Mesa Boogie Graphic EQ, Flux Five and Throttle Box Pedals Review

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👆 Pete joins the Cap for a quick run through of the 3 new Graphic EQ pedals from Mesa Boogie, released in the summer of 2014. Check out our Mesa Boogie range: www.andertons.co.uk/mesa-boogie
All the pedals were played through clean Fender Deluxe Reverb and the guitars were a Gibson Custom Shop Gold Top Les Paul & a Mex Fender Strat.
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#MesaBoogie #DanishPete #TheCaptain

[@leeanderton7100]

Peter Honore - great guitarist, lovely guy, plays guitar with Nicole Scherzinger (among others), happily married with two lovely kids..... What an utter utter utter bastard.

[@WatchesnguitarsDK]

Lee Anderton, married, has a little daughter, owns an awesome guitar store in SUNNY Guildford, and has become a KZbin blues star alongside Rob Chapman. Poor guy ;-)

[@Tolman18]

But if he's a blue's star, he definitely has the downs and the blues... :(

[@SimonChampagne]

The birth of Danish Pete.

[@hadin101]

Peter is such a tasteful player he's my favorite guest in the videos!

[@leeanderton7100]

Yup - he's getting very busy doing pro stuff too, so not sure how much longer he'll have the time for this - enjoy it while you can!

[@jonwarner1762]

...little did we know you'd snatch him right up

[@denmut]

Always a pleasure to listen Peter playing.

[@shauncox5209]

This is actually some of the best tones if heard from Andertons! Well done guys!

[@dandunning5602]

I love how much you can Mesa round with these pedals! ;)

[@andertons]

I love how Dan Dun a joke!!

[@ugisimmers6836]

You’re fired from KZbin!

[@lucyimhome4997]

🤣

[@jonkerrmusic]

These pedals sound great... I especially enjoy the Flux-5! Great video as usual, Captain.

[@gtartrek9453]

Thanks for this. It's been eye-opening for me. Never realised just how useful an eq pedal could be.

[@ViktorKralovic]

Great playing, Leonardo DiCaprio !!

[@Whitewallsessions]

4.28 - 5.28 A minute of off the cuff noodling that I will spend many hours trying to figure out! Awesome.

[@SurfingAli3n]

found a good deal on a perfect b-stock item so I pulled the trigger without breaking the bank... Flux-Five arrived today, plugged in into my JCM2000 and WOW! through the clean channel it sounds smooth and consistent, not muddy at all, with a good variation of sounds from a clean-ish boost up to a good classic rock OD, rich warm and never too harsh... but... it's through the crunch and the lead channels that the real magic happens: an explosion of harmonics and overtones that I've never heard from any of my guitar-amp combo, the distortion can reach the highest peaks and it never seems 'too much' if you get what I mean; also, the deep control over EQ means you can adjust it to every instrument and taste. that's exactly the sound I've been after for years, thanks Mesa this pedal is a dream come true and thanks guys for the awesome demo, it really helped me decide... to anyone considering this pedal, just go and try it yourself it'll sure be worth! I just hope the neighbours will love it too LOL \m/ rock on

[@itsmyguitar]

Excellent demo. Thank you.

[@YinPatchesYang]

I'v been waiting for this video for this day for a long time! :D

[@YinPatchesYang]

actually I think Rob should do a part 2 video with Throttle Box EQ because you guys can't do "brutal" and that's the point of it and I don't believe this video does that pedal ANY justice

[@LucDiGiuseppe]

The Flux-Five sounds incredible!

[@KevinCoblerOfficial]

They all sound so good.

[@JamesRussoMillas]

The flux 5 sounds insane!

[@bodhidharma2600]

Great review, great playing, and great comedy! You guys are funny 🌞🤣💥

[@Jossblues]

Hey Captain, If you really want to use the EQ pedal as a boost of all the original overdrive Flux signal you should put it AFTER it, not before. Puttin' it before as you've made just gives more push and compression to that special frequencies that you choose for the drive to push. This all is said by Dan from THAT PEDAL SHOW in the EQ video! Thanks for the video! Follow on!

[@veers0r]

So when will mesa do a recto in a box? Or a (tubeless) V-Twin. ;)

[@guitarist100]

More kool pedals at Andertons ,what a difficult and fun choice I am having in setting up a pedal board there are so many great drive ,delay and chorus pedals out there awesome !!!!

[@freezingCode]

+Andertons Music Co - Will you guys be demoing the Orange 2 Stroke soon? I figured a 1 year old pedal video would be the best place to ask... :) Thanks!

[@utooberblooper]

i love how lee is randomly stabbing buttons like he is confused, scared and they are going to hurt him,lol i must say with a complicated boogie device ,show each control through its individual range to understand the effect of each control.these are like a swiss army knife and each tool has a use,the tone you can achieve with a little patience is incredible.try a triple rectifier or a mark 5 amp sometime,they take thought,time and a decent ear to get good tones but your patience will pay off in spades.many people give up because it isnt simple like an old plexi,but they arent like an old plexi its like a 747 isnt like a cesna airplane but each has its uses,ine has a longer learning curve but can do more in the end.

[@endoffate5475]

What mic are you guys using?? Sounds great!

[@mabecka]

Lovely!

[@waynechurchill7212]

Great info useing fender 🇨🇦👍

[@AussieCornerStudio]

Great pedals but I have 1 thing that happens on the Throttle box EQ when switching the EQ Hi in / out toggle switch I get a loud pop / click is there a fault with my pedal or is this an issue that has been raised before?

[@benlucy941]

Peter, great tasteful modern guitarist

[@lance134679]

He's known as Danish Pete now :-) These pedals make me hungry for some reason.

[@bikerdhill]

Awww, gotta get me that throttle box for sure

[@haakman123]

Awesome pedals but just one thing wring with the flux five.. when it's off you can't see if the pedal will be in high or low mode when you switch it on. If there was a light to indicate in with it is when it's off and I wanted to turn it on and go to the other mode I would kick both knobs at once.

[@haakman123]

*wrong

[@thestereostate]

Klon KTR watching from the background

[@eddegab]

That a Jim adkins telecaster in the background behind the amp? would kill for a review of that!

[@Bro-fo2qj]

I had one! Great guitar play feel wise, decent build. The neck PU was absolutely lovely but bridge was a bit lacklustre. In the end it went and I kept my customised Strat, I just didn't warn to it.

[@danimalplanimal]

what's he playing at 6:03? is this some song in particular?

[@aixpert291]

this is where peter came from?! happy coincidences !

[@ckortjester]

I wanted Lee to just take the middle slider and wiggle up and down for a Wah effect the whole time.

[@Benbenbenbenbenbenbenbenben]

The slidervalue consists from 0 to 255. Correct? If so, isn't there a way to let the device memorize the perfect setting? I mean. Take a look at the mini tuning(Gibsons) system. It "motorizes" the tuning. Can't we have that for an EQ pedal?

[@Bro-fo2qj]

You may like the Source Audio EQ

[@brittoncarpentry]

Kick it! Beastie Boys reference ha. Sounding good, I don’t know what I want for my 1980 Mark llb, the amp distortion is muddy. I want a tight dirty pedal and the a boost lead.

[@79Adam]

One of these might be just what I need to give my OR15 head a bit more grunt. Nice playing too.

[@JAFOpty]

Try the MXR micro amp

[@paulmyfinger]

Would the Flux five work straight into a PC??

[@bluesnaggletooth1660]

I’m looking for that fat Mesa boogie Santana tone. Will the flux 5 work well through a fender twin?

[@xthexadvantagex]

no offense to chappers but I usually much more prefer this guy's playing.

[@ZachBroyles]

Look at the Klon KTR creeping in the back.

[@leeanderton7100]

Ha Ha - that belongs to Peter - I just put it there to see if anyone would notice.

[@MDC249]

Lee Anderton I noticed!

[@kenmasters007]

You can disable the EQ so you don't want to worry about tweaking

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

The flux drive sounds very British to me. Much like a plexi cranked.

[@andrewa2646]

Off topic but is that a Rolex Explorer, Lee?

[@WatchesnguitarsDK]

"Kick it!" That was Beastie Boys :-)

[@leeanderton7100]

Of course it was - doh!!

[@Beegpapijimbo]

Hmmm, this Pete guy seems like he'll go far

[@LuisSoto-ly1jr]

which one is more more mesa mark than rectifier?

[@anxiolyt2834]

Flux

[@GrantBerni]

Yep. I've kicked my knob inadvertently walking off after a sound check using a blackstar dual ht. Opened with (classic cheese) Hotel California and come the solo - click - silence - much confusion. Knobs to it all.

[@utooberblooper]

thats why many pros either have the pedals in a cabinet and use midi switching ,use the tech to change them or they tape the knobs into position and have multiples of one pedal.

[@carldavies7935]

shoot out please EPIPHONE CASINO, DOT and Riviera P93

[@stingray_493]

I never knew Leonardo Dicaprio also played guitar?

[@joshgiesbrecht]

There was one shot in this video I could have sworn it was leo. Most of the time he doesn't tho

[@mikhailshi]

What's the deal with the simple 5-band EQ? You can have a more compact pedal with equal or better quality and more bands for LESS

[@utooberblooper]

its a lot more than a boss or mxr pedal,there is a lot more going on or you would see every amplifier created with this 5 band eq on it.this is like a mesa signature thing and it works very very well.

[@thiagomessiahsousa4416]

SE eu tivesse grana pra comprar isso aqui no brasil, seriam minhas prioridades, mas esses pedais flux 5 é caro demais aqui!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 mil reais

[@darcypetersen1]

Danish Pete before he was Danish Pete haha!

[@MicahStefanDagaerag]

Is this Pete's origin story?

[@redcomn]

I revisit this to see the old leonardo DiCaprio

[@TheDreadguy]

That les Paul mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

[@paulmyfinger]

Beastie Boys I think

[@RLMUD]

maybe just me but these pedals sound like hell

[@leob4403]

Yeah you are a Debbie downer

[@jupitergiant1417]

i swear to god in the first image of the EQ i suddenly wondered "WTF what are those coloured gummy-like switch buttons, WTF mesa is going to barbie-style pedals??? ". then i realized it was just one in the center. sob.

[@brandonlace]

Victor Newman?

[@RLMUD]

i think its because there is no transparency in these pedals

[@wheresallthezombies]

be better if it wasn't clipping lol

[@i3oosted]

too many buttons

[@TomPark1986]

Too much money.

[@daavidmurphy3562]

Make more money

[@kingfisher7960]

Puts that shirt on, then complains the pedals are too black and puts sweets on them...

[@kennyscarborough250]

Is sure wished the English gentleman would LEARN how to say the word "Boogie."

[@4572dk]

+Kenny Scarborough wished ALL american gentlemen would learn to spell colour, labour, humour, valour etc. etc.

[@utooberblooper]

if you are concerned about this you are one hell of a guitar player(sarcasm alert,sarcasm alert)