Tales from the Andertons Pedal Cabinet | Episode 4 - Wampler, Pogo Pedals, & More!

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👆 Taking a look at 6 new drive pedals from the Andertons Pedal Cabinet, Lee & Pete get some incredible overdriven tones from the Wampler Belle Mini Drive, Audio Kitchen Fake Plastic Trees, Wampler Gearbox, Way Huge Penny Saver Royale & more! | tinyurl.com/y5tf6fns
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The Penny Saver Royale combines two of Joe Bonamassa’s most beloved Way Huge pedals in a single box. One side offers all of the punch, grit, and tweakability from the 'Overrated Special' overdrive, where the other half delivers the lush modulated tones from the 'Blue Hippo' chorus.
The Benson Germanium Fuzz is influenced by classic '60s fuzz topology, using a pair of meticulously matched 2N527 transistors. However, Benson has added some clever updates to the circuit which ingeniously avoid the notorious negatives associated with vintage Ge fuzzes.
The Pogo Pedals Zen Ray is a lean, mean, modern take on an iconic overdrive circuit. Perfect for hot indie leads, rock chugs, and jangly single-coil fun!
The Wampler Gearbox is a powerful dual overdrive pedal designed in collaboration with professional guitar player Andy Wood. Having toured with a wide range of acts over the years, Andy knows exactly what a stellar guitar tone should be, and his Gearbox pedal truly delivers on all fronts.
Audio Kitchen's Fake Plastic Trees is a simple yet potent-sounding preamp pedal designed to elevate the sound of any guitar rig!
The Wampler Belle has taken a classic low gain overdrive circuit and tweaked it to perfection. With added gain capabilities and bass control, the Belle exudes classical mechanical beauty, brassy clear tones, and just the right amount of deep thumping bass for this kind of drive pedal.
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» • Tales from the Anderto...
⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 0:00 What Pedals Have We Got Today?
» 1:50 Way Huge Penny Saver Royale
» 7:34 Benson Amps Germanium Fuzz Pedal
» 12:19 Pogo Pedals Zen Ray
» 17:20 Wampler Gearbox
» 22:17 Audio Kitchen Fake Plastic Trees
» 26:10 Wampler Belle Mini Drive
» 29:52 Thoughts?
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[@madolly2000]

Yess, that Belle is one hell of an awesome little box and the gearbox - well it does so much! Happy to see you guys enjoy them both

[@matbouche]

Why do I love Andertons more than any other music shop ? Because you guys never take all that stuff too seriously, plus, you've got such a great sense of humor ! And that's refreshing :-)

[@jordanpratt3821]

and Pete's playing.Gives you the best idea possible about a piece of gear.He can do blues, jazz,classic rock,pretty much high gain.Good licks,no wasted notes.

[@gregrandallbtsr03]

Another great video! Great to see you all having such fun! After watching, “The Pedal Movie,” I’ve been trying to learn more about the germanium transistors, and it was great to hear the pedals that used them. Thanks!

[@Michael_Is_Avg]

I hopped online to grab a Tumnus, as I sold off all my pedals years ago in a financial crunch and going fully digital, the day the gearbox was released. It's an absolute marvelous pedal! Love having my Tumnus and a Marshall in a box type thing together WITH an incredible noise gate. It's great on my current mini board and I love how when I go to a bigger board with a looper switcher I'll have complete independent control on the routing.

[@Mr.Nabil.Belhaj]

This is the first time i hear of Andy wood, obviously i went straight to his KZbin channel, thanks 👍🏻

[@123Ir0nman]

I bought the Belle a few weeks ago and I love it!! I use it as my base light breakup tone and for higher gain stuff I'll put the Wild Fro in front of it

[@Skiddins]

Love the 'picture in picture' allowing us to see what the settings are and what's being adjusted whilst still seeing the guitar playing etc.

[@thenwyeti7270]

The Belle is a winner. As a boost, drive by itself, stacked before or after other dirt pedals it just slays.

[@LeviBulger]

That pedal blew me away. Never been a huge Nobels guy, but wow the Belle just works so well into a Fender. I actually wrote about it recently and how it's probably the first overdrive that actually sounds good to me into the Tone Master amps. Everything else has sounded shrill or just off, as is par for the course with solid state amps. But the Belle frickin rocks into that amp. Even better into a real deal Twin.

[@sammyj.d6101]

Absolutely! I love mine. Very natural and amp-like. Hugely versatile too.

[@JoelK]

I concur. I’ve got the ODR-1 Mini, a Rockett Chicken Soup, the VSXO (with ODR side), and the Belle is the standout from the bunch. Next step - Nordland ODR-C

[@mdmusic2130]

Wampler Belle is just killer!!! I love the side switch on for more open sounds!!!Awesome tones!!!Another classic winner!

[@LeviBulger]

I hope Brian comes out with a deluxe model of the Belle like he did with the Tumnus. I don't know how else it can be expanded upon, but I would buy it in a nanosecond

[@lance134679]

I really like this format of demoing a bunch of pedals at once.

[@ashley_bell]

I’ve been re-watching the old gig for £500 and cheap guitar exp amp vs exp guitar cheaper amp (£1000) would love to see more of these kinds of video or updates to ones you’ve already done. 💙👍

[@frankenstein4106]

The real winner is that Heritage Custom Core H-150 that Pete is playing! They are awesome guitars and the pickups are fantastic!!

[@Tyler_Wilson]

I just got one from Sweetwater a couple of days ago and it's a lifer for sure. Such an amazing guitar!

[@nickwebb9290]

Love your reviews, informative but importantly, lots of fun and humour 👍The best around

[@texasbootlegger3752]

Nice video for a Sunday morning here! You definitely have an advantage trying out pedals! Using the same guitar and amp can help make a pedal purchase bullet proof. Many times I have purchased a pedal online, tried it with my rigs and dumped it. Our guitar shops here suck when it comes to pedal selections.

[@jonbuckley]

The Andy Wood Gearbox has replaced three overdrive/distortion pedals on my board. The noise gate filter is a game changer for single coil guitars. It just cuts that hum without gating the tone.

[@mdmusic2130]

Probably the best smart genius overdrive distortion pedal by Brian Wampler!!!A totally game changer masterpiece for 2021 guitarist gear so far!!!🔥🎸👊🏻

[@andywoodmusic]

Thanks dude I’m glad you dig it! The gate was my idea, coming from that working players perspective ya know? Cheers!

[@BruceKnouseMusic]

The Gearbox really surprised me! I usually don't like double pedals but both sides sounded killer!

[@mickenilsson]

Must say, gone through some of the vids in this series and many of these are pedals you may not have the chance to hear or see, I mean that you get to see Pedals you definitely wouldn't have searched for. I really appreciate the videos you've done with this run ❤️🌹🎸

[@billyruben6540]

If you listen closely, you can hear my wallet scream out in pain. "NO MORE PEDALS, BILLY!"

[@HoracioGarciaMusic]

"do it Billiam!"

[@PVowner]

Hi Mr. O’ Quinn

[@louiscyfer6944]

nonsense. your wallet is happy that it's lighter. less cash to carry.

[@plasmaBrain]

The Belle is my favorite pedal.

[@tossedpenny]

Been envious of Pete's purple Tele and it finally overcame me. Have a purple Schecter PT Special Tele on reserve order now just waiting for it to ship.

[@kimhalley8950]

Another thumbs up for the Wampler Belle. I have it and love it!

[@widowmaker5544]

now really wanna see a sound like for Andy Wood we've not seen sound like since 2020 and it's now june 2021 with no sign of any new sound like videos. i hope it comes back

[@rome8180]

Really impressed by the Zen Ray.

[@breachband9457]

Perfect timing. I’m in the market for a new drive pedal 😀

[@ledhendrix5054]

I think every Pedal your reviewing all sound really good , I'm a big fan of Way Huge Pedals , I think the first one I bought was the "Swollen Pickle " I now own around 8 Way Huge Pedals and I want to start collecting Wah Wah Pedals.

[@TonWeenink]

Hey Pete! I like what you're doing there but I LOVE what you did at 11:31!

[@thefloop2813]

8:02 Ahhhhh, good ole Les Pauls. floor tuners and wash rags are it's best friends.

[@CianRourke]

If you 2 haven’t seen Joe Bonamassa’s Rig Rundown from a couple years ago you should. Joe shows exactly how he uses the 2 pedals used to create that new one. His amps are cranked, the he uses the drive pedal to push them over the edge.

[@obicross]

that LP man, i tell ya. sounds ace!

[@slash196]

I love having episodes like this on Sunday. A little more relaxed, fun sounds, Danish Pete...what else do you need?

[@stephman02]

So blessed as a hobbyist muso these days... spectacular gear, and great people like yourselves and many others... many thx... Have to also leave a huge thumbs up for the wamplers...have a pinnacle for a few years now and always thought a tumnus would b a great addition, but now I also want a Belle... or an FM9? Sell my gear and get a Digital FM9 or stick to pedals and a tube amp? What do u all think?

[@michaelbelloni8184]

I would love to continue the drive pedal series. Would it be possible to do say a compilation of boss drive pedals or TC electronic drives? Etc

[@novicejohnd5803]

The Bona pedal could be adjusted and using the Silver Sky guitar on mellow would be near Mayers sound on Last Train Runnin

[@kens.5095]

Man the riffing at the 16:30+ mark! Dang that Dane!

[@ashley_bell]

Waiting to get my hands on an MXR FOD drive pedal and a new amp too Just waiting for some other bits to sell first so I can finance it.

[@tomaspavelka6469]

Both Wamplers sounds very good...

[@STRATMAN1969]

That's a beautiful Heritage L.P. I live about 15 min. from where they're made in the old Gibson factory on the original equipment in Kalamazoo Michigan U.S.A.

[@BaronVonJ]

I'm going to need more info on The Captain's "Put the Music In Me!" t-shirt. It doesn't appear to be available following the tinyurl link from the description.

[@JoelK]

The Belle is a great ODR variant. Probably the closest I’ve tried/own that can emulate a Nobles.

[@chrisjs6123]

Got the benson fuzz. It’s not super fuzzy except at the highest setting but man, it’s a helluva tone.

[@mob6843]

Hi Lee and Pete. Can you please review the Positive Grid Spark?

[@engelsjn]

Dang, that heritage custom core…. What a guitar

[@ImNotOld_ImVintage]

I'd really like to hear the Fake Plastic Trees with single coils, as that stood out the most to me but I seldom play humbuckers. Also I feel Andy Wood missed out when he named his pedal the Gearbox. I'd have called it the Woodshed.

[@sirlost94]

You should try out the Blessed Mother! Such an incredible pedla

[@rustyl.6358]

My favorite is the GigRig QM. I have two of them.

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

The Belle was on sale from MF stupid deal of the day so I got it for $100 instead of the $150 and after using it I would have paid more because it really is going to be my secrete sauce now 😃

[@alguitarchristie]

When are people going to learn that a fuzz in to a clean sound is hellish!!!

[@SomeDudeDan]

7:50 - BTW, That Pedal Show did an in-depth test about how heat affects fuzz pedals.

[@guitardave]

I’ll take the £59 TC Electronic Paul Gilbert MojoMojo when it’s available :-)

[@russellzauner]

What's funny is the Benson comes from Portland Oregon and Paul Gilbert literally wrote music bashing Portland and how he's moving to North Dakota because "there's nothing in the news for North Dakota". Class act, that guy. There's plenty of other music, teachers, and products out there. I removed PG from all my feeds when I found out what a shallow, entitled ass he is.

[@russellzauner]

I also don't buy Cort/Cor-Tek because they treat their people so crappy that one guy felt like he had to immolate himself at work to make the point.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

@@russellzauner Portland is a hellhole to be fair

[@Healcraft]

@@russellzauner who could have predicted that rioting would make people move away 😲😲😲😲

[@janbrenner9488]

The MojoMojo is a really great overdrive, combined with a TC Spark it might be the only OD players need. Put both in a boutique enclosure and call 189 bucks for each - would still sell like hot cakes.

[@thunderbirdbrown3002]

So much fun 🤘😎🤘!!!333

[@kingstumble]

Not usually a fan of chorus but I liked the Way Huge pedal a lot. In fact it sounded........very big. That'll do for a synonym.

[@ParFive]

Audio sorcery going on here! :)

[@myeyesarewaiting]

Time to get a Nobels odr-1 mini blindfold challenge on the go.... Nobels ODR-1, Nobels Mini, Wampler Belle and way huge STO

[@MusicHyde]

Clicked just for that beautiful Heritage H150 !

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Some are OK but you simply can't go wrong with Tone City pedals. Cheap but great!

[@tomvoigt]

"Hope"...LOL! 12:19

[@maxfield8496]

The Zen Ray is like The Dude with some more features

[@breadzeppelin2705]

You should have played a strat and tele as well because it's hard for us single coil players to judge whether a pedal suits us or not. Great video though.

[@benspinks342]

The Fake Plastic Trees is the most expensive drive pedal I’ve ever purchased, but you know what? It’s worth every penny. It’s utterly stunning and easily the most amp like pedal I’ve ever played.

[@ShaileshSharma-Sikkim]

The Penny Saver Royale is exactly what it says on the tin because there is no way anyone is dropping a single penny on that sound... it sounds horrible!

[@stratman9449]

unfortunately the floorspace in my "musicroom" is forcing me to walk around on stilts....therefor no more pedals.....could you market wall or ceiling mounted "pedals"....that would be a great help....Thanx.....:-D but waiteth...the walls are full of guitars......:-D

[@phunkyjunkee]

Wampler Belle is SWEEEEEET

[@fORMERfannumerouno]

Fake Plastic Trees, a mostly acoustic song. Great name for an overdrive.

[@patrickpierson6079]

hi, it would be great to make a "David vs Goliath" Video with the Wampler Gearbox and the two tone city pedals "golden plexi" and "bad horse". .... the Gearbox is the first pedal since a long time, that produces GAS...... i have to save money..... or bye the tone city pedals.... or ... or...

[@pdbordelon]

Fake Plastic Trees sounded the best to me!

[@DougMen1]

It would be nice to hear them with single coils too, not just humbuckers

[@BrianSGuitars]

Now I need a Belle..

[@sammyj.d6101]

It's INCREDIBLE!

[@JoelK]

Yes, you do. It’s great!

[@mdmusic2130]

I own one Wampler Belle!!! It’s just a killer awesome overdrive plenty of beautiful tasty tones!!!Get it now!!!🔥🎸

[@jimmyjimmy951]

Some great sounding pedals but the prices are getting silly. Aussie $ conversion has the cheapest of this lot at $270Au… Throw shipping in and I am out of the running..😞🇦🇺

[@mikecorey8370]

If you play a Tele, especially into a Blues Deluxe, and probably any low gain amp, buy the Wampler Belle. The guitar and amp will come alive.

[@RichardPhillipsDJ]

Everything was kinda meh until I heard that Fake Plastic Trees pedal. Sounds great!

[@ebello01]

Hi guys Pete I got a set of DP 51 and they sound so good in my guitar . What OD pedal goes well with them?

[@andertons]

We would have to suggest a Thorpy The Dane. 🙌🏻

[@tarkett8529]

As was said a Dane, lightspeed, Westwood or Timmy works with anything all depends on what you want to play

[@ebello01]

@@andertons yay Anderson’s replied to me ! ❤️😬

[@ebello01]

@@andertons Pete is that your real signature on the back of the pickups ?

[@jimsams4568]

The penny saver sounds like classic Pat Travers...

[@thunderbirdbrown3002]

I just saw the price of that Heritage and....a Chapman guitar would of totally done the job if not better 🤘🏿😎

[@joeldowdy404]

Wampler Belle into a Greer Light Speed with a Tele is money tone I have to say!!

[@JoelK]

How do you find the mids (or lack there of) works between those 2?

[@joeldowdy404]

@@JoelK my teles have a lot of mid's in the bridge pickups (Hand wound Texas Specials on one of my tele's and a hand wound 50's broadcaster bridge pickup on my other tele) so then going into the Belle I usually set color and bass at noon (sometimes roll bass down to 11), level at 9, gain at 1 to 2. Greer after that I have loudness at 9, drive at 3, freq at 10. I can bring more mids and tweak bass and treble after that with my BOSS EQ GE7. I Play through a Tone King imperial. A similar alternative to the Belle is a J Archer GTO. I have that as well but settings are different than the Belle. I think the GTO is better for country and the Belle although good for country does the rock and blues thing better with tele single coil pickups.

[@JoelK]

@@joeldowdy404 nice setup! I have a Rockett Chicken Soup that I use last in the chain of gain pedals. Has a nice frequency range that makes a low gain ODR before it sing

[@Vicouskelevra]

The benson has a heat sync installed which is a brilliant way to solve a 60 year old problem lol

[@davroshalfbeard8368]

Albert collins used a 100ft guitar lead can you get one that long these days lol

[@ledhendrix5054]

Please try and get Jeff Beck on the Captain Meets or Robin Trower

[@timcobb1752]

herritage les pauls are not copies, they are made in the kalamazoo plant that gibson used to own, by former gibson employees...

[@love4boost]

I swear by my Tumnus. It never leaves my board.

[@ledhendrix5054]

18:50......aaaaahhhhhhh ..........I got headphones on .

[@aleksik4028]

Belle =)

[@OzzyMandias]

How come the 'Penny Saver' doesn't save me any Penny's? £299...I suppose it's a 100 penny's below £300

[@thedondeluxe6941]

So "Beautiful Danish Pete" is his full name?😂

[@FaustPoon]

Benson pedals are all knockouts

[@johnfritzenjr.1240]

Outsmarted by a fuzz pedal

[@Paul-dw2cl]

21:35

[@yashdaware2458]

Jafods?

[@Elektrifekt]

Anyone think Andertons should move into gear mortgages 😂

[@tislota_f]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@teknomanning]

Still can’t afford them

[@aiyka_music]

300 pounds for the Joe bonamassa Pedal? That's expensive...

[@chasefogleman343]

I don’t think Joe bonamassa is worried about a 300 pound guitar pedal when he’s already playing through half a millions worth of gear at any given moment

[@marcelpaquet8134]

To be fair it's two pedals in one. I dunno if the two individual pedals are more expensive if you buy then together.

[@danbrazieruk]

I'm sure the pedals all sound great, but that one non-low-profile patch cable triggered me.

[@Healcraft]

A Way Huge Joe Bonamassa pedal? it definitely isn't saving me any god damn pennies!

[@CarlosBarrosoM]

"I am groot" Actually means "like and subscribe to Andertons"

[@soundknight]

#1 - Audio Kitchen #2 - Way Huge #3 - Benson #4 - Mini Belle

[@rijosigns]

love videos sometimes i feel like pete gets cut off alot,,,, is it just me?

[@iantaylor1524]

Sorry Pete

[@jarthursands]

The Fuzz pedal / EJ thing was a massive troll on his part, he admitted it years later. He did it just to show how gullible some are when it comes to things that live in "Bat Ear Country...." Yer 10 ply bud if you believe it.

[@williamcampbell7387]

There's plenty of "magic coming from the amp." You do sell amps, right? As Alec Baldwin said, "Always be cobbling."

[@ScipioAfricanus100]

These videos don't have the same atmosphere without Rob. Pete is a phenomenal player, but it always feels like Cap is a bit annoyed with his hyperactivity. Maybe get him another Brit for the banter?

[@russellzauner]

"it's just another fuzz pedal" "but I really really like it" "but it's just another fuzz pedal" "but it's really nice" "there is literally nothing special about that pedal it's just another fuzz pedal" "it just sounds good" *shrugs* "it's just another fuzz pedal" My guess would be the impedance knob would be all the way down to get the "actual" pedal tone and that you "add" "impedance" while you add pedals/loads. In reality it might be "reducing" something when you are turning it "up" but it's likely an issue of loading or spectral density that gets mucked up when you start adding pedals in series, even though EVERYONE is supposed to be playing by the same rules and technically the input/output impedance should match to avoid signal attenuation and wave shaping/modulation injected by other pedals. That was *smart* - give the user a knob to frob that allows your pedal to continue to deliver properly as intended; even though you can't control what everyone else is doing with their stuff or your own inexperience wrecking that interesting tone you found, you get a little latitude to scroll around for the sweet spot before declaring the pedal special needs if it's gonna work.

[@kebbinator]

It’s the opposite, actually. Fuzz pedals famously have to go very first in your pedal chain, because of how much they are affected by the impedance change from other pedals/buffers etc. The Benson Fuzz has input and output buffers to isolate it from those problems. The buffers introduced the same problem as not running it first in the signal chain though, so they added a ‘pickup emulation’ circuit to bring the impedance back to the correct level, and then you can vary the impedance with the impedance control. With the impedance all the way up it sounds and feels more like a traditional fuzz, but with the impedance turned down it feels more touch responsive and sounds more like an overdrive.

[@OneMoreGrave]

So Lee likes it clean,.. but slightly dirty... I'm guessing first knuckle then.

[@iantaylor1524]

The ageing Pete himself