Thumbs up for the enormous effort you have obviously put into creating such an amazing non biased review, I mean playing it at a gig, all the editing, brilliant!!
The best video showing how this pedal is set up in a live situation. Bravo. Everyone else just plays though it without ever showing how you use it during a performance.
Killer playing! This is what guitar gear reviews should be like. If I'm being brutally honest, most gear reviewers don't have the taste or musicality (or even a basic sense of rhythm!) for me to really trust their word. I appreciated the real-world demos and commentary too.
This is an excellent review of the UA Lion. You covered a lot of ground. I think your review is more holistic than many. Rational with great tone examples. Thank you.
I had similar conclusions each time I dialed in my tone with my headphones and went with the same tone on stage. Every time it is too bright and I think it comes from the fact, that when you play at home only with your headphones, the brighter tone gives you a little more edge and it generally is more fun to play. Also, "Fletcher Munson" curve is worth to mention as we tend to hear higher frequencies more the louder it gets. Thanks for the video!
I would like to see you using it in a live and a home setting with a Fender FR-12. I think that FR-12 cabinet is the missing (not missing anymore 😊) link between digital and tube amps.
Hey buddy! I recently started using the new Fender fr12 cabinet with my modeler and I really think that's the missing link you're looking for on stage. Looks, sounds, and feels like an actual cab and it'll give you back thst stage volume behind you. Worth a try my guy🤙🏼
Amazing playing and what a great video ! Super nice to see ! I'm playing on a kemper since maybe 9 years now but I am mostly using 3/4 amps, and as it is quite a heavy rig for everyday's concerts, I am currently hesitating to switch to a pedal like this for gigs that dont require too many different amp sounds. I am verry impressed by how you make it sound real and vintage, thats truely amazing !
I used the Lion at my gig on Saturday as a pedal platform and honestly, I have never had a better sound out of a PA and everyone commented. I used the Super bass Just the high Channel at 10 O'Clock and it was big and Fat sounding and all my pedals sound great! I had the JHS AT and the BB preamp as my gain and the AT Delay and Strymon Flint and it sounded huge. If I do use an amp in the future, I will also plug the LION in to the PA. Changed my life!
I fixed that 'missing amp speaker sound' by using the Line 6 power cab. It is essentially a monitor with a guitar speaker. I use the helix. I hated it through the monitor only. The powercab was the missing link to getting a 100 percent realistic guitar sound through my amp modelers. I can still send one signal to the house and use the power cab as my own personal monitor. Very important when you have sound guys that don't know how to mix modelers.
Great video Dylan! I responded to the short you did two weeks ago of the Lion, and your video and responses actually pushed me over the edge and I bought one. Regarding your comments about only hearing through the monitor I might add some 'advice', although others might've suggested this already or maybe you even thought about this yourself. I had a hard time getting used to just playing over my monitors at home, usually I play through a tube amp behind me and on stage I prefer to hear my own cabinet rather than the monitor. I tried a few different power amp pedals and ended up with the Hotone Loudster. I have that on a small board together with just the Lion and I can run it through all my cabs with the cab sim off. I actually played with my band like this last week through my Marshall 4x12" with my plexi on top, and it took 'till the end of our set that my band members noticed the amp was off. It felt and sounded great! And if I want to do this and still want to send a cabsim signal to the FOH, I run the other output to my Two Notes CAB-M+. Would be great if UAFX would do an update where you can set both outputs differently. I've done a video on the Lion as well which is on my channel, comparing it to a Marshall 1987. I'm about to shoot a video with the Lion and Loudster through an actual cab aswell, but I can really recommend it.
Here's the video I mentioned earlier a month ago, using the Lion with a power amp through a guitar cabinet. Maybe this might be useful to you, if you haven't considered or tried it. I gigged like this with a Greenback M loaded 1x12" and it worked great. ruclips.net/video/r_tef3xOojg/видео.htmlsi=c6MH2x_VJlPMgA2t
Bought this pedal yesterday. It's kind of weird. It sounded great in the store with my Filtertron equipped Gretsch. Using it with my Telecaster in a rehearsal room it sounded very iffy, I would say due to the nature of the used\beaten PA system. I will say though, for home use with a good Hi/FI amp\speakers it sounds fantastic. I will probably be buying some kind of FRFR monitor for small venue use, where my Tube amps are simply too loud to be used properly.
Does your prs amp have an effects loop ? You could just go straight into the effects return defeating the cab sims 😀👍 You still would have the power amp sim of a Marshall , but that’s what amp in box pedals do anyway . Best of both worlds 👍
Loved your taken this, and kudos for not diming the volumes ✨ Would love to see a follow-up video, also using a poweramp into your preferred speakers! Might change the perspective. Thank you!
I really dig your style even though I could never approach that level of skill/play. I'll just watch, listen, and enjoy! I've been curious out this UA Lion and this review is helpful.
Just plug the lion into a power amp and Cab! And turn off the Cab sim and it will sound great for live. I use the Lion, Freedman IRX, and IRD depending on my mood, though a power amp (Seymour Duncan Power stage 170 ) and a cab with 30 watt Celestions & with The Line6 HX Effects & it sounds amazing! This way you can mic the Cab if you want so it's behind you like a traditional amp so you can get the real amp sensation & If I want to go direct to the board I use the Two Notes Torpedo cab, Now you have the best of both worlds and more cabs to choose from!
Amazing.This the best video I 've ever seen off a modeler ( live on stage..."amp in the room " sound.) Great man. What a sound !!! I 'm in for a drem 65
Great thorough review Dylan, I really enjoyed it. I am a new Lion owner and I appreciate you sharing the full detail on your settings for the tone you were using. inspired by your right-hand technique as well, great playing!
Funny note, the band I played in in the late '90's was called Smokestack. In the early to mid '70's I was in a band and we did Allman's, 'Liz Reed, Hot Lanta, etc... Back then I played a Twin and a SG/Les Paul... I played all of the Duane slide parts and Dickie leads too.
No headphones out ahhhhhh. I didn’t realize that. What an oversight. Great playing and it does sound fantastic. Thanks for pointing all of these things out.
It doesn't have a dedicated headphone out, but I plug a stereo 1/4" inch to 1/8" cable to plug into the outputs then plug my headphones into it and it works for me. I use Sony MDR headphones with it.
Great demo. I've owned a JTM45, 68 Superlead clone that Kurt Granger setup for me, a custom Silver Jubilee and a Friedman Runt 50 and the superlead was my favorite amp on stage but only was able to be used at a couple larger venue shows just because of how loud it has to be to sound good. Even with a master volume added, you still had to get the power section cooking before "that" tone happened. I'm considering the Lion as an alternate DI rig vs my BluGuitar Iridium but right now, I'm running that into the OX Stomp cab sim and I am REALLY liking that pedal. It's not as flexible for live playing as my Boss tube amp expander but it's a fraction the size. FRFR's Iv'e found, are just inherently brighter than studio monitors so I usually have separate cab sim settings for home vs stage. As for your stage sound, I always have run the FRFR behind me (I use IEM's so I mostly just do it for stage sound for the crowd) but if you want more of an authentic feeling thing, consider something like the duncan power stage 200 into a 1x12 or 2x12 cab. I've run that with my Fractal FM3 and it sounds really great and more authentic than an FRFR. If the lion can send cab simulation out one of the outputs and DI signal out another output, that would be my suggestion... or you could run the DI signal out of the lion into the FX loop return of your PRS amp. If the lion can't do DI signal out one output, consider the OX Stomp. You'd get a lot more flexibility with your cab/speakers/mic and output. Also you would get that wonderful reverb, compressor, delay, etc.
Wow great demo and playing. Your band rocks! My band goes all direct with in-ears so I’ve been wondering about this pedal for a while, I might give it a try now.
Great demo! Great playing,u really put some quality work into this video! This pedal sounds amazing, the market is certainly saturated with digital options for amplifying your guitar or bass, it’s crazy as a player from the 70’s/80’s era of buying and carrying around amplifiers I always tried to stick with combos of some sort, the digital stuff is really a game changer. But as soon as you feel like you have something figured out for gigs and recording they come out with something new and interesting. It can certainly get your head spinning & your bank account.,..😵💫
You could use a powered wedge behind you to get that feel / sound you're looking for (just your guitar sent to it / split) then have your studio wedge be full of whatever you like including some of your guitar. I use an NX 12-SMA monitor wedge I bring with me to all gigs so it's consistently the same sound. I do that and it works great as then you get that familiar sound you need. Great video.
Couple things .. 1)did you find the bright switch and where you can turn it off 2) did you try to use a Stereo Y for headphone ? And 3) fx return on simple light weight tube powered origin 20 to move air on stage low level but with ab box to split is a good option
Thanks Dylan, I’ve just picked up this pedal and have been very pleased on how accurate these tones are in comparison to a real Plexi. I’m also considering using this as a backup at gigs in case my amp goes down. Your video showed how that could be done and thought your guitar sounds in a live setting to be just like using a real amp. I would like to see you do another video with your pedal running through a powered speaker cabinet.
I have this pedal. And I'm able to get the best sounds I've ever had using a "modeler". I've used a Helix LT and ToneX pedal. Both sound fine. But there is something about the Lion pedal that gives me the sound I've been looking for. I use it as my "amp". So I just set it for a clean, near edge of breakup tone, and then use pedals before and after it. Just perfect!
1st of all, thanks for the vid and you are a great fucken player, man. 2nd i was wondering if you or another lion user could help me. I also use tube amps and cabs, and i sometimes need to go front of house like you. I don't like monitors, just cabs. I was wondering if i took this pedal and a regular cab with class d power, split signal and send one to the cab(cab off) and another to ir loader and desk. The question is.. Can we download the original irs in the pedal from UA so i can load it on my ir loader and send to desk so i can still sound like the original pedal ?
Beautiful playing and a very thorough and interesting review... Lion is amazing at dekivering rexorded tone, which is a big feat, but ofc only a part of the real amp magic, and its super usefu, either as a backuo, practice, recording... Yet, due to often unpredictable venues stage monitoring and sound guy, bringing your own monitor, either active stage monitor or frfr powered cab of any sorts, its still almost a must, if the stage is loud, and i hope it is...1x12 tube combo is not much far from that setup.. Although less reliable in theory for sure,. Ah.. Pros and cons.. But sure we have great choices today..
I actually heard that Dickey tone from the Allman Bros. live at S.U.N.Y. recording. That beautiful driven Marshall tone that dreams are made of. Almost exact feedback that he got on “One Way Out”. Thanks so much for including the fact that you have to have a powered amp/interface to use it. That was my senior question when considering.
I've been using a Quilter Superblock UK direct for a couple of years & monitoring with a pair of Headrush FRFR108 (one in front & one behind me). I also have the QSC 12" speakers & to me the Headrush sound & respond more like a guitar cabinet. I also like being able to control my volume independently on one channel of the Headrush & run the main mix into the other. Now I have the Lion 68 & plan to use it 4CM in the effects loop of the Superblock. So far at home it sounds great. Also in my experience going ampless on stage, the DI sound is always different on stage compared to headphones or studio monitors. The sound guy, EQ on the console, etc... also factor in. Great video, nice playing, the Lion sounds amazing live!
Awesome demo, and chops Dylan, I really enjoyed the fact that you put it through the live onstage test, I really hope you follow up with a powered frfr or cab I will be watching for it.
Great review and points. I use a 28 pound, 2000 watt QSC-K10 monitor behind me with the UA pedal running through it as well as the PA. It sounds and feels great.
Great demo, nice to hear the Lion in a live setting sitting alongside other amps etc. For me the UA pedal line fills the gaps in my amp collection nicely. I’ve got a few Marshall’s and Orange that are my main sounds but I often like to try something different. No room for more amps and wouldn’t want to spend lots for occasional use. That’s why I grabbed a Ruby, fills my Vox needs, feels and sounds like an amp. Having said that the Marshall that I haven’t got is covered by the Lion …….
a review just like this for the UAD ruby would be awesome with some thoughts about how the feel compares to the Lion. UAD should send you one! best review of their amp pedals on youtube
Wow. This is one of the best demos of ANYTHING I've ever seen. Thanks for putting this together. I'd love to get both the Lion and the Dream '65, and run a few pedals in font of them for live shows. Any idea how that chain would work? Guitar > effects > UA pedal 1 > UA pedal 2 > PA?
Same progression on amps for me. I used to love the fender clean and slightly overdriven thing... but a marshall that is about to explode + the volume knob is magic.
Your post gig points on the pedal feeling like a real amp... the yes and no is literally exactly as how I felt when I tried mine at a gig recently... and my real amp is a 1959hw I run through a Fyrette Powerstation into a 1960hw cab with the GH30 55 speakers. There is a lack of depth/weight without the real speaker on stage behind you. In terms of how it feels compared to the amp miced in another room. its brilliant. In terms of the indistinguishable bit... if you knew the sound of the real one and the sound of the pedal before you'd be able to tell them apart... but if you did a blind test between two different real plexi amps they would sound different as well. What the pedal does is sound pretty much spot on like A plexi. Mostly the 3 specific amps used to model the different amps on this pedal. Easily the best plexi pedal going.
As usual beautiful playing brother. I’ll have to send you some good pictures of Gregg from when worked/hung with him. Anyway I’d love to hear this pedal through an actual poweramp as a preamp
Holy shit, you are good player man. I agree with just a few greats. I traded all my Wildwood LP’s, SG and Custom Strat for 1 Valuable LP. I don’t care I love it. I’m doing it for an amp now. I was gonna get 1 Silver Jubilee and get rid of the others. While I won’t get more traditional (large) amps but these are so small that it can’t hurt
Great demo, good to see this being used live. I have been playing with these UA Pedals for a little while (including the Lion more recently) and have found that going straight into an FX Loop Return of an amp is a bit lacking in most cases - and it feels a bit like blasphemy! I don't much care for headphone either. Instead: I have a portable battery powered Bose S1 Pro PA that I have used as my acoustic guitar PA for a few years - it sounds great with these pedals, so I picked up a second for more volume and stereo - more than loud enough! Nothing beats the real thing obviously, but my 100W Plexi clone is just too heavy and loud for practices and gigs - my bandmates would have kittens if I brought the real thing along.
It’s amazing right?? And yes I prefer the Lion over the others I’ve tried (Dream and Woodrow), but not because I think it’s a better pedal/modeler per se. I’ve just found that I prefer Marshall Plexi style tones these days. If you want a Fender blackface or tweed or Vox sound then the others are just as great!
Absolutely fantastic review! Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I'm a tube amp player and I'll definitely be looking into picking up the lion for myself. Thanks again ✌👍
Very thorough helpful review thank you very much! …. Would be interested to hear you try it out with a power amp through a cab …. I recently heard this pedal through a Mesa stereo tube power amp and a stereo delay into two 4 x 12 cabinets. Sounded amazing - but that still wasn’t a “gig test.”
Your slide playing is off the charts dude - Good Job
Thirded!
Seeing you play with it live is EXACTLY what I needed. Purchased one today and can’t wait.
First of all: great playing! Have said that, FINALLY a video using the pedal on a live situation, thank you!!
This is a great and proper demo. Real world application! Now UA has to come out with a pedal that helps us to play like Dylan.
Gotta say the same thing as everyone else - HUGE props for showing it in the context of a gig. Legend. 🤘
Thumbs up for the enormous effort you have obviously put into creating such an amazing non biased review, I mean playing it at a gig, all the editing, brilliant!!
The best video showing how this pedal is set up in a live situation. Bravo. Everyone else just plays though it without ever showing how you use it during a performance.
Man!! That slide playing was just unreal! Great job!! The lion wasn’t too bad either!
Seeing the gig performance was really valuable. Thank you for being this thorough.
Killer playing! This is what guitar gear reviews should be like. If I'm being brutally honest, most gear reviewers don't have the taste or musicality (or even a basic sense of rhythm!) for me to really trust their word. I appreciated the real-world demos and commentary too.
This is an excellent review of the UA Lion. You covered a lot of ground. I think your review is more holistic than many. Rational with great tone examples. Thank you.
You hit a new level of the review game Dylan, regular gear demo channels has to keep up with this content. Cheers
Duane's Fillmore tone is the highest bar there is! Your playing is excellent man! I am getting my Lion 68 this week. Excellent review -
I had similar conclusions each time I dialed in my tone with my headphones and went with the same tone on stage.
Every time it is too bright and I think it comes from the fact, that when you play at home only with your headphones, the brighter tone gives you a little more edge and it generally is more fun to play.
Also, "Fletcher Munson" curve is worth to mention as we tend to hear higher frequencies more the louder it gets.
Thanks for the video!
Here to listen to that Lion 68. And then I subbed because of your playing. Man, you're great!
I would like to see you using it in a live and a home setting with a Fender FR-12. I think that FR-12 cabinet is the missing (not missing anymore 😊) link between digital and tube amps.
Most thorough evaluation I’ve seen yet! Thanks so much!
I just got the Dream and lovin’ it. The Lion is on my wish list so I will get that one next. Your presentation is great!
I totally missed this one Dylan. I am changing my settings, so I get notified for sure. I have really been tempted to buy this one.
Dude, you rock. Great player. Sounded amazing. I have the lion. Haven’t used it live yet. Cannot wait.
Hey buddy! I recently started using the new Fender fr12 cabinet with my modeler and I really think that's the missing link you're looking for on stage. Looks, sounds, and feels like an actual cab and it'll give you back thst stage volume behind you. Worth a try my guy🤙🏼
Fantastic playing and sound!
Amazing playing and what a great video ! Super nice to see !
I'm playing on a kemper since maybe 9 years now but I am mostly using 3/4 amps, and as it is quite a heavy rig for everyday's concerts, I am currently hesitating to switch to a pedal like this for gigs that dont require too many different amp sounds.
I am verry impressed by how you make it sound real and vintage, thats truely amazing !
Thanks for being real. You touched on all of my questions and concerns.
Great playing and performance by yourself and your band!!
I used the Lion at my gig on Saturday as a pedal platform and honestly, I have never had a better sound out of a PA and everyone commented. I used the Super bass Just the high Channel at 10 O'Clock and it was big and Fat sounding and all my pedals sound great! I had the JHS AT and the BB preamp as my gain and the AT Delay and Strymon Flint and it sounded huge. If I do use an amp in the future, I will also plug the LION in to the PA. Changed my life!
Love your musical thinking, note placement, timing, taste, and technique.
I'm skilled myself but would love to sound more like you.
I fixed that 'missing amp speaker sound' by using the Line 6 power cab. It is essentially a monitor with a guitar speaker. I use the helix. I hated it through the monitor only. The powercab was the missing link to getting a 100 percent realistic guitar sound through my amp modelers. I can still send one signal to the house and use the power cab as my own personal monitor. Very important when you have sound guys that don't know how to mix modelers.
Great video Dylan! I responded to the short you did two weeks ago of the Lion, and your video and responses actually pushed me over the edge and I bought one. Regarding your comments about only hearing through the monitor I might add some 'advice', although others might've suggested this already or maybe you even thought about this yourself.
I had a hard time getting used to just playing over my monitors at home, usually I play through a tube amp behind me and on stage I prefer to hear my own cabinet rather than the monitor. I tried a few different power amp pedals and ended up with the Hotone Loudster. I have that on a small board together with just the Lion and I can run it through all my cabs with the cab sim off. I actually played with my band like this last week through my Marshall 4x12" with my plexi on top, and it took 'till the end of our set that my band members noticed the amp was off. It felt and sounded great! And if I want to do this and still want to send a cabsim signal to the FOH, I run the other output to my Two Notes CAB-M+. Would be great if UAFX would do an update where you can set both outputs differently.
I've done a video on the Lion as well which is on my channel, comparing it to a Marshall 1987. I'm about to shoot a video with the Lion and Loudster through an actual cab aswell, but I can really recommend it.
Here's the video I mentioned earlier a month ago, using the Lion with a power amp through a guitar cabinet. Maybe this might be useful to you, if you haven't considered or tried it. I gigged like this with a Greenback M loaded 1x12" and it worked great.
ruclips.net/video/r_tef3xOojg/видео.htmlsi=c6MH2x_VJlPMgA2t
Bought this pedal yesterday. It's kind of weird. It sounded great in the store with my Filtertron equipped Gretsch. Using it with my Telecaster in a rehearsal room it sounded very iffy, I would say due to the nature of the used\beaten PA system. I will say though, for home use with a good Hi/FI amp\speakers it sounds fantastic. I will probably be buying some kind of FRFR monitor for small venue use, where my Tube amps are simply too loud to be used properly.
this is by far the best demo of this pedal!
Does your prs amp have an effects loop ? You could just go straight into the effects return defeating the cab sims 😀👍 You still would have the power amp sim of a Marshall , but that’s what amp in box pedals do anyway . Best of both worlds 👍
Loved your taken this, and kudos for not diming the volumes ✨
Would love to see a follow-up video, also using a poweramp into your preferred speakers! Might change the perspective. Thank you!
Love the slide playing on can't find my way home. What a cool rendition of that song
I really dig your style even though I could never approach that level of skill/play. I'll just watch, listen, and enjoy! I've been curious out this UA Lion and this review is helpful.
What a great demo and review! The best out there so far.
Great demo Brilliant live setting was tested I only use my Strymon Iridium at home now ... I am keen to try one of these
Best gear review ever in the history of RUclips!
Man that’s high praise and wouldn’t say I agree haha, but I worked hard on it so I appreciate the kind words very much! 🙏🏻
Kudos for testing it with a band. As a long time gigger, to me, it only cuts it if it works with a band. Again, great work.
Really nice slide playing there, Dylan!
I’ve been waiting for a demo like this! Thank you! That’s the real test and of course it sounds good in a bedroom.
Just plug the lion into a power amp and Cab! And turn off the Cab sim and it will sound great for live. I use the Lion, Freedman IRX, and IRD depending on my mood, though a power amp (Seymour Duncan Power stage 170 ) and a cab with 30 watt Celestions & with The Line6 HX Effects & it sounds amazing! This way you can mic the Cab if you want so it's behind you like a traditional amp so you can get the real amp sensation & If I want to go direct to the board I use the Two Notes Torpedo cab, Now you have the best of both worlds and more cabs to choose from!
This is exactly what I have been looking for review wise. Thank you. Sounds killer. Awesome playing.
Amazing.This the best video I 've ever seen off a modeler ( live on stage..."amp in the room " sound.) Great man. What a sound !!! I 'm in for a drem 65
Great thorough review Dylan, I really enjoyed it. I am a new Lion owner and I appreciate you sharing the full detail on your settings for the tone you were using. inspired by your right-hand technique as well, great playing!
Oh man you are such a great player and such a great reviewer. Keep it up!
Funny note, the band I played in in the late '90's was called Smokestack. In the early to mid '70's I was in a band and we did Allman's, 'Liz Reed, Hot Lanta, etc... Back then I played a Twin and a SG/Les Paul... I played all of the Duane slide parts and Dickie leads too.
Got one today besides my Sinvertek 5 pre.this is an absolute killer.I LOVE MINE.
You got a wonderfull tone with your settings, thanks a lot! very instructive. Great playing man! thanks for sharing.
No headphones out ahhhhhh. I didn’t realize that. What an oversight. Great playing and it does sound fantastic. Thanks for pointing all of these things out.
It doesn't have a dedicated headphone out, but I plug a stereo 1/4" inch to 1/8" cable to plug into the outputs then plug my headphones into it and it works for me. I use Sony MDR headphones with it.
That sounded awesome! Playing was magnificent as usual. Looking forward to seeing you guys live soon. 🤘❤️🔥
Great demo. I've owned a JTM45, 68 Superlead clone that Kurt Granger setup for me, a custom Silver Jubilee and a Friedman Runt 50 and the superlead was my favorite amp on stage but only was able to be used at a couple larger venue shows just because of how loud it has to be to sound good. Even with a master volume added, you still had to get the power section cooking before "that" tone happened.
I'm considering the Lion as an alternate DI rig vs my BluGuitar Iridium but right now, I'm running that into the OX Stomp cab sim and I am REALLY liking that pedal. It's not as flexible for live playing as my Boss tube amp expander but it's a fraction the size.
FRFR's Iv'e found, are just inherently brighter than studio monitors so I usually have separate cab sim settings for home vs stage.
As for your stage sound, I always have run the FRFR behind me (I use IEM's so I mostly just do it for stage sound for the crowd) but if you want more of an authentic feeling thing, consider something like the duncan power stage 200 into a 1x12 or 2x12 cab. I've run that with my Fractal FM3 and it sounds really great and more authentic than an FRFR.
If the lion can send cab simulation out one of the outputs and DI signal out another output, that would be my suggestion... or you could run the DI signal out of the lion into the FX loop return of your PRS amp.
If the lion can't do DI signal out one output, consider the OX Stomp. You'd get a lot more flexibility with your cab/speakers/mic and output. Also you would get that wonderful reverb, compressor, delay, etc.
loved your solo at the gig!...great review!
Wow great demo and playing. Your band rocks! My band goes all direct with in-ears so I’ve been wondering about this pedal for a while, I might give it a try now.
Great demo! Great playing,u really put some quality work into this video! This pedal sounds amazing, the market is certainly saturated with digital options for amplifying your guitar or bass, it’s crazy as a player from the 70’s/80’s era of buying and carrying around amplifiers I always tried to stick with combos of some sort, the digital stuff is really a game changer. But as soon as you feel like you have something figured out for gigs and recording they come out with something new and interesting. It can certainly get your head spinning & your bank account.,..😵💫
Great demo. I agree with hearing your guitar through a monitor vs an amp and speaker. To me it's like playing a guitar through a home stereo system.
Nicely done. I have a Marshall SV20, but I'm still thinking about getting this for more variety.
You could use a powered wedge behind you to get that feel / sound you're looking for (just your guitar sent to it / split) then have your studio wedge be full of whatever you like including some of your guitar. I use an NX 12-SMA monitor wedge I bring with me to all gigs so it's consistently the same sound. I do that and it works great as then you get that familiar sound you need. Great video.
I came for the review and stayed for the fantastic playing.. amazing Bro
I love the way you did this video. You could probably streamline it a little bit, but it was very entertaining
Couple things .. 1)did you find the bright switch and where you can turn it off 2) did you try to use a Stereo Y for headphone ? And 3) fx return on simple light weight tube powered origin 20 to move air on stage low level but with ab box to split is a good option
Love seeing the trio of LP's!
It's an awesome pedal, probably their most underrated amp pedal imo
Thanks for the live demo along with the other comments, helpful for someone wanting to get one.
That opening salvo was sweeeeeet!! Great vid, Dylan!!
Dude, you guys sounded amazing.
..wow!
And ya that pedal is pretty damn good.
Thanks Dylan, I’ve just picked up this pedal and have been very pleased on how accurate these tones are in comparison to a real Plexi. I’m also considering using this as a backup at gigs in case my amp goes down. Your video showed how that could be done and thought your guitar sounds in a live setting to be just like using a real amp. I would like to see you do another video with your pedal running through a powered speaker cabinet.
it's a sound a like..sounds similar but not quite
I have this pedal. And I'm able to get the best sounds I've ever had using a "modeler". I've used a Helix LT and ToneX pedal. Both sound fine. But there is something about the Lion pedal that gives me the sound I've been looking for. I use it as my "amp". So I just set it for a clean, near edge of breakup tone, and then use pedals before and after it. Just perfect!
Best review Ive seen... appreciated the live gig part. THANK YOU!!
1st of all, thanks for the vid and you are a great fucken player, man. 2nd i was wondering if you or another lion user could help me. I also use tube amps and cabs, and i sometimes need to go front of house like you. I don't like monitors, just cabs. I was wondering if i took this pedal and a regular cab with class d power, split signal and send one to the cab(cab off) and another to ir loader and desk. The question is.. Can we download the original irs in the pedal from UA so i can load it on my ir loader and send to desk so i can still sound like the original pedal ?
Awesome all around! 👏
You had the nerves to try that box live, so I’m a new sub.
Great video, Dylan. Appreciate the real world experience.
Beautiful playing and a very thorough and interesting review... Lion is amazing at dekivering rexorded tone, which is a big feat, but ofc only a part of the real amp magic, and its super usefu, either as a backuo, practice, recording...
Yet, due to often unpredictable venues stage monitoring and sound guy, bringing your own monitor, either active stage monitor or frfr powered cab of any sorts, its still almost a must, if the stage is loud, and i hope it is...1x12 tube combo is not much far from that setup.. Although less reliable in theory for sure,. Ah.. Pros and cons..
But sure we have great choices today..
Dylan you are a hell of a player man. Nice video!
I actually heard that Dickey tone from the Allman Bros. live at S.U.N.Y. recording. That beautiful driven Marshall tone that dreams are made of. Almost exact feedback that he got on “One Way Out”. Thanks so much for including the fact that you have to have a powered amp/interface to use it. That was my senior question when considering.
I've been using a Quilter Superblock UK direct for a couple of years & monitoring with a pair of Headrush FRFR108 (one in front & one behind me). I also have the QSC 12" speakers & to me the Headrush sound & respond more like a guitar cabinet. I also like being able to control my volume independently on one channel of the Headrush & run the main mix into the other. Now I have the Lion 68 & plan to use it 4CM in the effects loop of the Superblock. So far at home it sounds great. Also in my experience going ampless on stage, the DI sound is always different on stage compared to headphones or studio monitors. The sound guy, EQ on the console, etc... also factor in. Great video, nice playing, the Lion sounds amazing live!
Awesome demo, and chops Dylan, I really enjoyed the fact that you put it through the live onstage test, I really hope you follow up with a powered frfr or cab I will be watching for it.
dude, wicked slide playing, so expressive!
Great simple & specific demo! Great picking too.
Thanks!
Great review and points. I use a 28 pound, 2000 watt QSC-K10 monitor behind me with the UA pedal running through it as well as the PA. It sounds and feels great.
Great demo, nice to hear the Lion in a live setting sitting alongside other amps etc.
For me the UA pedal line fills the gaps in my amp collection nicely. I’ve got a few Marshall’s and Orange that are my main sounds but I often like to try something different. No room for more amps and wouldn’t want to spend lots for occasional use.
That’s why I grabbed a Ruby, fills my Vox needs, feels and sounds like an amp.
Having said that the Marshall that I haven’t got is covered by the Lion …….
a review just like this for the UAD ruby would be awesome with some thoughts about how the feel compares to the Lion. UAD should send you one! best review of their amp pedals on youtube
I have both. Ruby is awesome as well.
Wow. This is one of the best demos of ANYTHING I've ever seen. Thanks for putting this together. I'd love to get both the Lion and the Dream '65, and run a few pedals in font of them for live shows. Any idea how that chain would work? Guitar > effects > UA pedal 1 > UA pedal 2 > PA?
Same progression on amps for me. I used to love the fender clean and slightly overdriven thing... but a marshall that is about to explode + the volume knob is magic.
Hey Dylan, great video, the pedal sounds really awesome, but I must say, your slide playing is killer!
Your post gig points on the pedal feeling like a real amp... the yes and no is literally exactly as how I felt when I tried mine at a gig recently... and my real amp is a 1959hw I run through a Fyrette Powerstation into a 1960hw cab with the GH30 55 speakers. There is a lack of depth/weight without the real speaker on stage behind you.
In terms of how it feels compared to the amp miced in another room. its brilliant.
In terms of the indistinguishable bit... if you knew the sound of the real one and the sound of the pedal before you'd be able to tell them apart... but if you did a blind test between two different real plexi amps they would sound different as well. What the pedal does is sound pretty much spot on like A plexi. Mostly the 3 specific amps used to model the different amps on this pedal.
Easily the best plexi pedal going.
nice chops man!!! Thanks for the input!
Thanks dude ! Great demo and playing.
Incoyable! really thankful for your review
As usual beautiful playing brother. I’ll have to send you some good pictures of Gregg from when worked/hung with him. Anyway I’d love to hear this pedal through an actual poweramp as a preamp
Thank you Dyl, very informative video. Great sound and great playing as usual!
great job, usually dont get to hear the live application. great playing as well.
can it be connected just guitar, then Lion, then amplifier? That's how I'd have to use it. Your playing is most excellent by the way.
Holy shit, you are good player man.
I agree with just a few greats. I traded all my Wildwood LP’s, SG and Custom Strat for 1 Valuable LP. I don’t care I love it.
I’m doing it for an amp now. I was gonna get 1 Silver Jubilee and get rid of the others.
While I won’t get more traditional (large) amps but these are so small that it can’t hurt
Great demo, good to see this being used live. I have been playing with these UA Pedals for a little while (including the Lion more recently) and have found that going straight into an FX Loop Return of an amp is a bit lacking in most cases - and it feels a bit like blasphemy! I don't much care for headphone either. Instead: I have a portable battery powered Bose S1 Pro PA that I have used as my acoustic guitar PA for a few years - it sounds great with these pedals, so I picked up a second for more volume and stereo - more than loud enough! Nothing beats the real thing obviously, but my 100W Plexi clone is just too heavy and loud for practices and gigs - my bandmates would have kittens if I brought the real thing along.
I agree this pedal sounds really good, but then I saw a video of you playing a 71 super reverb and that was insanely good
Ótimo vídeo! Um dos melhores vídeos que assisti sobre os pedais UAFX, e você toca muito bem!!
That tone sounds sooo goood!!! Definitely gonna look into these! Do you prefer the lion over the other ones?
It’s amazing right?? And yes I prefer the Lion over the others I’ve tried (Dream and Woodrow), but not because I think it’s a better pedal/modeler per se. I’ve just found that I prefer Marshall Plexi style tones these days. If you want a Fender blackface or tweed or Vox sound then the others are just as great!
Okay awesome! Thanks brotha! And great video!!🤙
damn those les pauls! 🔥 nice live tone! do you still have and use this pedal live?
Absolutely fantastic review! Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I'm a tube amp player and I'll definitely be looking into picking up the lion for myself. Thanks again ✌👍
Very thorough helpful review thank you very much! …. Would be interested to hear you try it out with a power amp through a cab …. I recently heard this pedal through a Mesa stereo tube power amp and a stereo delay into two 4 x 12 cabinets. Sounded amazing - but that still wasn’t a “gig test.”