Jimmy Page's Secret Distortion Trick

[@UniversalAudio]

Thanks Rhett! Was great hanging with you & your crew at HQ 🙌

[@TrevorrNourse]

UA Team - love this pedal, really impactful!! Improved my tone!

[@StanleyCullerEsq.]

James Santiago is a goddamned national treasure! I've never heard a single interview with him that he didn't say at least a dozen things that blew my mind.

[@whiplash415]

I love this video. Please make more videos about Zeppelin tones

[@saucerfullofzepp4203]

This Please!!!!!!

[@voronOsphere]

Heck yeah!

[@jeffdixon847]

You’ll have to wait for another pedal company to promote something that has a Zeppelin play to it. This isn’t a Zeppelin tutorial. It’s an ad.

[@voronOsphere]

@@jeffdixon847 It's the kind of ad I love!

[@voronOsphere]

@@jeffdixon847 BTW, not all Rhett Skull uploads are ads. He can do more videos about Jimmy Page's tone without it being an ad.

[@georgejames8718]

As an acoustic guitar player, I usually don't bother to watch videos about guitar pedals. I really appreciate how you presented this pedal and all of the background on how and why it was created. Thank you, Rhett and Universal Audio! Now, if I could only play enough electric guitar to make it worth buying one of those pedals...

[@horizontalblanking]

James is a MONSTER player. Watched him and Dweezil just shred the last time I saw the ZPZ band. Absolute legend.

[@ChristianInSanDiego]

As you pointed out, James seems like he has some real depth of knowledge on this stuff. I'd like to hear more! Rock on kids!🤘

[@jayeaston13]

Cool and well-executed idea for a pedal, and this video was really well-done overview of how to get creative with studio compressors by showing in detail how to stack and dial in the 1176s for legendary sounds. Pedal sounds stellar too. Bravo Rhett and James!

[@eddiejr540]

One of the most fun and interesting “commercials” I have watched in a long time 👍

[@FirstActuality]

Thank you for not having just a clickbait title and a few throwaway remarks (about playing style or something) but actually delivering with some new information.

[@squiertelecaster6854]

Jimmy's real secret trick is ... He is really good, he played great compositions.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

It's the feeling he puts in his playing, the contrast between light and dark and that comes with playing all the time, putting in the graft isn't it?

[@richardclark.]

Everyone talks about Eddie's swing and he had it in spades. But Page had that, and so much feel, Touch, mood, pocket, etc... Even being a legend Page is under rated.

[@eriksebastian6637]

Tone is all about the jacket

[@jordan11752]

Yes and also he was a great producer/ audio technician

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

Yup. The real trick is actually showing up to practice, but we all know guitarist don't wanna hear that. It has to be the magical diodes.

[@mrwizardalien]

The pedal just arrived and it's better than I was even expecting! great as a sustaining compression, great as a kind of boost, and it can even do a kind of fuzz sound when combined with other pedals!

[@jamesmarcin4787]

Great video. I remember reading about this technique being used on Black Dog a bunch of years ago. When tracked with multiple guitars and used in a subtle way its a great effect but by itself not so much.The Beatles used this technique as well. Keep these great videos coming.

[@annode]

Yes, Lennon's guitar is straight to board for 'Revolution'. Maybe same as 'Black Dog'?

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Jimmy Page will always be a mystery. It's actually what makes him cool. On Stairway he was using that little Supro Coronado amp with a Tele just cranked to the max. I've got the Jimmy Page Mirror Tele that he was using on that and man that thing is absolutely awesome. Then there are songs like No Quarter and Whole Lotta Love where he just gets absolutely mind blowing tones that we'll never be able to replicate. Jimmy Page is so cool.

[@john564holloway]

Precisely said!

[@bryanwilliams3665]

Yes, the Studio tones are basically impossible. On my last video is my new MSG pickups which do the 73 tour sounds.

[@digiorno1142]

I’ve actually gotten very close to the WLL tone myself. The trick is to have your les paul in the middle position and have treble volume at max and rhythm volume at about 6. The rest are just amp settings that are easy to mess around with but gain should be at 4.

[@timetraveler8777]

​​@@digiorno1142I also gotten a very close WLL tone , Page Used the Vox UL7120 with a built in distortion activated, I have a the Lumpy Overdrive 7 that is based on that fuzzy overdrive that those amps had , and I'm using it into a Vox amp , with a Les Paul with the pickup in middle position.

[@peacefulruler1]

@@timetraveler8777watch It Might Get Loud WLL section…he shows the fuzz pedal he used.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

I think what's crucial to understanding how Page's tone on Black Dog wasn't as farty and brittle as what we hear here is because they EQ'd the crap out of it. It's the same drive happening, but they tamed it considerably for the final mix.

[@voronOsphere]

Plus blending it with more traditional electric guitar sounds.

[@KTGHATS]

@@voronOsphereBINGO

[@annode]

@@voronOsphere Like what? Where's that coming from? I'm hearing an effect in that Black Dog mix, maybe an octave box or fast leslie. Sounds double tracked as well. (who knows)

[@pungeon]

​@@annode it's triple tracked and the solo is played through a leslie

[@loydthabartender5794]

Hes also playing an overdriven tele double tracked over the fuzz part during some parts

[@Glicksman1]

Very cool guys. I've been using two compressors in series for many years as a foundation for both clean and OD sounds. I'm gonna try this OD trick. Thank you.

[@annode]

I think these comps are in parallel.

[@Glicksman1]

@@annode Maybe. When I have use stacked compressors they were always in series. Compressors in parallel create a different, more aggressive and very nice sound as well. I stack compressors in series to increase the amount of compression, maintain sharp attack, and prevent the usual compressor anomalies. Its all good, and whatever makes the best sound for you, that's what is right.

[@martinaddison4880]

definitely in series@@annode

[@annode]

@@martinaddison4880 I watched those meters intently for a while over and over, considering what's going on, series doesn't make any sense to me. Parallel hardly makes sense either but at least it's more probable in that configuration. No matter.

[@Epitome63]

Amazing how much effort goes into recreating an ad hoc sound of the 70s.

[@domidigital]

Exactly what I was thinking 😂 I can envision Page saying: “you know what, let me just plug into the console and crank it once.” Then he plays and plant says “sounds shite, to be honest”. And then Bonham says “right, but the groove is tight, let’s leave it and jam on that.” And THATS how Black Dog was born.

[@paullevinson2010]

OMG, for years I've been saying that a lot of Page's sound in studio never sounded like an amp I ever heard and thought maybe it was direct input like bass players do and tweaked out in the mix! Finally, clarification about all that! The sound quality of the double 1176's sounds similar to an out-of-phase switch (OOP) so prior to all this my thought was he used his pickups switched OOP through a pedal and direct into the board and pre-amped by the channel gain. Anyways, this has all been very enlightening. Thank you so much! 🤘🤘

[@peacefulruler1]

Don’t forget his Germanium Fuzz pedal was used for Whole Lotta Love and others

[@davidmajor4484]

Two things Thank you Rhett for doing this video Please don't have the background music competing with your dialog .

[@Rootsdeep82]

Love the historic take on where Page got that icon is sound. Taking a sound that isn’t necessarily pleasing and working into the mix. Great content Rhett!

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I used to record with a guy that literally makes almost every band he produces play a generic rhythm track on every song and sometimes even an acoustic on every song. Regardless of genre or how heavy the music is supposed to be. The only thing I personally don't like as much about that is I always wanted to be able to recreate the sounds live. If you listen to Zeppelin live there were just things they couldn't recreate live but their records are seriously insanely awesome sounding.

[@Rootsdeep82]

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 I can see where he’s going with that method. Must Nice to have flavors to mix in when the need be. Interesting point! What do you have if it can’t be performed live? I kind of all went for that gut feeling of “ is this in the soul of rock n’ roll” when writing. Have i gone to far out that I can’t get back in? I’m just a guy trying to play a song. Getting to what ever the song needs.

[@thedynamicsolo4232]

Nearly 60 years ago and we are still digging into the sounds of Led Zeppelin. Were they geniuses or did they find some felicity in messing around with the equipment? I mean, how do you get stoned, find a certain pitch, amplification, setting and not forget it, but patent it and build on it. What really impressed me with their muscianship was "Carouselambra" from "In through the out door". A seminal work with great nuance, change patterns and strange ambience emitting from the lower strings of Page's playing.

[@john564holloway]

Nicely put!

[@handgunner1911]

Page is a genius and an innovator actually they all were in my opinion

[@coldacre]

they just used the tools that were available to them at the time. if Zep had formed in 2018 and not 1968… they would have used plugins in a DAW for flavour.

[@peacefulruler1]

The recording engineers did a lot of the innovation. I read that Page was using Gibson Lab series solid state amps for Carouselambra

[@alekandamek]

Thanks for remembering Lowell George and Little Feat!

[@jellytroid]

Gotta say this tone is so cool to me. I would never have considered for someone to get the idea to do that at the time.

[@tihinter]

Nice to see a Publison Infernal Machine in the rack at UAs. Everything else they emulated already. So now we know what will come next year.

[@unacuentadeyoutube13]

Jimmy and all the greats back then managed to make the best sound out of what they had. We now have infinitely more specific gear and stil try to copy their old set ups. We guitarists are hard to please!

[@dodgedandle8311]

I know it’s Madness gone Mad , All the Gear and endless possibilities, AI and god knows whatever other Nonsense and yet The Best was still Done with them Great Bands from The 60s and 70s with stuff that hasn’t been bettered really when you think about it,it’s just a bit more convenient now.. 👍🏻⭐️

[@danmorrison8746]

I'm pleased.

[@a2ndopynyn]

Limitations force creativity. Today, we have infinite possibilities, so nobody has to struggle and reach to achieve something. Unless you're a uniquely self-driven individual, that makes it hard to be truly innovative.

[@FrankMacDonell]

I believe Jimmy used this trick all over the first album and people mistake the effect for his tone bender. The solo in You Shook Me, the fuzzy upper octave in Dazed and Confuzed and the main riff on How Many More Times. I believe it is used on Bring It on Home, the solo in Tangerine, the fuzzy slide parts in When the Levee Breaks, and the main riff in No Quarter. It is my feeling it was his secret ace up his sleeve when he wanted a guitar part to ooze sleaze.

[@timetraveler8777]

Led Zeppelin I is the crunch of supro, and some songs tonebender mk2, led zeppelin II is the distortion built- in of the vox UL7120, this trick is on black dog , no quarter, and some other songs.

[@leeyoungun]

I agree with the upper octave in Dazed. Not sure about You Shook Me. Page did say he drove a Leslie speaker cab with the desk, but I think the Tone Bender was also in there. Page has also stated that he drove the Leslie cab with the desk for How Many More Times. Zep II was a Vox UL, but I think there is some desk distortion on top of the amp’s natural distortion. Some of the drum tracks sound like the dual 1176 driving things into distortion.

[@tobymearing8407]

i've learned so much here! studio compression usage starts to make a lotta sense - thanks to you all

[@curtisprice9806]

SOUNDS SO SO GOOD!!! MAGICAL

[@davebishop2566]

I have a couple Warm Audio 1176’s. Will have to try this. I used to play through an old tube amp record player console when I was a kid, probably in 1976. About that time I got my first real guitar amp a PV Backstage. I smoked that amp and a guy Mike Metz a now famous technician out of Wichita Kansas built that Backstage into a really great amp. It was a solid state amp that smoked some of my friends tube amplifiers at the time. As far as recording, I have no clue. I had an RCA record cutter and I used a EV microphone into a Fostex 4 track and straight into the RCA.

[@TheErikBleich]

It’s cool that you only get the fuzz on the transients. That clean sustain is a unique character.

[@mark.guitar]

Superb video Rhett. This is the first decent explaination of what UA have put in their 1176 pedal. More importantly it explains why. Cheers.

[@achakhakan4189]

I'm guessing the Heartbreaker solo uses a really high level of compression, and a noise gate, which creates that chaotic sound. You might want to look into that as well.

[@bryanwilliams3665]

Its an underwound PAF but a unique one. I was lucky to know Jimmy guitar tech..I build both the Pre April 72 and Post April 72s sets . The Madison Square Garden set is on my channel last vid.

[@jacklord66]

​@@bryanwilliams3665and you build them so very well!!!❤

[@peacefulruler1]

I think it’s a cranked Plexi

[@NewHopeAudio]

I like the Isbell slide lick. I remember learning about the Lowell George thing because of the Slide Rig pedal that Jason used.

[@martinaddison4880]

I have the Slide Rig and it is a very cool pedal.

[@Stratguy10NZ]

Super educational - thanks heaps Rhett and UA

[@KYCDK]

man I love this as a compresser because you can HEAR it compressing, I can feel it too and I'm not even playing it. I would not have that always on, but if I want that specific tone, then this would be it

[@richardclark.]

I have had the pleasure of recording this way on occasion. Something that wasn't touched on was that your guitar and pup choice become very important. Tele gonna Tele and a master gonna jazz.

[@yohanonshine4664]

I'm more of a metal guy but it never hurts to see what people do for a cool tone tks Rhett

[@4unkb0y]

super tips folks, awesome stuff. I never understood why my stereo compressor has a button to dump one channel into the other. now I do. thanks!

[@ryangunwitch-black]

That Strat is beautiful. And your playing is sounding pretty great.

[@xeode]

some great playing on this

[@jeremythornton433]

Now I have to try this with my Strat running in and out and back in both channels of my ART VLA II stereo compressor. It won't be the same, but it might be amazing in it's own way! You never know until you try.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

@8:00 running your rig through an ancient tube tape recorder you can get some of these similar vibes. The tubes act as the compressor.

[@basildog007]

If someone is looking for a cool compressor pedal, try the Carl Martin Andy Timmons signature.... It's my holy grail after I tried so many of them... Too many... Boss, MXR, Source Audio, EH, Walrus, Earthquaker, Keeley, Pigtronix... You name it... So I hope it spares someone some time. Carl Martin from 10 years ago beats them ALL by a LONG SHOT... It feels like studio quality. Anyways, I love compression. Great video. Cheers everyone 👍

[@Hugoknots]

but have you tried the origin effects cali 76 stacked edition. That is the true holy grail for guitar compression pedals.

[@omoon66]

This actually sounds so cool, never would have thought to do this!

[@BluesboyJagCigarBoxGuitar]

Huge Zip fan, IV was one of thre first lp's I purchased in 1977. Thanks for this video!

[@ncd1967]

Yeah! I remember hearing this story from Mason at Vertex when their Nyle Comp/Mic Pre came out. One of the settings of the Nyle gets you in this territory.

[@imspartacvs]

Nice Thanks for showcasing UA Great stuff -Matt- Hudson Valley, NY

[@craigwillms61]

I personally don't care for that distortion sound. If I heard that coming out of my gear, I'd be convinced something had blown. I'd grab my handy Tube Screamer!!!!!

[@gyslainbeauchamp9241]

Great review,Nice trick,

[@MegaElvisd]

In other words, the "Plugged into your 1970's JC Penny's Realistic stereo because you were 13 and hadn't gotten an amp yet" sound. Fondly remember that tone.

[@thomassabarly6700]

Bro Dr. Berners is ripped, amazing video btw

[@BrazosP]

Great post. I still don’t understand that 1176 compressor…maybe make 3 short videos about how to use it…some of us have U/A software gear, so we have all those knobs!

[@dreamscuba]

Great video. I had heard about the distortion coming from several compressors, but never seen it demonstrated. I think the key, as articulated in the video - in the context of a mix. By itself, it doesn’t sound great. But, in a mix, it works so well. Nice.

[@820hurleyj]

Very interesting video. It kind of drives home the functionality of compression. Who knew you could stack compressors!?! I guess Jimmy Page and probably a lot of others, but I didn't. Thanks!

[@ricktheexplorer]

There are free 1176 compressor plugins and I just downloaded some of them. Thank you once again for the esoteric musical knowledge.

[@marcoalexanderwinthermikke9132]

Thats cool! I thought it was the EchoRec that did that😂 Great video! James is a Wizard! 🧙‍♂️

[@robmcgaughey1938]

Great video Rhett!!! Very educational and inspiring on how to get more out of compression . Also there is some really gear in the background…

[@astrovenus8345]

Wow., this was such a dope vid Dude. Kudos. Im sold.

[@darwinsaye]

Still not clear on where the drive is coming from. Is the first compressor that is cranked, clipping -or is it clean-boosting into the second one so hard that the second one is clipping?

[@FeelingShred]

either way, you can achieve same result with a cheap booster pedal clone

[@darwinsaye]

@@FeelingShred No, not at all. A clean boost will drive your amp into distortion and you will hear the sound of amp distortion. The point here is that either one compressor is driving the other compressor to distort by boosting *it*, or the first compressor is just driving itself to distortion by being turned up all the way. Either way the sound of a compressor distorting is a totally different sound than the sound of amp distortion resulting from being pushed with a booster.

[@FeelingShred]

uhm good point, it's boosting it but not distorting... good catch

[@dougcrowe1226]

Interesting use of compression. I dig clean sounds and that had some lush clean tone without sounding muted or boxy

[@cureyting]

So I just finished watching this video and thanks cause it was super interesting. Always great to see how historical sounds were made, for us guitar nerds. My next thought was hey, if you can achieve this with two standalone compressors, can you then stack two digital compressors, in a HX stomp, (Helix) environment and get either the clean sustain or even the Jimmy page distortion out of it? Could be additional content…I know I’d watch!

[@omoon66]

I thought the same thing, so I tried it out. The Helix/HX doesn't have a model of an 1176 that I know of, so I just used two Deluxe Comps (which according to their manual is a Line 6 original.) From my limited testing I can't get the distortion with just compressors, as maxing out the level control on the first comp into the second comp just makes it louder but with no distortion. You can use the mic pre amp block to add some gain and I think it sounds somewhat similar. But the clean dual compressor sound is really cool and I've been loving it

[@professorpedropontes4402]

Not only the gear does brilliant stuff, your slide playing blew me away.

[@IL2TXGunslinger]

And that’s why I have an Origin Effects Slide rig on my board. 2 x 1176

[@uncountedvoter9449]

What a great clean sound! It pops just right. And that is Black Dog 100%

[@DaisyHollowBooks]

Very informative. Compression in general has always been a mystery to me..

[@solaris70]

some of the inexpensive guitar practice amps and even bass amps we used and played in the late 70's to late 80's had that type of sound as if one of the Humbuckers or single coils was tøø low away from the strings the midrange treble would seem to be absent for the middle 4th 3rd strings, yet sustain was still available for the bass tones 6th and 5th strings often during jamming or noodling - yet when learning or rehearsing, practicing - the notes come before the drop off sensation effect of the amp and pickups in most songs so the higher treble strings 2nd and 1st would have clear sound and tone before the decay instead of fading away.. almost similar to blown speakers in a car or pickup truck.. so it was necessary to be proficient and have a precise attack on the notes that need to be heard from each of the strings and as chords. especially with live drum set where the percussion from the guitar players needs to be proficient otherwise probably won't hear anything from the guitar (s) except the bass and midrange many times options for adjusting the amp were just more volume and midrange so scooping the sound would not really work in those situations - until better pickups and pedals and better amp was available somewhere along the journey and then it' was possible to get more in sync sound wise to what was being produced released that one would hear on the radio peavey and crate practice amps really were the go - to for hard rock and metal and having tabs in back on the speaker was a bonus to connect to more stand alone speaker(s) we would aLways' ALLwAYyszzz trying to sneak the parents the adults home stereo system speakers everyone had during those times 😉 of course a big fender twin reverb or Princeton would be nice a real Strat would be nice and easily a half or full stack ¿marshmallow? Marshall but oftentimes nobody had a gibson les paul or fender strat we got whatever we could afford in the instruments and amplifier world while saving up for a vehicle at 16 . yes the lawsuit era . amazing period of time that decade before grunge and alternate and CD players it was aLL rAd .. heLLa rAd 🔥⚡😎⚡🔥⚡🤘 6:30 - 6:50

[@resofactor]

This was a really kick ass video, yo. Shout out to UA.

[@JohnsDough1918]

DI guitar sounds are underrated. Of course you can't get them to sound like a traditional amp, but that's the point. Sometimes, you just need an heavily compressed, heavily EQed direct signal to get your sound to stand out in the mix.

[@jimmyhartman573]

at the time a HARD working studio musician , who just said " Listen to this " Let me lay this on ya .! And man we all were having the same vibe , this was a whole new sound of rock and roll . . he took the dirt path of music and paved the way for generations of musicians . . Brilliant is an understatement imho

[@nancyvanrijn9732]

Great video, looove that slide sound 🤤

[@stickman55100]

Great explanation and demo of a phenomenal compression system.

[@GScott50]

I have two Cali76 pedals (big box and compact) - I'm going to try this!

[@Popskull_666]

Loved this!!!

[@cr8cat794]

Exactly what are you guys hearing? Greatly increased sustain?

[@jonnahkaymoffitt6885]

Jimmy Page a true pioneer of rock n roll

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

One of the greatest distortions I've ever heard is the Paperback Writer tone and I've heard that George Harrison was literally just plugged into to the board with it cranked. You think he was using this same trick to get that sound?

[@chesneytube1]

Nothing screams rock and roll more than affiliate links

[@gregantonowicz2818]

Hey Rhett, where can I hear the entire little wing you did there? Sounds fantastic!

[@doughull9287]

Great content. Thanks Rhett!

[@mrcopeland3996]

Very Interesting. Complex to me. Would love to have that set.

[@blueslawyer]

I love this method with the EHX Black Finger.

[@andypomeroy7447]

SWEET! Now I want another pedal. This is a great video & sharing of information to help us be better players.

[@K0kEEE]

Love the dive into some Zeppelin tones, there's a lot of misconception around what Jimmy Page actually used in the studio, like for example the fact that Whole Lotta Love is played on a Vox amp, I think one of the old Super Beetles from memory, and also that he rarely used marshalls in the studio

[@jacobsmith6773]

never used marshalls. small fenders, supros, vox

[@geschickt]

@jacobsmith6773 I swear I remember reading that for Heartbreaker, Page said something along the lines of using a pared down version of his live rig (by that time, LP & Marshalls) mic'd up in the studio for that track? They're a pics of him tracking guitars for LZ II at Olympic Studios where you can plainly see the Vox head cokefreak117 mentioned, and also a Marshall head & cab. Likewise for most/all of Presence...? They sure sound like it--but Page was a master of sonic "trickery" (so to speak) in the studio. Still, those pics from that recording session don't lie, fwiw.

[@K0kEEE]

@@geschickt In the same interview where Jimmy Page talks about using the Super Beetles on Whole Lotta Love, he talks about towards the end of recording Zeppelin 2 he was using a marshall, I believe specifically on Heartbreaker or something like that, you are correct :)

[@jacobsmith6773]

@@geschickt “Once I’d done the second album, the Marshall is being used by the end of those tracks [recorded] in New York. I got those during that ’69 tour. So maybe Heartbreaker was done on a Marshall. And that’s how it stayed, with the Marshall cabinet all the way through.” looks like youre right. He was still using hiwatt live up until early 70's though

[@timetraveler8777]

Page called that amp used on zep 2 super beetle but it was Vox UL7120, 120 watt, ibryd amp with solid state preamp and power tube

[@pauldemattia2419]

Once asked in 1975 who his favorite American band was Page said Little Feat. RIP Lowell George Fortunately, Lowell passed the torch to Bonnie Raitt before he passed.

[@FeelingShred]

Compression is a funny thing... Lately I have been using a system-wide compressor in my Windows computer just to level out sound between different channels and I have been enjoying listening to music with the compressor on. For music that you already know it's interesting, it seems to bring out certain sounds hidden in the mix and bring these aspects up to the front, particularly nice for acoustic guitar songs

[@FeelingShred]

don't go too high on volume otherwise blow up speakers 🤣🤣 use with caution

[@FrankMacDonell]

A note about How Many More Times. The direct compressed track is played in tandem with a standard overdriven amp track. If you isolate the correct side you will hear a WALL of fuzz.

[@MoneyGrip70]

Wasn't to sure of Rhett at first w beato. Now I've come to like his content. He's not pretentious , as I assumed , it's just him being him. I respect that, he's a an average guy just like all of us climbing the ladder of life & music.

[@rm_0605]

Do those compressors have any tubes? The rack looks kind of big for only FET transistors.

[@timmungenast]

Such great sounds in here! This would be great for Under the Bridge.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

I never knew the exact gear he used but it sounded like an overdriven FET stage in a compressor.. I had assumed he just used the console built in compressor stage when the Solid State boards starting coming out (late 60s) .. it just has that sound (double tracked ) . Cool to see it was this gear..and it was ubuitous stuff at the time to see this gear. So he used the console and outboard gear - yes it adds a flavor for sure it speaks volumes about the quality of these mixing consoles as well.

[@albert30300]

Awesome Rhett - learned a lot in this video

[@cowabungaw9958]

Some inconsistencies here. The original studio trick used 2 - 1176's, here 3 were used. Also in this demo an unspecified preamp was used between guitar & 1st 1176. Apples & oranges = The top 1176 meter button looks like its monitoring the output on +8dB setting while the bottom 2 units are on gain reduction. A signal flow chart along with the all settings would be nice.

[@robshrock-shirakbari1862]

The pedal BD sound is a bit bright. However, jam that into a multitrack tape and roll off some high end with EQ and you’re probably very close to being there.

[@jasondorsey7110]

Got an 18 volt dod performer compressor from the 80s, sounds killer and can boost a signal like nobody's business, if one crosses your path don't turn your nose up at it

[@lt.loomis8176]

The real secret is Jimmy's nuanced ability to find the unique sweet spot between the gain, other settings, picking and playing hardness between each amp situation.

[@Iam_Dunn]

The guitarist in me liked this video. The gear head in me LOVED this video! ❤ from 🇨🇦 \m/, ,\m/

[@voronOsphere]

Great video! Thanks, guys!

[@jimbeaux4988]

I dont know about the distortion sound, but that clean compression is the business. No wonder the 1176 is beloved.

[@flmason]

So what are we saying here... Some FET distortion driven into a compressor makes a cool sound... kinda wondering if that will work in a DAW... just running guitar through a wave shaper, to a compressor, maybe followed by a limiter and some dynamic EQ.

[@JayKughan]

How would this stack up against the JHS Color Box? Hope you'll consider doing a comparison. Cheers..

[@liontribegc]

History modernized in a pedal? Amazing video Cheers from Texas! 🤟😺🤟