Tag: Seen Elsewhere

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One Control Baby Blue Demo

Mike Hermans has posted a demo of One Control’s Baby Blue Overdrive pedal.

This is a pedal designed by Bjorne Juhl. If you haven’t heard of him, you might have come across BJF or BJFe designed pedals from Mad Professor or Bearfoot FX. The guy’s a legend in the pedal community, and arguably one of the top pedal circuit designers of all time.

I’ve got plenty of his designs on my own board or close to hand in my pedal cupboard. Whether it’s the Sky Blue Overdrive, Sweet Honey Overdrive, or the Uber Bee, his pedals have been at the heart of my guitar tone for many years now.

So what about the Baby Blue Overdrive?

This reminds me a lot of the Amber Overdrive – a fuzzy overdrive pedal trying to sound like a cranked Fender amp. [The Amber Overdrive is actually chasing the sound of a vintage fuzz into a cranked Marshall stack – Ed] Both designs need to be first in your signal chain, like an old-fashioned fuzz pedal. In practice, the Amber Overdrive is challenging to dial in. I haven’t found that sweet spot yet on the two examples that I’ve owned.

The Baby Blue looks like it might be a little more forgiving. Had to say for sure without trying one. Speaking of which …

New for 2018, Bjorn is hoping to ramp up production of pedals based on his designs, and bring the prices down to more obtainable levels. He’s going to be doing this through One Control, and it seems that his long association with Bearfoot FX has come to an end.

Elsewhere in the same forum thread, Bjorn says that this new version of the Baby Blue OD is built using modern components (the original ones were built using NOS components that he can’t get any more). As a result, it does sound different, and he thinks it’s closer to the sound in his head than ever before.

Unfortunately, I can’t find one to buy just yet. I’ll keep looking. I really want to put this side by side with the Amber Overdrive to see how they compare.

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Squier Contempoary Series Telecaster 2018 Dual Humbucker Demo

Shane’s posted a demo of the new-for-2018 dual humbucker Squire Contempoary Series Telecaster. Check it out.

A Squier with a satin finish neck? That alone is likely to make it a popular choice. Squier necks are known for having thick glossy finishes that can be a little sticky for some players.

It’s hard to say how good this guitar sounds. The clean tones, and the dirt tones with the volume rolled down sound nice and clear. The full fat tones? Not so much. Shane does say that he thinks the guitar does sound clear, so maybe what we’re hearing is the effect of YouTube’s audio munging.

Please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Shane’s video.

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Laura Cox Soloing On Sponge Bob Guitars

Laura Cox has posted a new video for the start of April – and she’s absolutely smoking this solo.

Wow.

Please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Laura’s solo.

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Orange Brent Hinds Terror Amp

Hunter has just posted his demo and thoughts on the Brent Hinds signature Orange Terror amp.

This has a lovely softness to the attack that really appeals to me. Don’t get me wrong – I love crunchy tones. I just like a slightly soft pick attack even more 🙂

One really cool feature about this amp – it has both a built-in attenuator, and a nifty ‘headroom / bedroom’ toggle switch. Together, they allow you to play at home volumes without losing the tone that you bought the amp for in the first place.

Please head over to YuTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Hunter’s video.

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Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl HiFi Full Demo

Henning has posted his full demo of the Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl HiFi Pedal. I was intrigued by his mixed track demo from earlier. How will the pedal fare in a detailed demo / review?

It’s a long review, because this pedal has a lot of ways to shape the effect. Far more, it turns out, than Henning has time to go into. Not only are there more controls than your average chorus pedal, there’s a lot of dip switches on the top edge of the pedal to shape things even more.

This is definitely a pedal for those of you who are adventurous and willing to put in the time to explore just what this pedal can do.

Please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Henning’s video.

 

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Andertons Unveils New Fender Signature Models

Andertons are back with a world exclusive! After PRS took a Fender Strat and stuck a PRS headstock on it, Fender are hitting back with new signature models from Slash and Carlos Santana. After all, if PRS can take an iconic guitar and slap a new headstock on it, why can’t Fender slap one of the most iconic headstocks of all time on a PRS guitar too?

This is an April Fools’ joke from Andertons, based on how the guitar community has reacted to the PRS Silver Sky. The two guitars in the video do exist, and are currently being auctioned on eBay for charity. Full links are in the video description on YouTube, so click through if you fancy bidding on either of these instruments!

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Delta Bluesy Drone Licks Lesson

Guitar World has posted another video lesson from Andy Aledort. In this lesson, he’s looking at how to emulate the open-tuning sound of the old delta blues masters on standard tuning.

This video is helpful if you’re looking to improve your understanding of what makes the delta blues sound work, or if you want some tips on how to improvise around this concept.

Please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Andy’s video.

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The 26 Minute YouTube Advert

YouTube loves to play adverts, and most of the time they’re either totally irrelevant to me, or worse I can’t work out who the advertiser is or what they’re trying to sell.

So when YouTube said it was loading up a 26 minute advert, my first thought was “who on Earth would make an advert that long?”

The cast of the upcoming Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical recently did a promo event in front of an invited audience. The event was filmed, and turned into a YouTube advert.

I’d forgotten just how good some of these songs are. Take a listen. Maybe you’ve forgotten too.

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Danelectro Cash Cow Distortion Pedal Demo

Rabea Massaad has just posted a demo of the new Danelectro Cash Cow distortion pedal. It’s a paid demo (as many of these kinds of videos are), and thank you to Rabea for making that clear at the very start.

This has a thick, saturated tone to it – the kind that might be very enjoyable to just noodle on at home unaccompanied.

Rabea does say that he thinks it’s one of the darker distortion pedals that he’s played through. I’d love to hear it in a mix, to hear if it can cut through for lead duties, or whether it works best as a rhythm pedal.

Please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Rabea’s video.

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Kemper Profiler Demo

Shane’s been teasing us about the Kemper Profiler that he borrowed from Sky Music of Melbourne … and now we have his thoughts on it.

I’m going to save my thoughts on the Kemper until I’ve had time to sit down and record my own Kemper demos. For now, I agree with what Shane thinks about the Kemper – especially when it comes to pedals – but I have a lot more to share about profiling accuracy soon!

Please head over to YouTube to leave a like and a supportive comment if you enjoyed Shane’s video.