Neunaber Neuron Gain Intelligence - Programmable Preamp Pedal With Speaker Emulator!

[@allanharris970]

Demo's don't get better than yours. That style of working your way in and out of the box is so cool. Just an outstanding musician. Excellent explanation of the pedal, easy to follow and great to the point presentation of what it does. This is a really cool pedal. Thanks so much.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much Allan!

[@ckv2501]

Wow...it sounds great! Tasteful playing as usual! You and Pete are the guys that have the best reviews.

[@bernybernstein]

I have listened to this more than I can tell you and ever time you go right to my soul, gets better every time, love the groove

[@NikolausBrocke]

First, you playing is so awesome. So fluid with great phrasing. It makes so much fun to listen to you. Sometimes a bit missleading because also not so good pedals or amps can sound good under your fingers ;-) I know the excellent sounding neunaber pedals. But the Neuron didn't interest me somehow. Now I am very surprised how good it sounds. Very dynamic. Great demo.

[@RedRose4711]

As always, the playing is top notch! I love Neunaber and this pedal is one of the best drive devices i've heard. Expensive but good!

[@jacquesbureau5294]

Shawn, your video are more and more good!! This one shows not only the product but how to play out of the box solos.

[@keithshapiro]

A chimey amp, a cool pedal and a killer attack is gonna make any pedal sound good. You kill it man! And the tone on that 335'ish device is vicious man!

[@jeffriley9807]

I absolutely love ur playing. Especially when u get into those unique likes that so good. Thx for this demo. I just bought this pedal and it’s coming Friday! I can’t wait!!

[@StratTickler]

I have WAY too many gain pedals... but your demo is getting me ready to pull the trigger on this one. I bought the Two Notes Torpedo based on your demo, and love it. You are by far the best at demos. Of course your musicianship is off the charts. Attention vendors: THIS boy is a keeper!

[@jackprice7828]

Man that McCarty has so much natural sustain. Great arrangement!

[@CraigRMerriman]

Another great pedal from Neunaber. Thank you Shawn!

[@PooNinja]

There’s a ton of flavor in that tiny little box 👍🏽 the midi control is a awesome feature 👍🏽

[@ShawnTubbs]

It's got a ton of tonal variation for sure. Hope you're staying safe.

[@PooNinja]

Yup even the moon is on a stay at home order cause most of our supplies come from earth..... amazon prime still not an option up here😂 at least I got my guitars🤘🏽 🧼🌌👍🏽 Soap space support

[@garybird4062]

THE MAN IS BACK!!!!!! That's the brilliant intro track, loved it! Man, I've missed your demos

[@DavidFeilyMusic]

insanesly awesome licks on this one! Great tone as usual! Keep em comin!

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

Nice pedal and ...super special touch on the fretboard for an enjoyable inspiring sound. Bravo !

[@lpgoog]

I accidentally watched this again after your Eddie tribute. I have a sneaking hunch your intro would put a smile on his face. I’m sure he’d appreciate the swing & capacity to produce tone. Like Eddie all the good players draw their styles from a musical variety of sources. 🙏👍🎸🎶 I dig it.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much for the kind words!

[@organeu]

VERY GOOD NEUNABER made in USA , but in home studio, the musician sound it's JBL since many years !

[@eryckcrypton6412]

Wow what a great tone! Digital tech has absolutely smashed it in the last few years! This is a significant step up from the Source Audio Multiwave Pro, which similarly uses DSP and has a built in compressor circuit and gate.

[@howardanderson3061]

Forgot to mention great tutorial on the Neuron, thanks for sharing. Very helpful

[@shinjial]

Really like the progression on the intro.

[@antonsaviozzi]

I'm using it with a HX FX as fly-rig. The HX controls the presets on the Neuron via MIDI, I can get all the sounds I need when getting on stage with amps I don't know. KILLER!

[@eguilherme1]

Always look forward to new videos from Shawn Tubbs. Thanks for so much great content!

[@thepeladeauprojectband8943]

Great intro, nice review. It sounds like there is some phasing swell going on in the high gain area. Subtle but nice, sounds mid range meaty but I'm sure there is much EQ control..

[@TheDarinAmes]

Yet another excellent demo. Shawn. Great tones from this box. Very amp like. I hope you are staying safe and healthy, Man!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks Darin! I'm pretty much hunkered down here. Hope you and your family are staying safe.

[@jackbutler2732]

Sounds awesome with every guitar used. Surprised by how fat the Strat sounded. Shawn is such a dynamic player that it always comes through and helps one understand what kinds of dynamics are possiible with the pedal. Great demo.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much, Jack!!

[@lucaszembrzuski]

12:53 for "direct in" sounds.

[@NeunaberAudio]

Incredible as always Shawn! Always love the sounds you find.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much!

[@salvatorepizzi2320]

Great video, playing and sound Shawn. Stay well and safe.

[@peterschaefer1665]

Incredible product in such a small form factor!

[@gianni.chiarello]

Nice "The Pump" quote at 1:05 ... great playing

[@pickngrimace2726]

Great playing and demo as always! Thanks Shawn.

[@NablusRain]

Got mine already ... No Brainer Just Go for it and don’t forget to pair it with their Immerse MKII Reverb Very affordable Top Notch Boutique Pedals

[@BobbyLaneProductions]

great demo.. I just ordered a G2 mostly because of your great demos on it.. and I can't wait.. but dang it.. now I want this pedal too.. haha!

[@ShawnTubbs]

The G2 is definitely my favorite G series pedal!

[@JayGoreGuitar]

Love the Pump quote!

[@dragui9932]

Excellent demo ! Thank you Shawn

[@jamesrobinson529]

It's intelligent and it sounds good...rare combo these days. I love squishy tones, so the compression really caught my attention.

[@arielista]

Would love to see it up against the BOSS OD-200 hybrid

[@jacquesbureau5294]

Great video and playing! Awesome licks!

[@Bona19646]

I bought the Petty John Chime because of you. Getting a second one for my other board too. Thanks for your efforts, love your playing!

[@bassface12348]

Haha that opening jam is off the hook bro!!

[@peterschaefer1665]

Wow that sounds great! Great features as well

[@jakollee]

Sometimes it seems to me like you rip most intensely on your McCartey 58! Great intro piece and playing (as always), great demo.

[@MrCgar18]

you have great sounds and I admire your style and playing alot!!!!

[@DannyBrooks1]

Great way to start my day!

[@alsegno4347]

Best video of the Neuron. What was the chord(s) at 5:54? One problem would be not knowing the current “alt” setting. It could be 180 from the manual setting which would be the dial position (or vice-versa).

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much for watching. I honestly don't know what those chords are. They're just shapes to me.

[@petemullen3333]

Sounds like the heavy, later Boston guitar sound

[@tonelocrian]

thanks again Shawn. Rock on.

[@gioelevio1626]

The Pump? Stellar playing as always🚀🤘🏻

[@harrybee3093]

In these difficult times your videos are like little islands of joy. So -for God's sake- stay healthy , Shawn.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much! I'm all hunkered down here. Hope you're staying safe and healthy.

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

A nice pedal indeed though in this demo I did prefer it with the amp rather than direct out with amp sim. it might be worth trying this with a proper amp sim like Two Notes WOS or similar ...I guess this is where this pedal might really shine tonewise ...

[@insideoutNOTW]

Mr. Tubbs, ya phrasing is amazing! The sounds great because of ya playing. Is that a dsv on the white Suhr guitar in the bridge ?

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks! That's an SSV in the bridge on that guitar.

[@hawg427]

Nice demo & great sound.

[@mariodriessen9740]

Wonderful demo, great sound! The only thing I would have expected from a company like Neunaber was a control to choose between a number of different gain styles. If they'd done that, this would have been a no brainer for me, because there are a lot of different sounds from well known and lesser known gain pedals that I really love, but would only use one or two times during a set. So with 6 presets, I could actually use this pedal in so many ways. Now I know there are pedals that can do that, but (A) they're just not that good, (B), they're too big, or (C) they're actually multi effect processors, which is a completely different thing and much more expensive than this beauty.

[@robwolfbrandt7741]

Man that opening track was swingin’ Shawn!

[@frankardos4211]

Howdy bro.. another great tone show! Hey man, the drums in this one really stood out to my ears. Killer snare sound for sure. AKA like a Mike Portnoy snap. Just thought I'd mention along with the cool track you laid down. God Bless you as always dude.

[@frankardos4211]

truth

[@aclawrence]

That intro was smoking!

[@AZFunk]

Wow, loving the sound of this pedal....must. not. buy. another. gain. pedal. :)

[@keoni927]

The best hands...........and ears............on the planet.

[@howardanderson3061]

Wow Shawn blazing ass playing!

[@apx202002]

Hey Shawn! Brother, you always sound so great... and Brian's stuff is great ! I just wish my fingers could move that fast .. : )

[@ShawnTubbs]

Just drink a ton of espresso! Works every time!! Thanks, Rick, for the kind words.

[@apx202002]

@@ShawnTubbs butwhenidothatijustgetlostandgorunningaroundthestage :)

[@ShawnTubbs]

@@apx202002 That should be a .com!!

[@apx202002]

@@ShawnTubbs LOL... yea.. that'd be fun. :) I still have my Neunaber Stereo Wet on my board...has been since I got it.

[@lunarlabaudio]

🤯 these videos aren’t even fair. Shawn could be using a $100 guitar, a couple $30 pedals straight into a solid state amp and still get it to sound amazing. What a freaking player.

[@Mike_Spor]

damn that is some tight playing.

[@jacobkhiangte9726]

Clear demonstration 👍

[@lipebade]

very nice review! thank uu

[@PatriotGuitarSlinger]

I'm just here to Listen to your great guitar playing skills!! 😂

[@RichardWatson]

That phrasing!!! Jeez Louise!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much Richard! You do great work man!

[@TavaresProject]

I think you could play through a boss metal zone and make it sound good with those fingers. Love the intro song!!!

[@odyssey6684]

Never mind that it's a great demo. I just want to know who you were thinking of when you came up with track. Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani? Ultra cool.

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

I have the Neunaber Inspire which I really like for its choice of modes and really clever controlability. It always freaks me out though because it weighs almost nothing and when you open it up for a look the chip look spells heartbreak for an old man...Hahahahahahaa. I will be sticking with my current faves I suspect - Barber Gain Changer, Way Huge Geisha and Pork Loin and the Lazy J Cruiser.....although this would look particularly handsome alongside the Inspire. .......Dammit! Hahahahahahahahahaha. You bad bad man

[@trinityflow]

No tinny high E on strat here! Nice. 👍

[@lairdherron8202]

slowed the riff at 4:36 down to .25X. me no know me no understand

[@andreduartesilva1458]

Man...Ok the truth it is: The best demos of youtube are Shawn and Rabea

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much! You're very kind.

[@joemorrow8411]

Your one of the best Shawn 🎸🏆🎸🏆🎸👍👍

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much, Joe!

[@teriakamoto]

I don't like my clean tones to be super clean ? See, tone really is subjective.@ 15:01 I liked the clean Strat tone. @ 12:48 nice heavy gain tone.

[@brettlac]

Diggin that quarantine hair!

[@jordanfinn1123]

I feel like this pedal sounds very similar to the sinvertek you demoed. What’s the main differences you hear or feel between the two? Or are they completely different to you? Incredible playing as always!!

[@DragonBiscuit]

Juicy Tone!

[@rangerdoc1029]

I wanted to like this pedal so badly, but just couldn't get it dialed in. Since each knob has dual functions, you can't really see where the secondary function is set. I felt like every time I started getting close to the tone Ibwas after, I'd adjust something and it was gone. They really need an app to highlight the secondary settings.

[@Guitarwizardjoinme]

great playing. All these drive pedals sound the same.

[@swingthestatue]

Jesus, cool pedal and all... but the playing, man, the playing! I need an album full of that in my life.

[@miguelzamora2011]

Please tell me you have your demo sessions on Spotify, I could listen to that intro many times over

[@ShawnTubbs]

shawntubbs.bandcamp.com/album/demolition-a-collection-of-short-guitar-jams

[@markush.573]

Nice! Do you have Thornbuckers in your Suhr Alt T? Whats your favorite Overdrive for those Pickups?

[@tomduckworth8335]

I was blown away with the eq section the range was huge. So this thing can be 24 different pedals with a midi controller. How would you compare it to some of your favorite pedals like the J. rockets you use or the Pettyjohn pedals by that I mean just the basic quality of the sounds it gets.

[@ShawnTubbs]

It's a bit more modern sounding to me but has a massive amount of tonal variation.

[@fedboy21]

Thats an OP = Over Powered for a pedal name 😆😆😆 Btw nice playing and always love ur lick

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

I just came from the Sinvertek n5+ demo to this, and you get a fantastic tone out of both, but the real star is your playing, bro you are one tasty playing sonuvagun. Thank you - I enjoy trying to figure out you amazing licks

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much!!

[@gitaaa7740]

Do any of you guys have more then one pedalboard?

[@luc7263]

Kaluna ? Sinvertek ? Neuron ? What would you suggest to play jazz-fusion and progressive-metal ? Neuron seems to have the best saturation sound and the integrated compressor seems a plus, and 6 preset a plus plus .... Personnaly I'm used to control gain with guitar volume but for this I need to find the good pedal , and compressor helps way to control gain this a lot. So if money is not a problem, what would you say ? I also saw your Friedman Small test, you seems to know everything so your advice is important, thank for your time and happy new year.

[@ShawnTubbs]

I think the Neuron would be best for you in my opinion. The Kaluna, though it's a great OD, may not have enough of a saturated feel for you. The Friedman Smallbox is excellent but it won't have enough gain.

[@luc7263]

@@ShawnTubbs Thanks a lot Shawn, this is what I was thinking, the difference was obvious when listening and your confirmation helps a lot. All the best !

[@luc7263]

@@ShawnTubbs Humm. i just read a comment from a french user that bought it for high gain use, and he said the gain is not usable over the 12 position, saying that notes are 'doubled' with a digital sound .. Did you notice that also ?

[@ShawnTubbs]

@@luc7263 I didn't notice that.

[@chesterleaf1663]

HI! Great video! With the pedal as a mid-gain / crunch preamp, when you back your guitar volume knob, does it decrease in volume while keeping a nice crunch tone? Or it just cleans up and keeps a quite constant volume? Great video, thanks.

[@ShawnTubbs]

It cleans up and has a slight drop in volume. Thanks for watching!

[@azcoyote007]

Do the presets save all settings? Essentially overriding the knobs if they have changed since the preset was saved?

[@JedidiahHorca]

Great demo Shawn, thanks for the wonderful insight and walking through all of the different tones. Question, do you know how the Neuron takes drives pedals in front of it? With 1-3 pedals in front of it, I'm curious how it handles those different gain stages?

[@ShawnTubbs]

It does take other pedals well but I only tried some lower gain OD, and boost pedals in front of it.

[@JedidiahHorca]

Shawn Tubbs Nice. Do you think I would yield better results with a Two Notes Le Clean instead? I’m torn between the two. Trying to create a pedalboard rig.

[@ShawnTubbs]

@@JedidiahHorca If you're using multiple OD's in front of a direct solution, the Two Notes Le Clean is hard to beat.

[@randyhetlage9202]

the stomp switches are too close together, my only complaint.

[@teslacoil3286]

Killer playing and tone !..... Do you swap out your pups? If so, with what ?

[@ShawnTubbs]

I almost never change out pickups but if I ever do I switch to Lollars.

[@salvatorepizzi2320]

Hi Shawn. I hope you are well. Quick question. Are you still using your Apogee quartet as your interface? Are you considering another interface? The reason I ask is that the sound of your recordings and of course your playing is truly incredible and so inspiring. Thank you kindly for your videos, especially during this most challenging time. You claim you are not savvy with music theory, however, there is no music theory book on the planet that can teach anyone how to phrase and effectively employ the feel that you achieve. Cheers Shawn. Sam Pizzi

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much, Sam! I'm currently using Apogee, but at some point, I'd like to switch over to UA but it won't be anytime soon as it's an expensive endeavor. I don't think, from a listener perspective it would be that noticeable between Apogee and UA. Both companies do great interfaces.

[@salvatorepizzi2320]

Thanks so much Shawn for your kind reply. I just recently purchased the UA Apollo Quad x. Still waiting for my Mac computer to arrive. Hopefully, after this crazy pandemic, you can come to Toronto, Canada to do a clinic perhaps at Cosmo Music Centre. Pete Thorn did a clinic there about a year ago. Stay well and safe. I look forward to your next video. You sound amazing. Cheers, Sam

[@MrTwangstaable]

man you got greg howe and steffen shackinger down bro

[@guitarsgroup8896]

sounds good, what is backing track please?

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much! I wrote the track for this demo.

[@Mike_Spor]

please tell me that soolo took more than 3 takes. :)

[@joeymiller847]

does it chug!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Where's Ola when I need him?!!

[@DevanBishop]

you are sick bro

[@kylekarich]

Sick song.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks Kyle! I hope you're staying safe and healthy.

[@claytonmoss1]

So is that into the amp ,without, amp Sim ok r speaker SIM on the pedal?

[@ShawnTubbs]

The sim is off when running into the amp.