That Pedal Show - Friedman BE OD wanted

DanR

So spent a bit more time with it this morning.

Noise wise, there is some but I checked it against my Plexi Drive Deluxe and it's the same as that so I'm no longer too worried about the pedal being faulty.

Using it with the Dirty Shirley 40 which has its volume on 7 and gain between 2/4 it sounds fine no issues with noise with a full sweep of gain dial.

If I run the Shirley with the gain on around 7 then we're into complete mess with feedback at pretty much anywhere with the pedal being on.

My intention was to use it as a faux second channel for the DS which seems like it should be able to do with a bit of fine tuning.

Sounds wise I've never played a BE amp so I'm unsure on how close it gets you to that sound but it was able to dial in some early Metallica and Maiden which id not been able to quite get right with the DS on its own.

I will try it in my McFly later to see how that amp likes it.

leerocker

DanR said:

So spent a bit more time with it this morning.

Noise wise, there is some but I checked it against my Plexi Drive Deluxe and it's the same as that so I'm no longer too worried about the pedal being faulty.

Using it with the Dirty Shirley 40 which has its volume on 7 and gain between 2/4 it sounds fine no issues with noise with a full sweep of gain dial.

If I run the Shirley with the gain on around 7 then we're into complete mess with feedback at pretty much anywhere with the pedal being on.

My intention was to use it as a faux second channel for the DS which seems like it should be able to do with a bit of fine tuning.

Sounds wise I've never played a BE amp so I'm unsure on how close it gets you to that sound but it was able to dial in some early Metallica and Maiden which id not been able to quite get right with the DS on its own.

I will try it in my McFly later to see how that amp likes it.

Hey Dan. If your going to use as a boost for the ds then I would suggest you take the trim pot all the way down as these are  meant to be run into a clean amp for drive. I've tried it with my jj and ss as a boost doing this and it's fine with the trim down . I've also run into a clean channel of a hot rod deville iii and it's by far the most amp like pedal I've used and a lot better than the suhr riot I used to have. Hope this helps fella as I've encountered no noise issues at all.

DanR

@leerocker When I ordered it I only had the McFly but since then I got the DS.

Ive been using my Archer to boost the Shirley and that works better for that job.

I think the trim pots at about 9 after fiddling as well.

leerocker

Pull it all the way back Dan and it will work a charm with the ds. That amp takes boosts and overdrive superbly 

meltedbuzzbox

Teetonetal said:

Think im going to wait 2 months until half of these appear in the classifieds..this feels very Tgp!

Indeed

Looks like the same is happening the helix and fx8. They are hitting low 700s too.

Teetonetal

meltedbugzzbox said:

Teetonetal said:

Think im going to wait 2 months until half of these appear in the classifieds..this feels very Tgp!

Indeed

Looks like the same is happening the helix and fx8. They are hitting low 700s too.

Yes. A bit taken an back by the sudden helix price drop. But then high end digital gear has never held value.

Adam_MD

Teetonetal said:

Yes. A bit taken an back by the sudden helix price drop. But then high end digital gear has never held value.

And never will though that's true for all tech.

professorben

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Sounds like its a belter from the comments so far

I've just ordered one from Peach whilst they still have them in stock so hoping it sounds sweet through my Engl ironball clean channel

Id be interested in your results, as I'm running a Screamer. 

Fortheloveofguitar

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Sounds like its a belter from the comments so far

I've just ordered one from Peach whilst they still have them in stock so hoping it sounds sweet through my Engl ironball clean channel

Id be interested in your results, as I'm running a Screamer. 

Someone suggested running it in the fx return of the amp for a more organic tone rather than the front end 

professorben

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Sounds like its a belter from the comments so far

I've just ordered one from Peach whilst they still have them in stock so hoping it sounds sweet through my Engl ironball clean channel

Id be interested in your results, as I'm running a Screamer. 

Someone suggested running it in the fx return of the amp for a more organic tone rather than the front end 

That someone is a bellend

Fortheloveofguitar

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Sounds like its a belter from the comments so far

I've just ordered one from Peach whilst they still have them in stock so hoping it sounds sweet through my Engl ironball clean channel

Id be interested in your results, as I'm running a Screamer. 

Someone suggested running it in the fx return of the amp for a more organic tone rather than the front end 

That someone is a bellend

Haha

Mines arriving tomorrow. Looking forward to it 

professorben

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Sounds like its a belter from the comments so far

I've just ordered one from Peach whilst they still have them in stock so hoping it sounds sweet through my Engl ironball clean channel

Id be interested in your results, as I'm running a Screamer. 

Someone suggested running it in the fx return of the amp for a more organic tone rather than the front end 

That someone is a bellend

Haha

Mines arriving tomorrow. Looking forward to it 

Let me know, it's a bit over my budget but with Christmas round the corner you never know, I'm looking for a good partner to my Keeley mod Blues Driver.

Fortheloveofguitar

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Sounds like its a belter from the comments so far

I've just ordered one from Peach whilst they still have them in stock so hoping it sounds sweet through my Engl ironball clean channel

Id be interested in your results, as I'm running a Screamer. 

Someone suggested running it in the fx return of the amp for a more organic tone rather than the front end 

That someone is a bellend

Haha

Mines arriving tomorrow. Looking forward to it 

Let me know, it's a bit over my budget but with Christmas round the corner you never know, I'm looking for a good partner to my Keeley mod Blues Driver.

I'm not into pedals really but like the BE tone but no way im
paying for the amp as I only play at home these days and looks to be a solution. 

professorben

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Sounds like its a belter from the comments so far

I've just ordered one from Peach whilst they still have them in stock so hoping it sounds sweet through my Engl ironball clean channel

Id be interested in your results, as I'm running a Screamer. 

Someone suggested running it in the fx return of the amp for a more organic tone rather than the front end 

That someone is a bellend

Haha

Mines arriving tomorrow. Looking forward to it 

Let me know, it's a bit over my budget but with Christmas round the corner you never know, I'm looking for a good partner to my Keeley mod Blues Driver.

I'm not into pedals really but like the BE tone but no way im
paying for the amp as I only play at home these days and looks to be a solution. 

There's no way I'm paying over £3k for an amp even if I was gigging every weekend. 

Fortheloveofguitar

Well it arrived today and it's going back tomorrow 

Doesn't work well with my amp at all unfortunately and doesn't sound good

Not the end of the world and it sounds like a great pedal just not with this particular amp

Jonathanthomas83

Dear lord, the Friedman pedal arrived today from @peachguitarsdotcom and jesus, it's really beefy and nice. I wanted to try it against my two mid/high gainers to see which came out the best...It's got the tone of the Marvel Drive (Marshall flavoured, obviously), with a nice midrange and bottom end. But it's got the tightness of the Amptweaker Tight Metal Pro. The best of both of those pedals in one. So I think I'll probably stick with it. It's lovely to be fair.

The Marvel is a stunning, stunning pedal and works beautifully. The Amptweaker benefits from more controls, but I think the Friedman does too, can really fine tune to your tastes. 

professorben

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Well it arrived today and it's going back tomorrow 

Doesn't work well with my amp at all unfortunately and doesn't sound good

Not the end of the world and it sounds like a great pedal just not with this particular amp

Hmmmmm deets man deets.

professorben

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Dear lord, the Friedman pedal arrived today from @peachguitarsdotcom and jesus, it's really beefy and nice. I wanted to try it against my two mid/high gainers to see which came out the best...It's got the tone of the Marvel Drive (Marshall flavoured, obviously), with a nice midrange and bottom end. But it's got the tightness of the Amptweaker Tight Metal Pro. The best of both of those pedals in one. So I think I'll probably stick with it. It's lovely to be fair.

The Marvel is a stunning, stunning pedal and works beautifully. The Amptweaker benefits from more controls, but I think the Friedman does too, can really fine tune to your tastes. 

What amp?

Jonathanthomas83

Yeah, @Fortheloveofguitar , are you playing into a clean or dirty amp? If your clean channel isn't clean enough, it may not sound too great.

Fortheloveofguitar

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Yeah, @Fortheloveofguitar , are you playing into a clean or dirty amp? If your clean channel isn't clean enough, it may not sound too great.

Clean channel of my Engl ironball but it's not fender clean