The Power of an EQ Pedal - #83 Doctor Guitar

In this episode I show you How can an EQ pedal change your life, playing and tone. It's an underdog in the effects world, but it's one of the most powerful tools you can get.
3:10 - Use it as a Clean Boost
6:22 - Use the Pedal to Clean an overdriving amp
8:30 - Earing each EQ slider
10:45 - Mid Scooped EQ
13:25 - Thin Sounding Guitar
14:39 - changing the character of pedals
15:12 - EQ with roger Mayer Axis Fuzz
17:49 - EQ with Fulltone Plimsoul

[@nunoandrade9018]

I never owned an eq pedal, but it's a great little tool to have - always in my " buy it later list" but moving to the "buy it ASAP". Awesome tip once again!

[@robertrouleau1000]

The best EQ pedal demo yet. Extremely usefull!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@nathanmielke1977]

This really is one of the better guitar channels. The step by step walk through is excellent. Everything is narrated and excellent playing. And you keep the content long enough to be in depth, but not a long grind to get through an hour and half. It really does feel scientific. Very happy to watch and learn. Keep going at it Budda!

[@BuddaGuedes]

nathanmielke thanks a lot for your kind words. Keep on watching the show

[@davidsummerville351]

Good info. Had one in the 90s and just picked one up the other day. Thanks 😎🤓

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s a great tool

[@Tone-Oz]

That was great! I learnt a lot about the Equalizer that I'm about to buy soon. Thanks. Fantastic demonstration!

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re welcome

[@ObjectObscureMusic]

This channel is one of the best, please don't stop, I hope you get more popular! I have a GE-7, it is a great tool, great demonstration!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot for your comment. Keep watching the show.

[@volvoplz9209]

Thanks for the lesson. 😎

[@Lorenzo84no]

Wow man, this video is reeeeeeeeally helpful! Thank you, from Italy.

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re more than welcome

[@pauldennehy8921]

Great idea of using the looper when showing the different EQ adjustments. Keeping a consistent input and tweaking. Nice. Good video Budda.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@thelion27]

Great detailed review! Thanks!

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re welcome

[@devinsinderwitcz9134]

I was very fortunate. After not playing for 40 years I asked a friend what if any pedals I should buy first. He recommended the Boss GE-7 right off the bat explaining that it will make my tones how I want them to sound and improve any add on pedals.

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s a great tool indeed

[@danieltv123]

Your tone is amazing!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@nazderinkalyoncu1297]

GR8 VIDEO...MOST GUITARISTS ( EVEN MOST BASS PLAYERS ) JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO USE EQ PEDALS...SO VIDEOS LIKE THESE GIVE US GOOD IDEAS HOW TO ACHIEVE BETTER TONES...THANK YOU VERY MUCH ...

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot for your support

[@TwangTen]

Great video Budda! I've been curious about the GE-7 for a while. Nice to learn what all the different sliders do with their respective bandwidths.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks 🙏

[@bruceheadrick7479]

I just bought a Boss EQ. This was very helpful. thanks, Bruce San Diego

[@BuddaGuedes]

Great to know that. Thanks a lot

[@skinnykarlos710]

Great vid as per Budda. I always use a 10 band eq. Even if you're using all your own gear and know it backwards you'll find yourself playing in rooms that you don't know backwards and having that eq to tame the room a bit helps. Always helps you get that right tone to cut through whatever mix is there on the night and I like to be prepared for anything. Failing to prepare is just preparing to fail - as they say.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Great concept. Totally agree! Thanks for sharing

[@jaibruce777]

Great demo and cool ideas(settings) man! Thanks for sharing. You made this pedal valuable and popular again. This was long forgotten(& underrated) pedal because of fancy boutique pedals nowadays; a secret weapon in the arsenal only few knows the importance. Cheers! 🤘

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@pecahndasmu]

Thank you for sharing this GE7 Very informative. ... I will get one

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re welcome

[@stepalang]

Nice video, super guy, just amazing, thanks :))

[@BuddaGuedes]

Stepa Lang thanks a lot

[@gerisyandrayusman241]

Great video , thank’s!

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re welcome

[@ShawnRealty]

spot on dude!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot!!!

[@roncarter2188]

Great job, the eq works great like you said even as just a nice clean boost. I use it on my modded fender bassman and on my fender twin reverb 65 reissue and it sounds great and with my overdrive pedal in the chain, man lookout, it sounds killer. Thanks for bringing this out in your video.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Ron Carter I’m glad you’ve liked it! Keep on watching the show!

[@DavidLarew]

Great demo, thanks! Just got one and I learned alot. I'm after the old tweed 40s tone.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@michaelshepherd1072]

I didn't know how to use this pedal properly (which I've had for 1 yr). Thanx mang. Now I'm not just pushing sliders up & down.

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re welcome

[@EdwardKowalski]

Love the channel Budda, always great content! I agree the eq is an awesome and powerful tool. So much so that one is hardly enough. :) I have intentions to add the Source Audio Programmable EQ with 4 presets and keep my Boss as well. Keep doing what you are doing and thank you!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Edward Kowalski thanks a lot for the support!

[@davidteissier5704]

Thanks a lot !!! Great video as Always ! I want a Boss GE 7 !!! 😍

[@BuddaGuedes]

Eh! Eh! thanks

[@grahamkelly8299]

Boss should take this thing, and add it to a nice od pedal with dual switching for one clean boost and one od boost, and you'll have the ultimate lead guitar players toy

[@BuddaGuedes]

Rocket has done it and it’s a great tool.

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

It would need to be switchable though as sometimes you want the graphic before your overdrive and sometimes after it...

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s a great idea. I Rockett has the melody! Great pedal

[@dinmentor]

Just add it in a switchable loop with a dirt box of your choice.

[@BuddaGuedes]

That’s how I use mine

[@LOFIGSD]

Very handy piece of kit when using an Acoustic guitar, other use I have is for my Semi Acoustic to help stop feedback.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Great tip indeed

[@shinjial]

This is great! It seems it can turn all our stuff into something else entirely. I think I might get this instead of new OD pedals

[@gerardfriend2392]

this is the first pedal every guitar player should buy. unbelievably good. even with all the sliders at zero it changes the tone to a big beefy sound.

[@BuddaGuedes]

I wouldn’t say the first but this can change a lot your guitar tone and pedal collection tones so it should e one of the first.

[@floatinspaceboy]

thanks for this

[@BuddaGuedes]

you're welcome!!!

[@pablo.l]

Excelente video, saludos desde Argentina!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@craiger2399]

Awesome video! I use this pedal for one other thing: to remove the muddy sound that some humbuckers/guitars/rigs have. I just pull the 200 slider down a touch and the mud usually disappears (often along with a quite a bit of volume). I might also slide 800 and 1400 up a touch. Mud gone.

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s a great tool indeed

[@klauswhitedreamer]

... the guitar's tone , it's all about how you use the eq ! ... I have the Eq 7, I also have the Boss Eq 20 , which is even more powerfull ! Great video, you really know how to use the Boss Eq 7, be blessed !

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@klauswhitedreamer]

@@BuddaGuedes be blessed, my friend !

[@Chino747747]

I had never heard so many variations of tone out of a single analog pedal!

[@BuddaGuedes]

That’s right!!

[@stephenatgraceland]

Thanks for the inspiration and guidance regarding EQ pedals. Ideally, I would love to know what each slider (frequency range) “does”, but I guess it varies depending on guitar, pedal, amp etc. You have inspired me to slow down, listen, and experiment. Thanks for that.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot.

[@sassulusmagnus]

Boss also made an AC powered box called the GE-10 back in the 70's. Very good audio quality. Pricey these days if you can find one.

[@BuddaGuedes]

👌👌

[@daveylee4677]

I like to use the vol control on the eq to cut the gain for a clean rhythm with eq effect and kick it off for lead solos. It’s effective as a passive attenuator. Tweak guitar vol knob for extra push. A little tone can be lost when the guitar is turned down so the eq can be used to bring it back. I hope this makes sense to somebody. 🍄

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s a great tip if you’re using an overdriven amp!!!

[@jeanpat8946]

Boss GE 7 awesome pedal that s right !!!

[@brettdiaz]

I use the EQD Tone Job to clean up my JCM 800.

[@user-wf1qp2un1f]

Огонь!

[@moshezarviv1252]

great great demo !!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@seanbemand9289]

nice my dude just subbed to ya

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks

[@bbbro34]

Another way to use it is if you have a more modern amp you can run that EQ pedal through the return/send in the back. That way it sends the EQ through the preamp stage rather than the guitar itself; EQs the amp, not the guitar.

[@BuddaGuedes]

That’s also a great use for sure, and a great way to modify how an amp can sound!! Thanks for your comment

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

I used one of these to boost my flat out 100w stack for solos back in 1979!!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Uuuuhhh! FLAT OUT 100watts!!! That’s loud!!! Thanks for sharing

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

I still use one now too...into my Boss Katana's...much lower volume...lol

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

@@BuddaGuedes yep I was a teenager in the 70s...we liked it proper loud back then. A buddy of mine had nine stacks...!!!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Great

[@BuddaGuedes]

Joe Blogs wow!!!

[@oldmanandguitar]

I ordered one because my Blackstar amp has no control for tones. Played on a wooden floor sounds too basaey. High gain neck pick up muddy, several reasons make it an ideal extra.

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s a great pedal for sure

[@Teller3448]

With a huge mid range spike you can simulate out of phase pickups.

[@BuddaGuedes]

That’s cool

[@brandonberridge8776]

As always, awesome review. Crazy range of sounds. What was the name of that overdrive pedal again?

[@BuddaGuedes]

The overdrive pedal is a Fulltone Plimsoul. Thanks for watching

[@grahamcharlton9704]

Excellent - so thorough. Would you say it can shape a single coil to sound somewhere near a humbucker? [ I know it will never sound exact ]

[@BuddaGuedes]

Kind of closer to an humbucker tone yes it can!

[@teemakarov9375]

Amazing guitar playing Budda. Where is the best place for an eq on a pedalboard? My amp doesn’t have an effects loop and I’m trying to warm up the clean tone. My pedalboard has a tuner, wah, 2 drive pedals, delay, reverb, loop into a 5F1. I play a Strat and SG. Thanks in advance for any suggestions on achieving a nice warm sound with the above mentioned rig.

[@BuddaGuedes]

If you’re aiming for a clean sound use it lost in chain. That way you can also warm up the overdrive tones.

[@buzzalad]

Great video👍🏻. I am just starting experimenting with eq so where on my pedalboard would be the best place to put the eq pedal as a starting point. Thanks

[@BuddaGuedes]

It depends on what you want from it. Let me know so I can help you

[@buzzalad]

Budda Guedes. Thanks for getting back to me. In the past I have been happy with the tone from my Fender Bassbreaker at home but when I take it somewhere bigger and turn the volume up, it gets very boomy and sounds awful. I was hoping that with the GE7, I might be able to EQ that out? Your help is greatly appreciated.

[@briteness]

I am not an expert, but it seems like a lot of pedals out there mostly just apply fixed, non-adjustable EQ settings to the signal. One EQ pedal can do the work of all of them. It is a powerful tool.

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s kind of true but there’s more than eq to pedals. There’s the feel, compression, drive etc

[@Kebabofevil]

Thanks for this vid Budda... apologies if you have been asked before, but what make of guitar you are playing?... sounds really good.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Troy Kebab it’s a Knaggs Choptank. Watch the episode I did about it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZzcaaqmpJxohsk

[@Kebabofevil]

Cheers Budda!

[@joellemaster998]

that pedal makes that royal atlantic sound great,is that amp kind of vox ac 30 flavored,sounds alot similar to the vox kerrang i love so well!? i really enjoy your playing,and your choices in amps and guitars,ect. ! keep up great work!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot. This is kind of a fender on the clean channel, a Marshall on the blue drive channel and a Mesa boogie on the red channel

[@joellemaster998]

@@BuddaGuedes i checked out that amp online,ive told myself i was done buying amps,but i dont know.......! ive got an amp thats kind of similar,a 3rd power british dream mk2 that does vox and marshall with el34s. i also have a top hat club royal, thats like a mix of a marshal with a vox,which is my favorite amp ive ever owned! anyways,keep making these great interesting videos!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Great amp collection. Thanks for your support

[@FaustPoon]

Budda, when you finish demoing your own gear, will you move on to other pedals and amps? I think this channel has tons of potential and I love watching your playing dude. Keep it up!

[@BuddaGuedes]

FaustPoon I’m not just trying to demo things. I’m more into making you think in different ways to use gear in order to achieve the tone in your head. I’m just aiming to inspire people and to sparkle new ideas. Thanks a lot for your support!

[@Noctuary75]

Does the EQ go into the front of the amp, or into the EFX loop?

[@BuddaGuedes]

paulb it can go either way. Depending on what you want!

[@seriica]

does this pedal have the opportunity to hear the e-string only, even if i play the other strings? for example: if i play a g-major chord, i want to hear only the note "g", not the other 5 notes, even if i play them. or is there any pedal who can do that?

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re probably thinking more of the boss OC3, that can generate an octave down within a tunable range.

[@JoaoMartins-hz3en]

Olá Budda. Bem sei que cheguei atrasado à conversa,mas tenho uma questão que se tiveres paciência para responder agradecia. Na tua opinião, em que posição é que o GE-7 é mais útil ou mais eficaz? depois (como demonstras neste vídeo) ou antes de um pedal de overdrive (também uso o Plimsoul e é fantástico!). Neste momento tenho um Xotic RC booster antes dos overdrives, e estou a ponderar adicionar um GE-7 depois dos overdrives e antes das modelações,delays etc. Mas não sei se usar o GE-7 antes dos overdrives seria uma melhor opção. No entanto o RC booster está a funcionar bastante bem (para mim) pré overdrives. A ideia de adicionar o GE-7 depois dos overdrives, era ter um "tone shaper"' enquanto o RC ficaria a funcionar como um Pre overdrive booster. No entanto o GE-7 também é um booster. Antes dos overdrives ou depois, eis a questão!? Obrigado e continua com os excelentes vídeos. Abraço.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Boas. Depende do que queira fazer. O Eq não comprime por isso funciona bem depois dos overdrive para mudar o timbre ou para cortar ou fazer boost a certas frequências. O RC comprime um posso, por isso se o puseres depois dos drives ele vai comprimir os drives. É uma questão de gosto pessoal!!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Curiosamente não uso eq no meu rig para já mas estou a pensar usar depois do fuzz factory

[@BuddaGuedes]

Acho que não! Isso o Jan Ray só.

[@drfeelgood41]

You remind me jemaine clement all the time

[@BuddaGuedes]

I don’t know who that is. Hope it’s a good thing!!😀😀

[@ariskaraiskos8079]

is it placed before or after the overdrive/distortion pedal?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Either place works

[@ProgRECsivos]

Sir the EQ change if i conected on the loop section?

[@BuddaGuedes]

No it doesn’t

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I am trying to get my 10 band MXR EQ pedal to make a difference and sadly hear no difference no matter how I set it up. What am I doing wrong?

[@BuddaGuedes]

There's something wrong with your pedal. Are you turning it on? is it working on batery or ac adapter? Please make a video with your phone and send it to my instagram page via direct message.

[@georginaK21]

In all seriousness the other possibility is your hearing, depending on your age and the environments in your employment history. My father is in his 60s and has worked in a lot of loud places and he cannot hear most frequency ranges.

[@flobeeonekinobee2353]

Caline make one it's very affordable and quieter than the boss also the bands are different if you run it with the boss you get 17 bands!!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks for the tip

[@gessi1332]

Hi. Can the eq pedal solve a fizzy amp?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Hey. It can certainly minimize the fizziness of amp specially if you use it on the fx loop

[@MM-tt3np]

After a small tweak.... Oups! I just got myself 4 Greenbacks. A little more tweaking....oh! Now they turned to creambacks ;)

[@BuddaGuedes]

That’s totally right. Well spotted

[@scottnorris8071]

Can you to use in a Solid State Amp?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Of course

[@jonnyrayjones1746]

What is the name brand and model of the guitar you are using? Anybody know? Thanks~

[@BuddaGuedes]

it’s a Knaggs Choptank

[@jonnyrayjones1746]

@@BuddaGuedes Thanks for the Info!!!!😊👍

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re more than welcome

[@MEDiumInc]

Budda, I know this is a old video but, are these GE-7's noisy? I have an MXR 10 band and it just snap crackles and pops like crazy!!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Mine is not noisy but some people say they are!!

[@johnb4024]

Do you have the older or newer version of the 10 band? Does it have 1 or 2 outputs?

[@MEDiumInc]

@@johnb4024 the black one with 1 in and 1 out. Red leds

[@robertrouleau1000]

@@johnb4024 I have the new MXR 10, it has 2 outputs.

[@robertrouleau1000]

I have the new MXR 10. It is not noisy at all. Maybe something else in your signal chain? Bad cable...?

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Using this pedal in front of the amp or in the loop?

[@BuddaGuedes]

In this video i'm using it in front of the amp. thanks for your comment

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

I have more than a few Boss pedals, but not the EQ.

[@pratikbhosle3792]

Can this be used with an effects processor, eg Pod HD 500 and how? Many thanks

[@BuddaGuedes]

Of course. I even use it on vocals

[@pratikbhosle3792]

@@BuddaGuedes thanks for your quick reply. Ok now we can use it with an effects processor, so would it be good to go through the PA or an amp is necessary?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Whatever you like. It will work on anything

[@pratikbhosle3792]

@@BuddaGuedes thanks a lot..

[@BuddaGuedes]

Pratik Bhosle you’re welcome

[@BagusWibisono]

hi sir. .. this eq pedal is great for high gain?

[@BuddaGuedes]

What do you mean?

[@aCraig1890]

I just got 1 yesterday, was able to fix a hollow tone problem that i've been dealing with for a while. Even after adding a badass distortion pedal, was still hollow. After about an hour or so of messing with it was able to reshape and add what was missing. Definitely recommend grabbing 1.

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s really a cool tool

[@sergionorris3895]

Con ese pedal puedes tocar Metal con simples en stratocaster?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Almost

[@SamuraiBud]

i wish it had a separate volume and gain knob

[@BuddaGuedes]

It has a separate volume.

[@SamuraiBud]

@@BuddaGuedes nope volume with gain not clean volume

[@BuddaGuedes]

For that you have the jrocket melody

[@fixedgear37]

its an EQ pedal not a gain pedal or an amp sim.

[@SamuraiBud]

@@fixedgear37 yup but i use it as gain boost to mxr prime, and clean drive too, my cab sim take care of eq

[@heavymetal11]

Is a 7 band eq really sufficient , compared to a 10 band.

[@BuddaGuedes]

I think this has all the necessary frequencies for guitar tone shaping

[@sparkyguitar0058]

I have the MXR 10 band. It's been silent modded and it's the last pedal on my 12 pedal board. Either way get it silent modded. These end up making noise in your system. Newer MXR EQ's (silver) are supposed to be silent but I've never used 1. But biggest complaint about these EQ pedals is noise. I have a stock MXR EQ but I don't judge that 1 because it was wet in a flood at 1 time of its life. I took it apart and cleaned it but somewhere it's still not perfect as sometimes I hear noise. I also have a off brand 6 band EQ that was supposedly silent modded. It's quiet on my bass but never really looked at it realistically cause I only paid $16 for it used. It's a plastic case and pretty lightweight but does work just fine for my practice bass amp. At this time has a crap sounding speaker and I take out the offending frequency a little and we use the amp. For now. EQ is huge to your sound. On most my pedals on my board I have many of the tone side of each pedal about as halfway as needed cause I can change with either EQ or tone controls on guitar. On the fly.

[@Abbaddonna]

Dude, you gotta figure out the volume situation here. Your voice sounds to low compared to the guitar. Would be nice if I didn't have to rock the volume knob on my speakers all the time. Thanks

[@profile1251]

joyo eq not so good then?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Ego Slayer I haven’t tried it but it should work. The advantage of the Boss is that it has a volume slider too, so it can work as a volume boost or cut too

[@Andybaby]

Why not just use the eq on the amp?

[@BuddaGuedes]

First because you can’t turn on and off the eq on the amp, and second because the frequencies on the amp are not the same ones of the pedal

[@Davidthestratman7]

@@BuddaGuedes correct. They are more specific. Also you can see the the spike range on a frequency curve on you daw to see how it changes the characteristics

[@BuddaGuedes]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@danieljbdj]

really this pedal is a joker on the very magical board

[@BuddaGuedes]

Yeah

[@stephenjeverett3802]

To much talking

[@TempoDrift1480]

Too much talking...

[@blizzbee]

This video is better suit the novice guitar players or the player with under developed ear training.