Lost Demos - Crowther Audio Hot Cake 2008

[@AndyDemos]

Also wanted to say this is the ONLY demo where I've played a Foghat song ;)

[@JamMan6string]

Fool for the Sit-tee ))) I love playing that solo on a LP.

[@evanward4303]

🤘😎👍

[@kenherbst9460]

"Also wanted to say this is the ONLY demo where I've played a Foghat song ;)" LMAO 😆

[@waskerbasket9601]

The world needs another Foghat, like now

[@wonderwomanguy]

I was gonna give this a like, but that would have pushed it to 70, and I want to leave it at 69. 😉

[@chuckjcarter]

After the intro sequence, I was listening for Andy to say "I'm playing through a 65 Amps Soho. Here's my clean tone..." PGS days sure were fun!

[@AndyDemos]

Haha yeah it’s funny, that Soho wasn’t used very long but it stuck with people!

[@jobiazgarza9571]

the pgs demos andy demos with no visible andy have a charm. greatness

[@brutallyremastered4255]

Ha ha - perfect just plugged mine in again after a year or so. Always inspiring.

[@hh4826]

I saw this recently on a gear video for The Beths. Sounded really good there and sounds really good here. Thanks for uploading Andy

[@kroadster3249]

I love this. A throwback to the First ASMR ever. But first here is my clean Tone 😅

[@marcogman8905]

Miss those PGS days and all those old brands. Glad to still have Andy around. The OG of pedal demos. I wish Andy would bring back the 65 Amps Soho on some of his newer demos.

[@AndyDemos]

If someone wants to get me one, I’d gladly do it!

[@marcogman8905]

​@@AndyDemos You know there's this website called Reverb where people sell...Lol...just kidding, buddy...couldn't resist. I hope someone can come to the rescue and lend you one. Take care. Keep safe.

[@edadpops1709]

Its fun to look at all the different eras of PGS and andydemos thru the years since 2007 .glad you resurrected the pgs archives .

[@kevinmalone8903]

Here I've been wanting one of these this week and this pops up !!

[@countstoneula]

The Hot Cake is one pedal I’ve almost bought so many times but never have. Mostly because it’s not readily available locally. This demo would have definitely made me pull the trigger back in 2008. I’m up in Canada, but I used to buy so many pedals from PGS just to support the work you would put into these demos.

[@zeralita0]

check out the guptech donut. it's made by canadians in your area. they have a double version too (double donut). i was looking into it but decided to get a local builder to make a clone for me. hope to get the new version someday though!

[@countstoneula]

I’ll check it out

[@philipmoses5408]

Best Hotcake demo out there. Perhaps time to update for the newer version?

[@thumbpickfingers]

Interestingly, the rarest and unpopular BOSS pedal, the PW-2 is a similar diode-free circuit with a similar tone. Supply & demand's ways are inscrutable.

[@tonesleuth69]

Nailed it. Side by side they’re almost identical to me

[@andreasatlars4281]

You owe your Vox amp one. They just go so well together.

[@MysticMountainGems]

Andy stop!...I'm a sucker for nostalgia. You're gonna make me cry.

[@Michlandir]

Always wanted one, still do!

[@Paul-dw2cl]

smells like nostalgia

[@seanmcdoodlenoodle]

There are switches inside?! Had no idea. (open mine up, no switches! Guess it's an earlier one.) Love mine and been on my pedal board a long long time.

[@AndyDemos]

Yes there are many versions, this was a later one from 2008 and the final versions has the switches on the outside of the pedal!

[@metfan999]

Keep em coming, Andy!

[@bubble-and-scrape]

I love my Crowther Hot Cake, will never part!

[@pclindholm]

Vintage Andy rules

[@incubism]

Still an amazing pedal.

[@surfrby8876]

Only pedal I’ve never taken off my board , it’s grown a fur coat 😬

[@waskerbasket9601]

Your the king, Andy!

[@paulchateauneuf3478]

Bluesberry mode, beauty. Love the old Demos.

[@MrAjboyd]

Cheers, Andy!

[@ourPurple]

If it's good for Neil Finn it's good for me ;-)

[@BlisterFingers]

Invented and built by Neil's former bandmate in Split Enz

[@Mr.Steve-O]

@@BlisterFingers yes, the drummer !!

[@martlgr]

Is this what thom yorke used for body snatchers from in rainbows?

[@erhnam]

Andy and PGS made me spend all my work money on pedals. Almost all my pedals back then had PGS demos.

[@majd.z]

Love the Pigs rendition!! You always do Pink Floyd tunes justice

[@wilhelmrogue1]

Foghat and Andy Rule!!

[@abelramirez7320]

I always wanted this pedal

[@user-gm5by6dj3d]

I also play a strat and a deluxe reverb. Sounds great. Great distortion. If you want more gain than get a chain saw.

[@Guitarisforgrins]

Oh snap.... The 65 Amps, SoHo! (At least in the background)

[@wonderwomanguy]

I enjoy looking back at old PGS demos to noise Legos that time has forgotten and now they're cheep. I mean not this one, but like old Hardwires.

[@equalsequalsofficial]

I ain't no country boy, I'm just a home sick man!

[@glendoggett9670]

Put a Hot Cake in the FX loop of a Tim v3, that would be like Paul C. squared! 😂

[@cbappa2]

I've had a V3 OCD since 2008 and I've always wondered how this stacks up but never got a chance to try one. Anybody know? Or Andy would you be so kind as to give me your thoughts. Curious what the Hot Cake is similar to if anything

[@manolispates8206]

I've had both and found them to be very different. The OCD (mine was V4) sounded much less transparent and gave my set up a slightly "plasticy" sound at higher gain settings. I think it was mainly the range that the high frequencies were in did not play well with my set up as I've heard the OCD sound great in other applications! The Hot Cake is much warmer but can sound a little muddy as increasing the gain also brings up the bass a little so you have to compensate with Presence usually if you make any gain adjustments. But it can go from ultra clean to wooly fuzzy tones. I have it set for mild creamy overdrive and it just sounds wonderful. I would by 10 of them before I bought another OCD.

[@manolispates8206]

Also, the BIG difference between them is the Hot Cake lets some direct signal through (it's what makes them known for being so "transparent") so if you're basic clean tone is quite trebly or bassy then you will have that feeding into the sound palette as well, if you get me. I run one through a Bassman and although it never sounds muffled, it could be perceived to be a bit "darker" than an OCD overall because of this

[@cbappa2]

@@manolispates8206 okay thanks. I didn't know the HC lets some of the clean signal through so that's good to know

[@oliverj_oh]

best pedal

[@RevDannyBlack]

Nice Pink Floyd deep cut!

[@mbrighton1802]

I know dimitri from off! uses this. I want one

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

I'll stay with Electro Harmonix Glove..

[@AndyDemos]

That's a good one too... totally different circuit!

[@tomo6158]

2:39

[@lilnutty6821]

I thought this pedal sounded way too fizzy. Was nit a fan at all

[@simply3141592654]

Kind of whispery narration at this point. :-)

[@AndyDemos]

Yes, this comes from filming inside a tiny vocal booth. Small rooms make you whisper 😉

[@David-y8s3e]

Fools

[@AndyDemos]

Ahh yeah!

[@demantoid418]

Sweet thanks

[@jackbenson8228]

chur