AmpTweaker Pedals - Lets Raaaawkkk!

[@charliefoxtrotthe3rd335]

Man, you guys are killing me! Too much awesomeness, not enough $$$ to get it all. First off, that is a monster guitar. Take the best pickup ever made, one volume, BADASSNESS. Those are some of the best sounding pedals I have heard in a while. That red Tight Rock was dope. Love it!

[@CaptAnderton]

I liked the red one best, although I think the metal pedal is an absolute beast - just needs EQing right to stop it going too fizzy. Seriously though, these have to be some of the fiercest gain pedals I've ever heard.

[@austinanderson236]

Agreed!

[@louisrandolph4153]

Ya. It was beast beyond belif

[@KevTheSheep]

CaptAnderton I agree with the second half, but the Fat Metal was my favourite :D

[@jobiy1999]

When did you guys film this? From my knowledge Mr. Chapman is still on tour?

[@EricWW2]

On a side note: I hope you guys are going to do a Hughes and Kettner Triamp 3 video. Would love to hear your opinion on it.

[@mudhen24]

Love watching these longer videos as i diddle around on the guitar, fun to try and pick up the licks here and there!

[@jinsu2301]

I really like the idea of having an fx loop that turns on by turning the pedal off. you can essentially have your raw driven sound and then switch to your chorus-reverb-whatever clean sound without turning it into a riverdance practice.

[@joshhansen763]

agreed...it's such a simple idea, but genius at the same time...can't believe it's taken this long. James Brown is awesome.

[@bentaylor2390]

glad to see these guys got their hands on James Browns pedals. Ive been using Amptweaker for a few years and they are hands down the best distortion / OD pedals on the market.

[@MEGATROID114]

"it's not just a pedal, it's a solution." good sales pitch!

[@MeTuLHeD]

Thing I love about this pedal is how meaty it sounds...just loads of balls. Yet the tight control and noise gate do away with a lot of the ringing noisy crap that comes with such high gain settings. A masterpiece!

[@wideband]

The 2 seconds of Slayer on the Tight Metal was enough to make me want it. Perfect tone.

[@AName-mg2bd]

4:14 '..and here we observe the pedal geek in their home environment. Immediately subsequent to testing the stomp switch for reliability, we see our subject sniff the pedal for reassuring signs of quality or bad soldering...'

[@SlackWi]

remember hearing the tone king demoing these and sounding like absolute shite, finally something showing what they can do

[@flagmuffin1221]

It's the Tone King, what do you expect? I listened to him demo a good 7 string and he made it muddy as shit.

[@sollyharr]

That's because the tone twat is just that..

[@bradcarroll3719]

I know right? And the thing is he sits there with like every amp ever made, and every pedal as well.

[@21stcenturymetal31]

Watching this in 2021 and those pedals still are some of the best on the market for metal.

[@FL3pS]

thats some of the best sounds you got out of that jcm for a long time! good job and very nice pedals

[@alexainsworth9102]

That is one insane line up of pedals!

[@Pedro28725]

13:47 Always cracks me up when they do this

[@johngudgeon7454]

Just made my first Andertons purchase. Amptweaker tightdrive pro on the way to Brissy Australia.

[@ellleigh1216]

Andertons keep getting more and more awesome gear, right after I've just put together my own pedalboard! Wish I'd waited for these haha, they look awesome! Considering how well designed and featured these pedals are, £200 is not a bad price at all.

[@OmniusDWorgen]

Good review, and all of the Amptweaker stuff is amazing! (I use a TightMetal Pro)

[@GenericHipsterBestie]

Here in the US tweaking is something people do in rundown double wide trailers in the country. Nice pedals!

[@CorwynsWorld]

That Tight Rock pedal just skyrocketed to the top of my 'Semi-Superfluous Droolworthy Musical Equipment Buy List' for sure! \m/

[@BScalesguitar]

Good to see Chappers thrashing haha! These pedals are stuupidly insanely sweet sounding

[@Claimjumper55]

Those are the best distortion pedals I've heard to date! I'd be really hard pressed to choose only one of them without some serious demo time.

[@MunchMoar]

Tight rock is insanely good.

[@krimsonlediable]

Glad you are finally stocking them.

[@666jony666]

I'd say having the effects loop would be invaluable for a touring musician that has to rent amps or share someone else's. Going to a festival where you have to work with a Jcm2000 and you're used to working with a boosted Mesa or 5150 and just plugging this in and not having to mess around with the effects loop on the back of the amp. Genius.

[@matto145]

Great to see Bea repping the mongol horde tshirt!!!! Pedals sound dope

[@trevcornwall8160]

Cracking stuff :-D That fat one made Bea jump hahaha brilliant :-D

[@grizzbiz8932]

Were you powering these pedals with 9v, 18v, or anything in between? I read that they take batteries and 9 to 18 volt power supplies and I wanted to know which supply you were using. Great video as usual!

[@evanfortgang]

Hey Rob! Few questions about the future of Chapman. Firstly, when do you think the new signatures will be out? Also, is there any chance the ML-1 Pro and the Chapman Pedals can be sold at the NJ store? I live in New York and i'm waiting for your clinic to try out the ML-1 Pro and see if I want to save more money for that instead of the ML-1.

[@Carnstein]

The tightmetal is seriously awesome and you can pick them up decently cheap used! Needs some additional eqing though (prolly worth springing for the pro).

[@DannyPeel]

Got the Tight Rock a week ago. An amazing pedal but EQing it to stop it being a bit too fizzy is proving an absolute pain in the rear. I feel like for my personal use the Tight Drive would probably have been the way to go. Will give it another week or so and keep trying and if I fail I'll sell it on to make most of my money back and then get a Tight Drive.

[@styx85]

So, can the Chapman pedals compete with these? ;)

[@CaptAnderton]

***** The Chapman pedals are going to be much simpler & much cheaper, so their not really competing with AmpTweaker at all.

[@styx85]

CaptAnderton Ok, that's good to hear! Cheers :)

[@king638]

Marlon Almeida sh'affordable

[@vincentdoyle6987]

I think the Chapman pedals have just become obsolete.

[@Tom_SDM]

Supposedly the FatMetal came about as a response to guys who play more solo/shred or black metal style guitar, as opposed the the chunky, tight rhythm sounds of the TightMetal that were designed more for modern styles of metal.

[@metalex97]

Rob do you know when the ghost fret will become available for purchase?? I'm looking to buy a new guitar and it looks and sounds absoutely amazing. I just don't really want to wait another half year or something to buy a new guitar tho :D

[@User58747]

At 13:49 - that absolutely cracked me up!

[@SkYjAcKeR666]

Amp Tweaker are awesome pedals, the Amp Tweaker Pro is used on my friends album "Rannoch" Between Two Worlds album, and i have heard it live, absolute demonic. I'm surprised you ain't tried these pedals before Chappers, they are killer.

[@tomic_luka]

I my humble opinion these pedals sounded best of all the drive pedals you guys have done. Through youtube of course.

[@roelseinstr5]

It was only a matter of time before you guys got familiar with Amptweaker! I own a Tight Metal, Tight Fuzz and a Bass tight drive, best pedals I ever had.

[@DawsonClawson]

+1 for the WipeOut reference. (edit): I don't recall hearing you gents mention it, but the Tightmetal has a built-in Noise Gate, too. Also, I haven't tried it with modern amps, but it doesn't like my vintage Orange when played high volume, for practice. Works awesome at bedroom or studio levels though.

[@GingerBraFace]

Not sure if it's the guitar, the amp, or the pedals, but holy crap was that bright!

[@potatohead5309]

A pity you haven't done the Tight Fuzz Pro.

[@notfried2004]

Great video, as always. Thanks. Those sound amazing, and look like real quality pieces, well worth the loot. Now I'm curious as to how the limited edition Blues Fuzz sounds.

[@EventHorizonPrdctns]

I need to say I really appreciate your honesty, Lee, of saying there are pedals - carried by Anderton's - that run the same price tag but are not nearly in the same league. I think you rode that fine line of being professional while still being honest. After that pothole with the Mesa Clone Cab I know I felt a little let down by ya'll trying to be too politically delicate with your opinions, I'd like to see a little more of this. Additionally, I'm not sure you guys fully realize the weapon you have built-in to the 2 person partnership. Because it's on Rob's channel and he's not directly associated with Anderton's as a store he can afford to really "lay into" whatever products etc he wants to and Lee can play the role of devil's advocate/good cop. Just the chess brain talkin here.

[@CaptainKirk007]

The trick with the Tight Metal Pro is to turn up the overall level to about 2 or 3 o clock and I run mine at 18V for better head room. If you use it with a 100watt tube amp then 18V sounds best. 50W tube amp I’d use 9V. Have fun Amptweaker #1

[@garethrowley8552]

Just ordered myself the BigRock Pro from Andertons today. It's not in this demo but it's definitely the best in the Amptweaker range in my humble opinion. Anyone unfamiliar with it should check it out...

[@soulassasin10]

holy shit that tight rock pedal is AMAZING !!! i want one so bad 0_o

[@LordAethelstanVODs]

Should have grabbed the AmpTweaker Blues Fuzz for Captain!

[@alanredversangel]

Incredible demo.

[@panospapadopoulos3909]

Why don't you use the gain knob on these? It goes form far left to far right. I really wanted to hear how it sounds with little bit of gain or maxed out.

[@louaguado995]

You guys should plug overdrive/distortions into the effects return. It bypasses the tone and drive on the amps so all the sound is from the pedal.

[@chrisdavison7569]

I think the loop might work well if you want a straight drive sound for metal, then wanted to turn it off for clean, but simultaneously turn on a chorus in the loop... Nice!

[@wakjob961]

Hmmm... running these pedals through the Marshalls front end? Try them through that amps FX Loop Return, then add a V30 loaded cab.

[@robertbevanvonkopp7155]

Should have demonstrated the gate c'mon guys That's an awesome gate James delivered the world

[@peterlespaul]

You guys got a personal favorite out of the pedals?

[@lordhumungous7908]

Great video as usual. But you missed the greatest pedal, the basic Tight Metal. I got mine just before the Pro version came out and I'm glad I did. I think if I got the Pro I would be forever messing with the EQ. The sound I get from the original Tight Metal is awesome and I don't want to change it. Haha

[@jackroberts399]

Hope you guys do more videos of these pedals, preferably featuring the fuzz pedal

[@cpamiseso]

I tried those pedals in a shop nearby, they're awesome (and quite pricey as well of course) and deliver good sound, for distortion or overdrive you're looking for. Quite really the answer if you're looking something 'all-in' in one pedal of a distortion/overdrive. Still I would want another Carl Martin's anyway.

[@vbence12]

Hello Rob. I was wondering about which part of my guitar gear should I upgrade. In your opinion which is a better scenario an okayish amp and a small pedalboard vs a,slightly better amp?

[@theneglected3144]

I'm not Rob. But you should get an incredible amp, then save some money, and then buy some pedals

[@Gregorypeckory]

Floyd Savage Agreed; better to do without pedals for a while and put it all into the basics: guitar and amp. A totally dry sound from a great amp beats a ton of effects though a crappy sounding amp. Or maybe you can find a nice used amp with a couple built in effects, like one of the Vox modelling hybrids, or better yet, a Yamaha DG80-112; they are around if you do a search. They sound great, and have chorus, reverb, and delay. They also are programmable with 128 memory locations, and a bunch of great sounding amp models; also loud enough to rip your ears off. You can find them in the $3-600 range.

[@JManBanshee]

Cant see a TightRock pro on the website is the BigRock pro pretty much the same or is there a BigRock pedal standard?

[@richardsteffens6159]

So many good tones \m/

[@budgetguitarist]

Bad ass pedals. More Bea!

[@jamesshephard5910]

Just bought the Tight Rock, easily the best distortion pedal I've ever used.

[@jacobhaskins811]

James Shephard yo i was just wondering if the tight rock can do some metal tones. ik they have a tight metal pro but i want something a little more versatile

[@iDealMedley]

proud owner of tight metal pro! they are the effing shit!

[@peterbird8599]

the only thing that spoiled the presentation was the guy fiddling around with the knobs. I couldn’t hear the different settings

[@BrandonNevermind]

My Radial Trimode has a built in effects loop on the lead channel, but you need a y cable for it.

[@CDIngallsMusic]

I would love to see you guys demo the Sovereign Distortion from Wampler Pedals!

[@ehodovic]

I got used to M/D/Y pretty quickly. I think I like it more too :)

[@IPushHard]

Yeah.. all the way badass. Sounded great.

[@PhiI93]

Damn those pedals sound impressive.

[@danieljwillen1993]

So are these pedals (Or some of them?) made to emulate a tube amp?

[@geniusmahdikazemi]

Sick pedals rob awesome

[@BenFentem]

I have a Tightmetal on my board, it sounds awesome and is built like an absolute tank. I think I need to get more in the future too

[@strat115]

Very nice pedals. The only other one I ever came across that had such an effects loop is the Marshall Guv'nor Mk1.

[@louisrandolph4153]

Next time you do a pedal review, could you do the RP360 multi affect pedal.i bought it in the us for $150. It works for every thing I do. If you guys review this I think all of the guitar players who are looking for a pedal could use this.

[@braxstubb4095]

Dear Chappers and/or the Caption I'm a blues guitar player who is stuck in the rut of pentatonic scales I would like a harder rock sound is anything you would recommend.

[@pedraw]

Tight Rock rules! End of story. I like my PRS SE Custom 24 for playing heavy rock, it goes there.

[@waltersmetak]

Look at the size of these things! God, a massive box for a distortion and a fuzz?!?! I would have to have a 300 foot pedal board probably weighing a ton......ouch, my back!

[@ianc.voegtlin8033]

Which "rock" pedal (fat or tight) would play into a Mesa Mark V? Would like to hear opinions.

[@Venge94]

what song does rob play at 9:42, i always forget the name of that song lol

[@corriedebeer799]

yo guys made me want to listen to my old slayer albums again.

[@bestboy897]

dat bass at the end

[@musicaldoodler4480]

You guys should redo your blind Verses with Gibson and Epiphone. As one of the things you 2 noticed was the different sounding pups on the Epi. And they have now been upgraded in the plus top model. That would be an interesting vid.

[@johanivarsson4639]

Would yo call it a distortion or a overdrive pedal?

[@Martyr9991]

I think the red sounded like a 5150 or Kerry King's KT88 driven marshall. The tight metal sounded very SS Randallish. I like all of em.

[@HorrorNightsFan13]

I have a question about an ML-3 Traditional. Is it possible to take out the Chapman pickups and install Seymour Duncan pickups for Telecasters?

[@8zjack]

Yes you can

[@edvardbarrettbrachel5075]

Can you engage the boost separate without engaging the distortion?

[@n.s.7634]

I have the TightMetal and since I bought it I haven't craved any other distortion pedal..._except the Digitech Death Metal, but that's mainly due to nostalgia and also for the lol’s.

[@PlayAlongTracks]

cool stuff Rob

[@FILTHYEMPIRE]

Shit! Bea can shred, such a great guitarist.

[@cyberdel]

Definetly going to buy the TM pro from Andertons soon

[@pauldigga5419]

The tight rock looks like an add for Target

[@jamesellis863]

Rob we get the point, you love your new ML-1 xD

[@Bobo_Tapia]

Quite impressed.

[@marcinstokowski7848]

So, what are your three best overdrive/distortion pedals?

[@MiguelAlarconMusic]

How loud is the jcm 800 set. Master volume and gain.

[@davidhartly9333]

TIGHT ROCK IS AWESOME!!! IS THAT THE JUNIOR???

[@gbrar86]

I been looking for a pedal that gave me some old metallica tone. I am highly considering picking up a metal pedal but which would be better tight or fat? Or does someone have another recommendation?

[@MrRweaver176]

Damn these are sick

[@acidronin5730]

Motha Fuggin Wipeout references! yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa

[@playbackmusicinstrumentals6714]

Can you guys do a demo over the Gretsch duo jet g6128t???

[@OrestGarasum]

What mic's are you using to record the cabinet ?

[@CaptAnderton]

It's an SE R1 and a Shure SM57 - we've used that combination for about 2 years now.

[@OrestGarasum]

Thx !!