Overdrive Shootout! | Bondi Sick As mkIII, Benson Preamp, Browne Amplification Carbon v2

[@Brianbo4]

Been revamping my board, pretty much took all the pedals off sold everything off reverb and getting all my new pedals. I sold the JHS double barrel for the protein, sold the tumnus for the sick as, and I was going to get the benson preamp but I ended up going with the Lyla drive instead for more of a Timmy thing. 1981 took over for my big muff and I kept my fjord sol for fuzz. Sold Lillian and Julianna and tidewater for UA Astra, el cap for the timeline and I kept bigsky. Lehle mono s volume pedal. Sold my pulp n peel compressor for 1176 and sold my mini noir tuner for the canvas 🙌

[@LittleBoxEffects]

big change-ups! Those all sound like solid choices tho!

[@danielrose3172]

Sick as... 1. Tighter, smoother no crumblys when the note decays. I mean.😊

[@LittleBoxEffects]

It's an all-time favorite of mine. Love the Sick As , and you're right it does "stay together" in a nice way.

[@briane.paulson]

Sick as for the win.

[@MattD86]

The Carbon V2 sounds amazinggggg

[@LittleBoxEffects]

it's a really great drive. Been using it on and off on my boards for some time - love the articulation you can get with it!

[@822nivla]

I have a Browne Anplification Protein, which includes the Carbon, but I have to say that my favourite from your sounds samples is the Benson Preamp.

[@grimlyfiendish7474]

I love the Carbon but I have to agree with you

[@LittleBoxEffects]

it's a really great OD. It just has some characteristics and textures I don't find from some of my other drives. The low-end presence from that bass control is kind of a love/hate for me, but for some guitars/rigs it really does a cool thing. Thanks for watching!

[@ediththeband]

Awesome shoot out! Reminds me I need to stop sleeping on Browne Amplification... haha. The real star of the show here for me though is that 68 custom pro reverb your playing through... it sounds insane!

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Carbon is so good. And man yea, I fell back in love with the Pro Reverb. A great pedal platform too!

[@rushcentrale]

Wow, they all sound great, but the Carbon takes it for me.

[@LittleBoxEffects]

it's a fantastic little drive.

[@wheresallthezombies]

It’s really hard to pick a favorite. I can see myself using the three of them interchangeably or even stacking them in different combinations.

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Totally! They’re all pretty complementary. I cycle through them as well and kind of swap in and out as needed. They all stack quite well too!

[@nathanjosephmoore]

I bought the powder blue benson preamp from you, it’s my favorite drive!

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Love it! Thanks man

[@skadesignetcetera]

This year I bought a Benson Preamp, a Benson Germanium Boost, a Sick As and a Protein. I'm very happy about it! My only problem, my pedaboard is no longer big enough to hold everything 😅

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Good stuff! Sounds like it's time for a bigger board! :D

[@GuitarBailey]

How's yhe benson preamp?

[@AmbientEndeavors]

@@GuitarBaileyit’s the second drive I demo, what do you think of it?

[@GuitarBailey]

@@AmbientEndeavors sounds epic

[@Bobby_Digital37]

Great demo! I liked the benson the best in this comparison 😊

[@LittleBoxEffects]

hey thanks for watching! hard for me to pick a favorite, but the Benson arguably has the most range of the three. I love how it can almostttt get into fuzz territory.

[@13aphomet]

Cool store!! Lotsa great picks!!

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Hey thanks for checking it out!

[@Wadey1960CS]

Hey Andrew, I have your shop saved on Reverb! Definitely pick something soon. Another GREAT builder in Melbourne, Australia is Darron at DAZATRONYX. Several hand built pedals of different flavors, some are even point 2 point. One more shoutout is Ralf at WAT?! (Wonderful Audio Technology) in Redlands, California. The Fuzzlands pedal and Ancient Echos (which you have on the Reverb store already) are superb and very well built. As far as the pedals in this video… the Bondi is very interesting to me. Great video as always ❤🙏🏻

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Thanks so much for the support! Yes, Ralf is making some cool stuff, I need to try one of his fuzzes! I'll have to check out DAZATRONYX , sounds interesting! Cheers!

[@ryanlibertymegan]

The Sick As sounds the best, yet there's something voodoo about the sound of the Benson I prefer, which means I have to also buy the Sick As now...

[@LittleBoxEffects]

haha they're both killer and yea unique in their own way. you know where to fine me ... ;)

[@bradhignite8384]

well here we go another persons idea of a better or improved pedal instead of coming up with something fresh like maybe the new earth quaks devices roar just as one example , im always looking for the next big od pedal not a play on a ts9 or 808 or a klon ect....but i just do not care about some else's version of an already been made sound. i dont mind amp in a box type pedals because there is so many ways to develop those types of sound, i just recently bought the mad professor ;od and proud for the second time because i feel i didnt give it enough time the first time i owned , but your talking about a marshall sound jtm 45 to plexi with a on board fuzz thats what i look for combined pedals i love em especially true od and fuzz, the thev new up and coming builders should at least be in a originality state of mind.

[@LittleBoxEffects]

that's the beauty of having 1000s of options I guess :) For folks that like the "classics" but don't love certain things about them, I think there's a place for refined or boutique versions of said effects. The Bluesbreaker circuit in particular is a great example - I've played originals and there are some definite sweet spots to that pedal and a ton of unusable range on most of it. Having a modernized / refined version of that pedal is appealing to me as it's a sound I use all the time. But like I said , to each their own, and it's cool companies like EQD are doing more left-field ideas in contrast.

[@GreatPlanet-c7o]

This will seem stupid maybe, but you can just turn down your volume or level of dirt on any old school drive or distortion, no?

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Sure, that’ll sometimes accomplish a nice low gain setting but some pedals aren’t designed with a gain taper that allows for great tones from low to high. Some are more focused in on a certain gain range and excel there. These don’t really do distortion, but I find them to be great for low to mid-gain sounds.

[@yom31fr]

love your videos, but, this time... I think all 3 sound really close... or even the same. I only have (and I'm happy with) the benson preamp, but I think I don't need one of the two others... I have a boost pedal and an eq for my benson premamp, it's enough...

[@LittleBoxEffects]

totally , they certainly can sound similar. I think to me the bondi sits somewhere in the middle, while the Benson was a bit more hair/raggedness...and the Carbon v2 is quite bright and articulate If you want it to be...arguably the most hi-fi sounding.

[@crapmalls]

Your amp will decide

[@LittleBoxEffects]

go on...

[@FeelsLikeSunshine]

I asked mine, still waiting to hear a response :(

[@crapmalls]

​@@LittleBoxEffectswell for example the other i had my twin in dual channel mode and plugged in bd2 and got a bass cut. Weird. Tried all my others, nope dont like. Vick tree of life... Perfect! Havent used it in years but suddenly its the only one for that job

[@Tonetwisters]

When someone has built a REAL pedal ... a pedal that sounds just like a loud, overdriven early '60s AC-30, with that warm, sweet, even order harmonics ... LET ME KNOW!!

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Check out the tubesteader Roy in our shop!

[@SeemoreDunkan]

You're using a Russian mic to record the video. I can't watch it

[@LittleBoxEffects]

Oh ok cool