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  • To me sounds like a compressor, if you play with EMG's pick ups, you don't really need this pedal

  • I REALLY hate it when a review video has 3:30 worth of chatty gibberish in the beginning. I wanna hear the pedal, not you talking.

  • @jasonlowe55

    now you know not to visit this video again, lucky us...

  • The "BBE Sonic Stomp" Maximizer unit really makes a Big difference in most anybody's guitar rig or effects pedal board!!Period!!I have found that it feels & sounds best to set your "Contour" to (#10) & "Process" to (#8) or (#9) as this gives your Chords & Notes & Phrases amazing Punchiness & Clarity that is next to impossible to get without it!!Believe me...you will become accustomed to hearing & feeling this "Patented" Circuitry everytime you plug in your guitar or BASS sounds Amazing too!!!

  • @CaptAntiGravity

    right on, i just plugged one in from my Boss GT-10 into my Randall 1/4 stacks, and it made those Randalls seem like a whole new amp, amazing...I love the sound of tube amps. but if you want your SS to sound amazing, try one of these things...

  • Hello my guitar brothers, i have the unit that's in this Video & I also purchased an "BBE Sonic Stomp Acoustimax" Unit for acoustic guitars on the same day..and let me tell you folks... all the Studio Sound Engineer's that have tweaked all my EQ frequencies actually love this "BBE AcoustiMax Unit" as you can readily "Dial in" those hard to reach frequencies without messing with your main EQ setUp and get awesome punchy presence!!!Enjoy your Music!!!

  • wow big difference! very subtle but in a good way.

  • "and thats when racks were really big" XDD

  • with the distortion, it sounded like you took a comforter off of your amp before you activated the pedal. even though your tone was already awesome

  • its like a loudness effect for your amp...rounds the sound out, sounds fuller.

  • What would this maximizer give when attached to a JVM410?

  • @Antilevitation hey brother "Antilevitation" responding to your question (if you're still around) it will actually wakesup your over all tone & harmonics and will tend to make you turn your Volume down abit as you are able to hear all the essence & punchiness on every note, phrases & chords without having to cram all the incoherent soundpressure into your brain!!Ha!!TakeCare

  • @CaptAntiGravity I like your name CaptAntiGravity! :D & thanks!

  • PLEASE DO THE MXR DIME DISTORTION WITH THE BBE SONIC MAXIMIZER!!!

  • great vid

  • The clean effect was mellow but really pleasant... the dirty side was a gorgeous improvement! It makes me miss my electric rock'n'roll days. Good review!

  • this is on my list, thanks for doing my dirty work

  • i cant hear no diffrence...

  • that is one of my best purchases yet and I've bought alot

  • good demo, i appreciate it -- this seems to be along the lines of what i need

  • nice. huge diference with high levels on pedal. I wonder what it would sound like with my lp standard and twin reverb

  • Tone King dude you helped me understand the bbe sonic stomp i never really understood what it did till now thanks man! Would this work if my doesn't have effects loop? If so where would I put it?

  • sup tone king i have a line 6 hd100 with jj tubes... i think thats what there called but i was thinking about using a sonic stomp with it do you think i should?

  • It's like without it, there's a blanket over the cab, and when it's on, the blanket is removed!

  • He says it should be the last thing before the amp

    \/\/

  • what if you were running this in a pedal chain... where would you place it such as volume,comp,overdrive,distorti­on,delay,reverb? tahnks!

  • "tone king", what is the use of demoing a pedal with such a subtle difference with a camera mic, you can't judge ANYTHING through a crappy mic.

    You're wasting your and our time with these useless reviews, you'd think a "tone king" would realise that you need a GUITAR AMP MIC to demo a pedal or amp...

  • @fend14 the sonic maximizer adds more than a subtle difference. Look at other reviews of it and you'll see. A subtle difference on a crappy camera mic probably equals big difference in person.

  • @fend14 first of all it is no SUBLTE difference, that is the POINT. you sound like a snob saying one "has to use guitar amp mic". you get the before and after sounds, pedal on and off that is enough. when YOU play at home.. do you install a guitar amp mic in front of your 5watt amp. go to a mixer and from the mixer to headphones, so you get (in your opinion) "the best sound"? i don't think so

  • @GeekG this is just rediculous, even 'TTK' doubted the camera would pick up the difference, and yes when i record i use a 57 and go to a mixer.

    A good guitar sound is all about harmonic overtones, dynamics and response. A camera mic compresses, and colours the sound by itself, just like the BBE, making this video worthless.

  • @fend14 I agree completely with GeekG - I've just listened to this demo through the crappy speakers on my laptop and I can still hear a noticeable difference, particularly when he's using the dirty sound with the controls boosted. As for the BBE compressing and coloring the sound, what the hell are you talking about? - I'd say it does the exact opposite.

  • This guy made a shit review all becuase he played an open tone string ringing, what he called, a riff. I own this pedal, and it's amazing, this doesn't do it any justice.

  • I tihnk this pedal sounds really nice. To me it sounds like it's boosting the really high frequencies say 18k or more so it adds clarity and a bit of presence although the low contour sounds a bit... naff =S

  • Yep, that sounds just like an EQ with a V profile (mid cut) = bad bad bad for tone!

  • barely any difference

  • does this add any humming with a distortion pedal?

  • I wanna live in that room.

  • it sounds awesome with the dirty channel

    is it better to put it through the effects loop or in a signal chain?

    and if in the signal chain, would it go before or after a noise suppressor

    thanks

  • just sounds like a treble boost

  • It does but it's not. I've looked at the circuit and appears to be a state space feedback control system of some sort

  • i use this set up with a modded Boss SD-1 for a boost up front. it makes the amp a whole new beast! the diffrance really comes in when in drop tunnings.

    oh and like always a great review!!!

  • i play jackson and ibanez guitars through an Engl invader head and laney 4x12 cab with vintage 30's, would this pedal be a useful addition to my set up?

    ps style is predominatly melo death, but also blues/rock etc

  • its sounds like 1band eq, i think any common eq would be better and way more versatile

  • I liked it on the clean sound, but absolutely not on the distortion, it took away the organic sound and made it sound harsh.

  • Whatever douche ~ when he turns it up on the distortion, it enables him to add enough high-end clarity to get out of the mud-zone.

    Sure, your mud sounds good in your garage, but thats why you dont understand the value here. This pedal will enable a guitar player to cut through the mix and be well defined at the same time. Keep your "organic" mud if ya like...

  • Welcome to earth, which planet did you come from? I'm sure you are one of those guys showing up with a Line 6 or DigiTech pedal throwing the treble completely open ;') I can imagine the conversation with your future band mates "what the hell are you doing?!" .. "shut up ~douche~, I need to cut through your ~drum-zone~". Ever noticed the 'mid' and 'volume' knob?

  • The trick is with this pedal, its really not "quite" treble which it enhances. And no, lol, Im not someone who shear peoples skin off with treble at shows, lol. I hate that too.

    But thats what rare about this pedal. Its not quite a treble boost, and not quite a presence boost either. Its a clarity booster. Sure at its extreme end, itll get bright and trebley as all get out, but its weird ~ its not a treble or presence boost but a third beast of that type ~ im stickin with "clarity boost" :P

  • i've got one of these on my pedal board and its the most indispensable pedal i have. makes my clean tone sparkle and it really boosts the sound of my distortion pedals making it sound deeper, chunkier, tighter.... get one

  • I have the rack version, 462 I think. Personally I like it, but like most things its individual taste. Rock on Tone King!

  • Thanks for doing what you do. We enjoy the videos. You keep it clean and honest, so you're welcome in our home anytime. Keep 'em comin'!

  • Honestly it just sounds like a pedal that drops mids and has a contour knob and that's about it. Maybe if your amp doesn't provide a contour knob I can see getting this.

  • O YEA SKID ROW!!!

  • ... unbelievable....i need this pedal.

    what if i don't have an fx loop though???

  • then you just plug it between your guitar and amp input!!

  • lol thanks, wasn't sure if it would be as effective. I should have specified that I'm using 2 pedals right now (metal muff and morley wah) and I just wanted to make sure that I'd still get the same clarity without an fx loop

  • Rack vs stompbox? Difference?

  • racks sound better!!

  • LOL....yeah and your big hair makes you play better right?

  • That is a nice guitar, TTK!

  • I totally disagree with DL390... This pedal is a must have on every board. I've used this pedal on every amp I have owned in the last 6 years and it's by far the most significant effect that I have... I could not live without it now.

  • I actually prefer without it, it sounds warmer, which is what I like :) Great video though.

  • could you please review the Fender Fuzz Wah? I'm thinking of asking for one for Christmas but I wanna know your expert opinion TK!

    \m/

  • i have the rack unit and also the pedal. the efect its so subtle and efective. no damage tone at all. great must have tool for a live and recording guitar player!!!!!

  • and also you should show us what you got in your rack after this 30 day pedal thing.

    also i liked what you said at the end :)

  • Was your clean riff from a song or did u just make it up? sounds familiar and i really liked it so i was just wonderin

  • haha i though you said Iraqi

  • Thanks Tone King!  You convinced me to unpack my Sonic Stomp and play it again!

  • Sounds fat on the Dirty channel.

  • Sounds heavier too!

  • Hey tone king, what do you think of the ht-5? Ive heard good things about them and I love the whole low wattage tube amp thing. Another great vid \M/

  • nice head. 2 channel, uk/us voice and an fx loop. I bought it. i own it. Sounds pretty good. Hope thta helps!

  • I have one in my rack right now, mines a 462, and I love it. It really does make a difference. I first learned about BBE from Marty Friedman. He has always used one.

  • I've heard about this thing, but never really thought it's THAT useful.

    Looking at prices for it right now.

    Thanks.

  • while on the dirty channel it really does make it sound better

  • I think it really compliments the sounds on higher pitch rather than the more bass parts of a song

  • ToneKing, you are the man! Thanks for all of these great videos... 'tis much appreciated. Cheers!!

  • SKID ROW ROCKS!!!!!!

  • an EQ pedal does about 90% of what this does, except for the phase compensation part.

  • Thanks for a GREAT review TTK. Im glad to see you in standard tuning again :)

  • any marshal class 5 demos soon?

  • i kinda need that thing... wow im wondering what that would sound like with my ENGL Powerball

  • The BBE 482i is the same thing but 2 channels. It's a must have, killer piece of gear. : )

  • You should totally review the new droptune pedal

  • sounds a lot clearer with, like an album recording

  • it was a lot more crisp i think

  • Great job! Thanks for the review.

  • I was wondering how this pedal sounds in front of an amp that doesn't have an effects loop.. anybody?

  • I heard no difference on clean and hardly any difference distorted-doesnt really seem worth it.

  • You obviously don't have enough experience man.

  • Hilarious-it has to be my experience level and not say, my computer speakers?

  • Awesome job using the Blackstar. The gain channel really clears up. Makes me want to look into getting 1 for mine.

  • I had the 884I and thought it colored the sound too much.

  • Thanks for the vid! Love the Roman have to get one of those. Great wood on that.

  • Hey tone king, what is that guitar?!?! its beautiful, i want to look into the company that makes it

  • ya what guitar is that?

  • Comment removed

  • The name is in the video description.

  • thanks, i wanted to clear up my tone i guess i know what to get now

  • Thanks TK

  • wow...  really really sweet pedal... gotta get this DEFINITELY!

  • Wow I gotta get one of these. Awesome to finally hear a proper sound demo of the bbe. I think it's one of those things that'll always be on in my rig.

    Thanks for this ttk.

  • ew.

  • Now THAT was a decent demo of a pedal that actually HELP with your sound.

    Makes a BIG difference to the articulation of the amp/speaker.

    Clean the effect is minimal, but distorted, BIG difference!

    VERY useful module!

    1 to keep in the memory bank!

    Thanks TK!

  • I tottaly agree!

  • awesome pedal TTK and i agree with MojoPenguin but what do you think of my suggestion about reviewing the Ibanez Tube Screamer??I sent you a couple of emails but no reply...

  • He did a review of it ages back, well a comparison of it and other OD pedals, but serves the same purpose.

  • AGES ago you sa\y.... so that's one more reason why he should do revisit this classic.I was asking him if he could show us how metal players like Jeff Loomis use it etc. besides reviewing it as just an overdrive.

  • Hey Tone King, can you do a Schecter Tempest Custom Black review ? I've heard they are really cool guitars.

  • great!

  • This is actually a very nice addition to your sound. I think using a Blackstar was a very good idea. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe this will sound better on UK/British sounding amps than say Fenders which are already very clear. Nevertheless, I'm quite tempted to get one for my orange even though I do not have an effect loops. Once again thanks TTK for the awesome review \m/

  • thank you, tone king! u really delivered. this is one of the pedals that i really wanted to know more about and you nailed it. i really heard a difference in sound with and without the bbe sonic stomp. THANK YOU!

  • In my opinion anyone with an effects loop in their amp should be running one of these, even if you do not use any other pedals. He is correct, the difference is very noticeable. The video really does not capture the difference it makes but once you hear it in person you will know. I use mine to give me a little low end boost.

    When my band rehearses I sometimes do not feel like carrying my entire pedalboard to our room, but I always take my Sonic Stomp.

  • Could you do a sonic maximizer demo with your new BC Rich Doubleneck? 12-string sounds generally become muddier, especially when distorted.

  • I believe Cowon was selling them for $50 (before coupons/discounts), but I didn't pick one up because of the lack of an Amazon account. They're definitely worth checking out even if you don't play guitar. It sounds equally well on other instruments and also does wonders for your MP3/CD/cassette players (my PMP has one built in and it's easy to tell the difference between itself and any other iPod/MP3 player because of the sound quality).

  • i love the sonic maximizer! what do u think about it tone king?

  • Oooh, Ed Roman guitar. I've heard quite a few things about them. Good things, that is.

    Also, I'm hearing a subtle difference. Its probably because of Youtube, but I am hearing a difference. Sounds pretty good, though.

  • What is the Ed Roman like? I've heard some good, but also TOTALLY AWFUL things about his instruments. What do you have to say?

  • His guitars usually get good reviews but the man himself is widely lampooned on the net as a loud mouth wack job. Don't let that stop you from buying a branded guitar if you like how it sounds though!

  • I think everyone should own one of these. It would be awesome if these came built into amps.

  • nice loved it

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