If I feel like crushing some fucking skulls with a distortion pedal - I watch your channel If I feel like ... melodically crushing some fucking skulls with a distortion pedal - I watch Pete's channel If I feel like doing both but not specializing in either - I watch Keith Merrow's ... If I feel like watching cool videos on stacking some pedals until they sound like some kind of 80s metal THING and have no idea what he's saying - I watch this guy named SilasCF
+Ola Englund +Pete Thorn I think you both "saved" the HeadRush as the unit looked really disappointing when the first reviews came out.You're both masters for giving G.A.S.! One question, between the HeadRush and Helix, which "feels" less digital and more responsive to your playing ?
LOLOL, Ola, I love your reviews brother. I think you are pretty geared toward metal tones which is what I am generally most interested in as it impacts my personal style. I must admit though I generally follow up here with Pete for varied genre demos. Love you both!
So cool to hear one of these units being used in a way other than ridiculous high gain metal sounds. This tune is so musical and tasteful. Awesome job Pete!
Yes, it is odd considering there are many more non-metal than metal guitarists, that demos seem to be primarily done for the benefit of people in love with the tone killing super high gain sounds.
I have a helix, have you ever compared them? what is your thoughts? I love my helix but I am sure I have married the wrong women, as much as I love her.
@@pauljosse😂indeed ! Yeah I've compared them, the line 6 is cool and can sound good but the Headrush just sounds like the real amp and most of the pedals are spot on inside that thing. You could probably sell you line 6 and buy the Headrush used and pocket$600 . That's what I did and I use the Headrush more because it actually sounds like the real thing !
@@AuntAlnico4 icshould add i added a dbxpa2 to my pa and this was what made the helix sound so much better instantly!! what a huge difference!! i got a knock of one from ali express lol
One of the best gear demos I've ever heard. I bought the song after hearing this. And, I've been saving for a year to get this pedalboard, but now that the Gigboard is out, I'm going that direction.
Top notch. A musical demo not just full on distortion, tuned down metal. I like that stuff but, I like to hear products demoed on a style that shows me what it can do for us gigging Musician’s.
Freaking awesome! This guy’s a fantastic guitarist and a genius! I know it’s an older video now but I just picked up this Headrush pedalboard used, from a friend, and I’m blown away by it!
Simplicity,, is the BEST!!! Love how the Headrush makes it so easy to edit on the fly. BUT, also gives you workable presets out of the gate. Love it!!!
Gotta give it to you, you definitely know this piece of equipment! You've just explained everything the guys at the music store couldn't. Thanks Pete, and excellent chops by the way..
Pete - God has definitely given you a gift far above your peers. You just have these iconic moments in so many of your videos. If I were out there in the Big Time world, I'd beg you to be my producer - honestly - because you just have superior taste for sounds and melody.
I have one of these after years of using pedals and was about to give up until I saw this video - thank you for making this brilliant and so helpful demo
this music really stands the test of time, 8 months later i'm back to tell you i'm getting the mx5 gigboard. and to say this is the best gear demo video i've watched to date and i've watched 1000's. the music is sensational pete, thanks. hopefully the mx5 has the same effect (ahem) on me as your unit did on you ! cheers
Why are you talking about Best Demos? This is a Best Song on any platform. Pete's is the only demo channel I come back to hear the songs again and again. He can noodle hits in his sleep.
this is a few years after you posted this. better late than never, I guess. I have wondered which modeler to invest in for a while. A modeler is a modeler is a modeler... . So many different videos showing how each sounds, can be used, etc. By you and others. This is the best use of the whammy pedal effect I've heard yet. I think it is the decider. I will by the Headrush! Thanks, Pete! Cheers!
can't get this music out my head for days, those double octave bends !! this might be my next 'amp' tremendous playing/composing Pete, ty for the upload
I ordered one. Sold my Mesa Mark IV running into AxeFx Ultra. Had that rig for over 8 years, feeling blue selling it but looking forward to this one. With a kid on the way, just don't have enough time these days to tweak every single parameter to death and want something that works well and quick to set-up so more time can be spent learning the actual guitar instead obsessing over tones.. that's my goal now
One of the most musical musicians today. A lot of guys can play technical stuff that, while impressive, tends to bore me. Pete never bores me. Always interesting songs and playing.
Damn, Pete. Just...damn. I'm an 11 Rack guy and was hearing about this board and came here to hear your take on it. Instead I've just been looping that incredible composition, over and over, with tears in my eyes. I can't find words. Thank you for my new favorite instrumental piece...ever.
Don't take this the wrong way but the reason I like watching and listening to Pete is that he doesn't make playing look easy. He looks like he's always working hard, and I like that. Most of the great players make it look so effortless that it demotivates me because I have to work really hard to maintain my very basic skills.
I love your channel. Its the only one I find that isn't all drop C metal. This product went to all the top RUclipsrs and you're the only one who demoed it how I would use it. Thanks Pete
Oh man, I can't stop to come back again and again to listen to your jam ! It is so great ! And I just found it is in Spotify !!! Thanks for your music !
You should have a million subscribers! Your demos are great, and your tone secrets are spot-on. What sets you apart, in my mind, from most all of the other Internet shredders/guitarists out there is your sense of phrasing and musicality in your soloing. You're a top shelf player, man.
Wow, I am really impressed!!! Absolutely fantastic playing and engineering by a man who clearly has total command over a wide range of technique and dynamics with beautiful tone using effects to enhance his sound rather than disguise a lack of skill or ability. Pete's playing here is never a showy exercise of technique, but technique that serves expression. He lets you know that he can shred with the best of them, but his musicianship is about composition, space and time. Pete's review was clear, informative and interesting. He is a great musician with or without fancy equipment and oh yeah, the pedal board looks and sounds like a great investment.
Pete, you create the most amazing melodies. They inspire me, but more than that they transport my mind to faraway places. I often wonder why you haven’t pursued a solo career, and put these onto an album for fans like me. I would snatch every one up. Nobody’s music has sounded this good to me in a very long time. As for gear demos - I enjoy them so much, but ultimately I realize the magic is not in the gear; it’s in the fingers. Rock On !
I often get overwhelmed by the amount of choices that I have to modified my sound, and end up playing something much simpler. You have an amazing ability to go left, right, north, south, clean wet etc etc and make it all sound well in the context of the same song. Amazing ability!
I have to say Pete is in top 3 maybe the best demo guy ever and songwriter...there is no end to his creativity and tone and a real big thing he seems so fucking cool ,my opinion he deserves to be on cover of everything and man imagine a super band with like him and Justin Derrico guy who tours with pink or Doug Rappaport ...holy shit imagine thanks Pete for being a inspiration and so humble...god bless the U.S.
Mr. Thorn, you are without a doubt one of the most underrated players out there. Such an awesome ability to phrase in a tasteful manner. Your vibrato is one of the best and has great effect to a line. You should be a household name. Thanks so much for the demos and review of many pieces of gear. Great explanation provided each and every time. I do hope you are financially compensated for your work. Manufacturer should be beating your door down to have you do what you do.
That's cool how you figured out that the pedal placement on the whammy pedal would give you the DJ vinyl stop. This board is the most user friendly multieffects unit I have seen yet for the quality.
When I listed to the intro track I thought, “wow how is this not an actual song” then at the end you said you made it a single! Amazing guitar work, Pete!
Dude has chops, dynamics, and tone. I'm constantly in a state of perpetual hyptnosis when I hear PT'S music. Then his narratives come in and you realize - Hey, this guy is Real! His vocabulary set is idealistic.... I actually can understand what he's Saying! LOL! It's pretty simple.... he's obviously gifted...and has undoubtedly put in untold hours not only practicing...but listening as well. Pete, please come to Sacramento CA for a performance & clinic. I'm serious dude.
Pete Thorn_ don't thank me dude- I hope your career lasts a long long time... now get off your butt and schedule a clinic in Northern California! LOL!... get on up here to Sacramento I want to bring a bunch of people to see you live!
Technically, Pete's playing is of such a high order. My impression is that his early appreciation of artists like The Beatles reveals itself in the melodic quality of his style. I think his openness to, and embrace of new technologies really adds to his playing and makes him an excellent spokesperson for their use. Very informative video. I like how he showed how this multi-effects board can easily incorporate your favorite pedals. Thanks.
I use this thing every day professionally. I keep it on the JCM 800 model and never need any other patches. It pulls off the whole clean-to-dirty-with-guitar-volume-and-boost concept amazingly well.
Excellent job!... totally agree about the cabs... the equation being: player's hands + p.u. + cabs speakers = 100% sound... more or less! Cheers and keep on rockin'.
Man... there are times when I think I might just turn my guitar into an avant garde door stop... just stunning playing Pete, stunning. I dream of a day when I can have even 10% of the chops you have... 48 hours... that would have taken me months...
There are only a few people I trust when they review gear on RUclips. Pete Thorn is on the top of that list. Thanks for another great video and another incredible song!
Pete that was awesome! However I'd like to hear it (or any other modelling floorboard) in a band situation with another guitar playing a tube head and cab...
I've been playing a Digitech RP1000 for the past 5 years and it does a fair job but I've been wanting to upgrade. I've been torn between the Fractal AX8, Line 6 Helix and the Headrush. Pete you just convinced me where to spend my money. What a great video and demo on this great piece of gear.
When someone says my reviews ain't doing a piece of gear any justice, I just send them to Pete's channel. So good...
Ola Englund But I prefer yours personally cause my playing style is closer to yours than him. You both did an amazing job at it!
If I feel like crushing some fucking skulls with a distortion pedal - I watch your channel
If I feel like ... melodically crushing some fucking skulls with a distortion pedal - I watch Pete's channel
If I feel like doing both but not specializing in either - I watch Keith Merrow's
... If I feel like watching cool videos on stacking some pedals until they sound like some kind of 80s metal THING and have no idea what he's saying - I watch this guy named SilasCF
dude u rule! I love your playing! I need lessons! From you!
+Ola Englund +Pete Thorn
I think you both "saved" the HeadRush as the unit looked really disappointing when the first reviews came out.You're both masters for giving G.A.S.!
One question, between the HeadRush and Helix, which "feels" less digital and more responsive to your playing ?
LOLOL, Ola, I love your reviews brother. I think you are pretty geared toward metal tones which is what I am generally most interested in as it impacts my personal style. I must admit though I generally follow up here with Pete for varied genre demos. Love you both!
So cool to hear one of these units being used in a way other than ridiculous high gain metal sounds. This tune is so musical and tasteful. Awesome job Pete!
Yes, it is odd considering there are many more non-metal than metal guitarists, that demos seem to be primarily done for the benefit of people in love with the tone killing super high gain sounds.
Totally!
Pete Thorn is the real deal....not only is this demo great, but Pete's melodic playing is incredible ear candy.....
Thanks!
I’ve had this thing for almost 2 years and I love it! I’m back here just because Pete made a killer song.
I have a helix, have you ever compared them? what is your thoughts? I love my helix but I am sure I have married the wrong women, as much as I love her.
@@pauljosse😂indeed ! Yeah I've compared them, the line 6 is cool and can sound good but the Headrush just sounds like the real amp and most of the pedals are spot on inside that thing. You could probably sell you line 6 and buy the Headrush used and pocket$600 . That's what I did and I use the Headrush more because it actually sounds like the real thing !
@@AuntAlnico4 i was loaned a gig board for a while and it was good but helix is definetely the better of the 2 so i am now satisfied with my helix lol
@@AuntAlnico4 icshould add i added a dbxpa2 to my pa and this was what made the helix sound so much better instantly!! what a huge difference!! i got a knock of one from ali express lol
This is THE BEST demo of the Headrush out there!
One of the best gear demos I've ever heard. I bought the song after hearing this. And, I've been saving for a year to get this pedalboard, but now that the Gigboard is out, I'm going that direction.
i agree..Very Solid Demo
Top notch. A musical demo not just full on distortion, tuned down metal. I like that stuff but, I like to hear products demoed on a style that shows me what it can do for us gigging Musician’s.
This piece of music blew me away. His mastery of nuanced tones and expressions is among the best I've ever heard. Absolutely stunning!
You did more in 48 hours than most people do in their entire life. That. was. awesome.
aw that's far too kind, I'm glad you dig the track!
dude's right....love your talents!
Yeah, this reminds me why I play guitar. I shared it to the Guitar Players on Facebook group
@@PeteThorntruth
Wow, nice one Pete. Virtuoso!
One of my favorite songs on Pete's CD. Thank you Pete.
Freaking awesome! This guy’s a fantastic guitarist and a genius! I know it’s an older video now but I just picked up this Headrush pedalboard used, from a friend, and I’m blown away by it!
Simplicity,, is the BEST!!! Love how the Headrush makes it so easy to edit on the fly. BUT, also gives you workable presets out of the gate. Love it!!!
Every time I hear him, he's better! What a composition!
Perfectly executed.
Wow Pete. You're a never ending spring of musical riffs and melodies. You just sit back and wonder how many more does he have in him. Very nice demo.
I've lost count the amount of times I've listened to this piece of music. Amazing.
Gotta give it to you, you definitely know this piece of equipment! You've just explained everything the guys at the music store couldn't. Thanks Pete, and excellent chops by the way..
👍👍
Great presentation.....what a treat to hear someone who actually KNOWS what he's doing...and plays well...
This man is an awesome musician. One of my favorites.
PLEASE do Eleven Rack Demo!! Your demos are the best and your playing is so clean and so tasteful! LOVE your channel, Pete.
Raphael Nano second that :)
Eleven Rack is dead. Headrush is Eleven Rack 2.0 ;)
Pete - God has definitely given you a gift far above your peers. You just have these iconic moments in so many of your videos. If I were out there in the Big Time world, I'd beg you to be my producer - honestly - because you just have superior taste for sounds and melody.
I have one of these after years of using pedals and was about to give up until I saw this video - thank you for making this brilliant and so helpful demo
this music really stands the test of time, 8 months later i'm back to tell you i'm getting the mx5 gigboard. and to say this is the best gear demo video i've watched to date and i've watched 1000's. the music is sensational pete, thanks. hopefully the mx5 has the same effect (ahem) on me as your unit did on you ! cheers
Always professional and always musical. THANKS PETE. What an awesome job you do for other musicians.
Why are you talking about Best Demos? This is a Best Song on any platform. Pete's is the only demo channel I come back to hear the songs again and again. He can noodle hits in his sleep.
this is a few years after you posted this. better late than never, I guess. I have wondered which modeler to invest in for a while. A modeler is a modeler is a modeler... . So many different videos showing how each sounds, can be used, etc. By you and others. This is the best use of the whammy pedal effect I've heard yet. I think it is the decider. I will by the Headrush! Thanks, Pete! Cheers!
And I'm buying one now. Great demo.
dude this is one of the coolest pieces of equipment I've seen in awhile.
can't get this music out my head for days, those double octave bends !! this might be my next 'amp' tremendous playing/composing Pete, ty for the upload
What an awesome track! This is the video that made me purchase this unit. I come back just to hear this tune.
WOW GREAT PLAYING. The tune moves along and changes with wonderful emotion, superb. thanks.
I ordered one. Sold my Mesa Mark IV running into AxeFx Ultra. Had that rig for over 8 years, feeling blue selling it but looking forward to this one. With a kid on the way, just don't have enough time these days to tweak every single parameter to death and want something that works well and quick to set-up so more time can be spent learning the actual guitar instead obsessing over tones.. that's my goal now
I came for the demo and stayed for the song. Your playing is impressive, emotional, and inspired.
+Antonio Leggieri thank you!
One of the most musical musicians today. A lot of guys can play technical stuff that, while impressive, tends to bore me. Pete never bores me. Always interesting songs and playing.
That opening solo was extremely cool. Loved it a lot
Absolutely fantastic Pete thorn! tremendous sounds and premier play! very inspiring. thanks Pete.
+keith ellis thanks Keith!
Damn, Pete. Just...damn. I'm an 11 Rack guy and was hearing about this board and came here to hear your take on it. Instead I've just been looping that incredible composition, over and over, with tears in my eyes. I can't find words. Thank you for my new favorite instrumental piece...ever.
Just discovered you have it for sale on iTunes. Yoink!
Great review, Pete Thorn! Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
I learned so much in the first 3:26 by simply watching you play, and how you use your gear to make your sounds.
Don't take this the wrong way but the reason I like watching and listening to Pete is that he doesn't make playing look easy. He looks like he's always working hard, and I like that.
Most of the great players make it look so effortless that it demotivates me because I have to work really hard to maintain my very basic skills.
Know what you mean MrWolf. Vai looks like he's trying, but Satch makes it look like falling off a log.
@@0megalul309 Well sure, but we should keep in mind that Shawn was an alien, from the same planet as Allan Holdsworth.
Eddie Van Halen looks like he's working too.
I love your channel. Its the only one I find that isn't all drop C metal. This product went to all the top RUclipsrs and you're the only one who demoed it how I would use it. Thanks Pete
Pete Thorn..always the best place ever to come when seeking inspiration and wisdom!
Oh man, I can't stop to come back again and again to listen to your jam ! It is so great ! And I just found it is in Spotify !!! Thanks for your music !
once again, Pete Thorn shows how great his is. so jealous of the talent and musicality here.
This might just be my favorite of your demo songs. Great tune
Nice demo! Those chord progressions have quite a Satch vibe going on.
Pete is a MASTER of demos!!!
Pete is a MASTER MIND of tone and fx!!!
Such a keen and flawless use of "whammy"!
You should have a million subscribers! Your demos are great, and your tone secrets are spot-on. What sets you apart, in my mind, from most all of the other Internet shredders/guitarists out there is your sense of phrasing and musicality in your soloing. You're a top shelf player, man.
Holly mother! What a song!!!! A beauty! Cheers
I love your playing Pete . Perfect blend for me .
Wow, I am really impressed!!! Absolutely fantastic playing and engineering by a man who clearly has total command over a wide range of technique and dynamics with beautiful tone using effects to enhance his sound rather than disguise a lack of skill or ability. Pete's playing here is never a showy exercise of technique, but technique that serves expression. He lets you know that he can shred with the best of them, but his musicianship is about composition, space and time.
Pete's review was clear, informative and interesting. He is a great musician with or without fancy equipment and oh yeah, the pedal board looks and sounds like a great investment.
Wow! Great review Pete. I have to go check this pedalboard out. You’re a crazy good musician, thanks for doing these videos! 👍🎸🎼
Pete, you create the most amazing melodies. They inspire me, but more than that they transport my mind to faraway places. I often wonder why you haven’t pursued a solo career, and put these onto an album for fans like me. I would snatch every one up. Nobody’s music has sounded this good to me in a very long time.
As for gear demos - I enjoy them so much, but ultimately I realize the magic is not in the gear; it’s in the fingers. Rock On !
Pete, every song you play is fantastic....
If Pete just did an album of FX unit demos I'd buy it
I often get overwhelmed by the amount of choices that I have to modified my sound, and end up playing something much simpler. You have an amazing ability to go left, right, north, south, clean wet etc etc and make it all sound well in the context of the same song. Amazing ability!
Wow,amazing Demo Pete!
Love your playing so much!!!!
Thank you ,cheers Flo
I have to say Pete is in top 3 maybe the best demo guy ever and songwriter...there is no end to his creativity and tone and a real big thing he seems so fucking cool ,my opinion he deserves to be on cover of everything and man imagine a super band with like him and Justin Derrico guy who tours with pink or Doug Rappaport ...holy shit imagine thanks Pete for being a inspiration and so humble...god bless the U.S.
Mr. Thorn, you are without a doubt one of the most underrated players out there. Such an awesome ability to phrase in a tasteful manner. Your vibrato is one of the best and has great effect to a line. You should be a household name. Thanks so much for the demos and review of many pieces of gear. Great explanation provided each and every time. I do hope you are financially compensated for your work. Manufacturer should be beating your door down to have you do what you do.
That's cool how you figured out that the pedal placement on the whammy pedal would give you the DJ vinyl stop. This board is the most user friendly multieffects unit I have seen yet for the quality.
That video is filmed all day it looks like the background kept changing from day to night!!! Hard working man!
That Whammy at the end simulating a tape machine stop..pure awesome.
When I listed to the intro track I thought, “wow how is this not an actual song” then at the end you said you made it a single!
Amazing guitar work, Pete!
Every Demo you're doin' starts with a music master piece!
great video. got to listen to a cool song and see a demonstration of the effects board. thanks!
Wow, another superb jam!
thanks!
Do you sell on Band Camp or Google Play? I only buy MP3s. Google Play's sound quality is better than Amazon's, though I use both.
great pedalboard my friend!Pete your playing is amazing
thanks!
Dude has chops, dynamics, and tone. I'm constantly in a state of perpetual hyptnosis when I hear PT'S music. Then his narratives come in and you realize - Hey, this guy is Real! His vocabulary set is idealistic.... I actually can understand what he's Saying! LOL! It's pretty simple.... he's obviously gifted...and has undoubtedly put in untold hours not only practicing...but listening as well. Pete, please come to Sacramento CA for a performance & clinic. I'm serious dude.
+roy smith thanks Roy!
Pete Thorn_ don't thank me dude- I hope your career lasts a long long time... now get off your butt and schedule a clinic in Northern California! LOL!... get on up here to Sacramento I want to bring a bunch of people to see you live!
Technically, Pete's playing is of such a high order. My impression is that his early appreciation of artists like The Beatles reveals itself in the melodic quality of his style. I think his openness to, and embrace of new technologies really adds to his playing and makes him an excellent spokesperson for their use. Very informative video. I like how he showed how this multi-effects board can easily incorporate your favorite pedals. Thanks.
Went and bought the single of this on iTunes as a way of saying "thank you Pete!" for this excellent demo. Love your work, mate!
I use this thing every day professionally. I keep it on the JCM 800 model and never need any other patches. It pulls off the whole clean-to-dirty-with-guitar-volume-and-boost concept amazingly well.
Killer Tone and Killer guitarist ! Really good demo and music. Thanks Pete !
Excellent demo! Amazing playing!
Excellent job!... totally agree about the cabs... the equation being: player's hands + p.u. + cabs speakers = 100% sound... more or less! Cheers and keep on rockin'.
Pete, that was an exciting video. I could feel your energy and enthusiasm just watching it. That alone sells the headrush. Thanks!
your compositions are always so interesting and fresh
You just rocked that one out of the park! Great Review and great song Pete.
all is perfect. Very great musician.
World class playing. Original, melodic, skillful.
Man... there are times when I think I might just turn my guitar into an avant garde door stop... just stunning playing Pete, stunning.
I dream of a day when I can have even 10% of the chops you have...
48 hours... that would have taken me months...
i luv your music, instant buy, ohh and the pedal boards ok also
Great playing and great review of the Headrush pedalboard.
Great stuff Pete! "Rush To The Head" is hella awesome. 48h start to finished product... beyond impressive. This is a 5-star channel fo sho!
There are only a few people I trust when they review gear on RUclips. Pete Thorn is on the top of that list.
Thanks for another great video and another incredible song!
that is a remarkable creation and performance Peter . you are a world class musician .
Love Pete's videos! Always makes me want to be a better musician and go back to the woodshed. Great demo!
+Iron Bridge Band thank u!
Great tone and outstanding playing! Fantastic! Thanks Pete!
Thanks for the great hands on review, nice to see how this pedalboard works for a real task ... Cool song!
Really great demo. I’ve been debating getting this for a bit. Between your demo and Ola’s I think I have been convinced to take the plunge.
Listening and watching you play is always a humbling and inspiring experience Pete. Thank you!
The best Headrush demo. For you, i bougth mine. Thanks Pete.
I love it when players have all the chops, but still put melody first. Superb playing Pete!
Pete that was awesome! However I'd like to hear it (or any other modelling floorboard) in a band situation with another guitar playing a tube head and cab...
Well, I don't think I've ever seen a bit of kit demo'd better. Not something I'd buy, but fascinating to see what you did with it. Great work.
The problem with Pete Thorn demos is that I get lost enjoying the music so much that I forget to painfully overanalyze the gear. Awesome as always.
Pete, that was an awesome song. I really enjoy your videos.
Pete, your new single is EPIC! I love it.
very nice, very clean and a nice variety of tone, guitar styles and very original. Good on you!
Finally a kick ass guitarist doing demos!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I bought a Headrush board because of this demo. I love it, so easy to use and it sounds great.
Mr. Thorny sure knows how to make LIT AF demos
I've been playing a Digitech RP1000 for the past 5 years and it does a fair job but I've been wanting to upgrade. I've been torn between the Fractal AX8, Line 6 Helix and the Headrush. Pete you just convinced me where to spend my money. What a great video and demo on this great piece of gear.