This Pedal Is a Gamechanger - KMA Machines Endgame

[@johnnathancordy]

kmamachines.com/machines/endgame/ for more info on the Endgame

[@Wadey1960CS]

Your guitar playing is absolutely mesmerizing! The way you effortlessly weave melodies and rhythms together is pure magic. It's clear you have a deep connection with your instrument, and it shines through in every note you play. Keep inspiring us with your incredible talent!

[@paulsguitarstudio126]

I finally got my endgame after 6 mos. I use it on my live rig and also a headphone practice rig. Quite a versatile box with many features. I found the IRs to be outstanding, the power amp mode simulation a really nice addition. It remains to be seen if I need the IRs or power amp stuff on my twin cabs and tube power amp but nice they are available. Sure you're not supposed to need them in that context, but if it sounds good who cares. So far on my headphone practice rig everything is great. I did find the headphone jack to have a level of hiss I find unusable for me. I run the outs into my external headphone amp and everything is good. Best sound in headphones I have ever got. The noise in the headphone jack was increased by using the stereo loop I had to crank my level on the Flint to line level to get it right. Noise was an issue until I piped it into my rack headphone amp (using Bayer Dyn cans). Seems like every unit i have that powers headphones and uses IRs has a hihh noise floor you can't get out (as you cannot gate the internal signal or you have to have some sort of stereo noise gate which I have not seen.) The Doubler is just amazing, works very well, simple no adjust just width, love it. One needs to watch the units ambience knob to the effect on the Doubler, especially w gains, much better when set low or not at all if you're using looped delay/reverb units. So far it is doing what I need and seems to be a nice addition to the board puzzle. I did have two OAMP units a couple years ago and those were $600 to the cost of this KMA unit is not bad at all. For the outstanding Doubler, end of chain buffering and stereo loop connects it's worth the price of admission for me. Everything else is just nice to have on board for the units extraordinarily diverse hookup scenarios.

[@mikemorgan4774]

Now THAT'S a Knife!

[@SimonGaiser]

Hate to say this, but this is almost the best sound I have heard from you. Well done KMA

[@MyBestNameHere]

Ummm... okay. So, it's a new pedal I can hook all my other pedals up to? I got lost somewhere between the reverb demo at the beginning and the 8(?) cables you had plugged in at the end!

[@Quarashi1]

I like the potential for this pedal, and I'm intrigued. Generally, I shy away from "game-changer" videos, but I'm glad I clicked on this.

[@jaguarsunburst1570]

Amazing Video!! 👍👍👍 Great Guitar Player.!!🎸🎸 Awesome Guitar Pedal.!!🎶 God Bless You ❤❤❤❤

[@robdavies9478]

Picked up one of these recently and it's a great bit of kit. Use it at the end of my pedalboard before everything goes into my Aeros for recording. Allows easy routing out to FRFR speakers if I want to play loud. Easy headphone monitoring if I don't want to plug in to my Aeros (that's on a separate board). Power amp sim adds a little heft without sacrificing clarity. Doubler is very useful, and you can coax flanger type tones out of it. All in all a really well thought out and executed bit of kit. Not cheap, but for what it offers, good value.

[@sordel5866]

Obviously you're using other pedals with it, which makes a substantial difference, but I'm really surprised by how great this sounds.

[@garyleek]

Great product, great demo - very helpful!

[@jackprice7828]

Interesting concept. I'm surprised this hasn't been done before.

[@TheEnd-vn9rb]

Can you revisit this - on how you’d actually use this? Really interested on your take.

[@wabwabb8798]

For the use case 1, how do you connect the Loadbox to the Endgame?

[@chriscox9018]

Is there any follow up on this piece of gear?

[@JimmyGallowayGuitar]

Fkn hell Crocodile Dundee, save some leg for the rest of us

[@stephonwilliams8890]

Man that pro reverb sounded so much better than the line 6 and tonex pedal.

[@florisvanlingen]

Mostly due to differences in volume IMHO. Also the HX and ToneX tone has some ambient reverb thing going on, which was not present on the Pro Reverb

[@RobbenBanks153]

@@florisvanlingenhow does that work? I’m still learning about tubes, but doesn’t the amp speaker out -> load box -> endgame -> stereo IR line out mean there’s no volume coming from the amp itself?

[@DavidJosephBoth]

the tonex can produce the same sound. They aren't set up the same eq, reverb etc.

[@therangersinger]

Don't ever stop using "game changing or changer" in your titles...or that big ass knife. Love that they have annoyed people 🤣

[@brandonbrunious]

Great little thing.🎉

[@SaviorMoney-777]

Great player!

[@pauljohnston1560]

Speaking of the H90 …. Curious in your thoughts on that, if you ever get a chance👍

[@stuntkiwi]

A fender tonemaster would simplify your need for amp+line out/IR

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Please post on how you did that high harmonic sweep :)

[@CrazyBiscuit]

Bro , I love the friking machete. so awesome hahahahaha

[@basildog007]

Sorry, as of now, I have very few thoughts on this pedal, as a non gigging musician... However ☝️.... If you want your poppies to be huge and generous, you need to sow in October, let them survive winter, and then they will be huge. That's a gardening tip. Don't be that dangus with tiny poppies in his yard.

[@robdavies9478]

I think it has a lot of value for non-gigging musicians, perhaps even more so than for gigging musicians.

[@IamMusicNerd]

Very similar to a Two Notes Cab M+, but with stereo out and an extra FX loop. Very cool, but I don’t need the extra FX loop or stereo out, so I’ll probably just stick with the Cab M+, since it also has the built in power amps feature, dual cab and mic IRs, dual tracker, XLR out, headphone out, along with built in reverb and EQ, etc.

[@KMAMachines]

Thanks for your comment @IamMusicNerd. Cab M is an excellent sounding product, but it has to be said it is fundamentally a mono device, so that means there is no easy way to integrate Stereo FX with it, including the TDT Doubling where that is stereo by default. We actually tested Cab M a lot, not only when we were developing ENDGAME, but also using it in conjunction with our device to better integrate Stereo FX etc. However, for those who are used to using the Two Notes eco system and already have their favourite cabs set up, simply turning off the CAB IR on ENDGAME will allow you to add stereo effects on top of your finished signal, just like you would do in a studio environment (or with headphones for practicing etc. to finally enjoy any of your FX in stereo). This will help make your live performance sound “more like the album”. Also, as far as we can tell, their basic Twin Tracker algo only is available on Captor X or via their WoS plugin/remote via an external Mac/PC, it couldn’t work correctly on the Cab M hardware anyway, as it only has a mono output and it’s also quite different to how we think double tracking should perform Of course, ENDGAME’s extensive routing options and Bluetooth integration also add a large amount of flexibility to setups containing a Cab-M or another form of cabinet simulator. We’re very aware that a lot of guitarists have invested time and effort into their preferred amp and cab sim solution, which is why we made the ENDGAME a device that can compliment these, as opposed to directly competing with them.

[@lyricbread]

Watching John opening boxes with a machete never gets old. 😂

[@michaelogden5093]

Actually...

[@JoeHelias]

Cool so now you can add an FX loop to your Strymon iridium for $380... Or just spend $200 on on the NUX amp academy and all that I/O (mono only however) is included like it should be on every Pedal amp. Looking at you Strymon and UA.

[@brettphillips2309]

Everything g is game changing to this guy.

[@metricdeep8856]

Yet another game changer. How unique.

[@marvinmartin3438]

Dude, I need this box! How many watts is it? Does it have a sweet spot? Is it transgender friendly? Covid compatible? Can it get Eddy's "Smells like teen spirit" tone? Asking for a friend

[@jb909jb]

the ENGL Cabloader would be a good comparison

[@quiksilver78]

The mono input killed it for me. I can't use this with a dual preamp pedal setup, unless I'm missing something?

[@zacharykim295]

Same. I left a comment on KMA’s video and they said to use the stereo fx loop as stereo inputs. But since there’s no preamp sim in this I’m not sure how I would like the sound…

[@christatosian]

Yeah have the stereo FX loop on, plug your preamp into the return path, put both toggle switches to "post" easy peasy!

[@Quiksilver2]

@@christatosian I think I follow but would like to see a schematic/diagram with stereo modulation/time-based effects in the FX Loop

[@gregalon]

It’s a very useful end-of-chain utility except that it doesn’t have a tuner. We crammed every feature into our $380 digital Swiss Army Knife… except the most basic must have tool.

[@tappistrt]

A tuner at the end of the signal chain?🤔

[@gregalon]

@@tappistrt Sure. I've had various Polytunes at the end of my board for ages.

[@christatosian]

Theres a THRU output for your tuner, then holding both footswitches mutes the pedal output