Hermida Audio Zendrive Pedal demo

[TheHumbuckerboy]

Please don't diminish the impact of your fine playing by saturating your sound with too many effects in the future.Using a more basic set-up as you are doing here allows your soulful qualities to shine because it is more honest .

[otisray99]

You have obviously never tried it...

[otisray99]

People need to wake up and realize the Tanabe Dumkudo and Zenkudo kick ass on the Zendrive! I had the Zen did not like it, sounds sterile, sold it. The Dumkudo is an amazingly versatile pedal with the 3 mode switch, sell the ZEN, buy the Tanabe Dumkudo!!!

[Stringprodigy]

@otisray99 bullcrap

[MatiBtodo14]

Dude you've got great style man, seriously. Like good melodic playing in blues is not as easy as it sounds

[MatiBtodo14]

Whats that song at 3:40? Or is it just self created improv background

[MrJguitarH]

john mayer!!

[Boyke93]

Really great sound, which amp do u use? Fender Blues?

[TheDennisod]

The pedal sounds nice ...are you on the clean channel of the amp ?/

[theinck]

are you John Mayer? you're pretty damn good. sweet tone.

[fireflyfingers]

Tasty stuff man!

[twinnexus]

great demo and great playing!

[abratskeller]

Nice play style. 100% JM, but done well :)

[skylewalton]

oooooooooooooooooooooooo ya.....the meters....

[LuXguitaR]

What an amazing pedal!

[stratmanrik]

Hey nice playing, is that a 62 hotrod strat ? I just got one myself, great big chunky neck on them.

[cm0220ster]

Larry Carlton and Robben Ford have been using Dumbles for many years, way before Mayer. However if you read interviews with Robben, when he is traveling he often uses a ZenDrive through a Fender Super Reverb rather then take his expensive Dumbles, for example, overseas. In his (dated) gear video on here, he also espouses Fender Twins. I've also heard a video on here with a played playing a Les Paul>Zendrive> Twin and just nails that tone.

[njdkidd1231]

how old are you? how long have you been playing? great job hear! love hearin all the john mayer in this

[gman8thst]

Nice playing! I love my Zen...the more I use it the more I get from it.

[punkdude543]

the first you played, isn't that what john plays on the "200 guitars" video when he plays the L5?

[bbonta]

Found this on a forum.

someone found Johns Settings from when he still used a Hot Rod Deville.

Hot Rod Settings: Treble 6, Bass 9, Mid 4, Reverb 5, Presence 6, Bright setting off

[LukeRblues]

How long did it take for you to get it after you order it from Hermida?

[Andypandy525]

I ordered one on a sunday and received it thursday : ) shipped internationally too!

[whowasthursday]

more rock less talk

[co10boy]

Great JM sound! Really good licks! Email me the tabs for the intro to city love cross orads version please.

[petermelton]

transcribe!

[guitar4HimJIC]

3:09 to 3:58

[idp43]

hey what are you playing at like 3:50

[guitar4HimJIC]

well at 4:12 he plays cissy strut, 3:50 he is finishing up a little jam that is pretty sweet. in between, we call that noodling.

[idp43]

NOODLING!! omg yea thanks that was so helpful

[JRTET21]

Can you do a John Petrucci solo?

[guitarskater11]

can you get the i dont need no doctor solo tone with this?

[blahman178]

probably. this pedal gets a dumble like tone, and two rock amps (the one's john mayer uses) are made to sound like dumble amps as well. JM also uses this exact pedal.

[3singlesntheblues]

does this get you the closest to JM's tone? i love that creamy, squishy tone on the song Belief from the WTLI DVD. you know what im talkin about?

[jtbussiere]

that clean tone is the result of a $45,000 amp called a dumble as well as his Two-Rock amps. This is why you never hear a clean tone like Mayer's...no one has the amps he has....

[3singlesntheblues]

well, i knew that...... but im not talking about clean tone, at all.

and i've answered my own question - this does get you closer than anything. N/M p/u on a Strat>zendrive on low gain>clean amp with reverb (some delay) is mayer all the way

[bulenterdem1977]

if you turn off the gain knob, does it give you clean tone?

[InevitableGravity]

great playing man

[Rickyyy001]

haha dude i feel the same way!!!

lol i have a pod x3 live it all just sounds fakish!

haha good luck man!

[BoulderB2]

Great job man I'm sure you've had lessons but it's take all kinds of hard dedication to play like you I play as well but I don't have a camera to post video's right now. Plus your more of a jazz/Blues sound. Me I like playing that but I'm more of a Heavy metal person. Once again great job!

[Yozo84]

Hey man how much did u pay for that zendrive?? Where did u get it from??

[jplong114]

Great tone, I have a 62 HR strat and a 410 Deville also. I normally use a TS808 but it gets a little muddy at times. If you want some crazy ass distortion try running a BIg Muff through your Deville on the "More Drive" with your tone on your guitar turned down. It's like a wall of sound!

[SteelStringSlinger]

SWEET TONES. This clip pushed my over the edge to order a Zendrive. coming tomorrow!

Any tips or things to study (scales, etc) to play like your style?

[jazznowsee]

Thanks! The pentatonic scale is a good scale to learn. Listen to a lot of different artists...it will help mold your own style :)

[YogiSizzle]

The Mixolydian is good too. You can mix it in when penatonic licks to get a Jazzier/Jam band type feel. I find it useful from time to time to vary my licks.

[Andypandy525]

I need this one :  )

[niche773]

Subscribed, lets see more. Great playing. Have you checked out mayers dvd "where the light is"? If you haven't its a must buy,

[guitarvoxman]

Nice tone mate.. some great licks.. need one of those amps..

[jmorrero]

your setting in your zendrive?

[jazznowsee]

Tone-3; Volume-9; Gain-3; Voice-3

[GuitarFJN]

Hey dude! Is it possible for this pedal to get the tone of John mayer's strat, like it sounds when he's playing crossroads with Eric Clapton in this - watch?v=Zh4n1bZi4d8 -??????

[jazznowsee]

Oh ya, you could get if very close to the tone on that vid.

[Yozo84]

Hey man really nice playing, TONE is gr8, where did u find that pedal??How much did u pay for it??

[jazznowsee]

I found this one on eBay, although you can find it on Hermida Audio's website for $179 I believe. Thank you!

[FredeJyllMusic]

What are your pickups? I really think your tone is amazing!

[jazznowsee]

I never really found out what they are, but I think they are just called Hot Rod pickups. Thanks!

[lukatme2]

sounds really great! Have you tried an xotic bb preamp? Very nice as well. Maybe one day we can trade.

[Stefanrocks]

can you tell me how much that costs and where you found it? i love it i want one.

[jazznowsee]

You can go to Hermida Audio's website and they have them for $179+shipping, but I've heard there's a pretty long waiting list. I got mine off of eBay for around $200. You should definitely get one...it's my favorite pedal :)

[Stefanrocks]

thanks!, are they relatively new? because i think i might just wait for the comotion and the price to die down

[jazznowsee]

That I'm not sure of, but I think right now the wait time is relatively short.

[texbls]

Wow, you got very good ideas, I could say this is mayer playing if, I had only recording.

[jazznowsee]

Thank you very much!

[Rootedst]

At 2:36 you played a country lick that I'm pretty sure I heard Peter Vogl(sp?) play on a video on youtube.

Could you direct me to where you found it?

[jazznowsee]

Sorry my guitar teacher taught it to me. I'll try and find it, though.

[hipginzajazzyblues]

im a big fan of you..

i've watched all of you vid.

you not a best guitar player in youtube but it's great for a 2 years old player!nice tone you've got. you've inspired me.

rock on dude!!

[blahman178]

the part starting at about 3:11 , you are doing some groovy finger stuff. is that a particular song, or is it just a bit of tasty improv?

[jazznowsee]

It's just a little groove I made up. Thanks!

[blahman178]

very cool, very mayer-ish.

[klasek]

I like that pedal! Gotta get one of those! But of course, the guy at the controls (you) deserves most of the credit for how it sounds!

[ZenDriveSeven]

Seperated at birth? Nice playing, tone and gear.

[blahman178]

very dumble like. cool sound, cool playing. why is berklee in the tag?

[jazznowsee]

I like Berklee :)

[blahman178]

yeah, I am also 15 and looking to go there. I don't know if I will apply though. Anyway cool stuff.

[GuitarLengends456]

asweme

[u786812]

Hi Miles, "that" is a great sound and your playin' is awesome, good feeling*****

I agree, there's a diference between a multy-board and separated pedals,

i'm also in for separated,

it's like a'n amp. with tubes or transistors,

good choise !!!

Grtz---Kurt---Belgium...

[wallis222]

sounds good, but i like your tone in your City Love video better.

[speclk19]

Great tone.  Really liked your rendition of "Red House" at the end. How much did this pedal set you back?

[jazznowsee]

Thank you! I paid about $200 for this on eBay.