That Pedal Show - Friedman BE OD wanted

Jonathanthomas83

Hmmm, Engl should be clean enough, I'd say. That's really strange, there's plenty of range in it to get something out of those controls.

@professorben, Laney Lionheart L20H, immaculately clean. :-)

John_P

Interesting.    A shame it didn't work how you wanted.
I thought one of the strong points in the clips I've watched was how well it responds to different amps - Pete Thorn makes a big deal of this and runs it into clean and dirty amps, even showing how the eq will cope with a bright switch that usually makes drive pedals struggle. 

professorben

Yeah, I've not found a drive pedal yet my Engl Screamer won't play nicely with........
maybe a bit more experimentation needed?

professorben

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Hmmm, Engl should be clean enough, I'd say. That's really strange, there's plenty of range in it to get something out of those controls.

@professorben, Laney Lionheart L20H, immaculately clean. :-)

Cool, that's a kind of Vox like tone? Or am I totally off the mark?

Jonathanthomas83

@professorben ;Not far off at all mate. I'm addicted to it, beautiful amplifiers.

JonHosker

My amp is a Lazy J20.....what do you reckon the Friedman pedal would sound like paired with it?
thanks

Jon 

Jonathanthomas83

@JonHosker good!

simonk

JonHosker said:

My amp is a Lazy J20.....what do you reckon the Friedman pedal would sound like paired with it?
thanks

Jon 

Hmm, I'm not so sure. Mine arrived today and I gave it a quick blast through the living room Swart and it sounded great. I'll try it with the J20 tomorrow.

Fortheloveofguitar

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Hmmm, Engl should be clean enough, I'd say. That's really strange, there's plenty of range in it to get something out of those controls.

@professorben, Laney Lionheart L20H, immaculately clean. :-)

I spent over an hr on it and the pedal just doesn't cut it with this amp. sounds thin with no bollocks like in the demos. Not the end of the world  

professorben

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Hmmm, Engl should be clean enough, I'd say. That's really strange, there's plenty of range in it to get something out of those controls.

@professorben, Laney Lionheart L20H, immaculately clean. :-)

I spent over an hr on it and the pedal just doesn't cut it with this amp. sounds thin with no bollocks like in the demos. Not the end of the world  

Fair enough, I guess some just pairing don't work, what cab are you running? 

Fortheloveofguitar

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Hmmm, Engl should be clean enough, I'd say. That's really strange, there's plenty of range in it to get something out of those controls.

@professorben, Laney Lionheart L20H, immaculately clean. :-)

I spent over an hr on it and the pedal just doesn't cut it with this amp. sounds thin with no bollocks like in the demos. Not the end of the world  

Fair enough, I guess some just pairing don't work, what cab are you running? 

Cornford 2x12 with V30's

simonk

simonk said:

JonHosker said:

My amp is a Lazy J20.....what do you reckon the Friedman pedal would sound like paired with it?
thanks

Jon 

Hmm, I'm not so sure. Mine arrived today and I gave it a quick blast through the living room Swart and it sounded great. I'll try it with the J20 tomorrow.

It's an epic pedal! Tried it through 5 different amps and it loved all of them, including the J20. It's gone straight on the board and will be gigged tomorrow night with my MJW Bantam. Considering the amount of gain it's capable of I didn't think it was noisy.

I did a very hasty iPhone recording of some lap steel with the BE-OD into the Bantam. It was quite loud and borderline clipping the mic, and the playing was a bit shit etc etc

https://soundcloud.com/the_supernatural/holy-shit

andyoz

It's a nice simple looking pedal (which I imagine is harder than it looks to do).

professorben

Fortheloveofguitar said:

professorben said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Hmmm, Engl should be clean enough, I'd say. That's really strange, there's plenty of range in it to get something out of those controls.

@professorben, Laney Lionheart L20H, immaculately clean. :-)

I spent over an hr on it and the pedal just doesn't cut it with this amp. sounds thin with no bollocks like in the demos. Not the end of the world  

Fair enough, I guess some just pairing don't work, what cab are you running? 

Cornford 2x12 with V30's

Yeah the issue is not the cab then. 
Although V30's can be a bit top-mid harsh. 

Del_Preston

Hi guys, I ordered one from Peach too.  Sounds superb through my Hamstead into 1 x 12 with Warehouse 65 watt...  I had to knock the presence on the pedal down a fair bit and dropped the internal gain trim pot down to around 10 o'clock.  That presence & treble balance seems critical to get it to work.  Loads of sustain, very easy to play...  I think it's going to knock my Plexidrive Deluxe off the board which is saying something.  Chucked a kokoboost and a velvet fuzz into the front of it with no issues.  VERY nice.

I thought the enclosure was a bit naff though...  Light, but that is a piece of plastic slapped on the top unless I'm mistaken.  It's no Suhr enclosure that's for sure!

professorben

@Fortheloveofguitar ;
might be worth looking at this video, around the 12:39 mark, he plays the BE-OD through 12 different amps.

Moltisanti

i had another good run through mine today and I must say it's a pretty incredible sound from a small pedal. It does capture that Friedman sleek feeling that the amps have. I'm yet to try it at serious volume but it's by a mile the best high gain OD i've ever played through.

StrummyBrummie

Wonderful, wonderful thing. It makes my Princeton sound ridiculous (in good way!), my Cornell Voyager 20 loves it, as does my Mesa Mk V (running EL 34s). My advice? Do it. Do it now. 

Fortheloveofguitar

professorben said:

@Fortheloveofguitar ;
might be worth looking at this video, around the 12:39 mark, he plays the BE-OD through 12 different amps.

Thanks buddy much appreciated but I sent it back yesterday 

leerocker

The key to this pedal is dial it in with your ears and not your eyes, i have tried it with several amps and it requires different eq settings for every amp ,sometimes with the treble and presence almost off on some brighter amps, I ran it through a dr z db4 today and it sounded epic
Also with my friedman amps the pedal required adjusting to each amp, is it as good as a full sized friedman amp at full chat, no , Is it better than some amps overdrive channel yes,  as a pedal its the best distortion pedal ive come across without a doubt.