Hardwire Tube Overdrive CM-2

[ermonski]

I love PGS demos.

aside from hearing the capabilities of the pedals, Andy busts out a wide array of famous and amazing rock riffs. Fly By Night and Paradise City for example! Keep rocking!

[Dimefan91]

Here's a little tip, the adjustment knob can be used as an attenuator . I play on a 20 watt amp, and with the volume at 25% I use the modified section. When I crank the volume I flip the switch to Classic and get the same tone.

[donimartin1984]

Dead Kennedys yeaaah!!!



[songojock2]

too drunk too fuck...excelent pedal

[Preludiumi]

Dark sounding piece of shit

[ArikBulldog]

Its good for Stevie Ray, Hendrix, Clapton and that type of rock blues?

[doc998]

yes....police truck!!!

[MrSeanmor]

is this pedal good enough for metal?

[GEETARS3]

@MrSeanmor

good for metal solo's.

[Icancount47q]

@MrSeanmor not by itself, unless you are doing more of Post-metal then you can use it but try to combine it with other effects to make a heavy but clear metal riffage

[AlanMcKennaVideos]

That stomplock cover on the knobs is a great idea, considered making something similar for my own pedals, crafty Digitech

[TheBansheesWrath]

why does the first riff remind me of the Dead Kennedy's too drunk to fuck?

[SonicGamer1991]

Hey PGS can you use this pedal as a gain boost?

[omegalen]

hear that baby spit.

nice tone with this pedal.

[Musicunseen95]

DEAR ANYONE WHO CARES!!!

I NEED AN OVERDRIVE AND IM SPLIT BETWEEN THE HARDWIRE CM-2, THE FULLTONE OCD, AND THE TUBESCREAMER. OPINIONS PLEASE!!!!

SINCERELY, CONFUSED...

[Psykel]

@Musicunseen95 This probably isn't much help, but I use a ProCo Rat and love it. The rhythm guitarist in my band uses the CM-2 and it sounds pretty good too. The Tubescreamer is a classic and is really nice too. I don't know much about Fulltone tho, so no opinon on that one. But if it was my choice, I'd go with the ProCo Rat any day of the week. Good luck!

[flaggart]

@Musicunseen95 I've got a CM-2 and absolutely love it, so much so that I've considered getting another for the 'classic' setting to use for my rhythm as the fender super reverbs don't have an overdrive channel. I've also just borrowed a Robert Keeley modded tubescreamer, and I'm not a huge fan. I haven't had any experience with the OCD though.

[elgrillo33]

@Musicunseen95 I had the same issue, I ended up getting the CM-2 because it was more versitile than the other pedals. If all you want is the OCD tone than you may be happier with the OCD. I wanted the OCD tone but I needed other stuff for a cover band. I get OCD and a lot more out of the CM-2 and my Twin Reverb. I am not the best player but I know what good tone is.

[hellsing1983]

are you playing rock 'n roll shower by vengeance for a bit?

[nintendoor1]

could the hardwire sc-2 sound like this on lower settings?i just wondering which one i should buy.i play blues,classic rock

[yuvalpeleg100]

the only tube in this video is the one tht is connected to my as$

[barrybar22]

hey andy, how does this pedal stack up with the hardwire sc-2 valve distortion

if you want to use the distortion as your main distortion and kick in the overdrive for solos, would it work or would it be to much?

[justin0185]

so how does she sound in front or an already driven tube amp?

[pieman419]

I have a TS9DX right now, looking for a new overdrive pedal, how much of an improvement would you guys say this is? Running a mahogany HSH superstrat if that effects things. Also, how does it differ?

[SotR59]

is this the successor to the Bad Monkey?

[fridgeslayer94]

@SotR59 no...

[basspole]

too drunk to ......great tune...love this pedal.

[ccgenoa1]

does it better then ibanez ts9?

[CarvinTone]

The PGS site has much better quality and a whole page of demo vids, pretty cool stuff when you are shopping. This OD and the new ICE 9 beat the hell out of the 20+ yr out of date tech of the TS9/808 boxes. Time to come into 2010 and SEPARATE tone controls instead of a simple treble rolloff w NO bass boost!! Even the Visual Sound OD beats out any TS box. Another great OD for the bucks by the way. I am sick of the TS yada, having had them all, it's time to move on to better tech and tones.

[MrDblStop]

I like it, I bought one.

[Rushworshiper92]

Oh Andy I see what you did there, you secretly played Fly by night, Good man Andy good man.

[YourNameHere136]

rush!

[squierkid]

Mr. Andy , YOU ROCK

[Edward1994aim]

Hey, I'm trying to decide between this, the SC-2 Valve Distortion Pedal, and the TL-2 Metal Distortion. But I'm a little on the fence. I usually play Avenged Sevenfold or stuff like AFI....Any suggestions?

[gibsonstandard805]

@Edward1994aim Ive been thinking the exact same thing dude but personally i think the valve distortion is the best out of the three IMO. The TL2 is cool and all for heavy stuff and the tube overdrive is great for classic stuff with not to much gain, but i think you can get alot more out of the valve distortion pedal because it cleans up real nice but you can also saturate it to get real awsome heavy tones. Hope this helps =]

[ZachDRUMMOND]

You guys should recompress this video, or better yet just repost it in HD.

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@ZachDRUMMOND - You can find high-quality versions of our vids on our website, without youtube's unfortunate compression artifacts. Thanks!

-PGS Video Dept.

[VictorC53]

@ProGuitarShopDemos hey atleast the compression made the Boss MD2 sound good on youtube

[severia123]

@ProGuitarShopDemos where on the PGS website can i find you video archives?

I am hoping to find a video for the digitech cm-2 that is being played through in the video.

[Rambo29]

I can't decide if I want this or the SC-2, I like transparent overdrives and need something that can work with alt-rock, blues and funk.

[sithlordawg]

Do you guys think I should get this or the sc-2 for an AC/DC type sound?

[MegaFenderstrat]

@sithlordawg i have the sc-2, it is better for stuff like that.

[syfman7]

That is so cool you are playing some Dead Kennedys. Love it!

[BruisedEyeSockets]

Dumb question, does 'tube' overdrive send the signal into the preamp of a tube amp?

[bluepingu345]

@BruisedEyeSockets It can boost any kind of amp :)

[xcolepx]

would buy just because of the dead kennedy's riff.

[Wallbaeck]

I'm considering getting one of these, does anyone know what they cost, just about? skulle uppskatta om nån svensk kunde tala om priset i kronor, och allra helst va dom kostar på 4sound, sett att dom har i butik, men finns inte på nätet

[theShowStopper321]

For 1978-1984 crispy brown sound: This or the Valve Distortion model?

[alexdaman8]

is this better than a tube scremer?

[SReflectionBand]

Are the HardWire pedals positive or negative ground?

[wareaglebabe11]

whats the differnece between the 2?

[KutayCaliskan]

@Ryanmetalmatthew no i think you need an digitech sc2

[yes0genesis]

I think the sc-2 valve distortion would be better for that sound. This pedal has more of a classic rock tinge. I was lucky, I started on a vox valvetronix so i just used the distortion on that for Offspring tone.

[AShaver182]

@Ryanmetalmatthew i would say the sc-2 valve distortion would be better. it has more gain.

[gibsoniano90]

well it's an overdive...maybe a distorsion pedal would be more suitable...but if you like this tone get it!

[megakill1980]

GREAT JOB DIGITECH!!!

[jesusmyking1988]

ive tried all three of the distortions, actually have a tl-2 on its way to my house! :D these pedals have amazing clarity, but for an overdrive pedal i still prefer my bad monkey. I compared this, the bad monkey, and an ocd and thought the bad monkey was the most organic and warm, i think that was due to the clarity of the other pedals.. to each his own though!! :D

[ShameofaNation]

You guys need to remake the Hardwire demos, your video quality(sound and picture) is much better now than when this was made, I feel as if it would do these pedals more justice with better quality. :D You guys rock!

[evilvon]

:D

TOO DRUNK TO FUCK!

[kay7sniper]

youtube video/sound quality pisses me off like no other

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

@kay7sniper That's why we put every demo you see here on our site (video library)

-PGS

[bladeD02]

best reveiw ever this the pedal i was have been thinking of getting and i play a G&L legacy, im now getting one, thanks very much .

[greyfloyd]

Hey there. I have a nice guitar but my amp is really a cheap one (yes i know i got to replace it and i will in 1 year time or so). i know a bad amp wont give me a nice tone, still i would like to know if a od pedal will do its job.

i'm kinda having ahard time deciding between CM-S2 and TS9DX (i guess it sounds more warm way more (i've tried both), still CM-2 is more powerful... agree?

[ShameofaNation]

This pedal is pretty raunchy for an OD, I LOVE IT!

[helrazr84]

This seems to have a more buttery tone than the Valve Distortion pedal. Both sound nice.

[guitarplayerlp19]

7:43 paradise city!

[RATM4LIF3]

Does this work good with a solid state amp? is there anything that you gotta replace?

[ShameofaNation]

Pedals + solid state does'nt really sound good.

[sarcogram720]

That's the point of tube pedals. TO make a solid state sound like tube.

[skitheport]

@ShameofaNation

um, thats pretty much the only way they sound good. my solid state has a very nice clean channel, i dont use the dirty channel but for all my effects and distortions i use pedals. it can sound pretty nice

[forkv]

at 3:25 is it just me or is he playing Outshined by Soundgarden?

[GoatRocker95182]

yea it is its the chorus i think

[Rickles]

Most pedals, you need to sculpt the tone to make usable sounds, but wherever you had them it sounded sweet.

[rebuMHz]

dead kennedys!!!!! :D

[mikeguitargod14]

1:01

what just happened?

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

That's the rubber Stomplock that comes with Hardwire pedals!

[AspergillusBand]

I play a lot a Pedals. BOSS Metal core, Boss Dyna drive, Digitech hot head, Digitech Screamin Blues, Digitech hw Metal distortion. and so on. I also played this tube driver. And i Can say the new pedal are very good. The sound and all. But i like to say the BOSS DN2 Dyna Drive is better than this Tube driver. U have a the somekind of the same sound but u gain more dynamik with dn2. I like the new series and the HW metal distortion rocks like hell. but converting isnt the same like boss...

[jg76aries]

Overall a good sounding overdrive. I've seen these things in the store. Pretty solid construction. Knobs are a bit tight for my tastes though. But I like the tone shaping options.

[clayton5150]

if it dosnt have a tube in it then its crap.

[jg76aries]

Ummm, dude? Most overdrives don't have tubes in them.

They use solid-state pedals to drive tube amps.

[searchlight31]

LOL you probably couldn't even explain what a tube does to the tone of your guitar to make it better. LOL~!!

[realguitarist07]

My Butler Tube Driver has a 12ax7 in it and it is the best distortion that I have ever used in my life. But then again it is $300 new so it isn't exactly something for everybody. And yeah I believe that tubes produce the best distortion. And this HW pedal sounds nice. Through Andy's 65 amps Soho tube amp (somewhere over 2 grand). So think about it.

[stonerh]

Did he just play Paradise City? Haha

[jg76aries]

Yeah, he sure did!! hah!

[menamestom]

Sounds nice, looks really good value

[DisarmedWithASmile]

Too Drunk To Fuck in the beginning? I love this demo.

[paganicon]

I noticed that, too. I like this guy. In the DL-8 demo, when he's demo-ing the looper, he plays Where Is My Mind by the Pixies. I don't care about these pedals, but I'm going to watch the rest of the reviews to see if he plays anything else that I know.

[megadethfans96]

boss metalcore is better

[jg76aries]

Then do your homework and stop looking at overdrives

[slashnpraise]

personally, i prefer the bad monkey over this. this may be more versaitle than the badd mokey but i believe the bad monkey offers better quality as a whole overdrive unit.

[MageMayu]

kinda bass heavy.

[29396]

You can cut bass though

[fras3r666]

too drunk to fuck!

[guitartoneguru]

Should I buy this or the Ibanez TS-9DX?

[ilovemyfender1]

This.

[theShowStopper321]

@ilovemyfender1 I agree. This pedal has more edge, crispiness, and bite than a Tubescreamer, and bette dynamics. I had both the TS9 and turbo TS9 and they both sounded weak on their own in the low input as my overdrive sound, and mucked up the tone when I used it to drive the high input of my JCM 800. Do you like this or the Valve Dist. model better?

[llauer76]

could this be used for country leads?

[jerbrook1060]

I bought this pedal used and love it. Sounds so warm. The great thing is I put my higher gain pedals (Satchurator & Tone Bone Plexi) and it just makes them sound warm and creamy. GREAT PEDAL!

[livepunx]

ACDC YEAH

[jesusmyking1988]

I tried this out, as well as the fulltone ocd. This beat the ocd, but then again, my bad monkey beat this out, haha.. Not a bad pedal though

[slashnpraise]

i agree, bad monley beats this by a LARGE margin

[ThatWhalingBand]

i bought one of these, and my old beat up TS9 smokes it for tone........

i'm trading mine for a half bag!!!!!!

[stratdude83]

lol

[purenectar]

This pedal sounds great. Can anyone tell me if this would be as good or better than the visual sound route 808 or even the new visual sound 'open road' pedal?

[jp6l6]

I own a V2 route 66 and after listening to this one I'd say it's a question of taste. I like both but wouldn't change. To me it's interesting to have a buffered pedal in the chain.

[29396]

what setting on this would be a good eric johnson tone on a strat?

[badgerwithaspoon]

off

[miller434]

lol nice

[29396]

ok lol but I can't afford a BK Butler Tube Driver; what pedal should i get?

[rodekill27]

is this an analog effect w/ true bypass and this or the proco rat for blues (buddy guy, john mayer) music

[iLikechevelle]

Analog, True Bypass, But it cant do John mayer- he uses a keeley modified boss blues driver.

[dmdt1313]

I too have a Keeley modified Boss Blues Driver and it sounds pretty damn good, but I sometimes miss the stock tone it had b4 it was modified. It was a little raspier sounding and I think it had less OD w/ the drive turned all the way down (great for a clean boost!). Idk, I liked the tone better (pre-mod) when the drive was between 0-5, but it def sounds better (post mod) now when the drive is pushed pretty hard: between 5-10!!! It's much smoother sounding than the stock BD-2!!!!!

[RyanMeDrumz]

haha Spinal Tap at 2:25?

[Dimefan91]

Would this pedal be good for metal if added with a distortion pedal and a solid state amp? I've heard that Tube pedals can make the sound fuller.

[JJack887]

Well it depends on your type of metal man. Solid states are great, Alex Lifeson used overdrive for Workring Man on a solid state, even though he isnt metal, it still sounds great and i tihink it could be used for a more dirty kinda playin. Tube amps are better for overdrive in my opinion, they make it scream more.

[Hallman88]

i love it rush at 6:34

[supersucker72]

nice dead kennedy's riff

[MVilorio]

excuse me where do you plug in the les paul?

[ChipShankGuitar1]

@ about 6:12

[econgblues626]

hi PGS! is this good for gossing up my marshall amp for solos? thanks.

[29396]

One thing that alot of people miss is that the Hardwire series is by Digitech

[paparazzi3p]

So?

[ryancrl]

Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. And Andy does it again.

[tiddlywinks98712]

If u put other pedals infront of this pedal, wud it sound like putting them infront of an actual cranked tube amp??

[bigskymind81]

is this a true bypass?

thanks...coz it its a true bypass im gonna buy it to you guys..pgs

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

Yes this is true bypass.

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

Yes, all of the Hardwire pedals are True Bypass.

Thank you,

PGS

[MVilorio]

when does he plug in the strat??

[hellsing1983]

Vengeance rock 'n roll shower!!! 3:52

[SuperSchwebel]

My GF got me this pedal for christmas, and I love it. Sounds great. Except for a tuner pedal and a wah, it's now all I use.

[cunjoz]

smart GF....nice.....on 4:12 sounds a lot like some sort of fuzz...

[iagobroxado]

Johnny Winter's Mean Town Blues at the end.. Andy I take my hat off to you.. in what pedal demo we hear something like this? Great product!

[jwuonog]

Is this a TS clone, or is it a different circuit?

[BoburtoJr123]

modded clone

[CaptainMoomar]

this pedal rocks. its like a tube screamer and a mxr wylde overdrive mated and created this! its very customizable which is what i like about it! bombproof too :D

[Markus8390]

nice demonstration with the "fly by night" great song

[unearth1980]

OMG to many new good overdrive pedals comming out this year and it drives me crazy.!!! This urge to get new ones got to stop! Stick to my moded TS9 and concentrate more on practicing!

[dkrumrie123]

haha a good player is always better than good tone!

[wookiedude]

Too Drunk to Fuck!

Too Drunk to Fuck!

Too Drunk!

To Fuck!

[iesetabominae]

DK FTW!

[jcall7]

does this do the same kind of thing a tube screamer does. if so which would be better

[JoeRubeo]

i had a reissue Ts808 with a Keeley Mod, but i traded it for this pedal, and The Hardwire was exactly what i was looking for. The Hardwire has more volume, True bypass, Active EQ, and 2 gain controls. I love it b/c i can get that Tube Screamer tone but i can bring in more bass for a fatter tone that does not loose the presence that cuts really nice. i Love this sound and i've owned other overdrives Lovepedals, Barbers, Zvex and this guy is worth experimenting with.

hope this helps.

[bigskymind81]

hey..i got this pedal now..what do you recomend for distortion,,im gonna put the distortion after this pedal...im choosing between MXR3 and VOX satchurator..hope you can give some inputs..thanks

[nisselon]

Blackstar HT DIST man..... try it ... I say no more.... I´m gonna put a demo out on these pedals.... I got CM-2 and HT dist .... man , this is the best configuration I've ever had....

[lute760]

Satchurator all the way,but the other Hardwire distortion pedals are every bit as good as the Vox satchurator!

[ruffles272]

and about 100 dollars less...

[hiddeneclipseRG23]

I have a Marshall AVT150h and it is valvestate and does not quite have to tube sound.. can i run this pedal through any amp? or can you only run it though a tube amp?

[wardmcse]

Yes, the pedal will work with any quitar amp. Use a clean setting on the amp and dial in the gain with this pedal.

[Epiphone314]

eny amp. thats why it was made.

[blakegamemaster]

it will run through any kind of amp

[Tretti12]

you can run it through any amp

it's just a pedal to simulate the overdrive of a tube amp! so it's for sounding like a tube amp

[XFattMonsterX]

TRUE BYPASS! I have 3 of the Hardwire pedals now, and I think they are great! Can't decide whats next, this one or the Valve Distortion...These are replacing all of my Boss pedals. Sound great with the new Orange!...

[Epiphone314]

how much are they?

[BoburtoJr123]

the the normal price of any pedal really like about 100-120 cuz there newa and really good

[iLikechevelle]

100 bucks or so

[lern2swim]

My question would be whether or not it's actually "true bypass" or if they're just bullshitting the term like a lot of pedal companies are doing lately.

[Stephan0070]

they are true bypass (ie, they remove the signal from the entire circuit with bypass on). You can turn off the true bypass.

[gtrjoe68]

Is this pedal compatable to the ibanez tube screamer?

[lern2swim]

They're both overdrive pedals. So, if you mean "comparable" then yes. IF you really mean "compatible" then... well.. I guess but I don't see any reason to have 2 overdrives.

[Metallicrazy]

4:42 is BEST TONE!

[sonnycrocket]

Gotta love DK :D

[d00derson]

TOO DRUNK TO FUCK!!

[god3334]

i have a peavey valveking 112 combo, would this pedal used in conjunction with the amps overdrive channel give me a good metal sound with out destroying the amps natural tone

[fretboardpyro]

i'm using a mxr dyna comp, maxon 808 and a boss ds-1 with the melanhead mod on the clean channel of mine, i've never really been too happy with the amps overdrive channel. Really really brutal! i'm sure this would do part of the job but not all of it. Sure its expensive, but satisfying!

[tizz777]

i like playing led zeppelin and ac/dc and classic rock stuff. would this pedal be better than the marshall guvnor for playing classic rock stuff?

[StanwoodSpartans]

should i buy this or the

keeley modded ibanez tube scream ts9dx flexi?

^steve vai uses this

[prakashrajgopal]

How does this pedal fare against the Bad Monkey?

[davedono]

this guy's true bypass, i don't think the bad monkey is.

[prakashrajgopal]

How does this pedal fare against the Bad Monkey?

[predz23]

i wanna know how it sounds with the overdrive cahnnel on the amp for metal tone

[mcneely2818]

"overdrive" pedals aren't generally used for metal. Mostly blues, and classic rock. They're supposed to give you the sound of a naturally overdriven tube amp. Using it in conjuction with the distortion channel on your amp might produce some interesting results, but it would be better to just purchase a "metal distortion" pedal. Digitech offers one from the hardwire line, I beleve.

[samuelmichaud]

so it's no analog.

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

Yes this is an analog overdrive.

[cracksnake]

it depends on how the amp sounds to begin with. A 'metal' amp like a 5150 or dual rect will sound a mazing with an overdrive pedal. Digitech metal master gets a decent metal tone out of a fender 1x10 for 80 bux-ish.

[apguitarguy401]

aren't these made by the digitech company, just another name??

[darkgamer240]

It is Digitech, Hardwire is just a new line of pedals

[Metallicrazy]

yeah but Hardwire IMO and a lot of other people's is way up there for digitech: they are comprable to way better pedals.

[TheRealFnSeanJohn]

is he playing "Too Drunk to Fuck" in the beginning.

[Bluesguy92]

is this analog or digital?

[lexist7]

analog.

[PrjktfrznflmZ23]

Whats the difference btwn a distortion and an Overdrive pedal? I´m sorry, i just started playing and wanted 2 know.