The hero speaks! You have honestly no idea how many hours I've spent listening to your playing.
@ehtaabbundhoo3842 жыл бұрын
Must be an amazing feeling to have a comment from such a great musician! Great video BTW!
@Whiskeyklone2 жыл бұрын
My fave Whammy-style pedal trick - Setting it to 2 semitones and using it to "bend" my strings, creating a lap/pedal steel kind of sound that's very different sounding compared to an actual string bend.
@brandonpelt49482 жыл бұрын
I'd like to find more videos of this.
@macfawlty Жыл бұрын
The most creative and comprehensive demo on methods, styles and uses for the DT.
@lucbos75162 жыл бұрын
People have no idea Prince used this pedal for almost all his recordings and concerts
I like the idea of having a separate pitch pedal from my modeler since I can drop my guitar’s pitch but still have access to my same patches. If you build it into your patch, that’s a whole lot of new patches even if DSP wasn’t an issue
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
Exactly, and even on the full Helix you have to sacrifice a bunch of DSP to have a single poly pitch block, let alone 2?
@89ji762 жыл бұрын
John Nathan Cordy For real. my next significant gear purchase is gonna be the Drop or EHX pitchfork just so I can play Beat It and Kickstart My Heart without blowing my vocal cords outs
@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын
Detune sounds really good. Better than a typical chorus pedal which can easily rather sickly. The boss harmonist pedal is great too, especially if you use an expression pedal plugged into it. A good alternative is the Boss PS6 Harmonist. You can play scales where the intervals are not completely fixed because you can choose the key with major or minor and the note pairings or trios move distonically. It can whammy if you plug in an expression pedal. You can play the Killer Queen solo with it. Heel down for single notes like normal, and toe down for three notes at once.
@RobbenBanks1532 жыл бұрын
Now THATS an unboxing knife
@EdBMetal2 жыл бұрын
Very nice use of the pedal. Great playing 🤘
@ptdakos2 жыл бұрын
I got the Drop some years back, which is essentially one half of this one and I absolutely love it.
@deadoctopi50702 жыл бұрын
If digitech wasn't just bought and sold a couple times as a "manufacturing drop ship" company to keep selling the current lineup I'd love a Drop V2 that has the up as well as the down tuning capabilities. But alas.
@ptdakos2 жыл бұрын
@@deadoctopi5070 It's sad, indeed.
@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын
Things are looking up now. They will be part of a big company and given some free reign.
@ptdakos Жыл бұрын
@@kentl7228 Good to hear, I've seen the brand is more active on social media too. I'm not in the pedal market anymore, but it's always good when respected manufacturers make a comeback.
@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын
@@ptdakos Digitech and DOD never got their due respect. Digital snobbery was a problem for Digitech, where it is accepted more today. I see Cort are the new owners. They are huge but actually dedicated to musical instruments, unlike the previous owner...
@Whiskeyklone2 жыл бұрын
Cort just bought the rights to the DOD/Digitech brand and intellectual property from Harman/Samsung so we can expect to see more DOD/Digitech stuff in the future.
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
OOH nice!!
@Mr.krabz2182 Жыл бұрын
dreamy playing man, wonderful demonstration
@harls73172 жыл бұрын
Get them before they get rebranded! They got sold off earlier this year, stock is drying up at most retailers
@matthewharness84462 жыл бұрын
Just ordered 1 I can't wait
@johnnytwo-shoes97982 жыл бұрын
"I see you've played knifey spooney before" the Simpsons reference of the movie reference in question? I need to hop in my uber-roo to get down the local shops... I have the ehx pitchfork. It's good and small but missing a few intervals but I can get by without them. Love that when you plug in the exp it unlocks new functions and bonus points for their how, low can you go/high is the sky, program. It's actually pretty awesome, as I've been asked to do 8 string modern metal sounds but I use a modded Gretsch g2655t guitar (made it like an es339/Ibanez am type) and I'm not going to bother with ext range - the extra strings throw me off with tracking notes. I have some more metal guitars but I think it's looks funny doing drop C style metal on a jazz guitar
@jimmcdougall99732 жыл бұрын
Lovely knife Mr Dundee. Nice Sharon Stone impersonation too 😉
@ErebosGR2 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard a Whammy on a record was Pink Floyd's Marooned and it still is the most iconic use of the pedal for me.
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
I need to listen to that - was just reading about that
@BluesBrogio Жыл бұрын
I have to say: What a gorgeous looking strat, sir.
@elkuervojuarez18902 жыл бұрын
Johnnnn!!!!!!! Please mateeeee.... do a vid lesson on your aproach to these amazing runs that are so characteristic to your lead playing. Im just a metal head and I just can't make things sound classy like your fast lines
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
Hey chap - there's a TON of videos on the channel on this - the Lessons and Licks playlist has like 100s of legato videos - Mondays I normally do a lick lesson!
@pepedecoatza2 жыл бұрын
The new virtual jeff pro (digital whammy) could be an option if instead of pedal you want a digital pitch shifter on a whammy bar shape. Is even better option if you have only one guitar with a fixed bridge but i dont think you could make flutter effects with that bar....
@emilianocarlucci24282 жыл бұрын
I've been using it for a while now. However I've never been able to master the harmony section, if you have tips, please share the info. Thanks
@jakollee2 жыл бұрын
Yes best unboxing knife. Is the film reference Crocodile Dundee?
@justfine777773 ай бұрын
I am from St Louis Missouri. I believe a Luthier here makes those guitars.
@pepedecoatza2 жыл бұрын
Maaaannnnn , with that knife no one will want to sneak in your home to steal your rig!
@Jerminator1984 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the beautiful playing and demo. Sub.
@benriddelluk2 жыл бұрын
Kinda disappointed you didn't go full-on Tom Morello or the Edge in the playing demo Mr. Cordy (joking) Pink Floyd's "Marooned" from the Division Bell is sublime showcase of the Whammy's use for movement instead of an "effect" that people mainly used it for
@melodicshredder5834 Жыл бұрын
My diamond compressor, wah and whammy 5th gen all are true bypass, what would be the best chain order? Wah-Comp-Whammy or Whammy-Wah-Comp? Thanks in adv.
@MaxEfpunkt Жыл бұрын
whats the whammy-effect that you use in the bloopers-section at 12:05?
@CMHobbies2 жыл бұрын
I actually didn’t know it did all of that. I knew I left realestate on my new board for a reason…
@kyran42382 жыл бұрын
Yes, however it looks like you struggle with the length. Possibly not used to handling things that size.
@eadsinstrumentsllc2 жыл бұрын
You're awesome John!
@bibelgaming45242 жыл бұрын
Could this pedal make sounding a 22 frets guitar just like a 24 frets?
@schlagdog Жыл бұрын
The simple pitch on the Helix is better sounding than the drop. The latency is slightly worse but there is no change in tone. The poly capo effect L6 spent a year on is awful and the old simple pitch destroys it.
@w1zard0f0h9 ай бұрын
I have the original one. The only thing I wish it had was a mix knob.
@0013619511 Жыл бұрын
How would you set pedal for open G tuning ?
@Stephen-uk2in2 жыл бұрын
I’m thinking of checking out the gamechanger audio bigsby because it seems to be able to do a lot of what this one does and it also looks super cool lmao
@michelestefanoli2287 Жыл бұрын
Im mesmerized
@kentl7228 Жыл бұрын
I smile looking at this because some people want the Hendrix sound and his gear was sometimes awful. He had to tolerate a lack of choice and germanium diode fuzzes that were temperamental and varying in tone from one to another. He would have adored modern effects and been as happy as a pig in poo. This pedal is a great example. Let alone the technology we take for granted would have some very interested scientists and engineers...
@red_shift64082 жыл бұрын
The knife must mean you're a fan of Slash 😉
@lchown18132 жыл бұрын
I thought the pitch whammy on the Helix sounded too artificial at plus one octave if I remember correctly for Pink Floyd.Marooned and maybe for Killing in the Name of by Rage Against the machine....Marooned sounds more musical than the Helix.....maybe you could compare the sound quality of the two of them.....or give me your thoughts here after comparing....Thx
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
I've actually found the latency on the real whammy for the pitch up +2 octaves makes it VERY difficult to play fast lines...Not sure why that is happening as the Drop side seems fine and the harmony side?
@tappistrt2 жыл бұрын
Now that's a knife!
@ensignbarabus2 жыл бұрын
Some folks call it a kaiser blade, I call it a slingblade, ummhmmmm?
@tomsnowden620110 ай бұрын
I got mine for $160 couldn't beat that price, and all I wanted was the whammy function...I accidentally got the dt octave lol
@dividedbytimestudios2 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say Crocodile Dundee, or Rambo, but Rambo’s knife was a bit smaller
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
Close but not quite....Any other suggestions?
@billybobhouse95592 жыл бұрын
@@johnnathancordy 300?
@kyran42382 жыл бұрын
Please try to emulate it with the helix🙏🏻
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
Yeh - so I think in the big Helix that'd be the best bet right? Maybe even HX effects I could put together a Whammy type preset with a couple of pitch blocks?
@Dubble_Bubble407 ай бұрын
"You call that a knife?" 🤠
@michaeljay6968 Жыл бұрын
so pretty much a drop pedal and a whammy bar, what else could you ask for
@Kaz89988 Жыл бұрын
Very good video!! Just one doubt: In an "extreme" case, with a 6 string guitar if I want to go down to standard A, do you think it would sound better lowering the Drop to 7 semitones (with the guitar previously in standard E) or would it sound more natural/fuller lowering it by itself? 5 semitones with the Drop (in this case with the guitar tuned in standard D)? PS: I also forgot to add what opinion you have about the "Shift Up" option to raise several tones in certain songs (because for example my guitar does not have 24 frets and it is an impediment to play several solos) and if it would be better to use the part of the Whammy or the part of the "Shift Up". And the same in the case of lowering the pitch, I was wondering if the Whammy sounded better or in this case the Drop would sound more appropriate. Thank you so much.
@toploadtele2 жыл бұрын
5 stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@GalansKey Жыл бұрын
теперь у меня есть идеи, как использовать мой Whammy 5. Отличные видео🤘🏻
@HarpersCrustaceanExp Жыл бұрын
Way sweet!
@marcuslewitzki46105 ай бұрын
Why are so many KZbinrs using huge knives when doing unboxing videos??? 🤨
@jazm391 Жыл бұрын
Can this pedal replace a chorus pedal ?
@johnnathancordy Жыл бұрын
Hey! There are 2 chorus modes that I think I demo at some point in the video - I quite like them 13:34
@jazm391 Жыл бұрын
@@johnnathancordy Thanks. :)
@RyanDraperRocks Жыл бұрын
you're giving me major anxiety the way you're handling that knife!!!
@thatbritsound Жыл бұрын
Big boxes require big knives for opening.
@johnhennessey510 ай бұрын
weird comment
@thatbritsound10 ай бұрын
@@johnhennessey5 weird reply
@supervillain2482 Жыл бұрын
Rambo knife?
@Mourninghorse11 ай бұрын
That's Not a Knife !!!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
@EdBMetal2 жыл бұрын
I recommened a chainsaw for the next unboxing
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
I actually unboxed a PRS Silver Sky SE with a chainsaw - true!
@EdBMetal2 жыл бұрын
@@johnnathancordy lol awesome, i will have to find that one 🤣👍
@Danucis2 жыл бұрын
The playing is good tho
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
Ha cheers Daniels - this is my favourite guitar so I try to keep as much mojo on it as possible ha!
@markknecht94162 жыл бұрын
I thought you were selling stuff, not buying stuff? ;-)
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
Yeh - that's the trouble with demoing interesting gear...I have to buy interesting gear!!!
@markknecht94162 жыл бұрын
@@johnnathancordy - The first step in recovery is admitting there's a problem. ;-) I suggest you never admit that and (as long as the wife doesn't rebel) just resign yourself to always having a mess about and once every year or two clearing it out. Love the channel and your playing. It's an inspiration.
@expresidentfortune2 жыл бұрын
struggling with opening that box? get a bigger knife. Good vid btw
@davemitchell3189 Жыл бұрын
Crocodile dundee
@impossivel20062 жыл бұрын
00:10 Predator
@johnnathancordy2 жыл бұрын
WOWOWOWOW Hugo gets it in one!!!!
@impossivel20062 жыл бұрын
@@johnnathancordy It's one of the best action movies ever made and one of my favorites.