Rectifier In A Box? Is It Worth The Hype? | Ibanez SM7 Smash Box Distortion
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Turns out that the Void switch is actually a noise gate, which explains why it didn’t change anything tonally. That said, it does seem to eliminate noise pretty well!
Now I understood
haha, I was wondering if it was labelled void because it's well "void"... as in does nothing,
a noise gate (and what a weird name for it ) is a great addition!
Its a very good noise gate. It's the first pedal that I know of to include a good working Noise Gate
The big thing about this pedal was it was the one korn used back in the day and why it was highly sought after in the early 2000's
FYI: The Void switch is a noise gate.
I used to have one. If I remember correctly I think the void was a noise gate for feedback suppression. (Ooops, just saw the pinned comment) I guess I just got old and started playing with less gain so I got rid of the pedal but it was a great pedal. Built like a tank and I liked the tone lock feature.
Been using this since the early 2000s and always get people complementing my gain tone.
Only Ibanez can make great sounding pedals that look like 90s office appliances.
RIGHT??? 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@RobertWJackson I’ve been on the fence about trying a Soundtank series Tube Screamer. Any thoughts?
Do what you will.
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@@RobertWJackson For the price, it’s not bad. Everybody else charges 100+ for a decent OD, I’m trying to track down one in the 50 dollar sweet spot.
Does it have to be a Tube Screamer-style circuit?
It does the typical Recto thing, the metal part of it, even the passive eq but a Recto can do a lot more, I wonder if it can do that as well actually. Seems like a solid pedal there....
Oh wow! Ya did it and I am so happy you judged it as "Dungeon approved". The Void switch is supposed to be a type of noise gate. Lots of dust in that pedal. Seems you have very little if any interference in the line, so it may just be that which explains it as unresponsive? The trick I use on everything from old synthesizers to pedals with unresponsive switches and pots is to spray the heck out of them with contact cleaner (CRC is good.), preferably sprayed from the inside, but also works when it penetrates from the outside. Works for scratchy knobs on guitars too. Looks like the the stomp switch could use a shot. Spray and work it until ... it works! For me, it never has it attacked the plastics, paint or wood on anything yet. May leave a light residue, but wipes off with a clean cloth with alcohol or water. Thanks for the shout out. It was not necessary, but it was real nice of you to do it. 🏴☠🏴☠
You Rock Dawn R!!!!
Holy crap he even gave you a shout out. You rock dawn!
dawn r isi it for r? realy knows her gear . good choice my ragin cajon 😇
I love this distortion pedal it was actually my first distortion pedal I ever had back in 99
Had mine for years… I was hesitant at first, but it’s my go to for 80’s sound… Sounds great thru my 65 Fender Showman and JMP
Sounds more like that than a "Recto" to me
I will have to give it a try, never played one of these. Thanks Robert!
Try this: go direct into the pedal and run it into the FX-loop Return of your tube amp. For the computer guys, run the pedal straight into your computer and straight into your IR loader with your IR of choice.
Using it in front of a clean amp does work as well. Using it in front of a dirty amp needs a lot of knob fiddling to make it sound good.
This has been my main distortion for 4 years after I bought one for $20. Throw an eq pedal in front of it for some mid control and I haven't found a hard genre it can't do
Meant to say after it, you can get some kool sounds from an eq before but then the noise gate doesn't really work well
This was my 1st pedal back in the day! The real gems of the ton lok series are the chorus/flanger, and the echo unit.
This is my second one, the first being the TS7 Tube Screamer.
@@RobertWJackson I still haven't played a tube screamer! That's sacrilege isn't it?! Lol. BTW, I'm the "pullup guy" if you remember. You're looking good bro. 👍 I fell off for a while, but now I'm back at it. Had to start from 1 again. You never really lose the ability to do one. Getting to 2+ will take a few weeks.
I remember you! I recognized the profile pic. LOL I’m still focusing on my diet, but as the weather has gotten colder, so has my activity levels, unfortunately. I’ll get back at it here soon, though.
@@RobertWJackson The diet is working dude. I wouldn't blow smoke up your ass. You're face is thinner. I'm telling you man, the pullup bar is the way to go. It's weather proof. Just leave it on your bedroom door and as you pass by do one, and just hold on and lower yourself slowly. It works.
and the FZ7 Fuzz, a real unique beast!
This was my first distortion pedal and I have not bought another since it first came out other than the ts9 tube screamer to go with it. I had the same problem with the on-off switch since day one. It was very embarrassing to get to a part of a song where you are supposed to kick in the Distortion and your tone stays clean. To fix this you really have to stomp on it for it to work reliably.
Yeah, the build quality of this series does leave a little to be desired, overall they’re still really good pedals. I’m actually really fascinated with all of the Ibanez pedals here lately.
If you can dial them in they're pretty good. I just got the ds7 (standard distortion from this series) just to see what I can do with it.
Let me know. I’ve thought about picking up one of those myself.
Saucy Box! I love that thing.
I bought one of those Sm7 pedals to attempt to get early Stone Temple Pilots tones (based off of JHS man's recommendation) and it's pretty good. Maybe more gain than I had expected, I keep that fairly low and it does sound like a loud, boosted Mesa.
Moist.
Still got mine, got for free when I bought an usa esp guitar from some dude here for $100, it was inside the massive esp case
I bought one on Josh Scott's recommendation, I hated it. I couldn't get rid of the fizz. When compared to my 2 channel Mesa solo head it was chalk and cheese.
Wow! I remember that pedal. I had one and for the life of me have no idea where it is. I liked the sound of it. Played it through my Carvin Vai Legacy, it worked out great as i could turn that thing down. It did seem to be made cheaply though
that whole line of pedals with the push down knobs or whatever rule. I have the DE7 delay. it's great
The Tone-Lok Series!
Hey Robert! Do you ever wear one of each! Sounds good! Great video! Cool playing! Keep Rocking Robert! Dungeon approved awsome!
Probably. LOL
I’m all about trying out the cheaper stuff to see if it sounds good. Got a tiny holy war pedal for some distortion into my tsl 60 and wow is it great. 50$ at my local shop :D
Yah that voice awitchbiant doing shit and that sux it's probably a mid frequency change.
Sounds out of this remind me of my stealth 100.
Loving that amp.
And yesterday for 80 bux I picked up an artist sth strat hss with Wilkinson pickups. Perfect neck, I didn't have to adjust a pot nut on that thing it kills.
Butter smooth neck no fret buzz.
But i did have to condition the neck and today the tiny amount of fret sprout sides of the neck is gone.
This pedal also reminds me of the tones I get from my mod tone flextortion. Check one of those out.
Love that pedal. Has a parametric mid control. Gain for days and dead quiet.
It can get this sound and tons more.
Turns out it’s actually a noise gate and works just fine. LOL
If i remember correctly the void is fairly aggressive but is great for a built in gate
Hello Robert, just a suggestion, why don't you swap around guitars during your testing. I would like to hear the tones with a Les Paul and a Strat. Don't get me wrong, I love the metal riff guitars. On the pedal you demonstrated today, I would not by one. Thanks for the video .
Honestly, while I do occasionally demo something with both single-coils and humbuckers, that’s a lot more work. That wouldn’t bother me so much, but the truth is that gear demos are a dying breed. I still enjoy doing them, but the faster I can get them done the better because they’re never going to generate a lot of views on my channel, especially pedal demos. Most people are just burned out on gear demos.
I had the chanse to by a few 7 series pedals from Ibanez (Smash box, 7th heaven, and ofcourse tube screamer). The 10 series only have the DL10 Delay. I wish i have more from the 10 series, but 🤷 also a few sound tanks and a tube king with a 12ax7 valve in it. Ibanez also make great pedals. Even the PUE 5 is a good old school multi effects from them worth to check it out, Robert 😉
Very well done demo. It is listed on Reverb as a fuzz pedal. Perhaps it was the chords played, but it sounds definitely more like a distortion pedal.
Your demonstration of what the knobs did was very well done. Wish more people in the pedal-selling business would do what you did.
Cheers/Slainte🎸👨🏼⚕️🎸🫶✌️♾️🏴🇺🇸
Thanks man! Fortunately, I’m not in the pedal selling business. I’m in the pedal demonstration business. 😉
@@RobertWJackson I understood that; merely used the wrong words. What you do helps sell pedals - that cannot be said of everyone who does what you do 😊. Keep rocking … 🎸👨🏼⚕️🎸🫶✌️♾️
I had one of these back in the day.. thing is I never got to use it. It was broken for one reason or another. I was too young to really figure it out.
Is that Void switch maybe a presence control ?? there seem to be some slight change in tone from 3 to 2....
Noise gate. Turns out it works fine. LOL
Dammit man thats a sick ass guitar. Beautiful and sounds good.
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Gracias, Roberto 🎸☮
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I'm honestly surprised you don't see more Recto in a box or Recto preamp type pedals. Or maybe they're out there and I'm just not looking hard enough. I've seen some cheap pedals claiming to be a recto based pedal but I don't see any popular brands doing it.
They’re out there. Joyo has one, NUX has one, Ibanez has one (or at least they used until they discontinued it), Mesa/Boogie has one or two, I believe.
@@RobertWJackson I knew about the joyo and nux ones, I think Wampler had one called the Triple Wreck or something but it's discontinued
They sure did. Ibanez had the Smash Box, etc.
Check out tone citys model B pedal, great mesa style pedal w a boost switch as well.
I like the Tone City stuff. The Model M is my favorite Marshall-in-a-box pedal.
I still have my tone lok chours/flanger and delay pedal , the delay is a permanent on my board, those(tone lok) were awesome pedals in my opinion but you have to have a power supply for that series as they eat batteries alive lol. As far as the the smash box IDk how it sounds ..I already own a triple rec, but hopefully it gets people close to the sound for a cheap alternative 😁
bad ass pedal and thanks for playing a Poison song for Twisty Knobby Mode! But it sounds more like a early 90's Metal Zone to me.
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There's one of these on my local CL right now for $50. Should I grab it?
Do you have $50 and do you like the way it sounds?
@@RobertWJackson Yes, I like the way it sounds and I also have $50. I might offer $40 and see if they bite.
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Robert! Just bought a Revv G4! Love it! 😎
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@@RobertWJackson 🤗🎸🤣
Excellent!
I have two. Don't modify these pedals...here's why. It has that 90's slightly scooped sound. All my singers loved it because it doesn't have a Mid-range hump, much like the Boss OD-3. It sits well in the mix. The Noise gate is GREAT. The footswitch is fragile, be careful.
Looks like the new guitar and new pedal is working out for you.
Not too bad, might work good through the right IR
Quite the paradox, I always go Converse! I used to own this and for some reason hated it but I was Young and not that seasoned yet! That super shredder is Amazing Brother! You had Me at Rectifier! But these Days there has to be better? Nope the TC Dual Wreck is Garbage and though the amp sims and plug ins are sounding really close, I can’t find one in stomp box form and refuse to ever give IK multimedia My money Ever again!!!! (TONEX Guys) Yes I’ve heard of Xstomp and the MIDI boards but don’t want My iPad or IPhone or Mac for that matter as My rig! I was hoping You could continue to do More Joyo Demos and maybe some old school Vox Tube pedals from back in the day. I have some as Well You could demo on if need Be just let Me know, Love this Channel, but will always disagree with Your Laney AOR series thoughts 😅😂😮😊 If You find a Sound Tank Punkifier I would be super amazed! Might have to try a Wampler! Thanks Robert!
sounds killer to me. Intro song was great.
I feel strongly that the Soldano pedal released on Nov1 will be 3rd inline from first the Fulltone OCD to the Friedman BEOD to be the stupidly big seller. It is a natural progression as it takes Friedman Marshall sound to the next level of gain before Metal genres became so deserve that one size does not fit all. Both the Peavey 5150 and the MESA Dual/Rec use the topography of the Soldano SLO rather than a Marshall to start with.Big numbers with OD pedals are primarily sold to guys with low wattage small open backed combo amps. The Soldano will have them cornered. At $220.00 USD it is not too much to not justify more debt on your credit card, LOL
I love my Smashbox! 🤘🏻
Reverb … $50
The guitar is fricking cool!
Love that guitar
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Good morning Robert
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Needs more starwipe transitions.
k
❤them intros robert👍
I have a couple of them. Some pedal adverts always made me laugh. Transparent tone, true bypass, yada yada. This thing just gets nasty. Honestly though, the dials have a lot of range in them. You can go from ZZ Top to Dime very easily and well beyond.
Good pedal.
Best knobs ever
A.D.I.D.A.S Nike too narrow. Tech 21 gt2?. Have had one for years. Great in basic amps awesome with tube amps. Jughead HC next?.
Six of one half a dozen of the other one
Hey Janice!
the shoe thing was🤣im' a new balance /vans man my self got them fat feet🤣need dem wides🤣
About the shoes.........neither. Puma and Adidas are owned by German brothers who absolutely despise each other and each one is hell bent on the destruction of the other. Uncle Phil realised that he was going to get no love from any shoe manufacturer in Europe and so he plied his wears in Japan. He was able to secure production, and Nike was born.
What is the use of this?
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Shhhhhhh! Quiet! Don’t give the game away!
Idk I wear Wolverine work boots. Sneakers last me a week tops hahahaha. Fuck sneaker lol.
Seems to my ears that the void switch affected the tone a little bit more when the edge control was set to smooth.
Seems broken the smooth sharp switch seems broken also the other one is noise reduction
robert give newbalance a shot ther big💲shoes are made in u.s.a can ya belive it 😂made in the u.s.a what a consespect👍
Nope. I ain’t converting to the dad shoes. EVER. I don’t care where they’re made. LOL
@@RobertWJackson that's not true guy next door to me is 30 years old & rocks em many young dudes at least hear in chi-town wear them. maybee in indy it's diffrent. hay brother we all have diffrent ideas. thought you might like em'. i guees not that's 👌.i guess you don't dig em' 🤣🤣🤣i guess i got your 🩸boiling . how bout them vans.?🤣 robert your allright thanks for the jab 🤣 keep😀robert&🤣☮brother man keep rockiing🎸robert
Shut up! Damn, y’all gonna drive up the price. I’d pay 250 to 400, if I had too. I have 3 now. And 1 for parts. Plus I bought half a dozen on/off switches (they’re brand specific).
maybe review some tuner pedals
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Seems broken the smooth sharp switch seems broken also the other one is noise reduction
The Sharp/Smooth switch works fine. I figured out that the Void switch is a noise gate, and it does seem to work properly.
Seems broken the smooth sharp switch seems broken also the other one is noise reduction
Seems broken the smooth sharp switch seems broken also the other one is noise reduction
Seems broken the smooth sharp switch seems broken also the other one is noise reduction
So, what you’re saying is that it seems broken, the smooth/sharp switch seems broken also, and the other one is noise reduction?