Origin M-EQ Driver, Oto Machines Bim, Dreadbox Lethargy, Goliath MkII Fuzz [New Pedal Day]

Four fabulous effectors to get the tonal fires burning
Welcome to the show and happy New Pedal Day! In this episode we run through four new-to-us pedals and create some fun tones.
Both amps are running all the time, just for the record.
Enjoy the show!
Pedals and stuff in today’s video
• TheGigRig Three2One
www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• Dreadbox Lethargy
USA: bit.ly/3P8I6JI
• Origin Effects M-EQ Driver
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/3Y1qbsx
USA: imp.i114863.net/LPbWZj
• Goliath FX MK2
www.goliathfx.co.uk/
• Oto Machines BIM
Australia: bit.ly/3W4lWur
• TheGigRig Humdinger
www.thegigrig.com/humdinger
• TheGigRig QMX4
www.thegigrig.com/quartermaster
Guitars in this video
• 1965 Fender Telecaster - Dan’s video here: • Pimp Your Vintage Guit...
• Fender Custom Shop ’62 Relic Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: • Mick’s New Strat - Fir...
• Gibson Custom True Historic ’57 Les Paul Goldtop, Murphy Aged - no video yet
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: • Three New Strats For M...
Amps in this video
• Tone King Imperial MkII with 112 cab / standard speaker
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/3uxDjI7
USA: imp.i114863.net/vnROje
• PRS HDRX 20 with Burt Custom 1x12, Celestion Alnico Cream
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
USA: bit.ly/3TDM12g
Both amps are on all the time
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[@OriginEffectsUK]

Thanks for checking out the M-EQ DRIVER! Great to hear you having fun with it, it has quickly become an office favourite here

[@CorbCorbin]

Yeah, I’ve been eyeing that one. I use a Midphoria, by Magnetic Effects, which is a Mid Boost pedal. It can do clean transparent boost, but it has low and high mid channels, with a wide range on each, thst is great for solos, after a Fuzz Face, or especially really scooped fuzzes. I use it after all my dirt, except one other boost pedal, that I stack to do the cocked wah sound. The origin is more of a versatile gain pedal, than just a boost, similar to how a Treble Booster, isn’t just a treble boost.

[@gbarge4]

Hey, Origin. I LOVE may Cali76, an indispensable pedal. And then you go and produce this! During the demo, I wondered where best to place it. Presently, I go from guitar to fuzz to Kingsley Jester to Cali76 and then all remaining drives, delay, reverb after that. Where are players finding they like to order it? I do love a studio sound and love to experiment with studio-modeled plug-ins in the DAW, including EQ, compression and reverbs. Looks like you have a very fine pedal here. -G

[@goliathfx]

Damn fine pedal that guys!!

[@alexleech4490]

Key points: 0:00 - Intro playing 1:59 - Hello, housekeeping, and meeting the pedals 2:57 - Dreadbox Lethargy (4:31 - sounds) 7:22 - Thoughts on the Lethargy 8:11 - Experimenting with the Lethargy and Goliath FX MK2 (9:42 - reviewing the experiment, and trying again) 11:08 - Thoughts so far, and introducing the Goliath FX MK2 proper (13:12 - sounds) 16:21 - Thoughts on the MK2 (17:18 - bias sounds) 18:24 - Origin Effects M-EQ Driver intro (21:19 - sounds) (23:22 - searching for Klon sounds) 24:56 - Thoughts on the M-EQ so far, and "cocked wah" sounds (28:19 - more thoughts) 29:48 - M-EQ with the adapter switch (33:04 - thoughts) 35:44 - Oto Machines BIM intro (38:44 - sounds) (40:32 - if you don't have a switcher? Is it stereo?) 41:50 - Is that an LED matrix? Why!? 43:16 - BIM with the MK2 44:40 - Thoughts on the BIM 45:59 - Closing address, and Dan plays us out

[@tapilaha]

awesome thanks!

[@goliathfx]

Hey Dan and Mick, thank you so much for featuring the MkII. Looks like you both enjoyed it! And Dan, thought you might like the Big Muff ;) great stuff, thank you again!

[@simonfreer9076]

Nice work Matt; telling myself I don't neeeeed another bender

[@goliathfx]

@@simonfreer9076 Yeah I tell myself things like that all the time, myself is an idiot tho and I don't really listen to him :P

[@Zoso_1990]

Really nice, I just ordered another Tone Bender from Seeker Electronics to scratch the itch of wanting a MK1, but I think I might need one of your MKII's to go with my others, can't help myself when it comes to Tone Benders.

[@goliathfx]

@@Zoso_1990 well, I mean, I could try talk you out of it right? but...... 😁 I would be a rubbish sales man!

[@billyrayvalentine2657]

Thanks guys for the Bim presentation. I Always thought It was a "pedal" exclusive for synths. I'm glad you guys exist

[@GuitarsOK]

Sometimes Dan’s mind and guitar ability just make my day! “see how fast you can turn that rate up?”…(proceeds to appropriately jam with an inappropriate sound)! Waaay to go Dan 👏! Yes

[@tompoynton]

I do love an NPD, takes TPS back to basics! I love a deep dive but ultimately we’re all here for lovely pedals 😊

[@Adventuresingearland]

48:12 - When Mr T hits the drive, Dan once again shows his talent for being taken away by the sound. I love your flights of fancy, Dan - bravo Maestro!

[@weschilton]

Oh man that ending just got more and more epic by the second! What a killer line up of pedals!

[@periloustemple8290]

Wow, this was just a show among shows. All of these are next level kind of pedals - and very inspiring. Great stuff, Leghands!

[@TraneFrancks]

What a delightful collection, gents! I can't get over how good the MkII is, especially since I spent my first 20 years as a guitarist not really liking fuzz and in the last two years it's become one of my favourite sounds.

[@GuitarsOK]

Time for that pedal show once again! Yes, my day just got better! 🎉❤

[@peterjessop1878]

The BIM sounds amazing. Perhaps you should have a show on the BIM and the BAM together because that reverb is bloody incredible.

[@CorbCorbin]

They have three in this series. One seemed similar to that Flat V pedal, that was just released by Poly. The OTO delay and reverb, seem to have capabilities like the Poly Beebo, as well, using different layouts, but the OTO stuff, is $600 a pedal. The Beebo does multi effects in a chain or parallel. The Flat V has various tone shaping abilities and several modulation effects, with presets, so I’m just wondering how much more the OTO can do.

[@peterjessop1878]

@@CorbCorbin yeah I have a beebo which is great but I am not a fan of the algo reverb on it. I like Lexicon style reverbs so I love the Meris stuff and the BAM is meant to be very similar to the original 224 so would be nice to see that particularly.

[@pedalgazer7109]

Fun show guys- I'm always down for a straight forward look at some new pedals!

[@evanmiller2579]

Love the Origin pedal. Some really great tones to be had from it. The Bim needs its own show where we learn how to control it to make it usable in a typical pedal board. Thanks as always.

[@jdpower6360]

Hahahahahah I love it! Those effects at the end were absurd. Can tell you guys are having a bit of fun there.

[@markcarey8178]

Great to hear the horn back again - I've missed it - love the M-EQ

[@chedhead3278]

Thanks guys, another pleasant stroll through toneland. Top wig out outro. :)

[@johancarlson2774]

So, half an hour in, Mick sets all knobs at two o'clock, and it sounds amazing..... Who would've thought ;-)

[@ramspencer5492]

So many great tones. Thank you.

[@oliv9312]

Opened a beer and watched that - opened another for the outro jam! It's all great today, but man that MEQ is crazy good

[@birdwoodcbgs71]

I am loving these New Pedal Day vids. Groovy boxes:)

[@gbarge4]

Very fun NPD, lads. Always interesting. Just when I thought it was possible to stand pat on the pedalboard, the M-EQ Driver appears. Will wait to see it in That Pedal Shop but what an interesting pedal, especially for players who love to dabble with vintage gear plug-ins in the DAW. Beautiful playing, both of you, throughout.

[@ledhendrix5054]

Great another year of Videos to look forward to.

[@kyledonworth3845]

Dan, Mick. I will never doubt you guys again, last night I changed the bridge on my tele from 6 steel saddles to a set of 3 brass saddles and it’s completely changed the voice of the guitar.

[@StevenHadfield]

27:20 Beautiful playing again from Dan. The cream trilby, butterscotch tele and this classical run has a strong Eugene destroying Jack Butler Crossroads vibe.

[@corpse-in-orbit]

Ah, Mick, fascinating to see how you guys use the M-EQ! I was kind of flummoxed by it at first, but now I'm running it right after my wah and tuner, pre-gain stages, and it's completely solved the problem of drives, distortions, and fuzzes hollowing out when they hit a scoopy clean channel. Whatever the cleans lose, I can put back into the drive sounds with the M-EQ, and it adds 3 new tones to every gain stage I've got - 800 Hz is "Mesa/Boogie mid" for me, 1k reminds me of the mids in a Vox, and 1.3k gets that Marshall bite, so I can punch each of those frequencies into more gain on any pedal, without sacrificing all of the second pedal's character. FINALLY I can use the same pedalboard with nearly any amp! Thank ye Lord for TPS lessons on gain stacking.

[@marcusdluxe]

Awesome, that MKII sounded epic.

[@tonymoore78]

The phaser was fine enough, but the other three pedals today REALLY surprised me! Fantastic sounds today!

[@bluesful]

That M-EQ Driver sounds epic when it's cranked.

[@eaglerayrob]

I laughed out loud when Mick said the cool kids will like decoding the LEDs blinking out Morse code on the Bim...Brilliantly great humor....and true. Regardless of the interface its a great sounding delay.

[@WhitAnderson70]

Coffee is ready. Perfect timing, yet again.

[@smelltheglove2038]

Show always starts Friday at 7am on the east coast of the US. I guess it’s noon in the UK? Either way, 7am is perfect for me, like you said, coffee is on and so is my amp.

[@williamwagnon2809]

Outstanding ending!!! However, right before things went really crazy Dan has the most spectacular tone!!!! Worth recreating and keeping it for retrieval!!

[@CrazedFandango]

Oh, and great to hear the horn making its return.

[@MoistBuddha]

Always the best from TPS!

[@Sals37]

The Origin M-EQ sounded great!

[@JoshuaTackitt]

Definitely should do an Oto Machines episode! Have been interested in the BAM for some time now, but scared away by the line-level work around.

[@antonrandle4146]

Well, Mick, always good to hear a Ricky Nelson baseline played as a rock riff!!! Great playing and great show as always. Dan keep the experimental stuff on the show for us shoe gazers.

[@rfpho1456]

Something wonderful about you two making as much chaotic noise as possible at then end. Mick’s face as he went in for the fuzz…. Had to with Dan’s tee

[@thornewiggs]

Dan entered another dimension during that outro jam 🤯💯

[@skovgaard2000]

Mick's playing on the gold top in to the tonebender - holy smokes!

[@smelltheglove2038]

Did you hear the fart? It’s at 15:37 I think. Edit to add: micks playing was fantastic, it’s just a transient bass note at the end that was hilarious.

[@gordonrankin4667]

Always wanted one of those OTO biscuits. There are a lot of 32bit ADC/DAC available from ESS and AKM now. But the really good stuff was the multibit units, especially from Philips. Like the TDA1541A, TDA1543 and the TDA1387T... but these are all 16bits. All the new stuff is sigma delta. Display modulate and effect ADC/DAC chips. Great show thanks! Gordon

[@michaeltravis3562]

those smiles at the end are the fountains of youth

[@craigsi16]

Micks superhero idea was literally just ant-man 😂

[@Amish_Trivedi]

A million thoughts, but 100% glad to hear the horn again!

[@TechMetalRules]

That Oto Machines definitely has that old school Lexicon rack vibe.

[@benspinks342]

That ending was amazing 🤣🥳

[@jaakkokunnas]

At 27min the "cocked wah" tone actually makes the tele sound lovely and full 👌

[@bobbler42]

9:50 ooh. Approaching the chainsaw tremolo ring Mod mbv thing. I’m sold.

[@JimmyWatfordGuitar]

Just wanna drop in and say I've ran down the boss katana road for the last 3 months. It was fun, however it's getting sold and I'm back to that pedal show. Thank you guys. Love the show.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Welcome home Jimmy. Once you’ve felt it, you can’t unfeel it. We fam now.

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

Some killer pedals here today, the stand out for me is the Goliath mk2 🔥🔥

[@MrMystery666]

Funny I was just watching Sunn-o)))))) rig rundown and Greg Anderson uses the too machine

[@brentporter9324]

This exchange made me laugh way more than it should have. Mick - They haven't called it kHz. What's the old name for kHz? Dan - 1,000 Hz. (said as deadpan as possible) Genuinely good work as always gentleman. Thanks!

[@19markz67]

Otto Machines BIM. Just because they can, doesn’t mean they should. Very nice complicated chaos in a box. 🤷‍♂️ None the less, glad you featured it!

[@dmac-333]

Cool outro dan, I think the boys fro IDELS will like that Oto

[@MrWilson-WithaPbass]

outro jam !! love it

[@erickaymusic]

Sweet, buttery, Pultecy goodness!

[@ezraryan1424]

Nice colour palette today

[@nealpike6611]

Oh no the bim looks fun

[@horizonishere]

I can’t wait for the fuzz with univibe show and the delay show, I’d love to see Dan with this and other more crazy delays.

[@eoinjennings519]

Yes just got a new univibe and fuzz and need some pointers

[@CrazedFandango]

I'm really impressed by the 1st 3 and will be definitely getting the Mk2 and the M-EQ. I'm considering the phaser, but I already have 2. The delay is good, but my needs are very basic

[@michaelwebb4082]

Ok that Goliath fuzz is one of the best fuzz sounds I’ve heard on this show. Amazing!

[@goliathfx]

Thank you man! Appreciate that!

[@peddlereffects]

Love the Chris Stapleton shout out! If you haven’t heard his cover of “Nothing Else Matters,” it is unbelievable and the solo at the end is 🔥🔥☄️

[@ScottfromBaltimore]

Speaking of low-bit digital delay, I just took my 8-bit DigiTech PDS 1002 off of my board after I recorded and compared background noise with different combinations of pedals and found it to be a significant contributor.

[@CalebPeavy]

Would love to see the EQ Driver going into other OD pedals! Sounds great on its own. Imagine stacked. 😮

[@jerrylong4651]

That's funny I had that clicking sound on my golden reverberator. I had to buy the gig rig power supply cause I had too many high needs pedals on my board. My Phoenix could not handle the load! So far so good with Dan's stuff though. thank you

[@robertprice5039]

I too am a fan of the MKII Tonebender circuit. I have more that a dozen different fuzz pedals of various types. The one that is on my pedalboard is a Solid Gold FX Rosie, which is a buffer MKII. It has enough mid cut to be heard in a two guitar band during a solo. Gigging, I am using various Reverend guitars with different pickups, and at least the Rosie works well with various styles of pickups also.

[@mauricekoonings]

Great show! I really like the old fashioned pedal review shows! Btw, could you get Jesse Davey in your show to talk about his pedals?

[@BorostateBlues]

Right around 15:26 was kind of cool, Dan was playing some riff that had a descending Bass and Mick was lowering the knob on the left

[@aricarends1660]

If you have the dreadbox disorder fuzz, you can use an LFO on a synth into the filter cv and crank the speed up and tune the filter frequency to match your guitar. It gets crazy!

[@benspinks342]

The ME-Q driver looks fascinating! Spaceman makes an eq pedal called The Equinox which has the interleaved low cut/boost from the Pultec. I can imagine they’d be epic together.

[@paulbellamy2810]

You had me at OTA Phaser. Have to say, I have never got on well with fuzz but the MkII is superb. And the Delay... yikes... I need that in my life.

[@DanielZenefski]

Hi Guys! Question, have you ever thought about having Justin of Justin Guitar on the show? It might be a stretch but his service, and the love of sharing music that is inherent in it, has been pivotal to my journey, just like this show. I have found myself encouraged and educated by TPS, on a regular basis, and I feel so similarly grateful about JG. Anywho, thanks for another great show.

[@spenzo5822]

please do an episode on phasers!!!

[@donaldryder5534]

Best outro ever!

[@alessandrodecarli2462]

This is by far one of my favorite episodes ever!!! A brief tangent for me too: would we talk about the suntanning sign on Mick’s face? Gone to skiing, isn’t? 😂😂😂😂

[@ThatPedalShow]

Ha! It is sun damage yes. Doc says not cancer, they can ‘burn’ it off with cream

[@alessandrodecarli2462]

@@ThatPedalShow 😂😂❤

[@marcinpiszczek2758]

Amazing sounds! I love your channel I watch every video. Highly recommend Sitek effects it would be nice to see a test of these effects on your channel :) Pandora Fuzz is amazing

[@Lemontree1423]

Best play out ever

[@delta-9969]

lol Mick was so pleased with himself when he guessed what a compander is

[@smiggy1968]

The horn's back. Yey! Long live the horn!

[@smelltheglove2038]

Nice, never heard of these.

[@kimmolingonheimo]

just bought a Boss Dyna Drive just for the dynamics feature, just loove dynamics in a pedal! ( Boss OD-3, Mad Prof Simble, DOD Looking Glass...)😎😎

[@mikeblue385]

i'm with you,mick. i gave up on distortion. i'm boosting boosts.

[@corpse-in-orbit]

WOW, that Bim sounds more like a well-maintained tape echo than any other device I've heard. It's gotta have something to do with the compander: the edges and attack of every note have the same kind of silvery "pling" you get from a Space Echo or Echoplex, but no harshness, just this magical definition

[@2010njdevil]

Agreed. I was trying to talk myself in to how a great tape echo could capture it but the BIM has that "it factor" which makes it so unique.

[@LemonHolidayProd]

You guys need to find a really cool modular synth person and have them on the show to talk about the way they interface with pedals and effects!

[@woodbeck]

It's quite beside the point but nevermind: rejoice, for the Name Drop Horn lives! I've got a few TPS shirts already but would definitely be keen for a silly name drop horn one!

[@ScottfromBaltimore]

Those ring mod sounds were tasty.

[@roddyharrison2454]

What a ending Daniel!

[@AnthonyEvans-wl5ts]

Hahah 🤣 🔥 @15:59 - GET IN! Awesome

[@kelvinsmyth8365]

M EQ is fantastic

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

Jazz Hands! 🙌

[@ElliotStent]

Jerry Cantrell vibes from Dan’s intro playing, nice! 🎸

[@joshmckay7304]

Hello, drummer here (sorry). If you’re into the OTO stuff I would recommend checking out the BOUM. Sonic mangling and destruction of the highest order. Comp, dirt, filtering… very very good.

[@yoshiobermeyer2867]

loved that synth one. you guys should or could get more crazy!!! sometimes?

[@periloustemple8290]

Smokin Finish!!!

[@zoomzoom3950]

Hope you will review the Poly Josh Smith Flat V soon. Cheers!

[@paulthebeardedonedowning6820]

wow that M-EQ driver is amazing the versatility is unreal am I going to buy another over drive pedal is that what just happened

[@fredr2694]

Bim certainly has the "Lexicon" PCM-42/60 homage going on...right down to the paint job on the box

[@andsoistopped]

I hope folks are watching these. I never understood why folks didn’t go with the old format.

[@tz64nk41]

Synth people are gonna love the BIM

[@redmosq4197]

You need to do a whole show on that last pedal