Friedman Dirty Shirley Amp In A Pedal- Killer Pedal

[@del-cerro-bellavista]

Finally a good review on this pedal! Everybody is not a death metal guitar player 👍

[@SeabeeBuckeye]

No kidding! Fully agree!

[@Matthew-e3u7r]

I know there's nothing like first-hand experience, but I think you capture the character of the pedals you demo quite well.

[@BuddyBlues]

Thanks so much for saying that. I try my absolute best not to just be the generic blues guy and be as neutral as possible in my tone to highlight them

[@diogolirio6505]

If you open the pedal you'll see an internal trimpot that adjust the amount of distortion, just like the BE OD. By default it comes in the middle. That means that you can have even more distortion or almost zero, working as a preamp. I use it with zero distortion in the internal trimpot and the gain about 8 or 9 o clock. That's where the pedal shines.

[@PJCobi]

Nice to see somebody who does reviews and doesn't try to BS you!

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you! Doing my best to keep this channel as honest as possible even if I get loads of hate from some haha

[@FireHaus412]

Are you able to open the pedal up and turn down the gain pot? Similar to how the BE-OD can be turned down

[@keylearning5746]

Just acquired one of these. It stacks extremely well with other pedals, before or after. I lowered the internal trim pot all the way down. Still plenty of gain. Put a Wampler mini Tumnus in front and GREAT Googly Moogly what gorgeous tone!!!

[@BuddyBlues]

Wait a second.....there's an internet trim pot? 🤔

[@keylearning5746]

@@BuddyBlues Well, close. Internal, not internet. Lol

[@BuddyBlues]

🤣🤣 whoops. I'll mess with it today I had no idea. Thanks!!

[@paulcowart3174]

Have you tried it in something small like a 1/10 Princeton ?

[@withmygoodeyeclosed]

@@paulcowart3174 I don't have a Princeton but run mine through a 8" Vibro Champ all the time, sounds great at low volume.

[@wspeed657]

That sounds great with no gain. The eq extremes are great. Thanks for making the video. What's your opinion of box of Rock by zvex? It's a similar jtm 45 style amp in a box

[@BuddyBlues]

Thanks so much! It really is a cool pedal. I (sadly) have yet to try a box of rock.. but I've heard them online and they always sound amazing regardless of genre of music that is being played and I love that

[@GiuBernardi]

I don't get why you have so few subscribers. - you play great - your humour is great - your cyan-pink GTA vice city style background is great Is your accent from somewhere outside the US btw? Not that I'm an expert since I'm not even american, it just sounds a bit different from what I'm used to hear!

[@BuddyBlues]

Because I'm new to youtube! Thank you! I am originally from Lebanon

[@Stashmanfpv]

Buddy's a newer presence on KZbin. Give 'em time to blow up! He'll get there with his playing and personality. Best! ✌🏼

[@clausmadsen6754]

@@BuddyBlues I don’t it’s the Lebanon background we can hear. More New York (says I who is not American .. many years ago I lived a year in Tennessee and later a year in Florida)

[@redseadiver43]

Your playing is really nice

[@mikeenos4040]

Buddy blues love your playing and your since of humor... what was that look when slid off into the heavy metal zone.... lol. Glad I found your channel... Good review too.. I have been looking at one of these at a local guitar store ,I may have to rent it over the weekend and play it thru my rig and see if I like it...

[@BuddyBlues]

Thanks a lot! Very happy you're here thanks for watching, and yes this pedal really is cool!

[@stevenmagliacane7407]

Dude that you and that pedal sound good together. More of a rock and roll thing BTW I love the playing in this video……..

[@mattbradford1135]

Loved your playing. Nice review.

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!

[@rareform6747]

Sounds better then mine . What tube amp your posting ?

[@dedyelisalimbong8877]

Killer video, mate! Awn, Do you still have your Ceriatone HRM? how do you find your super sonic 22 compared to your HRM? I have a SS 22 but got abit GAS-sy for the HRM.

[@BuddyBlues]

Hello! I have the OTS50 the standard one not the hrm, the fender has more of a bass and treble eq and the ots50 is very very mid heavy. Which I love!

[@paulcowart3174]

@@BuddyBlues Not sure if I trust Boutique Amp Distributers anymore So looking to Ceriatone and Mojo Tone MT makes a nice Silvertone 1484 clone but tweaked in a good way. but still that 6L6 Valco goodness A demo on that would be cool too One of the smaller builders

[@frankiecalabro2617]

Wow it got that Clapton. cReam era tone.

[@charlesfitzgerald3201]

Great review and playing , you went from a to z which is refreshing, most pedal reviews just go Eddie all the time , if anything else I would have liked to hear some strat single coils as well but you covered all the other bases, Awesome playing, Thanks

[@mkds7756]

Love these videos buddy!

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you! Love making them

[@VintageRadius]

You’re starting to come up in my searches Buddy. Just subscribed. I like your videos and I expect you’ll continue to grow your channel at a nice clip. Also appreciate that I see you respond to comments and questions. BTW do you have a favorite Plexi style pedal? I’m looking for one that is especially good on lower (to mid) gain, that classic glassy pushed clean type of tone. Thanks!

[@BuddyBlues]

Hello! Thank you! Look up my video of the October Audio November Gain. To me it sounds really like a plexi and reacts amazingly with dynamics. Of course the friedman does the trick too with a lot more gain on tap. Another one is the JHS Charlie Brown V4. Enjoy!

[@michaelmitchell5909]

Your an amazing unbelievably good guitar player

[@BuddyBlues]

Man thank you so much!

[@jannoqueyquep4615]

Are you using a GH5 in this vid? Awesome playing btw

[@lbinok]

I read that the DS is a JTM45 with the pre-amp/gain stage modified to a JCM800 -ish circuit...

[@BuddyBlues]

I didn't know that but it would make sense because of the brightness (plexi-nish?)

[@rickpommetti]

Hi Buddy! I really like your review. By the way are you playing on the single coil or hambucker on this demo?

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you! I was doing both humbucker and split you'll see me switch every once in a while

[@theishing1]

Great pedal demo brother 👍🏽

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!!

[@TheCrystalyne]

Great playing...just great..probably wouldn't be so distorted with single coils though...I think you are a bit biased with the PRS humbuckers

[@BuddyBlues]

Agreed! I played it with my friends telecaster the other day and it sounded way tamer/smoother

[@lorenzoamore3642]

Great playing as usual! Keep posting vids man :)

[@Stashmanfpv]

Man, i dig these videos and your playing style... Cooking!!! 🔥🔥🔥 The PRS sounds killer, but not sure about the pedal...? Keep 'em comimg Buddy! ✌🏼

[@BuddyBlues]

Haha I don't think I'm sure about the pedal either. I love it, but I don't know where to put it

[@mpesta]

Great playing and I actually have two of these pedals on my pedalboard. Low gain and higher gain. Such a great sound! BTW - I hit, ‘Subscribe’

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!

[@redseadiver43]

Wich one do u like more, this or the BE od? Noise gate required for this one? Tx!

[@BuddyBlues]

I tried all the Friedman drives that day. Dirty shirley, the small box and the BE OD. I preferred this one every time in the tests!

[@paulcowart3174]

This is great Buddy because I've been looking for a pedal that will do my filthiest tones LoL but will never use all that gain Thinking Montrose tones Using. RYRA w an Xotic Super Clean Boost before it SO thinking the RYRA as the clean boost in front of the DS What day you BB ?? Thank you Sir

[@josemiguelschorr7183]

Maaan this guy sound gooood

[@BuddyBlues]

Great pedal!

[@josemiguelschorr7183]

@@BuddyBlues great hands man!

[@mark2281]

And don’t call me Shirley!

[@christophersmith4391]

It's definitely all about finger placement when playing the box. ;)

[@BuddyBlues]

"Vibrato"

[@christophersmith4391]

@@BuddyBlues Really helps it sing.

[@saigonproducer]

Can I plug this straight into my PA system? Or do I still need to get a cab sim pedal?

[@BuddyBlues]

I wouldnt with this one... I'd still go through an amp

[@ThorMoraes]

You can with a Mooer Radar with the York Áudio Friedman Pack with Greenbacks, It sounds FREAKIN AWESOME.

[@lanetacker1496]

Buddy your channel is awsome man! Your also a virtuoso guitarist as a gigging musician myself have you ever thought about doing any lessons on youtube and sharing some of those tasty chops with us?

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!! I have, go back a few videos! There will be more soon

[@TheBoondoggler]

Love love love this pedal- and I use it for my lead tone (along with a Build Your Own Clone "Shredder" for rhythm tones) in my hard rockin, man-sized riff-based metal band. Love its clarity and attack, its comprehensive EQ section, and (if you know how to ride your volume knob on your Les Paul style guitar), I love its versatility. But you know why I really love it, like REALLY love it? Well heck, the other night at an amazing gig downtown, the beautiful people were so into my TONE as a direct result of plugging into the Dirty Shirley "amp in a box", I went home with not one, not TWO, not THREE, but EIGHT beautiful ladies (they looked like women to me at least). Imagine that! My rig sounded so amazing that night, if facilitated me playing the most hard-rockinest riffs and solos ever! Not to mention a few memorable "encores"! *Wink* 🤣🤣😃👍🦷This was last Friday and I just woke up half an hour ago! Thank you Dirty Shirley, and thank you Friedman products! See you on the road soon! 💥❤️🤡🧠🔥🤘👣

[@BuddyBlues]

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[@bmann792]

What amp ?

[@djc5897]

sounds very dark and muffled. I'll take the small box pedal instead please and thank you

[@jonbarwick5946]

I can send you MY box Buddy :)

[@BuddyBlues]

Awaiting BOX

[@charlesycoker]

I tried one for a while I have a Dirty Shirley 40 that I have owned for several years Tried one to use for quick jams when using someone else’s clean amps I also tried owned the small box, the smallbox pedal I liked it better You are right on the dynamics and responsiveness The DS is amazing in this regard Pedal Not so much You want a pedal that is almost indistinguishable from the Dirty Shirley’s preamp section try the Valbrek Kaluna tube OD

[@ihaveaproblem3153]

Sounds like the boss mega distortion pedal, super harsh like a running a preamp simulator with no cab simulator kind of thing, maybe need to run an ir pedal after it to smooth it out before going into the amp, but that’s like putting a Ferrari in a truck to have a more comfortable seat to dive in, maybe the amp needed to be scooped heaps, or this pedal is not for the blues, I have a few pedal like that, they sit in a box for a year until someone asks me if I can play a heavy metal song, then I grab a guitar that’s been in it’s case for a year with the pedals that have been stashed away from my teenage years play the song and they go back away.

[@BuddyBlues]

I feel you. The OOOOOONLY way this can sound great for Blues is with with Gain at zero. Then it sounds really good

[@srsanders455]

Good stuff Buddy, from the outside looking in seems like you didn’t really bond with that pedal. Great playing as always though.

[@BuddyBlues]

Bingo. Right on the money. Great pedal, great sound, I don't think it'll ever go on a board

[@NefariousDreary]

Oh yeah. Still sounds like a damn pedal. But not a bad tone!

[@BuddyBlues]

Hahaha AGREED!

[@frankiecalabro2617]

You need to sit back a foot and use more light on your face...then perfect focus

[@BuddyBlues]

Would I need to use another lense then? I have a fixed 16mm Sigma lense. Excellent quality picture that I don't want to sacrifice. I feel if I sit too far back it wouldn't be as "personal". Going for the "you and I are having a conversation" feel to the video. Sorry I bombarded you with questions haha

[@frankiecalabro2617]

@@BuddyBlues Buddy the. Put the camera 3 feet further back, plus you need more light on the face so put the light source a foot closer with a white umbrella. I’m a photographer.

[@firashabib5319]

Dccc playing

[@martinlahaie6012]

This guy needs friends desperatly...geez man c'mon...

[@BuddyBlues]

Says the guy with 1 subscriber loooooooooooooooool

[@martinlahaie6012]

@@BuddyBlues oh you value friendship by the number of suscribers you have...? Man that is so sad...

[@BuddyBlues]

What's sad is watching a video of a complete stranger and commenting without knowing anything about them an opinion that has never mattered. Yours. You're the type of person that hates because of their insecurities. Probably a long time member of the gear page as well. So, hush. Enjoy the basement and the keyboard hate, no one has ever cared about a single thing you've ever said. Ever. Cheers, thanks for the view

[@martinlahaie6012]

@@BuddyBlues Buddy Blues on the meaning of friendship lol