Your evolution as a musician has been outstanding! I wish to have half the talent that you possess musically. Thank you for many years of unforgettable reviews and music.
A HUGELY important advantage of the Friedman Distortion pedals ( as Michael Nielsen also noted on his excellent channel ) is that unlike most "Dirt Boxes" that just sound like their riding on top of a clean channel, Dave's pedals become a PART of your amp tone and sound and react that way as "one" entity.
@@0megalul309 Not tryng to argue, but in fact you are literally inserting this before your amp's preamp, so yeah, you are cascading gain stages the same way as if it was ''part of the preamp'', pedals just go first in the chain, that's all.
Bea's such an amazing player, just something about the way he articulates his playing, it's just so clean and tight. Loved the tone that came from the baritone as well! Great vid!
Always dig your playing, Rabea. You’ve got a very modern, I’d even call it post-modern style, with one foot planted firmly in the past. Most of your gear reviews are a bit too heavy for my tastes but as soon as I heard this opening jam, I was at Friedman’s website ordering mine. Perfect demo. Thanks, man.
So glad I found your channel, man... I didn't realize you had your own thing happening, but should have guessed as I enjoy all your Anderton's vid's.... You deserve way more subs than what you have. Keep it up from the good ole U S of A.
Hey Rabea, love the tone you're getting out of the pedal. Your playing is extraordinary as always! Would you mind sharing, what kind of IR you are using? Which box and microphones is it simulating? Thanks a lot! Love your channel!
I'll bet your neighbor probably makes videos too, but the only difference is, they have to start out every video with the same statement. "You'll have to pardon the background noise in this video, because... well... Rabea."
Love this. The BE OD is great but it’s a pretty overwhelming high gain pedal (in a good way), and while it does that beautifully, it feels like this has more on offer in terms of gain options and flexibility plus the opportunity to stack it in front of a clean amp with something like a Klon is exciting too. Terrific demo Bea - thanks!
There's a video that demonstrates the beautiful tones you can get by turning the internal gain trimpot down to minimum. That and the tightness control can really yield some awesome classic rock sounds.
@@joshdeal575 thanks Josh - I’ll go hunt that out. I love what Dave Friedman does with his Marshall pedals across the range but I do wish that trim pot was available externally! It’s an incredibly powerful part of what his pedals offer and, as you describe, can completely change the use of the pedals. Awesome tones across the board though.
@@badalicemusic ruclips.net/video/geMffjTLx6E/видео.html Around the 4:48 mark until about 6:10 in that video is where he explores the low gain sounds possible with the trim pot turned right down. Sounds pretty cool. You can't really go wrong with any of the Friedman pedals though.
Love the tones! Just got my pedal in the mail today. Crunch stays clean without getting mushy even on high gain settings. A great way to get some of those King's X tones, early Strat / Lab 5 Series era, plus the Dogman & after / bari-tones. Love your tele-style guitars too. Would love to know more about them. Wood, pickups, etc.
really? i play through a gibson sg into a blues JR and play mostly classic rock stuff inspired riffs etc-acdc/led zeppelin/ rush etc...i may have to snatch one
I've got both the BEOD and the small box. I run it through my mini rectifier clean with the eq set flat. Using mainly PRS 245 or my Gibson's AFD or 60's standard. I can really dial in that marshall JCM/jubilee 80's tones. Slash tones are no problems. If your looking to recreate that GNR tone...turn down the gain and let the guitar (Les Paul) do all the work, sweep the volume and tone to get it dialed in.
It seems that the mid control is a mid boost control. The pedal is very mid forward in Michael Nielsen’s demo as well. In Henning Pauly’s demo of the Dirty Shirley pedal he said Dave Friedman told him that the mid control is boost only, so perhaps this is also the case with the Small Box pedal?
I should of waited to comment. But the end of the video with the baritone had this Korn vibe to me. That pedal is awesome seems really versatile. I need one.
Don't worry about it dude, tech moves fast and you'll always be behind on the latest thing that comes out. Much better to buy something and just enjoy it than always be waiting for the next thing
The triplets at 12:40 sound sick as hell reminds me of Primus My Name is Mud. Come on film the headstock!!! Good lord the baritone those are the most metal teles i have ever seen. Wood from a rifle in the Napoleonic wars?
I think the low end thing it's totally deliberate, as the real Smallbox amp also has a lot less low end than the BE100. It's just the way that amp it's voiced, more mids and treble, less bass. More vintage/classic sounds than the BE100.
I recently trialed the Small Box and BE-50 deluxe at home. First the Small Box arrived and I thought WOW, then the BE-50 turned up and I was floored by the shear amount of control over the tones and EQ, including a more saggy triode (half powerish) mode but I didn’t care for the clinical/dry Buxom Betty style clean channel. I’d heard the SB pedal was coming out and started to think I could get the BE-50 and the new SB pedal and use it always on. Then I had another idea... what if Dave Friedman could make me a BE-50 with Plexi channel mod instead of Buxom Betty... He’s making it for me right now. Squeezing in an extra mid control on the front panel. Yes it means my custom BE-50 Deluxe is now the same price as the BE-100 deluxe ($300 upcharge) but the BE-100 doesn’t work for what I want in combination with my other amps. Boy I cannot wait to hear and feel the result of this gamble. Having said this I will still keep this SB pedal in my mind for use with any fender style amps I wish to give some stick. Hmmm I also just noticed the Friedman website is doing 15% off their pedals and some other accessories for the holidays until Dec 7th. Sweet 👍
@Joseph Robb That’s right, but that’s not what my post was about. The BE-50 custom amp Dave Friedman is currently building (and signing for me 😬) is getting the same Plexi style channel 1 as the Small Box (or BE-100) instead of the Buxom Betty Clean which is on the stock BE-50. I just think like PeachGuitars and many others (including Bea’s past comments) that Friedman’s version of a channel 1 Plexi tone in his amps is divine 🙂 Further more this new Small Box pedal also sounds fab. So I might still get the pedal in addition to my custom BE-50 to work with Fender style amps 👍
Ridiculously immense playing and demo! I have the Friedman Dirty Shirley pedal and absolutely love it. Now I might 'need' this one, lol... Anyone had any experience with both and how they compare?
The main difference to me is that the Shirley is more mid focused, and the clipping is a lil more vintagy, both are awesome, but the small box is more articulated and clear in my ears.
Just ordered one. I wish I had a cool vintage strat like every pedal show on RUclips lol. You’d think the custom shop is leaving those in piles somewhere? Hit me up with some clues 😉. (Jk lol)
This thing smokes that pedal. Try it in person. I had BE and it was sold on Reverb the same day I got this Small Box in the mail. It's that good, and arguably the best overdrive I've ever played.
Traditionally, overdrives have almost always been used to push the front of the amp (guitar>pedal>amp input) I don't like assuming that with these demo's. So, I'll ask, are you putting this into the actual effects loop of these amps? Or, straight through the front of it. Sounds spectacular!
Not at all true. Most older overdrive don't even get much above unity gain. If that were designed to simply push the preamp, they would have clipping and colorful tone stacks. They would be boost pedals. They were all designed to make an amp distort at low volume, in the days when it meant extreme volume levels to get distortion. The name overdrive and distortion are descriptors... Not actions. That create the sound of overdrive and distortion... They don't actually overdrive and distort. Using them "to overdrive" a preamp is a more modern take.
Fantastic work ass always! Close to order this pedal sounds nice! I’ve got one question, how you are achieving the sound on your low end strings of your Strat to be so tight ?? Is it some kind of compression, eq, pickups, or is something else?
I have this pedal also I also have the actual small box amplifier, and the gain structure switch on the pedal is barely noticeable if any I think they need to redo that
I thought about ordering the pedal. I am looking for an Iron Maiden tone and they used JCM Marshalls cranked very loud. Isn’t this pedal supposed to be similar to a cranked JCM? Will it do a good Maiden tone?
I think Rabea could make any pedal sound great simply based on his ability. A pedal with good midrange is so important to cut through a mix and give your guitar a vocal like quality. When I think of all the great players of the past there’s a ton of midrange present in there tone.
The structure switch does so little that I was curious if mine was not functioning correctly. Perhaps a little more obvious difference would've been a better option? I don't know.
however i still thinking that this side switch should put a great difference when is pushed .. but is still an adorsment... mine is putting a lot of noise in the clean amp channel.. do you use a noise gate or something . when playing !? iguess i ´´ll try to get used to this low power pedal..
Hi rabea. Maby a bit late, but i noticed that you did not participate in the big shred collab of 2020. Last year i missed you as well. Anny reason behind it? Btw i love your take on djent 2020.
Curious to know what cabinet you used in the Ox with the small box pedal as all those cabinets sound quiet different from each other. Great review and playing!!
@@RabeaMassaad thanks for that!! Your clean chord stuff reminds me of the best of Hendrix but with your own flavor.... so incredibly cool and tasteful!!
What’s odd is that I actually have a BE100-DLX with the plexi clean channel and the amp can’t reach these levels of gain on that channel whatsoever. Is the Smallbox capable of that??
The Smallbox amp behaves in much the same way, its tighter than your average plexi in the low end. I base my comment on the Smallbox Combo that I have owned for a few years. I really like what I've heard from the demos of this pedal .`
@@lynyrddeville it sounds like my 50 Watt lead specs head except my plexi is more temperamental and difficult to dial. Watch big hairy guitars. He gave it all thumbs up.
This is the best - most authentic sounding Marshall in a box pedal I've ever found. Stop browsing and buy one! Nails the driven plexi sound!
Your evolution as a musician has been outstanding! I wish to have half the talent that you possess musically. Thank you for many years of unforgettable reviews and music.
Dave is the Santa Claus of tone.
Pedals are becoming so good it's scary.
A HUGELY important advantage of the Friedman Distortion pedals ( as Michael Nielsen also noted on his excellent channel ) is that unlike most "Dirt Boxes" that just sound like their riding on top of a clean channel, Dave's pedals become a PART of your amp tone and sound and react that way as "one" entity.
Pedals are pedals. No way can a pedal be a part of an amp unless you physically insert the clipping section into the preamp stage of the amp lol.
You’re 100% right. Big difference between even other high end MIAB pedals
@@0megalul309 Not tryng to argue, but in fact you are literally inserting this before your amp's preamp, so yeah, you are cascading gain stages the same way as if it was ''part of the preamp'', pedals just go first in the chain, that's all.
@@0megalul309 And if they had wheels they'd be roller skates.
lol, yeah I believe in santa too. It's just a fucking pedal. It sounds good, that's it.
Neighbour: Sorry, the noise is coming from my next-door, frizzly haired guy who is making weird noises from his attic... Its not me....
Bea's such an amazing player, just something about the way he articulates his playing, it's just so clean and tight. Loved the tone that came from the baritone as well! Great vid!
Was totally expecting a song from the intro clip. Can’t wait to see the rest of the video, but it sounds great already
Always dig your playing, Rabea. You’ve got a very modern, I’d even call it post-modern style, with one foot planted firmly in the past. Most of your gear reviews are a bit too heavy for my tastes but as soon as I heard this opening jam, I was at Friedman’s website ordering mine. Perfect demo. Thanks, man.
So glad I found your channel, man... I didn't realize you had your own thing happening, but should have guessed as I enjoy all your Anderton's vid's.... You deserve way more subs than what you have. Keep it up from the good ole U S of A.
I appreciate the honest comments in your review.
Superb pedal. No low-end issues in my experience. And it cleans up nicely via the guitar volume control - just like a good amp does.
Get one.
"Let's just try the baritone. Why not?" Gave me immediate uncontrollable stank face
Excellent clean boost and medium gain gusher Instant AC/DC into a Fender style amp Really love it as a clean boost ala Marshall clean
The best OD pedal I’ve ever used or owned. I bought one bec of this review; thanks Rabea!
Hey Rabea,
love the tone you're getting out of the pedal. Your playing is extraordinary as always!
Would you mind sharing, what kind of IR you are using? Which box and microphones is it simulating?
Thanks a lot! Love your channel!
12:28 Me: *mind blown by awesome lick and tone*. Rabea: "I mean it's not really the kind of sound for that but..."
I'll bet your neighbor probably makes videos too, but the only difference is, they have to start out every video with the same statement.
"You'll have to pardon the background noise in this video, because... well... Rabea."
The difference is, they're demoing drill hammers and excavators or what? :D
Love this. The BE OD is great but it’s a pretty overwhelming high gain pedal (in a good way), and while it does that beautifully, it feels like this has more on offer in terms of gain options and flexibility plus the opportunity to stack it in front of a clean amp with something like a Klon is exciting too. Terrific demo Bea - thanks!
There's a video that demonstrates the beautiful tones you can get by turning the internal gain trimpot down to minimum. That and the tightness control can really yield some awesome classic rock sounds.
@@joshdeal575 thanks Josh - I’ll go hunt that out. I love what Dave Friedman does with his Marshall pedals across the range but I do wish that trim pot was available externally! It’s an incredibly powerful part of what his pedals offer and, as you describe, can completely change the use of the pedals. Awesome tones across the board though.
@@badalicemusic ruclips.net/video/geMffjTLx6E/видео.html Around the 4:48 mark until about 6:10 in that video is where he explores the low gain sounds possible with the trim pot turned right down. Sounds pretty cool. You can't really go wrong with any of the Friedman pedals though.
Rabea despise of the fact that every vid you make is so inspirational the fact that you are in half step down tuning sums it all up for me!
Love the tones! Just got my pedal in the mail today. Crunch stays clean without getting mushy even on high gain settings. A great way to get some of those King's X tones, early Strat / Lab 5 Series era, plus the Dogman & after / bari-tones. Love your tele-style guitars too. Would love to know more about them. Wood, pickups, etc.
I thought of King’s X straight away too!
I wanna hear Them Bones on that Baritone sound!
I really like the sound of that. Really great rock and edge of break up tone. Sounds like it would even do some funk.
Great playing as always.
I would love to see you playing a new Toska play through !!!
Cheers Bea.
thank you brother....enjoy your weekend
think i say this a lot. absolutely love your strat playing.
That pedal sounds nice !!! I love it !!!
I played one chord through this pedal today and bought it straight away it sounds that good.
really? i play through a gibson sg into a blues JR and play mostly classic rock stuff inspired riffs etc-acdc/led zeppelin/ rush etc...i may have to snatch one
@@djc5897 blues jr 3 or 4 ?
Great video man!! Easily the best comprehensive pedal demo I’ve ever watched. The pedal is awesome
You make any pedal sound good! Amazing
I've got both the BEOD and the small box. I run it through my mini rectifier clean with the eq set flat. Using mainly PRS 245 or my Gibson's AFD or 60's standard. I can really dial in that marshall JCM/jubilee 80's tones. Slash tones are no problems. If your looking to recreate that GNR tone...turn down the gain and let the guitar (Les Paul) do all the work, sweep the volume and tone to get it dialed in.
Great review. I don't need this, but want it….the never ending cycle of tone chasing.
My life in a nutshells what do I fuckin sell? 🤣
That is a very nice guitar and clean amp setting to start off with. Getting some great tones out of the pedal. And enjoyable playing!
Thanks for the demo! Have one on order and waiting on delivery! Happy Holiday's!
It seems that the mid control is a mid boost control. The pedal is very mid forward in Michael Nielsen’s demo as well. In Henning Pauly’s demo of the Dirty Shirley pedal he said Dave Friedman told him that the mid control is boost only, so perhaps this is also the case with the Small Box pedal?
I should of waited to comment. But the end of the video with the baritone had this Korn vibe to me. That pedal is awesome seems really versatile. I need one.
Sounds really good, just like that Strat
Brutal sounding pedal! Thanks!
That smile at 11:27 diggin it
Really nice natural sounding pedal. Cheers mate
Literally just got a BE-OD this afternoon, and this comes out lol.
Isn't that how it ALWAYS goes? Haha
Two different beasts. You can have both.
I got the BE-OD and from this review the BE-OD seems much more versatile... you'll be just fine with it!
Don't worry about it dude, tech moves fast and you'll always be behind on the latest thing that comes out. Much better to buy something and just enjoy it than always be waiting for the next thing
@@boggeshzahim3713 Wise words to Live by!
The triplets at 12:40 sound sick as hell reminds me of Primus My Name is Mud. Come on film the headstock!!! Good lord the baritone those are the most metal teles i have ever seen. Wood from a rifle in the Napoleonic wars?
That riff at 12:51 👍
Killer demo Rabea!
Sweet sounds and sweet playing. 👍
Sounds great Rabea!
That riff at 9min10, very cool!! ✌️
Love this guy !!
I think the low end thing it's totally deliberate, as the real Smallbox amp also has a lot less low end than the BE100. It's just the way that amp it's voiced, more mids and treble, less bass. More vintage/classic sounds than the BE100.
Yes. And it's the whole reason I prefer the SB over the BE
I recently trialed the Small Box and BE-50 deluxe at home. First the Small Box arrived and I thought WOW, then the BE-50 turned up and I was floored by the shear amount of control over the tones and EQ, including a more saggy triode (half powerish) mode but I didn’t care for the clinical/dry Buxom Betty style clean channel. I’d heard the SB pedal was coming out and started to think I could get the BE-50 and the new SB pedal and use it always on. Then I had another idea... what if Dave Friedman could make me a BE-50 with Plexi channel mod instead of Buxom Betty... He’s making it for me right now. Squeezing in an extra mid control on the front panel. Yes it means my custom BE-50 Deluxe is now the same price as the BE-100 deluxe ($300 upcharge) but the BE-100 doesn’t work for what I want in combination with my other amps. Boy I cannot wait to hear and feel the result of this gamble. Having said this I will still keep this SB pedal in my mind for use with any fender style amps I wish to give some stick. Hmmm I also just noticed the Friedman website is doing 15% off their pedals and some other accessories for the holidays until Dec 7th. Sweet 👍
@Joseph Robb That’s right, but that’s not what my post was about. The BE-50 custom amp Dave Friedman is currently building (and signing for me 😬) is getting the same Plexi style channel 1 as the Small Box (or BE-100) instead of the Buxom Betty Clean which is on the stock BE-50. I just think like PeachGuitars and many others (including Bea’s past comments) that Friedman’s version of a channel 1 Plexi tone in his amps is divine 🙂 Further more this new Small Box pedal also sounds fab. So I might still get the pedal in addition to my custom BE-50 to work with Fender style amps 👍
Ridiculously immense playing and demo! I have the Friedman Dirty Shirley pedal and absolutely love it. Now I might 'need' this one, lol... Anyone had any experience with both and how they compare?
The main difference to me is that the Shirley is more mid focused, and the clipping is a lil more vintagy, both are awesome, but the small box is more articulated and clear in my ears.
Interesting tones.
Dual Rectifier Mesa high gain tones when on crunch with crunch....def can push your vintage amps into modern territory
Damn nice Rhythm picking man, that hand is a downstroke beast
Always awesome.. Rabea, may i ask where you got your gold anodized pickguard? Thanks man!
Awesome video and those tones are beastly. How about reacting to a Strapping Young Lad track and have a listen on the guitar tone and instrumentation?
Just ordered one. I wish I had a cool vintage strat like every pedal show on RUclips lol. You’d think the custom shop is leaving those in piles somewhere? Hit me up with some clues 😉. (Jk lol)
Buy one now before they are sold lot and discontinued and go up in value. That pedal will become like a rare gem!
Sounds good but it’s not for me. The BE-OD is where it’s at.
BE-OD Deluxe at that.
@@Ryan_Q3L I use the Deluxe as a preamp. One channel as a pushed clean, and the other heavy distortion. Sounds perfect.
This thing smokes that pedal. Try it in person. I had BE and it was sold on Reverb the same day I got this Small Box in the mail. It's that good, and arguably the best overdrive I've ever played.
I have the BE-OD, pretty unusable
I love that strat. What pickups ended up in that thing?
That’s what I was wondering after watching a 4 part series
Rebea is having some workout going on.... 👌🏻👌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
Seems similar to the Wampler Pinnacle but love the sound of the Small Box a bit more
I just ordered.. greetings from Bogotá Colombia...
I had to rewind that intro about the construction. Thought someone ripped one!
Traditionally, overdrives have almost always been used to push the front of the amp (guitar>pedal>amp input) I don't like assuming that with these demo's. So, I'll ask, are you putting this into the actual effects loop of these amps? Or, straight through the front of it. Sounds spectacular!
Not at all true.
Most older overdrive don't even get much above unity gain.
If that were designed to simply push the preamp, they would have clipping and colorful tone stacks. They would be boost pedals.
They were all designed to make an amp distort at low volume, in the days when it meant extreme volume levels to get distortion.
The name overdrive and distortion are descriptors... Not actions. That create the sound of overdrive and distortion... They don't actually overdrive and distort.
Using them "to overdrive" a preamp is a more modern take.
Dang it. One of these is selling in my area and you’re very very tasty licks using it just sold me. Can’t save any money these days. Cheers!
Fantastic work ass always! Close to order this pedal sounds nice! I’ve got one question, how you are achieving the sound on your low end strings of your Strat to be so tight ?? Is it some kind of compression, eq, pickups, or is something else?
I have this pedal also I also have the actual small box amplifier, and the gain structure switch on the pedal is barely noticeable if any I think they need to redo that
Thanks for that Demo, Bea! What's the setting on your OX? Would love to compare to my real Smallbox 50. ;)
I thought about ordering the pedal. I am looking for an Iron Maiden tone and they used JCM Marshalls cranked very loud. Isn’t this pedal supposed to be similar to a cranked JCM? Will it do a good Maiden tone?
Based on my subjective response, I think they'll sell a fuck-ton of these. An over-crowded field, but this really sounds right.
I think Rabea could make any pedal sound great simply based on his ability. A pedal with good midrange is so important to cut through a mix and give your guitar a vocal like quality. When I think of all the great players of the past there’s a ton of midrange present in there tone.
Great demo!! I’m seriously considering getting your signature standard.
ur reviews kick ass Afroman do you got one where ur ripping it with the Dirty Shirly
Wowo amazing viedo!
When are we going to hear some new Dorje/Toska material?
And sold!
The structure switch does so little that I was curious if mine was not functioning correctly. Perhaps a little more obvious difference would've been a better option? I don't know.
11:48 Can You hear a voice in the back? Or I am crazy?
Thanks for the video Rabea. Which pickups are you running on this Strat?
Hi Rabea loving your channel really great demos I'm hoping to get a Katana 50 mk 2 next week is it a win win amp many thanks
would sound great paired with a a two notes cab M+ and use it as a preamp pedal
however i still thinking that this side switch should put a great difference when is pushed .. but is still an adorsment... mine is putting a lot of noise in the clean amp channel.. do you use a noise gate or something . when playing !? iguess i ´´ll try to get used to this low power pedal..
Hi rabea. Maby a bit late, but i noticed that you did not participate in the big shred collab of 2020. Last year i missed you as well. Anny reason behind it? Btw i love your take on djent 2020.
Kinda want the golden pearl. (Haven’t watched the video yet so maybe I’ll want the smallbox too afterwards:D)
Rabea’s SIGNATURE snack are gluten free Matzo balls
Nice Vid!.. How well does this stack with other drive pedals for more lead gain? Thanks!!
nice confirmations
Rabea could make a turd sound amazing . Best I try before buying
Savage Riffage!
if I wanted to play even remotely like you with some of the insane tones you achieve, any recommendation for a teaching style, teacher or whatever?
I suspect the Victory amp is really bright already?
Curious to know what cabinet you used in the Ox with the small box pedal as all those cabinets sound quiet different from each other. Great review and playing!!
Hey there! I usually always have the American V30 cab with ox. It’s about the beat sounding cab in there!
@@RabeaMassaad thanks for that!! Your clean chord stuff reminds me of the best of Hendrix but with your own flavor.... so incredibly cool and tasteful!!
11:11 ... and I made my O-face.
How touch sensitive is it? The amp is insane, from clean to hard rock with just pick attack.
What’s odd is that I actually have a BE100-DLX with the plexi clean channel and the amp can’t reach these levels of gain on that channel whatsoever. Is the Smallbox capable of that??
Sounds like a plexi on some settings but seems to be able to get tighter.
The Smallbox amp behaves in much the same way, its tighter than your average plexi in the low end. I base my comment on the Smallbox Combo that I have owned for a few years. I really like what I've heard from the demos of this pedal .`
@@lynyrddeville it sounds like my 50
Watt lead specs head except my plexi is more temperamental and difficult to dial. Watch big hairy guitars. He gave it all thumbs up.
Think it would sound a lot better with the presence dialed back.
Hope Boss sent you a Nextone Special!
❤️🥓
As a User of the Dirty Shirley amp, the Small Box sounds like a sore throat to me. too scratchy at least for me
switch down= high gain?!
Tighten up.....Down and dirty..... consistent with the branding ?
does the baritone uses active pickups.. !?
My strat looks exactly like that