Hi, Uli Rodenberg is a guy from the middle of Germany, I mean Fulda. He's developing pedals since years now. Steve used the Drive pedal Rodenberg GAS 808 NG since years on his boards. It is like a modded Tube Screamer. The SL-OD Pedal was the successor developed with Mr Lukather. Since some weeks there is the SL-OD Deluxe available. All pedals can be purchased as single ones, as far as i know. Ask Uli Rodenberg directly. He ist such an nice guy and supports all of his customers very friendly. I have all of Lukes pedals. The newest one Deluxe is now in my board 😅
Lukather is a monster guitarist/ musician in my world of influences. I have his signature bridge pickups in several guitars with a coil split switch. They are fantastic. I think I will check out this OD pedal. Great review!
I don't understand it either... I found out about this pedal accidently, wrote to Ulrich Rodenberg and exchanged emails with him, what a nice guy! I decided to buy it directly from him (from Germany), it came out much cheaper than ordering from Reverb. It is three quality pedals in one, you can turn one, two or three. I highly recommend it!
Good honest review demonstrating both what sounds good and what doesn't. So many reviewers run those overdrives into clean amps and pretend it sounds good. You used the pedal as it is meant to be used.
I've had this pedal for a few years now, it's very good and Uli is always at hand to answer any questions, there is an updated version just released this month with an option to have the clean boost pre or post, all excellent quality.. Tip, your amp has got to be set right .. a Marshall on medium gain is a good place to add it to.
Steve Lukather and Alex Lifeson have been my favorites for decades! They are both hilarious too! Wonder if they’ve ever hung🤔🤔Anyway great pedal Mike👍👏🏼👏🏼👍
You are right, i have tried this pedal during the guitar summit 2024, and Uli has says all the story of this pedals (uli is a very amazing person) and now exsist two version of this pedal, one that is in a blue color with a little difference on the circuit for more distorsion, i dont know why is difficult to find demo of it
Might be a nice addition to my Twin Sister/pedal board rig. Edit: They make the clean boost as a stand alone pedal. "SL Clean Boost - Steve Lukather Signature"
his last two albums were awesome and you also have two amazing songs Dragon song and acceptance , also the pedal sounds killer , cheers Michael and have a good day dude .
This is under £200 in the UK?! That's pretty incredible, I really need to give one a try. With a "dirty-clean" setting on my plexi I bet this would kick ass!
I heard about Rodenberg first because of Tyler Briant Shakedown drive pedal, I bought one in 2020, it is like having a TS standard + a TS "modded" version in same pedal. The Steve Lukather pedal was already in the product list, but I wanted something with a smaller footprint to place in my board... from your video I regret I didn't get it.
the Anderton guys noticed (I heard it too) a clean/direct signal on the od channels which doesn't sound really good with a clean amp. The blue deluxe version(, (boost/dist/OD) is even more versatile
Hello Michael. I just saw that Rodenberg bring on the market this "clean boost" you re talking about, as a stand alone pedal. Your wish have been heard. 😊😊😊
Hi Michael, I got the SL-OD in use since about 2 years and it is a really astonishing thing. Didn't know about Rodenberg either till I got that pedal from Thomann. Just to learn that they are manufacturing it 50 miles from here where I live.:-) Awesome company. Check out their other stuff. They are very very nice people there. Greetings from the "Rodenberg-area"!
Love Lukather and his tones. The ecstacy era was great, but my favorite tones he ever got were using a Rev Green Uber with his early lukes on Video Game soudtracks.
@@BigHairyGuitars If you youtube the orginal Dragon Ball Z Budokai 1-2 OST you will stumble upon him right away! The ost has actually been removed from the future games because plagiarism, but Steve/Toto plays alongside tower of power on these tracks. Check out: -Fortitude Indomitable Spirit -Big Opportunity He's all over the first few Budokai games and in the making of the soundtrack you can see him cranking a Rev Green on an orginal Luke
He’s had the Rodenberg for 7 years. He also has a signature Distillery pedal he isn’t currently using. I have the single channel version of the Rodenberg,
I have seen it on his board for a while. And the Tech said it was more for the boost as he uses the Bogner dirty channel. It's funny how some pedals just don't work with Fender amps, and I guess that's the scooped mids. Pedals always seems better through EL34 style amps even on the clean channel. I have the SOLDANO SLO Drive and that works! But I had to sell my Friedman OD, as it just didn't work.
I didn't even know this existed!!! Need just because for... reasons LOL!!! He usually runs only one channel of his Helios with a ton of gain. This must be for whatever kick the 20db boost on his guitars doesn't provide LOL!!!
All pedal demos should be done dry (other than the pedal), showing the “clean” sound immediately after or before. Just my take. Love your playing, tone and channel. Cheers.
Rodenberg also makes a signature pedal for Tyler Bryant, which is more of a TS style pedal. I wish some pedal company would get the T. Jauernig Bombastortion pedal cloned, which is another favorite of Steve's and is no longer made.
great video, I think having both Channels Bass on in the pedal does not sound good....but cool pedal!! I guess the 20 db boost is with the level at max? that does not sound like a 20 db .... that Tyler sounds amazing
Steve Lukather is my Spirit Animal. People don't give him enough praise..if you think about the proportionality of it all. But hey...not everybody gets it. And thats ok.
Damn, I didn't know this existed. I remember all the old rack processors that had some kind of "Luke" setting. He hated it because most of them were garbage sounds.
Really, you’re surprised, people can’t even read a long comment without responding and not reading it till the end. Reading or even viewing comprehension is a real problem for some folks, predictive algorithms and autocorrect don’t help either. The environment itself is built to be ADD. Ain’t Life Grand !
Because we're sick to death of buying that one overdrive you just have to own...I have many overdrives each one was described as the only one I'll ever need...nice demo though...
Telle style guitar into the Friedman sounds Great ! The Tyler ( RIP) Into the Bogner, Clean channel, Sounds Brittle. ?? Hmmm... Strange. (( IF)) you used the same guitar with this unit, Any performing guitarists could could hear a remotely resonable tonal difference. & I'm listening on a high end stereo. Just saying... Thanks for the review.
I hope so. I've seen Wampler and Friedman and Bogner pedals being made, and they have great conditions and are treated well. I can't speak for the $20 Amazon pedals... don't know.
I've got three reasons why people are talking about this pedal: 1. It's an overdrive 2. it looks like the control panel of a hair dryer from the 70's 3. Who's Steve Lukather?
1. mehhhhh. 2. Fair point. 3. Nahhhh, that's like not knowing who Carol Kaye, James Jamerson, or Lisa Melvoin are, it's pretty fundamental musicology for musicians. For non-musicians, totally makes sense.
Seems someone is talking about it… but let’s face it, this is just another overdrive pedal. Luke is a great player, but IMO has always been too dependent on OD/distortion.
Am I just imagining things or did you express something like dismay at never hearing of the German makers and yet you didn’t mention them anywhere in your title or description?
"Why isn’t anyone talking about the STEVE LUKATHER signature overdrive pedal!?!" .. Maybe it's priced at a point only ? ? ? would pay ? Even the sub-sized one is ridiculously priced. Regardless of who's name is on it.
Q: "Why isn’t anyone talking about the STEVE LUKATHER signature overdrive pedal!?!" A: "Because Steve Lukather is the most underrated guitarist of all time". Nobody knows him and his vast works playing for the multitude of artist including Toto and himself"........ read below for more information to the statement. The word underrated is highly overrated and Steve Lukather isn't underrated at all..... the comment was meant to be a joke....but let's see who reads this far and agrees? Or will they just jerk their knee and cry foul by Georgie Porgy? Steve who? Oh him? jk ":^)
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Hi, Uli Rodenberg is a guy from the middle of Germany, I mean Fulda. He's developing pedals since years now. Steve used the Drive pedal Rodenberg GAS 808 NG since years on his boards. It is like a modded Tube Screamer. The SL-OD Pedal was the successor developed with Mr Lukather. Since some weeks there is the SL-OD Deluxe available. All pedals can be purchased as single ones, as far as i know. Ask Uli Rodenberg directly. He ist such an nice guy and supports all of his customers very friendly. I have all of Lukes pedals. The newest one Deluxe is now in my board 😅
Great info. Thanks! I reached out to him twice, and never heard back. 😭
@BigHairyGuitars what? Can't believe.
Tyler Bryant also has a signature pedal, the TB Drive, by Rosenberg
I am using this pedal for two years and i´m happy with it. I use it in front of an overdriven amp and so it does Steve Lukather
Have it for two years, my favorite overdrive, it is the most authentic sounding drive, it does not colour the sound of the amp.
Lukather is a monster guitarist/ musician in my world of influences. I have his signature bridge pickups in several guitars with a coil split switch. They are fantastic. I think I will check out this OD pedal. Great review!
I don't understand it either... I found out about this pedal accidently, wrote to Ulrich Rodenberg and exchanged emails with him, what a nice guy!
I decided to buy it directly from him (from Germany), it came out much cheaper than ordering from Reverb. It is three quality pedals in one, you can turn one, two or three. I highly recommend it!
Luke has a lot of joy in his playing, it just sings with fun. At least I got the Bogner part right lol 😆
Good honest review demonstrating both what sounds good and what doesn't.
So many reviewers run those overdrives into clean amps and pretend it sounds good. You used the pedal as it is meant to be used.
You’re right. Got the V1 and V2 of these. They sound awesome. Thx for the video. This brand needs more fame.
Another killer vid from Michael, and Lukather flat out fkn rules
Same with his Luke 3 and 4 guitars. They are incredible!
Mike
Luke has been using this pedal for several years.
I saw him live in 2014 and saw it on his board.
I've had this pedal for a few years now, it's very good and Uli is always at hand to answer any questions, there is an updated version just released this month with an option to have the clean boost pre or post, all excellent quality..
Tip, your amp has got to be set right .. a Marshall on medium gain is a good place to add it to.
Steve Lukather and Alex Lifeson have been my favorites for decades! They are both hilarious too! Wonder if they’ve ever hung🤔🤔Anyway great pedal Mike👍👏🏼👏🏼👍
Been using one for a while. Killer piece of kit.
Michael, Michael...no matter what you're playing, it sounds always great!
The jewel lights were a classy touch. Nice.
Great video. I actually like the overdriven tones into my clean Marshall amp.
Nice! It is a pretty great pedal
Steve Lukather is the best! Great guy, great humor, totally humble and just the baddest of the bad! All time hero!
Steve is in my top 3 all time players.
Totally. Steve Lukather is my Eddie Van Halen. Eddie is my Hendrix… Vai is my Yngwie… the rest gets really confusing 🤣
Lukather, satriani and petrucci are my guys
That opening jam was sick
Thanks bud!
Damn Michael you nailed those Luke riffs-kick@$$!
You are right, i have tried this pedal during the guitar summit 2024, and Uli has says all the story of this pedals (uli is a very amazing person) and now exsist two version of this pedal, one that is in a blue color with a little difference on the circuit for more distorsion, i dont know why is difficult to find demo of it
because I already have 90+ od pedals with TS circuit
Might be a nice addition to my Twin Sister/pedal board rig.
Edit: They make the clean boost as a stand alone pedal.
"SL Clean Boost - Steve Lukather Signature"
Great demonstration and great opinions… awesome video !
his last two albums were awesome and you also have two amazing songs Dragon song and acceptance , also the pedal sounds killer , cheers Michael and have a good day dude .
Thank you so much rocknjamz! So nice of you to say!
@@BigHairyGuitars you rock dude
Ever changing times is a master peice
No one beats your good vibes
😊😊😊
This is under £200 in the UK?! That's pretty incredible, I really need to give one a try. With a "dirty-clean" setting on my plexi I bet this would kick ass!
Yeah. Most companies would sell this for $399. So it's a pretty great deal. Great pedal
Wow this sounds really good, great demo and playing
That crunch is to die for
I heard about Rodenberg first because of Tyler Briant Shakedown drive pedal, I bought one in 2020, it is like having a TS standard + a TS "modded" version in same pedal. The Steve Lukather pedal was already in the product list, but I wanted something with a smaller footprint to place in my board... from your video I regret I didn't get it.
My cousin Benno Schraa used to handle all of their computer software years ago in the Netherlands
the Anderton guys noticed (I heard it too) a clean/direct signal on the od channels which doesn't sound really good with a clean amp. The blue deluxe version(, (boost/dist/OD) is even more versatile
Oh yeah Michael, minute 6:21, that's the real McCoy. Great sound by the way.
No one talkin'bout this sick guitar,,,,,,a tele inspired w/tremolo😮
The stereo delay tonez were awesome!
Hello Michael. I just saw that Rodenberg bring on the market this "clean boost" you re talking about, as a stand alone pedal. Your wish have been heard. 😊😊😊
Hi Michael, I got the SL-OD in use since about 2 years and it is a really astonishing thing. Didn't know about Rodenberg either till I got that pedal from Thomann. Just to learn that they are manufacturing it 50 miles from here where I live.:-) Awesome company. Check out their other stuff. They are very very nice people there. Greetings from the "Rodenberg-area"!
Awesome! I’m gonna grab the boost when it comes out
Sounds great!
Great playing
Once you get a Bogner amplifier, the game changes.
Great review ! thanks for that Michael, could you please test the Tyler Bryant pedal please ? also produce by Rodenberg, thanks again
Love Lukather and his tones. The ecstacy era was great, but my favorite tones he ever got were using a Rev Green Uber with his early lukes on Video Game soudtracks.
What soundtrack is this? I'd LOVE to hear this
@@Manley156 he is using Bogner Helios now, two 100 watt heads running stereo five cable method
@@BigHairyGuitars If you youtube the orginal Dragon Ball Z Budokai 1-2 OST you will stumble upon him right away! The ost has actually been removed from the future games because plagiarism, but Steve/Toto plays alongside tower of power on these tracks. Check out:
-Fortitude Indomitable Spirit
-Big Opportunity
He's all over the first few Budokai games and in the making of the soundtrack you can see him cranking a Rev Green on an orginal Luke
Dragon Ball z Budokai 1-3. He played with Toto guys and tower of power.
Check out
-Big opportunity
-Fortitude indomitable spirit
He’s had the Rodenberg for 7 years.
He also has a signature Distillery pedal he isn’t currently using.
I have the single channel version of the Rodenberg,
There’s a new boost only pedal coming. I’m gonna buy one of those. I think that’s my fav part of the pedal.
I have seen it on his board for a while. And the Tech said it was more for the boost as he uses the Bogner dirty channel. It's funny how some pedals just don't work with Fender amps, and I guess that's the scooped mids. Pedals always seems better through EL34 style amps even on the clean channel. I have the SOLDANO SLO Drive and that works! But I had to sell my Friedman OD, as it just didn't work.
He uses all 3 channels one is the boost.
He uses the overdrive channel for leads.
@@jaycareaga9929 thanks for the info
I didn't even know this existed!!! Need just because for... reasons LOL!!!
He usually runs only one channel of his Helios with a ton of gain. This must be for whatever kick the 20db boost on his guitars doesn't provide LOL!!!
😂
The gain on his amp is a little bit more than a breakup sound.
He uses the Rodenberg and a Bombastortion for the majority of his gain.
Very nice. I enjoyed it.
All pedal demos should be done dry (other than the pedal), showing the “clean” sound immediately after or before. Just my take. Love your playing, tone and channel. Cheers.
i have one of steves pedals: tc flashback ii. 80 bucks used. steve morse got 3.
Those are great. They just work, and sound great!
The overlooked/underated guitarist Ian Crichton from Saga is kind of Luke's cousin, but no pedal can get Crichton's sound.
In the late 80s, in Toronto I played every Sunday night at the palace jam, Ian came by one Sunday, and played some songs with us, good times
Saga ❤
@@shanemcconnell1736 Lucky man !
@@EmmanuelMunuera I'm 53 and they were my favourite band when I was a teen, and still in my top 5 today. Incredible band !
Got get the bounce right.
Amazing pedal.... Until, youtube compression ruined it. May have to pick one up.
Rodenberg also makes a signature pedal for Tyler Bryant, which is more of a TS style pedal. I wish some pedal company would get the T. Jauernig Bombastortion pedal cloned, which is another favorite of Steve's and is no longer made.
🔥 😉
Remember Lukather uses a tone of gain on his Bogner amps already and then adds even more with the pedal.
Yeah, that seems to be where the pedal is happiest. Taking big to mega
its amazing !!!
Luke is just the master full stop
great video, I think having both Channels Bass on in the pedal does not sound good....but cool pedal!! I guess the 20 db boost is with the level at max? that does not sound like a 20 db .... that Tyler sounds amazing
Yeah. Doesn’t sound like 20db to me either. 🤷🏻♂️
So now Steve has a total of 40db boost under his own control. Great way to show the old middle finger to the sound Guy 😂
Michael would you mine tabbing out that riff? that's an insane riff, I've worked on it for a while and I'm missing something, thanks
Steve Lukather is my Spirit Animal. People don't give him enough praise..if you think about the proportionality of it all. But hey...not everybody gets it. And thats ok.
Been using Rodenberg since 2001 - the secret is out
That's it! Rodenberg is a killerpedaldesigner! I also have one
Why are these not sold in the US? Great playing as always!!
It's a handmade pedal from Germany. So I assume naturally smaller numbers. I have a GAS 808. If you have the chance to get one, it's worth it.
Just found out it exists!
Damn, I didn't know this existed.
I remember all the old rack processors that had some kind of "Luke" setting. He hated it because most of them were garbage sounds.
Wow!
You need to try their BL800
Or the PXO ?
Isn't there a new version out now?
Yeah, there's a blue one. I just bought the boost section pedal that JUst came out. Should be here soon.
Really, you’re surprised, people can’t even read a long comment without responding and not reading it till the end. Reading or even viewing comprehension is a real problem for some folks, predictive algorithms and autocorrect don’t help either. The environment itself is built to be ADD. Ain’t Life Grand !
Because we're sick to death of buying that one overdrive you just have to own...I have many overdrives each one was described as the only one I'll ever need...nice demo though...
Thanks!
pedal fatigue
Killer song! This took me about a month to learn. That main riff is tricky tricky
Yes... then to top it off, it needs to have a deep swing! 😱
@@BigHairyGuitars it definitely has swing to it. I love that whole album
Telle style guitar into the Friedman sounds Great ! The Tyler ( RIP) Into the Bogner, Clean channel, Sounds Brittle. ?? Hmmm... Strange. (( IF)) you used the same guitar with this unit, Any performing guitarists could could hear a remotely resonable tonal difference. & I'm listening on a high end stereo. Just saying... Thanks for the review.
Better ones or there.
An orange amp alone is better than that low drive for sure.
He has a new version of this pedal that just came out.
and that's why you don't buy signature pedals...the artist gets bored very soon and needs a new,"better" one
This signature that’s being reviewed has been out for a long time.
Because you can do all that with any tube amp and overdrive pedal and eq plus a cab impulse response. Or with a Kemper, Axe-Fx, etc.
Mmmm. Ya I’d take a Friedman Ir d over this pedal. Or mezzabarba overdrive
The IRD is great. Not a drive pedal. It could certainly replace an amp. Are you talking about the Mezza tube drive pedal? I heard that's great!
I’ve only ever seen Rodenberg nerd scrolling through Thomann so I’m guessing it’s a Europe thing
Well , that one is being made by Workers that are Paid and Treated properly
I hope so. I've seen Wampler and Friedman and Bogner pedals being made, and they have great conditions and are treated well. I can't speak for the $20 Amazon pedals... don't know.
Well, Steve’s tone doesn’t come from this pedal. The secret is the Roger Mayer Voodoo-1, it’s been his always on forever
maybe boost into lo-gain
"Why isn’t anyone talking about the STEVE LUKATHER signature overdrive pedal!?!" ...it has too many knobs man!
190 Euros, that is surprising, I thought it would be more like 500?
Probably because some ppl are starting to prep for the next 4 years
I have this, it's amazing
Hmm, appreciate the demo, but this one wasn’t for me. Nice, full tone, but the drive is a little too crumbly.
Mine is on the way! (Deluxe Edition)
AWESOME!!!!
No one talks about it, because it gotvtoo many pots and switches. It scares off most people.
I've got three reasons why people are talking about this pedal: 1. It's an overdrive 2. it looks like the control panel of a hair dryer from the 70's 3. Who's Steve Lukather?
1. mehhhhh. 2. Fair point. 3. Nahhhh, that's like not knowing who Carol Kaye, James Jamerson, or Lisa Melvoin are, it's pretty fundamental musicology for musicians. For non-musicians, totally makes sense.
Seems someone is talking about it… but let’s face it, this is just another overdrive pedal. Luke is a great player, but IMO has always been too dependent on OD/distortion.
Because there are so many overdrive pedals on the market now that they are all starting to sound the same.
Am I just imagining things or did you express something like dismay at never hearing of the German makers and yet you didn’t mention them anywhere in your title or description?
"Why isn’t anyone talking about the STEVE LUKATHER signature overdrive pedal!?!" ..
Maybe it's priced at a point only ? ? ? would pay ? Even the sub-sized one is ridiculously priced. Regardless of who's name is on it.
You are.
Touché
Simple. He was in a pop band. Pop players aren’t well regarded. He hasn’t done anything since Toto either
Probably because they're too expensive
Cuz we poor right now.
Nothing about Steve Lukather sucks .....nothing .....Great pedal and playing too!
Q: "Why isn’t anyone talking about the STEVE LUKATHER signature overdrive pedal!?!"
A: "Because Steve Lukather is the most underrated guitarist of all time". Nobody knows him and his vast works playing for the multitude of artist including Toto and himself"........ read below for more information to the statement.
The word underrated is highly overrated and Steve Lukather isn't underrated at all..... the comment was meant to be a joke....but let's see who reads this far and agrees? Or will they just jerk their knee and cry foul by Georgie Porgy? Steve who? Oh him?
jk ":^)
Because we're not living in the 80s anymore 😂