Top 5 Stomp-boxes

[@rorytayler9058]

Had the SL Drive for a few years now, genuinely one of the best pedals I've ever played.

[@adamwakeling]

My fav ever for low gain gentle breakup - Rockett Blue Note.

[@naturalmeditation101]

We need another Cap and Rob special

[@danielsaturnino5715]

Oh that fridge... brilliant..

[@samuelxavier2473]

The SL sounds unbelievably good, like an amp about to die.

[@Guitar_Smasher]

I got the Alchemy Audio modded Xotic SL Drive. The 4 internal dip switches are moved to external mini-toggles on the side of the pedal. Easy access to the sounds. It came with mini Marshall amp knobs, too. Nice touch!

[@stevensrp2music985]

I’ve always been a blues breaker fan! I have a morning glory but since I got the Golden Boy by Jackson Audio from my wife this past Christmas I’ve been sold on the Golden Boy. So versatile

[@Lupoexperience]

“The Very Thing” looks gorgeous!

[@gazb2069]

SL is a mental little box of epic mental effin mentalness

[@Zerback]

Thank you for this. Really loved !

[@nprenger77]

I like to run my SL Drive in Super Lead mode with the tone at noon and the drive at about 10 o’clock. It cuts through the densest mix like you wouldn’t believe. Put a Tube Screamer in front of it with everything set at noon and you have a pretty killer 4-channel amp.

[@mattbradford1135]

I really enjoyed this video on the 5 pedals. Great job.

[@EasyHeat]

The Xotic SL Drive FTW. Gabba Gabba Hey!

[@rickycompton2610]

I think the Toni Iommi Laney Black Country Customs treble booster is a remarkable pedal to drive the front end of any tube amp very underrated and the trusty Boss sd1 are my go too pedals Great video Rob

[@dpault]

I'm liking the Catalinbread Katzenkonig for biggeth and loudeth distortion at the moment, but I use the TubeScreamer and a mini-Tumnus for quieter overdrive, edge of breakup type sounds.

[@LosiDriver7223]

i can say rob is the reason behind many pedals on my board. Waza Tuner -> Joyo Compressor -> Joyo Crunch Distortion -> MXR SuperBadass -> Ibanez TS9DX -> MXR 10 band EQ -> Donner Noise Killer -> Tone City Angel Wing -> Tone City Tape Machine -> MXR reverb. Love my pedal board.

[@the-creech4790]

My favorite is the Boiling Point by Rock Box. Get the original hand painted one so you can run it at 18 volts! Heaven...😈

[@kcussrebutuemos4815]

Yep I got the baby blues the boiling point and the only brown sugar I could find in another country. All swirly. Went a bit crazy. Pedal addict. They were overpriced at the time but now selling for way too low used, because they’re one of a kind and great.

[@JesseLeeKing]

Chappers ur a riff master lol I find myself saving alot of ur videos so I can break them down later haha

[@thejeffersonlee]

I really like that fridge idea. I took a mini fridge to work because I'm isolated from everyone on campus. My wife jazzed it up with some faux wood contact paper stuff, and students think it's an actual wooden fridge. I'd rather they think I own an original JCM800.

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

It gave me warm fuzzies that you had the DS-1 on the list 🔥🤘🤘🔥

[@PherotoneStudios]

For all the years I’ve owned a tube screamer and I never knew that about the tone

[@paveoisdeadlonglivepaveo1486]

I recently acquired the EHX Metal Muff Nano, and I am in love with that thing.

[@MaartenAnna]

Wow, you were on fire in this one! I really like the LS & the thing.

[@lpgoog]

I really like my Bogner Blue. Very amp-like 👍🎶🎸

[@stevensrp2music985]

Looking forward to it brother!

[@grayaj23]

I have a Vox Flat-4 clean-ish boost with a 12ax7 in it, a Plumes, a Morning Glory and a Joyo Taichi. So far, the best setup I have is compressor into the Flat 4 into the Plumes into a li'l bitty Vox AC4TV. I was a bit disappointed in the AC4 to be honest, until I hit upon that path. I have the compressor and flat-4 on low gain/medium volume and use the Plumes volume level as an input attenuator with the gain at half. It makes the li'l bitty Vox wet its pants to the point of saturation and it sounds so good. EL84, I think. And the best part is that I can run the amp at 1/4 watt and make the buttery thick tone at legit bedroom levels.

[@RichardPhillipsDJ]

I have that same amp, modded when the plague broke out to add JJ tubes and a Celebration Greenback G10 speaker. Using an EXH Tone Corset for compression, a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver for cleanish/crunch and a Fuzz Face for immense saturated lovely fuzz.... The amp also sounds lovely with just a little compression and some reverb. Fantastic clean tones.

[@bigtsshackfestival9563]

King of tone and black tchula kill these. Tasty licks though.

[@christopherburnett1745]

My fave OD is still the Boss Blues Driver. It's pretty much always on when I'm playing my Les Paul and goes from a great cleanish tone to searing OD with a spin of my volume knob. With my P90 loaded Firebird I like the D&M Drive. Also have a KOT on the board because it just gives you more of what you love. Lol.

[@joobchrismac8706]

Super overdrive for me

[@massimobargagna5641]

line them all up all sound wicked!!!!!

[@markaustin3959]

Epic friedman-esque style run at the end there Marty Chapman! Had to pilfer that one using slow mo ; ) cheers. Loved the SL drive too

[@stanislavmigra]

Surprised by lack of Mythos Mjolnir there. At least the genious of Mythos Zach lives in the Very THing there

[@mhoke63]

Wompler Tumnus. I bought it on a whim and it's crazy good.

[@mike_lowndes]

I do wander (sic) how often Brian gets confused with a rodentoid from Tatooine.

[@ChrisLinker1]

Great video.. all of them sound very good

[@texasbootlegger3752]

Nice video Rob! I use only the TS9 out of the 5. I use an East River Drive and a Ratsbane!

[@Ramiroocampo]

No Dawner Prince Red Rox? I mean, you chose it above all the others in an epic blindfold test, remember?

[@NoirRobert]

It would be easier for me to understand the pedal tone if you were going through the clean channel of your amp.

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

He’s an amp-overdrive guy, and uses pedals to push & sculpt his amp’s tone. It’s a style. There are demos of guys who use a clean-amp primarily as a pedal-platform & would help you.

[@worshipmusician45601]

liked for the Shakira's hips joke.

[@Ph3_n1x]

Great rundown bro!

[@SimonSawal]

omg that walrus audio is very good! sounds like a kind of rat circuit

[@kukusnest65]

+1 on the SL drive Have a ton of high end ODs and more often than not i take the SL on my nano board along with the SP comp and don't need anything else

[@stanislavmigra]

Feels like I need Xotic SL drive in my life :-O

[@stringlocker]

The first one

[@BasementGuitarSuperstar]

All of those sound great. My favorite distortion pedal is the Siren Pedals Airavata

[@hammyjammies]

I have a Boss Angry Driver and an OG T rex Alberta which provides most of my drive sounds and are both awesome, maybe a WA Mayflower on occasion

[@fergozzi1]

Joe Satriani is my favorite guitar player! I was surprised when you mentioned him Rob!

[@Cyndaquills]

I've owned big money ODs... but I still keep coming back to a Tone City Sweet Cream and an EQ pedal to boost it...

[@cirjames2540]

Great vid Rob-The JRockett Lenny & Xotic EP Boost are my favs. I would love to try a few of your top 5's they all sound fantastic.

[@MrNeilltupman]

Good list, a nice to see a few affordable options in there. I have the SL Drive on my classic rock board, best Marshall in a box pedal I've heard, incredible tones. I use a TS-9 set to very different to what you demo'd, more of a mild push to break up the amp and give it a little hair. Know what you mean about the level, always use mine at 1 or 2 o'clock. It sounds great stacked in front of the SL Drive like that too. I also use a stock RAT2 which sounds incredible, sweet spot for me is distortion at 9.30, filter around 1.30/2.00 and the volume gunned at about 3.30. Perfect for Soundgarden tones, and sounds especially great in dropped D. Amazing pedal. I suffer from PAS (Pedal Acquisition Syndrome) and built a few boards during lockdown, one specifically for grunge tones. Was hugely impressed with how versatile the OCD is, and have a Tumnus in front of that for klon-esque transparent thing (this stacks incredibly well too). But the Big Daddy was the BE-OD which I use to get filthy Eb Jerry Cantrell tone, it's an absolute fire-breather and I had to dial down the gain on the internal trim pot to tame the beast to my liking! I am building another board currently for an Americana inspired band, and am running an Archer in front of a Camel Toe; I need to learn how to use the CT properly, is early days. The amount of tonal options in the tweaked Green Rhino side is a little overwhelming at first; I'm a mere paedwan at the moment! All in all, my top 5 would be: 1. ProCo RAT 2. Ibanez TS-9 3. Xotic SL-Drive 4. Wampler Tumnus 5. BE-OD I've tried a lot of gain pedals in my time, a few for me which failed to float my boat were the Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe v2, the EHX Big Muff Tone Wicker and the Fender Pugilist. One pedal I traded in and should've kept was the EHX Glove OD, another fantastic plexi/Marshall in a box type which is still incredible value for what it does, and easily holds its own with the boutique brands. It is OK not to be OK (great video with Andy Ferris by the way), and it's also OK to buy more pedals 🙂

[@D.Miller]

Gotta. Shout some love for live your fate. Strong track, of course. Can't wait to catch you live

[@lpaudiolive]

Nice shirt Rob!

[@Rubengutzz]

SL Drive is amaziiiing!!! My top 5 would be Ts808, Klon Style drive, Carl Martin PlexiTone, Friedman BE OD Deluxe and Jhs Morning Glory

[@JoeFic9997]

Thanks Rob - love my DS-1, but I drive it hard with an SD-1 for over the top sounds and the distortion around 40% PA - check your transcript at 11:49 lol 😆

[@jestercabrieto6526]

I always uses my shredhead pedal as my main sounf kind of vintage crunch,and a boss fb 2 as my gain boost

[@guywy1094]

great video ty

[@MrSpike7590]

Lately one of my Favorite "gain pedals" has been the Xotic SP Compressor set to medium with both knobs around 1 to 2 O'Clock!! on top of edge of breakup or crunch tones!!

[@andrewfuentes1632]

If you like the Ages, the newer 2 in 1 is excellleeeennnnntttt

[@FFLarrosa]

Great!! I´m using a Blackstar LT dual, paired with a Zakk Wylde Overdrive, sounds great IMO

[@jackblackman1947]

Unfortunately, your clean tone on the amp is never completely clean. But I would like to hear the difference. You always play with a humbucker. What about a single coil Strat? Most players play either a Strat or a Gibson Les Paul. It's important for me to hear that for a test. Thanks, greetings from Germany

[@andrewmarsh3094]

I have two I love, Route 66 from Visual Sound and The Blue Tube by Tubeworks. Havent found anything that I like better.

[@DavidRamos-nz4bh]

You brought up Shakira’s hips .. fan forever. Nice.

[@vintagetone22]

my favourite is the sl drive it has something going on in a good way.also i own the boss od1 silver screw early 78 batch and its amazing.has the 14 pin raya.chip.

[@chrisconnelly5538]

The SL Drive sounds great, very amp like with a touch of fuzz, will have to check that out. My current pedalboard faves are the Greer Lightspeed, Earthquaker Devices Plumes, Wampler Tumnus Deluxe, and Tone City Sweet Cream.

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

Amp Tweaker Tight Metal Pro needs to be on this list.

[@ssdravidian]

You and the other Anderton boys should seriously start reviewing those AMT electronics pedals….you WILL NOT be disappointed…..

[@WutipongWongsakuldej]

I use SL Drive and TS Mini on my board.

[@degerate]

Looking forward to the new clockwork wolf &co ep. Massive fan 😁

[@NATJANOFF22]

Man…it would be great to just play these pedals through a simple tube amp. Like a Fender Deluxe. They WILL ALWAYS SOUND GOOD through a already distorted amp. But through a clean amp…you really hear what it can do or not. And A LOT of overdrives just kinda snuck in that setting unfortunately.

[@danpena7922]

The TS 9 sounds more Marshall then all the rest. The SL sounds to fuzzy. Surprisingly.

[@mattw.6726]

TBH, I'm fairly simple when it comes to overdrives. Since I use a high-gain amp, I just want something to push the front end a bit and shape the tone. I've found that an Ibanez TS Mini takes care of that perfectly for me: gain at zero, all the level, and tone slightly above half. Also, FRIDGE

[@jwamk]

I'm still loving my JHS Andy Timmons

[@chrisg3457]

Best amp in a box sound ever for leads!

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

The xotic SL drive sounds the best to me.

[@silviopimentel7247]

Never heard tone from that side of the pond in over 30 years 🤔

[@GR-yd7bv]

Greetings rob! Have you ever tried the mxr il torino overdrive? Its a custom shop, very versatile for low gain and to push a hi gain amp

[@jmacc9876]

Boss Blues Driver, Xotic Sl Drive, JRockett .45cal and the Dude pedals

[@D.Miller]

I'd be really interested to know your stage gear set up, maybe when your back on tour we could have a run down?

[@SciCoBunny]

Pretty sure he is using the Victory Jack/Countess as the amp.

[@bryson.guitar]

Dammit rob, now I need even more pedals

[@guywy1094]

the dip switches in the sl drive settings

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Have you tried the tube screamer clone by: Digitech: the Bad Monkey, picked one up £28 brand spanking new from Ebay, Outstanding, especially in front of my Blackstar HT Stage 100. Do a post on Delay or Chorus pedals next please.

[@michaelmitchell5909]

Seymour duncan 805 is pretty good too

[@onehotrocker99]

What happened to your favorites? The JHS Angry Charlie and the Dawner Prince Red Rox? The Red Rox and Xotic Effects BB Preamp are my two favs.

[@marknettles]

Paul Gilbert face at 9:07 👍

[@shepp7988]

💯💯🤘🤘Dude you know we love you and everything you're doing especially the music your rebirthing something that died in the 90s but Rob I've tried to find your telecaster everywhere the multicolored purple nothing sounds like that Telecaster please send me a link to where I can see if I could afford one🤘🤘🤘💯💯🤘🤘🤘

[@TMmodify]

The SL drive has got trim pots on the inside for further settings doesn't it ?

[@jamesmarcin4787]

Yes it does. Love mine and you can run it at 18v as well.😁👍

[@TMmodify]

@@jamesmarcin4787 oh that's cool I can't justify buying one because I have no need for it but the day I'm going to need a hot rodded plexi in a box, I'll know what to get

[@jamesmarcin4787]

@@TMmodify ,I actually use the Super Bass sound options for a less overdriven sweet Marshall sound. So many cool combinations with this pedal.

[@shakeyjonez]

I like the sustain of the SL, but the Ibanez just sounds so good compared to the rest, to my ears. Go figure.

[@alexgl]

Rob did anybody tell you your voice is similar to Matthew Barlow from Iced Earth? You have a very close position to his, same volume in voice, even the manner is somewhat similar. I've been a fan of you both and i understood it just now. Don't get me wrong, i love it, keep it going!

[@petermiller1839]

You need a tshirt its warm creamy and fuzzy

[@louaguado995]

You never told us which one of those amps behind you you're going into.

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

Looks like a Victory V30 Countess.

[@philipwalton2814]

Hi, Rob. How does the Dawner Redrox compare to this selection? I remember it won your blindfold challenge at Andertons

[@wakinginfinity]

I never understood the love for DS-1. It breaks up in a way that sort of falls apart (to my ears). No hate, I just don’t get it

[@erik4971]

Thanks for the view of some of your favorite dirt boxes and settings , so many to choose from but some always just blend well with certain amps better than others ! Really loving the snake oil and the EP and of course the TS-9 . My ML-1 LH with screamin' demon really sounds amazing with ts9 level full tone 3 o clock and gain set just barely on /open into a crunchy 800 ! Cheers ! Thanks what amp were you playing through ??

[@tuelassen7049]

Hey! It was supposed to be a top ten list!!!! :P

[@zakkcovers18]

👌

[@martinfanatic532]

Not sure how to feel about this video even existing, since I think I've owned 3 OD pedals ever.

[@EricMiller630]

This man speaks only the truth... Shakira's hips do IN FACT not lie

[@jeremy5215]

Mr Chapman, when are U gonna have a guitar giveaway.

[@semin811]

I don't know about the pedals, but where can I get a fridge like that, seriously?

[@fingolfen01]

I've got a stock ProCo Rat that is decent. I really loved the sound of the SL Drive with your set up. How do you think the sound would change running the pearly gates humbucker on the ML1 Pro Hybrid? By the way, loved your Gas Monkey T-shirt! :D

[@GUITARRIFIED]

For real your top 5? Or just 5 OD pedals you had somewhere in a drawer?

[@wakjob961]

Still have or like the Dawner Prince 'Red Rox'? Also, what was the signal path here?...amp? cab?