The kraken line from victory is 10/10 across the board. And if you didn’t know, their customer support is top notch. I had a tube go out in my kraken preamp pedal, so I reached out to them with one email, and they replied and said “let’s start by sending you some tubes for troubleshooting” after I already tried reseating the tube, and they shipped me a whole new set of tubes from England FREE OF CHARGE. And it resolved the issue. I highly recommend them!
Love you Ola! Catching up on your videos got in a bad car accident on Father’s Day so no guitar for me for a few months🤟🏽 your videos always help me get through my hard times ❤️
I agree with you on the price. But I think it'd be great for a recording situation because, since there isn't too much gain, you can layer guitars on top of each other for a bigger, fuller sound without overdoing it on the distortion.
$250 usd isn't terrible considering they are hand built in Britain, can't be cheap to do now Sounds good, if it had a nice functional noise gate included with the 3 band eq I'd probably buy but not knocking anything off my board for this Love the new pedal frenzy format keep it up
I feel like a small detail i look for is placement of the on l.e.d. could have put it off centre with one of the tentacles holdinf it. I know they sort of when for that look but doesnt quite pull it off.
It sounds really good! I've got the Kraken preamp and it wails. Waiting on a g3 so i can start using my boogies preamp again, been using nothing but the kraken. Great video Ola!
I have the Kraken amp pedal and I love it. It's perfect for my needs. I'd like to try pairing it with a Chug pedal one of these days which I think would work super well.
I have this pedal.. sounds awesome especially when paired with a boost pedal and a good IR. However I think it's better as a distortion pedal being run into a clean amp than as a standalone pre-amp pedal.. When I bought it I was mistaken into thinking that it's a preamp pedal..
It's the amp Ola is connected to. No matter how good the pedal you are using you can't get that kind of rumble on a 10"-inch speaker while getting that kind of high gain clarity.
How the hell did you get that much bass out of it? The EQ on the pedal IMO is the part that is the let down. The pedal does sound good, and I like how it can do the modded Marshall thing and modern gain sounds using the gain knob…it LOVES a good drive in front of it. The Kraken is noisy and needs a gate… it’s just “meh”….Then I got the Empress Heavy….
Man you're a guitar God and I like you and started following you before deltaempire but as I'm a drummer this has become quite a b**** I have to come to your channel just to listen to new Delta Empire , killer video a couple videos back by the way🤘 I don't know what the deal is with the man in Black not uploading new videos but I'm pretty bummed out about it I don't know who's f***** it up for him but I wish they would knock it off
I find this one to be quite harsh in the higher-end, unfortunately... not in a very good way. It's not too offensive, but it's not quite right, it just does it in that tinny kind of way. If you want that super-shreddy sound, however, this is it, so I'm not saying it's useless.
No. That thing sounds incredible. High gain with articulation. Too much gain and the song sounds muddy. Love it. I pay $250 for it no problem. Not that versatile but it is the right tool for the right job.
Ok. After reading this title wrong. I really need a "release the Karen" pedal in my life And it must, Must when i stomp on it does a death growl that repeats "I want to speeeeeeeeak to your maaaaaanagerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Just me? ok i go now
I got a Bad Monkey for Free! 😮 about 7 years ago! This was well before all the hype, the dude didn’t even want it, I tried it out and thought it actually sounded really good for just a single pedal ( I played through it without any other pedals in the chain so I could really hear only the Bad Monkey , he said if I liked it I could just have it. 🙂 so of course I took it. I can’t believe the $380 they go for now ! I’m just gonna keep it. Is it a good pedal ?.. Yes! Sounds great through almost any decent Amp! is it worth $380 ? No! Unless you are a pedal collector and don’t have that yet but I’d just wait until prices are back down to reasonable levels. I usually use a Boss Metal Zone ( sometimes double stacked with a Boss HM3 Hyper Metal , that sounds crazy harsh ! ) into the clean side of a Marshall anyways ! The Metal Zone that I’ve played and loved for well over 2 decades! I absolutely do not understand the bad press this pedal has gotten in the last couple of years. ( I truly think they didn’t experiment enough when they bought it to really figure out exactly how it works. They just plugged it in and dimed all the knobs!) it’s my favourite distortion pedal ever made! you just have to be very careful with the EQ knobs ! It’s insanely adjustable!) From what Ola says, and obviously I trust him his tone is legendary sounding! Boss MT2 - Metal Zone apparently sounds even better through the effects loop ( Ola’s Metal Zone re-review ) but I haven’t tried it out yet as I seem to have the sound I like on the gear that I own already all dialled in. That being said I am going to play around with that in the future.
meh... it doesnt sound that hot to be honest. I dont feel like there's enough gain in there and the highs are a bit fuzzy for metal distortion. I think maybe you should try plugging it to a different impulse response with a cab sim that has more high mids and less low-mids.
The kraken line from victory is 10/10 across the board. And if you didn’t know, their customer support is top notch.
I had a tube go out in my kraken preamp pedal, so I reached out to them with one email, and they replied and said “let’s start by sending you some tubes for troubleshooting” after I already tried reseating the tube, and they shipped me a whole new set of tubes from England FREE OF CHARGE. And it resolved the issue. I highly recommend them!
Dude That’s fucking awesome! That’s cool as hell they’d send free valves to you man. Thems is expensive as hell
Legend! Thanks for checking this out man :) sounds wicked ❤️
Hey Bea.. Ola didn't mention what clean amp plugin he was running the pedal into. Do you have a suggestion?
Love you Ola! Catching up on your videos got in a bad car accident on Father’s Day so no guitar for me for a few months🤟🏽 your videos always help me get through my hard times ❤️
I agree with you on the price. But I think it'd be great for a recording situation because, since there isn't too much gain, you can layer guitars on top of each other for a bigger, fuller sound without overdoing it on the distortion.
Damn gotta get my hands in one of these. Will sound KILLER in some Brazilian country music 🔥🔥
victory really knocks it out of the park with their tones imo
Nice and Warm Growl like Tones.. Just a little bit more grind would be cool but still the chunk is extra big without a muddy tone!
It has a nice classy saturation
You know what would be cool if you released?
A chug plugin and a 8 string solar t!
Yeah! And also T 7 & 8 lefty as well!
I really want to see a comparison between the kraken pedal, preamp, and amplifier. I’m really debating on the preamp.
$250 usd isn't terrible considering they are hand built in Britain, can't be cheap to do now
Sounds good, if it had a nice functional noise gate included with the 3 band eq I'd probably buy but not knocking anything off my board for this
Love the new pedal frenzy format keep it up
Such an awesome pedal. Sounds great! 😎 Gotta love that Kraken sound. It's spicy
I feel like a small detail i look for is placement of the on l.e.d. could have put it off centre with one of the tentacles holdinf it. I know they sort of when for that look but doesnt quite pull it off.
It sounds really good! I've got the Kraken preamp and it wails. Waiting on a g3 so i can start using my boogies preamp again, been using nothing but the kraken. Great video Ola!
It's worth $100. I like how it has the same knobs as the Boss Katana. That is a cool feature.
Said it perfect the pedal is just well made! So good that when u crank the EQ it actually sounds better and better instead of practice amp turns lol
Ola! Please Respong!!! what IR have you got this hooked up to?
I have the Kraken amp pedal and I love it. It's perfect for my needs. I'd like to try pairing it with a Chug pedal one of these days which I think would work super well.
This pedal changed my life!
Thanks Ola, I'm going to get one of these!
Yo Ola. That pedal sounds awesome. You have it in front of your DAW but how about in front of an amp head??
Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘
Would be awesome to see a Ola's top 10 distortion pedals or something of that nature. You know, cause you're not busy or anything 😂
Can you do a video like this for the Empress Menace?
I have this pedal.. sounds awesome especially when paired with a boost pedal and a good IR. However I think it's better as a distortion pedal being run into a clean amp than as a standalone pre-amp pedal.. When I bought it I was mistaken into thinking that it's a preamp pedal..
Expensive but rad; cool review/preview. thanks ola
There's some serious rumble in the low-end. Is it because of the pedal, or is it the amp it was connected to?
It's the amp Ola is connected to. No matter how good the pedal you are using you can't get that kind of rumble on a 10"-inch speaker while getting that kind of high gain clarity.
I have a master effects super 400 on its way
What song is the riff at 1:11 from? I’ve heard ola play it before and it just sounds so cool
Have you tried the Chug pedal? It's really good.
Gotta play call of ktulu on that
The pedal sound is really good!
That tone is has got some fucking density! God damn!
Sounds very classy warm🤘🤘🤘
You're right - needs more gain. Top end sounds like 90's bass fuzz.
Max gain and no hiss?
It sounds ok, but I have a CHUG pedal! :)
I wish I could get a chug pedal plugin
@@Durkhead I need this
😂😂😂😂
I have the chug pedal and a kraken v4 preamp. The chug is in the box and the kraken remains my number one drive pedal 🤘🏻
To be honest there aint much difference in the chug than a boss metal zone.. sounds like this kraken aint either..
Oh btw, btw Best reviews on RUclips thx Ola
I have got the Chug Pedal. It’s perfect!
249 and needs a boost plus a gate haha
How the hell did you get that much bass out of it? The EQ on the pedal IMO is the part that is the let down. The pedal does sound good, and I like how it can do the modded Marshall thing and modern gain sounds using the gain knob…it LOVES a good drive in front of it. The Kraken is noisy and needs a gate… it’s just “meh”….Then I got the Empress Heavy….
What is your guitar tuning? Drop C?
2:26 oh man I LOVE the sound of the treble cranked. 🤤
It sounds solid! But It seems to be missing a little saturation
Made mine from schematic i found and for me it has huge amount of gain, just my opinion
I actually like the sound of the Chug Pedal more than any other metal preamp pedal, not just saying that as an Ola fanboy
Does sound good
The pedal prices are out of control for sure
Smoooth dark nasty notes it will CHUG!❤💯🤘
It kinda feels like it could go chainsawy if you crank all the knobs to the max tbh, kinda disappointed that you didn't try it lol
It Chugs
Please do a does it chug with the new fender gold foil pick ups !!!! You rock 🪨🪨🪨
Hey Ola, whats KRAKEN
Whoa 🖤🔥
Just throw this into the Revv G20 clean channel and let the CHUG begins!
And will it chug?
İt's chuging man
That pedal indeed doesnt sound half bad. But a lil too expensive in my opinion.
At 94 proof it’ll put hairs on these lil metal boys balllsKRAKEN
@Ola; why no Ola colab with Victory Amps? Your style would be a no-brainer #victory #ola #metalguitar
Hmm, this or Empress Heavy Menace...?
I love Ola so I’m commenting. Lol. No need to give my real opinion on the pedal. Let’s keep things positive haha
Bro…awesome
But have you drank THE KRAKEN rum baby
Super Dark!
🤘😈🤘
Man you're a guitar God and I like you and started following you before
deltaempire but as I'm a drummer this has become quite a b**** I have to come to your channel just to listen to new Delta Empire
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killer video a couple videos back by the way🤘
I don't know what the deal is with the man in Black not uploading new videos but I'm pretty bummed out about it I don't know who's f***** it up for him but I wish they would knock it off
Phil Mckraken
It is a cool pedal, but for the price, you can save up another $150 and get the big boy pre amp
I find this one to be quite harsh in the higher-end, unfortunately... not in a very good way. It's not too offensive, but it's not quite right, it just does it in that tinny kind of way. If you want that super-shreddy sound, however, this is it, so I'm not saying it's useless.
🤘🤘
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249$!!!? they better include a guitar with it 😅
Inflation, baybee!!
In all seriousness, this fits within the pricing of other good distortion pedals.
Ola the kracker'er
No. That thing sounds incredible. High gain with articulation. Too much gain and the song sounds muddy. Love it. I pay $250 for it no problem. Not that versatile but it is the right tool for the right job.
I dont have experience with soldano and chug,but the others expect this one are far away,I stand with diezel 😂😂😂
Sounds like James hetfield back the 90
Please re-release solar guitars model with sustainiac pickups please!
Thanks Ola, I just bought it :) Order #75104
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*Mwah*
Chug's Kiss !
Didn't sound clean at all at the beginning, clipping and distorted.
maybe the input gain was too high?
Great video but the pedal? 🤨
Ok. After reading this title wrong. I really need a "release the Karen"
pedal in my life And it must, Must when i stomp on it does a death growl that repeats "I want to speeeeeeeeak to your maaaaaanagerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Just me? ok i go now
Costs less than a used Bad Monkey!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I got a Bad Monkey for Free! 😮 about 7 years ago! This was well before all the hype, the dude didn’t even want it, I tried it out and thought it actually sounded really good for just a single pedal ( I played through it without any other pedals in the chain so I could really hear only the Bad Monkey , he said if I liked it I could just have it. 🙂 so of course I took it. I can’t believe the $380 they go for now ! I’m just gonna keep it. Is it a good pedal ?.. Yes! Sounds great through almost any decent Amp! is it worth $380 ? No! Unless you are a pedal collector and don’t have that yet but I’d just wait until prices are back down to reasonable levels. I usually use a Boss Metal Zone ( sometimes double stacked with a Boss HM3 Hyper Metal , that sounds crazy harsh ! ) into the clean side of a Marshall anyways ! The Metal Zone that I’ve played and loved for well over 2 decades! I absolutely do not understand the bad press this pedal has gotten in the last couple of years. ( I truly think they didn’t experiment enough when they bought it to really figure out exactly how it works. They just plugged it in and dimed all the knobs!) it’s my favourite distortion pedal ever made! you just have to be very careful with the EQ knobs ! It’s insanely adjustable!) From what Ola says, and obviously I trust him his tone is legendary sounding! Boss MT2 - Metal Zone apparently sounds even better through the effects loop ( Ola’s Metal Zone re-review ) but I haven’t tried it out yet as I seem to have the sound I like on the gear that I own already all dialled in. That being said I am going to play around with that in the future.
I made DIY version of it, i like it a lot
Can you share the schematics of it?
Oooh can i have the schematics?
Cmon reply this
@@Bilsuburbians try to search on google, i dont remember name of it but on one site they are selling diy pcbs and there in building docs is schematic
249 IS too steep. that's why someone could just commission me to build one for half the price :D
Sounds like a jcm800 clone pedal, not bad but too expensive...
Awesome tone but definitely a hundred bucks over what it should be
Sounded good until the price lol. Unfortunate
I rather get the ampero mini for the same price
Ur Right $250 uuuuhh NO.
overpriced imo, i would spend some more money on the real deal V4 tube preamp pedal instead, its just worth it!
Full bore metal)))
meh... it doesnt sound that hot to be honest. I dont feel like there's enough gain in there and the highs are a bit fuzzy for metal distortion. I think maybe you should try plugging it to a different impulse response with a cab sim that has more high mids and less low-mids.
doesn't compare to the CHUG pedal...I said it.
I'm first? Whoaaaa :D
Just buy a metal zone for half as much and chug away.
Second
Thats really pricey
Day 263 of asking Ola for an 8 string solar T.
boot it. The DS-1X is better.
First
$250 is not much money. How to save for a private house😂
It’s a little metal box with a couple knobs. Costs under 40 usd to make
@@iLLuzion1st I don't disagree. Same with the car parts lol