Vertex Effects Steel String Supreme Demo

[@sweetwater]

Thanks for checking out the Steel String Supreme with us! Find out about the latest guitar pedals and effects by hitting that subscribe button!

[@gat1gigs782]

not only is ford a awesome player,but the perfect demo guy 🤘

[@ChristTiger]

Ordered one today! Really excited about this pedal.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I think you're going to dig it! Enjoy!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks Sweetwater! This turned out great!

[@BossHossStudios]

Bought one.

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

This is essentially a true pre-amp version of the steel string clean drive, which is great!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

👍👍👍

[@michalmikolajmaslowski3994]

@@VertexEffectsInc Mason, this pedal is spectacular. I am beyond impressed, guys!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@michalmikolajmaslowski3994 wow! thanks so much!

[@boimesa8190]

What use would this have tho?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@boimesa8190 not sure what you mean?

[@intensedad2827]

The guitar guy is awesome!!

[@g.w.thurmond3691]

Just bought one from my sales dude at Sweetwater! Can't wait!!!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yea! Enjoy!

[@patrickcarroll1754]

Mason, you're on fire. You keep bringing us and the internet so much content and innovation. You've got a loyal customer here.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks Patrick! Glad you dig this stuff! So easy to shoot videos at Sweetwater!

[@michaelcraig9449]

I want to see it through an old classic Fender amp, like a Vibroverb, something like that, with this pedal and guitar.

[@gunkanjima3408]

Looks like they’re possibly using a hot rod deluxe…

[@CraigRMerriman]

Another great Vertex pedal!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

🥰🥰🥰

[@c137medina]

I absolutely love this pedal. That’s all.

[@drdre4397]

Excellent I just bought one! Gonna use it with a sugar drive and my blues Jr.

[@theodorek.b.2103]

Any idea if this works on bass? I don't own a Vertex pedal yet, but I love this concept!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I don't recommend it with bass, it's optimized more for guitar, however the Nyle has a cool preamp and compressor that you can use direct and will work great for bass. They also have this available at Sweetwater!

[@dahmc59]

mary cries by prs is great from bass to it then recorder.

[@Exsomos]

I LOVE how you guys use a Hot Rod Deville to do the demos for this. THANK YOU for using that amp for your Steel String Videos. I often find people using the Hot Rod Deluxe, but not the Deville, I'm not knocking the Deluxe, but come on, 2x12 for the Win!! I think the HRdv is a great amp that if you know what your doing, you can get it to sound similar to many other classic Fender amps, without a ton of work, especially with the *right* pedals. I JUST bought a Hot Rod Deville, AND I JUST bought a Vertex Steel String MkII as well. Super excited. I got tired of chasing the SRV (and similar) tones through my Modelers or my Marshall or Bugera. That and I didn't want to be limited by the old school Fenders without FX Loops or no Master Volume, so I went with the Hot Rod Deville. I know I needed a *GOOD* set of pedals, and the Steel String MkII was one of the the top of my list. HRDv & SS MkII don't arrived for another week or so, but I'm just buzzing knowing that they're coming. Thanks again for all you do at Vertex.

[@patrickcarroll1754]

Vertex, question- whats the difference between the input gain of the pedal- listed as "Output" Vs the "Gain" knob which is technically the output gain. Or what how would you use each type of gain together?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

"GAIN" is the power amp simulation stage, the "LEVEL" is the input level stage (on the input). This allows you to adjust if you want more of a preamp type overdrive or power amp type overdrive and the clean can blend between them as well so you can get hybrids.

[@dustinarnold79]

I can do this with a eq pedal 250$ pffft I do need a wha wha pedal vertex ,you got any?

[@danielh3641]

Should be delivered today! Any recommendations when it comes to pairing with other pedals?

[@sweetwater]

Hi, Daniel. Since that pedal recreates the sound of an amp, it will work great with other drive pedals. I would start with it as the last drive pedal in your chain and try running any other drive pedals you have into the front of it. Should work great with everything from boosts to fuzz. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 1320, [e-mail]

[@guitar_hobbyist]

Sounds great! Must have it.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Amazing! Thanks for the support!

[@AlessandroAruta]

When will it be available for sale in Europe?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

You can check with our European distributor, Haar Guitars & Parts or check with Thomann. They are en route.

[@AlessandroAruta]

Vertex Effects They haven’t it yet.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@AlessandroAruta it's en route, and both should have it shortly, perhaps you can reserve one?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@AlessandroAruta try talking to Erik Van De Haar [e-mail] he should have them by Friday

[@AlessandroAruta]

@@VertexEffectsInc Thank you very much, I just wrote him.

[@jessejohnson8210]

How did you set the EQ on the amp on this video? Wondering if setting the amp flat is the best option to get the most from the SSS running in front of it?

[@srobinson335]

Hey Mason, where would you put this in tge signal chain in front of a clean amp? Thinking at the end of the chain so it's like your going into an amp?

[@1112HuyPhan]

Where do you put it in the signal chain ?!

[@micktheman6]

I’m someone who likes to use fuzz a lot if I’m playing will this be a great edition to my tone or should I mainly use it for my cleans ?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Works great with Fuzz, even direct if you use the SSS as the amp. Loves my early 1970's Fuzz Face!

[@akita7553]

Times are tough right now. Going to be playing the blues on my Steel String I just ordered! #allinthistogether

[@afterstars]

LOL. I’m there with you.

[@MrCreepingdeath741]

Would you recommend running this last in your chain or possibly running it in the effect loop? That way it’s always on and turns your amp into a Dumble.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I would recommend using it as your last OD pedal with your time based effects following it. OR you can use it into a high quality cab sim like the Two Notes Cab M, or you can use it into the Return of an Effects Loop or an Power Amp pedal, like those made by EHX.

[@ChadWork1]

Hi I'm trying to get a question answered. I bought the SSS and dig it a lot so far, but it's unclear what the "Clean" knob is doing. What clean signal is being added? I can't tell because with Clean all the way up, all the SSS dials still effect the signal. It doesn't sound like the Clean, unaffected guitar signal, and it doesn't sound like the bottom row SS section. So what exactly is "Clean" doing? Thanks

[@sweetwater]

Hey Chad, thanks for your question. Hope you and yours are well. With the "Clean" knob fully clockwise, the output is the SSS "wet" signal. Try dialing in a sound on the pedal totally different compared to your bypassed tone with the knob all the way up. As you roll the "Clean" knob counter-clockwise you introduce your original tone. Not knowing where you have the knobs set with the "supreme" EQ engaged, hard to say what's happening there. Please contact me direct if I'm not understanding your question. Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 2371, [e-mail]

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Chad, Sweetwater nailed it. It's blending in your "SUPREME EQ" in parallel with the dry signal or the Steel String side of the pedal if it's turned ON. It also works synergistically with the "FAT" which simulates the "BIGNESS" of the sound and how much of that you want to be blended in with the original signal. The best way to voice it is to dial the Steel String side as you like it, and then toggle the Supreme switch on/off and adjust the Clean, Fat, and Output to taste.

[@ChadWork1]

@@VertexEffectsInc Thanks guys. I'd still love to see another video (or a text document on the website) getting more granular with this, seep diving into all the controls. I'm able to get good sounds with the pedal, but it also is easy to throw it off and get brittle/glassy. There's a lot going on that I like. It's making my Revv D20 less sterile sounding, and it's helping my Fender Princeton Custom '68 too. Keep up the good work.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@ChadWork1 We're releasing new videos every week on it. Be sure to check out website.

[@ChadWork1]

@@VertexEffectsInc Will do! I'm subscribed.

[@michaellucas1102]

The IR link doesn't work.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Seems to be working now

[@michaellucas1102]

@@VertexEffectsInc Thank you so much!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@michaellucas1102 thanks for watching

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@michaellucas1102 absolutely!

[@michaelcraig9449]

So are these pedals meant to be direct only, or are they any good with a real amp?

[@sweetwater]

Hi, Michael! Thanks for your message, hope you're well and safe. The pedal is flexible in that you can use it with a traditional amp or direct with a speaker simulation in line after it. It won't sound convincing without it. Vertex has some great videos on their KZbin channel with examples. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 2371, [e-mail]

[@BossHossStudios]

Just bought one. Thanks.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Amazing! Thanks for the support!!!

[@L0rchy]

The IR package contains several IRs.. which one did you use? and are you running the cabs single or dual? I am using a Captor X which might be slightly diferent compared to Cab-M. Thanks

[@loutielli]

Nice job Uncle Mason! This is a pedal I would leave always-on after any other drives.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

heck yea! Enjoy Lou!

[@christopherpayne4610]

When you say compression is there some kind of compressor in the unit?

[@sweetwater]

Thanks for your question, Christopher. Hope you and yours are well and safe. "Amp in a box" pedals like the SSS are designed to emulate the sag of a tube amp. It's an attack characteristic where the envelope catches up to the transient of the initial signal. There's also a harmonic content change that's very hard to emulate in a completely solid state circuit. So there is compression happening, but after the gain and not directly controlled like a compressor you're used to. Please contact me direct if I'm not answering your question completely. Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 2371, [e-mail]

[@MrChristopherPayne]

@@sweetwater Thanks. Got one from you for my violin!

[@colsontowingllc3309]

Allllright @RigDoctor...you got me! Watch the Vertex video on there channel and watching this ones got me sold sold sold. @Sweetwater when can we get the Battery Pack from uncle Mason? I see on the site but its preorder only? I tried to add both to my cart but done wana wait for both to ship if the SS pedal is ready now.

[@sweetwater]

Hi, Colson! Our team would be glad to look into the availability for you. When you have a moment, please give us a call at [phone] or email us at [e-mail]. Thanks for the message!

[@ReturnTheSanity]

Going from 10’s to 12’s does not fatten your tone. A reputable channel did a wonderful comparison and the consensus by the creator and viewers was as the 9’s sounded better than 10’s, 11’s,or 12’s. Fat strings sound muddy compared to 9’s or 10’s and the 9’s have great lows.

[@billmint8122]

Rick Beato and Rhett Shull lol

[@soundknight]

Sounds fantastic

[@VertexEffectsInc]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

"BB Ray Sheppard"...not sure if amazingly funny or bad dad joke... Either way I like it!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

BB Ray Shepherd for life!!!

[@wreams2964]

Got some Mayer tonesssss

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes please!!!

[@jamesprice6381]

like ta hear a EJ fuzz in front of that...........:)

[@waynegram8907]

I don't hear what the steel string supreme is doing, I guess it adds a subtle compression and EQ but I don't hear it sounds like a twangy SRV texas twang cleans glassy tones. The Steel String needs to make your guitar cleans sound like glassy twang texas SRV tones

[@VertexEffectsInc]

We're definitely going to do some more dedicated SRV tone tutorials with it, but remember that there were other things going on with SRV with TS pedals and such, and also John Mayer has the same Steel String Singer amp as SRV did but sounds totally different with it, so some of it has to do with the set up, the accessory gear, and the player. It's not all the amplifier.

[@waynegram8907]

@@VertexEffectsInc yes true John Mayer tone is different compared to SRV. The steel string pedal can get those Robin Ford and John Mayer tones but to get those SRV dumble clean tones not sure if the SS pedal is focused and modified for that type of SS setup unless you have to sit there for hours tweaking the knobs to get those SRV texas clean tones from the SS pedal.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@waynegram8907 I'd say wait for the video before jumping to conclusions. I think you'll be impressed from one SRV fan to another.

[@cnxdamosadavao3878]

Jack Black is a vertex endorser

[@john-zw9rw]

Endorsing , influences all the little sheep.....

[@LIGHTintheHALLS]

Spending 95% of the demo on the neck pickup of a Strat does little to tell me what it might sound like on the bridge pickup of my Gretsch or any other guitar for that matter.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

We got a tone of other demos on KZbin..definitely check them out!

[@MrHeliosoul]

Want!

[@RickMcCargar]

I'm six minutes in and every tone so far sounds muffled and worse than the plain amp. Going to bailout here.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Highly recommend you check out some of the other demos if the pedal sounds like it might be something you'd consider. We have quite a few over on our page: kzbin.info

[@danieldesjardins6615]

I saw and heard Stevie played the real thing in 1985 (he was opening for Dire Strait and I was sitting close enough to read Steel String Singer on his amp but had no clue what it was...) . But one thing I know is that this pedal has nothing to do with what I heard that night...you need to move some air if you want to sound like Stevie and the volume here is way too low and gentle for that!

[@drfdwf392]

I wish you kept the Dumble Steel String Singer knob style like in the original steel string clean drive and the MK2. Now it just looks like every other pedal. That unique knob style on the previous pedals was really cool. It was like a visual symbol oh yeah, this is a dumble SSS in a box. But now it just looks generic. Mason / Vertex, please release a version with the Dumble SSS style knobs. Thanks.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

We would if we could, but you can't fit three in a row or six in a cluster like we have here without going bigger in the enclosure size. I didn't want to make a bigger pedal. Hopefully TONE is still the #1 goal in our pedal purchases. I think if that's your standard it will deliver in spades!!!

[@drfdwf392]

@@VertexEffectsInc Glad to know. Thanks for responding, Mason. I'm really excited to have the Vertex Steel String MKII on my pedalboard!

[@TheBrandonLewis]

Ford playing a Strat?!?! 🤯

[@VertexEffectsInc]

hahahaha...Sacrilege

[@michaelbevins2405]

wonder what it would sound like into just an amp? Probably not very good huh, Its not very good , Sounds like nothen!

[@turkmusik]

I can't hear anything special about this. It seems like a hallucination, what they're talking about.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I guess you'll have to compare yourself to confirm, we also have other demos available here: kzbin.info

[@the92project]

This pedal really makes me feel dumb, i don’t understand it😣

[@VertexEffectsInc]

How can we help clarify?

[@therealdavidleong]

Would you say dumb...le?

[@jamesemerson4102]

Basically, I would say it gives you a thick, fat clean sound with way more clean sustain than without the pedal on. Think about your clean tone but on steroids. Bigger, fatter, louder, more harmonics in the tone.

[@scottbrady4472]

Sounds like a bad bob boost.

[@john-zw9rw]

I hear nothing that even comes close to a Dumble sound...and I just returned another vertex dumble Pedal, I like Vertex...but this dumble thing is already run into the ground...... It keeps coming back to the Fantastic Vertex Boost and sorry to say [not] Zen and a Q-strip equalizer.... REMEMBER KIDDIES........We all like and Hear tones differently.......... LET'S GET BACK TO LIFE and LIVE MUSIC