Voodoo Lab's Sparkle Drive MOD

Here is Voodoo Lab's James Santiago at the Baked Potato in Los Angeles, CA with the prototype Sparkle Drive MOD. For this section, the pedal was in the MODE 4 lead setting which delivers a thick bottom end while adding more gain and a smoother top-end.

The rest of the rig consisted of in signal path order:

Sparkle Drive MOD
Echoplex Tape Delay (used as a slap and turned town at the star of the vid)
Mid 60's Fender Twin Reverb (in a head) with a THD Hotplate
2x12 open back cab with Celestion

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Guitar
• Baked Potato
• Sparkle Drive
• Echoplex
• James Santiago
• Volto
• John
• Rock Blues
• Electric Guitar
• Fender
• Twin Reverb
• Dumble

[colbys1019]

What was your amp/pedaboard setup?

[voodoolabvid]

@colbys1019 I put the entire list up in the video details! :)

[jst601]

Is this a factory offered mod? Where can we get details? Nice sound.

[voodoolabvid]

@jst601 The mod is now part of the new Sparkle Drive MOD pedal which should be out in the next couple months (we hope). The new one had 4 total mods that go from the original 808 sound to this fat lead tone, to an extra high-gain scooped mid modern tone. More info on our website is coming soon!

[georgebig2]

Wow! What parts of gear gives this Robben Fordish Tone?

[voodoolabvid]

@georgebig2 Actually, I had a pretty loud slap echo going at the beginning of the solo. That's one of Robben's biggest tone ingredients next to the fact that the guy has great phrasing! :)

I was also playing a very loud old Fender which along with the slap, and the humbucker in my old strat can totally get you tones close to Robben's.

[cbfeeling]

Nice playing James! Sounds great. I'll be looking this unit.

[tleonard42]

proud to know that guy.

[t0dd707]

THAT GUY IS COMPLETELY AWESOME!

[ahrtnstn1]

Where's that tone comin from? Oh yeah! His fingers!! Look at em go.  Kinda curious what that black humbucker in the bridge is tho..

[MrBigdaddy7115]

KIcks butt guitar player has spent some time in the wood shead, sound like 70s chic corea. very very good

[nylonsteel]

I dig it :) Can you post some more demos or info on the 'giggity' soon?

[mckockiner]

Get down!!

[videoJamHandy]

Nice, exceptional... reminiscent of the Jeff Beck "Blow By Blow" and "Wired" years...