Thank you Dan. I know it is not an easy 5 minute thing to make a video and upload it so thanks for taking the time. For those of you reading this comment, I was the one who asked Dan for this demo. And the next day it was here. Dan's videos have been the one of the information hubs for my own Jerry set up. He has also graciously answered my questions. And may I say, a very good player. Dan if I ever visit PA (from Long Island), I will look to see if you are paying anywhere and check out your awesome band. Keep it up and thanks again. I have been in touch with Brian and will be adding this to my pedal board. Oh and with headphones the audio was fine. Loud and clear.
@@DeadHeadDan good to hear, my buddy gifted me the thick air and was looking up a demo and found u , u sound great and was worried since u havent posted in years! have a good gig tonight bro! not sure if u are familiar with the lore of the susquehanna but im sure that spirit will be on your side
Worth reading the manual before doing a demo - I say this only because the 'More Air' toggle only works on the second channel - and correct me if I'm wrong, but you were flipping the toggle back and forth at around 4:25 to hear the difference... but if channel 1 was only on, there would be none to be heard.
Brian just called me to tell me my pedal is ready and I am super excited. Just checking in to see what you are thinking of it a year later and if you think it is in fact far superior to the actual Alembic Stratoblaster?
Oh yeah man it’s great! I recently got a wolf guitar and that has a Waldo buffer in it, so no need for a blaster with that guitar, but for the Strat stuff, totally!
@@DeadHeadDan Where did you get your Wolf from? Your playing is pretty immaculate Dan so it must really shine with the Wolf. I am kinda weird about Strats and only playing one guitar so I guess I am kind of stuck going the long route and that Thick Air pedal is amazing. Were you playing direct in without any other effects or drive in this video? I have a Milkman 50 enroute right now too. The combination of that and the Thick Air should get me most of the way. I have also been working with Kent Armstrong about having him make some pickups. I tried to reach out to Allen but you can imagine how that went. Thanks very much for your reply.
@@garethmurphy8235 you’ll love the thick air, my wolf is a Scarlet Fire. I never played a milkman amp, but I would recommend getting an external cab with a JBL 12” speaker if you’re going for the Jerry sound
Great demo! I think this pushed me over the edge to make the purchase. Emailed Brian at io not long ago just to check. Liking the other videos too. Not a lot of GD RUclipsrs got the voice, so great job. Where are you out of?
Hey Dan. Just got the word from Brian that my "Thick Air" is shipping tomorrow and ironically this coinsides perfectly with a pedal board rebuild/refresh. I was hoping you might have some feedback on pedal chain for the Thick Air . This is my proposed setup: Strat->Strobostomp->Quartermaster 8->JHS Muffaletta Fuzz-> (Thick Air)->Strymon Sunset->Archer IKon->Mu-Tron Micro IV->Deja-Vibe->Strymon El Cap--->Milkman 50W.... Obviously, the "Thick Air" is proposed as second in the actual pedal chain only after Fuzz. Just wondering about your thoughts on this chain and if you think it is the best place for the Thick Air??? Thanks very much Dan. -Gareth
Well, it all depends on your volume structure out of the guitar! I had my thick air in my demo at the end of the chain to “thicken up” the sound of everything. Otherwise if you think about it as a stratoblaster, you’d want that before everything else. The key to tone in my opinion, is having your guitar volume at 4 or 5, and let your blaster/buffer/preamp to do the heavy lifting.
@@DeadHeadDan well you are certain getting good results Dan so I will absolutely consider your advic. My guess is the Thick Air is about as close to an "always on" pedal as you can get. I also think if it is always on then it is going to stack and hopefully round out the sounds of everything if it is at the end or the begining, albeit slightly different ly
@@garethmurphy8235 yeah I’d say always on. So either beginning or end for sure, but experiment. Gear always takes a long time to dial in at various room settings. I like it at the end but try it out man! Have fun!
@@DeadHeadDan Holy Sh!t Dan. Had my "Thick Air" for a few weeks now and it is just absolutely incredible. I have had a lot of pedals through the years (as we all have), but I have never plugged in a pedal and it immediately made my sound so much closer to what I have been hearing in my head for years. Just incredible. Truly amazing.. I mean just a jaw dropping difference. Anyway... I have a chance to buy a set of Allen 69's and I know you had a set in your Strat. I wanted to get your opinion on if you think it was an integral part of getting closer to the Jerry sound and buying them is a no brainer ??
@@garethmurphy8235 glad you like the thick air! I do really like the voodoo 69. In fact, my wolf guitar came with a set of single coils, and they are the voodoo 69s. However, if you want a 72 sound, you’d want a set of alnico 3s, the voodoos are alnico 5. A little brighter.. but they sound good either way! I think maybe 74 Jerry had the brighter alnico 5s
Any other pedals that do a similar thing? I’ve been on a little tone hunt and I’ve been wanting to get this tone without cutting open a guitar yet. And this pedal is a bit hard to get a hold of. Is there any other recommendations out there?
@@DeadHeadDan me neither, I adjust everything to my volume knob being at 7 and tones at 8. I'm running D Allen Voodoo 69 which is supposed to be THE affordable pickup set for Alligator tones... I'm getting close, and I bet a lot of it is in Garcias fingers and touch, but I cant get it quite "airy" enough of that makes sense. Jerry's Mutron sounds like a puppy that wants to play, I'm sounding too snarly... I have the boost off and the gain set as low as I can get it while still forcing the envelope open at a good peak level.
@@kbbl102.5 I don’t know if the Q can be opened up and adjusted from anything inside.. my mini mutron 3 has a potentiometer inside to adjust the finer settings
@@DeadHeadDan right on. Thanks for the ideas man, you've been a huge help these past couple weeks as I build up my equipment. My chops on the other hand, I dont think even you can help me there. L'chaim my fellow Luftmensch
@@kbbl102.5 Warm Audio recently came out with a Mu-Tron clone. The demos I've heard with the Q-Trons or even the never Mu-Trons don't sound right to me. Warm Audio's Klon is nice and they pretty much go for a straight copy of the originals. Worth exploring. I plan on buying one when I've ironed out the other stuff.
@@DeadHeadDan Voice is audible, but just barely ,the level is way below that of the guitar, at times muffled an uneven. Just spend a little time refining it and get it right.
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Thank you Dan. I know it is not an easy 5 minute thing to make a video and upload it so thanks for taking the time. For those of you reading this comment, I was the one who asked Dan for this demo. And the next day it was here. Dan's videos have been the one of the information hubs for my own Jerry set up. He has also graciously answered my questions. And may I say, a very good player. Dan if I ever visit PA (from Long Island), I will look to see if you are paying anywhere and check out your awesome band. Keep it up and thanks again. I have been in touch with Brian and will be adding this to my pedal board. Oh and with headphones the audio was fine. Loud and clear.
Your tone is impeccable.
Thanks man!
Your playing is fantastic and very smooth and natural!
hope u are still around bro
Sure am!!
@@DeadHeadDan good to hear, my buddy gifted me the thick air and was looking up a demo and found u , u sound great and was worried since u havent posted in years! have a good gig tonight bro! not sure if u are familiar with the lore of the susquehanna but im sure that spirit will be on your side
@@johnlenz420 thanks man!! Should be a fun gig im taking out my brand new midi controlled effect switcher for a spin.
@@DeadHeadDan sweet! i used the thick air for the first time today, although i wiish i had it at the beginning of my board,.
Worth reading the manual before doing a demo - I say this only because the 'More Air' toggle only works on the second channel - and correct me if I'm wrong, but you were flipping the toggle back and forth at around 4:25 to hear the difference... but if channel 1 was only on, there would be none to be heard.
Oh baby that ramble on rose riff just sounds great no matter what. But i dig this tone
Brian just called me to tell me my pedal is ready and I am super excited. Just checking in to see what you are thinking of it a year later and if you think it is in fact far superior to the actual Alembic Stratoblaster?
Oh yeah man it’s great! I recently got a wolf guitar and that has a Waldo buffer in it, so no need for a blaster with that guitar, but for the Strat stuff, totally!
@@DeadHeadDan Where did you get your Wolf from? Your playing is pretty immaculate Dan so it must really shine with the Wolf. I am kinda weird about Strats and only playing one guitar so I guess I am kind of stuck going the long route and that Thick Air pedal is amazing. Were you playing direct in without any other effects or drive in this video? I have a Milkman 50 enroute right now too. The combination of that and the Thick Air should get me most of the way. I have also been working with Kent Armstrong about having him make some pickups. I tried to reach out to Allen but you can imagine how that went. Thanks very much for your reply.
@@garethmurphy8235 you’ll love the thick air, my wolf is a Scarlet Fire. I never played a milkman amp, but I would recommend getting an external cab with a JBL 12” speaker if you’re going for the Jerry sound
@@DeadHeadDan Funny you should say that. I just wrote to Bartle today about getting a Box with a Weber California..
@@DeadHeadDan Holy Sh!t Dan.. You didn't skimp on the guitar..Must be amazing...
Great demo! I think this pushed me over the edge to make the purchase. Emailed Brian at io not long ago just to check. Liking the other videos too. Not a lot of GD RUclipsrs got the voice, so great job. Where are you out of?
Hey thanks Isaac. I’m in south central Pennsylvania!
Hey Dan. Just got the word from Brian that my "Thick Air" is shipping tomorrow and ironically this coinsides perfectly with a pedal board rebuild/refresh. I was hoping you might have some feedback on pedal chain for the Thick Air . This is my proposed setup:
Strat->Strobostomp->Quartermaster 8->JHS Muffaletta Fuzz-> (Thick Air)->Strymon Sunset->Archer IKon->Mu-Tron Micro IV->Deja-Vibe->Strymon El Cap--->Milkman 50W....
Obviously, the "Thick Air" is proposed as second in the actual pedal chain only after Fuzz. Just wondering about your thoughts on this chain and if you think it is the best place for the Thick Air???
Thanks very much Dan.
-Gareth
Well, it all depends on your volume structure out of the guitar! I had my thick air in my demo at the end of the chain to “thicken up” the sound of everything. Otherwise if you think about it as a stratoblaster, you’d want that before everything else. The key to tone in my opinion, is having your guitar volume at 4 or 5, and let your blaster/buffer/preamp to do the heavy lifting.
@@DeadHeadDan well you are certain getting good results Dan so I will absolutely consider your advic. My guess is the Thick Air is about as close to an "always on" pedal as you can get. I also think if it is always on then it is going to stack and hopefully round out the sounds of everything if it is at the end or the begining, albeit slightly different ly
@@garethmurphy8235 yeah I’d say always on. So either beginning or end for sure, but experiment. Gear always takes a long time to dial in at various room settings. I like it at the end but try it out man! Have fun!
@@DeadHeadDan Holy Sh!t Dan. Had my "Thick Air" for a few weeks now and it is just absolutely incredible. I have had a lot of pedals through the years (as we all have), but I have never plugged in a pedal and it immediately made my sound so much closer to what I have been hearing in my head for years. Just incredible. Truly amazing.. I mean just a jaw dropping difference. Anyway... I have a chance to buy a set of Allen 69's and I know you had a set in your Strat. I wanted to get your opinion on if you think it was an integral part of getting closer to the Jerry sound and buying them is a no brainer ??
@@garethmurphy8235 glad you like the thick air! I do really like the voodoo 69. In fact, my wolf guitar came with a set of single coils, and they are the voodoo 69s. However, if you want a 72 sound, you’d want a set of alnico 3s, the voodoos are alnico 5. A little brighter.. but they sound good either way! I think maybe 74 Jerry had the brighter alnico 5s
Any other pedals that do a similar thing? I’ve been on a little tone hunt and I’ve been wanting to get this tone without cutting open a guitar yet. And this pedal is a bit hard to get a hold of. Is there any other recommendations out there?
Well brad Sarno makes a doozy boost, but that’s more of a clean unbiased boost.. the thick air adds a bit of color which is nice..
Damn that's a thick tone... I have a question if you dont mind Dan. I just got my Q Tron + and am struggling to find the jerry sound. Any advice?
Well, it all starts with your pickups, tone settings, and volume.. I never have my tone knob all the way up. Same with volume.
@@DeadHeadDan me neither, I adjust everything to my volume knob being at 7 and tones at 8. I'm running D Allen Voodoo 69 which is supposed to be THE affordable pickup set for Alligator tones... I'm getting close, and I bet a lot of it is in Garcias fingers and touch, but I cant get it quite "airy" enough of that makes sense. Jerry's Mutron sounds like a puppy that wants to play, I'm sounding too snarly... I have the boost off and the gain set as low as I can get it while still forcing the envelope open at a good peak level.
@@kbbl102.5 I don’t know if the Q can be opened up and adjusted from anything inside.. my mini mutron 3 has a potentiometer inside to adjust the finer settings
@@DeadHeadDan right on. Thanks for the ideas man, you've been a huge help these past couple weeks as I build up my equipment. My chops on the other hand, I dont think even you can help me there. L'chaim my fellow Luftmensch
@@kbbl102.5 Warm Audio recently came out with a Mu-Tron clone. The demos I've heard with the Q-Trons or even the never Mu-Trons don't sound right to me. Warm Audio's Klon is nice and they pretty much go for a straight copy of the originals. Worth exploring. I plan on buying one when I've ironed out the other stuff.
Hahah that's a funny Phil ref... thick air.
Think it was Bobby that came up with that expression while working in the studio on one of their first few albums.
Chris Sanchirico oops yeah ur right :)
Box for K120 is closed enclosure? Dimensions (please)?
Open back!!! Anthony Coscia makes great ones!
@@DeadHeadDan ok, tnx
Very very close my friend
Can't hear a word you're saying.
Must be an issue with your playback. I and multiple people can hear me!
@@DeadHeadDan Voice is audible, but just barely ,the level is way below that of the guitar, at times muffled an uneven. Just spend a little time refining it and get it right.
@@DeadHeadDan i had no issues. killer demo.