Vox Valvenergy Series - Overdrive Pedals Powered By NuTube Technology!

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👆 Powered by Korg's innovative NuTube technology, Vox has created a series of Valvenergy pedals that offer a little extra than your regular overdrives! With boutique-style cleans & creamy overdrives. The Vox Valvenergy series is more than a simple overdrive pedal! | tinyurl.com/y2zt76qx
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Welcome back to another episode of Andertons TV! Today The Captain & Danish Pete explore the world of NuTube technology in the form of Vox's new Valvenergy Overdrive Pedals.
Testing the array of tones these pedals have to offer. How well do they hold up in replicating the real-life valve amps they're inspired from?
With extra features such as built-in cab sims & linking function that allows you to use these pedals as if they were two separate amplifier channels. The Vox Valvenergy series pushes the boundaries on what we commonly expect from our regular overdrive pedals!
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↪️ Episode Guide ↩️
» 0:00 Intro Jam on the Vox Valvenergy Overdrive Pedals
» 1:29 What are NuTubes?
» 2:35 Vox Valvenergy Pedals
» 4:33 Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive Demo
» 7:52 Vox Valvenergy Copperhead Drive Demo
» 11:43 How Does It Sound With Humbuckers?
» 13:12 Vox Valvenergy Mystic Edge Demo
» 16:33 Vox Valvenergy Cutting Edge Demo
» 19:50 Thoughts on the Vox Valvenergy Pedals?
» 20:53 Link & Cab Sim Features
» 28:37 Who are the Pedals For?
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[@jakemguitarist]

Pete screaming into a Thinline Telecaster to demonstrate a pedal may be one of the funniest moments on the show😂

[@slash196]

Vox makes a lot of pretty good stuff and they market it all terribly. They have some of the most recognizable branding in music and their corporate design is absolutely all over the map. They should be a the Burberry of musical instruments and instead they're like Woolworth's.

[@timodelange]

That's so true!

[@hdsg8361]

I agree I love my ac15 and ac4 but god their social media is terrible choice of colours is awful they need to spice things up and get with the times

[@arbitermatt]

They think cause they put wiggly lines, bright colours and call things stuff like "nutube" and "valvetronix" it's going to sound better 😂 Having said that, they make some good products

[@mcbrodz1663]

@@0megalul309 😐😐😐 great joke you got the whole gang laughing there 😐😐😐

[@cgavin1]

It's almost like they are a quintessentially British brand that has been grafted into a vast, bland, and wholly disinteresting corporation that has its cultural roots in a totally alien culture ..

[@cocotheix2664]

Pete: calls the oscilloscope oscilloscope the Captain: "the sine wavy thing"

[@AlanW]

Pete's withering look when Lee says "no, that's not what it is." 😆

[@ropsukka7671]

plot twist: danish pete is actually buckethead😂

[@ivorharden]

I wonder if Pete likes KFC?

[@caprise-music6722]

@@ivorharden what’s not to love

[@Severinate]

I see a hefty black Friday deal in these pedals future.

[@jasondryhurst-smith2409]

They did this in the past much to that effect, I once used a Vox Bulldog Distortion, it was awful.

[@zplapplap]

Prescient! $99 USD Black Friday sale. 😂

[@Severinate]

Yep. 😊

[@reni3]

Still going today!

[@JJ-fb8sz]

Looks like they are disappearing from Sweetwater and GC. Still available from Vox directly for $99. I have the Mystic and I love it! Going to buy one to keep in the box for when these are $300 on Reverb.

[@djklinger1627]

I would love to see Andertons do a comparison of a bunch of valve preamps (such as these Vox preamps, Victory, Two Notes Le Clean, etc) running into a couple of different solid state 'pedal form' power amps (like the Electro Harmonix caliber 44) and then into a 1x12 or 2x12 speaker cabinet. The concept of a valve pre + D class power stage (in pedal form) exists with the Milkman Amp, BluGuitar and Orange Terror Stamp - but can you get a good sound mixing different preamps with a power amp that can all be mounted to the pedalboard?

[@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784]

Have both cutting edge and mystic edge. Impressive , I use them direct onto my audio interface with IR plugin. It’s killer. Better than any amp plugin, they have the same sound as my valve amps.

[@JonathanKillstring]

I know y'all didn't vibe with it, but as a guy who really digs his active pickups, I appreciated you pulling out the EMG-loaded LTD for a second. Gave me a better idea of what it might sound like with my rig. So thanks! :D

[@tritonmosquito9348]

I like how Lee always talks about the "clever people at Vox". Each time !

[@jdbiablo]

Pete is seriously becoming one of my favorite guitar players.

[@moyano6197]

That hanging power supply...., lol, cheers from Chile my dudes, nice tele Mr Pete!

[@davidlambo]

I actually like the idea! They sound great as pedals! And if you wanna go direct.. connect them to switch simultaneously and turn on the cab sim... you can use your main pedalboard to go direct!! 👏

[@aaronchong9856]

Agreed, this video actually sold me on the idea that I could gig at venues that do not have physical amps with the cab sim mode, and when there is an amp, we have another OD pedal on the board. I like it a lot

[@m3r0t0]

If you keep chugging on the Cutting Edge pedal, it will summon Ola Englund.

[@lipeguitars]

I sold my strymon iridium and bought the silk drive and the copperhead instead, the Vox valvenergy sounded warmer fuller and juicier than the Strymon Iridium which as brilliant as is it always sounded sterile iand cold to my ears!

[@EasyHeat]

Picked up the Silk Drive for a steal second hand, and I'm using it as an in between "hybrid" solution for running my analog drive pedals direct to interface and into amp plugins. I must say, I'm rather impressed. So much in fact that much like Pokemon? I gotta catch 'em all! Ha! Cheers guys!

[@benrobinson9136]

I love some Andertons in the morning!!

[@henrystuart7736]

Same lol. Probably not morning where they are though.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Unless Lee is on the piss before lunch.

[@xtremeburneranch]

When I first heard Shot in the Dark, I immediately thought to myself "Is that... The Captain's lick?" 🤣

[@123ClassicRock]

Same!!!

[@KahnuevsKrake]

The Mystic Edge is a great pedal. I love the high end chime of an AC30, even if the amp doesn't have a few features I need. It's a great clean boost with the gain set to 0, and with the bright switch on as well, it adds the high end chime to my MT15 without sounding overly distorted.

[@jacobbockover1628]

The nutube thing is actually from a Japanese company that expected people to use them in more hi fi stuff. Brad the guitologist did a vidio on it

[@tomasjones3755]

Blueglow Electronics has a vid on a NuTube stereo hi-fi preamp kit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4rQZn-DaNaCsM0. Some DIY pedal sites sell NuTube stompbox kits. NuTube is a Korg product. Korg also owns the Vox name.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Brad went "wacko". 😂😂😂

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

@@castleanthrax1833 Ah, I see... He went the "It's all a conspiracy!"-route. - Whatever went down during the pandemic still makes a good way to filter out the nutcases years after. - Same on like dating-profiles when they put "not vaccinated", cause they need to make some kind of point (and it says more about them than they realize) or "if you're vaxxed, swipe left", and I'm like "Yea, to avoid YOU!". 😆

[@StratsRUs]

I love you both in this. Pete cracks me up and he's so chilled out too.

[@prateekpoddar1890]

I see that Pete's been practicing his chugs 🤘🏾

[@FrankLafone]

The oscilicope screen is like "Go Faster" stripes on a car. It does nothing but still cool as hell.... and dorky as hell too. It can be two things :)

[@juancarlossuarez7486]

Ackshually, go faster stripes in racecars were there for the driver to have a visual cue to align the car to the road

[@fortheloveofnoise]

There is a Prius near me with dual stripes driven by a methhead woman.

[@Märciø-LS]

The timbres are really cool, the sounds are well incorporated and robust.

[@tonepilot]

I really like the design of the pedals and they sound pretty good too.

[@murphshall]

I'm only 7 mins into this and I already love it because it's one of those episodes where the Captain "might have had a drink-y or two"

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

Or a whole bucket!

[@anthonysclafani3963]

personally I really like the oscilloscope, it's so cool

[@KevPez-IS]

NuTubes can be great. Those pedals sound great, those little AV50 heads they did sounded great…it’ll just take more time. Once they make a “NuAC30” or something, that’ll turn some heads. Make it sounds good, like an AC30, and it’ll be accepted more widely.

[@TheNino37]

Pete playing the theme song to a popular children's program in the middle of his chugging riff had me in stitches. Thank you for the good laugh, Pete.

[@SomeDudeDan]

This is the end of chasing that bucket tone. :D I am laughing my sides off here. :D Keep up the good work, and stay safe guys! Thank you for the awesome videos! 🤘

[@gellington88]

Now that the Captain's lick is in an AC/DC song, every Anderton's video ever made is about to get hit with a DMCA/Copyright violation!

[@ThatMattGoodMusic]

Or would Lee have grounds to catch AC/DC for copyright?

[@CaanDo01]

If it's a real oscilloscope and it graphically shows the amount of signal being clipped and where its being clipped then I think it's pretty cool.

[@mikebogaars8565]

I was wondering about that- the amplitude looks different in each pedal with the same signal going in

[@anthonysclafani3963]

it is, i have one

[@matte3984]

Finally using anything but a Gibson or Fender. Thank you for not completely ignoring half of your subscribers! 😀

[@eric2468]

Pete’s rocking in that yellow tele🤟🏽🤟🏽

[@jameswhite1450]

Nice, you added a db meter to the room.

[@AllanGildea]

Actually it's set to count Pete's innuendo tally. :)

[@jameswhite1450]

Allan Gildea lol

[@muaddib667]

Ola's influence again

[@mrredritehand]

Pete's analogies are spot on!

[@StephenBall7171]

The parting comment was that either these will really take off or be the next Black Friday sale. Now exactly two years later (November 30, 2022), just after Black Friday & Cyber Monday, these are on sale at the Vox website for $99 USD, cheaper than used listings on Reverb.

[@m32ramsey]

Damn Pete! Ola taught you well! ...you have been practicing your chugs! Well done! 🤘🏼😎🎸

[@SecondMarsh]

At most I’m giving these - two out of five buckets on the international bucket rating system. 🪣🪣

[@Cluless02]

Can't go wrong with Pete - Love it!

[@chriskindler7625]

LOVE the editing you guys do!!! Makes me feel warm and fuzzy while laughing on the inside!!

[@stevebowman6135]

The clean harmonic content on my Mystic Edge is superb - best AC30 for my $$$.

[@kellykent131]

Guys, great video. I wish you had demonstrated the clean chimey sound on the mystic. I want the clean chimey vix sound, without and dirt. I may have to get this pedal. It beats lugging a Vox amp around at 100 pounds.

[@nickw2704]

I’m really surprised that you were so impressed with the DSM Humbolt Simplifier (which is good, I admit) but not these! I’m really impressed with these in cab sim, which is what I’m after... perhaps listening to the playback you liked them more.

[@madsandersen7599]

Here the Captain, expertly showing how guitar players like to read up on the theory with the oscil.... Ossy... The wavy kind of thing... He nailed it 👌

[@tomaselke3670]

I just got a Vox Cutting Edge - and (with a humbucker) I think it's the best sounding high gain pedal I've ever owned. I'm definitely considering getting one of the lower gain pedals too, even though I already have several other low gain pedals.

[@tomaselke3670]

I actually picked up a mystic edge too. It's very good.

[@jordantothesmith]

I see this as a non-powered evolution of the MV50 line. I'd love to see a demo where you ran a normal pedalboard (fuzz/comp/drives/delay/reverb, etc) into one of these to see if they hold up as a direct amp solution.

[@mpirron1]

Nutubes are vacuum flourescent displays. You probably have watched them a bunch they were quite common on VCRs back in the day. They have gates and grids like transistors but hold them in a vacuum like a tube. Its a gimmick, its not analog and so microphonic, it must be seriously isolated from any jarring or touching, its got no a space for isolation between the components, But it is really quite a novel way to take peoples money, using an old screen from a VCR, i give them props.

[@mpirron1]

And a power tube? No, never.

[@stoneysdead689]

@@mpirron1 How can it be a gimmick if it works for hundreds if not thousands of ppl? They've obviously figured out how to use them successfully in pedal form to simulate a valve amp sound- and it's very close. No one cares if it's analogue, digital, or some combination of the two- we care about what it sounds like, how it performs- and you can't deny they sound good.

[@mpirron1]

@@stoneysdead689 No, they don't, they sound like shit. They distort unpleasantly, and are hella microphonic.. So microphonic that every manufacturer that tries to use one in a circuit as a gimmick for show has to practically build a hermetic isolation chamber for them. No munufacturer is using them alone to do anything, They are surrounded by solid state devices like LEDS and transistors doing.the real work. Nutubes are all show and no go. And I never said they weren't tubes, I said they were. They are valves, They have the components of a valve and they act in the same manner as a tube. They just are not very good ones for audio. You know why? Because they're supposed to do it for light! I don't think you know enough about electronics theory to offer a credible argunent here. Of course, that's just my opinion. Its also my opinion you should STFU.

[@mpirron1]

And furthermore, you know how you know that crap. Because nobody's using them. If they were good, everybody be jumping on the bandwagon like they always do, Three manufacturers that's all who's using them. Even the developers of it abandoned the tech.

[@misstress1928]

Awesome demo! And I really liked Pete's new tele.

[@johnpenner5182]

sounds great. nice review. love the oscilloscope - please keep it! ✨

[@anfajones]

Finally the video I've been waiting for so long!

[@Lez325]

Cracking Pedals- sound very good= I love that Telecaster Thin line :)

[@Doodfrumspace11]

I have the vox stomp lab and it’s epic dude! But these caught my eye big time!!

[@aaronchong9856]

Might be seen as an unpopular opinion, but I think these are great and exactly what musicians like me need. Sometimes venues don't have an amp, and something like this on a pedalboard is a very desirable solution. And when there is an amp, you have one more OD pedal to play with. Also contrary to many in the comments section, I like their design. Many don't notice, but the brushed top has the similar X cross design on the grille of the Vox amp archetype. That aluminium top is classy and it's beautiful. The oscilloscope might not be super functional, but it's pretty cool. Id love to see how the oscilloscope reacts to different dynamics and different drives that I put into it. It doesn't need an effects loop because there is no power amp and you could simply put the time based effects after it before going direct, nearly the same as having an effects loop. If Vox reads this, I really commend them for doing this and I sincerely hope more stuff like these are made.

[@clintwhite3021]

Anyone compared the Silk Drive and Mystic Edge to the UAFX Dream 65 and Ruby?

[@jillroad4442]

New Vox Valvenergy i like; Very very Nice!! I have Two Pedals Silk Drive and Copperhead and i buy netx Time Mystic Edge, and later i buy Cutting Edge

[@mcbrodz1663]

That bucket thing is the hardest I’ve laughed at an andertons video in years

[@henrystuart7736]

That is a really good sound jeez

[@FPSInsanity8511]

Pete definitely took the LTD home and started writing his new melodic death metal EP

[@The-11]

Pete was the Dutch bucket shouting champion 3 years in a row !

[@The-11]

@@bergiep So he can't enter a Dutch contest? and it's a joke so let's not be so literal.

[@NoelHaven]

I tell ya, you guys are buckets 🪣 of fun! 😂🙌🏻

[@christianboddum8783]

That cab sim is really decent!

[@clarkpride6012]

All very nice guys, but how about a review of the Cambridge 50. Pretty please!

[@davedavem]

Toight like a toiger!!! You guys are on fire today

[@c.r.blankenship9040]

Dying laughing about buckets

[@ohkee]

‘It means Peavey’ hahaha Roflmao 🤣 The bucket analogy, the editing. It’s so good.

[@paulsummerside]

Love Vox stuff and am scratching my head as to why I have never bought a Vox amp or pedal over the years... Very very nearly bought an AC4 some years back, but found was a bit brassic that month when had the chance of what was a really good deal for one with the 12” speaker 🔈

[@C64Queeg500]

Excellent stuff Lee & Pete. Back in the 60s I used a Burns Trisonic in my band, are Burns still trading ? Please excuse me as I'm in my 70s now. Thanks

[@Wodawic]

I recently got a BMG (Brian May) Red Special with those inline-wired Burns Trisonic pickups (or at least reproductions of) and with the 3 pickup/phasing switch options it's a kick in the pants. Guitar Center just started offering these a couple days ago on pre-order, I got mine from over the pond. For less than $1K you can open up a whole new world. I use a Vox AC10 or 30 through a Bearfoot Emerald Green prototype and KAT Treble Booster (another BMG product) and it turns heads. It will take you back in time... Cheers

[@philsaunter1956]

It's a good start. However the entire pre/cab thing would be MUCH more useful if they'd put an effects loop on that thing.

[@kellyjackson7889]

After watching this review I've decided to go buy a bucket!

[@matthewgoff7411]

I think it would be cool to see a blindfold Tube OD Pedal vs Tube Amp video.

[@gjy5150]

I kinda liked the tones from the Cab Sim the best. Seemed to be easier on my ears.

[@johnjgibson6807]

Good Points On All The Video, I’m With You On This. Now Your Comedy was Rockin 👍👍🎶🎶🎸

[@TheBlueskyson]

Imagine sharing a house with these blokes. lol. ty 4 review. Some more lead tone demo's would've rounded it off nicely. ty

[@andrewnbrown]

I would have thought the point of amp modelling pedals is that you don't need to lug a great big amp to the gig. You use the pedal and go through the house pa via a di box. Seems a bit silly using the pedal and then going through another amp. That's what I do anyway and it works for me.

[@clintwhite3021]

Use my silk drive as a pedal platform straight to pa sounds REALLY good!

[@nicholasvanderwalt4523]

Don't worry Pete I know what you mean with bucket😂😂😂

[@juanvaldez4043]

They make a tube screamer with the same nutube circuit, also priced around the same as a vox vxt.

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

I just stumbled upon these in July 2024, because I was looking for a pedal to kind of "warm up" a solid-state amplifier that I have. Though, I have to say, it's an amplifier that was already praised for its sound and to kind of sound "tube-like" or whatever, because it was actually designed by Moog and so it's basically nothing to scoff at just because it's transistor-driven. - In any case, I still find it to be a little "flat" or dull or whatever word you can give a sound, while not bad, just a little "lifeless" in a way. And perhaps the speakers (it's a 4x10" combo) are a bit worn out from age and heavy use with synths back in the '80s actually. - I don't know what it is that makes it a little lackluster just on its own. - So anyway, I figured perhaps I should find one of those tube-based pedals to give it a little sparkle, but then also one that's good clean, which is what I want to use this amplifier for. And some of the pedals that came up are these then, but the Silk Drive is the cleanest one, and upon hearing some samples I kinda impulse-bought it, tried it, and it does almost exactly what I thought it would do. And that is that it kind of focuses up the guitar-range, makes it stand out a little and also adds some nice richness (like harmonic overtones) to a very plain sound. That said, I wouldn't have purchased it for its full (150-ish Euro) price, especially not for the simple thing I wanted to achieve with it. But I got a deal on it for just under 100 Euros and... while still a lot for it to do one thing, it's a good choice for "tubing up" a sound. But that's not to say it can't do more, you can get a nice drive out of it, do some tone-shaping, and it's really good quality in general, so it's not like it's "not worth the price" in terms of what it is. But just saying, it was exactly right for me at a reduced price.

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

As for the oscilloscope thingy... I'm a bit mixed on that. I mean, on one side, it's kinda nifty and you can also get a sense of the clipping, because that's what it indicates best. You can use your ears, but seeing it graphically kinda helps understanding what is happening and at what point of the settings or input. - Does that justify it putting it in every pedal and probably drive up the costs? - Probably not, though, you could possibly also use that feature for everything you send through it, but I'm not sure. - Again, it would probably be better to just leave it out and lower production-costs and perhaps the price because of that. - Maybe they could've just made a little window on the housing and shown off the nu-tube, because it's actually of quite a substantial size. Put a light on it, perhaps even make it respond to clipping or something, and that would be enough.

[@HamishGarland]

There is a moment there at 10:54 where ironically the Copperhead nails that modern American glassy clean tone.

[@uncleaj87]

I think they all sounded great! It would have been cool to hear them into a DSP modeling amp or a Humboldt simplifier and even the bigSky cab simulator just to see how they sounded using these. But as a boutique pedal user I’d use these as just for the drives.

[@gsparkera1993]

If these pedals had headphone output & stereo aux in, they could genuinely be quite useful in the studio.

[@drewmcdowell1622]

The only thing i wanted to see was how they go into a power section as a preamp. Missed that one guys.

[@danieldurfee4901]

It's not very good. I was very disappointed as that was one of the intended uses for it (I bought a Silk Drive). It sounded just plain awful in pre-amp and cab-sim modes into my Behringer mixer or Peavy power amp. But as a normal guitar pedal, phenomenal.

[@drewmcdowell1622]

@@danieldurfee4901 Awwww well thaaaats some shit. I was really looking forward to that feature. Looks like Kingsley is the answer for me.

[@aaronchong9856]

@@danieldurfee4901 Not sure why you felt that way, I too bought the Silk Drive as a substitute for an amp for recording purposes, and I found it surprisingly pleasant and very useful in the cab sim mode. Different preference perhaps? I like it, that's my verdict

[@danieldurfee4901]

@@aaronchong9856 I may have an idea. I left everything on my pedal board when I tested it into my mixer. I have a reverb and EQ pedal after the Silk Drive, but both are true bypass so I wouldn't think that would make a difference as long as both are off. I will try again later going straight from the Silk Drive to the mixer and skip the extra connections and see if it sounds better.

[@philhood4604]

I use a Blackstar HT Dual pedal emulated output for recording, it sounds great, and it’s valve

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

29:30 - Well, to be honest, I think they made these pedals fairly tasteful in terms of modern products. - I mean, I do think they're a bit afraid to go "classic", in that perhaps it might push away a wider audience, so they make them a little more straightforward and "edgy" I suppose, and also with the little screen on it. But I don't think it's TOO "modernistic" and somehow the housing is done in such a way that they stand apart from most generic pedals and these look and feel really sturdy as well. - A nice touch I find is the debossed VOX-logo, as they've done with previous pedals, and if you look closely, the brushing of the metal is actually done in a diamond-like pattern. So they definitely put a lot of care into the cosmetic design. - Though, I should add that, with previous pedals, they all still had the more "classic" chickenhead-knobs, while now they've gone for the round knobs with angular grip. They even had tube-driven pedals previously, about a decade ago, which did a similar thing, and even those had small chickenhead-knobs on them. However, all the rest of their designs looked gaudy, more like what DigiTech did with guitar-pedals before that. - So these ones looks absolutely tasteful in comparison, though they already had better designs since, like those they made with Joe Satriani. - I also saw some people say that perhaps they should've just branded them "KORG", but while I get where they're coming from, I think that wouldn't make it very clear that they're guitar-pedals, as Vox is definitely more guitar-focused and Korg for a lot more things, especially synths and the like. Also, just in case anyone catches this comment, I noticed there are actually 4 more pedals, supposedly they're a "series 2" of these "Valvenergy"-pedals, being an overdrive, (treble) booster, compressor and equalizer. But... while I saw an article on them supposedly being announced from January 2024, and they do have pages on the Vox-website, I'm not sure if any stores have them or if they even came out by now (July/August 2024). - But they're interesting and I hope they don't just give up on them. Of course sales matter, but they should just get the right coverage.

[@laynesellers]

Makes me want to create a pedal with an electromagnetic field that adds to the sound through the pickups.

[@cyrildia]

Zvex does that.

[@fortheloveofnoise]

Throw a piezo element into an existing pedal and wire it into the signal path.

[@Vicouskelevra]

The shout lol, class move

[@JF-em6hr]

After doing the gimmicky "Vox Tone Garage" pedals, from 7 years ago, that made everyone roll their eyes...Vox said, "hey lets do it again!"

[@ryanteacher8134]

People who turned their noses up at them because of their design are the ones missing out. I bought the flat4 boost pedal a few years ago for cheap, and it's one of my favorite pedals.

[@teagenbinder948]

I think pete has a new favorite tele!

[@JKM395]

I may be 'the one', but I kind of like the oscilloscope.

[@keithbenedict8764]

How well do they take pedals? Let’s say I want to goose the Mystic Edge a wee bit with an OCD.

[@clintwhite3021]

I'm doing that. Mystic Edge as the clean platform direct to PA. Takes my OCD really really well. And all my other drives Inc fuzz.

[@davidfaustino4476]

Youre using these pedals into a clean amp. That clean amp is a bit hollow sounding by design. Therefore.. I know this will seem crazy.. the resulting tones will be hollow. Amazing right?

[@squirelova1815]

I had a "loose bottom" with the "hoooing into a bucket" from some bad meatballs once.

[@SomeKindOfMadman]

Rad To The Mad Max, Bucket-Boys! Thanks for the upload!

[@rahzark]

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PETE WAS SAYING WITH THE BUCKET omg I never thought someone else would understand. It's like that "clank" when you hit a beach ball, or something hollow and plastic, like a bucket.

[@geoffwhitemusic]

Here’s a like, just for the bucket discussion. I can dig it, fellers.

[@shckltnebay]

Ill wait till the black Friday sale, thanks

[@larryivymusic]

The ola lessons paid of!!!

[@AndrewLewisHowe]

Anyone know how these compare tonally to the previous Vox tube pedals (Cooltron line, Tone Garage line)? I've had most of the OD pedals in those lines and really like them. Very dynamic and very quiet and definitely inspiring. The Tone Garage Straight 6 and Cooltron Over the Top Boost were my favs. One of the nice things about the Tone Garage series that appears to be part of this line, too, is that they don't chop off the end frequencies - very wide range, yet controllable. I wonder if the low-end freqs is what was causing things to sound like a bucket. BUCKET!!

[@mikeaustin4138]

I remember reading back in the mid-1990s that IBM(?) had developed vacuum tubes that were the size of your thumbnail. I wonder if the nu-tubes are descendants of this technology...

[@matzer8846]

"bucket sound" or bouquet sound or both? Great demo! Thanks a lotl (;-)

[@hypokrates1291]

5:08 The viking is come forward from Pete! :D