Why no one like these Marshall pedals...

Why no one like these Marshall pedals...
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00:15 Intro & Why they're not as popular
1:50 What’s the ShredMaster?
2:40 What's the DriveMaster?
3:46 Signal Chain and Bypass Tone
4:46 DriveMaster Tones
6:54 Finding Sweetspots
8:50 ShredMaster Tones
11:00 Drop Tune Chugs
13:40 Final Thoughts

[@SteveSterlacci]

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[@pastorkev777]

One awesome thing about the shredmaster, is if set just right on really low gain tones is a near perfect foundation drive sound. It has a special feel to it when playing.

[@SteveSterlacci]

I was really impressed with it. The name really doesnt suit it as it can do pretty much anything

[@pastorkev777]

@@SteveSterlacci I agreed it's an underated pedal that can do a whole lot. I may pick up up a reissue, I had an original and sold it when the value jumped up last year. It's either a reissue or a Aion FX Solstice to replace it.

[@ianbenson7804]

Concur with this. More than the Guv'nor / Drive Master (best as an overdrive), the Shred Master really sounds at it's best as a foundation drive on a bright fully clean channel. It has a much wider range of tones that way and can do classic Plexi through hot rodded JCM 800 / 900 territory as well as some other tonality slightly different to those. It's the best outright amp in a box of all those early Marshall pedals.

[@johnw4659]

Great demo, Steve. I am definitely a minimalist when it comes to pedals and can't afford a huge pedal board full of everything including the kitchen sink so these reviews of pedals that often fly under the radar are always very much appreciated. Thanks!

[@amremorse]

Shredmaster is well known and highly rated. I’ve wanted one since 95.

[@SteveSterlacci]

Get one of the new ones!

[@amremorse]

@@SteveSterlacci really should. Enough of putting it off.

[@SteveSterlacci]

@@amremorse don't wait 30 years!

[@briantost7125]

I bought a Visual Sound Jeckyl & Hyde V1 in 1998-99. I loved the Hyde side. Years later, I learned it was just a Shredmaster clone. Such a great sound.

[@GuyNarnarian]

I have one of those. Recently opened it up and there was a 20+ year old battery in there, luckily it didn't leak too badly or cause any damage. I A/B'd the Hyde side with a boutique Marshall in a box I have, and the Hyde definitely had more gain. The latter was based on a Plexi. The J&H is a very cool under the radar pedal.

[@thiagocursinomusic]

No one talks? Shred master is a legend.

[@SteveSterlacci]

It doesnt get the popularity it deserves. I need more friends that you have then 🤣

[@thiagocursinomusic]

@@SteveSterlacci 😂

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

I've got a Marshall Gov'nor and I pretty much forgot about it. It's just sitting on a shelf in my music room collecting dust. I need to pull it down, dust it off, plug it in, and rediscover how much I used to love it.

[@thisdyingsoul76]

I have an original Guv'nor and I love it. I had clone made (before the reissues) so I could leave it home when I went to parties or sketchy gigs.

[@Scott__C]

Nice demo. WIth the Drive Master, let's face it, guitarists will wrench their hands and say it's not exactly the same and only the first 104 that were made sounded good.

[@SteveSterlacci]

The super rare serial #! 🤣🤣🤣

[@warno406]

That's a shame because I have number 706. I'll just say that 1-700 was their learning curve and 700- 1000 were the best made. 😅😂

[@3rdStoreyChemist]

Shredmaster is a legendary pedal heavily associated with 90’s British music. Alex James from Blur and Kevin Shields are other famous users of it. For a long time, it was almost just as valuable as the Guv’nor and it was the Drivemaster and Bluesbreaker that were the unwanted ones of the series. I don’t think people really knew the Drivemaster was the Guv’nor renamed and the issues with the Bluesbreaker made it a really cheap pedal second hand. It was hugely undesirable until John Mayer started using one and the least valuable amongst them. Only famous musician I can think of associated with the Bluesbreaker prior to Mayer was ironically Thom Yorke, but he had moved onto Turbo Rats before they really took off. Radiohead has always been quietly popular in the background amongst the more gatekeepery tastes prevalent on forums and social media, to the point that there have been pedals designed to replicate just one of his solos. Which is quite unique really, there are plenty that are meant to get what a guitarist is known for using, not a specific solo! The Digitech Whammy 5 retained the classic mode to get the glitchy artefacts him and Tom Morello were famous for and pioneered. If you watch a video about modifying a typical Telecaster for a humbucker at the bridge, good chance it’s to replicate Greenwood’s Tele Plus...

[@arthurgonzales4949]

I wasn’t ever a fan of Marshall pedals. I remember working in a music store & checking them all out back in the 90’s. This time around I’m really feeling that Shred Master pedal & as you mentioned, it really wasn’t given a good name. I feel like it has a bit of wider range than the other pedals. Watching this video definitely solidifies my thoughts on that pedal. It gets a higher gain without being overwhelming. In the next few months I’m going to be picking up a few new pedals and I see that Shred Master in my future.

[@thisdyingsoul76]

I think the reason these 2 pedals fall to the side is because if you already had The Guv'nor, they sound pretty similar. Are they different? Slightly. In the way French Vanilla, Vanilla Bean and ordinary Vanilla are different... but much more exiting to a guitarist's ear.

[@doctorskull8197]

I’ve been using the Shredmaster for 30 years. It’s the only pedal I use and it’s on all the while I’m playing.

[@DaveDeAndrea]

Kingfish has been known to use a Shred Master… gets an amazing blues tone out of it!

[@JakelikejakefromSF4936]

I love my drivemaster. I bought it because I like my Guvnor so much. I bought a Drivemaster so I could the same thing but different.

[@larslevinberget9558]

The shredmaster was also a stack in a box and virtually the preamp of the Valvestate without the tubewarmer. It remained a tool for professionals since it didn’t sound extreme enough for ir’s name, and lost much Market to Metal Zone and Death Metal etc

[@SteveSterlacci]

Thanks for adding the info!

[@jimtastic7076]

the thing with these pedals is, if you think you need them what you really need is an actual Marshall stack.

[@doctorskull8197]

I totally agree but a full blown Marshall is too big, heavy and expensive.

[@divebomb99]

Why does no one mention that they omitted the FX loop on the Drive Master when they start comparing it to the Guv’nor? If someone is going to spend the money on either, get the Guv. Maybe that’s one reason that the Drive Master is passed over. I got the Guv for this very reason.

[@SteveSterlacci]

Because I was targeting YOU specifically to cause anger

[@divebomb99]

@@SteveSterlacci I am punching kittens and pushing over old ladies as I type this with one hand.

[@SteveSterlacci]

@divebomb99 mission accomplished 😎. On a serious note, i didnt think anyone ever actually used the loop...

[@guitardedimbisol6087]

Back then you had to buy gear yourself companies didn't just send you gear and say here give it a try was alot of money back then just for 1 pedal alot of pedals where usually $100 or less

[@SteveSterlacci]

What does that have to do with this video?

[@Zero_thehero]

Shred Master in the effects loop❤❤❤

[@timyarbro4783]

I cannot live without my Shred Master.

[@geoarthur6593]

Is the Shredmaster a distortion or an overdrive ? Its commonly referred to as a distortion.. ??

[@JaniceLalla]

good demo

[@GuyNarnarian]

Do you think the Drive Master sounds exactly like your Guvnor from the 90s or the reissue?

[@truthfactreality6814]

Could you do a Kernom ridge video. I’ve just replaced all my overdrive etc pedals with it.

[@SteveSterlacci]

If you buy me one 😅🤣 i dont have one

[@truthfactreality6814]

@@SteveSterlacci sell that old Marshall guvnor

[@TJISLA]

Prueba con una Fender Stratocaster con pastillas simples no dobles a ver si tienes sustain para solos esta prueba no es válida.

[@mallclaude1949]

I"m happy with my bluesbreaker II but my DSL 401 doesn't like it :(

[@SteveSterlacci]

Its gotta be in a clean pedal platform for sure. I remember hearing the dsl cleans werent great. Is that true?

[@mallclaude1949]

@@SteveSterlacci yes, it's difficult to get a real clean sound with a Les Paul, but usually I crank up, so I don't care anyway :)

[@hughrocko6791]

i had the gov bro wow not long till we see you live in the uk 1st time iv heard you use the f bomb on youtube bro ha ha

[@TJISLA]

Con la fender stratocaster no hay apenas distorsion para solos.

[@TJISLA]

Pedal solo para gibson lp

[@jrg770]

People had solid state amps and you plugged into the pedal and into the front of the amp. Any demo that uses cab IRs and stuff is completely avoiding the reality at that time. Most people had garbage gear. Thsi is also the main reason the Metal Zone became popular. It made terrible SS practice amps scream.

[@turtle4lyfe91]

Agreed. Distortion pedals were a godsend when all you had was a Crate 2x12. The distortion channel isn't the worst I've heard, but let's be honest, almost anything else was worlds better. A metalzone in front of it boosted by a tube screamer was vastly better than what came with the amp even if it's still not tube amp distortion. People test these things with IRs completely digital to get the best sound possible, which is fair, but that's not how the average person is going to use these pedals. These are targeted at the people who don't want to, or simply can't, drop 2k on a tube amp but they want something better than what they have stock.