I came to find out about this Paul, and totally forgot about the pedal because I mesmerized by this dude’s playing. Every time I watch him over the years, I’m absolutely blown away.
"Hey John, you are sort of a guitar player ... what are some of your favorite guitar songs?" "Most of my favorite guitar tunes are "Pedal Demo Tunes" by Pete Thorn."
If Pete is "sort of a guitar player", then what does that make me? ... Jeez, I've been playing since 1985, but since Pete is better than I am, I guess that makes me a 'guitar-ish player"... Yikes, man.
It always puzzles me that people come onto a video like this, that is interesting, perfectly executed, fully featured and just sounds amazing... and they still click "dislike"! I know it's statistical, there's always going to be someone... but WHY?! It's amazing, free content that someone has lovingly, carefully put together. I, for one am grateful for videos from incredible artists like Pete!
Seriously Pete please tell us by when we can expect an album of yours with all the demo video tunes you've made...All of them sound freaking brilliant! You've been on fire lately!
Necro-comment here. Bought this pedal before Pete did this demo, but this demo is nonetheless excellent per usual via Pete Thorn. Still have this pedal all these years later. The riff Pete does at :30 is fire. Peace out.
Watching a Pete Thorn video on youtube is like finding an extra 20 bucks in your pocket - it never fails to bring a smile to your face. :) Why don't all gear demos use a quality looper for a clean tone riff example like you do Pete? The benefit seems so clear to me - with a looper running, you can demonstrate the tonal adjustments on a pedal so much more clearly since you don't have to stop playing in order to fiddle with the knobs...Just seems so much more effective to me. And is such common sense IMO. In fact, I may grab something like a looper myself and bring it with me to the shops when I want to demo some pedals! Pete, how goes the new record??
One of the best musicians out there anywhere, bar none. And probably THE most talented guitar player doing pedal demos, period. I listen to these videos not only to check out the pedal itself.. but I simply enjoy watching and listening to Pete play.. he makes it looks easy. So much finesse and talent.. much respect and admiration! Would love to know whats on your pedalboard these days. Pete, what does your most recent board look like these days?
Whenever I am looking at a new pedal the first thing I do is see if Pete Thorn has reviewed it. And honestly, these pedal demos are also the best guitar lessons on RUclips.
YOU'RE A FUCKING BOSS! Very articulate gear language and break downs. Insane playing and masterful tone - no matter what gear you're demoing. No ego. Face melting and always have great hair. You're the man!
I've heard a lot of Pete's demos, and while they all sound good, this one is very inspiring. The tone is exceptionally raw, and his approach is way more spontaneous at the top, in the best way! Will get the pedal- kudos to Bogner for making something that has character. This and the Supro drive pedal are on the short list!
Dang Pete, how do you keep coming up with those fresh riffs all the time, been watching you for years and am still amazed every time, I barley even notice the pedals anymore... Well I do buy some of them I guess, hahaha. You are definitely one of my all time favorite guitarists!
Always a good morning where I get to watch another Pete Thorn video over a cuppa, debating spending yet more money on things I wouldn't otherwise want :p
Dear PETE,,I will never be able to afford any of the pedals you demo and I do not even care. I just watch to see you jam. Its coming up on winter here. I have no heat or hot water etc.. Food and work are scarce. In other words there is very little pleasure in my world..But getting to see and hear you jam provides strength to carry on my good dude. Thank you.
My daily dose of some of your outstanding guitar playing... The pedals are secondary to your endless flow of musical ideas and licks.. I'm here for the show!
Just got one. It goes from old plexi to modded marshall and is very tweekable. The boost function when used alone is a whole other fantastic sound as well. Amazing amp feel in a box. I'm now looking for another used one as a back up.
One of my favorite demos!, I'm really complicated to choose one overdrive or clean overdrive pedal, but this one showed the most rock sounding that I've heard and as a combination with my black star could be a really nice variation to the plexi side. Thank you so much Pete!!
Jumping channels on Marshalls is a sophisticated, old trick that I'm very impressed you bring up.. Of course, when you tried that on a 100-watt head you literally blew your one ear all the way through your brain to the other ear or the met in the middle and blew up.
Pete, I just wanted to say I love your reviews! I want to buy just about every pedal you do on here but what I really need to do is practice more! You're a fantastic player and very inspiring. I think though I am gonna go with this LaGrange or the Friedman BE-OD for my next overdrive/distortion pedal!
Every time I see you have a new product vid out, it's grin time. Always well explained, and GREAT tunes to demo them. You're a master at getting great recorded guitar tone. In the dictionary under "Tone" it should read "See Pete Thorn". In fact, I vote we just call it "thorn" from now on :O)
I just tried one of these for the first time at Guitar Center and I was VERY impressed! I ran it into a Marshall DSL combo (clean channel of course). The pedal sounded WAY better than the DSL's gain channel - by leaps and bounds...
I have a feeling that if I researched many of the hits out today, Pete would be the credited writer. Just such a great grasp of assembling interesting tunes. Oh and the tones are killer.
Pete's vids are always killer and they always have killer tunes. However, Bogner need to make a mini version of this pedal. I don't know why they haven't.
Although the OD section is great on this pedal, the boost is not just an extra add on. The boost on this works very very well. You can come up with a number of cool tones with this pedal.
Face it - the marketplace is frighteningly oversaturated (pardon the pun) with overdrive and distortion stompboxes. What there will NEVER be too much of is inspirational musicality, which, as we all know, Pete has in spades. A particular pedal may not be jaw-dropping - but the playing always is. Right?
Pete Thorn - Some people make the world a better and more interesting place by who they are and what they do - you just happen to be one of them. I count myself lucky as a human and guitar-strangler (hardly worthy of being called a musician) to have stumbled upon what you do here. It's not for no reason that I and so many like me keep coming back and back and back to see your latest offering. It's you who is due the thanks...
Trying to decide between the La Grange and the Wheebo JCM or JVM pedals for my main crunch rhythm sound thru my Fender tube amps. Tough decision. The only concern I have w the La Grange is that u don't get dedicated bass or mid control knobs. The top end control is definitely covered, but I really like to have a mid control. Hmmmm can't decide. BTW - just when I start to think I'm a good guitar player, I watch a Pete Thorn pedal demo video and promptly head to the kitchen for an ample portion of humble pie. What a monster player!
Last week i had the chance to test the La Grange and the Friedman BE-OD side by side, and the BE-OD was my favorite, and it was a bit cheaper. The La Grange was a little to compressed sounding for my taste, it just didn't have the punch i was looking for. both tested on a Fender twin clean setting. Although the BE-OD gain was a little over the top, but as you said, you can get inside and tweak the gain down a bit.
The Structure switch in actually selects between 3 diode types. So saying it effects the low end is misleading. Left position is Germanium, Centre is Silicon, and Right is Mosfets (wired in diode operation). The Germanium sound a bit fuzzier and the Silicon and Mosfets sound very similar. The differences are most obvious when the gain mode is set to low and the gain knob is around 3 o’clock. Even then is very subtle. I seriously doubt anyone can tell the difference with the gain higher. As a matter of fact at higher gain settings you cant even see a difference on a scope as I’ve done it.
Hey, Pete. I love your videos and pedal reviews. Quick question. I already have an EVH 5150 Overdrive pedal and it's great. I'm also loving the sounds coming out of the Friedman BE-OD and this Bogner La Grange pedal. Would the BE-OD or the La Grange give me anything that I don't already have in the EVH pedal in your opinion? Would there be any value in spending the money on the Friedman or Bogner, or would they be redundant?
Aah wauw Pete, two in one video. 1. I found the pedal I want. Thanks! 2. That bit of guitar playing sure shit got me right out of the creative lull I was in. Made my day !!! Thanks from New Zealand.
"Hi, I'm Pete Thorne. Today we demo a Gorilla turd as an overdrive pedal".... Incredible tone,playing,skill,melody,harmony and musical bliss follow.. Wow dude. U got IT.
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I came to find out about this Paul, and totally forgot about the pedal because I mesmerized by this dude’s playing. Every time I watch him over the years, I’m absolutely blown away.
It's pedals like this that make me realize I will NEVER be done buying and swapping out overdrive and distortion pedals. Great as always, Pete!
"Hey John, you are sort of a guitar player ... what are some of your favorite guitar songs?"
"Most of my favorite guitar tunes are "Pedal Demo Tunes" by Pete Thorn."
Ha! I told someone that the other day!!
jimw112233 haha yeah one of my favorite genres is Pete Thorn demo music
YES.
If Pete is "sort of a guitar player", then what does that make me? ... Jeez, I've been playing since 1985, but since Pete is better than I am, I guess that makes me a 'guitar-ish player"... Yikes, man.
Who said Pete is "sort of a guitar player"? Noone. Pete is THE guitar player!
It always puzzles me that people come onto a video like this, that is interesting, perfectly executed, fully featured and just sounds amazing... and they still click "dislike"! I know it's statistical, there's always going to be someone... but WHY?! It's amazing, free content that someone has lovingly, carefully put together. I, for one am grateful for videos from incredible artists like Pete!
jesus that song was literally too good for a demo video.
Thanks Bruno!
@@PeteThorn seriously, is there a recording to be found anywhere, though?
They are all like that from Pete.
Seriously Pete please tell us by when we can expect an album of yours with all the demo video tunes you've made...All of them sound freaking brilliant! You've been on fire lately!
Necro-comment here. Bought this pedal before Pete did this demo, but this demo is nonetheless excellent per usual via Pete Thorn. Still have this pedal all these years later. The riff Pete does at :30 is fire. Peace out.
Watching a Pete Thorn video on youtube is like finding an extra 20 bucks in your pocket - it never fails to bring a smile to your face. :)
Why don't all gear demos use a quality looper for a clean tone riff example like you do Pete? The benefit seems so clear to me - with a looper running, you can demonstrate the tonal adjustments on a pedal so much more clearly since you don't have to stop playing in order to fiddle with the knobs...Just seems so much more effective to me. And is such common sense IMO.
In fact, I may grab something like a looper myself and bring it with me to the shops when I want to demo some pedals!
Pete, how goes the new record??
One of the best musicians out there anywhere, bar none. And probably THE most talented guitar player doing pedal demos, period. I listen to these videos not only to check out the pedal itself.. but I simply enjoy watching and listening to Pete play.. he makes it looks easy. So much finesse and talent.. much respect and admiration! Would love to know whats on your pedalboard these days. Pete, what does your most recent board look like these days?
Thanks! Hasn't changed much- Timeline, Mobius, H9's, Cali76, Jan Ray....
pete your demos are by far the best on here , no bullshi$ , no nonsense , very informative to help us make the right decision , thank you .
Whenever I am looking at a new pedal the first thing I do is see if Pete Thorn has reviewed it. And honestly, these pedal demos are also the best guitar lessons on RUclips.
Pete, your demos are the best man. Cheers from Australia
thanks!
YOU'RE A FUCKING BOSS! Very articulate gear language and break downs. Insane playing and masterful tone - no matter what gear you're demoing. No ego. Face melting and always have great hair. You're the man!
No matter what gear you use, you make it sound A-MA-ZING!!!😱
Every video is a pleasure to my ears!!🤤
Greetings from Argentina!! 🇦🇷
Thanks Diego!
Always the best demo's Pete! Seriously this thing sounds better than some valve amps I've heard, it's stupid good.
I've heard a lot of Pete's demos, and while they all sound good, this one is very inspiring. The tone is exceptionally raw, and his approach is way more spontaneous at the top, in the best way! Will get the pedal- kudos to Bogner for making something that has character. This and the Supro drive pedal are on the short list!
Dang Pete, how do you keep coming up with those fresh riffs all the time, been watching you for years and am still amazed every time, I barley even notice the pedals anymore... Well I do buy some of them I guess, hahaha. You are definitely one of my all time favorite guitarists!
thanks Scott!
Always a good morning where I get to watch another Pete Thorn video over a cuppa, debating spending yet more money on things I wouldn't otherwise want :p
:)
Awesome song, with beautiful harmonized phrasing played through your very own style! So much personality in those chops!
Thanks! :) That's a great compliment- I ain't the fastest or the shreddiest but I hope to sound like "me".
You inspire me you are an amazing guitarist love your pedal reviews love your tones.
Thanks Matthew!
I get so sick of saying this.
Pete, you're the man.. Love your work mate
Ha! Noooo i don't want you to get sick of me in any way shape or form!
I should be figuring out how to make my 74 JMP play CLEAN, so I can use all these cool new pedals to get killer gain tones, the Thorn way!
Forget the pedal- that is a freakin killer tune and awesome guitar parts!
This song is fire! I'm not playing much anymore and have no need to buy more gear, but I come to listen to your chops! Same with my bros!
Thanks Tom!
Pete’s solos are always soooo tasty...I can barely take it.
He also does his homework.
Well I can't tell by THIS demo how it sounds cause it's freaking Pete Thorn!!!
Dear PETE,,I will never be able to afford any of the pedals you demo and I do not even care. I just watch to see you jam. Its coming up on winter here. I have no heat or hot water etc.. Food and work are scarce. In other words there is very little pleasure in my world..But getting to see and hear you jam provides strength to carry on my good dude. Thank you.
My daily dose of some of your outstanding guitar playing...
The pedals are secondary to your endless flow of musical ideas and licks.. I'm here for the show!
Can't wait for the next record Pete!!!
pterantula it's coming!
Dam Pete thorn! killer revue and just bad ass play!
keith ellis review ?
Pete - you are such a monster player! Always such great character to your playing. Thanks for another great demo!
Wow !!! Such amazing phrasing and melodies :) !!!
Rockamps78 thank you so much
Just got one. It goes from old plexi to modded marshall and is very tweekable. The boost function when used alone is a whole other fantastic sound as well. Amazing amp feel in a box. I'm now looking for another used one as a back up.
Holy crap Pete that some sick playing especially at the end with the Strat....damn son.
Thanks!
One of my favorite demos!, I'm really complicated to choose one overdrive or clean overdrive pedal, but this one showed the most rock sounding that I've heard and as a combination with my black star could be a really nice variation to the plexi side. Thank you so much Pete!!
Damn Pete! Smokin. Love watching and listening to you play. Using the looper to show the different settings sound is brilliant.
Jumping channels on Marshalls is a sophisticated, old trick that I'm very impressed you bring up.. Of course, when you tried that on a 100-watt head you literally blew your one ear all the way through your brain to the other ear or the met in the middle and blew up.
Just bought this pedal and gigged with it last weekend...its awesome!
Pete, I just wanted to say I love your reviews! I want to buy just about every pedal you do on here but what I really need to do is practice more! You're a fantastic player and very inspiring. I think though I am gonna go with this LaGrange or the Friedman BE-OD for my next overdrive/distortion pedal!
Spook Jr. thanks!!!
Another winning review, Mr. Thorn. :) A great sounding pedal! Your reviews are the best on the 'net.
Pete! Just when I think you could never outdo yourself on a review- you do it EVERYTIME! Wow- just wow!
Thanks much, joe!
Really great demo. That pedal sounded incredible and I loved the playing.
Best review of that pedal I've seen.
Thanks Chuck!
Every time I see you have a new product vid out, it's grin time. Always well explained, and GREAT tunes to demo them. You're a master at getting great recorded guitar tone. In the dictionary under "Tone" it should read "See Pete Thorn". In fact, I vote we just call it "thorn" from now on :O)
Thanks!
I agree completely E.G.. Pete definitely has the "shine" for tone; the best in my opinion too.
Dude! How do you get that awesome guitar Thorn?
Impressive work Pete, I'm liking this pedal, note to sponsors Mr. Thorn deserves a raise!
I just tried one of these for the first time at Guitar Center and I was VERY impressed! I ran it into a Marshall DSL combo (clean channel of course). The pedal sounded WAY better than the DSL's gain channel - by leaps and bounds...
I have never wanted to play a song as bad as I want to learn your intro. Absolutely killer!!!
I have a feeling that if I researched many of the hits out today, Pete would be the credited writer. Just such a great grasp of assembling interesting tunes.
Oh and the tones are killer.
BADASS intro, Pete! One of your best demo songs.
Wow that sounds ridiculously amazing.
Pete's vids are always killer and they always have killer tunes. However, Bogner need to make a mini version of this pedal. I don't know why they haven't.
loved that harmony section Pete, nice tune too, guitar nerd 2 please???
Demo a VHT V Drive please! I bet you would do a killer job and it's a very fun pedal!
new to your channel dude, saw your Suhr demo with Steve Stephens and was blown away.
great playing , really tight .
Hey Pete. I really love this video! Thanks for such a thorough and clear explanation. Love the tones and stellar playing!!
Love it! You were getting after it, especially towards the end!!
Thanks for a fantastic review I'm definitely buying this pedal now!
Although the OD section is great on this pedal, the boost is not just an extra add on. The boost on this works very very well. You can come up with a number of cool tones with this pedal.
Great demo Pete! I've been on the fence with this and you just made my decision. Thanks!
Face it - the marketplace is frighteningly oversaturated (pardon the pun) with overdrive and distortion stompboxes. What there will NEVER be too much of is inspirational musicality, which, as we all know, Pete has in spades. A particular pedal may not be jaw-dropping - but the playing always is. Right?
Tablature Butler thank you very much for the kind words!
Pete Thorn - Some people make the world a better and more interesting place by who they are and what they do - you just happen to be one of them. I count myself lucky as a human and guitar-strangler (hardly worthy of being called a musician) to have stumbled upon what you do here. It's not for no reason that I and so many like me keep coming back and back and back to see your latest offering. It's you who is due the thanks...
Suas demonstrações são demais, Pete!
perfect playing/style to showcase this pedal ! Well done (again!).
Another killer demo - thanks Pete! Bought one of these bad boys after your demo ✌️🎸✨
Sounds fabulous Pete! I 'd like to hear you shred more often.
Wow, I got a real Lynch vibe from those chords at the start, great stuff Pete!
Great demo of the pedal and awesome playing Pete!
Dang Pete that intro should be a shred guitar single. props on the free reference. heavily underrated band
Those harmony guitars are the best thing ever!
Awesome playing as always Pete!!! Great pedal by the way.
Great demo Pete, awesome guitar sounds.
What a great demo... this is my next pedal..Nice playing Pete!
Wow! Talk about orgasmic inducing tone! Thanks so much for all the knowledge you lay upon us mere mortal hacks, Pete!
Trying to decide between the La Grange and the Wheebo JCM or JVM pedals for my main crunch rhythm sound thru my Fender tube amps. Tough decision. The only concern I have w the La Grange is that u don't get dedicated bass or mid control knobs. The top end control is definitely covered, but I really like to have a mid control. Hmmmm can't decide.
BTW - just when I start to think I'm a good guitar player, I watch a Pete Thorn pedal demo video and promptly head to the kitchen for an ample portion of humble pie. What a monster player!
great playing, Pete. nice plexi tones and some great evh at the end!
Last week i had the chance to test the La Grange and the Friedman BE-OD side by side, and the BE-OD was my favorite, and it was a bit cheaper. The La Grange was a little to compressed sounding for my taste, it just didn't have the punch i was looking for.
both tested on a Fender twin clean setting. Although the BE-OD gain was a little over the top, but as you said, you can get inside and tweak the gain down a bit.
Some guys just have a great ear for tone like Jerry Cantrell and Dean DeLeo. Pete Thorn is that kind of person. Great video as always
great demo Pete. SOLD!
As always, incredible sounds, Pete!
Gorgeous Gil Yaron you have there!
I think i found my next pedal!! Thanks Pete.
PT got chops! A true inspiration!
The Structure switch in actually selects between 3 diode types. So saying it effects the low end is misleading.
Left position is Germanium, Centre is Silicon, and Right is Mosfets (wired in diode operation).
The Germanium sound a bit fuzzier and the Silicon and Mosfets sound very similar.
The differences are most obvious when the gain mode is set to low and the gain knob is around 3 o’clock. Even then is very subtle. I seriously doubt anyone can tell the difference with the gain higher.
As a matter of fact at higher gain settings you cant even see a difference on a scope as I’ve done it.
My word Pete that was just soooo good!! I must have one..
Loved the intro song. Perfect.
Awesome Pete... Greetings from Brazil
Hey, Pete. I love your videos and pedal reviews. Quick question. I already have an EVH 5150 Overdrive pedal and it's great. I'm also loving the sounds coming out of the Friedman BE-OD and this Bogner La Grange pedal. Would the BE-OD or the La Grange give me anything that I don't already have in the EVH pedal in your opinion? Would there be any value in spending the money on the Friedman or Bogner, or would they be redundant?
Heath Weber i wonder the same..
Same question
Really nice Brown Sugar tone from ZZ Top's first album at 5:45!
Hey Mister.. you make my life so difficult..anything you tests sounds great...
Love this pedal! Had chance to try it out today and was looking at the Friedman OD but like the La Grange better for classic rock and metal.
Aah wauw Pete, two in one video. 1. I found the pedal I want. Thanks! 2. That bit of guitar playing sure shit got me right out of the creative lull I was in. Made my day !!! Thanks from New Zealand.
Damn this pedal NAILS that brown sound
Thanks eh! Just ordered one after watching!
Just watched this for the second time, loved the sales pitch at the end , sounded great :-)
awesome work PT.
Awesome pedal!!! Great riff should go on the new album. Great job Pete!!!!!
You're awesome Pete. I'm convinced!
"Hi, I'm Pete Thorne.
Today we demo a Gorilla turd as an overdrive pedal".... Incredible tone,playing,skill,melody,harmony and musical bliss follow.. Wow dude. U got IT.
Killer as usual! Keep em comin Pete!!!!!
That harmony line in the into 👀 🤤
SOLD.
Nice job, Pete.
That sustained note that ended the solo was killer. Freakin' sweet as Mr. Griffin would say.