You don't need a tube amp for good OD tone, but if you are not an experienced player an OD is actually a hard pedal to use. You "play" it - the harder you pick, the more "driven" the sound and you clean up by light picking &/or rolling off your guitar volume. 4 things screw up OD use: bad right hand control; compressors; too low amp volume; digital amps (tubes are best; solid state sometimes OK; digital usually awful). This is a decent sounding OD IMO-but you have to know how to play with one.
Remember that Peta uses in this video a good and expensive guitar, and he CAN play the guitar. In his hand sounds almost everything good, believe me, I saw him so much to play.
Have I made a mistake in buying this pedal... No matter what i try can't get sounds anywhere near this video.
it's going back in it's box & staying there.. now maybe i have the
wrong amp or guitar ( 3 of them) but my amp ( line 6 spider1 ) sounds better on it's own.Should this unit only be used on a valve amp .. I'm not slagging this pedal off because if it's not intended to be used with a solid state amp then it's my mistake but i've not seen that stated anywhere.
Peta on the video uses an Artec G25 small combo. So you dont need any tube amp to recieve the same sound. The pedal knows that sound there is no trick on the video, but personally I dont like Line6 spider.
Hi Sycamber , thanks for reply. i've tried pedal with 2 other 20watt practise amps i have & still not sounding right at all.still get better sound from spider or my pod2..
I'll try playing around with pedal again but i don't have much hope that it'll sound any better no matter what I try .. seems to give more treble/brightness to sound rather than a bluesy sound. maybe i need to buy a G25 combo ...LOL.
I`m agree .. Line 6 Amps.... sound really bad for me .. unless you have a personal taste on line6 amps.. but for me, thet sound too digital.. and pedals like this one... won`t sound in the way they should be.
The problem is you have a digital modeling amp, not a solid state amp, they generally don't sound good with external effects. Try the pedal with either a tube amp or an analog solid state amp and see if you like it.
@keforfender i think your amp is the problem, digital modeling amps usually don't responde well to pedals. you'll just have to use the blues sounds from your crappy line 6 amp, or buy a very simple "input - volume knob - speaker - sound" guitar amp.
@keforfender a good experienced versatile guitar player can make a rubber band nailed to a board sound good. It is all in the hands of the user.Line 6 are shite amp.s and if you are not playing a G & L or an Ibanez guitar then you are on the wrong track.
@keforfender Don't ditch the pedal...ditch that Line-6 amp. I had the same one and I couldn't get ANY pedals to work with it. I finally sold it for $50 to a co-worker and bought a Fender Princeton 650 which is WORLDS BETTER and still a combo amp.
Trust me, the only thing holding your sound back is that crappy line-6 amp.
Great sound!!
rupo90 7 months ago
damn this guy's got very tasteful playing!
ermonski 10 months ago
@Rhythmicangels92 :I just bought one e bay. we'll see what it sounds like compared to my real JCM 900 2 x12 Marshall combo amp. !
taariqtaariq 11 months ago
Great sound and playing!! Please feel free to befriend me on my F.B. ,etc.
I'm always looking for great musicians like you.
What is the guitar and the amp if I may ask? Thank you very much!
markusziman9 1 year ago
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dekacster 1 year ago
You don't need a tube amp for good OD tone, but if you are not an experienced player an OD is actually a hard pedal to use. You "play" it - the harder you pick, the more "driven" the sound and you clean up by light picking &/or rolling off your guitar volume. 4 things screw up OD use: bad right hand control; compressors; too low amp volume; digital amps (tubes are best; solid state sometimes OK; digital usually awful). This is a decent sounding OD IMO-but you have to know how to play with one.
silvrface 2 years ago
Sounds really nice.
JoePerry4Life1 2 years ago 5
Remember that Peta uses in this video a good and expensive guitar, and he CAN play the guitar. In his hand sounds almost everything good, believe me, I saw him so much to play.
Vendel13 2 years ago
Great sounds on video.
Have I made a mistake in buying this pedal... No matter what i try can't get sounds anywhere near this video.
it's going back in it's box & staying there.. now maybe i have the
wrong amp or guitar ( 3 of them) but my amp ( line 6 spider1 ) sounds better on it's own.Should this unit only be used on a valve amp .. I'm not slagging this pedal off because if it's not intended to be used with a solid state amp then it's my mistake but i've not seen that stated anywhere.
keforfender 2 years ago
Hey,
Peta on the video uses an Artec G25 small combo. So you dont need any tube amp to recieve the same sound. The pedal knows that sound there is no trick on the video, but personally I dont like Line6 spider.
Sycamber 2 years ago
Hi Sycamber , thanks for reply. i've tried pedal with 2 other 20watt practise amps i have & still not sounding right at all.still get better sound from spider or my pod2..
I'll try playing around with pedal again but i don't have much hope that it'll sound any better no matter what I try .. seems to give more treble/brightness to sound rather than a bluesy sound. maybe i need to buy a G25 combo ...LOL.
keforfender 2 years ago
I`m agree .. Line 6 Amps.... sound really bad for me .. unless you have a personal taste on line6 amps.. but for me, thet sound too digital.. and pedals like this one... won`t sound in the way they should be.
Cheers!
xino44 7 months ago
The problem is you have a digital modeling amp, not a solid state amp, they generally don't sound good with external effects. Try the pedal with either a tube amp or an analog solid state amp and see if you like it.
Lavabug 2 years ago
@keforfender i think your amp is the problem, digital modeling amps usually don't responde well to pedals. you'll just have to use the blues sounds from your crappy line 6 amp, or buy a very simple "input - volume knob - speaker - sound" guitar amp.
WouterGuitarFreak 1 year ago 4
@keforfender a good experienced versatile guitar player can make a rubber band nailed to a board sound good. It is all in the hands of the user.Line 6 are shite amp.s and if you are not playing a G & L or an Ibanez guitar then you are on the wrong track.
taariqtaariq 11 months ago
@keforfender Don't ditch the pedal...ditch that Line-6 amp. I had the same one and I couldn't get ANY pedals to work with it. I finally sold it for $50 to a co-worker and bought a Fender Princeton 650 which is WORLDS BETTER and still a combo amp.
Trust me, the only thing holding your sound back is that crappy line-6 amp.
Dm
Detman101 1 month ago
dont use it as a booster it sucks
spuogis 2 years ago
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MichaelTheStrange 3 years ago
Impressive blues sound. Never heard of these pedals till now. By the way, nice guitar playing, congrats!
istmap 3 years ago