Colorsound Power Boost-Style Pedals & A 1972 Hiwatt Custom 100 DR103 - That Pedal Show

[@thenotsoguitarguy9429]

I used to play in a band (in my former life as a drummer) with a guy who had a 100 watt Hi Watt. It was magical. Sounded as big as God. Most of the sound guys in the smaller to mid-sized clubs we were playing hated it. We were generally criticized for being entirely too loud (our bass player had the big Ampeg SVT rig with the 8 x 10 cab, a mid-driven turbo rat for his clean tone into a quite-driven Muff for his dirty tone). I'll never forget the tones that guy used to pull out of that Hi Watt, though. Simply astounding.

[@mathewrileymusic]

how on earth did you play clubs that size with those amps? what were the master volumes on? hahah it seems unthinkable..

[@thenotsoguitarguy9429]

@@mathewrileymusic - our local music scene largely consisted of clubs with ridiculous PA systems for their size and there were no local ordinances in those days to limit the noise floor in the bar district. As long as the sound guys could get the drums and vocals out over the amps without massive feedback issues, nobody really cared how loud it was. That was 15 or more years ago, now, though. I'm sure things have changed since then.

[@dennysiu1212]

It seems hiwatt dr103 is a good platform, love it!

[@hitnorcal]

Best show on KZbin. They should put TPS on the science channel.

[@VodkaSelekta]

This is probably more scientific than the watered-down BS they show on the science channels nowadays.

[@SergioAureo]

Bjorn Riis on That Pedal Show, please!

[@paultwiselton1996]

Oh yes!

[@davidauchterlonie4633]

Yes please and by the way he is from Norway

[@velanga]

YAS!

[@matnukin1584]

Sergio Rodrigues Bjorn or Mr. Gilmour himself. 🙂 Hey Mick and Dan, why don’t you ask Davey G to come on the show. 😉 As a side note, I think this show goes to show that almost every guitarist wants the same thing: to physically feel the power of a hugely powerful amplifier, be it Marshall, Boogie or Hiwatt - or anything else.

[@periloustemple8290]

That’d be ace!

[@frankbizzoco1954]

Come on, boys blend the power booster after a Big Muff into that Hiwatt. Add a mistress for some vintage Gilmour! Love Floyd, or hate them, DG and Phil Taylor are masters of guitar tone. Absolutley have Bjorn Riis from Norway on the show. This was entertaining.

[@plantagenant]

Hiwatt 100 Head and colorsound boost.....that's the ideal bedroom set up really.

[@jamesrasmussen7036]

... and the local gendarmes will be at your bedroom door before the end of the first twelve bar blues. “Disturbing the peace? Surely not I officers...” 😂

[@TheTrudgingTech]

Because funk everyone in 6 city blocks, that's why!

[@Spuzzmacher]

Plus a Binson Echorec and a couple of leslies

[@Smurfman256]

Hey, man. With a Two Notes Captor, anything's a bedroom setup. ...Yes, I'm aware that it's not the same as having speakers shoving air so hard it feels like a cushion of sound behind you, but some of us live in 1B1B apartments and can't play without either attenuation or load boxes.

[@madamp88]

Thanks to Fryette Power Station, I use that setup in my home office room. Sounds awesome. But of course not quite the same as it would be with more dBs

[@davidkieltyka9]

So after watching this I fired up my Hi-Tone (Hiwatt repro) 50 watter, with a Homebrew Germania 44 (OC44 germanium transistor) followed by a Magnetic Solar Bender via a Gibson SG Special. Holy bleepin’ bleep! I had to dial down the master volume a bit to keep the house from shaking, but what a sound! I’d never properly used the Germania in full-range boost/overdrive mode before ‘cuz it always drove amps into sounding overcompressed…but I’d never tried this with the Hi-Tone. No compression this time, just huge and loud. Even with the guitar vols at ~4 there’s a bit of crunch from the pedal along with an almost acoustic hi-fidelity from the guitar. Yow! Kick on the fuzz and the sound thickens and just sings. Turn up the guitar vols and it’s the closest thing to playing at stadium levels that I’ve ever experienced at a non-life-threatening volume. So cool! Thanks, guys, for pushing me to explore the possibilities of my own gear!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Awesome! Isn’t it amazing how pedals sound so totally different into different amps.

[@mattgilbert7347]

#Jealousy :p

[@hoboroadie]

That is why some very lovely pedals of mine are waiting in boxes. The right amplifiers are still on the list.

[@benjaminfowler4513]

I'm wanting either their custom lowatt or the dg 50, do you think with the master volume I can get good overdriven tones without killing my family lol? I'm assuming I'll need some od pedals to make happen but would be nice if just the master volume can allow it.

[@davidkieltyka9]

@@benjaminfowler4513 The Hiwatt preamp circuit will crunch nicely at manageable volume if you turn up the channel volume pot and turn down the master. Try ~3:00 on the channel vol. With either a Lowatt or the Hi-Tone Gilmour you’d need to use an attenuator to run the master vol high enough that the power section compresses some. That’s where the amps really sing. Alternately set the master in the 10:00-11:00 range, if you can, and use a compressor pedal to kinda/sorta emulate the “turned up master” sound. Any medium gain soft clipping dirt pedal oughta be able to do much the same thing.

[@ebeep]

Mick at 35:34 totally hits the nail on the head, describes exactly my impression of the Colorsound circuit from watching this, and also totally pegs me on not meshing with fuzz/treble boosters as they've been too harsh/gnarly/frizzly compared to mild overdrive. From this video, the Colorsound circuit appeals to me way more than any distortion or fuzz tone I've ever heard. Must try one for myself. Thank you guys! Also, never censor your "lightbulb moments" as we're feeling what you're feeling! Sharing in gear joy is precisely why I watch every TPS even when it's tone and gear that I don't connect with.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thank you e! Much appreciated. Good luck on the quest. :0)

[@MatoMisik]

Check this. Great Colorsound clone: www.leehooker.com/en/effects/color-trip/

[@mikefenton5634]

You guys should definitely have Bjorn from Gilmourish on if the opportunity arises.

[@birdwoodcbgs71]

I keep coming back to this episode. I've watched it about 10 times. The tones are utterly amazing.

[@chrisegg7936]

Birdwood Guitars & CBGs you and me both, dude. I’ve managed to not buy any of these pedals but each time it gets harder and harder to say no.

[@jakejake996]

Yep. Me too. Check out the Blammo voltage booster. It’s my favorite clone.

[@ninjamonkey1]

Same

[@nicolasfox]

24:53 Mick discovers a biblical guitar sound and invites aliens to hear his tone!

[@grewejames1]

My ears told me Alvin Lee was in the house at that same point.

[@calandraco2888]

Do you mean 20:28?

[@okaytastic6691]

The next 50 seconds of this video pushed me over the edge on a 183 Sunface for my Hiwatt... man o man I’m excited

[@michaela9817]

"No wonder they are all deaf." A few minutes later..."We're totally getting one!" :)

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

"They come in pints?! I'm getting one!!!"

[@nickdevriese]

I love my Fridays... please make sure you archive all of these shows. I will still be grinning watching them when I’m 90.

[@marcushogan6613]

YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!! Been waiting a long time for this! As someone who actually saw David Gilmour perform live at Pompeii two years ago you can probably guess how much I loved today's video!!!! Perfect example of Gilmour's rhythm tones from the mid 70s

[@ThatPedalShow]

We //might// delve a little deeper into Gilmour’s world. Might. Trying not to do that however because it’s a certain fail with inevitable abuse from Gilmorons. So we’ll just enjoy the tones and say you don’t have to be Gilminded to enjoy them too. :0)

[@marcushogan6613]

That Pedal Show yeah you were saying that before, a specific artist episode brings out nitpicking from the diehard fans (I’m one of them!). Still this was hugely enjoyable!

[@marcushogan6613]

That Pedal Show yeah you were saying that before, a specific artist episode brings out nitpicking from the diehard fans (I’m one of them!). Still this was hugely enjoyable! Also props for your correct facts!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Excellent. Witnessed a death threat once from a Hendrix fan. Not been a fan of artist specific stuff ever since. :0)

[@marcushogan6613]

That Pedal Show when you started talking about his setups on different albums at the start I was rubbing my hands together waiting for you to make a mistake but you certainly showed me!!!! Also greetings from Galway Ireland!

[@vintagetone22]

I know this is 5 years ago .but it just happened that i found last week an original colorsound overdriver black hammered .and im over the moon .omg i cant belive the boost and the huge overdrive tone.👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🎸🎸🌹🌹❤❤❤👍👍👍

[@tomholderness]

Watching this in self isolation just had my colordriver arrive in the post!

[@PANICBLADE]

The Who Live for decades, King Crimson in their prime, some Rush (including Moving Pictures), almost all of Floyd, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, it's the amp of classic prog. Even Page took it for a spin for a few years. A lot of them had their own built for them with their own personal spin, but they all still have THAT character.

[@averyadrian1534]

Dave Davies of The Kinks used them - killer tone

[@ekritt1476]

Finally, a Hiwatt! Love those amps. Built a DR504 clone myself about 6 months ago.

[@Bealzeebozzo]

Nice! I built a HiWatt clone for myself way back in the 80's from scavenged HiFi bits and old TV parts. I wish I had never sold it now but it weighed an absolute tonne and rack gear was just coming out and I was on board that slim stereo rack train something shocking.

[@Teleman76]

Anyone looking for authentic HiWatt clones amps and cabinets look at Hi-Tone. I’m a Hiwatt junkie from way back. The Hi-Tone is as good as it gets. Hand wired point to point military spec wiring, nos mustard caps. Their Eclipse cabinet is based on the WEM cabs made famous by Gilmour. I can’t stress enough at just how good Hi-Tone’s products are.

[@Robstafarian]

I have heard that Ceriatone's “Hey What” amps are legit.

[@RandomDude-us2zh]

HiTone all the way, if you are living in the US.

[@burns5297]

AMEN! I've got a HT4123 that is KILLER! The guys at Hi-Tone and on the forum are some of the coolest and most knowledgeable around.

[@davidkieltyka9]

Yep! I’ve got their DR-504 repro and a 2x12 cab with their Fane purple repros. The interior is a work of art. The 504 compresses and thickens a little lower on the master volume than the 103, but it can still get fierce. :) I often run it into a PowerStation when I feel like rockin’ out sans gain pedals.

[@Teleman76]

David Kieltyka Clayton’s work is second to none. These amps are truly a work of art and precision. Picture perfect wiring. Even the cabinets are wired with detail and an artistic approach. Good as it gets to me.

[@aleksandarmaletic4632]

Ok now Im waiting for Hiwatt, Muff, Mistress, delay episode to happen

[@ThatPedalShow]

That will happen. :0)

[@mattgilbert7347]

With Björn. Do a whole Davey G episode. 2 hour special.

[@sharkbaitseamus]

YESSS

[@kierenmoore3236]

Yes, yes, yes!! Don't fear the haters - they will always be around ... you do you; hard to argue with a Davey G episode, copiloted by Bjorn from Gilmourish ... That would be such an EPIC episode. Really enjoyed this one, though ... muchas gracias! :)

[@Lioanimals1977]

When,@@ThatPedalShow ? :(

[@Les537]

That mahogany p90, colorsound and hi-watt is complete and total success.

[@dimitriskovaios]

21:27 My favourite TPS moment, ever!!! That despaired revelation look on Mick's face... I can watch it again and again!

[@Bhh-j2s]

That intro is how dan and mick will talk to each other in the old folks home

[@yobhsiFehT]

LOL Perfect.

[@patrickconnelly2904]

Robert Fripp also used the Hiwatt to great ends.

[@flyinpigmusic331]

I just got my new Tru fi Colordriver. I love it! It sounds amazing. Packs a gigantic punch. Makes my fender practice amp blast as if it's a Hiwatt. Perfect if you're trying to nail those Gilmour tones.

[@jmproductions59]

Really? Which Fender amp? I'm about to get a Princeton Reverb.

[@flyinpigmusic331]

@@jmproductions59 mustang II

[@kieranmcanimal3596]

That is honestly the best sounding amp I have ever heard. So beautiful.

[@burns5297]

I've been sooooo excited for this episode for a while! I left a comment a while back requesting some content on Hiwatt. Thanks so much for featuring this. Whether you were already planning to make this episode before my comment or not, it still makes me feel like you really listen to our feedback. If you are at all interested in a Hiwatt style cab some time in the future, I can't say enough great things about the Hi-Tone HT4123 I purchased several months back. The thing's a monster in sound and weight! They also make some top-notch WEM style cabs. Cheers and thanks again!

[@sduke39]

My god.....that Hiwatt is astounding!

[@setlantic]

I have had my Hiwatt custom100 for over 35 years. Mine is the late seventies Two input one. With normal and brilliant channels which not able to do the input jumping. Anyway. Speaking of trying to find a way to use it these days at a lower volume. I see what has been my solution for few months now behind you in the video on your shelf. It’s the Fryette Power Station. I put mine through a Power Station and it helps tremendously to keep my sound at a much lower volume. It may not be completely transparent but I don’t feel I’m not losing much. Although I’m afraid I found this solution about 30 years too late as I do suffer tinnitus greatly. Might be something to try out.

[@paultwiselton1996]

A BIBLICALLY BRILLIANT BRILLIANT HIWATTAGE SHOW!!! Thanks guys.

[@adamloake]

WOW!!! The only word that can really be used for this show chaps - tones for decades, never mind days!!

[@michaelkay611]

A Victory is a pretty nice amp, but that Hiwatt just blows it away. Amazing stuff, gentlemen. Thank you for a great episode.

[@thirrteenthirrteen5528]

One of the coolest things about watching TPS, is the sheer wonderment of watching Mick and Dan utterly enjoy the tone. Well done.

[@simonwilliams9916]

Oh man! I had a 70’s Hiwatt 100 watt with a 4x12 cab and it was sooooo loud. I couldn’t play a pub gig with without taking the back wall of the establishment out! Had to sell it in the end as it was too loud for me but it was a great great amp. I just wasn’t playing the Colston Hall, Bristol! Great show guys, look forward to Fridays and your latest offering. 🤘🏻🎸👍🤘🏻🎸👍🤘🏻👍🤘🏻👍🎸

[@waynedenton4209]

Saw Aziz Ibrahim and met him in 2000. We spent about twenty minutes talking after the show. Fantastic guitarist and, most importantly, a truly warm and wonderful person.

[@DuckDuckGo512]

The original Coloursound pedal into that Hiwatt is best sound I have heard in a long, long time so live in the studio it must be epic. Black Crowes 'esque' to my ears. Loved it

[@ThatPedalShow]

Totally Crowes. Mmmmmmmm

[@kingofthefountain3091]

I watched this the day it premiered and many times since. It’s been a while since this came out but I gotta say it is one of the best KZbin videos ever made. I can’t think of many others that maintain such a prominent place in my consciousness.

[@steve6465]

Awesome video as normal guys. I👍🎸. Friday are not the same without your videos. For me Hiwatt amp with Orange power boost is the best guitar tone ever. Chris from custom pedal boards is such a cool guy who makes awesome boards.

[@shelbysmoakbleeder9988]

I'll concur with those who suggested Hi-Tone for that Hiwatt sound. Just amazing amps. I, however, got their LoWatt (18w) because of the insane volumes even at 50w. That thing is a beast. LOUD! Still tons of headroom. Very clean amp. Incredibly articulate. Just takes to pedals beautifully! Thanks for this show! Great episode!

[@graemero5532]

Ah TPS, it's Friday

[@chrisjones2832]

Guys thanks for this video! I purchased the Colordriver and couldn’t be happier. What an organic tone! Even with my low headroom PRRI. But I do have a Weber 10F150T speaker in there. Best tone I’ve ever had. I use the Colordriver at just breaking up a bit with the gain, then set the master at slightly above unity with the amp.

[@Bealzeebozzo]

OMG! It's so beautiful clean and then that Colorsound. Good god. Glorious.

[@MatoMisik]

Check this. Great Colorsound clone: www.leehooker.com/en/effects/color-trip/

[@russl9029]

I built a Power Boost pedal a while back and it has never left my board! Freaking awesome overdrive, almost into fuzz, tones! Love it! I put a master volume on mine though and I changed the value of the gain pot to spread it out a bit so it isn't all in the last 2.5mm.

[@pedalgazer7109]

"Biblical tone" - love it! Man, big drives is my kind of show! Since you are on a colorsound kick I'd love to see a show on tone benders!

[@aetorium8219]

I've watched this video 3 times over the course of a few months and the joy is so infectious I just keep coming back to it. I never lusted for a Hiwatt and now it's the only amp I can think about.

[@guitar_loco]

One of the best TPSs of late. I love how your minds get blown by learning new things. Wallets beware

[@ThatPedalShow]

Too late ‘73 DR103 already purchased. :0)

[@Echoplexi.]

One of the best episodes ever! Classic combination between the Hiwatt and Overdriver/Power Booster. I have a Buffalo FX Power Booster that I love

[@innocentpuppet1199]

Someone once said, "Hiwatt's should only be used during times of civil unrest".

[@ThatPedalShow]

We think that was Mark Twain. Or maybe Oscar Wilde. :0)

[@hafstrat]

Best one so far. And that’s saying something. A revelation. Just shows there’s always something out there worth searching for in our quest for ...... ❤️

[@karliscirulis6558]

Thumbs up for Hiwatt vs Two-Rock episode!

[@glenby2u]

although I think the fuchs thing or another dumble clone would add fuel to the spending fire. Dr Z would also make it interesting as they are super touch sensitive.

[@hey.gert1]

Amazing episode. Used to own a '74 Custom 100 DR103 (4 inputs) that i bought about 20 years ago for what is now 400 Euro incl. the matching 4x12 cab. Both in great condition. I know.. ridiculously cheap. Sold it two years ago because it was too heavy/loud/didn't fit my style/band anymore. More into the Fender clean sounds now. Buuuut. It's a simply stunning amplifier. The sound and how solid it was built. Easy to service and everything's so obvious when you open the it. And great to see that you are running the almost exact same settings that i used to. Keep up the great work!

[@halvardmusic]

Man, great episodes! Fun, great tones and interesting facts. Thanks for introducing the True-fi Colordriver Dan! I think this will be the fuzz pedal I m going to get!

[@CosmicXRay]

Have one - terrific! Highly recommend...

[@stratogio]

I am waiting my 18v colordriver

[@mattelder9147]

That was just monster! I love it when you guys find something that just brings sheer joy out. It is unmistakable when something just clicks right.

[@fishypaw]

So, much like the Stratocaster, the original pedal manufacturers got it right the first time around. And louder is better. Also, as the owner of an all original 1974 WEM Dominator MkIII, I don't need to be told how good their speakers and cabs were, but I don't think we should tell other people as it will drive up the prices, and I haven't bought up all the old stock yet. ;0)

[@ShlomirBareket]

Great pedal. I got a Kilnger one recently and utterly love it. Best booster ever and goes to 11! Does everything, and such fantastic eq

[@musicmann1967]

I owned a 50 watt Hiwatt for years, and it also has gobs of headroom. I assume that it has less headroom that the 100 watt, but still more than other amps I've played. And it sounds great! Maybe check one of those out if you want to add Hiwatt to the TPS backline!

[@palodine1]

Thank you guys. I believe I've see all of your videos and this is my favorite. This is the sound I've always been searching for. I'm big on boost pedals and gain structure, but one of these pedals could help me trim down my pedalboard by a least a few pedals. Cheers!

[@omikl]

Ah yes. The one that got away. The first pedal I bought, although it may have been the second, was a Colorsound Overdriver in 1974. Sold it in 1980 because I'd just got a '76 Marshall & thought that I didn't need pedals anymore. D'Oh! I used to run mine into a solid state 30 Watt amp with a 12” speaker, and the crazy volume thing used to happen in spades. Fortunately the amp used to have 4 inputs, so I’d run the guitar straight into one channel, run a cable out of that channel’s second input to Overdriver, then back into the second channel. Then I could get the clean and dirty volumes into the same County.

[@jerryg7491]

The Hero’s Journey was his all-embracing metaphor for the deep inner journey of transformation that heroes in every time and place seem to share, a path that leads them through great movements of separation, descent, ordeal, and return. This has been the heroes journey...”

[@ducas8937]

Another TPS means more knowledge to us and less hearing to Dan and Mick

[@jamesemerson4102]

I am just re-watching this episode and man... this was such an awesome one!

[@StanleyCullerEsq.]

Hey, fellow TPS fans, this episode --like nearly all of them-- is a much more rewarding experience if you go to the trouble of listening through a nice pair of headphones. Those teeny computer speakers just don't do these tones justice. Also, surely, there must be some rich-arse out there who would be willing to loan these brilliant men a board of Pete Cornish pedals for a few weeks. For all the tens of thousands of gear videos featured on KZbin, there are relatively few that demonstrate ANY Cornish pedals (and desperately few of those have been produced since the early Gearmandude days) and I've not seen any, AT ALL, that truly do the kind of deep-dive exploration that Dan and Mick do on this channel. Come on, our wealthy, altruistic fellow guitar nerds... make with the pedals. :)

[@periloustemple8290]

I am shocked to see this 3 years later and see I was that last comment. Wow. This is still the most amazing thing. I do still feel as we all felt then. Love you boys - and every quest is better than no quest!

[@erick650]

To offer a solution to the volume issue, try switching to a less efficient speaker. A 3dB reduction in speaker efficiency will “halve” the power of your amp without changing the headroom of your amp. 6dB will cut it in half again, etc.

[@lance134679]

Great sounds! Hiwatt and Power Booster are a great match. So aggressive with the Tele and just perfect with the Collins P90. I like the Power Booster pedals at their more mild settings - they just add nice amp-like distortion without the sound falling apart or caving in.

[@gusdupree2508]

THROBAK, finally, ever since i saw Andy on proguitarshop demo the overdrive/boost in 2009 i wanted one ,finally got it 2015 as well as the strange master treble booster , so damn good

[@mattgilbert7347]

Those pedals kick serious bottom. The Stone Bender also sounds awesome.

[@Krzyzy670]

Yeah! I've got Fuzz Haze and it's the best sounding germanium fuzz I've ever heard! Dunno why thatpedalshow never tried one of it (?) but it's definitely worth it.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@Krzyzy670 Throbak don't seem to get enough credit for their stuff. The Overdrive/Boost is probably the one I'd get it I had the $. The Buffalo FX Power Booster also seems rad, but it's more like a faithful reproduction. Throbak have been a little creative with their one. The Strangemaster has germanium/silicon options, yeah? I'm looking for a silicon solution to my TB needs. Atm I am looking at a Daredevil Silver Solo. I own a D*A*M Red Rooster clone but with my rig, it sounds more like a dirty boost or mild ge Fuzz. I want ott Treble Booster toan! Germanium is a pain in the bottom

[@mattgilbert7347]

Gus do you have any problems with placement in the chain re: the Strangemaster?

[@michaeladams1197]

Great episode. Best tones yet. I was truly blown away by what I was hearing.

[@chaz32]

I have a clone of the coloursound power boost called the Uberdriver - cranked it and it sounds like the walls are caving in, fantastic.

[@thefilthygringo9228]

I got to say that I’ve been watching your videos for quite a while but I’ve never commented on this. I love the way that you highlight the pedal that is in use. I don’t know why I just had to tell you that but it makes it so easy to see what you are using and I thank you

[@ThatPedalShow]

Thanks! It takes me hours. I appreciate the noticing! Mick here. :0)

[@inezin007]

Never laughed so hard for an intro. That was great guys, thank you. Btw, thats a righteous tone over there. \m/

[@andyreynolds5575]

Gunna watch this episode again 👍. That opening bit is hilarious!! Thanks guys this is definitely one of the best That Pedal Shows.

[@potterman83]

I've been waiting for this! Hiwatt DR504 owner here!

[@davidkieltyka9]

The Page Hiwatt mod adds an extra gain stage, from an otherwise unused half of a 12AX7, along with an extra control, named “Balance” for some reason, to dial it in. Zero on the Balance knob is unity gain, and turning it up gradually adds in the extra stage. Kinda like having a bullt-in overdrive pedal. There was a footswitch to toggle it on & off too. BTW I’ve been on Gilmour’s barge too! Family connections. :) Also, the Townshend Hiwatts have a Vox Top Boost-based tone stack. No idea why Pete wanted a separate volume pot for each input when he only used one of ‘em.

[@mugical]

Silver Sky getting some love today! Great tones guys!!

[@jyoung2706]

“ It just was” (18:12). My favorite comment of the day. Another great show mates. And I can honk for Chris Ryan, he built me a very nice pedal board that houses my G2 and other pretty play things. Cheers

[@martone6852]

Now we're cookin with fire! Just about to hit play, been waiting for this one. Nothing compares to my throwbak overdrive and the rest of the Throbak pedals are just as cool. Only other pedal I have that is just as awesome but a totally different beast is my nobels odr-1. Bring it!

[@mattgilbert7347]

You've just named my two most desired boost/drive pedals. Preparing to sell a bunch of others so I can get the Throbak and the Nobels. I thought about the Wampler Paisley Deluxe but the Nobels pedal they based one side on is not the ODR-1, right? Throbak are the bomb.

[@martone6852]

@@mattgilbert7347 Not sure what the paisley is based on, haven't tried one but it would be hard to beat the odr for rythem sounds. I put a ts9 after it for leads which makes your solo jump right out because the odr boosts the low mids and the ts9 mids are higher. I have the throbak next in the chain, it has less mids than both but seems the most amp like. I like it for rythem and then boost it with the ts9 for leads.

[@birdwoodcbgs71]

Some of the greatest sounds on earth. Oh my god!

[@vincet68]

When Dan goes and crouches to look at the amp, it’s like Lord Of The Rings! Hadn’t realized how much the main shot was foreshortening things! Dan, you’ve become a hobbit - or maybe Gollum (“my precioussss”)

[@ThatPedalShow]

Hahahhaa!!!!

[@PaoloGiacci]

I totally agree with you Mick: to use guitar’s volume to control gain properly is the essence of expressiveness in guitar playing. Said that, I find that there’s a problem: good transistor based fuzz/overdrive pedals use to clean up pretty well, but that “clean” sound you get cannot replace a clean amp sound, almost never at all. So, if that sound can be quite useful in live situations, you won’t probably record a pure clean tone using this technic, ‘cause you’re losing body, punch, maybe it gets to bright etc etc... the real challenge is to design a gain pedal that cleans up in a way that could REALLY replace your amp’s clean channel, or maybe even sound better. I cannot say more, but right now I’m working exactly on that... As always, great job guys, thanks.

[@dangershgol3298]

Don't forget Alex Lifeson Hiwatt user late 70's to early 80's

[@assaultfreightliner4666]

Knowing there is someone else out there who laughs with joy at making loud rude noises is why I watch you guys. Play on mate.

[@ebeep]

This rules!!! The DR103 is THE Big Star amp!!! Alex Chilton's tone on the Radio City LP is angelic, and it's all strat and the DR103.

[@mattgilbert7347]

You're kidding??? I thought he used Fenders! Thanks so much, I love Big Star. I always thought Radio City - that chiming, spangly, power-pop par excellence - was done with Fenders, VOX, treble booster etc. It was a DR103??!!!? Dude, You just blew my mind.

[@ebeep]

Matt Gilbert, watch Nothing Can Hurt Me if you get a chance. Fantastic documentary and they cover their hair-brained HIWATT purchase, plus his DR103 is just chillin' in the background in the Ardent interviews.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Fun fact - in 1995 on the "Man Called Destruction" Tour I spotted Alex smoking a cig out the back of the Metro in Sydney. It was late afternoon, soundcheck time I reckon. I resisted the urge to gush, left him in peace, and then came back later that evening for a ripping show. He oozed charisma. Every female in the theatre would have willingly had his babies for him that night. Srsly. At one point I turned around and every single lass in the place was utterly transfixed. He was a...well. The name said it all. RIP, Chris, Alex, Andy (is Jody Stephens still alive?)

[@mattgilbert7347]

He used a sparkly Tele that night for the two Big Star numbers, idk the amp but it sounded Fendery. "Baby Beside Me" and "In the Street". #1 stuff. Everything else was Alex Chilton solo. Loved it.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@ebeep I own that and have watched it multiple times. Somehow I didn't notice the Hi-Watt! !

[@acledfloyd]

This was a great episode guys. I love to see you just amazed and happy by the sound.

[@kesamek8537]

46:00 the best tones ever heard on this show.

[@chrisegg7936]

Kesa Mek yup

[@haakman123]

Yes!! I requested this amp last year! And now it is here! (and that rhymes)

[@jamesdalziel4516]

I need to enroll in Solid State Circuitry 101, I reckon. Transistors and/or opamps and/or diodes and/or hard/soft clipping... My head is as fuzzy as them there great sounds! That was fun!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Same There's a class in pedal - building, modding, basic electronics etc run by a Sydney tech called "Dr. Gear". I think it's time I got edjamacated.

[@rikhelgason2629]

Wow wow wow guys! Truly some Old Testament tones there! Hiwatt w/Colorsound Boost! Yeehaw!

[@ThatPedalShow]

Yep, unforgettable :)

[@ddpphoto]

Epic boys. Just epic!

[@dmac-333]

It's so good its got Dan giggling like a small child, love it!

[@onosnd]

Love it. I got a 1974 Hiwatt DR103 and it's so goddamn loud... crank the master up and you can peel some paint off the walls. Not kidding...

[@aaronmhanson]

What an amazing sound. I've gone completely backwards in my pedal journey now and just bought a Blammo! Voltage Booster after falling in love with the Broadcast and the Twin Bender. I was never a Tube Screamer fan but kept searching. Great video.

[@ThatPedalShow]

Very cool! Something about those straight up boosts that just keeps it real!

[@shenaniganursus3681]

In addition to comparing it to the Two Rock. Would it be interesting to see how the Lone Star likes those pedals as well?

[@johnbuxton2529]

What a brilliant day ! I watched your TC Electronic Corona/Boss CE-1 Toneprint being produced with the remarkable Tore Morgenstern earlier which was fascinating ..... and now I`ve just watched this astonishing TPS episode about the Colorsound Powerdrive and clones ( and the HiWatt of course ......................... and have joined the gobsmacked club !

[@BaronsDuju]

Oh I’d love to hear your thoughts on how 432hz feels to play at high volumes. I find it to be a pleasing sound and a refreshing change from standard (modern) tuning. Plus it loosens the strings a little...

[@ThatPedalShow]

We both think we really like it. E flat sounds flabby but ace. Standard sounds standard. 432 sounds somewhere in between, but really sweet.

[@BaronsDuju]

That Pedal Show - So no spiritual enlightenment after playing 432hz then? ;)

[@lucianodebenedictis6014]

Every time they resume playing after a while I'm this video, my ears hurt from that tuning, and then they get slightly used to it

[@LEgoiste]

Thanks guys, really enjoyed this. Watching you two having new experiences is great to watch. It might be only steps for you , it’s light years for me! I’ll put it down to one of your best, May it continue.

[@franknguitars7671]

What great timing! Just got a HI-TONE HT50DG, almost the same as an old Hiwatt and - MAN, these are great amps - phenomenal! And the Powerboost is a killer pedal. Pitty the Buffalo Fx version was missing. They are typically the closest (as the TD-X is to the Tube Driver) - do a Tube Driver into Hi Watt Show please!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Buffalo FX is supposedly the most faithful. I also like the Vick Audio Overdriver, good option if you are on a budget. I use cheap one-knob Power Booster made by a mate in Aussie. The treble thing is there, the fuzziness, the snarl and agression and sheer volume are alll there, but there's no actual control over anything other than level. Kinda like the Coloursound one-knob fuzz (but sounds nothing like it, as I have a clone of one of those as well). Placed after a Muff or a si Fuzz? MAGIC.

[@mattgilbert7347]

They should get Bjorn on and just do 'em all. Bk, Chandler, Muff, Power Booster, EQs, Mods, Delays, etc etc. A 2 hour Gilmour special TPS episode.

[@braydenmcmorran4562]

I have a BYOC Clone of this on my workbench right now...can't wait to finish it!

[@braydenmcmorran4562]

Finished putting it together shortly after my last comment.....WOW! Sometimes I use it as an always on pedal set to high gain with the guitar volume low...beautiful dynamic cleans!

[@tonytoy3939]

Woke up this morning thinking about pedals. This video is the first thing in my suggested. Illuminati = Real

[@mattgilbert7347]

Started learning Have a Cigar solo yesterday, this comes up in my feed 24 hrs later=Global Elitists had Alex Jones silenced.

[@thebossandthebeestonstreet9493]

Weirdest blues lyrics I’ve ever read

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@thebossandthebeestonstreet9493 I see what you did there

[@MichaelSmith-op3uq]

Great show guys!!! Love to see you guys just jamming away and getting lost in that sound!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@hulkslayer626]

not even a full minute into the video and I am already laughing!!! :D The look of pain on Mick's face and the look of euphoria on Dan's... priceless!! Hahahaha

[@Durgo25]

Awesome video. I’ve been using a Colorsound Powerboost at the end of my drive chain for years into a 50 watt Hiwatt Custom DR504 and it sounds great. I also have a 1974 DR103. It’s pretty similar in tone. You can still purchase an exact reissue 18v nonmaster volume from Macaris in the U.K. as well as a 9v with a master. Try it on a 50 watt and you’ll still get the same sound your after. It’s absolutely killer. Also, Buffalo FX Powerbooster is a damn good clone as well. Try an Effectrode Tube Drive or BK Butler Tube Driver into the Powerboost. It’s a remarkable feeling.

[@jaimeramirezsolano685]

Between the Fx power boost and try fi colordriver, which one do you think would be better for David Gilmour 70-75’ powerboost live tones?