlot and a bard some of the magic of kingsley is having 2 of them. there is a new phaser farm pedals dual phaser that does vibe so revival and harlot. ya skipping the tube vibe
Holy brigade buckets, that's a pricy pedal, super cool though.
I don’t know about the room. But sounds great mic’d and sent through TH-cam.
I find that (in my trifling experience as a duffer), what I hear when I'm playing, when I'm within the feedback loop of my hands on the instrument and the amp cooking, is entirely different than what I hear when I listen to playback. Often, I'm wholly surprised at the difference in the experience. This is speaking to the philosophical bit. In terms of the pedal, I think it's a little baffling to me, in terms of what I would want at this time. More complicated than I would be comfortable with. I tend to like the amp to have some margin of headroom, though having it pretty squishy does make it easier to play some things.
Look I've said it before. This pedal is a pretty good over driving amp/pedal unit but it just lacks sufficient tonal variations and tweakability for mine. ***dies laughing, gasping for air**** Sounds pretty good. A great test would be to plug it into a straight out transistor amp I reckon. ;)
Option paralysis ! Nice demo guys sounds great but, I don't want a pedal that I have to study a manual to use and too many freakin' knobs !
Some people do. Different strokes. :0)
Agreed ! :-)
My interpretation of it is that if you were on tour, and you got some amp that a blind man made in his garage rather than what's on your Rider, you could save your ass with this thing and get a usable amp tone.
Origin Effects will make a compact version with half the size soon - 2019 here.
I understand but if it’s gonna give me so many super authentic classic tones which would require many thousands of dollars and not to mention real-estate and man-power carrying around so many amps, I say it’s 110% worth it. Think about it... if you had all these different amps, you’d need to learn how to work them separately anyway. That’s just me though... bring on the manual!!
Interesting reaction. Sounded better than many of the od/dist pedals you've had on and liked to me, even without in-depth tweaking. Also interesting to hear talk of you guys not liking cranked amp overdrive. It's cool that you're different, after all we already have Pete Thorn. But does make me think you could do some more stuff about real amp tone vs pedal emulation -as there are a lot of us out there that are into overdriven (if not cranked to the point of fuzz or ghosting) amp tone. BTW played the RD in person and it's the real deal -albeit a bit fiddly to initially work with.
Hi Martin. I guess it was a bit too black and white to draw the distinction so fully. I guess what I mean is that I personally prefer the sound of an amp and pedal interacting, in the way that so many classic guitar sounds were created. Really not big on amp emulations of any kind and for sure there’s real magic in the sound of certain amps cranked. Truth is, no pedal really does it. It’s an approximation of the gain and dynamic response which never really sounds like the amp. Maybe we should do that. A lot of people seem to have believed all the marketing guff that says pedals can sound like amps. It can’t.
Yes very much so. Would be an eye opener to the many players out there these days who have never really looked to amps for overdrive. Even in these times of incredible pedals IME you can get great sounds in the 80-90% accurate zone but fully closing the gap is difficult: I recently compared a Suhr SL67 to a 66 Showman and (fave MIAB) Alexander Jubilee into the same greenback cab. The Fender and pedal was a great tone well in the ballpark (you should demo that Jubilee), but the Suhr just had that bit more clarity and realism, as always. After one play in a shop I suspect the Revival is a noticeable move closer than most pedals, but there's likely always going to be a difference. BTW looking at what classic overdrive tones did and didn't involve od/dist pedals would make for a pretty cool episode, I reckon.
When I first heard about this I thought it would be pretty cool, and I contemplated purchasing it, but I admit it seemed very complicated, and I believe that stopped me from buying it. This video confirms that I was right, for me. For someone else this may be great, not for me.
I am absolutely more a Strat / Singlecoil Fan but man, Dans Les Paul sounds so freaking awesome!
Ah, well, there are Les Pauls and there are Les Pauls. You know the old ones tended to sound pretty ‘thin’ and ‘airy’ compared with the 70s and beyond vision of this weird sledgehammer thing. A good 57 / 58 / 59 type has the most amazing articulacy. Niiiiice!
I miss a sense of the bigger picture here--the possibilities of having a power amp in the electronic part of the signal process. Like the possibilites in having the opportunity to place stomp box effects after the power amp distortion, in the signal chain.
Great job. It takes a lot of fiddling to get your head around it, but with time you
will get fantastic results.You should fiddled with the blend, really cleans up the highs of single coils.
So many things we should have done. Got a link to your video?
Sorry it's not a link, cocked up some how. Thinking of uploading something, I'm really really close to achieving Beano.
36:40 I'm with you Mick! I don't want breakup at all ever from the amp or speakers
I like it when the pedal pushes the amp into some colour. But at the point it becomes harsh and flappy, aaahhhhm oooot.
Very amazing, flexible and interesting pedal.
I could see this being a big win for artists that fly around and use backline amps as a way to quickly get "your" sound or for people who play in a bunch of different groups and need a different kind of drive per group but don't want to rebuild their board every gig.
I love their comp.