New Walrus Audio Mako MKII! - Don't Ignore These Awesome Pedals!

[@petercarparelli]

the edits...my god. hilarious. give your film crew a huge raise. the walruses made my morning.

[@nekkon1989]

The video wasn't even uploaded in the morning😂

[@pepmasters-999]

Spot the person unable to conceive of anyone else in the whole world living in a different timezone to them.

[@nekkon1989]

@@pepmasters-999 his surname sounds Italian

[@Cyndaquills]

The best thing about these pedals is that they make they MK1s go down in price. I'll look into these when the MKiii comes out...

[@RaviSingh-ph2uw]

Oh, I don’t think anyone is ignoring these pedals we just don’t wanna pay 500+ dollars or whatever it is in pounds.

[@jcout25]

I get it...they gotta sell gear. But come on....pitching 500 dollar pedals like they're 65 bucks. I could buy 10 pedals and have an arsenal of great effects for 500. Even a used HX Stomp. I'll also pass on these gems.

[@k.s.vids1]

I think the idea is it's a bunch of amps so not a pedal.

[@johnpauloaguas8402]

Exactly 💯😅

[@sagittated]

They're 400/400/400/450. That's still expensive, but not as expensive as your criticism said they were.

[@johnpauloaguas8402]

Great effect pedals but the price is too high.

[@Thomasabraser]

I'm not ignoring walrus audio. They are ignoring the fact, that my wallet has limitations.

[@Mark_B585]

I just wanted to say that I think that this Pete guy has a future at Anderton's. You should really hire him.

[@andrewbuchanan217]

Yeah man, interning for like 10 years is BS. Andertons need to sort it out

[@Mark_B585]

@andrewbuchanan217 I think you and I need to start a movement to get Pete hired full time

[@Mark_B585]

@@andrewbuchanan217 we should make signs and strike outside Andertons. The signs could say "We need more Peter...." Wait no thats wrong.

[@keithb5612]

Dutch Pete Forever!

[@Mark_B585]

@@keithb5612 yes indeed! He's a great guy.

[@heymrguitarman7637]

The best thing about the ACS1 is that you can run two different amps at the same time, each sent to different sides of the stereo output. Whilst I love and choose the Uafx pedals, you need to buy 2 and then have some kind of signal blender to achieve the same thing. Cost wise you're in it for about 2-3 times the price of the ACS1

[@borkmaze]

That is why I love my simplifier X so much too!

[@mwaythos]

Wotcha everyone! My Andertons order showed up today. Amongst other things, a Fender Blues Junior IV - the first real amp I've had since the late 90s. I don't care what people say about modelling (which is amazing and I've been using assorted digital stuff for 15 years now) there's just something more tactile about it. The hour I had to play today was the most inspiring I've had in years. Also - if you don't have one at home, buy a £15 Ordo amp stand and point the thing at your ears instead of your shins. It transforms your sound (louder in the room, friendlier to the neighbours).

[@mwaythos]

Note I'm not dissing these pedals. They are amazing. Just expressing some joy. 💜

[@benjaminkoskinen5835]

"ToneFactor" IR's ladies & gentlemen 😌 Great guys and always quality products ✨

[@stoneysdead689]

It's metal in a pedal, a Vox in a box, another technical marvel from the good folks at Walrus Audio- they make some crazy good pedals. I had the Slo on my board for 2 years, I couldn't justify keeping it though because the only time I used it was whenever I got the chance to celebrate 4:20, at home, alone- flake out for a couple hours creating soundscapes for horror films no one will ever watch. So, I sold it and bought the UA Knuckles- super impressed with it. That said, I want some Walrus back on my board- the Mako series delay is amazing, one of the best on the market imo. I can't wait to hear the MII version, hopefully it's even better now. That said- the ambient reverb in their fundamental series is like a little piece of the Slo on your board- I might go that direction and get my 4:20 buddy back. I actually prefer it when they kind of dial in a good sound like that and let it stand, don't give me the option to mess it up or go so over the top with it that it kind of turns into goop- because it seems if you do, I will screw it up. The Slo was heaven when you got it just right, but it was a bit tough sometimes to get it just right- it was easy to go overboard with it and lose the musical qualities of it, it turns into weird abstract sounds. Edit: Que the "UA should have MIDI" complaints- here we go. Every time they show a UA pedal, or any other amp sim wit MIDI- this comes up. Let's be real though- if you polled guitarist all over the world, what percentage do you think use MIDI? Idk for sure, I doubt anyone does- but I'm betting it's less than 3%. Is it really that hard to see why UA might not bother with it? Especially considering the current price point of their amp sims- I don't think many ppl are willing to pay more than what they already cost- MIDI or not.

[@B4nksB]

Happy new year everyone at Andertons !

[@vincebath8171]

I learned to use small adjustments from watching your videos and I revisited a couple of pedals I had written off and lo and behold I found nice usable tones and effects. Thanks, Cap'n and Pete and all. Pete loves that Les Paul, has he put down a deposit yet?

[@MichaelIrons-d5v]

loved the vid boys, dem pedals magic.

[@MichaelIrons-d5v]

thanks.

[@olatortuga4622]

Bought both the D1 and R1 as they fitted some very specific requirements that I was after. 1. Ability to control various time based effects with loads of different parameters and options that I have now (workhorse pedals effectively). 2. They're small "boss sized" pedals so I don't need something as big as a timeline and a big sky. 3. They've got some super cool stuff that no one is really doing in terms of sounds. They're defo on higher end of gear you'd buy but in a smaller package. I think I will go down a midi controller route with them to give me more flashy controls (which I guess kind of contradicts my point in point 2 but I'd like to make the options to control what I want to live). Think they're pretty excellent and excited to see what I can do with them in time.

[@greggerjets9477]

I have the Walrus ACS1 with the firmware update. It is great and has never left my pedal board. I run the deluxe reverb with a 2x12 cab setting and a slight breakup. I use a Wampler Belle to give it a little bump. There is no need for an amp modeler. Great for front of house and into floor monitor in front. The stereo out is wonderful.

[@jesperjacobsen3050]

I swear, Pete could be playing through a potato and he'd still make it sound great. Happy new year to everyone, including in this comment section! All the best to you and yours!

[@pepmasters-999]

I'd like to hear him play a mashup that way. of Tuberous Bells and Purple McCain.

[@mwaythos]

@@pepmasters-999 Maris Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

[@mwaythos]

@@pepmasters-999 Albert Bartlett's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[@mwaythos]

@@pepmasters-999 At the Court of the Crimson King Edwards

[@Steven-u5w]

It's nice. Sounds coming out of all five pedals. I think I still go for the fractal fm9 experiment explore improvise to heart's content. God bless 🙏

[@suede__]

They also updated the MKI's with the new software of the MKII.

[@capita31]

Folders is not the best part of waking up, it’s Andertons uploading a new video. ❤

[@areallyboredguy5825]

Reverb on the M1 is probably coming from the space effect from the right encoder and the lo-fi being up. You can control reverb, warble, drive and so on.

[@victorbr234]

those sound great, if I had a lot of money to spare i'd surely buy one

[@caydespliff181]

those high gain evh/mesa/orange tones were some of the best I have heard 100%. I have several walrus pedals but I hadn’t been aware of these. I feel like pete plays better when the tones are especially good…I think that was happening here with these pedals.

[@JayTheLane]

Lee be like 'I'll just talk over you', like you do every blinking week 😑 Arms folded each time Pete plays 😂

[@zynthio]

They all sound amazing. They all have amazing features and intuitive controls. In a great size package. But the prices are unreasonable imo

[@dakotaaryerson]

I would buy this pedalboard/multi FX unit.

[@evanward4303]

Plural of Walrus is Walri

[@unhookedunhooked3219]

Had the first one of these and loved it. Reverb was poor but looks like that’s sorted now.

[@areallyboredguy5825]

The reverb delay and modulation pedals for the mk2 updates.

[@DrSmith-b1s]

Notice you “had” past tense must not have loved it that much

[@areallyboredguy5825]

@DrSmith-b1s You can love something but not use it. I love the acs1 but I also am selling it because I also loved the stomp and has more usable amps, if I only was going to stick to say the two amps or so.. I would have just stayed with the acs1

[@unhookedunhooked3219]

I am using the Boss GT-Core now. Out of all the amp modellers I have tried though the Walrus sounded the most natural to me.

[@MedalionDS9]

So many amp sims... just when I was leaning toward UAFX...then this comes around... SO MANY OPTIONS!

[@CZA1112]

I’ve just replaced my three strymons with the M1, D1 and R1. 👍🏻

[@GeoffByrdMusic]

Walrus is a good company, there is no doubt. Customer service is #1 in the industry. Design wise, I feel they are a tale of two companies: the first, more analog and simple with splashy graphics, and the second, more complex, less focus on graphic design and more digital and feature rich. I kinda like the first version better. I would rather have pedals do one thing really well with a few twists of the knob than 100 things with hidden features and secret modes. I also prefer analog to digital.

[@stoneysdead689]

All that said- you have to admit, catering to both demographics is a pretty sound business strategy huh? They're on everyone's boards- the digital guys and the analogue guys, and they have notable pedals in each category.

[@GeoffByrdMusic]

@@stoneysdead689 Yeah, you are probably right. I do think design wise they seems like two different companies of late, but I get it.

[@Mdougherty8054]

Maybe it’s me, but the whole appeal of these pedals (besides great sounds) was that there was no menu diving. Why wouldn’t you just get a multi fx at this point? And I’m still salty about walrus not making the new amps available to the mk 1 owners in a FW update. These pedals are good, but not very good value for money. Sincerely, disappointed walrus acs1 owner.

[@ChrisJones-nm4id]

Ordered the D1 last year. First one showed up with broken footswitches. The replacement had super glitchy software. Wouldn’t save settings. Other times delay trail settings would sound like different ones (the vintage setting would sound like the digital bit crusher setting) or there would just be really weird artifacts in the delay trails. I really hope this new version is better but it left a really bad taste in my mouth for their level of quality.

[@davnbull]

Unfortunately, I can't ignore the price.

[@LeedeMora]

One big thing that the ACS1 does (that the Strymon Irridium, Boss IR2, and others don't do) is stereo modelling with a different amp on each side. It would be good to see Pete demo that, maybe stereo ping pong delay or chorus, with a different amp on each side (please Pete!)

[@bobs_backyard]

The ACS1 mk1 is great (as is the other Makos, both mk1 and 2). I'm able to get a really roomy type of sound and I think it came through here too.

[@monkoosbob0]

They're great pedals. I will just be buying the previous gen. I already have an ACS1 with the 2.0 firmware and I'm likely to get a D1 (MkI) soon since they're around $150 on reverb. When they release the MK3 in a few years I'll upgrade to the MK2, after this one has a slew of updates and QOL improvements.

[@joellebrodeur1015]

Pete is at the glasses age I see😂.

[@I.M.Guitar-Nerd]

Could you put the Walrus Meraki in one of the upcoming Tales From the Pedal Cabinet?

[@robinr22]

You can't tell me what to do, you're not my real walrus!

[@timhopkins3810]

Not sure if you found out about they’re called the Mako series as they all have a SHARC dsp chip inside them. These all sound good but I did sell my M1 a while ago, the main reason being that I couldn’t get up to unity and so turning the pedal on gave a big drop in volume. Shame as they sound great. Apparently that’s been sorted now but thought I’d say in case 👍

[@sagittated]

I like Pete's G Shock.

[@mutabor74]

🔥

[@adamswanson8216]

In all serious when do you think victory will be putting out some more pedals or maybe reissuing some pedals in a different style we have not seen a deputy pedal yet for a front of the amp amp and a pedal, etc., and a few other things that have been going on at victory I mean no harm in asking truly I am curious as I am a victory product user in the USA and I’m always looking for the new stuff coming out to keep my tone on top. I have really loved the amps I have bought and had a great experience. My students love them too. Keep the new victory products coming and let’s see some new pedals. You guys have not done any Reverb delays or anything like that truly sounds like a great plan man get on it Lee. 1:33

[@cmadelaide56]

Walrus includes MIDI while UA still refuses to, despite both being at a similar price point. One of those companies actually asked during product development ‘Hmmm, what would our customers actually need…’. And that is why Walrus are steaming ahead with brilliant pedals while UA are a self-licking ice-cream.

[@stoneysdead689]

UA is selling far more than Walrus bud- sorry to piss on your "lets all hate UA" parade, but it's the truth. The vast majority of users don't use MIDI, nor do most of musicians I know who play for a living. UA realized that and decided not to include it, pretty sound business decision actually- though it pisses off the MIDI crowd, they're just not a large enough demographic for UA to start catering to.

[@cmadelaide56]

@ You seem to think that criticising a $400+ digital pedal released in 2024 for not having MIDI is a ‘let’s all hate UA’ thing, as opposed to it being a reasonable criticism of a poor decision made on their part years ago, and now a stubborn refusal to admit it was a bad call. Pissed off? Not remotely - I only dipped my toe into MIDI 2 years ago, but it meant that the first company ruled out was UA. They keep saying ‘we want to keep it simple’, which sounds fine until you open their App. (ps. The Boss metal zone sold a lot of pedals too, sales don’t mean squat…)

[@twanto]

As a user of the mk1 delay, it is glitchy with MIDI (both v1 and v2) and the sweep of the mix knob is not good. The MIDI works, but will sometimes not show the tap tempo correctly (I double and triple checked all my settings). On the mix knob, the main problem is that if you want to dial in a subtle delay, you don't have much sweep with work with. It goes from barely audible to way too much very quickly. If you are are playing shoegaze, probably not a problem for you. If you want subtle delay, you might be frustrated. I wonder what they have changed or not with the mark 2 version.

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

if you want all 4, buy a quad cortex!

[@Petey04]

No the issue with these pedals are themselves. The last generation was great, here's a whole new set 5 years later... It's too soon, will end up like strymon where the new stuff doesn't justify the price when I can buy last generation for way cheaper and it's still great...

[@areallyboredguy5825]

Then get the older version. I personally thought the same when I got the M1 Mk2 that I should have just stayed with the mk1, but I have enough disposable income that I figured well.. I rather not go through the hassle of returning it and buying the mk1 again. The acs1 however, I decided to sel the Mk2 l since I got a stomp which sounds awesome also and has some amps I love plus bass amps. The acs1 especially I could have stayed with the mk1 because I only used the fender and marshall anyway, and that one can be gotten for as little as 150 while the new acs1 is about 400 used and on backorder.

[@LegendarySnomann]

Cant the acs1 have one amp on the right «channel» and a different one on the left?

[@walrusaudioeffects]

Yup!

[@JimTheune]

Pete is playing thrash, but it doesn't seem like he wants to 😂.

[@DaveDuggan_]

That strat....

[@teknomanning]

Had a bad day ar work,then I heard Pete. I feel better🤣👍🏿🕺🏿

[@townee23]

acs1 or gp-200/boss ir-200? $500 vs. $350?

[@kevinmurtagh4996]

It’s all subjective of course, but my experience has been that if you’re going to spend extra money on something, the amp/modeler is where it should be spent. The Boss pedals are awesome for the price, but both the sound quality and feel of the ACS1 is on another level. Especially the new higher gain amps on the ACS1, it’s just amazing. In addition to the amp EQ, there’s also global presence and resonance and lo/hi pass filters. It also has spring reverb, room reverb, and hall reverb choices. Again, it’s all subjective and maybe others like the lower cost ones as much more than the ACS1. But my personal experience has been that the ACS1 is 100% worth it.

[@willgo7898]

... vs IR-2

[@Rick-n4t]

👍 très bon niveau de guitare 👍 magnifique 👍 il à grossi, arrête le Nutella, au régime ✌️

[@brianb4877]

Everyone’s trying to compete with the DSM Humboldt SX. That amp pedal saves you what $20-$30? and it doesn’t sound nearly as good. If they knocked off $300 then it would make sense. 😂

[@mark46c]

How can I ignore pedals that cost $400-450? Some of my best playing guitars don't cost that much. But never mind, if you guys "....can hear that harmonic distortion that stops it from being sterile..."(3:00) then I believe!!!

[@jaaybee101]

Isn't the Boss 200-series the most obvious comparison?

[@elancaster3989]

Pete's new glasses. Your look like professor Pete. Doctor of tone

[@DutchVai]

Mr Peabody & Sherman lol

[@Sonnytimesalways-lx7je]

You can't beat Lesing it up

[@LandoC2723]

I love you

[@toddmurphy390]

Problem is at that price it has to be compared to amps plus other companies do similar for less money.

[@Mezurashii5]

The first sound they get is the best breakup tone they've every had on the channel.

[@11000038]

Please can we have a new great free 2025? Pretty please!

[@micktheman6]

To much for what they are I’d say a 300 dollar price point is better but they are cool for that compact

[@k.s.vids1]

Cmon, Bluesbreaker -- gain down, volume 10!

[@sonicase]

there's three types of each mode you guys kinda skipped over lol,...i know you said it wasn't in depth though, vid would be like 5hours long if you covered everything.

[@JesusFreakAmen]

One day the M1 will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine

[@zThisPlay]

finally

[@JuddLofthouse]

I have the D1 v1 good pedal for the price these are way overpriced in my opinion

[@areallyboredguy5825]

Compared to other boutique pedal makers these are actually priced competitively. Compare to strymon or source audio. The one difference though I would say is the collider is only 300 used and a bloody amazing delay and reverb pedal. Also after looking at the JHS video responding to John, making pedals is bloody expensive especially when done in the USA.

[@dasczwo]

well, the acs sucked hard at guitar summit. every tone x one equipped booth sounded better. the reverb is great. why they chose to use the wobbliest pushpots in the industry is beyond me.

[@ServingMyJesus]

Pedals are way out my price range. I will stick with the cheapies.

[@Peapodzilla]

Overpriced in a saturated market

[@EpicMSdos]

These are so expensive you might as well just buy a floorboard

[@tonray9395]

Perhaps underrated but certainly overpriced 😢

[@trevorD1156]

Not really underrated, we know they sound good. That said a lot of things sound as good and cost less. Midi isnt for everyone and niether is 500$ for one sound from a pedal. It perfect for a handful of musicians but not that many.

[@jecky82]

My wallet...

[@MotoLen51]

Oh, Pete. Please try to take better care of your guitar. Can't you have nice things? ;-)

[@kevinmackfurniture]

I won't deny that all the pedals sound great... But they are cost prohibitive to your average working class guitarist...

[@boddumblues]

Are Les Paul lovers lesbians?? 😁 I'll find my way out.

[@johncarlo7395]

Here we go again, this month's overpriced pedals, by three of these and it'll cos you £1,137, the Captain said they should sound better than the previous models, so are they going to reimburse you all that money you spent the first time, NO!!!! wait till the MK3 or MK4-5-6 or even better MK10 or higher you'll make them multi Millionaires, and it won't make you play any better, buy a ZOOM or BOSS Multi FX, you'll get all the sounds you want in one very versatile and programable, save your own patches, unit, don't waste your hard earned cash, there's a new range by different manufacturers every one or two months, which are supposed to be the best, wait and see who 's turn it is next month.

[@stephenharrison7514]

Anyone else getting tired of this constant parade of pedals? Look behind Lee and Pete... it's ridiculous.

[@davnbull]

It's the one thing in life I could never get tired of.

[@paulmarshall2007]

I still enjoy watching them as I always enjoy the Pete & Lee show. But so far as the actual pedals go, I agree they’re all very similar sounding, certainly to me.

[@benlogan430]

What else is a guitar store gonna demo if not guitars, pedals and amps?

[@pCeLobster]

They're a guitar gear retailer. What do you expect.

[@ThePartykaman]

Variety is the spice of life friend

[@coryfeldman-hz2yj]

These do not sound much better than old or mid range multi effect pedals. Im pretty sure you can get all these tones in a fender mustang or old boss floor unit.

[@samuelpayne3822]

Second though I was first tho😂

[@siegriedroy6467]

First!

[@jorgiewtf]

While I do think these pedals sound pretty good, they’re just not on par with UA’s line of pedals. This is Walrus’s attempt to compete with UA but seeing it that they’re already on version 2 and they still don’t match up, UA easily improves their pedals with simple updates. I think for an extra little bit more money, you can get yourself the VERY best in sound and not the 2nd place runner-up.

[@offkilter]

A *little* more money? The ACS1 MK2 is one pedal with six amps for $450, and you can run two at a time in stereo. The UA pedals are one amp per pedal, and are $400 *each.* It's not even close when it comes to value. And Walrus definitely improves their pedals with simple updates as well. They pushed out updates to the whole Mako MK1 line instead of saving them solely for the Mako MK2 drop, which they certainly did not have to. I'm not even a big Walrus guy but imo they sound great. And if you're not impressed with the stock sound, you can upload your own IR's, another thing you cannot do with the UA line. (Note: I've tried the Dream and loved it, but features-wise, it's the worst value in the amp sim game.)

[@jorgiewtf]

@ I understand your argument but I think that in this particular comparison, the term “value” is pretty subjective. What we have here is a fidelity vs features situation and while I don’t think the Walrus sounds bad at all, it’s still more of a “Jack of all trades, master of none” piece of gear. The UA pedals nail the particular amps they are emulating with extreme precision. They totally behave like the amps they’re designed after. Also, the Lion pedal emulates 3 different types of vintage Marshalls. While they don’t have the ability to load IRs, they come with plenty of beautiful emulated cabs to choose from. Probably the other amazing thing about UA amp pedals besides their perfect tone is the room knob which through some kind of voodoo puts your amp in a hyper-realistic space which NO reverb pedal can come close to. So again, fidelity vs features.

[@elancaster3989]

Pete's new glasses. Your look like professor Pete. Doctor of tone. PhD Pick harder Dammit

[@Les537]

Underrated and overpriced. Only a fool would buy a pedal that cost as much as an amp.