I have the OCD ver 1.7 and I love it. I have the RAH as well and love it too. I don’t play for anyone but my own enjoyment and would not trade either in any way shape or form. I both pedals through my 50 watt Marshall 1987x or a 20 watt Blackstar HT20R Mk II with an old CRATE 4x12 speaker cab. I’m looking to upgrade with some greenbacks to get closer to a vintage sound. But as for my current rig. These pedals do sound great!
I forgot this was a pedal demo and was just enjoying your playing. The backing loop was like Stairway to Heaven with a John Frusciante feel, love it. Awesome
He played the OCD only on LP mod which is why it was compressed.. Probably also a 9V adapter which makes it even more compressed.. and do not forget the humbuckers Bad comparison in my opinion. No offense for the Rah pedal, but the comparison is bad.. I own an OCD, and I have never had that "bassy tone" issue. I love bright and crystal clear tone even with high gain, and the OCD never let me down :) ruclips.net/video/kY71ftpZwk0/видео.html Watch the difference between the mods
Ocd is my favourite drive and most dependable for classic rock I keep the gain always around 9 or 10 o’clock and tone around noon or 1 o’clock. Love it with my Gibson sg. Nice and chunky and compressed. I replicate early acdc tones with from like the power age album and let there be rock album which had ranchy guitar tones
The Catalinbread Rah sounds less noisy and clear. Some chords might show differences in sound. An OCD sounds good, but I've never heard one sound as good as a RAH in the catalinbread demos with Howard Gee
RAH for the win. A lot more smooth to my ears, I feel like even when pushed, the RAH would be the tone I'd go for. But of course, that's the tone I would look for, it's just my opinion 😁
This is a great demo and Gavin is using the pedals pretty much what they are intended for. I got an RAH today and really like it but I am using it differently. As a stand alone overdrive, it is not really suited to the way I play or the style of music I play. To me the pedal (in my setup) is very bassy and flubby, especially with the gain on the pedal turned up. I am running it in front of a high gain amp. I am turning the drive all the way down on the RAH with the Master on the pedal at about 2 o'clock. I have the treble up more than half way and the bass and mids at 12 o'clock. This allows me to push the front end of my amp harder and I can turn down the gain on the head. I am getting a tighter sound that way and dealing with less feedback. The RAH does this very well and I was very pleased with the results. The pedal is very tweakable and I like the 3 band EQ.
Anybody saying oh this pedal beats out this other pedal is crazy because they’re completely designed for different things and have completely different tone pallets when played on different amps for different guitars. Especially the guys that are saying “for the win “for any pedal 🤦🏽♂️
Especially here. One is an Amp in a box version of Jimmy Page's Hiwatt, and one is a fine tuned Centaur (I think? Or is that the soul food?) Either way it's no different than plugging in a Marshall and a Rat and comparing them.
I have 3 OCD versions. I have never generated a single sound, even once, that sounds a horridly raspy as this one does in this video. The RAH is a great pedal though.
OCD sounds like a cranked Plexi and to me that is a more pleasing tone, from my experience ocd never sounds good with gain past 9 o'clock. Above 9 I don't even like it. But 9 and under into a cranked breaking up amp is just heaven
I have both. Don't even compare. The RAH is an emulation of a Hiwatt ad the OCD the emulation of a Plexi. Contrary to what Gavin says on the video, the RAH isn't a high headroom pedal. If you aren't careful with the gain, it begins to sound like a (dark) fuzz while the OCD doesn't do that. For me the good sounds of the RAH are when it starts to breakup. The EQ on the RAH is a bit limited from what one would expect, I think. But if you're patient you can get great vintage tones, for sure.
Hmm that's interesting. The RAH has definitely had lots of headroom when I've played through it, perhaps a different setup or tone settings? Regardless, thanks for checking out our page!
In my experience, the RAH has a lot of headroom, meaning, you have to kind of crank the gain knob (to 3:00 and up) to start getting some crunch from the pedal all by itself. I wonder if you are pushing the amp way too much setting the volume control of the RAH very loud or using loud humbuckers.
The OCD is sounding just as dark and fuzzy, in this video. Which is probably what the circuit designers intended, because those old plexi style amps were known to get fuzzy when cranked. Page's tone at Royal Albert is probably the most dynamic in his career, heavily distorted, but clean-ish at times. The RAH can do that at max gain, so the headroom is there
I actually have both also, and either stack them, a splash of OCD into RAH... or use the OCD as a Boost into the RAH. Sounds great, theyre both great pedals. The EQ is active on the RAH so it does take getting used to....
The RAH is a singular deal,- never heard anything quite like it.The OCD series is no joke, - great way to easily optimize a small combo, especially used stacked and sparingly. Howard was a genius at CB; several of his circuits have no equivalent, and the RAH and SFT are two of them.Hope his new work proves fruitful.
I have a Royal Albert Hall pedal also a dirty little secret pedal which I like better great guitar playing brother love to hear you play thanks for the video I'm going to subscribe to you
The RAH is an amp in the box based on the HiWatt that Jimmy Page used at the Royal Albert Hall (RAH). The OCD is an overdrive pedal.
I have the OCD ver 1.7 and I love it. I have the RAH as well and love it too. I don’t play for anyone but my own enjoyment and would not trade either in any way shape or form. I both pedals through my 50 watt Marshall 1987x or a 20 watt Blackstar HT20R Mk II with an old CRATE 4x12 speaker cab. I’m looking to upgrade with some greenbacks to get closer to a vintage sound. But as for my current rig. These pedals do sound great!
I forgot this was a pedal demo and was just enjoying your playing. The backing loop was like Stairway to Heaven with a John Frusciante feel, love it. Awesome
Yeah! Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it, yeah it's basically just the Stairway progression.
The RAH definitely sounds more articulate an less compressed to me
Chad Laity oh yeah man .. and its a great pedal for the affordable price of $200dlls not bad ha ! Lol
He played the OCD only on LP mod which is why it was compressed.. Probably also a 9V adapter which makes it even more compressed.. and do not forget the humbuckers
Bad comparison in my opinion. No offense for the Rah pedal, but the comparison is bad..
I own an OCD, and I have never had that "bassy tone" issue. I love bright and crystal clear tone even with high gain, and the OCD never let me down :)
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Watch the difference between the mods
Absolutely correct. I have both pedals the RAH has more presence while the OCD sets back more.
There is a reason for the TONE knob on the OCD. In my opinion it needed some roll off for a better comparison.
They were configured to sound as equal as possible.
@@jspartacus well they didn't do a very good job
Ocd is my favourite drive and most dependable for classic rock I keep the gain always around 9 or 10 o’clock and tone around noon or 1 o’clock. Love it with my Gibson sg. Nice and chunky and compressed. I replicate early acdc tones with from like the power age album and let there be rock album which had ranchy guitar tones
The Catalinbread Rah sounds less noisy and clear. Some chords might show differences in sound. An OCD sounds good, but I've never heard one sound as good as a RAH in the catalinbread demos with Howard Gee
RAH for the win. A lot more smooth to my ears, I feel like even when pushed, the RAH would be the tone I'd go for.
But of course, that's the tone I would look for, it's just my opinion 😁
Killer playing man!!!! thanks for the demo God bless
This is a great demo and Gavin is using the pedals pretty much what they are intended for. I got an RAH today and really like it but I am using it differently. As a stand alone overdrive, it is not really suited to the way I play or the style of music I play. To me the pedal (in my setup) is very bassy and flubby, especially with the gain on the pedal turned up. I am running it in front of a high gain amp. I am turning the drive all the way down on the RAH with the Master on the pedal at about 2 o'clock. I have the treble up more than half way and the bass and mids at 12 o'clock. This allows me to push the front end of my amp harder and I can turn down the gain on the head. I am getting a tighter sound that way and dealing with less feedback. The RAH does this very well and I was very pleased with the results. The pedal is very tweakable and I like the 3 band EQ.
The OCD is the most versatile OD out there. Never leaves my board
Great playing
I wonder if adding the rah flavor to my david gilmour setup would be redundant?
OCD sounds good but a bit too raspy while the RAH is just smooth. and just enough compression and bite! I love the RAH!
Anybody saying oh this pedal beats out this other pedal is crazy because they’re completely designed for different things and have completely different tone pallets when played on different amps for different guitars. Especially the guys that are saying “for the win “for any pedal 🤦🏽♂️
Especially here. One is an Amp in a box version of Jimmy Page's Hiwatt, and one is a fine tuned Centaur (I think? Or is that the soul food?) Either way it's no different than plugging in a Marshall and a Rat and comparing them.
@@salzulli6290 i think soul food is centaur and ocd is tube screamer based.
@@MrMiskut OCD is Marshal in a box type
@@NegativeBodhiImage nope. Its a tube screamer variation.
Rock on bruddah!
Hi , which one of theese humms less when gain is rised ? Tx
preferred the RAH over the OCD
I have 3 OCD versions. I have never generated a single sound, even once, that sounds a horridly raspy as this one does in this video. The RAH is a great pedal though.
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The OCD sounds thicker and the RAH sounds more articulate.
OCD sounds like a cranked Plexi and to me that is a more pleasing tone, from my experience ocd never sounds good with gain past 9 o'clock. Above 9 I don't even like it. But 9 and under into a cranked breaking up amp is just heaven
RAH! RAH! RAH!
sorry but you dropped the ball dialing in the OCD on this one
I have both. Don't even compare. The RAH is an emulation of a Hiwatt ad the OCD the emulation of a Plexi. Contrary to what Gavin says on the video, the RAH isn't a high headroom pedal. If you aren't careful with the gain, it begins to sound like a (dark) fuzz while the OCD doesn't do that. For me the good sounds of the RAH are when it starts to breakup. The EQ on the RAH is a bit limited from what one would expect, I think. But if you're patient you can get great vintage tones, for sure.
Hmm that's interesting. The RAH has definitely had lots of headroom when I've played through it, perhaps a different setup or tone settings? Regardless, thanks for checking out our page!
In my experience, the RAH has a lot of headroom, meaning, you have to kind of crank the gain knob (to 3:00 and up) to start getting some crunch from the pedal all by itself. I wonder if you are pushing the amp way too much setting the volume control of the RAH very loud or using loud humbuckers.
The OCD is sounding just as dark and fuzzy, in this video. Which is probably what the circuit designers intended, because those old plexi style amps were known to get fuzzy when cranked. Page's tone at Royal Albert is probably the most dynamic in his career, heavily distorted, but clean-ish at times. The RAH can do that at max gain, so the headroom is there
Didn't Jimmy use a fuzz pedal with low gain on Led Zeppelin II? The tone bender or something like that.
I actually have both also, and either stack them, a splash of OCD into RAH... or use the OCD as a Boost into the RAH. Sounds great, theyre both great pedals. The EQ is active on the RAH so it does take getting used to....
i like the rah, it sounds very good. but i'm an ocd owner. i would never give away the ocd. it's just awesome in real life.
It is a great pedal for sure!
The RAH is a singular deal,- never heard anything quite like it.The OCD series is no joke, - great way to easily optimize a small combo, especially used stacked and sparingly.
Howard was a genius at CB; several of his circuits have no equivalent, and the RAH and SFT are two of them.Hope his new work proves fruitful.
Exactly, well said
I have a Royal Albert Hall pedal also a dirty little secret pedal which I like better great guitar playing brother love to hear you play thanks for the video I'm going to subscribe to you
Lexus vs Toyota... Lexus/Catalinbread wins 😄