I have the Tube Pilot and I had to Open it up remove the board and adjust the Trim Pot to lower the voltage going to the Tube to decrease how much gain I was getting. Yes it not only has a Bugera 12AX7C tube it has trim pot for adjusting the bias of the Tube. That's a preamp design feature you don't see in many pedals.
I don't know why you aren't more popular. These videos are so helpful when looking for pedals to buy. I love this line of pedals and I hope they send you the others they've recently come out with.
I've had a Quintessence for a few weeks now, and it is one of my absolute favorites. Once you get a handle on how it all works together, it becomes a TON of fun! The thing most people seem to miss at first is the "#" toggle. So when you set the pedal to "A" in the major scale with a +3rd & +5th in this video, the toggle was still on "#" which means it was set to "A#." And in that mode, you'd have to play a major scale for it to sound right.
Maybe someone might have elaborated this but still, At 17:36 In the key of A, The Scale knob of the Pedal represents the Modes of a Major Scale. IO maj = Ionian (Major) DO = Dorian (Minor) PH = Phrygian (Minor) LY = Lydian (Major) MI = Mixo-Lydian (Major) AE min = Aeolian (Minor) The 7th mode is Lociran. This one's more of a "Diminished" in Nature. But It's not present in this pedal. Stay safe, Happy Practicing
I have eight of these pedals, and a few things you might have mentioned that I have found helpful: The sound quality is consistently good. These do not sound like inexpensive pedals. No extraneous noise. Very clean signals. The build quality is excellent. They're very solid and roadworthy. They're a bit bigger than the current standard pedal size, which adds some visibility and even allows foot dialing on stage if you're careful, but at the cost of room on your pedalboard. Some of the pedals have a soft-touch button which is great--no click noise. For example, the Rush boost pedal is soft-touch. It's the cleanest boost I've used. No coloration to the tone whatsoever, just a nice big boost with a ton of extra volume on tap. I leave it at the end of the chain and never gig without it. This is an amazing line in terms of quality of sound and build at an accessible price. Great value for the money, whether you're a pro or a beginner looking to build an affordable, quality pedal board. Besides the Rush boost, like Ryan, the Tube Pilot is my favorite. Just a great sounding overdrive pedal.
I've had a Tube Pilot for years. I've tried swapping it out with some distortion and drive pedals, but I keep putting it back. It's surprisingly versatile. With the drive down, it adds just a little warmth. With the drive up, it's a gritty distortion. High recommended.
Great video! I’ve had my eye on the 3rd Dimension since they first announced it, as well as the Eyemaster, but they didn’t appear to send you that one. I’ll be watching out for your individual pedal demos!
I had a hard time believing there was a real 12ax7 in that Tube Pilot with no venting or anything but I tore mine open and checked, sure enough, its in there! I thought about cutting some vent holes but apparently the lower voltage doesnt really require venting and surely TC knew what they were doing either way, I really love mine especially hammering the front end of a BD-2 with it!
The Nether Octave and Honey Pot stood out for me. They all sound great for the money. That last one though could be the best if you learn how to use it. I am sure you will give us a great video on it, Thanks!
Cow Town Customs Yeah I usually can’t stand the splatty kind of fuzz you get from the Fuzz Face or the Rusty Fuzz. But I’m digging the Big Muff Style fuzz.
All that high end in the tube driver is the the high end natural to a 12ax7, this would sound cool into a gain stage, into the fx loop of an amp to add some top end or after a dark fuzz
The Honey Pot Fuzz is cool, I bought me already now, the Flanger and Tape Delay as well.. Also just ordered yesterday some of the other out of the line, it has now more... Chorus, Phaser, Analog Delay, Choka Tremolo, Vibrato.. exited
@@TemkaUwU I have also the Fangs Metal Distortion sounds for me more agressive.. maybe better even the Fuzz is nice... I am not so familiar what Metal really needs settings.. even I listen progmetal Treshold.. But my son is more the metaller..he came to see this effects cause he dont knew them and was quite impressed by the fangs but also the fuzz.. he got Amon Amarth and also Iron Maiden licks out of the Fangs with no problem... But i must say its maybe also the combination with my Two Notes Le Lead analog tube who makes that... That can also be..
7:10 damn that sound! if u have headphones on you can feel like a drum kick going on with the guitar(?! hahah. Love from Argentina! I think you and ur work is great.
Loved the Tube Pilot. On the Quintessence, the upper toggle switch determines if your are in the key of A or A#. I don't think it has anything to do with the mash switch. Having an idea about music theory will definitely help with this (especially if you need to know the difference between PH and AE... and you're a bit rusty in your Greek).
Ph stands for Phrygian, Ae for Aeolian, Do for Dorian etc. It's just the mods. If you choose the 5th, you won't see the "color" of the mods, because a 5th stays the same throughout each mod. It's like you played power chords. Pick the 3rd, and you'll notice it. In Phrygian, the 3rd is minor (b3), in Dorian it's major. But you definitely have to know just a few basics to work with this pedal 😉
Great demo! T.C. Electronics guitar effect pedals are great products because 1) They are cheap and 2) high quality. I have tosay these effect pedals hold up to anything that Boss effects pedals put out. I have the Boost, Distortion, Delay Prophet and Analog Delay, Afterglow, Blood Moon, Thunderestuck, They are all great!
Nice, but on the tube pilot you were on the bridge pickup the whole time - sounded good, but I would have liked to see it on the neck pickup for an example of less high end
"Big music theory nerd pedal". Yes lol. If only you switched the mode switch to Aeolian it would have been perfect! lol. Great demos, thank you! That Tube Pilot rips!
Sweet demo, playing and sweet ax! Theory smeory, I’m a music school grad and composer and theory doesn’t enter the mind as much as the use of the ears in my playing or compositions. Although it could be because it has become subconscious? Think melodically not theoretically
Nice demo. It would have been a little bit better had he used the front pick up from time to time with some of the pedals, especially the drive pedals.😎
Totally constructive criticism, when you demo a fuzz, people are going to want to see how it reacts to the guitar volume knob. Not trying to be a dick, but that's one of the most important aspects of a fuzz to me
The only pedal from this line that I really like is the Skysurfer. I like it because its £29. Edit: I bought the kid the whole line for Christmas last year. I think it was £400 for the lot. He loved it and as a teenager prone to spilling beer on things and 'lending' things to 'mates' it was good value. :)
there's always the Boss PN-2, if you're going for 90s, panning, shoegazy ambient stuff, in the boutique world now there's also the PanaTrem by Mr.Black
Bro, you were in the key of A# when you tried it I think. Dang I want a quintessence but it's too expensive for a fun pedal or something I'll use rarely :D
An octaver is great if you are jamming with a looper you can create a bass part in a flash. They should have put the names of the controls UNDER the knobs. Easier to see on your pedal board from standing.
I was honestly so interested in this line of pedals ever since I tried the blood moon phaser one time at a store, but honestly none of these pedals seem to do it for me! that’s alright, to each their own
Tell me things about me that you don't like. LOL. That's a bold request...but OK here goes. I don't like that you get tons of fun gear to test and I'm stuck with limited numbers of pedals and limited ability. (By the way thanks for all your reviews...I ended up getting my Firefly 338 in part because of the feedback that you provided on your channel so thanks again for that.)
Pedal adiction is very easy to be in,...That Tremolo reminds me of "Bang Bang" with Nancy Sinatra :),....anyways already bought a few TC´s cos you inspired me Man! :D thanks for very good rewiews
Great first impressions right up until the harmoniser pedal, then you made sounds so disjointed it made the back of my eyeballs itch. Think I’m going to need to check out the honey pot and the tube pilot for myself, they sounded great.
What guitar are you playing here? Is it some Danelectro? Edit: Nevermind, just saw the headstock. Hmm, the Tube Pilot looks like it's trying to be some kind of BK Butler clone with the vibe it's got going on, right? Is it actually tube? Edit again: Lol, it is. I should wait until watching the entire video before commenting, but who does that? I'd forget what I was going to say if I didn't post while watching. :^)
Lástima que no me entere de nada. Alguna palabra suelta, porque éste señor hace vídeos muy buenos y curiosos. 😊 Y otra curiosidad: yo guardo las cajas de todos mis pedales y él las tira! 😄😁😃
You need to be playing in the right key and mode for the harmonizer to “work” the way it’s intended to. Of course, you can just mess around with it but you won’t be hearing the way it’s supposed to sound.
There's a point where good solid state pedals sound better than bad tube pedals. The tube pilot might sound good into a cooking amp but then you've already got a valve amp so...
Great video! I flipped through beginning of the video again. But what kind of amp are you using? Or your signal chain. Sorry if you mentioned it. Because that fuzz sounded killer! Even though you totally forgot to roll off the volume in the demo (just kidding). Please incorporate the podcast theme music into your youtube offerings! If you have theme music. You should use it. Even if it is just a short clip of it.
ive been thinking about making a standard intro with theme music so i don't have to say 'hello this is ryan from 60 cycle hum the guitar podcast' 1,000 times everytime i make a video. its a good idea. I was using a princeton reverb RI and a Ibanez TSA15h as my amps with nothing else in the chain.
I have the Tube Pilot and I had to Open it up remove the board and adjust the Trim Pot to lower the voltage going to the Tube to decrease how much gain I was getting. Yes it not only has a Bugera 12AX7C tube it has trim pot for adjusting the bias of the Tube. That's a preamp design feature you don't see in many pedals.
Turn everything to ten and play all of them at once!!
Shouldn't they go to 11?
Then dismantle.. and store in plastic storage boxes..
I don't know why you aren't more popular. These videos are so helpful when looking for pedals to buy. I love this line of pedals and I hope they send you the others they've recently come out with.
I've had a Quintessence for a few weeks now, and it is one of my absolute favorites. Once you get a handle on how it all works together, it becomes a TON of fun! The thing most people seem to miss at first is the "#" toggle. So when you set the pedal to "A" in the major scale with a +3rd & +5th in this video, the toggle was still on "#" which means it was set to "A#." And in that mode, you'd have to play a major scale for it to sound right.
Yeah the design with the mash seems to be pretty confusing for some people. On the flashback 2 it's a bit more clear.
I love the fact how easily they can be arranged in the pedalboard with the inputs/outputs and power all on top. Brilliant Idea
But if some pedals have the inputs sideways thats going to be hell of a problem wont it?
Maybe someone might have elaborated this but still, At 17:36 In the key of A, The Scale knob of the Pedal represents the Modes of a Major Scale.
IO maj = Ionian (Major)
DO = Dorian (Minor)
PH = Phrygian (Minor)
LY = Lydian (Major)
MI = Mixo-Lydian (Major)
AE min = Aeolian (Minor)
The 7th mode is Lociran. This one's more of a "Diminished" in Nature. But It's not present in this pedal.
Stay safe, Happy Practicing
I have eight of these pedals, and a few things you might have mentioned that I have found helpful:
The sound quality is consistently good. These do not sound like inexpensive pedals. No extraneous noise. Very clean signals.
The build quality is excellent. They're very solid and roadworthy.
They're a bit bigger than the current standard pedal size, which adds some visibility and even allows foot dialing on stage if you're careful, but at the cost of room on your pedalboard.
Some of the pedals have a soft-touch button which is great--no click noise. For example, the Rush boost pedal is soft-touch. It's the cleanest boost I've used. No coloration to the tone whatsoever, just a nice big boost with a ton of extra volume on tap. I leave it at the end of the chain and never gig without it.
This is an amazing line in terms of quality of sound and build at an accessible price. Great value for the money, whether you're a pro or a beginner looking to build an affordable, quality pedal board.
Besides the Rush boost, like Ryan, the Tube Pilot is my favorite. Just a great sounding overdrive pedal.
"I don't know if I'm smart enough for this thing" lmao, me too
Perfect Reject *me neither
hahahah. sam'es here
The Tube Pilot is the standout for me. Nice high end gritly, gritty, grit.
I like this line of pedals, when you want an effect you havent used before or not so often, i bought the Choka Tremolo and loved it
Line em up on all one board next time for some combos, would love to hear: octave>fuzzbro>tubeboi>3rdeyedimention
alobstersjohnson tune boi, lol
I've had a Tube Pilot for years. I've tried swapping it out with some distortion and drive pedals, but I keep putting it back. It's surprisingly versatile. With the drive down, it adds just a little warmth. With the drive up, it's a gritty distortion. High recommended.
Great video! I’ve had my eye on the 3rd Dimension since they first announced it, as well as the Eyemaster, but they didn’t appear to send you that one. I’ll be watching out for your individual pedal demos!
Oh wow that tube pilot was so much better than the other dist and the fuzz as well
Ryan: "treMOlo"
Me: *spittake"
Hahaha. I die a little inside every time I hear that. He can pronounce it however he wants, I just find it funny.
SpiTAke
@@oddi_teas SpiTAke mushrooms?
I had a hard time believing there was a real 12ax7 in that Tube Pilot with no venting or anything but I tore mine open and checked, sure enough, its in there! I thought about cutting some vent holes but apparently the lower voltage doesnt really require venting and surely TC knew what they were doing either way, I really love mine especially hammering the front end of a BD-2 with it!
I absolutely luv these new tc electronic pedal ideas
You are the man. I'm so happy you got these
The Nether Octave and Honey Pot stood out for me. They all sound great for
the money. That last one though could be the best if you learn how to use it. I am sure you will give us a great video on it, Thanks!
Cow Town Customs Yeah I usually can’t stand the splatty kind of fuzz you get from the Fuzz Face or the Rusty Fuzz. But I’m digging the Big Muff Style fuzz.
That quintessence groove you first played was actually a1 🔥
All that high end in the tube driver is the the high end natural to a 12ax7, this would sound cool into a gain stage, into the fx loop of an amp to add some top end or after a dark fuzz
Might sound silly but using some subtle chorus softens the choka tremolo chop
those are fantastic, TC makes some good stuff.
this are remodel behringer stuff for sure
That Tube Pilot is a winner.
new found respect for "TC" products !! Thanks for the turn on!!
I have the choka and absolutely love it.
The Honey Pot Fuzz is cool, I bought me already now, the Flanger and Tape Delay as well..
Also just ordered yesterday some of the other out of the line, it has now more... Chorus, Phaser, Analog Delay, Choka Tremolo, Vibrato.. exited
Yo I want to buy a honeypot. I like 80d dtyle heavy metal and i think it will fair well there but how is it for more extreme styles like death metal?
@@TemkaUwU I have also the Fangs Metal Distortion sounds for me more agressive.. maybe better even the Fuzz is nice...
I am not so familiar what Metal really needs settings.. even I listen progmetal Treshold..
But my son is more the metaller..he came to see this effects cause he dont knew them and was quite impressed by the fangs but also the fuzz..
he got Amon Amarth and also Iron Maiden licks out of the Fangs with no problem...
But i must say its maybe also the combination with my Two Notes Le Lead analog tube who makes that... That can also be..
@@progwaver thanks for sharing mate. I think I'll buy the fuzz as I prefer more stoner/doomy sounds and might get a proper distortion later on
Awesome review vid. Ive been useing the TC rusty fuzz and that's a beast. But I love the honey pot
That Honey Pot sounds great and I usually hate fuzz!
Likewise. This one was musical for a change.
When he played the octave we both said "Ooh" at the same time😂😂😂😂😂
Looks like I will be pedal shopping soon!
7:10 damn that sound! if u have headphones on you can feel like a drum kick going on with the guitar(?! hahah. Love from Argentina! I think you and ur work is great.
Loved the Tube Pilot.
On the Quintessence, the upper toggle switch determines if your are in the key of A or A#. I don't think it has anything to do with the mash switch. Having an idea about music theory will definitely help with this (especially if you need to know the difference between PH and AE... and you're a bit rusty in your Greek).
Craig Parse immmmmmm not smart enough for that pedal, lol.
Ph stands for Phrygian, Ae for Aeolian, Do for Dorian etc. It's just the mods.
If you choose the 5th, you won't see the "color" of the mods, because a 5th stays the same throughout each mod. It's like you played power chords.
Pick the 3rd, and you'll notice it.
In Phrygian, the 3rd is minor (b3), in Dorian it's major.
But you definitely have to know just a few basics to work with this pedal 😉
I have the honey pot, it's a good pedal!
That quintessence pedal is cool. I wouldn't know how to use it but its cool
That Honey Pot sounds sweet!! hue hue hue :D
Great demo! T.C. Electronics guitar effect pedals are great products because 1) They are cheap and 2) high quality. I have tosay these effect pedals hold up to anything that Boss effects pedals put out. I have the Boost, Distortion, Delay Prophet and Analog Delay, Afterglow, Blood Moon, Thunderestuck, They are all great!
Nice, but on the tube pilot you were on the bridge pickup the whole time - sounded good, but I would have liked to see it on the neck pickup for an example of less high end
Love the link ray chords you perfectly added
THE Honey Pot Sounds awesome!
THE Tuve thing sounded bad to me.
2:32 "It's a sub-octave, that's for sure!" ("You're bass player will hate you")
ive loved tc's budget range ever since i bought the eyemaster, some really quality pedals if you get the hang of em
It took me a bit to nail down the sounds with then but they are pretty good and for the price very good
great run through of these pedals.
"Big music theory nerd pedal". Yes lol. If only you switched the mode switch to Aeolian it would have been perfect! lol. Great demos, thank you! That Tube Pilot rips!
Sweet demo, playing and sweet ax! Theory smeory, I’m a music school grad and composer and theory doesn’t enter the mind as much as the use of the ears in my playing or compositions. Although it could be because it has become subconscious? Think melodically not theoretically
That's it.
I'm getting the tube pilot.
Great video. Thanks for posting.
Tube Pilot // Honey Pot // el Mocambo for the win, have Cinders already based on a Ryan's demo, couldn't pass on it for $28.00 w/ shipping off eBay
Nice demo. It would have been a little bit better had he used the front pick up from time to time with some of the pedals, especially the drive pedals.😎
"If you get into fuzz you get addicted"
That's is the truth brother
Totally constructive criticism, when you demo a fuzz, people are going to want to see how it reacts to the guitar volume knob. Not trying to be a dick, but that's one of the most important aspects of a fuzz to me
John Osborne this was a quick run through video, I’ll include that in the full demo next week
To be fair, it did sound awesome and it’s not a Fuzz Face
John Osborne who rolls off volume on a big muff?
Me on bass, gives you a super ruddy """"clean""" sort of a qotsa vibe. On guitar who knows, thats more of a tonebender fuzzface thing to do
Nice overview!
The only pedal from this line that I really like is the Skysurfer. I like it because its £29.
Edit: I bought the kid the whole line for Christmas last year. I think it was £400 for the lot.
He loved it and as a teenager prone to spilling beer on things and 'lending' things to 'mates' it was good value. :)
Dorian Phrygian mixolydian, etc
The wee riff at 16.35 is honestly gorgeous. Make a song with it or I will
Not if I beat ya both to it
STEREO PANNING TREMOLOS ARE UNDERRATED SO MUCH I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE INCREDIBLE?
there's always the Boss PN-2, if you're going for 90s, panning, shoegazy ambient stuff, in the boutique world now there's also the PanaTrem by Mr.Black
Bro, you were in the key of A# when you tried it I think. Dang I want a quintessence but it's too expensive for a fun pedal or something I'll use rarely :D
The honey pot looks niiiiice
koty miller a cheap muff the way muffs are supposed to be!
60 Cycle Hum now I have to decide on the new op amp muff or this! Nice review
Rock that Rumble riff!
Thanks! Nice review! :D
These pedals are BIG! Not very small board friendly .. great build quality though
Great Demo!
you might have used the volume pot on guitar see how the fuzz cleans up
Ph=Phrygian mode, Ionian, Dorian, Lydian, mixolydian, etc.....
An octaver is great if you are jamming with a looper you can create a bass part in a flash. They should have put the names of the controls UNDER the knobs. Easier to see on your pedal board from standing.
I love that guitar
I was honestly so interested in this line of pedals ever since I tried the blood moon phaser one time at a store, but honestly none of these pedals seem to do it for me! that’s alright, to each their own
this is just a bad demo
@@maxonmendel5757 eh I don't know, its much more thorough than the other pedal review people in my opinion
put the Honey Pot before a Rusty Fuzz (or other distortions) and it`s boosting it all..
Tell me things about me that you don't like. LOL. That's a bold request...but OK here goes. I don't like that you get tons of fun gear to test and I'm stuck with limited numbers of pedals and limited ability. (By the way thanks for all your reviews...I ended up getting my Firefly 338 in part because of the feedback that you provided on your channel so thanks again for that.)
Honey pot sounded good
Pedal adiction is very easy to be in,...That Tremolo reminds me of "Bang Bang" with Nancy Sinatra :),....anyways already bought a few TC´s cos you inspired me Man! :D thanks for very good rewiews
Great first impressions right up until the harmoniser pedal, then you made sounds so disjointed it made the back of my eyeballs itch.
Think I’m going to need to check out the honey pot and the tube pilot for myself, they sounded great.
Holy shit that Fuzz :O
Hey have you heard of the brand Vintage? I just got one of their strats and it feels/sounds so good! Really liked this vid!
I'm famously dad at pronunciation. hehehe
HEY RYAN! for the first few pedals i was like yeah thats ok i guess and then 6:40 BOOM FILTHY FUZZ!!!!!OH YEAH!!!!
that muff and that tube pilot aroused my soul
How 'bout that honey pot? I think that'll be my next TC Electronics toy
i want... all of them
Better Call Saul intro! You know it, you'll hear it!
my reaction to that quintessence was identical.
Harmonizer fail, the pedal is great if you know how to use it, can't wait to pick it up.
15:07.....um Sold...gimme gimme
i so badly want that 3rd Dimension to be available !!!
Nice whiskers dude.
What guitar are you playing here? Is it some Danelectro? Edit: Nevermind, just saw the headstock. Hmm, the Tube Pilot looks like it's trying to be some kind of BK Butler clone with the vibe it's got going on, right? Is it actually tube? Edit again: Lol, it is. I should wait until watching the entire video before commenting, but who does that? I'd forget what I was going to say if I didn't post while watching. :^)
Lástima que no me entere de nada.
Alguna palabra suelta, porque éste señor hace vídeos muy buenos y curiosos. 😊
Y otra curiosidad: yo guardo las cajas de todos mis pedales y él las tira! 😄😁😃
dat Rumble
Tube pilot sounds like a bad shrill solid state amp from the 70s
We need a good tube pilot review. Nothing on RUclips now at all.
J Steen I’ll be doing it first thing next week
60 Cycle Hum Awsome, I'm looking forward to hearing it more. I have the behringer monster tube overdrive and changed the tube, it nice for its price.
You need to be playing in the right key and mode for the harmonizer to “work” the way it’s intended to. Of course, you can just mess around with it but you won’t be hearing the way it’s supposed to sound.
he was just testing them out.
Dude it’s a commercial give him a break
I dare say you might have been enjoying cranking the gain on the Tube Pilot a little too much ;)
There's a point where good solid state pedals sound better than bad tube pedals. The tube pilot might sound good into a cooking amp but then you've already got a valve amp so...
What kind of guitar is that? I love the shape
Great review round up but I gotta say, the way you pronounce Octaver and Tremolo is bizarre lol. Love the channel though
Great video!
I flipped through beginning of the video again. But what kind of amp are you using? Or your signal chain. Sorry if you mentioned it.
Because that fuzz sounded killer! Even though you totally forgot to roll off the volume in the demo (just kidding).
Please incorporate the podcast theme music into your youtube offerings! If you have theme music. You should use it. Even if it is just a short clip of it.
ive been thinking about making a standard intro with theme music so i don't have to say 'hello this is ryan from 60 cycle hum the guitar podcast' 1,000 times everytime i make a video. its a good idea. I was using a princeton reverb RI and a Ibanez TSA15h as my amps with nothing else in the chain.
New Speedway Boogie around 4:30!
Does the tube in the Tube Pilot warm up just being connected or does it only start warming up when you switch it on?
Nice!
I love tc, quality affordable pedals with tons of character. Lets me buy all sorts of pedals without gambling with my money on something thats 200+$
Try playing one note and let it ring and the Quintesince does the rest