That last demo clip with the Tom Morello convinced me this is as useful or more useful than the Whammy. Until then, I've never seen a pedal that made me want to replace the Whammy. The fact it can do the same kind of 2 octave up bends is pretty amazing. And I agree. Pro Guitar Shop Demos are better than pretty much any others. Thanks guys.
this seems like a nice alternative to a digitech whammy pedal especially if you have an expression pedal to control the pitch bends (or maybe even an E-H POG or some other octaver?)...plus it's smaller than both and smaller is better... ps...that happy major harmony pissed me off!
In front. Octavers and harmonizers track best with the cleanest signal possible. If you put OD-stages in the harmoniser, it will fight with all of the overtones your distorted signal contains. But I'd say, you wouldn't be the first one to creating a signature tone by messing up the order of pedals :P
Only if you are using two amps for a dual harmony. If you put a summed dual harmony summed mono into a distortion it turns to mush. You don’t get a clean two part harmony that way, you get the sound of one guitar playing both intervals. Same reason you don’t generally use a digital delay before the amp. Octavers are different because sometimes you want the octaves to run together. You can do anything you like, but it’s incorrect to say Andy “messed up”.
I'm trying to get the effect that Teppei Teranishi from Thrice uses in the chorus of their song "Image Of The Invisible". I know he uses a Digitech Whammy. But could I get the same effect using this pedal in the S-Bend-mode?
@gredangeo Depends on the interval, and how you have them mixed. Say both are at 50/50 dry wet blend. Having the first be a fourth up and the sencond an octave. You'd get your original signal+a 4th+an Octave+a 4th one octave up.
Andy i noticed that u've played that DOGS riff,the guitar is actually doubled(and u probably know that) but im willing to play it on a band,the ps-6 can really make a good ''doubleing'' sound?I liked what i've heard on the video but asked just to be sure.
All I'm really interested in is the super bend effect on this, is there any dedicated pedal out there for that that isn't the digitech whammy? (which also has tons of modes I simply don't need)
I am planning to buy a harmonizer pedal precisely to play Boston/Queen leads! Apart from the price tag how does this pedal compare with the US600 from Behringer? I want to use it only as a harmonizer...
what would you recommend as a good delay pedal? I was thinking about getting an mxr carbon copy analog delay, but i'm still not sure, would you recommend boss digitals?
You know what? I think if I hadn't watched that magnificent tone at 1:22, I could have saved myself $350 on a volume pedal, the harmonist, and a delay. Thank you very much ProGuitarShopDemos, thanks allot. :P
hey andy ! happy new year ! between this baby and the hr-2 which one do you recommend all i'm interested in is harmony leads that you just played from boston , pink floyd and also thin lizzy uses a lot of leads like that ,as for the octaves i've got the oc-2 the ps-3 the pog-2 all i want is a pedal to harmonize leads is there any other brand out there besides boss. thank you so much for your help because it's becoming an obsession i never thought such a stompbox existed , god bless !
@ProGuitarShopDemos Hey man I'm not saying you're wrong, just advising with my setup (using a POD 2.0) the Harmoniser sounded unbelievably bad at the beginning of the signal chain but the sounds were similar to this video if it was put at the end. The distortion created by the POD was basically disorting the harmonies, just a tip for anyone with the same setup, put it at the end definitely!
with the expression pedal is this a "better" whammy than digitech's? and is it good at handling full chords with the expression pedal in s-bend mode octaves down? :)
Can the PS-6 do everything the PS-5 can do and more? For clarification's sake is it possible to shift up ONLY one octave like in Surfacing by Slipknot?
does this pedal affect tone in a chain, with a tube screamer, or with a fuzz? is it noisy or does it mess with your guitar's tone in a bad way? TRUE BYPASS? love your vids, pro guitar shop!
hey man great pedal, but what im really cureius about is the diffrence between de BOSS harmonist and the BEHRINGER harmonist. cus thats like 3 times as cheaper. thanks
I have the PS-6 and the Boss FV-500-H and I’m trying to use the expression pedal to have intelligent shifting, but I can’t get sound out of the expression - only input. Anyone have any pointers?
Iive seen this or type of pedals (octave/whammy) pedals before a overdrive/distortion or vice versa; What do you guys recommend?. Also this is what you want in front of the amp and not FX loop right? (octave type pedals...)
Hearing the harmonized Boston solo made me smile. Then Pink Floyd came, and I couldn't stop smiling. Nice playing and great demo. ;)
RATM solo at the end sold this to me.
Pink Floyd's Dogs!!!!! Best fucking solo!!
Piece of mind
Nice touch with the Floyd riffs! Very underrated album. Love your demos! Always refer to you guys before I make a purchase.
seriously, Andy does the best pedal reviews on the internet. Makes my day too, I watch just to hear him play sometimes.
This is probably one of the most useful gear review videos I've ever seen. Thanks!
one of the sickest reviews period.
You really set the bar Andy!
That power stack tone at the beginning sounds awesome!
That minor harmony sounds awesome! And also, Killing In The Name... Nice.
Bought this pedal, because of this video. Thanks for all your great demos.
This doesn't sound bad! Nice job Boss. This will be awesome in 15 years.
Would you put this pedal before a fuzz pedal or after?
Love that section when you play the solo to Dogs
The RATM solo is perfectly done. Well done Andy !
The Dogs solo sounds really nice!
Peace of Mind!!! Andy You're my HERO!
@libertyfalls - Just to clarify, there are NO John Mayer songs in this video. Thanks for watching!
-PGS Crew
What an awesome lil pedal! Thanks for reviewing this guys! I'm definitely adding this to my gear :-)
the rage solo was the bomb !!!
Please tell me what the settings are that you used for the sample of the "Dogs" solo.
That last demo clip with the Tom Morello convinced me this is as useful or more useful than the Whammy. Until then, I've never seen a pedal that made me want to replace the Whammy. The fact it can do the same kind of 2 octave up bends is pretty amazing.
And I agree. Pro Guitar Shop Demos are better than pretty much any others. Thanks guys.
Have to love the DD-7 + PS-6 combination ( 1:38 - 2:18 ). How do you make this kind of sound man?
One of my favorite floyd songs. Very awesome
Holy crap. that tracks surprisingly well.
The Harmonist with the Acoustic simulator = 12 string on a 6 string electric :P
this seems like a nice alternative to a digitech whammy pedal especially if you have an expression pedal to control the pitch bends (or maybe even an E-H POG or some other octaver?)...plus it's smaller than both and smaller is better...
ps...that happy major harmony pissed me off!
"You're time is gonna come" was nice
The octave up/down setting sounds POG-like
Way to go, Boss! Excellent - as long as it doesn't go into chipmunk mode when producing high notes...
2:42 You always put the Andy twist to the great tunes. Awsome
5:15 this explains sooooo much!!
In front. Octavers and harmonizers track best with the cleanest signal possible. If you put OD-stages in the harmoniser, it will fight with all of the overtones your distorted signal contains. But I'd say, you wouldn't be the first one to creating a signature tone by messing up the order of pedals :P
Only if you are using two amps for a dual harmony. If you put a summed dual harmony summed mono into a distortion it turns to mush. You don’t get a clean two part harmony that way, you get the sound of one guitar playing both intervals. Same reason you don’t generally use a digital delay before the amp. Octavers are different because sometimes you want the octaves to run together.
You can do anything you like, but it’s incorrect to say Andy “messed up”.
Sounds good, the only thing that worries me is the noticeable latency between the dry and the harmony signals.
friggin sweet! and great playing too, loved the morello part
Yet another great looking pedal from Boss.
What song at 1:55? It's driving me crazy! I hear Led Zeppelin, but can't place it....
BOSTON!! Well done, Andy!
Peace of mind - Boston ♥
I'm trying to get the effect that Teppei Teranishi from Thrice uses in the chorus of their song "Image Of The Invisible". I know he uses a Digitech Whammy. But could I get the same effect using this pedal in the S-Bend-mode?
Can you please share your Harmonist settings for your Hammond organ sound?
looks like a must have.
So if you put an expression pedal into this, it would essentially be a Digitech Whammy?
@gredangeo Depends on the interval, and how you have them mixed. Say both are at 50/50 dry wet blend. Having the first be a fourth up and the sencond an octave. You'd get your original signal+a 4th+an Octave+a 4th one octave up.
Great for pho organ sounds
1:40 sold this to me.
delay and harmonist=Your Time Is Gonna Come by Led Zeppelin
"Your Time is Gonna Come" off of LZ1.
2:25, Dogs, Fuck yeah
I like this demo very much. Andy you are the best man!!!
awwww no Maiden?
Andy i noticed that u've played that DOGS riff,the guitar is actually doubled(and u probably know that) but im willing to play it on a band,the ps-6 can really make a good ''doubleing'' sound?I liked what i've heard on the video but asked just to be sure.
so if you use an expression pedal, could it be used in the two octave mode as a whammy pedal?
Just got one and am having a blast with it. I can't wait to get in front of a beer-swilling audience of local yayhoos and blow their frickin' minds.
I want this extremely badly.
All I'm really interested in is the super bend effect on this, is there any dedicated pedal out there for that that isn't the digitech whammy? (which also has tons of modes I simply don't need)
What happens if you put 2 harmonist pedals together in same signal chain?
I am planning to buy a harmonizer pedal precisely to play Boston/Queen leads! Apart from the price tag how does this pedal compare with the US600 from Behringer? I want to use it only as a harmonizer...
This looks like a really fun pedal to play with but the harmonies didn't sounded really organic to me.
what would you recommend as a good delay pedal? I was thinking about getting an mxr carbon copy analog delay, but i'm still not sure, would you recommend boss digitals?
This pedal is far supieror to the original HR-2 harmonist, and will be on my pedal board before my next gig!
man this is like Tom Morello + Brian May in one single pedal!
BOSTON, MORE THAN A FEELING. THATS WHAT THE INTRO SOUDNS LIKE
I wounder how the PS6 harmonist would sound like with the RV-7 stereo reverb on the (reverse) mode.
3:20-3:56 reminds me of "Silver Morning" on Brian Eno's Apollo album…
Wow! Boss opened a can of awesome on this one! Gotta make some space on the over-crowded pedal board!!!
@DeadWhiteButterflies BOSS has many amazing pedals...their artist roster is a testament to this.
You know what? I think if I hadn't watched that magnificent tone at 1:22, I could have saved myself $350 on a volume pedal, the harmonist, and a delay. Thank you very much ProGuitarShopDemos, thanks allot. :P
What is that second piece you played? Also, regarding your performance of "Killing in the Name of", well, this ain't no Whammy.
That Killing In The Name solo rendition was the final drop in making me trade my whammy for this. Oh, and cute shoes Andy ;D
Pink Floyd! Andy, you're simply amazing!
hey andy ! happy new year ! between this baby and the hr-2 which one do you recommend all i'm interested in is harmony leads that you just played from boston , pink floyd and also thin lizzy uses a lot of leads like that ,as for the octaves i've got the oc-2 the ps-3 the pog-2 all i want is a pedal to harmonize leads is there any other brand out there besides boss. thank you so much for your help because it's becoming an obsession i never thought such a stompbox existed , god bless !
oh my god i got a reply from pgs!! while you guys are at it, what fuzz did you use on the alter ego delay for the time solo?
Dogs! Andy, as always, you are the man!
@ProGuitarShopDemos Hey man I'm not saying you're wrong, just advising with my setup (using a POD 2.0) the Harmoniser sounded unbelievably bad at the beginning of the signal chain but the sounds were similar to this video if it was put at the end. The distortion created by the POD was basically disorting the harmonies, just a tip for anyone with the same setup, put it at the end definitely!
with the expression pedal is this a "better" whammy than digitech's?
and is it good at handling full chords with the expression pedal in s-bend mode octaves down? :)
brian may !!! yeah
Great job on the intro song Andy!
Can the PS-6 do everything the PS-5 can do and more? For clarification's sake is it possible to shift up ONLY one octave like in Surfacing by Slipknot?
does this pedal affect tone in a chain, with a tube screamer, or with a fuzz?
is it noisy or does it mess with your guitar's tone in a bad way?
TRUE BYPASS?
love your vids, pro guitar shop!
Hey PGS, i have a question. I have the DD-7, but i can't seem to get the soundeffect out of it you used in the vid. what' did you do exactly?
Pink Floyd sounded amazing!
hey man great pedal, but what im really cureius about is the diffrence between de BOSS harmonist and the BEHRINGER harmonist. cus thats like 3 times as cheaper.
thanks
The RATM Tom Morello stuff was spot on.
The PS6 sounds great and all, lovely with the delay. Despite that, 4:20 just sounds ridiculous!
I have the PS-6 and the Boss FV-500-H and I’m trying to use the expression pedal to have intelligent shifting, but I can’t get sound out of the expression - only input.
Anyone have any pointers?
Peace Of Mind - Boston made me fangirl.
So what exactly is the point of the super octave when the harmonist can go an octave up as well (plus all the other intervals...)
i just got one, and im loving it
Probably better since it's getting a clean signal to track and harmonize with.
What's the difference between Boss PS-6 Harmonist and the Boss PS-5 SUPER Shifter? Is the PS-6 just an updated version?
finally some boss pedal demos!
so can you use the expression pedal when pitch shifting? like to make a whammy knock off?
rage against the machine, you're brilliant andy (as always lol)
Iive seen this or type of pedals (octave/whammy) pedals before a overdrive/distortion or vice versa; What do you guys recommend?. Also this is what you want in front of the amp and not FX loop right? (octave type pedals...)
Can I use an ernie ball volume pedal as the expression pedal? (not sure if a volume pedal and expression pedal are the same thing)
are there any harnonizers that you don't have to set and change key for ever song
What, so does that mean it's kinda like a whammy pedal except each one can do some things the other can't but they can do some same stuff?
@zachatnca, Boston's-Peace Of Mind tune from the 70's of course. The solo begins at around 2:30 into the song. Enjoy!
Did i hear Stryper? Awesome!