The Heaviest Guitar Tone I've Ever Heard.

[@vincelupone]

Really good choice of using an inexpensive but excellent amplifier to run this pedal through. This is a setup a lot of players will actually have and really shows what the pedal might do in their own room.

[@TaylorDanley]

It’s no exaggeration one of my favorite amps. They are so OP in my opinion

[@monkeycheesebutt4033]

@@TaylorDanley Seriously dude, I have the Mk2 artist combo and Im in a band with a second guitar player who uses a 5150. and im able to get a sound that sounds convincingly similar and also turn my combo into my amp head by being able to connect the amp to any external cab (8 or 16 ohm).

[@shawngraham4075]

@@TaylorDanley Hey man. If you wanna hear a Rectifier done right, check out Hermansson Amplification. He mods them and holy crap!

[@Timetofly8888]

In 1992 Metal Hammer wrote a review of this new band called Fear Factory, they had just released Soul Of a New Machine. I was 4 days away from turning 16 and my Mother said for my birthday she would take me out after she finished work and get my Air Jordans id been dreaming of. On that night over McDee's, shoe box at my feet she gave me a card also with $20 to spend on something else. Well, the reviewer said that album had "the heaviest guitar tone he'd ever heard" As I was a couple of years into my metal guitar-playing journey at that time I was all about tone. If a band had a guitar tone that was brutal, i instantly loved that band! Right after eating, I dragged her to Real Groovy Records in Auckland Queen Street to find this album! I saw the title here and memories came flooding back of that week and of life in the early 90s. Thanks for the fantastic content, I have pointed my 16-year-old son to your channel as he too is now getting in to Gear, already being a wicked guitar player of 8 years now. Your channel has become a really cool Dad and Son discovery joint activity we enjoy watching together, then experimenting with a lot of kit you've reviewed. Many thanks from New Zealand !

[@TaylorDanley]

I love this comment. Thank you so much for sharing! Glad I could in any way inspire anyone to do something with guitar 💪 rock on dude 🤘

[@Timetofly8888]

@@TaylorDanley Thanks bud, will pass on to the Wee man too!

[@Metalbass1979]

We must be around the same age. I ended up seeing Fear Factory open for Megadeth and they sounded just a huge live back then.

[@andycornman783]

Fear Factory the song Scum Grief has an absolute filthy guitar tone. I too heard that in my teens and was like WTF! and then the Self Titled Crowbar album came out in 92/93. Game changing brutal recordings. Before the whole 7 string movement, As a guitarist I used to call it tuning down to "Z" lol.

[@Timetofly8888]

@andycornman783 😆 yeah , I remember tuning down to C Std first time around 17 and thought I'd just discovered thunder palming muting. It's crazy how ones perception changes over time of what's considered "low tuning" Today A is as low as I like. 8strings have never been my thing despite loving Meshuggah's Nothing album when it dropped.

[@brrblack497]

I'm basically a Blues and Funk hobby guitarist, but I love coming over here and seeing what's up. Yup, this shit be heavy, sounds awesome! Great review/demo as usual.

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks dude! I’m glad I have people like you that just show up and participate even though you might not be interested in the gear, that means a lot!

[@bleeddean1989]

I don't think be ever heard a more articulate tone with that much gain in my life... that's insane... I'm not into extreme metal like that BUT a tone with SOOO much gain being thrown at it and STILL being able to hear EVERY SINGLE STRING is absolutely insane and very impressive.. kudos!!!

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah that's the goal! Hard to achieve with a lot of high gain gear!

[@GuitarSoloReactions]

I just bought one, looking forward to playing.

[@TaylorDanley]

💪💪💪 you’re gonna love it. They knocked it out of the park!

[@nickharper8145]

Damn that sounds gnarly. Also I love your riffs. 🤘🏻

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks homie 💪💪

[@schecter7elite801]

​@@TaylorDanleyThat pedal is a ripper. Hot dang. Lol.

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

Intro track sounded SICK

[@TaylorDanley]

Hey John, thanks for coming by buddy! 💪💪

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

@@TaylorDanley I've been really enjoying your videos

[@matttaylor1449]

That's an awesome extreme/deathmetal tone. Perfect showcase of this sound. Good to see you're having fun with it.

[@TaylorDanley]

It was so fun!! Sometimes I find myself just thinking about it while I’m doing other things lol.

[@Ronny1031]

Those tones are absolutely crushing and evil. I hadnt gotten around to trying the purple nightmare sim on the STL Tonality Lasse Lammert suite until recently and it's so brutal. I'm a fan

[@TaylorDanley]

💪

[@jesselemasters8676]

That pedal has the super growly mids that I love!

[@666voyager666]

Wtf this sounds like a blackened death metal shredders dream ! Ive been playing for over 20 years and havent wanted to get a pedal this bad in a Long Long time.

[@TaylorDanley]

I really like it a lot!

[@kevinmyles6369]

Versatile pedal holy cow, sounds wicked. No one trick pony I find

[@scaleitback1055]

I think all that clarity I’m hearing in the full chord trem picked stuff has more to do with that boost than the Driftwood pedal. I need that boost.

[@W.K.Hatecraft]

This may be one of the quickest decisions I've made on a peice of gear..watched the video. Agreed with everything you said..Had a smoke..made the purchase. Hell I wasnt even really looking to pick up a new pedal/pre or amp.

[@TaylorDanley]

Haha, well hopefully you enjoy it as much as I do.

[@vondragonnoggin]

Thanks for demoing the Vintage side for us old metal heads! This pedal sounds really good. I write a split of classic metal and some drop C standard more modern sounding stuff. This could work for me for a single pedal. I’m using two preamp pedals to do it now. JCM800 tube preamp and a Dual Rec tube preamp pedal from Arthur Sounds. I use an Axiom Effects PAE-1 inline to the fx return on my HiWatt Super Leeds 150 head to dial in the tube power amp emulation for the full amp sounds. I like his pedal’s sound. Decent price for all the features. If you get a chance, you should check out the new HiWatt Super Leeds 150 head. Solid state head with 2.5 channels - clean, vintage, and high gain with Contour knob. The Vintage channel is really Marshall JCM800 voiced and the modern hi gain with contour does more Dual Rec sounds. It was $374 brand new and quickly became a favorite for solid state sounds. I just use the tube preamps and PAE-1 for the true tube feel of the amps they are designed as. The HiWatt on its own is crazy good too though. The fx loop is great and real spring reverb tank in it. Thanks for the video. Definitely like the Heavy Hatchet pedal.

[@TaylorDanley]

If I get the chance, I'd love to!

[@McFly007ish]

Your crazy weird descriptions of tone actually do make sense haha

[@needsLITHIUM]

IMO Driftwood amps sound like what you would get if you aimed for the German Amp stereotype (hi-fi, wall of sound) by just combining the accentuation of a Mesa Triple Crown or Bandlander (aka slightly less scooped Rectifier, but more aggressive upper mids, lots of extreme low end thump and high end attack) with an Orange Rockerverb (lots of low mids, slightly scooped true mids, very clear and balanced upper mids and treble without being overly harsh). In general, I've always felt like "German Voicing" is essentially just British Voicing and American Voicing averaged together, to give a more Hi-Fi, balanced sound.

[@Waycooljr5]

Thanks for the videos for us katana owners that got one because of cost and versatility. Please do more of this because not everyone has a $2000 amp

[@TaylorDanley]

Dude they are unironically one of the best amps ever made. I’ll die on that hill 🤣

[@Waycooljr5]

@@TaylorDanley I’ve got the mk 11 version because it does the 5150 thing . If you use the software on the lead channel with a set of 11’s my choice btw anyway you can get John Petrucci boogie mark series vibes

[@kevinwenzke1360]

THE GOOSEBUMPS HAHA!!! that intro was super sick!!

[@leftofzeroofficial]

God that thing sounds absolutely filthy and I'm here for it.

[@malcolmrff]

Going for that vitriol sound in this one. Sick riffs. I may pick this up and throw it in front of my katana 50. And maybe one of the airis pedals

[@TaylorDanley]

Haha, I spent a lot of time in a band with Kyle and Adam (and Scott for a bit), so sometimes that happens lol

[@Earth-Worm-Tim]

This pedal seems awesome but the Purple Nightmare tube preamp pedal is brilliant!

[@finintuk]

Im slowly becoming a preamp pedal collector and this is now on the list! 😂

[@TaylorDanley]

It’s a good one, I didn’t demo it (idk why) but the switch to go between distortion and preamp is really handy too!!

[@mustangguy3706]

We need a synergy driftwood module 🤘

[@barryprosser1370]

This

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, they should make that happen!!

[@zeronyne]

There is a good reason why the NAMM noise police exist. 20 years ago, NAMM was unbearably loud.

[@BaurRavenblack]

Doesn't change the fact there are no isolated experience solutions, which everyone desperately needs. It's way easier to just punish loud players, and it's a source of income. Kinda makes one not want to go to NAMM... Why would you go if you can't do the one thing you absolutely need to do?

[@TaylorDanley]

Maybe that's the case. But there's way better ways to deal with it than ticketing vendors that paid thousands of dollars to be there and are trying to showcase their gear, which is why they paid to be there. Also, their sensitivity is ridiculous, I was doing a demo at a booth and couldn't even hear myself of the backing track because they had to turn it down so low. It was a shit show.

[@christophermichaels4144]

Boost sounds sick can’t wait for a full video on that 🤤

[@TaylorDanley]

S-O-O-N. Hoping to have the actual enclosure in the next couple weeks!

[@MattDTN]

This pedal sounds awesome!

[@TaylorDanley]

I like it!

[@needsLITHIUM]

You keep playing some 1349 or Abnormality type riffs, and it's brutal AF. I'm digging it.

[@TaylorDanley]

HELLFIRE!

[@needsLITHIUM]

@@TaylorDanley that's my favorite album from them, NGL. Nathicana is a banger and a half, and then don't even get me started on Sculptor of Flesh.

[@Patrick-857]

I've never heard such a tone from a pedal. It has that very nasty but controlled grind to it that I've been looking for forever.

[@gifgit]

The vintage setting seems like an early 80`s thrash tone. This pedal is now on my wish list,

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah very pushed Marshall vibes

[@gifgit]

@@TaylorDanley This pedal is how I think the Boss Metal zone should have sounded .

[@ScreaminT81]

Man does that ever sound crunch, vile and just plain beautiful

[@jessehutchings]

11:50 That background buzz sounds amazing

[@AustrianShredMachine]

Holy shit! That intro! Fire!

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks dude! New song on streaming platforms now! 🥳🥳

[@AustrianShredMachine]

@@TaylorDanley Cool! I will check it out! 🤘

[@michaelfessenden8601]

Don't apologize for your stye. Your playing is kicking azz, and it's your Chanel . That's coming from a zeppelin, Dime Bag, priest meal guy

[@JoelCSabo]

I'm totally digging your joy here.

[@TaylorDanley]

I’m glad! Spread it around 💪

[@kilsoo]

oh taylor i havent even completed watching and i can tell youre happy

[@TaylorDanley]

YES 💪 I love getting to do this, believe me I don’t take it for granted and I appreciate the opportunity to demo bad ass gear when I get it

[@Sigmatankeryanker]

Love the channel Taylor, as a fan of extreme brutal metal for the last 38 years, I appreciate new products coming out... cheers from Tampa Bay.

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks dude! Glad to have you here.

[@barryprosser1370]

I already love this pedal. 🤘🤘🤘

[@TaylorDanley]

💪💪💪 it’s pretty awesome!

[@gerdhery]

Gnarly tone....I love it ❤

[@TaylorDanley]

💪💪💪

[@Netriderceo]

You're an excellent guitarist but this definitely isn't the heaviest tone I've ever heard

[@krailanuar]

Love It... wanna buy

[@FuzzImp]

Brootal. Love to see it

[@CondorWoW]

I know its not the topic of this video (the driftwood pedal sounded insanely tight) - but would you recommend the boss katana for this type of setup? (someone looking for a good baseline amp but can use pedals like the Heavy Hatchet to mold it into something fairly different)

[@Durkhead]

Iv been trying to decide between the katana and the pedal baby 100

[@TaylorDanley]

I would always recommend a Katana head to anyone. It’s insane what they do for the money. They are LOUD too!

[@jmar482]

A driftwood purple nightmare has been my bucket list amp since I first saw Ola demo one a few years back. This would be great except I just dropped a bunch of$ on a quad cortex ( which is f***ing amazing). I’ll have to search and see if anyone has put up any neural captures of a purple nightmare. Great demo!

[@jessehutchings]

13:44 This is actually my favorite sound out of this thing. Very fuckin nice

[@nm-156]

The vintage voice sounded like a SLO.... pretty awesome. The modern voice is flat out sickness!! ... and I just bought 3 new metal pedals... how can I justify one more 🤣🤘

[@RKR108]

17:30 It makes sense dude haha. I'm pretty new to playing guitar, your channel is very informative thanks !

[@TaylorDanley]

Happy to help!

[@yeahuri4724]

Have you try the JHS Hard Drive? It's been popping out quite a lot recently just wonder how it sounds for player who plays Metal a certain way. Crazy playing as usual.

[@NickySayahSina]

I have the Purple Nightmare preamp pedal and I am curious how the two pedals compare side by side.

[@TaylorDanley]

WELL, I’m gonna be sharing a office space with Simon (cultfx) starting next week, and he carries driftwood for US distribution now, SO MAYBE WE WILL SEE THAT COMPARISON CHAMP 💪

[@---Alex]

Intro reminds me "Der Weg Einer Freiheit" (Recommended German Band). props! Incredible tone by the way.

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks dude, I’ll check it out 💪

[@---Alex]

@@TaylorDanley 🤜🤛

[@apoplexiamusic]

Shit is heavy indeed! It sounds SO chunky!!!! I totally get what you mean at 17:40

[@TaylorDanley]

You get me 💪

[@Dezmond2inbox]

"I Think I’m Over Mesa Cabs"

[@Durkhead]

V30s or mesa cabs?

[@TaylorDanley]

It’s hard to be over them when everything sounds right through them 😂

[@edneyhelenedossantos1875]

Very nice, again killer riffs, you are legendary im a big can as always!

[@TaylorDanley]

Like a big Pepsi can or something?

[@edneyhelenedossantos1875]

@@TaylorDanley hahaha yess typing drunk doesn't always works haha

[@j13th666]

Question you have to take only one you chose lichtlaerm audio gehenna or driftwood hatchet and why? Thanks

[@wheresallthezombies]

Dang, I don’t understand people putting these pedals in the effects loop. Idk anyone who actually use these pedals like that. Anyway, that intro track was so good!

[@StEvEn420BrUlE]

If you want to use it as a preamp you need to run it through the fx loop

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks dude! I'm not using it in the fx loop exactly, the way it's ran is guitar>boost/noisegate>heavy hatchet>fx loop return. When you do it this way you only get the power amp section of the amplifier, so the tone you are hearing is from the preamp pedal and not a combination of the preamp pedal and the preamp section of an amplifier. Hope that makes sense!

[@wheresallthezombies]

@@TaylorDanley It makes sense. I just wish you would've gone into the preamp of the amp. I know a lot of youtube guys love demoing pedals this way but it's much different than running through the front of the amp. which is how I run my pedals. I'm sure most people run their distortion pedals through the front of the amp.

[@Maxischupp93]

just for shits and giggles, how does it sound as distortion infront of the katana clean channel?`i have the katana mini and wonder if this would sound good :D ( yes i know this is double the price of the mini :D )

[@fleshmechanism3644]

Manly Danley!

[@williamsoule4905]

Sick Brother I Luv it

[@natesguitar1001]

I understand what you mean man I try and get that articulate with the aggression tone all the time

[@TaylorDanley]

Very tough balance!

[@natesguitar1001]

Yes it is

[@Straightedge63]

need.

[@DugiDevetCarabolium]

Hey bro, Line 6 come up with new Line 6 Pod Express pedal that looks very handy for home headphone plug and play on guitar, can you review it and give an honest opinion? Thanks, watching your channel for years... Cheers!

[@thisguy2973]

When pushing this pedal through this setup, did you notice any changes in the sound of this pedal at lower volumes? I value your opinion on this because you seem like a true metalhead, unlike most KZbin metal guitarists🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@TaylorDanley]

I did not! But to be honest, I got it set to the volume I used in the video and didn't alter it much.

[@stnkfngr6109]

Bloodbath tone

[@commonsensehill372]

D - DECENT A - AWSOME R - RECTIFIED K - KANON - T O N E

[@luisbarrera5740]

What's your favorite tuning btw?

[@TaylorDanley]

C standard. Also been doing some drop G# lately… I know those are a little weird, but I vibe with them

[@DavidAllenMD]

sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk the katana power amp is really loud i plug my pod hd500x into it and everyone loves my tone

[@TaylorDanley]

IT'S SO LOUD

[@arcifric969]

It sounds like a metal muff :-)

[@81realtime]

Heavy on harmonica

[@tsalagi78]

🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@jmaaybraak]

Driftwood has just some really solid equipment, be it amplifier or pedal or whatever else. I think they're like the sleeper superstar company lol.

[@TaylorDanley]

I agree!!

[@rossbalch]

Their loadbox is one of the best out there too.

[@Durkhead]

Is the boss katana head different than the combo?

[@TaylorDanley]

It technically is a combo, it has 2 (4invh maybe?) speakers. But IMO it’s a better form factor. I love that you can take it to practice, leave your cab in the rehearsal space, then take the head home for bedroom jams. It’s so sick.

[@jessehutchings]

11:10 That's the sound I'm talking about

[@obelysk4209]

I get the feeling this thing can doom

[@HATCHETface83]

Nice, what is the T shirt that you are wearing in the pic. I know the the exorcist demon statue. But is it a band?

[@TaylorDanley]

No it’s just an exorcist shirt from creep o Rama!

[@UchihaGlofasaZenkai]

Pure Punishment

[@mikemartin6554]

Dood....if the folks don't get what you're saying about articulation in the dissonance/caos,then they might wanna move on. Playing with "muddy fingers" through a high gain(perhaps even dense) structure can kill a vibe very quickly. It's an art and science kinda deal. Great video,great pedal,great playing and I always enjoy your personality shining through....and knowledge.

[@TaylorDanley]

Thank you! Yeah man, there’s something about unbridled aggression that gets sterilized when you play perfectly. I intentionally play sloppy sometimes because it sounds better 🤷‍♂️ or more “authentically violent” I would say 😂

[@jessehutchings]

Alright, guys. Did he over hype it? ✅❌

[@chrisw5742]

slow down there Tonto.

[@Lordbaccus]

Namm is just 1953 repackaged in a NEW COLOR - Signature series blablabla over & over & over again

[@Rumpelstilz]

Always solid quality but the thumbnails are always equally cringeworthy

[@TaylorDanley]

🤷‍♂️🥳

[@bretttrommler756]

I just wish they'd stop using all these satanic names for these pedals. Some of you may laugh about that, but that mess is nothing to play with.

[@endezeichengrimm]

We need to replace NAMM with something better.