The Ultimate Plexi Pedal Blindfold Challenge - 7 Contenders - £40 to £280 Shootout!

[@andertons]

Thanks for tuning in to another "Ultimate Blindfold Challenge"! If you missed the last one where Rabea tries to find his favourite overdrive pedal, check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYiuoKKehKucZqc Make sure to give it a like & subscribe as we've got more Blindfold Challenges on the way! 😉

[@vassosserghiousr5488]

Com-plex contest

[@mouloudo]

Hey Andertons, a little suggestion for a video, what about a consistency showdown? Let's compare 2 or 3 same models of guitar from different manufacturers to see if there are differences and inconsistencies between them. For example two 50's les pauls, two 57 strats, 2 d35 martin etc. And let's see if you have the guarantee that when you order a certain guitar it sounds as good as any other one from the same batch

[@derekjohnson5720]

These blindfold tests have been a real eye opener. Ive went from having the riverside in my Andertons basket to now having the glove, bb2, tone city chorus and Aviator, 4 pedals and still cheaper than the riverside!!

[@anavolar3253]

Pimp my pedal.

[@davidstovall8573]

Watched this video a few times. I noticed this time Pete said concerning the Dirty Little Secret that all pedals should start at 12 o'clock. Wrong again! Howard from Catalinbread set up the eq just like a real Marshall Super Lead and Super Bass. You need to turn up the treble and mids and turn down the bass which Lee never did. Just ask Robin Trower. He dimes the treble and mids and turns the bass all the way off. Pete also said it doesn't sound like a Plexi. Wrong once again. I'm 65 years old and have been playing Marshalls and Fenders all my life since I was a child. The DLS is the most realistic Plexi on this board. You need to dial it in and also adjust the presence inside the pedal. I will say the Glove is awesome for the price. I love Lee and Pete's videos. They are a lot of fun and very entertaining and informative. I think they just should have done some research on these pedals first. They also missed the mark with the JHS Charlie Brown. It's not meant to be as high gain as the rest. It's based an an early 1960's JTM 45 which is much lower gain.

[@johnmullarks3555]

The OD glove is such an underrated pedal 🙌🙌 had it for years and it’s never left the board

[@ryanshreevedrums]

The price is about to triple lol

[@johnroslak]

Yup haven't taken my off mine since I got it. Love that thing

[@johnathan.jerusik]

I got mine the 1st year they came out and I havent gotten rid of it at all!!!! Plus you have the 9v 18v mode switch inside the pedal

[@diegifappels107]

It sounds awesome when you push it with the EHX soul food

[@iceman10129]

The second he rolled off on the volume I was like "woah! I need that!"

[@JSpee-zr1qj]

Are you gonna bring back "Sound like..." at some point? Really miss those!

[@Briansgate]

Really love that series!

[@sammorfitt1097]

Me too! I imagine that would be difficult at the moment though, as a big part of that was them going around the shop

[@PJBonoVox]

They've said a million times in the last few videos that it's coming back. Stop asking.

[@sammorfitt1097]

@@PJBonoVox Thanks for such a polite and measured response!

[@Briansgate]

@@PJBonoVox seriously. not everyone has 24 a day to watch every video by every content creator.

[@jonathandidley5262]

This just shows the great value EHX pedals provide. Soul Food. Memory Man. Big Muff.

[@hattonaxeman]

After spending weeks researching pedals, I feel so validated that I got myself the Glove for Christmas. Great pedal.

[@benlogan430]

EHX pedals rock and are very affordable! Made in the states too! Glove for the win, because it sounds the same as the Strymon.

[@ontheroad579]

I think they are assembled in the states more than made. But they are pretty good indeed.

[@SeabeeBuckeye]

@ and it sounds fn great!

[@C0urne]

Perhaps a Top Gear lap time -style time board could make it easier see the order during the video?

[@boggeshzahim3713]

They used to do this, or at least show the scores they'd give it as they went along and stuff

[@michaelcope9501]

... around Gambon... and... aCROSS the LINE!

[@cchavez248]

@@boggeshzahim3713 yes, but it seemed the whiteboard was a bit busy and, since the player was blindfolded, it did very little to help the video along fot the Anderton's crew.

[@CraigularjJoeWoodworks]

Interesting proposition, perhaps the form doesn’t follow function though.

[@andymarin6725]

I already own three Marshall in a box style pedals, and now I want seven more

[@JVMC_ZR1]

For me 1. Riverside 2. Glove 3. SL Drive The most tempting to get for me is the SL Drive because of its size and its not much more expensive than the Glove.

[@velanga]

Have the OD Glove for years now. Try to sell it before because didn't know quite how to get the sweet spot. Since it's a very underrated pedal, couldn't sell it. The pedal was hanging around and I decided to put back on my pedalboard. Tweeked a bit and since than, never left where should never leave.

[@ontheroad579]

It's a very good sounding, cheap OCD.

[@Sandman60077]

The Glove is an awesome pedal and has tons of sounds in it when you start moving the knobs (also has an internal dip switch). I've tried a bunch of overdrives over the years and the Glove is one that I always reach for.

[@EricMarinko]

I played along at home and my top 3 were the Glove, the SL drive, and the Riverside in that order. The Glove is an incredible value it seems. I'm not surprised because the EHX East River Drive is my favourite 808 too.

[@ontheroad579]

The EHX East River Drive should be good. I think AnalogMan's Analog Mike helped EHX on that one.

[@EricMarinko]

@@ontheroad579 He did. It's built to his specs. That pedal is a steal at that price.

[@KM-302]

The Glove is one of those rare pedals that actually improves in tone and dynamics as the amp volume increases. It's a remarkable pedal and is superior to an ocd in my experience. It's a lovely pedal to play in a live situation.

[@firemarshal2629]

🤡🤡🤡

[@pedrova8058]

yup, the circuit is just like and OCD with internal 18V charge pump, way more dynamic ( the signal goes through opamp gain stage (fet input) with mosfet "hard" clipping)

[@Bobby_Digital37]

Xotic SL is my favorite drive pedal of all time!!! Stock super lead mode is amazing. And it loves having od pedal stacked in front of it!!!

[@ConjuredUndead]

For £100-£150 too! I bought my SL 3 years ago and it’s NEVER come off my board in that time.

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

I just got one last week and gigged with it for the first time last night. Your analysis is spot on. And it cleans up so nicely too.

[@SHAKEYMEISTER]

Sl drive in super bass mode for me . Nails the Paul Kossoff tone . It's an incredible pedal . The trick is dialing the gain back 👍 pitty the captain didn't know about those dip switches !

[@robertolsen9721]

I had it for 3 months now and stack it with Boss sd-1. instant brown sound!

[@cirjames2540]

EHX and Boss are the 2 kings of fantastic affordable pedals.

[@mattgilbert7347]

MXR is..a Prince? A Queen?

[@Mr.Steve-O]

both created the pedal market, others are copying them and repackaging them at 2-3 time the price with hipster graphics ( yawn )

[@jello-tarzan]

Joyo is also very interesting. I still prefer ehx and boss. Amazing value

[@leob4403]

No Behringer is the king

[@pabcrane]

A suggestion, as a reference it would be great to have a cranked Plexi reissue (attenuated as necessary) which you could switch to-and-fro between the clean amp and see how close the pedals sound to the amp they're trying to sound like, as well as comparing the pedals. Enjoyable video none the less though :)

[@sercastamere9853]

The pedals will get a different amp closish to the plexi sound and will give you a good sound on their own, so live it will do just fine. But as far as getting close to the original? Not even. The original sound is also a 4x12 cab with certain speakers in it and the volume, then put thru mics and attenuated in a sense on the final track balanced with all the other elements of a song. However, if you have a Marsall or similar amp already with these pedals they will perform much better.

[@Yupppi]

On youtube you can clearly hear the differences in the last swapping, except that when Lee switches from SL drive to Riverside the sound actually didn't change at all. That was mind blowing.

[@Patrick-jr1dh]

The OD glove was the first pedal I ever bought. Only overdrive pedal my local shop had in stock the day I went in. Have loved it ever since. Great pedal. Like to stack it with a Boss SD-1 as well.

[@KeithShelley1]

18:53 as a "stoner, doomy" kind of player, I just ordered the Catalinbread because of this demo 😁. Also, it's designed to have the same tone stack as a Super Lead, meaning it sounds best with the bass all the way down (the EQ knobs are cut only).

[@Foghornish]

Caitalinbread Sabbra cadabra also a good shout for stoner. Wouldn't mind hearing a comparison.

[@saucerfullofzepp4203]

​@@Foghornish WOAH!!!! make this happen

[@Felipe_Silvva]

Strymon 34:41 Glove Ehx 34:46 Golden plexi 34:48 Jhs 34:53 Plex drive wampler 34:56

[@samuraipizzacat2171]

Ultimately what I have taken from these Andertons shootouts is that pretty much all the pedals will sound good in isolation, hence so many pedals being loved and on so many boards however it seems that you should never have to spend over £100/€115/$125US/$185aus to get a really great pedal of any effect. Its also taught me, if in doubt...Boss or EHX

[@leob4403]

Ehx put some stinkers out like the satisfaction and satisfaction +

[@slawsonscot]

I got an OD Glove for Christmas so I’m delighted to hear Pete’s tones through it :)

[@thedeadxtras9927]

Great shootout! And love the fact the Glove won as it sounds great for such a cheap price that’s why I’ve had one on my board for few years, admittedly you have more control functionally on the Strymon but it’s a huge price difference for a very minimal sound difference. Well done Pete.

[@clausmadsen6754]

Impossible task for Pete. Here’s how I might go about it: go through pedals one by one and tune setting to a preferred tonal ideal. And THEN go through pedals one by one to evaluate how they clean up, respond to dynamics, clarity, etc.

[@clausmadsen6754]

AND let Pete have the gig rig, so he can quickly go back and forth

[@WillfulThinker]

Absolutely!

[@kere92]

You have to treat the Dirty Little Secret just like a Marshall! Turn that bass knob down. There is also two different modes

[@ALBERTOGARCIA-nk9bo]

And there's also an internal trim pot to adjust the brightness for matching the amp

[@gerardblanchard7767]

Since the beginning I found the Riverside sounded best of all in my headphones. But I wasn't blindfolded. And, at the end, when the captain tweaked it: that was clearly the winner. Great vid. Thanks for that.

[@imagzz4942]

Great video as always. One thing I really wished you had done was turn down the tone just a bit on the Golden Plexi - whenever Lee turned it on I just wanted to reach through my screen and twist that tone just a tad ha 😄 It's just such a bright pedal, but with the tone turned down a bit (and maybe gain slightly below 9 O' clock for the sake of this video) it sound so much better and way more like an actual Plexi.

[@WillfulThinker]

OMG yes. That was frustrating the hell out of me. I was shouting at my computer screen, "Turn down the f'ing tone and gain on the Golden Plexi!!!" I think they need to be a bit more methodical with these "blind" tests for a proper comparison, so each pedal gets its fair shake. The Golden Plexi has the best punch, but it can be harsh if you don't turn it down!

[@lordgraga]

35:00 I couldn't tell the difference when switching from the SL to the Strymon, at all.

[@mariomaliksijr.8044]

I noticed that too!

[@slash196]

Guitar pedals are like craft beer. There are thousands of boutique companies with lots of weird takes on styles, crazy artwork, whale-chasing and extortionate prices...and so much of the best stuff is still just a couple of the big original names that put out constant quality, do everything well and hold up against even the most creative and sought-after specialty names. What I'm saying is that EHX is like Anchor Steam Brewing.

[@nzprojects]

I like this shootouts and blindfold challenges very much. :D

[@mikusguitarius]

"It's noisy" "It is a single coil Telecaster" Thanks Captain for finally saying that to Danish Pete, 22 minutes in!! ;-)

[@benjaminthorpe7990]

It was so handy to hear the Cap and Pete switching between all these almost as if we were in the shop trying these out!

[@GavinBuchan77]

Dirty Little Secret has superlead and superbass modes (I own one!!), that sounded more like the superbass mode

[@Damblan]

and internal prescence adjustment that needs to be matched to the amp you are using

[@MrTrubadurable]

And C turned down the middel. Bad tweeking to my ears🙃

[@LuxTheSlav]

@@elliotvernon7971 Lee has a good on-screen presence, but he really hasn't the first clue about the pedals he's presenting.

[@Hallalo]

My Dirty Little Secret MK3 sounds a lot better! It’s my best overdrive

[@jcarb001]

Agree. This pedal is supposed o be ran like the amp, with bass rolled all the way down and mid/high/master/preamp maxed out-ish.... Then, just use your volume knob. I own this pedal and hated it for years before learning the intent behind the design. Love it now.

[@GuitarsRgood7]

This is the final video that sold me on EHX Glove. I had been looking for a good Fulltone OCD clone, and it's almost identical.

[@tglu87]

I believe the EHX Glove is based on the Fulltone OCD.

[@kalkidasofficial]

True

[@lamonet]

The second version, I guess.

[@ISaudio]

The harmonic distortion from the glove just screams authenticity to me. It really came alive when you hit that 18v internal switch!

[@eternalvernal1286]

Wow man.... I was just writing reviews how much I love overdrive now that I got a glove and I completely forgot about the 18-volt internal switch. Thanks man. Switching now.

[@Alexander-iq5yq]

The Catalinbread has an internal presence pot and mode switch. I actually liked the sound, it sounds the most like what I think a properly cranked amp sounds like.

[@steffenbrix]

Yes! Do Reverbs and delays and choruses. And detune. Like the Neunaber CHROMA compared to an old SPX90...and BOSS Harmonizer on unison setting 😊😊

[@GerrardTorres7665]

The Stryman Riverside sounds unreal!

[@iceman10129]

Just at 12 o clock too. Without about 3 times as much as control as the others.

[@shredaintdead9323]

It is! One of THE best and most underrated pedals ever. Love mine. Capable of any low gain or high gain sound you could ever want and the built in noise gate is amazing!

[@Bunter1815]

@@shredaintdead9323 it also stacks incredibly well with other drive pedals in front of it in the signal path.👍

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Totally agree with Pete, EHX OD Glove is my favourite! Been using that for ages, it works great on bass too.

[@LRHutch]

I just bought the Glove today along with the Tone Corset, they both are amazing pedals.

[@bismarcknewman3600]

The color of that tele, damn!!!

[@georgeflowers3730]

If you're in a budget, you can't go wrong with EHX! Great pedals overall!

[@danoneno69]

I think the OD Glove is going to be my next purchase 😍. That and maybe the Flat Iron Fuzz 🤔

[@jacksmith4460]

Its a great pedal, its an OCD clone, ad very close to the original, great pedal, sounds great by itself, and also brilliant with overdrives stacked as well

[@ontheroad579]

@@jacksmith4460 Indeed. And I think the Flatiron is a RAT.

[@tarkett8529]

@@ontheroad579 it’s a pretty damn good rat too.

[@davidg4726]

The Xotic SL Drive is the winner for me! It will remain on my pedal board. It is Great!

[@todddammit4628]

Lol that face Lee made when he said "I'm reducing gain to 9pm." hahaha

[@44dognut]

EHX never make a bad pedal IMO

[@spylingual8573]

They're ugly but useful!

[@Foghornish]

I imagine the staff and shareholders of Electro Harmonics were very happy after seeing this. Very happy indeed

[@WyattBrown377]

The Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret just needed the bass knob rolled down and the internal presence trim pot rolled up. If it was dialed in no doubt it would have sounded much better and placed higher.

[@rjo8500]

It suks

[@WyattBrown377]

@@rjo8500 I sold my dirty little secret, still a great pedal but I have a Strymon Riverside now and it kills

[@rjo8500]

@@WyattBrown377 I was gifted a DLS III and I couldn’t get anything decent out of it. I ended up giving it back as a thanks but no thanks. I messed with the internal pots and tried both modes. Still sounded like a bad fuzz to me. All the other “plexi”, “MIB” pedals including your Strymon Riverside (friend has one) I tried easily sounded better without all the bs of “foundation” blah blah. CB made some good stuff but ufortunately the DLS III was not one of them. The DLS I and II were much better.

[@WyattBrown377]

@@rjo8500 Understandable. What do you use now?

[@rjo8500]

@@WyattBrown377 Sure. I have three different sized boards so, two v2 Duellist, Friedman Dirty Shirley, Small Box, OCD v1.4, Bogner Red, two Archer (Jeff mods) and Tumnus mini. Use the klones to boost solos.

[@DanGibsonGuitar]

Great video! I thought the Charlie Brown is based on a JTM45 not a plexi though

[@pdbordelon]

The Riverside also has: A noise gate, boost/expression /midi pedal capability/Favorite channel/impedance, etc, etc. etc. So it depends on what you are looking for. The Riverside is much more flexible but if you don't care about any of those bells and whistles the EHX is the way to go!

[@adrianwarner8686]

I missed this going live due to being in hospital, this is just golden. Thank you so much, I really needed this today.

[@ethanpelagalli]

Great video! It would be helpful to label pedals by letter A-G and then rank by numbers 1-7.

[@Guitar_Smasher]

Got my modded Xotic SL Drive from Alchemy Audio. They moved the 4 internal dip switches to external mini toggles on the side. Gave up the battery compartment for the mod. The frosting was the Marshall amp knobs!

[@fphf5777]

got the glove for 5 years now...wonderfull sound and perfect cheap! I use it as a preamp for a ts808, it's worth to try it out💪

[@crappyfellow]

I've had the Glove on my pedalboard for the last 10 years. Sometimes inexpensive does not mean cheap. Great video!

[@echoguitarist]

When he was doing the "A chug" towards the end (35:03 to 35:06), I could not hear a difference at all between the Xotic SL and the Strymon. I'm glad I bought the SL. Love that pedal.

[@johnladdsmusic]

Damn it...you guys just cost me $100 CDN..ordered a GLOVE around the 30 min mark..thx a lot! Keep up the great demo's fellas..super informative!

[@davidstorm4015]

To get the best from the Golden Plexi you have to have the gain down very low, between 6 and 9 o'clock. Use it there and it sounds great, also back the tone off a bit

[@dustinpeele2748]

would like to see the MXR SuperBadAss Distortion in this next time. Such a great pedal.

[@RonRuminski]

I loved the sound of the riverside. Many of them were very good in all fairness.

[@EliseoCaporale]

There's some errors in the editing guys, sometimes when you try to blurry the other pedals and leave just one on screen, you blurred all of them, but anyway, we all understand what pedal is being heard and all, great video!

[@shredaintdead9323]

Riverside destroys all! Such a killer underrated pedal!

[@klashy47]

Always love Pete's take on gear! Plus always has a smile! God Bless bro!!

[@teenlaqueepha]

I saw this and.. why am I so addicted to the Plexi sound ..I could never skip a Plexi sound video. So here I am.....

[@leonthompson8988]

We watch because apparently we think maybe some new ones will be the sound in your head, probably not lol

[@JC-fj7oo]

I think Cap made a great point, the glove does a very nice plexi sound on that one setting. I'm sure it has some other tones too, but it won with that one setting. However the strymon was nearly identical, especially with the push switch on, AND it has a bunch more knobs and switches and will likely have more good tones available. So if you think of the glove as a "stripped down" version of the strymon then it's actually priced about right. And since most people will really only use one setting on a pedal (who has time to change pedal settings at a gig?) the glove makes a lot of sense for live playing, and the strymon would be a better studio option in a rack. The other reasoning is that if you accidentally bump that strymon on stage you could be spending minutes resetting it, but the glove only has a couple of knobs.

[@lomoholga]

Oh my god a well thought out and completely reasonable view on guitar gear! Get the hell out of here this is KZbin

[@dagr8nico]

Ramble Fx Marvel V3 is what has made it to my main board. I have played all of these and currently still have 4 of these on this list, none of them compare to my Marvel V3.

[@kylehowdy]

I was saying number 3! the (purple tele)pathy worked, it's amazing

[@welcometobluetown]

I'm definitely buying one of the Glove after I've seen that its circuit is very inspired by the Fulltone OCD. 4 times low the price, same performance. stunning

[@overdriveguitarchannel3403]

SL drive is the one I always go back to. It is super versatile when you use the switches inside

[@SillyMushroom1]

I think all the pedals sounded good in this one…the Catalinbread has an authentic tone stack (I think it’s basically a miniature Marshall) the manual suggests starting with the bass on zero and the mids on full! Also, the Charlie Brown is supposed to emulate a JTM45 not quite a plexi

[@thehound2161]

Nice having that switcher for these challenges. I like these type of video's... with a half dozen or so of the "same" type pedal and find your favorite. This is what KZbin is for IMO.

[@Z-u-m-a]

Nicely done chaps! Reverb pedals next please.

[@bobdog5865]

The Dirty Little Secret has a presence control and two amp modes internally. These need to be set to suit the rig x

[@stanislavmigra]

That goes with lot of pedals in those challenges. Pedals, that are not designed for all at 12 o'clock (or had more controlls and hidden controlls) are at massive disadvantage.

[@AscarinVin]

I felt they didn't represent that pedal well at all. It needs some tweaking and it's mostly designed as an amp in a box in which you run other pedals. I think Catalinbread calls it a foundation drive. I own one, and it took me a while to love it. Now I absolutely adore it. It's amazing for getting that old classic sound on early 70s rock albums!

[@ontheroad579]

@@stanislavmigra Totally. But at the end of the day this is just for fun and showing that cheap pedals can be good too. Expensive pedals may be overpriced sometimes but they are rarely bad.

[@JStrange13]

I know this is a week old, but here's my thought: I hate pedals that you have to break the thing open and operate like a surgeon just to get a sound out of it. I feel that these pedals were represented fairly in this shootout because you only adjust settings that are actually available while playing. The designs are flawed. If the Catalinbread (for example) is not "designed" to sound good with it's knobs at noon, then it needs to be designed better. What's the point of having a knob if it's not useful? What's the point of having an internal switch you can't access when you need it? FYI I'm not angry or anything, but it is annoying when things are harder than they need to be.

[@stanislavmigra]

@@JStrange13 or designers should remove controlls from pedals completly I guess :D

[@thehound2161]

Pete got used to that tint high end sound and when he got to the two best pedal's... IMO... he was well past the sound to find. The Catalinbread, and the JHS are my favorites... and Pete didn't want anything to do with them. Interesting how that turned out. The mid control on the JHS and Cat was the wrench in the gear. Mid's were taking the tone away that was expected and fattening it past the desire.

[@TMmodify]

To me the SL drive is the best of both worlds. It sounds gritty and fat but not too fat

[@jarrusjenkins]

I bought the Keeley El Ray Dorado as my plexi pedal. It sound great, rather bright.....however.... It seems rather noisey and turning the gain past 9oclock doesn't seem to do anything..... It is VERY gainy.... also if you turn the level past 3oclock it makes a rather weird noise... But the tone control seems very useful across the board...

[@gcvrsa]

I think I actually liked the Wampler best, and maybe the Xotic second, though I would have to hear more of the DIP switch settings to decide between them. It would be really interesting to compare both of those to the new Tone City Golden Plexi 2, which addresses some of the deficiencies of the Golden Plexi. And finally, it would also be interesting to hear not only the JHS Angry Charlie, but the Boss Angry Driver.

[@terrybanks5063]

maybe try plexi style pedals through a non plexi amp with 1 cab (marshall!) vs. plexi amp with the same marshall cab? to see which really ticks the boxes, get rabea on to tweak the amp and pedals as hes the don of effects and amps imho.. really enjoying all this through lockdown, nice one chaps!

[@Tacticaltaco-kc9be]

The glove sound great... Wow.. Super clear and clean

[@judosailor]

This is great. Electro harmonix the big winner! But Pete talking about how he had one of the pedals on his board and it was in fourth place made me think of a question. When that happens and you guys end up choosing a pedal that you like better to be in first place than one that’s actually on your pedal board, are you ever tempted to go ahead and change that out on your pedal board to the one that you chose in the blindfold test?

[@Briansgate]

That was amazing. To me, Charlie and the Dirty Little Secret sounded muffled. All of the other 5 sounded good. Listening through my soundbar, not headphones, through youtube, the other 5 were nearly identical to me. Only thing is I wish you had added a Keely El Rey Dorado on there!

[@Hallalo]

They used the DLS wrong. My DLS sounds A LOT better. My best Marshall in a box

[@t71558r]

Definitely getting my hands on a glove after watching this

[@MathewsGuitarWorks]

Secret... there is an internal switch that bumps it from 9v > 18v. No 18v power supply needed! Sounds amazing at 18v, and feels great too.

[@davidburke2132]

I see what you did there, but hands go in gloves not on them! 🙂🙃🙂

[@t71558r]

@@davidburke2132 how else would I pick them up to put them on? 🤔

[@davidburke2132]

@@t71558r you’d hold them in your hands (briefly) whilst you put them on. That’s still not usually referred to as putting your hands “on” them. 😉

[@4vinylsound]

Love the blindfold challenges. Awesome mr. Capt. Lee

[@simonthompson9380]

Great video guys. EHX Glove - wow ! Great value

[@cloudshad0ws]

Did you guys flip the internal switch in the EHX Glove to change the internal voltage to 18v? Makes it sound better IMO, and you still only need 9v power source. Love that pedal.

[@slawsonscot]

How does that work when it’s still only drawing 9v? Excuse my ignorance :) I’ve got one so I’m curious.

[@cloudshad0ws]

@@slawsonscot Capacitors probably? I'm not an electrical engineer, but I believe it's something called a "charge pump." Capacitors store energy, so just because the input into the system is 9v, doesn't mean that voltage stays at 9v throughout the entire circuit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_pump

[@slawsonscot]

@@cloudshad0ws Cheers!

[@drdre4397]

@@slawsonscot or a voltage doubler

[@gregdamery]

Thanks for this guys.! I've been undecided whether to buy a Strymon Riverside and/ or Sunset, versus a good Distortion and or Overdrive to use with my MXR Noise Gate and IRIDIUM. Your videos featuring the Sunset & Riverside made me decide on adding an East River and Glove, Electro Harmonix pairing potentially to stack. I have Strymon's Compadre (for boost/compression) the Flint (Reverb and Tremelo) already, they're first rate. So, you've saved me a lot of money and boosted my confidence as to making a decision. first rate, thanks again!

[@ALBERTOGARCIA-nk9bo]

I love this channel, I love this guys, I love this blind comparissons BUT using a Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret with conventional voltage (9V) and maybe (I;m not sure) and without adjusting the internal trimpot to match the amps presence was really really unfair to this pedal.

[@marcomelillo4590]

and the EHX also comes with a cool 9v battery inside!

[@Holtenstein]

I've owned 4 of these pedals. The Glove is still quite good. Also, the Dirty Little Secret has a dip switch too. You should try the DLS in the FX loop like a preamp.

[@lamonet]

I use a Glove through a Vox ac30. Absolute perfection.

[@allendean9807]

I think emotional connection plays a role here, like it did with Bea. We all know the boss tones. They are ingrained in our emotional memories. As to these pedals, i too think the cheaper pedal captures a plexiglass tone really, really well...

[@ericcooper5466]

Super fun video guys!! Would love to see a Chorus one for sure.

[@mojobag01]

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret was in Super Bass mode. RTM.

[@KarzaBarza]

And btw the Charlie Brown is more a Marshall JTM 45 style pedal

[@mariodriessen9740]

@KarzaBarza : I liked that one more than I thought I would. Most Marshall in a box style pedals have waaaaay too much gain. Off course you can dial it back a little, but even then it's too much for me sometimes. Like the Suhr Riot Mini for instance. Even with the distortion off there's too much distortion. I have the Xotic SL Drive and I love it, but I never go further than 4 o clock. And that's for the heaviest parts. Most of the older Marshall amps I played didn't have that much gain, even when cranked.

[@chrissmart9761]

Very interesting! I'm annoyed the Carl Martin Purple Plexi wasn't included. To me, this type of OD needs a little crispy sizzle in the top end...

[@lance134679]

Choose a different amp and it's a whole new ball game! I actually thought the Charlie Brown was the most "amp-like", for lack of a better word, but also had the least gain, so perhaps best mixed with another drive pedal or into an already dirty amp. The Strymon was really great, which I don't think would surprise anyone. The EHX was quite a nice surprise. These blindfold challenges are always fun and revealing :-)

[@rockkstah2550]

Glove all the way, for the money, you can’t beat it.

[@Mister_Greg]

The winner: Friedman Smallbox! Some pretty serious gain hangover. You might want to revisit an actual plexi. Along these lines the Charlie Brown was designed to sound like a nicely dialed JTM45. Stack an overdrive in front and you will get what you’re looking for. I will concede that it falls short of the gain of a nicely dialed SLP-100, if only by a little. To me the (digital!) Strymon is the winner of the bunch, though it was sounding quite anemic until that switch was toggled. The treble, still needed to be rolled back, IMO. For me the Wampler came in second. The gain of the Golden Plexi is a joke. It never stood a chance dialed at noon. Starting at 8 o’clock would have been kinder. Tone control is a shelf at 100Hz. Take it back to 10:30 and roll the volume up. This is a clone of the Carl Martin PlexiTone, which itself is a high gain beast. Asymmetrical LED clipping can be harsh but it’s in the feedback loop which is good. The huge difference between this clone and the real deal is the power section. The Carl Martin is very quiet even as the gain is rolled up. That is the drawback of the Tone City but seriously exacerbated by the gain control. What’s more is at noon the pedal is just about fully saturated. After that it starts to feel even more compressed and gets darker because the cap in the feedback loop begins working at audible frequencies. I imagine this was by design. I’ve modded my GP to give a reasonable amount of gain. A large improvement but it doesn’t take the pedal out of the budget category. I’m not about to modify my Carl Martin. DLS is supposed to be a JCM800 but doesn’t do a very good job, IMO. After some tonal tweaking the EHX sounded really good. I didn’t think it even sounded like an MIAB at first. Too much in the low mids. SL Drive demos never impressed me but you guys are doing it justice and have changed my mind. So my order last to first: DLS GP SL EHX JHS Wampler Strymon With a big gap between the DLS and the SL. I made allowances for the switches on the Wampler that were not being used. Otherwise it would have dropped below the EHX. Maybe this isn’t fair since this wasn’t done for any of the other pedals with switches save for the Strymon at the end. Some other notable pedals: MI Super Crunch Box set to lo gain, Bogner La Grange, AMT M-Drive and the Boss Power Stack. And the low gain side of the full-sized Carl Martin Plexi Tone.

[@groshretro]

Thanks for the GREAT shootout guys...you ROCK!

[@jonconver]

What we hear is more like a recording and what Pete hears is the live sound through an AMAZING amp. If it sounds good on a recording and live, it wins.

[@pcau]

This was quite revealing! Thank you for this guys! :)