Ripped Speaker Fuzz Pedal | TOP FIVE TONES | EHX

Broken? Defective? FUBAR? The Ripped Speaker Fuzz Pedal from EHX claims to make your guitar speaker sound like it has been destroyed. Why do you want that? Well, it was pretty ok for the pioneers of rock n roll. Is the pedal any good? Find out for yourself with my TOP FIVE TONES!
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[@jasonwelch6306]

This pedal was a lot cooler that I expected it to be. I think a neat mod would be to have the Rip controlled by an expression pedal.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I had the same feeling. I could mod that....

[@mikeroadblock]

Oh man! I need more mods like this on pedals.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@TheGuitarGeek PLEASE let us know when ya do & I’ll grab one of these pedals ASAP😉!

[@fredmanteghian5913]

“I wanted it to sound like an old style, a 50s fuzz” The only fuzz in the fifties was on peaches

[@bossesg1]

@@TheGuitarGeek uh keep us posted, I might buy that :)

[@darwinsaye]

The off bias settings are cool to mess with, but my favourite setting on this is actually even bias (about 11:00 0n my pedal), fuzz anywhere from 1:00 to full up, and EQ tilt at about 1:00. With the guitar up all the way you have a pretty standard thick Fuzz Face kind of sound, and when you roll the guitar volume down to between 6 and 7, it cleans right up like a germanium fuzz would, and gives you a gorgeous clean to mild overdrive tone, a lot like Hendrix got.

[@jamest.135]

if you turn bias to 1030 and set fuz to about 330 and tone to 2 and add some goopy delay you have a heavenly tone for lead

[@barnaclestval]

I bought this pedal about 2 months ago and I absolutely love it!! 3 quarter Fuzz, just to the right on the rip & tone just to the left. Coming out of my Fender Princeton handwired total Fuzzalicious, Fuzzrocious, fuzzy fuzz!!

[@Mistertbones]

Glad to see you also included a version of Link Wray's "Rumble" in the tones you did. That song is just so influential.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

i agree! it defined so many sounds and songs

[@jaxone1259]

I think Link was the First to Fuzz it up ? Maybe Keith not sure

[@anthony-iv5cf]

I love this pedal! If you put the Rip at 0 , fuzz at 10, vol and tone at 5, you get an accordion sound, actually funny. Great demo!

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Nothing wrong with any of those sounds, fuzz is just great. Jean-Jaques Burnell from the British band The Stranglers had a similar sound for his bass. This was because his multitude of 6 or 8" (can't remember) speakers where rattling to death and giving up the ghost, it's the best bass sound that you'll ever hear. I think the last time it was used for recording was the 'no more heroes' l.p. He has searched for it's sound ever since.

[@geraldfriend256]

Man good to know..I have a couple 6×10 Silvertone cabs great for that..Jack White used one for the early Stripes tones.Stranglers man.So great and not heralded enough.

[@Blckfeather]

I think something with P90s would have shined with this pedal. Also nice shirt!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I agree! I’ll do more

[@TheMerc1950]

Makes me want to tear into one of my Celestions..

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Dooooo iiiiiiit!!!!

[@kyyowa129]

this thing adds a lot of 'texture', i think it could really shine in combination with a drive of sorts. very unique and pleasing to my ears!

[@garycrant4511]

I've already got a fuzz that sounds exactly like this. Problem is I can't remember which one, or which box it's stored in.. Bollocks... Suppose I'd better check the price on this new one rhen...

[@MrFuzzleupagus]

I’ve had mine for a couple of months. The only demo of it at the time I purchased it was the one EHX produced. I have to admit, I was very disappointed with it, initially. It just didn’t deliver the goods like I hoped it would. However, if this is stacked with a TS9, it’s sounds absolutely phenomenal! (Especially for lead tones using a neck pickup.) In short, I think it’s crap on its own, but is amazing if used in combination with a good OD. Thanks for the demo!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

You’re welcome! I need to try it with an overdrive now

[@dannygboyo]

Fancy doing a vid of this?

[@MrFuzzleupagus]

@@dannygboyo I just might do that!

[@m.malina6797]

Plenty of traditional fuzzes don't work in combination with other pedals. This one adds some nice grit - if that's your jam.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

(edited comment) The JHS 3 Series Fuzz has a bias knob that does exactly was the rip knob does here, but it doesn't have a tone control. That's a definite advantage of this EHX one. I was under the impression that this unit was more expensive than the JHS but it's not. Just ordered one.

[@m.malina6797]

Aren’t they both $99?

[@NewFalconerRecords]

@@m.malina6797 Dammit! Someone in the comments said these EHX ones were too expensive. I just looked up the prices to buy one in Australia and realised that you're right. One seller had one unit left in stock and I snapped it up. Thanks for that!

[@Nirvlime]

I think the JHS 3 Series Fuzz is based on the Fuzz Face, which only had 2 knobs. I'm assuming this is based on the big muff.

[@jamowallace]

“Now onto my favourite knob”.....I spat my tea out! How have you haven’t got a bzilion subs is beyond me Andy! Superb channel my friend!!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thank you Jamie. I am working on it!

[@TealScarab]

I will say this pedals layout is pretty similar to the MXR super badass variac fuzz. I’d love to see a side-by-side between these two!!

[@trevorarthurson6815]

I get a pretty good ‘Spirit In The Sky’ tone from this pedal with my Strat.

[@anthonynassar2990]

Johnny Burnette's "Train Kept A'Rolling" is an early instance of damaged-speaker fuzz. Also: great demo of a pedal I'm dying to get!

[@ithemba]

It's a great way to do a fuzz but I can not help but mention that this EHX pedal basically is the DOD carcosa all over. But fuzz with bias control is a game changer,

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I’ve never played a carcosa

[@geraldfriend256]

Wot dat

[@chrishepburn1503]

I can't help but mention that the DOD Carcosa fuzz is exactly like every other gated fuzz that came before it. DOD is not the first pedal to have a bias on a fuzz pedal. Is the Carcosa the only fuzz pedal you own? It's a cheap noisy pedal at that.

[@ithemba]

@@chrishepburn1503 ok its not the first then to have one - still I really like having one, as well as the voicing switch. And no, it was my eighth or so fuzz pedal, but its the only one that stuck to my board because its the one that I can use the most (running into various already driven amps and doing the sludge-y doom-y stuff). I find it neither noisy nor can I find anything cheap about how it works, feels or sounds, compared to either my fuzzface or handbuilt boutique-y stuff.

[@chrishepburn1503]

@@ithemba I just thought it was weird to compare it to the Carcosa when there were a million fuzz pedals before that with a bias knob. But hey if you like it than that's all that matters

[@tomdameek]

I didn’t think I’d like this pedal but it has a lot of character Andy. I can hear deep purples “space truckin” in those tones. It’s pretty darn good. Thanks for the re-education as usual Andy 😀👍

[@gcann2490]

Wasn't expecting at the start of this I would hear Rocket 88 or Rumble in a pedal review ! But I did and just bought one as a result.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

On my pedal, when I turn rip little bit left of center when fuzz set about 🕛 - in a millimeter of area there is a lot of noise. It’s just in this setting.

[@carrterdinkins7977]

That’s probably a defect with that specific pedal, I recommend trying another one

[@mrtambourineman6107]

I use this in my Kinks cover band. EHX are fuckin ace bruh 👌

[@JosephGallagher]

I love the Germanium OD back when EHX was changing all their classics into XO enclosures, and have been waiting for it to dawn on them to release it as a Nano enclosure. This seems to be the closest so far to a re-release, I just might...

[@rutiger6901]

There are as many theories about origin of fuzz as there are tellers of the story. Each genre owns the player who inadvertently discovered it. Fair enuf. What difference does it make. Fuzz can contribute stunningly to a song. Unfortunately very few players have the finesse to recognize where and how much to apply. It is normal to hear fuzz & distortion turned up to "stupid" setting and some unrecognizable putridity attacks us from radio or stage. I mean to get me one of these, I'm researching. I've never had one. Of course I will be the guy with the finesse to use it tastefully, never putridly. I'm old you see. Wise.

[@RulgertGhostalker]

Subtle; with the RS output set to push up into an, already on, overdrive when engaged. it also makes more sense to do it with a pedal; because, as soon as you make a hole in the speaker, the efficiency drops and the life of the speaker is shortened.

[@sifelaver]

Does anyone know of any pedals this compares to? That over-saturated, hitting the wall sound, but with maybe more sustain?

[@douchecraft3113]

Great video! Glad you included that last part too :)

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thanks! You’re welcome

[@choplass]

If this has a Tone Bender circuit, which it probably is as it has a glassy clean up, then may be a " rip" off of Blackout Effectors Fuzz Bear / Fubar. Or it could be a Fuzz Face circuit, as that too cleans up well.

[@MrAlBurgin]

Ripped speaker ..... Dont forget to list Leslie West of Mountain. In a Guitar Player magazine he would use a razor to cut his newly replaced speaker right before his concerts. Listen to Mississippi Queen by Mountain.

[@dalepal]

Less is more to my ears regarding the settings on the Ripped Speaker Fuzz Pedal but we all have different taste.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I think you’re right mate. I REALLY liked the subtle tones. The more extreme tones are fun but I would actually use this live with the subtle stuff

[@PooNinja]

The cheap trick secret sound was from a 412 with one speaker having had a golf ball driven through it. 🤫

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Which size golf ball?

[@PooNinja]

Tournament standard, I believe it was a Titleist, top left driver if memory is correct And good morning Sir

[@NewFalconerRecords]

Obviously the golf ball wasn't true bypass.

[@PooNinja]

@@NewFalconerRecords idk bypassed the grill cloth easy enough.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

@@PooNinja The grill cloth was a buffer, so they had to remove it.

[@ojopipa]

is it noisy? i bought the ehx germanium OD and its horror

[@scheimedia3320]

Sounds great! Also extra gold Latium points for all the cool gear that keeps dropping from your ceiling :)

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Yeah, I gotta fix that gear leak

[@bossesg1]

This is some of my favorite tone from your channel. Can you tell us what gear you were using? I want this pedal but it doesn’t sound as good in some other demos… thanks!

[@PeteCarlton]

I liked the Link Wray Vibey Rumble, though I think it needed more bass to match the original. Cool pedal though!

[@ibberman]

Is he really big or was that a small telecaster?

[@joeyhaynes3198]

You forgot Norman Greenbaum’s spirit in the sky

[@fullclipaudio]

I get 5% cash back from my Guitar Center purchases (as well as 6 months of free money) and I just used my cash back on the purchase of a Les Paul Standard '60's to get this pedal for free. It will be paired with my '65 Super Reverb

[@twisted7766]

I just don't get this heavy fuzz love... its such a limited effect.... this is only my option of course and I understand people's love for the fuzz... me I'm straight up distortion and heavy gain without it losing itself in a blanket of noise lol. Good video all the same.. now subscribed 👍

[@carrterdinkins7977]

You can find tighter fuzzes, I assume you like metal a nice fuzz for metal would be the big muff, just turn the mids up on your amp a little bit if you don’t like scooping

[@backlom]

Um, I made it to the end of the video. I’m gonna make up my own phrase - itchy and scratchy! Great vid, but not my cup of fuzz.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Ha ha ha, you make your own club!!!!

[@ravensmead1558]

GIRTH ??

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Yes. Girth

[@gaetanclybouw]

Your hair looks great rabea!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

you owe me money

[@shannonmashburn1792]

Coolest sounding pedal ever! Raw rock’n roll

[@jorgea.9988]

Are you David Luiz?

[@eliotoole]

I also have fuzz problem..but no worries 👍. I Love my ripped speaker pedal

[@TheGuitarGeek]

What a pedal!

[@frannybellotti4790]

Can you use it with a Bass Guitar? It would be perfect for the Bass in Nirvava's "Endless Nameles".

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Why didn’t I think of that!

[@CedricSatterfield]

"Noon" on the ripped knob is more about 10ish on this pedal.

[@grisbain]

Is the Ripped Speaker a clone of the Torns Peaker by Devi Ever??

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I’m not sure but both pedals attempt to achieve the same thing

[@fngsrck]

I've always wanted a fried fuzz like this. Any idea how well it behaves behind a buffer for pedalboard friendliness?

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I always put my fuzzes first so I would recommend you do that too. I’ll put this into my q and a video

[@fngsrck]

@@TheGuitarGeek Understandable! I've just had success with some muffs after buffers.

[@JPJamster]

Thank you for the video! I purchased this when it first came out. Initially I was disappointed coz I did not realize that when rip was dialed up no sound cane out if I didn't strike the strings hard enough - I actually brought it back to Long & McQuade coz I thought it was broken. Lol. I love the sound this pedal gives. I've tried adding a boss distortion 2 pedal but then no sound comes out. Gotta test some more.

[@Estudio_Quesney]

Start 3:47

[@mikeburgess6153]

Haven't purchased a fuzz in a while.........

[@rondobondo6600]

Kinda sounds like a fuzzalow from pigtronix ... It is one of my most favorite pedals.... Cheers

[@geraldfriend256]

I thought Fuzzolo wasZ.Vex.hmm

[@mikeroadblock]

You rock kind sir!!!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Well thank you, kindest of sirs!

[@turcitox]

Afro on

[@chrishepburn1503]

I hate to be this guy but it's Dave Davies, not Dave Davis. Cool demo, love my Ripped Speaker pedal

[@markwiley1211]

Those goofy bastards in the UK actually do pronounce that name Day-viss most of the time.

[@Paul1287]

In the UK 'Davies' is pronounced as we in the States would say 'Davis.'

[@mattquiney8]

if it was half that price I’d consider it, but for £90 I don’t think I like it enough

[@TheGuitarGeek]

I hear you. I have to have it for the collection and it does add something my other pedals don’t. It’s a must for me

[@mattquiney8]

@@TheGuitarGeek yeah I get it, you’re more of a fuzz guy than me though. These days I tend to look at anything under £50 as a fun pedal I can buy and not worry about. Anything over that and I need to either be able to use it live or need it for a key sound. It just doesn’t do enough there for me. For £50 second hand in a years time I might pick it up for that kinks tone

[@__Anton__]

Fuzzy, furry and flappy..........hmmm, add an octave pedal too?.....and an EHX Mainframe Bit Crusher.🤔

[@professorrold]

Pedal stacking heaven👹. 😂😂😂

[@kaidanforsyth3249]

I'm not sure if I should get this or a green russian :/

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Two very different pedals. The green Russian is more predictable but less chaotic

[@bjorndebonnez9688]

Great👍

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Thanks!

[@Josh_The_Cat]

I skipped past the intro and started playing at the 0:45 mark, All I heard was “balls” and “tearing” “rip” “tiny tear” tiny rip” 😬😅

[@tonybrooks476]

Ah yeah, I’m gonna be in this one then............?

[@gtil8445]

Hey! Which Ibanez is it?

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Link in the video description!

[@mucous-membrane]

Bollocks to the pedal, let's talk about the hair. That shit is ruling. Now, let's discuss the not so great guitar face action @ 08:48. Begin.

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

Ahhh! It’s broken!

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Totally

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

@@TheGuitarGeek As a dinosaur or guitar paying, I hate fuzz because it raids me of the horrible pedals which we had in the 70s. We had some good stuff, but most effects pedals from the early years were very noisy, sounded like crap, were unreliable, and very expensive. The Yoy-Yoy pedal was the worst. We went crazy when Boss came along, but it was also the end of Fuzz Wah. 😫😭😭

[@TheGuitarGeek]

@@MaxPower-js1sk but.... fuzz wah!!!!

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

@@TheGuitarGeek I think the narrator was the guy in the Saw films. 😁

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

@@TheGuitarGeek It was a big, heavy wah pedal with pots on the bass plate for selecting Fuzz wave shapes. They were really heavy.

[@bilalnachabeh]

It sounds terrible as it says, ripped speaker that needs to be replaced😂

[@Alexroberts666]

you can get a pedal *just* like this for a lot less money

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Cool! What, where and how much?

[@Alexroberts666]

@@TheGuitarGeek The cuvave fuzz pedal is £20 with the same sound

[@TheGuitarGeek]

@@Alexroberts666 Thanks! I’ll put it to the test!

[@Teachering]

Hate to say it, but was not too impressed with this pedal. Definitely not a sound that I am looking for.

[@remoteuser65]

Way too much talking

[@TheGuitarGeek]

How much is enough?

[@ladyelect9274]

@@TheGuitarGeek how much u did...maybe a little more :)

[@pensive_]

Frontimage a blatant copy of JHS pedals color scheme. Stand on your own feet.I unsubscribe.

[@TheGuitarGeek]

Are you ok?

[@pensive_]

@@TheGuitarGeek Why blatantly copying JHS ? Dont you have an original idea ?

[@mr.astrophysics9115]

What's he have a Clowns 🤡 wig on? He looks ridiculous

[@adamtoms8809]

You kept saying ripped knob. I had to stop watching. Plus no ferrules

[@alexgordonepic]

soo much talking

[@chriscooper9108]

Sorry couldn't make it to the end i just dont like fuzz.