I’ve just bought this new effects pedal… and it’s AWESOME.

[@merqury5]

I don't care particularly about this pedal, but I finally got to hear a little sneak of Scott the artist and I have to say I could listen to that drone jamming for a long time. Scott is more than a teacher I suspect.

[@DoctorCalabria]

One really cheap and important mod for this pedal (and EH's Kill Switch pedal too) is replacing the stock foot switch, which makes a loud click every time you step on it with a silent momentary switch. There are many to be found on ebay for just a buck or two, they are direct replacements, size wise, and require just a couple soldier points that anyone with a soldering iron can do. Takes less than 5 minutes, and you can dance away on the pedal without click, click, click.

[@louishtop]

Frank Calabria Yeah I really don't know why EHX keep using their loud switches, it's a shame because they do make great pedals

[@Jessafur]

What's wrong with the click? In a live or studio setting no one but you would ever notice

[@vidachusma6890]

@@Jessafur - I'm wondering the same

[@Thurston86]

I just got one a day ago and it came with a soft switch!

[@jenniplease]

@@Jessafur EHX foot switches are definitely loud enough that they’ve mildly irked me in a live setting when it’s small and quiet. That’s a rare setting but it would nice to be seamless.

[@rogergreen9861]

Cannot thank you enough for this review. As a newbie, there was no way I had managed to articulate to my skilled guitarist friend how I felt I was missing something fundamental between the concepts of keys and scales. The MOMENT you played a scale over the drone, I bought the pedal and now want to tackle modes.

[@RobertRoweMusic]

After starting to search for "drones", I remembered your video...had a time trying to find this pedal available, but it's now on its way to me! Great stuff, Scott!

[@brianmason9803]

A brilliant video. So few bass teachers emphasise the need to practice modes over the fundamental drone. Without that it is just a version of the major scale! Love the freeze.

[@emanigol64]

That rug really tied the room together...

[@devinebass]

I thought so too ;)

[@grandwazoo1696]

The Rug Pissers, Dude.

[@trevorhall9204]

You're out of your element Gyula Soos!-)

[@PC160]

Hope the drops don't dilute the beverages.

[@JasonDemakis]

"...DID IT NOT?!" :P

[@adamflanaganmusic]

I had an EHX Freeze, but sold it once I got the EHX Superego. Essentially the same pedal, but with a few extra bells and whistles, such as an effect send/return, wet/dry mix, and gliss modes. Worth a look into if peeps want to see what else is achievable with this type of effect.

[@devinebass]

Wicked... I'll check it out. Thanks Adam! :)

[@RCAvhstape]

The Superego is awesome, but sometimes the simplicity of the Freeze is nice.

[@JuanHiribarren]

You could try a "band in a box" like app for android and IOS. It's called Chordbot. I think it's really useful. Greetings!!

[@adamflanaganmusic]

Helium Road oh yeah the Freeze is totally bang on the mark for what it does and use it for a fair amount of things. What I found online was someone had modded a freeze to have pretty much all the features that the Superego does, charging to do the mod etc. All totally reasonable, but of course by the time you've bought a Freeze, paid for the mods etc you're better off purchasing the Superego. The one thing I didn't do was see how much fun you can have with both pedals at the same time!

[@jackoatkon8449]

Great post. When you pointed out the water drops I thought you were going to segue a version of the Phil Collins song "The Roof is Leaking" .... I like how you suggest the approach of using it in the context of stuff we're practicing. Your enthusiasm is infectious. This was well worth 18 minutes of my time. Thanks.

[@conorboyland4323]

I hope Electro Harmonix is paying you for this, because this video just made me buy one of these

[@anderspettersson2179]

As always - Scott's not only informative and advising, I'm always a little moore happier and warmer inside after spending some time with him!

[@jazzbrew68]

My man Damian Coccio hipped me to this one last year. I LOVE it.

[@devinebass]

I love Damian's playing Eric! :)

[@MinionRocks]

@6:00 I literally shouted at my screen, "just play the damn thing already!!"

[@awllypollyas8292]

Holy shit

[@nibel13]

Omg yes!

[@bassheart365]

Yes, a drone note (or notes) is great to practice scales and modes over. I also use them a lot to create ambient soundscapes on my bass. It is also very easy to make continuous drone loops with a loop pedal, like a Ditto or a Jamman. I like to make looped drones because I can incorporate a repeating swell or decay of the drone note into the loop, which makes it more interesting and fun, in my opinion, because it adds a rhythmic, or pulse, component. Of course you can also create infinite number of drone layers on a loop pedal by overdubbing. On the other hand, if you want to seamlessly transition from one drone to another, it looks like the Freeze sustain pedal would be easier.

[@tristangieler]

so I immediately ordered this pedal after watching your video and it arrived this morning. I absolutely love it.

[@awertyuiop8711]

12:03 A Rule #2 Bassist trying to read something lol Awesome playing and demo btw.

[@WagnerFelix]

Awesome... I guess if this pedal has 2 footswitches, one for freeze holdin(as it is) and one like "press to on, press again to off" would be better.

[@RichCochrane]

Yeah -- also having the effect level on an exp pedal would be cool. Both should be quite easy mods. I got one a few weeks ago and love it; always a bit scared to break stuff but I might do both of these at some point.

[@0008890]

The EHX Superego is an upgraded version of this!

[@RichCochrane]

That looks promising, cheers for mentioning it!

[@jaredmeit6127]

It has the "latch" option on the 3-way switch. "Latch" makes it so that you don't have hold down the switch.

[@WagnerFelix]

Oh, in that case it's perfect!

[@SuperClusterfunk]

Scott, The sound you have at around 12:40 is beautiful, and I'd love to try and capture that (with the help of those pedals) but I have to ask, is that Jazz bass fretless? Thanks For Sharing!!!!

[@icarusi]

+1 for the Freeze. I looked for others but none do the seamless loop as well as this pedal. Also try the Superego pedal which does 'freeze-on-freeze' for full chords and also dynamic capture for 'freeze-as-you-go' depending on playing dynamics eg loud=freeze, softer=no freeze.

[@duncan-rmi]

EHX should re-brand this pedal as 'the context'. :-)

[@jaredvanamanmusic]

wow. I'm surprised you haven't had this pedal earlier. I have got this pedal on my board for the past couple of years. It's super fun and has so many uses even in improv. Your video of this pedal though is great!

[@paulclemas513]

How cool is that? I nearly nodded off! Hypnotic!!

[@eliotoole]

Scott welcome to the wonderful weird world of Mike Matthews and EHX🤟😎. Mike is my spirit animal😏

[@CannibalAmerica]

I bought one of these back in 2012 it's the best decision I ever made. My guitarist friend bought one two and he wore away some of the paint from using it so much.

[@johncbeer]

The single note drone had me wondering if Peter Gabriel was gonna pop out and start singing Talk to Me. Also reminded me of the end of Phantasm.

[@jdssurf]

I’m always in shock when strangers mention Peter Gabriel and especially something like that from Secret World Live tour………..most meaningful artist in my life and especially that album, concert. Take care.

[@johncbeer]

@@jdssurf Peter is a legend. There's no one like him.. And the SWL tour was one I'll always regret missing.

[@geeleeggan]

while I was waiting for your 'context' idea to start to make sense my wandering mind was wondering about what happened to your glove?!?!? The context idea really made sense once you started playing over the note with the pedal - very cool

[@charleskrutzen94]

Exactly what I've been looking for. I'm trying to get into minimal music, Steve Reich type of minimal. A lot of sustains in that kind of music. Thanks Scott for uploading this demonstration.

[@BryanBlock]

Scott - dang, that was funny at 12:00 when you read the instructions. Perfectly edited, made me laugh hard. Also noticed the missing glove - hope that's very good news!

[@Art-zs6sl]

This is a great tool for harmonic training, like the looper. Thanks for making this video!

[@jordangast]

How's your hand mate?

[@trevorhall9204]

I noticed Shot wasn't rocking with a glove too :-D Cheers Scott! I could really benefit from one of these for self practice. Something I don't do enough of to be honest.

[@altenmuenster]

and he wears a string bracelet, how is that even possible?

[@davidphillips1200]

Thanks for the review Scott!! Nice pedal!

[@erinfisherwright]

I just bought one last Sunday! It is great. I love using it with bowing upright bass scales. Really great for focusing on intonation. The other cool trick I've found is triggering it on beat one while playing bossa nova bass lines. It's like adding a string pad to your bass line. So much fun. Thanks for the great videos Scott.

[@jackoatkon8449]

Erin - That would be a cool trick showing a quick clip how you do it ..... I like my bossa

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

When I first bought my EHX Freeze pedal it was like the sky opened wide with possibilities. The Saturday night jam sessions i was running changed for the better. I no longer had to rely on another guitarist or keys player to get some interesting harmonies to improvise on. And can you say ambient synth pad sounds...? Next purchase for me is the EHX Super Ego+ !!!

[@chainyrabbit]

This is literally the most important pedal in my band. Both guitarists and myself (bass) use a freeze for drones under the songs. (Mainly have a low B droning throughout the gig)

[@danielwinlandfarm7633]

HAAaaahaa, nice too see your left hand Scott! Thanks for all you do man. That pedal sounds awesome!

[@jwstout007]

Brother, let's get you a pedal board for these stomp effects we're seeing; nothing fancy, probably just a black surface with a camera mount for ya. I love your lessons & would love to see your cuts to the pedals so we can see your adjustments better. If you lived locally (US, California), I'd make one for you. At any rate, cheers & keep teaching me the ways =)

[@puchiko852]

Sweet pedal!!! This isn't bass related but would you ever talk about a pedal collection (if you have one) or better yet, your hoodie collection & where you get them from? Your hoodies are just as cool as your bass collection, to me that is lol

[@MikeMalotte]

I bought the Freeze a few years ago and totally love it. It's a staple on my bass pedal board.

[@Voyager_Canada]

I've tried to do this with looper, it has more options. Can get there any single tone or chord sequence.

[@Kliamframe]

I got that pedal too! Don't really use it though.. But maybe I will now. They only downside is that you have to have shoes on when you practice with it.

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

I've loved the EHX Freeze since I first got mine! ....and a few years later I'm not even close to being bored with it. Great for practicing, and live I use it as a harmonic pad at times (we haven't a keyboard).

[@78tag]

Thanks for the new idea - I had only been using this with the EHX B9 pedal.

[@T-Hawkeyes]

Scott! Check out the Shift Line Force pedal. Does the same thing and has an octave down setting!

[@strictlyamateur2374]

Very Belfast Child. Love it. You've really got me wanting one of those now.

[@RCAvhstape]

EHX must be loving this vid!

[@darienlux4735]

What's with the outlet??

[@numismaticokie9243]

Great to catch up on the older videos... pre-gloves. I know why you wear them, but love these older non glove vids!

[@TheRealBoomsledge]

"Just hangin' out here with some pedals..." Ladies and gentlemen, MR SCOTT DEVINE!

[@andy44ellis]

Cool video. I am fooling around with the DigiTech BP355 currently. Wish I had more time to play with all the features.

[@joepalooka2145]

Freeze is a great little practice tool, and it's a lot cheaper than the Plus Pedal, which is also great.

[@dieselyeti]

How great is that wallpaper? Oh yeah - cool pedal mate...

[@DuxJerome]

If you have a synth or keyboard with a hold key button you can do the same but its kinda cool with only the bass (oh and the pedal)

[@iann8733]

I have this pedal and I was very strongly considering selling it, but now I'm not so sure. May use it with bass rather than guitar.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

How often does it rain over there?

[@planetshake]

That is awesome indeed, thanks for sharing Scott. Cheers !

[@dee.plays.bass4]

It was really funny when you stomped on all three pedals and none of them turned off at 12:53..lol I have been there.

[@christopherroa9781]

I've been playing one of these lately, it's going to change the game for bass players everywhere

[@jamesplatt6565]

I gotta have this! Thanks for the Demo!!!

[@kdrake777]

My issue with the Freeze pedal is how loud the latch switch is when you stomp on it. EHX needs to use the kind Wampler uses.

[@jeffchapman9264]

Great demo and info - love your videos!

[@schmidtpe]

As far a drone tone it's useful if your working on intonation on an upright or fretless bass but as far as practicing different chord types maj /min / dim and so on you do not hear the whole chord all you hear is a root note I prefer to hear the whole chord the root, 3rd, 5th, 7, 9th and so on if that's what I am working on then I can really hear the chordal 'sound' can't get that with a drone tone

[@tywallace8343]

cool video,but I used to play guitar and got the BOSS ME25 multi FX pedal which has a the same freeze feature. Doesn't sound bad on my bass at all

[@pensnut08]

So cool!! And that wallpaper... LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pensnut08]

And just WHAT is that thing by the wall with the cord???

[@ultradarkforce5537]

Does it fix roofs too?

[@josethemendez]

I wish Jaco would be around to use this. Sounds like what he did.

[@guitaristforfunn]

Hey Scott check out the superego by ehx. literally the same as the freeze but with effects built in. I'm buying that freeze pedal soon. beast of a practice tool.

[@0713mas]

You should see the EHX Mel9 it is ridiculous! EHX is knocking it out of the park the canyon delay is cool as well

[@sevintrix2962]

Just love a guy who needs pedals.

[@magrosi65]

0:16 , look to the headstock! WTF???

[@basscasey1]

He's charging his vibrator and is ashamed so he blocked it out. Don't be ashamed Scott!

[@adamliddle2060]

its an electric toothbrush. the head isnt on it, thats why it looks like a vibrator

[@markbass354]

it's a telecaster neck , then it's not.

[@davidpinto2197]

Seriously... was that an edit? Good pick-up!!

[@eds6889]

magrosi65 ... Scott responded to someone about it, apparently it was an air freshener with a flashing light so they photoshopped it out. Good eye.

[@onsesejoo2605]

I know this is a bass channel but for the guitarists, You can play Walking On The Moon live with single guitar holding the opening chord while playing the rhytm chord. :)

[@dan_s_higginson]

You should check out the PLUS pedal.

[@Mr.HYd3]

Awesome pedal Scott, also that electro harmonix octaver !!! ;- )

[@wr3ncher]

this is a brilliant idea I wish I knew earlier. I don't have those specific pedals but I do have a multi pedal that will get the job done. See you in the shed man!

[@petertalabi4772]

i love this teaching ..pls what is the names of this effect .thanks

[@OmniTron1000]

That reading the instructions bit was hysterical, hahaha

[@jonathanpautlitz9414]

What kind of tuners are those? They are pretty sweet.

[@Logan.Ninefingers]

what's the wire going into the fuzzy bit of wall?

[@jankevinbautista]

Speaking of drones, Andy Othling (Lowercase Noises) teaches how to create a drone with a lopper.

[@jamessandeman7548]

Very cool (pardon the pun)! I bought a trio pedal a little while back for guitar but have been using it more for the bass, can't do the context thing without the click like freeze but I can still get context from listening to the bass line generated by the chords I play into it and then just turn the bass down and play with the drums. It's fun and the options to change the style keeps it interesting 😊

[@DarkFacet]

Does the reverb effect also come from the flashback pedal?

[@jenniplease]

It’s delay! Very wet

[@ebrann]

Getting into some next level late Sixties LSD textures with those 3 pedals

[@errortonin]

is there difference between the one that says electro harmonix and the one that says nano?

[@Spacemutha]

Great pedal and man you look like Andrei Markov!

[@ZeugmaP]

Now I want one ! But I wonder, how much does it cost ? Because I live in a place where the music shops won't have it in stocks, and if I'm going to order it on the net, taxes and shipping costs will destroy my wallet. Thanks for the video !

[@happyhonker123]

Was this pedal primarily designed for practicing/bass soloing? I'm interested in seeing some live gig applications with a full band.

[@MichaelRinus]

Scott this is ingenious! I always look for stuff that sounds inspiring to me - besides the bass or any instrument scale practicing it would be crazy cool for any musician. Think of a vocalist just freezing a tone and singing with him/herself droning around?

[@rmccain99]

Scott, you are one cool dude !

[@jamiewerner2377]

lately I've been using the "Deep Impact" pedal. It's super cool for synth.

[@kickbiker7920]

I ended up comparing and then buying the Superego after watching this ..... Maybe a future 'As recommended by SBL' channel or similar might be an idea ......

[@dantaylor6328]

Love the videos. This is my next pedal.

[@mikebishop3771]

What is that blurred out on the wall?

[@jenniplease]

Am I the only one tripping out looking at the fretboard? Is it nearly the same width from nut to the final fret?! (I have this pedal and I love it.)

[@jw8162]

Can't make out the logo on the headstock. What model bass is that?

[@stonedmole2351]

John Walker overwater

[@MisterBoy316]

Nice. A fully structured course on pedals and FX would be really great...

[@jackoatkon8449]

Good idea ..... it seems Scott may have been influenced by Steve Lawson ?

[@Ryteeo]

Do you ever work with a Looper?

[@VegaMaker]

Why you hiding power socket in down right corner? :)

[@devinebass]

I left one of those daft flashing air freshener things in the wall so it was blinking and flashing away like crazy... I did take it out halfway through the lesson but it was such a faff to put that little patch over the socket in the first place that we just left it in for the entire thing... the room smelled great though, lol! ;)

[@shadowthedragonemperor6997]

That sounds really awesome!!

[@paulc2108]

Oh I like that, I can see lots of possibilities...... not sure I can justify the $125 price tag, but that's toys for you!

[@paulc2108]

Damn you Scott, now I have serious GAS for that pedal! Thinking of whatI currently have at home, I gonna test to see how a looper or my DD7 hold mode will duplicate this.

[@RyanWright]

That is pretty cool... Might have to pick one up

[@fudgesauce]

I've been practicing scales and arpeggios, and I was starting to think maybe something like this freeze pedal would be helpful, for the reasons Scott gives. But it is $123. I don't want to be a keyboard player, but it seems like it should be possible to get a cheap ($60?) small keyboard or midi keyboard and thus be able to play chords or chord sequences much more flexibly than what the freeze does. Eg, enter some chord changes into MuseScore and then have that loop (I haven't used it, so I don't know how hard that is). Good idea? Bad idea? Suggestions?

[@art-van-delay]

Im waiting for the PLUS pedal