Gibson Relaunches Maestro Effects Pedals w/ The Maestro Original Collection | Tone Report Demo

[@CarlosVargas-cn7rx]

Now this is WONDERFUL!!! But is a shame they didn't included a phaser, there's nothing most memorable than their 6 stage phasers from the 70's.

[@iancombs857]

DAMMIT!!!! THAT’S THE ONE I WANT!!!

[@jeffball6656]

I imagine it will be released at some point. I could see a phaser and flanger becoming part of the line.

[@odgeUK]

Gibson have teased the Phaser already

[@KelticKabukiGirl]

I thought that was their most popular circuit?!

[@Wolf_K]

@@odgeUK link?

[@thorbjrnreppe7343]

Great to see Gibson finally realizing they own this fantastic brand name! They’ve sold some horrific acoustics under it, but finally it’s back to pedals. These both sound and look awesome!

[@terreneuve6912]

That's so true. Even Epiphone does better acoustic guitars than Gibson now. "Inspired by Gibson" when inspiration happened.

[@walterrizotto8668]

@@terreneuve6912 Whay are you two talking about?

[@terreneuve6912]

@@walterrizotto8668 Try an old Gibson acoustic from the 40's or the 50's and you'll see how modern Gibson guitars are crappy (and too expensive)

[@walterrizotto8668]

@@terreneuve6912 Isn't it unfair to compare a recent guitar with a 50 or 60-year old one?

[@thorbjrnreppe7343]

@@walterrizotto8668 I agree with you there and I have no issue with Montana Gibson acoustics (except prize maybe ahaha). But they’ve sold some horrific asians under the Meastro name. They sell them here in Norway at elkjøp, which is kinda like our best buy. So sad! But now the brand gets some well deserved redemption!

[@lucasgoncalvesdefaria7121]

Maybe the best aspect of these is the artwork. They look like something you could hang on a wall, beautiful designs and well done to whoever is responsible for them.

[@Wolf_K]

I would have thought the phaser would have higher priority rather than three dirt pedals. They look fantastic, but do nothing for me personally.

[@clarenzlarka]

Amazing sound quality and playing at the opening! Great stacking potential with these pedals. The quality and clarity of the tone is exceptional!

[@abnerpgonz]

dude fuck yeah is that set me straight by the melvins? at 7:00 always love watching reviews with Andy , hes such a great player

[@chesneytube1]

‘The three bugles are sounding once again’ very poetic I like it

[@iamgodbringmecake]

Yes! More late night jams from Andy!

[@drno2141]

interesting...but basically they missed the big phaser and the boomerang wah..the most cool effects

[@bnightrider]

Knowing Gibson, they know this and will reissue them for 1k each. They just need to build the demand.

[@SwingingCreeper]

@@bnightrider doubt that they would charge that much since they are only charging $150 to $160 for the current pedals. Most likely the phaser and other classic circuits will be coming if the demand is there.

[@reidflemming8458]

Always nice hearing you play, Andy. Cheers

[@buddhamus]

Nice overview. I like them all, but it's the chorus and OD that interests me, and maybe the fuzz too.

[@anemoia980]

It gives this power ranger vibe from the 90's.

[@sinnertrain7405]

I used to own the original phase shifter pedal. It had a large footprint, but these were the pre-pedalboard days. It was the only thing widely available back in the mid-70's that got you even close to the Hendrix and Trower Univibe sound. The fuzz pedal here sounds pretty cool.

[@Filmandmusicdegenerate]

I have been waiting so long for maestro to come back and my dream has come true!!, I have an old early 70's Gibson G-115 4x10 with a built in Phase Shifter and I love it!

[@adylp7818]

I love that chorus - great rotary speaker sound

[@jsullivan2112]

Chorus is easily the best of the five, some great flanging sounds in there as a bonus. Great sounding pedals but this is honestly a head-scratcher for me. "We're bringing back our iconic name with these pedals that we've never done before, but we're not going to bring back the ones that we are known for"? No phaser? No filter? Don't get me wrong these pedals sound great but they don't bring anything to the table that nobody else does, other than the Fuzz Tone. Love the aesthetic though, they look bad-ass! And thanks to Andy as always for the outstanding demos!

[@solomonsanchez1897]

My guess is the pedals were developed by the parent company and they were looking for a brand to launch them under that they already owned.

[@ScottyBrockway]

Now they need to add the Octaver, Phaser, Brassmaster, Sample and Hold, and FZ-1S

[@matthewhackett3429]

Definitely hearing something unique that sets these pedals aside from the other pedal brands. Really surprised with the distortion pedal. Sounds incredible!

[@viciousdope66]

The Invader Distortion actually sounds good! I’m pleasantly surprised. I expected the Fuzz Tone to be the best, but the Invader comes in at a close 2nd place for me!

[@Xavier-my8wg]

YES ! I've been wanting a true FZ 1 reissue for so long ! favorite fuzz tone for me by far !

[@kierenmoore3236]

Well, it’s not that, from the look/sound of it

[@CarlosVargas-cn7rx]

Don't think bad, it sounds a bit like their super fuzz tone from the 70's.

[@kierenmoore3236]

The Classic mode sounds alright. It’s just not an FZ-1 reissue, like the OP seemed to think, was all.

[@Xavier-my8wg]

@@kierenmoore3236 I'll definitely need to hear more demos for it for sure, it does sound good tho... I really wish they would do a proper reissue like they did in the 90s, these fuzzes sound absolutely classic to me it's a shame not too many people seem interested...

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@Xavier-my8wg ... A great-sounding and historic fuzz, for sure. I have an original and one of the old ‘reissues’. I’m interested to hear more demos of this new pedal (like I said, the Classic/edgier mode sounds alright/promising), just not all that close to the OG. But then, so what?!; a good sound is a good sound. The light-up logos on these pedals concern me, tho’; it’s a warning sign, when a product/line leans too heavily on logos/nostalgia, or flashing lights; and these are doing both … not to mention, the possibility of those lights introducing unwanted noise into the signal, etc. I’ve seen it all before: it’s not cynicism, it’s reality … and history doesn’t repeat, but it sure does rhyme …

[@FleeceMusic]

WE NEED THE PHASER AND RING MOD!

[@v45magnum32]

As always, after watching Andy demonstrate something, I'm jonesing to get my hands on it.

[@edwardyazinski3858]

Me too. But, no matter how much gear I buy... never be great like Andy : )

[@Elraurko]

Ohh Andy demo, i never care what the product is, I’m just always happy to watch him play.

[@RileyReneau]

I have a dope Gibson Maesto acoustic that totally sucked in every way until I hit it with a snowball.. True Story

[@kodykindhart5644]

I need to know more

[@gabewilliams7462]

| refuses to elaborate further

[@blutos]

nICE

[@TheFlutecart]

I had an Applause guitar that sounded horrible until it got soaked in a leaky trunk for a day. It sounded mostly better after that. Still glad I traded it off.

[@faridzayish]

the aesthetic and graphic design sooooo niceeee

[@flux1968]

I really want to check out that fuzz

[@wg821]

Such awesome design and wow the sounds! But Andy could plug his guitar into a jar of belly lint and would still sound f'n brilliant!

[@2yugen2]

These look and sound good. Great playing from Andy as always. It took some Googling but I was finally able to determine that these are "Designed and Engineered in the U.S.A. Made in China" for anyone interested.

[@benjaminhensley2164]

Just what I was looking to find out. Thanks!

[@walterrizotto8668]

@@benjaminhensley2164 Yeah, me too! I'll buy something else then.

[@ronj9448]

@@walterrizotto8668 Agreed. electro harmonix and JHS are made in USA (mostly) and cover this "sonic space" and are priced lower or similar.

[@whojamfan]

My main question would be “Can I use my wireless with the fuzz?” Most fuzzes sound horrible without a guitar being the first thing directly plugged into it. Now I better understand why they sent Mojohand a cease and desist letter on their “Mr O” phaser cosmetics. It’s too bad they didn’t back up that bark by releasing a phaser to fill that market like the Mr O did-and still does. It would be nice to see them release the modulation/filter circuits that they made famous, rather than rolling the dice on yet another $150 chorus and delay pedal(efx loop with trimpot mix would have been cool). As usual, Andys right on the job with his great demos

[@Etienne.6329]

This was my first thought as well. There are much too many great alternatives to even consider giving them a penny

[@STRATMAN1969]

I'm still pissed that I can't get a Mister-O phaser I don't like the graphics on the new one at all .But I really wanted to put one on this new build cuz My mini phase that I got for a vintage board build sure ain't going out of the house : ) Why can't they just do reissues of the classics? Don't they realize how many more FZ-1 fuzz's they would sell or phasers then this Hideous attempt at recapturing the magic of there original pedals .You'll be able to find these on reverb for $50 in a few years .Hopefully they don't make very many so they'll be collectable lol.

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

They sure look snappy.

[@ardiris2715]

"Turn them all on." Music to my ears. (:

[@nicolaserafini6590]

Wow the leds.

[@nedbaez]

Wow... they sound awesomeness. Great video like always.

[@blindhtownkilla]

I love the comet chorus. Almost has a quality very similar sounding to the old Boss Chorus Ensemble pedals

[@ronj9448]

Gibson was really smart to have Andy do a full high quality review. Nice to see they don't have the absurd over the top graphics catering to the bedroom noodler like other pedals.

[@InstruMentalCase]

Happy to see the brand resurrected but I was really hoping for accurate recreations of the cooler vintage stuff like the PS-1A Phase Shifter (for early Rush tones), the BG-2 Boomerang (classic “Shaft” wah), EP-3, etc.

[@SickFX1]

Does Andy always pick the perfect piece of music for the effect or what?

[@22ddo]

No, he doesn't use a pick. He fingerstyles the perfect piece of music.

[@gertikatro6375]

Great video, great prices on those! Kudos to Gibson 👍

[@marchristiansen]

cool demo

[@andredegiant3876]

My surprise favorite has to be the distortion. It’s got a Muff-ishness to it while still being it’s own thing

[@ColbyJohnson303]

it definitely reminded me of a Muff, might just be how scooped it is though

[@mikelundquist4596]

Oooh, the logo lights up. That's important.

[@regaudieguillaume]

The mod on the delay is over the top! That's adventurous...

[@markyd02]

Great pedals! Great playing, too!

[@nicknickson3650]

The delay sounds really nice

[@futur_sunds]

That fuzz has got my money for sure!

[@chrisjw5]

For production purposes, I understand the reason for internal trim pots. But from a consumer end, it doesn't move me. I don't want to have to pull a pedal and unscrew the back to adjust mod and rate sensitivity (on the delay). They're integral to the versatility of the pedal. Andy did a great job on these, but the design leaves me cold, unfortunately. Put the controls on top or don't put them in. Just my opinion, YMMV.

[@nicolaserafini6590]

I agree

[@therewasascene]

I agree but it’s not a dealbreaker for me. For something that controls what it controls on the chorus/dist I’m not really bothered.

[@alleygh0st]

No I took back one of those crazy analog delays with all the whacky controls for this because I just wanted something I can play a clean guitar with that does have a good sound for live or recording, and with somewhat an echoplex quality to it. Helps me keep focused but I appreciate the other types of more crazy and advanced delay units too. I think itthis one does the repeats very good and the modulation sounds nice to my ear. I like the vintage flair of these, they also seem to play well together. It's like we're going back further to the roots, time to re-imagine the wheel I suppose? But it wants songs not just noodling and turning knobs. That's what inspires me with this line I guess.

[@edadpops1709]

Great demo Andy. Gibson should be smiling.

[@thejoshbtv]

They look awesome.

[@Beermaker2000]

That tone at 7:42 from a single coil?!?!? Holy crap!

[@theonlycaamz]

hell yeah!

[@BobMaulucci]

Great job Andy. They all sound nice. I don’t think the price is that bad either.

[@SS-gx7tg]

Funny how people are losing their minds about $150 being too much, meanwhile I'm thinking $150? damn these are priced well! Maybe I've been buying too much Strymon and Eventide.

[@ZepIV]

I feel the same way. I think $150 for these (good sound, great design) is pretty spot on. Not some kind of amazing deal, but they're far from overpriced imo.

[@corycunningham4336]

I love the fuzz but man that distortion is tight, imma have to order one of them up

[@edadpops1709]

Filling my trucks 2 gas tanks can cost 150 bucks these days and with no tone at all. 😃Gibson has priced these right

[@incubism]

Collect them all!

[@muttomatic]

I kind of want an all Maestro pedalboard now.

[@gooseabuse]

I've never been a collector of pedals but I instantly felt the appeal of owning all of them.

[@econogate]

Comet Chorus seems the best one of the bunch to me.

[@gregmize01]

The mix knob on the chorus is a smart move!

[@DefconMaster]

...so they're not actually reissuing any of Maestro's vintage designs, just a bunch of fairly generic modern designs under the Maestro name? Don't get me wrong, they sound good and look sharp but where's the Phase Shifter, Parametric Filter, Brassmaster, Boomerang, Filter Sample and Hold, and FZ-1S? I want the cool unique stuff that actually made Maestro, Maestro! That said, the new Comet Chorus _is_ pretty dope though

[@peteytwofinger]

these are surface mount designs = harsh digital etc - not tubes . lol .

[@DefconMaster]

@@peteytwofinger That's not really the issue here. Surface mount components are functionally the same as through-hole components and it's perfectly possible to use them in analog circuits, which these pedals certainly are. And tubes have nothing to do with any of this, as none of Maestro's effects have ever had tubes besides the very early Echoplexes AFAIK. No, my issue is that rather than give us modernized reissues of their classic effects, many of which are highly sought-after, they instead gave us this fairly generic lineup of inoffensive staples that have nothing in common with the Maestro of old besides the logo.

[@MrScrofulous]

This will be a phase 1 release. There will be another release. They are deliberately creating brand loyalty in new players here, finally using some of their massive brand power in a co/ordinated way, like Fender does.

[@SeppermanProductions]

these are nice pedals and all... but how much are Andy's fingers?

[@jeffhansen4592]

Thanks for not changing the clipping settings on the overdrive

[@SuperFreedomRock1]

Holy crap, will be buying the Fuzz pedal asap. What I AM upset about - is why they didn't create/update the Phaser?????? The original Maestro phaser is unbeatable IMO, to this day.

[@oldnikix]

Yes, the Fuzz is a cool new offering. It's good to see Gibson do Maestro pedals again. I too, would have loved to see a Phaser in this lineup. I've never played the Maestro Phaser, but I have a Moogerfooger MF-103.

[@jeremiahbayani184]

Andy, how much time do you spend with an fx before making a video for it? You seem to be able to milk the most out of em

[@AndyDemos]

Thanks, I first test them out for a few days and then the day of the shoot I come up with the riffs and ideas you see here 👊

[@kodykindhart5644]

You are the man andy

[@edadpops1709]

Yea an all Maestro board ,very cool.

[@Ruubinnn]

I was actually looking for a cool new chorus pedal. It looks and sounds good. Let's just hope the pedals have a better build quality then the guitars.

[@learnmusic488]

to heck with all those distortions & timeshifters. … i’m waiting for them to re-issue the brassmaster, phasor, and sample-n-hold!

[@reverendg5937]

Guess who is buying 5 new pedals? The Guitar Gorilla & me!!!!!

[@Pandamasque]

Sooooo pretty!

[@slimsantilli4476]

A lot of great songs have lousy spikey tones. But sound Amazing in the mix of the song. These pedals could be secret weapons

[@chrisegg7936]

ok this is super cool

[@chrisegg7936]

very happy to hear you can finally buy the "original" maestro fuzz but it's also coupled with a fuzz sound that actually sounds good lol

[@MrPeter924]

Awesome great music song so sound. Playing guitar. Audio

[@kevinjokipii4260]

10:30 is that a quote from "Good Times Bad Times"?

[@paulweyer4339]

Is it my speakers or does the fz-m drop in volume shortly after any changes are made to the settings?

[@kalebaldwin5398]

If/when they reissue the PS-1A phaser, they should have Alex Lifeson demo it.

[@martinleon507]

where's the phaser?

[@TVmaniac947]

THATS WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY

[@ztiberiusd]

They couldn't have reissued the MPF-1 parametric filter??

[@aronkoppold3981]

They need to relaunch the 6 button phaser like Waylon Jennings used

[@mgearvideos]

Which BBD chip(s) does it use?

[@DannyCollazo08189]

This is cool but I really really really wanted them to bring back the phaser

[@toddkalbfeld4602]

Bring out the classic Phaser

[@BernieZazz]

Always sound awesome in the videos. Get it home and “hey it doesn’t sound as good…better look for another pedal…”

[@xdoctorblindx]

Who designed the circuits?

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Mmm ya can't really re invent the wheel. They sound OK as many others do. I do like the look of them though, so good as collector pieces?

[@alfrededdingsii9098]

Tight!

[@felixbeguin7526]

how bout' the ring modulator ?

[@adksherm]

These aren’t the old circuits though? We don’t want just another new set of designs, we want the old stuff

[@jaenima7686]

shame they missed their most iconic pedals (ahem...phaser)

[@jobckts682]

Andy prfct playing with prfct Gear, makes anything sound Great. plus I'm sure Reverb gets Free/NOS pedals. Not Us.

[@the-chameleon]

Gibson finally "gets it"

[@69voxbeetle]

Niiiiice.

[@SlyHikari03]

Sad there wasn’t a parametric filter.

[@Nickpaflas]

So does the name "ranger" imply it's inspired by a rangemaster?

[@DravenZord]

Damn change the light blue pedal to pink and you’d have a whole ass megazord

[@tylertyler5949]

Do you get a free one if you bought a guitar this week? ..... Just asking for a friend

[@leascaart]

Simple design like the JHS Series 3.

[@ramonathewaitress]

Initially I was excited by this reboot, but the more I look into it, it’s apparent that Gibson are just cashing in deep on the nostalgia attached to the Maestro name, whilst essentially making some pretty generic sounding circuits, which bear little resemblance to the classic Maestro pedals, and are done just as well by other builders. Nice aesthetics, but there’s nothing that remarkable about these, apart from bearing a prestigious name.

[@harveycan5820]

I agree. None of these grabbed me at all. Even the Fuzz sounded crappy. The chorus was awful. The noise gate had some body to it but maybe Way Huge Conquistador has that covered? Idk, I was bored. Andy seemed unenthused though he tried...

[@ericwarrington6650]

Agreed...was ready to pull the trigger then hesitated untill I looked at them closer...not impressed...cool tones but nothing unique here

[@mr.j1400]

If it looks like a fender and sounds like a fender it should be a fender

[@spider5001]

Wow I like all of them lol

[@Diax1324]

Naturally Gibson fucks it up. I want to see actual Maestro circuits revisited. I am uninterested in yet another new chorus, analog delay, or distortion. I want the ring modulator, phaser, and fuzz tone.

[@danielconvertini91]

It would be interesting to know which kind of transistors are in the Maestro FZ-M.