How to Choose the Best EQ Pedal: Boss GE-7 vs. Source Audio EQ2 & More | Analog vs. Digital Ep.3
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- In this episode of Analog vs. Digital we're talking about EQ pedals. Watch along as Andy breaks down the benefits of each category and compares a few popular EQ stompboxes side-by-side.
Learn more about EQ and check out the pedals used here: bit.ly/Analog-Vs-Digital-EQ
Pedals Used:
Analog: Boss GE-7, Fairfield Circuitry Long Life, Stone Deaf FX PDF-1X
Digital: Line 6 HX Stomp XL, Source Audio EQ2
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I bought the GE7 literally the day it was released - and it's has stayed with me , on my main boards - sometimes just using it as a boost alone to test guitars or amps ......it just might be the most underrated stomp ever created , implemented and on so many musicians boards all these years !!!!.....great job as always my friend!!!...
Andy doesn't have to shred so hard for each pedal video. but I'm glad he does
EQ is a must-have utility pedal. Free The Tone EQ is my fav; pricy, and worth it. The 4 presets you can toggle via independent footswitch is a great way to expand single channel amps, your fav dirt pedal, add a boost, attenuate and shape hot signals for finicky mod pedals etc
This video was way more interesting than I would have thought. I just opened my box of pedals up and put an MXR 6 band EQ to make some subtle smiley face shapes. It made my strat sound way more jangly and brought out a lot of tasty harmonics.
Excellent video - I learned some stuff I didn't know before.
That eq with the expression pedal is amazing!
I do love me some Source Audio (and will probably get an EQ2 one day) but it's so nice to have the faders of a BOSS or MXR pedal.
I use Ground Control Noodles in front of my drive pedals and a GE-7B post-drive. I have a Source Audio EQ2 as well, but use it on synths bc stereo in/out. I did have the EQ2 on my guitar setup for a minute with channel 1 pre-drive and channel 2 post drive, but didn't like fiddling with the knobs so much. It was cool as a tuner/mute though. If I had to have just one, I'd keep Noodles.
Enjoyed the demo of th Fairfield Circuitry Long Life the most, adds great color.
I have to give a shout to my Zoom MS70-CDR. This is a digital modeler in a pedal, with 6 "blocks", albeit geared to chorus/delay/reverb.
I mention the Zoom MS70-CDR because it comes with 6 EQ models (4 mono and 2 stereo) for guitar, and another couple of EQ models for bass. Further, tone shaping NR and dynamics models are provided (such as the infamous BBE sonic maximizer and the APHEX xciter).
I tend to run this pedal in the effects loop (of my Line6 modeler), with an EQ on the front block (of six blocks) with the last block being either the BBE or a final EQ before returning to the power/output section (usually in stereo).
I balk at the price tag of some of the latest solo-EQ pedal product offerings (comparatively speaking).
I like boosting certain frequencies for certain parts of solo's or rhythmic parts to induce overdrive or types of feedback. A number of switchable pedals.
I've tried a lot of EQ pedals over the years. Finally settled on the Wampler Andy mentioned briefly. It's a set it and forget it.
I'm playing thru a Fender Champion 600. Just dialed it in. Done.
Analog does it for me but that Source Audio EQ2 is really cool. I guess that and Boss EQ 200 are better for those that really implement it in their sound. I usually use mine to boost bass and darken the sound of bright sounding pedals.
Fairfield Circuitry has an interesting unit, there. I could add a few of those to the parametric control collection.
I have the original Source Audio EQ pedal. I use it in the effects loop of my Revv Dynamis to dial out the subtle tone suck that it has. Works great. I actually prefer the sound of the effects loop on with the EQ, vs the fx loop bypassed with no EQ. The Dynamis has a foots witch that allows me to turn the fx loop on/off for instant A/B comparison, so I know I’m not imagining it.
I also like that it’s programmable so I’ll never lose my EQ curve that I spent a fair amount of time dialing in.
I’ve been looking at the SA EQ. How often do you use all the other toys it includes? App GUI, etc? You like the pedal overall?
@@coreyclark6505 mine is the original which doesn’t have an app. Given my description above as to how I use it, it is an always on pedal for me. Definitely more of a “tool” then an”affect”. Highly rated for my purposes
Nice video. I have that same Jazzmaster model.
Andy for Prez!
Do the new GE-7s still have the noise and hiss often reported in older reviews and forum comments? Seen some mixed reports that the new ones are way better and don’t need to be modded to be quiet anymore
I love Mesa Boogie Mark V amp that has graphic 5 band EQ and reverb built in. Use MXR 10 band EQ now for other amps.
Does the SA have digital conversion or just digital controls?
I'm planning on getting the EQ-2 for a board that won't have a wah ,but will have an expression pedal .so that was worth the price of admission ; ) However I won't lie I was way more excited when I first thought that was some kind of auto wah preset : (
By the time this new build is done I might actually need 2 Mission expressionators ! ha .
My all-time favorite EQ pedal is still the Mesa 5-band. Say what you will, something about it is just perfect.
Because it's an actual amp EQ in a pedal. I'd love that one too if only it allowed for saving various EQ options. I need more than one option.
@@Bognerman14 Yeah, Mesa should get on making a digital version! But still simple and 5-band, digital only so you can store more and select them quickly. Or they could just expand the pedal and make it bigger so it's just like 3 of the EQ's. Which you could achieve by buying 3 of the pedals ha, but then you'd have to engage AND disengage every time you want to switch from one to another (instead of the act of engaging 1 automatically turning off the other) and it would hopefully save money to buy 3 in 1, so you wouldn't have to shell out $750 just to get 3 EQs
Does the Source Audio EQ2 seem brighter? Meaning it adds a bright or treble edge no matter what?
I bought/tried the EQ2 and the Empress but kept the MXR 10 band. Sounded just as good, if not better to my ears and was 1/3 the price of the Empress.
Chase Bliss auto. Ridiculously expensive but a good amp and that pedal will cover every flavor under the sun.
Andy is the nicest guy in music.
Always curious how much latency digital pedals add. Especially if you have several of them, with your signal going back and forth several times from analog to digital and back.
None.
@@Sasketchejuana_man that is definitely not true. It might not be noticeable or bothersome, but it is not zero.
Buy the fromel mod for the GE-7 and then it becomes something truly special
I use a Whirlwind analog 12-band EQ
Fair field eq is so cool
How did you know I was messing with my GE-7?
Choices🙀
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In all case I like analog!
What does scooped mean? No one ever seems to say what that means. Can anyone help here?
A Scooped tone generally means bass & trebble boosted freqs, while the mids are dimmed. It's extremely popular in metal and for bassists
the empress Para EQ is amazing. why they discontinued it is frankly mystifying
Yes that’s a great one! Getting quite expensive used as well 😮
@@AndyDemos very true! i have a mk1 and a 7 - they could make a mk8 in small form factor and just clean up. there isnt another EQ out there like it!
Blew up a 15 watt tube twice with a GE7. It has so much volume on tap. Be careful using as a boost
What was the amp? And what vol was the amp on? Im thinking of a GE7 for my PRRI amp
i use my wah 535 q as an eq not a wah
4:28 Paging Dr. Schenker, Dr. Schenker - patient has hit Rockbottom. Doctor? Doctor?
I just use the EQ knobs on my amp + tone knob on my overdrive pedal. Works fine for me
Bonless guitar noises 😆
Rock Bottom
in 2:49 i stop whatching and start searching "i can get no satisfaction"
I mean… he’s cool and everything but …. Why does he have to shred like that man??? I mean let the people hear the fricken pedal dude!!!