Boutique Pedals for Less? - Walrus Audio Fundamentals Series

[@KoaCharvel]

Love that these companies are putting out cheaper options to support them. Not everyone can afford the higher end stuff.

[@hobby8master]

Looks like more boutique pedal companies are going for more affordable pedals to expand their customer base. Honestly a win-win since it helps sustain the companies and offer more options for consumers.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Yeah I’ve been happy about that. I have 3 of the JHS 3 series. Love that Wampler and Walrus have done it as well.

[@modestoney1577]

Well, there are is a lot of real budget stuff out there that cost half of these and sound at least as good. The JHS budget series sounds better imho

[@tjjr1062]

Thanks for the video. That Fuzz is the worst guitar noise of all time.

[@tonefarer]

These all sound quite good! 2:00 Josh said in the semi-recent Sweetwater best selling pedals video that one of the main things that inspired him to do the 3 series line was EQD putting out pedals like their fairly priced Plumes OD. To see the effect that kinda thing continues to have on the industry is really cool!

[@joshuabenton3785]

These are....very very good. Wow. Shoutout to Walrus Audio for this amazing endeavor!

[@modestoney1577]

Nah, not really. Some sounded quiet good, but really nothing to write home about especially for 125,-

[@niclastname]

These are great. I love JHS, but Walrus really made a good decision by making them just a little more interesting looking than plain white.

[@polishpowerpedals6885]

Agreed

[@ADREISTER]

I choose this drive over the JHS 3, but I want to try the Double Barrel. These days I really want to support local-made-USA pedal makers.

[@El...Presidente]

Wow the design of these pedals with the sliders, fonts, top loaded and basically 3-1 pedals? Wow great job at a great price point. Can’t wait for the flanger.

[@Whizzinby777]

I wouldn’t consider Walrus “boutique” at this point. They sell a ton of pedals, have worldwide distribution and mass produce these. Boutique is becoming a bit of a marketing term these days.

[@H_Oscarsson]

@33:33 F.y.i. that's not a Johnny Cash song Mr. Anderton. It's a Nine Inch Nails song. :)

[@GameKillerzCrew]

@23:21 when you hit that note, the first thing that comes to mind is Metallica, The Wait off Garage Days. Sounds just like the first note in the song.

[@900tks]

Loved this! Now, all we need is an all-out comparison with the JHS 3 Series. 🥳

[@davidgreenspoon9530]

Excellent video; thank you! The question of order came up regarding reverb/delay. I'd suggest the same with phaser and dirt pedals. I'd have been curious to hear the phaser get driven along with the drive being phased. Perhaps using a switching system in the future might allow more options in the demo. Again, nice work!

[@bettsdn]

They did a great job with the design of these. Very distinctive but still classic.

[@brooksroman2918]

23:19 exact tone from the first note of the wait by metallica

[@patrickcarroll1754]

All I can say is I'd be lost without these two

[@matzer8846]

Great guitar, great player, great pedals -> great video

[@cchavez248]

Why doesn't anyone use a bit of the Pretenders for demoing the chorus? Gonna use my arms, gonna, du du du daaaa!

[@insanetubegain]

The test of a good classic fuzz is if the volume control can clean it up, and it didn't get tested, but it did on the mid+ setting and it didn't cleanup, so it only leaves me wondering why.

[@stoneysdead689]

Because only two transistor, fuzz face style fuzz pedals do that- other fuzz pedals may or may not, depends on the pedal. Means nothing when it comes to judging quality though- some of the best, most loved fuzz pedals in history don't clean up with your volume control. The Big Muff is a great example- none of the many versions offered will clean up with your vol. control.

[@justfortier]

Why did I laugh so damn hard at the "I'm over here" @16:55 😂

[@MrJingles021]

Love the way these look. I've been looking for a new delay and I was so excited about this because I want all top jsck pedals...but that side power input...idk

[@digitalslw]

I prefer side power, it always gets in the way of my 1/4 inch jacks. And there is ample place between the pedals for a power jack imo

[@thorpenator9148]

Agree to a point. The pedals aren't that big...and if they are too close together...my big foot would turn two on at a time...lol

[@ledhendrix5054]

That Old Country & Western Star Waylon Jennings used a Phaser Effect for his Guitar . Grab Your Partner By The Hand Swing Em Spin Em Fry Them In A Pan

[@mattwesthaver6909]

Those newer fender hammertone Pedals are also super affordable, haven't seen much coverage

[@christopherdunn974]

I'll have the Fuzz and Delay please!

[@hankinho175]

could you maybe do a shootout video with the fundamental fuzz, distortion and drive against their 3 big brothers Eons, Eras and Ages?

[@michaelogden5093]

I see a new pedal review come out, I pause it and go see the price. If it's to expensive to throw in a box and never use it again, I move on then and there. Good on Walrus for offering affordable pedals.

[@TheMixWithABD]

I'm so excited for this video

[@snapfinger1]

How do those 8 pedals stack up to their Boss / Waza Craft counterparts ?

[@ianjeffery4730]

the fuzz and distortion will be straight to ebay clearance centre

[@cchavez248]

Lol, Petehas properly stolen the Cap'n's lick! Cool pedals, I wonder how the sluders will hold up over time.

[@BillWolfe]

Walrus Audio does great work!

[@worldgonewrong2049]

Good initiative! Some of them sound pretty good. Can't say I'm a big fan of sliders though...

[@lockharthorsburgh8601]

From the first half of this video, I found myself wondering how the Overdrive would get on with a bass guitar and amp. In the second half, I found myself craving both reverb and delay.

[@0o0oo00-cx9pe]

I was eyeing the TC Electronic Hall of Fame but came across this Walrus reverb. Is this notably better for a bit more $?

[@MTocci1965]

Sweet. I don't know why, but I'm diggin' the slides. Very Radio Shack. Do y'all ship to the US?

[@loveforallbxlmannif]

Would prefer if they use this "eq sliders" format to add more parameters controls.

[@netgoat]

Really thought Pete was going to break into 10000 Years by High On Fire with that fuzz.

[@henrymeadows931]

I was flashing back to the Doom Rig video with Oz. Great stuff from Pete (as always)!

[@stuartdennis8506]

These look great!

[@p6x2]

The sliders don't work for me. I agree they are easier to manipulate and set, however they always move during transport from one gig to the other. Sliders are better suited for something that is static and needs visual cohesiveness, like an equalizer for instance.

[@stoneysdead689]

Don't your knobs get moved as well? Mine always do. That's why I have written down all the settings for each pedal and what sound it corresponds with- so I can quickly dial them in.

[@p6x2]

@@stoneysdead689 Actually, the knobs on my pedals are not that sensitive to movements. I know that because I use "white out" to make small dots to mark typical settings. Surprisingly, I don't have much of a change between sets. But I try to be careful during rig downs. Same for my amp.; knobs remain largely undisturbed. I use the clean side of a Fender "The Twin", and the only important pot. is the Volume.

[@LEUNN_]

That tone from the intro of the video reminded me of the tone from the intro of boulevard of broken dreams by greenday

[@codynewman3626]

These are the ones that got leaked on Reddit! Someone ordered a pedalboard and it showed up with all these attached

[@Mike-Olds-1]

I liked the SG

[@betoalvarez1248]

Didn't love drive, dist and fuzz but loved mods. Does the chorus can make "leslie" style sounds?

[@guillermourrutia2159]

the lick 8:49

[@bobgamble8204]

As I get older, I think I only really like a touch of chorus and delay with loads of reverb. I've always disliked trem and phaser to listen to. I don't enjoy playing with distortion and fuzz is awful. I do like to listen to heavy music, but not to play strangely. Very odd

[@edhornby4885]

Delay and verb are the best

[@donderjong]

Respectfully disagree about the side mounted power inputs. It's bad when both jack sockets and power are on the side (and right next to each other), like on MXR pedals, Catalinbread, and Fulltone OCD because one always gets in the way of the other. Side mounted jacks tend to take up more space than the one (angled) power cable, and you generally don't want your pedals flush against each other anyway because you might step on 2 switches at once. I'd say top jacks and side power is the best compromise.

[@stoneysdead689]

I hate side mounted power or input/output jacks- top mount is so much easier and neater. Everyone says this about the power and input/output being too close together- but I've yet to buy a pedal where they won't fit, and I have a lot of pedals and use 3 different kind sof patch cbales. It's tight, but they fit so- why does that matter? I'd rather have them all as close to one another as they can be- it keeps the cabling on my board nice and neat and makes it easier to use a zip tie to bundle them so they're not flopping around loose.

[@grahamtinkler4562]

The guitar sounds really nice...............

[@wesleyb_92]

Walrus is an awesome company. Enjoy there mod pedals

[@stephenksiazek812]

I am the Walrus! 😲

[@jerryhayden8720]

Coo Coo Ca Chew 😆

[@stephenksiazek812]

@@jerryhayden8720 👍😂

[@giovannifarinacci4533]

What brand of guitar is this?

[@aneveningin]

From my limited research, I think it's a Hansen Guitar. Pete has a video with a different color model he got from them so it only makes sense.

[@andertons]

It is a Hansen, you can get them here www.andertons.co.uk/search?search=hansen%20guitars and we do have more coming soon.

[@xbaphomets]

new definition of baby blue just dropped haha

[@fritzkennedy9801]

tremolo and reverb are rightly goodness...and everything else is like greasy bad hashbrowns...w/o onions

[@erickt1974]

idk I quite like the delay

[@sordel5866]

If Pete can't make them sound good I know for a fact I couldn't.

[@zammie01]

Spoke too soon. Love Walrus Audio but I'm underwhelmed at the moment. At these prices players are better off with TC Electronics.

[@modestoney1577]

Exactly my impression too

[@zammie01]

@@modestoney1577 A TC Hall of Fame, FlashBack, Boss TR-2 Tremolo, EQD Plumes and Behringer SF-300 SuperFuzz will make a better pedalboard imo.

[@modestoney1577]

@@zammie01 100% agreed

[@GabrielBorhes]

there needs to be somewhere for me to watch these videos unedited 😂

[@andertons]

No there isn't :-)

[@nodrog5150]

They all sounds epic and at great prices too...might as well buy the lot😮

[@seusicha]

Love the fuzz!

[@graemero5532]

Walrus premium pedals are awesome. These are very good too.

[@tomjennings283]

Would be nice if some of the videos about affordable pedals were filmed using affordable gear….pretty obviously an affordable pedal sounds great with a ridiculously priced guitar and amp!

[@matthewtyler-jones8317]

So, is Steve Vai going to do the £1000 rig challenge?

[@Broccoli_Highkicks]

Tbf, if your budget is your main consideration, then for the price of this full set, you can easily get a giggable guitar, amp, and similar pedalboard together. It's great when boutique brands put out more affordable things as well, but I'm just saying, there's budget and there's budget...

[@rafsbio]

Oof... using a tele and a clean amp is a disservice to any fuzz pedal. Give this guy a fighting chance.

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

What no Flanger? lol

[@stoneysdead689]

Peter Griffin Freedom for Peter Griffon Peter Griffon Let my Peter go!

[@chavernac]

🐡 (no walrus emoji so i gave you a fugu)

[@RetningNord]

Fizzy Fuzz. Sounded cheap, guess you get what you pay for.

[@matt6288joyce]

In my opinion that fuzz sounded terrible

[@digsy1303]

Cheaper than their usual stuff but barely in the affordable bracket.

[@rolandmengedoth2191]

In my opinion, meanwhile the market of all the possible pedals is confusing. I already lost the overwiew.

[@grumpyrocker]

The Distortion sounds a lot like a RAT to me.

[@sajisguitar]

I hate sliders and faders, they just collect a lot of dust.!!🥵

[@Yosser70]

Think these companies are missing the point. They think they need to release cheaper pedals because they are losing out to the budget options but these aren’t even close to budget. These are digital too, you can get analog clones for less than £50 and perfectly usable pedals for £30. He’ll DOD and Digitech coming back, so these pedals need to be £60 max.

[@sagittated]

I'd rather people actually got paid to make, package, & ship the pedals then have them sell for as cheap as possible.

[@SDS-ff8ed]

Honestly these all sound kinda junk. Comparable to 25$ amazon pedals.

[@grahamtinkler4562]

which Amazon pedals pls?

[@modestoney1577]

@@grahamtinkler4562 don`t know about amazon, but look at all the ToneCity and Mooer pedals....there are tons of chinese budget (I mean real budget) pedals out there that sound at least as good, some even better imho

[@benlogan430]

More money for lord Bezos.

[@modestoney1577]

@@benlogan430 who cares, if they offer the better product?

[@lerirol]

It's all a massive scam isn't it?! There hasn't been a new invention in guitar effects in forever. They're all copying each other and hoping to monetize on the ,,Hand built " thing. And because it doesn't work so good anymore, they're doing these ,,budget" lines of products. Meaning you can buy a ,,boutique" brand's product for less and be cool.

[@Krullmatic]

I don't see how people like Fuzz pedals! It's so grating to my ears! Ugh!

[@LuxTheSlav]

Pipe down, grandpa.

[@Krullmatic]

@@LuxTheSlav Oh, you sure put me in my place there, huh Sparky. I don't know how I will go on.

[@Q3ToPBuZz]

Not a fan of the sliders. Undoubtedly gonna get full of dust n crap.

[@buckm1477]

Possibly the worst sounding fuzz I’ve ever heard. Like truly awful had me wincing

[@modestoney1577]

Overall I´m not impressed.

[@MikePerf0]

Power hole on the side? Come on…

[@stevennaismith6289]

I will never , for the life of me, understand why people like fuzz. I think it just sounds horrible!

[@modestoney1577]

a comment straight out of 1964.....

[@pads-zr9ln]

You give the aladins a loaf of bread in the form of food stamps, you give them housing and all they want is a new TV a Mercedes and the latest trainers, just gib them that and they'll toattaly behave

[@terrybanks5063]

boutique? lol./the words lost all meaning

[@sohosteveuk]

Side mounted power jacks 🤮

[@davidyoung8875]

I Love these pedals

[@TravisCrown-g4c]

JHS Was not the first to make affordable pedals... THEY WERE JUST THE FIRST NAME BRAND COMPANY TO PROMOTE IT.... LETS NOT ACT LIKE THEY WANT TOO EITHER.... THEY WERE FORCED INTO THIS... BECAUSE OF BRANDS LIKE NUX AND TONE CITY !!!! JOSH SCOTT WILL CONTINUE TO OVER MARKET AND OVER HYPE ANYTHING HE HAS TO MAKE A BUCK.... HIS WHOLE MO IS MARKETING.... JHS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAKING 3 SERIES QUALITY STUFF.... HE JUST NOW HAS TO MARKET IT AS THAT AND SELL THEM FOR LESS MONEY.... HIS STUFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOWER LEVEL QUALITY....