Which is better? Tube Amps Vs Tube Pedals
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:47 Clean tone
03:05 Synergy distorted tone
03:20 Behringer Tube Monster circuit discussion
04:19 Behringer distorted tone
05:03 Behringer Tube Monster circuit discussion (continued)
05:47 Seymour Duncan circuit discussion
06:34 Seymour Duncan Twin Tube distorted tone
07:47 B. K. Butler Tube Driver circuit discussion
08:45 B. K. Butler Tube Driver distorted tone
09:29 Radial Tonebone Classic circuit discussion
10:35 Radial Tonebone Classic distorted tone
12:17 Side by side comparison of all
13:38 Overall thoughts
In this video, I explore the fascinating world of tube-based guitar pedals and compare them to traditional tube amplifiers. While distortion and overdrive pedals are prevalent, tube-based pedals have become more niche over the years. This comparison aims to highlight the differences, similarities, and unique characteristics of these pedals.
I start by discussing the history and current status of tube-based pedals. A decade ago, these
pedals were more popular, with models like the Tube Driver being a staple on many pedalboards. Today, though, brands like Friedman and Kingsley still produce tube pedals, they are less common. The circuits in these pedals differ significantly from those in tube amps, particularly in how they clip the signal. This difference can make it challenging to replicate the exact sound of a high-gain tube amp with pedals alone.
To illustrate these points, I compare several classic tube pedals to one of my favorite tube “amps”, the Synergy Module (Mark II CP). This all-tube, high-voltage unit is based on the Mark II C+ amp and provides additional high-gain, high-voltage tube channels to an existing amp. I demonstrate its capabilities by playing through a clean channel and then with higher gain settings.
Next, I introduce the Behringer Vintage Tube Monster, a clone of the Ibanez Tube King TK999. This pedal features a noise gate and operates at lower voltage, combining tubes with op-amps for a distinct sound. It produces a crunchy, sizzly tone, with the tubes starved for voltage to enhance distortion.
I then showcase the Seymour Duncan Twin Tube, which operates at higher voltage and functions more like a traditional tube amp. It uses non-standard tubes to achieve its sound, producing a fuzzy tone that requires careful adjustment to control the bass for a crunchier distortion.
The BK Butler Tube Driver follows, a pedal similar in design to the Behringer Tube Monster. It uses op-amps to boost the signal before distorting it with tubes. While not an exact replica of a tube amp, it provides a unique clipping and distortion characteristic.
Lastly, I present the Radial Tonebone, a pedal that was highly popular in the early 2000s. It offers various tone-shaping switches and uses tubes like clipping diodes with minimal voltage, combining op-amps and tube clipping. I demonstrate it with a medium gain setting, showcasing its versatility and sound quality.
After comparing these tube-based pedals, I revisit the Synergy module and play each circuit side by side to highlight the differences and similarities in their tube-based sounds.
Comment below with your favorite tube-based pedals and how they compare to traditional tube amps. 
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Yes, Brian. The answer is yes. If you made a pedal with actual tubes, we’d gladly buy it.
50 years of experience right here! Happy belated birthday Brian 🎉
The "Magician" Brian Wampler playing through a Behringer VT999 e saying that is real good. I never thought I'd live to see that. A lot of people must de hanging themselves. Cheers from Brazil. By the way. Happy Birthday man. Love your pedals.
Harlot v3 from kingsley, my all time favorite drive pedal. versatile, powerful and enough features to allow me to use any kind of guitar on a set and compensate accordingly, love it to death!
Definitely ! My favorite pedal!!!
Second this
I have a lot of Tube drive pedal and the Harlot V3 is the best I ever bought. Really really great pedal. And most of my Kingsley (Maiden D and Page TS) pedals are the best I ever tried or owned.
Ive been playing 2-4 shows a month for the last year. I quickly gave up my precious half stacks and twins for a friedman IRX and a class D power amp pedal, and a 1x12 cab. I don’t even think of it as a pedal. My amp is at my feet now. Its not digital (unless I use the IR’s) and it sounds “real” at home I still use a 6505+ for distortion. And fender twin for cleans. But live, its friedman IRX doing both.
The high voltage tube gain is my only acceptable path. If i played clean only:id of gone digital eventually. Friedman is worth every single penny
I have an old Mesa Boogie v twin and I don't care what anyone says. put a ts9 or mojo mojo in front of it and it's as good as any amp you can mane. It chugs even with my cheepie Squier tele.
I have a Mesa Bottle Rocket. Simpler, a bit crisper, very crisp (seemed to cut through a bit more cleanly than the V Twin, for me), solid on its own, and stacks fantastically with other drives, or into a medium gain amp channel.
Although it’s just volume, drive, and two band EQ, I definitely prefer it over the Tube Driver and Ibanez circuits. I’m curious if the Mesa pedals follow a similar design with high power Op Amp and starved tubes.
The Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor was a cool pedal I used for a bit and still own. I swapped out the stock tube for a lower gain 12AU7 or 12AT7 and it sounded even better. It was equally great as both a boost to an already dirty sound or as a distorted rhythm tone on the clean channel.
12AY7 or its industrial 6072 counterpart is the sweet spot between those two and my favorite for replacing a 12AX7. AU is too low and AT is strange as the first gain stages. AU is better as a cathode follower and AT is better in the phase inverter spot on a PP or PPP amp. Each tube has its purpose, but I think the AY is vastly overlooked as a way to ideally knock some gain down from an AX.
That Radial pedal is the best sounding one I think. I have the Hot British version and it’s a favorite of mine. Radial should bring these pedals back.
I love my Tri Mode Radial clean, and two distortion options with an effects loop on the lead channel. Always makes me smile!
It has the tightest sound I think.
I read somewhere they're based on an old Japanese pedal Shawn Lane used to use. Could be wrong.
Enjoyed this, and the way you basically explained how each circuit worked. Thank you Mr. Wampler!
You're the Man Brian. Technical Genius.. I think tube driven distortion and overdrives are cool..
Happy 50th Brian! You rock! I recently got a "Tsakalis G (Gravity) Spot" pedal, and find it's heads and tails above just about every other pedal I have. It sounds heavenly. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for this video Brian. I'd love to see how you would approach building a vacuum tube based pedal
I know I’ll never be able to replicate this tone no matter what I do but I do enjoy watching and listening. It’s just so thick sounding.
Very informative video!
well brian, i have been a huge fan of your od/dist stuff for a long time. i used a sovereign pedal for a few years, then the pinnacle, then the tumnus. of course the natural progression for me then is the combo gearbox. LOVE IT! thanks for your relentless dedication to making guitar players sound great!
I have the behringer with a less gainy tube in it and it has always been amazing
Really love your videos Brian always informative and always enjoyable. And I just love all the more in depth videos being an electronics engineer every show with a schematic gives me the chills 😉 And the fact that I really enjoy your playing makes it all so much better!
Thank you for explaining the why/how of the starved plate.
Yes, happy birthday from the Netherlands, Brian!
I used the Behringer with a tube screamer for 2 years and loved it. I only paid $15 for it on Amazon. Probably the most value I've ever gotten from a pedal. In fact, I had a couple of their pedals, most I didn't like except for their tube drive and their reverb. Effectrode is by far my favorite tube driven pedals nowadays.
Brian I recently got a Carvin x1 pedal for Father's day and I love it. Bought a 2 channel looper pedal to run it with my amp so that I can switch between my amps preamp and the preamp pedal to give me versatility for blues, country, and rock, but still only using one amp. I'm very impressed with it and I am shocked more people don't know how good it is. I'd love to see you do a video on it being you're my go-to pedal guy. I have a Belle and an Ego compressor run in front. Please consider doing this from a fan of your pedals and your perspective videos.
Hey Brian, great video! I'm really surprised and fascinated by the Tonebone. I had no idea it had such versatility and character.
I keep a Behringer VT999 Tube Monster (with a 12AU7 tube) pedal on my board as my preamp. My whole DI board is based around that pedal.
I got the Behringer to mess around with some MOD ideas. The enclosure has lots of extra room. When I got it and played through it I was shaken at how good it sounded. The gate is really good to. I still have not done any mods as it is really good just the way it is. Think I paid $99. I thought that Radial sounded really good. I never tried one.
I used to have a rack unit from Digitech called the GFX-1 Twin Tube that did great tube distortion. It had a built-in noise gate, 5-band graphic EQ and a really sweet compressor (among other effects). It did a great simulation of a cranked Marshall, really good tone. Try one of those if you can find one. They seem to be rare these days, but not expensive.
been checking out this Telecaster, nice to see someone rock some riffs with it, other videos all bluegrass stuff haha
Have been using the Friedman IR-D for a direct solution and am loving it!
I have the tube driver rack version of this. It is very versatile. From gated fuzz to pretty modern high gain.
Blackbird really shines once connected to a clean amp with high headroom, it sounds fantastic ever~!
I think the main reason why tube pedals have fallen out is because digital modelers have improved a lot. People who used tube pedals generally did that because they wanted a more organic overdrive sound, but they can achieve that with amp modelers now and have a ton more tone options available as well.
I agree - and now modelling can give you power amp distortion over fizzy, pre-amp distortion
People who think digital overdrives sound more “organic” than solid state are not listening with their ears.
@@darwinsaye I agree digital overdrive pedal patches don't sound very good on my Zoom G5n, but I think the amp patches sound great. I use the amp patches as a replacement for my solid state overdrive pedals now, going straight into a real tube amp.
@@darwinsayeoverdrive/distortion is where digital is still lacking in my experience. I’m fine with all other digital effects, but when it comes to OD/distortion analog sounds/feels much better.
Yeah, Tonex.
The Tubesteader stuff is fantastic
Tube Monster is a great one.
I was surprised when I got one a played around with it.
I loved my Ibanez PUE 5 Tube!! And I still own a half rack unit Hughes & Kettner Blues/Cream Machine!
I'm 62 and I always loved the Chandler, but I own the tone bone❤..Good stuff. ❤
I picked up an Ibanez tube king (tk999us) a couple years ago, and I’ve played it through my 90’s soldano, my hardwired ac30 and my fender concert, and it sounds great on each of them, with some tweaking.
I have original Chandler rack Mount Tube Driver and rack mount Blue Tube units. Plus the black Real Tube Overdrive pedal. For years I used them but actually have found as much if not more satisfaction in specialized pedals like your Wampler Plexi-Drive Deluxe and Plextortion, Pinnacle, Tweed ‘57, Black ‘65, etc., because of giving me these sought after amp tones. After seeing this video I will be pulling some of these out of mothballs to use with the MOSFET amps I have like the Orange Crush 35 RT, Peavey red stripe Bandit and Roland late 90’s 60 watt Blues Cube. As it was I hadn’t played though my tube amps that much because of the MOSFET amps and AIAB pedals but have played through my Marshall Class 5, Studio 15.
i typically have a Valvecaster and Mosfet Boost ‘always on’, running close to unity, into a tube amp. They fortify the signal and can induce overdrive, if needed 🤙
Love my Kraken v4 preamp. 4 tubes, high voltage. Sounds amazing.
I’ve had quite a few OD/distortion pedals with tubes. All of them running at proper high voltage.
Some sounded great, others just ok. Bottom line is, I’ve had plenty of dirt pedals without tubes that sound just as good, or better.
Believe it or not, the Boss OD-3 remains one of my favorites.
What I’ve learned is that tubes in a pedal doesn’t necessarily make it sound/feel any more amp-like than a good solid state pedal.
I have the Tube Driver as well as the B.K. Butler Real Tube and both are worthy secret weapons in one's arsenal. I highly recommend grabbing the Tube Driver with the Bias Mod; it gives you fine-tuning over the feel of your crunchiness. Also, the Plush Valve Job by Fuchs is a sleeper pedal that is not discussed. I love all three of these pedals with a Klon(e) pushing the front end.
I have a Kingsley Minstrel V3 and it is a great pedal. I use it with my Ge Tumnus in front to push it or I use them independently. Together they are awesome and very versatile. I’m not into super high gain sounds though. I have put other ODs in front too like the Pantheon, Prince of Tone and ThorpyFX Gunshot. They all give different flavors. The Pantheon is super versatile too.
I still got the Ibanez TK999, great pedal. And a nice choice for Bass Guitar too
I’ve been using the IRX as my overdrive into a clean tube amp for low volume playing. No IRs engaged. Does the job well.
Been using a Ramble fx marvel drive V3 for my core tone (through a clean amplifier) and it does the Marshall thing beautifully!
Yaaay, Effectrode got some love, even for a split second! I have a Helios Fuzz, and it's pretty dadgum awesome.
I wish you'd actually played through a Blackbird, but I really did enjoy the ones you did show us.
Gotta love the Lovepedal woodrow for tubey overdrive tones!
So, I've built 3 tube pedals from a DIY web site and all 3 sound great and they are all very different than any of my overdrive/distortion pedals sound wise. The tube pedals do use an inductor to ramp up the voltage to over 200volts, so the tubes are doing what tubes do. I've compared the tube pedals to everything from the Pallisades by Earthquaker Devices to the VH4 by Diezel. I love the pallisades and it probably comes the closest to the tube pedals, but the tube pedals definitely have their own sound, and yes, it's tubey!😁
Ever played a Soldano Supercharger GTO? I borrowed one for a while from my friend Bruce at Brit-Tone amplification and it was pretty cool. Noisy but tons of gain and according to him, one of the only tube drive pedals that runs at a proper voltage.
I’ve got a few tube drive pedals (Maxon ROD881, Blackstar HT Dual and a Mozztronics TD2) and they’re great but all need specific power packs, are more susceptible to noise and can be unpredictable and hard to control when you get up to gigging levels. So they get left at home and the Indyguitarist Pinnacle stays on the board 😊.
I love the pinnacle V2, that’s my main distortion pedal
The TC Electronics TubePilot is the least-expensive of the pedals with tubes in them. Back in the day, I built a Stak-in-a-Box tube guitar pre-amp kit from Paia Electronics. Craig Anderton designed it. It's still available. It is a hybrid, starved-tube circuit.
I do like the drive channel of my Revv G20 which gives me my tube fix. But right now I'm way into the wampler pantheon and the germanium tumnus. I also just put the tumnus deluxe back on my board.
For recording and homebased applications...off and on for 20 years I've had a secret. I've been running through an ART MP Studio with an old 12AX7 I pulled out of a 60s Silvertone radio. It don't do percussion, but guitar and vocals are dreamy. I can't put it down!
I own the Effectrode Blackbird and it sounds great. I maybe would not say it is better, since sound is very subjective. However, it is more versatile with two separate drive channels. I also have the tubesteader lightkeeper, which I like to stack with my analog drive pedals to get a tube feel and that sound great as well.
I don't have much experience with tube pedals. I do have the Vox V-8 which uses a higher-voltage circuit for the tube. To run it with batteries requires SIX AAs, with 600 milliamps minimum. It has a good range of overdrive to distortion options and works great with our Marshalls. My son has one and loves it also.
I’m using a mod kits Pusuader, it’s point to point, no ic or magic fairy dust. It is an extremely low voltage unit so it gets fuzzy fast.
The Radial trimode and plexitube are some of my favorites! Still regret getting rid of those
I had an Ibanez PUE5 Tube as my main Pedal Board for 30 years and it had a tube in it. It had my favorite Tube Screamer and my favorite distortion in it that was warm and could handle any style. I wish I could find out why that Tube Screamer and Tube Driver sounded so good. There was no “mid hump” at all.
I'm using a Kingsley Page inside the fx loop. Nice pedal.
I used to have a Mesa V-Twin but never really found a way to use it with my rig.
Lat year I picked up an old Ibanez PUE5 Tube which is mains powered and has a "Tube Drive" section with a 12AX7 in it. I suspect that with the main power it is running the 12AX7 at "real voltage" levels. Sounds pretty good though.
The same unit also contains the best sounding Tubescreamer that I have, and I have a few.
Tube Monster is a great one.
I was surprised when I got one a played around with it.
Radial stuff is all good as well. I have Tonebone and the Tri-Mode.
Still break them out frim time to time.
All of them soundet good in there own way. 😄👍
It is , you have a good one there ( the BK butler tube driver ) yes..!! There are other versions that don’t sound anything like the version you have
.. Eric Johnson uses that one and yes David gilmour but EJ really utilizes his tube driver
It’s one of his signature tones we’ve all heard many times
For the record I think they all sound fantastic
I found my HK Tubeman in my storage tub a few weeks ago. Gonna bust it out and see what do.
I own 3 of the HK tubeman from the 90’s….great pedal and very versatile….u have to clean the pots regularly (in my experience)
The butler was crunchy like an overdrive, the behringer was more like a distortion. Those were my favorite. I have a clone (DIY) of the Soldano GTO that I like.
Hello Brian
Right now i'm enjoying the last circuit I’ve made. A boss sd-1 based circuit with no buffer stages and some tonality options with switchs. By it’s own with some clipping, already sounds good but with a tube pedal in front, with the right amount of drive and level, it sounds even better. The tube based pedal is a fender mtg and because the fender pedal doesn’t allow using the boost alone, i’m testing a fet booster in the middle just for fun :) Maybe it could sound better if i could get sag from el34 power tubes, without using the power amp from the guitar amp. Cheers
I'm obsessed with valve drives/preamps at the moment. I'm currently running Victory V4 preamps - a Kraken and a Copper and they're awsome.
Would also love to see your thoughts on the Friedman IR-X & IR-D. There's also some interesting stuff from Tubesteader.
I bought a tube pedal from a brand called tubesteader, the lightkeeper is awesome. I also have a ibanez TS10 modded with a tube sounds incredible
The radial and the one by Butler sounds the best to me. The one I use for "rock" is the "Red Rox" from the company Dawner Prince, quite amazing. I paired that once with a 1964 Super Reverb Black face and wow... closest to a "Brown sound" I ever had.
I use very compact E730 tube preamp, mod of Engl E530. 4 channels, 2 separate full controls for clean and lead, contour and brightness switch. Sound exactly same as Engl. And has a size of two mini pedals.
Custom order.
I use it with power tube emulator + IR + effects(delay/reverb) => and then straight into active speakers or phones.
I got an English muffin EHX to mod it. Ended up redoing all circuit in it. Sounds good. I replicated the eq shape of my Sweet honey pedal. Mid focused.
Synergy is easily the best imho. It’s the only one that actually stands out as something that could not be fet or op amp based.
Vintage tube monster is 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥 and that tone bone!!!
I have a tube pedal running into a tube amp.
Its all so vintage & tube driver-ish that the clocks go back 15 minutes every time I power up.
I think the tube pedals sound cool for getting that grit in a practice room at practice volume, but they don’t have that organic tone of a tube amplifier turned up. But they are probably the best option if you can’t turn up. Probably mixing some overdrive from a solid state overdrive and blending with a tube amplifier overdrive at 1/2 throttle is probably remains the best compromise to not being able to turn up all the way.
ahh that is the perfect tele setup, al the guitars in one!!! im an ibanez guy but that tele has it all
Friedman have done a very good job with the IRX.
Damn those sound gnarly… in a really good way! My favs were the tone bone and beringer! If you could make one that took up less real estate, I’d buy it!!!! Well, if the price was reasonable 😃
I have a Blackstar limited edition Blackfire metal distortion that boasts it runs its 12AX7 at high voltage and isn’t starved plate. Given that it’s a very tight, smooth, liquid metal high gain (the 3 band makes it play really nice as a preamp when I integrate it into my fx router and get the level up) I find it extreme hard to believe it’s getting all that out of a single tube.
No matter though. It sounds amazing whatever is in it. Opening up reveals three huge stacked PCBs with as much complication as a full amp head. Secret sauce in the studio. Even cuts through live. The ISF can do the boosted boogie/5150 thing without any extra help, especially on the fury channel and it cuts through like a claymore.
Was hoping to hear at least one Kingsley pedal and also wanted to hear you discuss how its clipping operates.
I’ve never had a tube amp, although I want to get one because I’ve been led to believe there’s a feel to them that you can’t get elsewhere. What I use right now until I can afford one is a NU>X Amp Academy that I run into the Power Amp in on a Boss Katana. In particular, I like their Vox AC30 tone and their JCM 800 tone. Honestly, the tones I get make me happy, so I’m not sure I’ll feel I got my money’s worth when I eventually do get a tube amp even if it is a better experience.
I use a Kingsley Minstrel that sounds very good. I’ve had the Duncan pedal, I I consider the Kingsley to be smoother.
I love pedals with tubes in them (and I have a LOT of these pedals!). Maybe because I couldn't even afford a single tube let alone a tube amp when I was growing up so yep, if there's a tube in it, I'll at least seriously check the pedal out. :)
I LOVE me a good tube boost. First one I ever tried was a Tube Pilot in front my H&K Duotone head a few years back....one of the best tones I ever had. There's just not many "regular" boosts I like because they tend to make your amps get a bit too "stringy". Tube pedals seem to do the opposite and keep your tone nice and thick, while adding compression and harmonics in just the right place. So for hard rock guys like me, I can get that aggressive tone without having to push the gain on my amp to a place that sounds like mush. Nothing but good things to say about tube pedals. They're the primary dirt pedals I even bother with. I'd be mad interested to see Wampler come out with a tube boost.
Currently enjoying the Vox Straight 6 Overdrive. It's the only tube pedal I've tried, and has been a lot of fun. However when I went to the jam recently, we just turned on the Tate FX BMB Overdrive, which is a hot rodded Rat, and didn't really need anything else. Have really enjoyed the Bigfoot Engineering Thunder Pup, but that is I guess more of a boost? It needs something to hit, can't say I really understand it, but can produce amazing tones with the right thing after it
I have a TK999HT, this one actually runs on high voltage (it needs 12Vac and have a transofrmer inside). Amazing sound, I it mostly stays on my shelf. Don't want to give it away cause it was was first real tube sound, but I'm happy with my board and amp sound so my stuff stayed the same since some years.
I kinda miss that Behringer tube driver, I used to use it when I didn't have the money for a tube amp. Eventually had some tube amps around so I tossed it. But you're right Brian, loads of people had some type of tube drive on their board a decade back.
Want another one ? I have the Behringer vintage O D that I did the Bitmo mod to. And then for now I'm using a 12a7u tube which is the weakest of the 12a style. I use a early 3 knob T Driver that has been modded with a bias knob up front by Fromel. Also using a 12a7u tube and running it at 18v for more headroom. It stacks very well with a Alchemy modded Blues Driver and a Meat and 3 modded Soul Food. None of these need very much gain so noise level is reasonable.
@@sparkyguitar0058 What is a "Bitmo" mod? I might be interested in it, if you're serious about selling.
Brian, I'd love to see you check out the BluGuitar Amp1.
Happy belated Brian!!
Nice demo and comparison,Tonebone and Tube Driver are the best in my opinion,thanks a lot ;-)
I love my VT999. The pots are very smooth.
I put my VT999 in front of my Silvertone 1482 tube amp.
I then put my tube amp in front of my Pod-Go (using load box' line-out).
I route the AMP out of the Pod-Go to my Orange Crush 12.
I route the cab-sim out of my Orange Crush through a Zoom MS70-CDR back into the Pod-Go through the stereo effects-loop.
It is awesome. I made a gear vid of the above (along with lengthy description).
As for my VT999, I use a full 1-AMP dedicated power supply driving a Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7. The VT999, out of the box, uses a 230 mA power supply driving a Bugera 12AX7 (those do pair well, actually), but when you pump up the power to drive a darker pre-amp tube, it's pretty magical.
@@czarofzonk1360 Try a 12V power supply in place of the 9V and a 12AU7. Long plate 12AU7/ECC82 respond really well. The gain control still allows for utter filth, but the control is now useable over a much wider range. 12V won't hurt anything, providing you ensure the correct polarity. The main reason for using it is the valve heaters. If you meter the voltage applied, you'll notice they're a little 'starved' with the 9V.
Brian, check out the AMT Electronics Mattias IA Eklundh Freak Guitar pedal. No longer made but this thing has two 12AX7 and sounds fantastic. I have the entire collection of original AMT Electronics that were Siberian-made clones of Sansamp pedals that weren’t available on their local market.
I run a tubescreamer 808 into a Vintage Tube Monster and into a Peavey Valve King. I dime the level and tone on the tubescreamer. The drive is at zero. The Vintage Tube Monster has the gain at about three and my amp gain is about 5. I basically use it as a gain stage and eq. The distortion is beautiful but the clarity is definitely there. It makes my two channel amp effectively a four channel amp.
I just got the TC electronics tube driver. It only sounds good cranked. Spits and fizzy sounding at lower settings. When you click it off, it still has some bleed through, I guess, and spits on your single notes when off. Diode bad, maybe?
Sweetwater will be getting it back.
Thanks! Love the channel!
My favorite would be the Kingsley Harlot, 3-knob version.
I think the twin tube sounded most amp like, I feel like when you crank an amp you need to turn the bass down and the treble up, so makes sense the a tube pedal would too
I have the kraken preamp. But recently I bought the Xotic sl drive, didn't use the kraken for 1 month now. But the kraken has a very good marshall type of sound.
I have the VOX Silk Drive and love it. I'm getting the AC30 sounding one next month as soon as my $ deposits.
Really want to try these!
@@trebleboost7Nu Tubes sound just like tubes, amp tubes, not the low V current starved "Tube Driver" kind. Silk sounds great w effects as well.
I know you can't include everything but I'd like to see the Fender MTG pedals compared sometime. They seem super smooth. Your explanation of how they work would be cool.