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Posts Tagged ‘distortion’
Marshall JH-1 ‘The Jackhammer’ Test
Marshall JH-1 ‘The jackhammer’ – Review and Test.
The Jackhammer is a funny pedal, the controls are fiddly and the Distortion is hopeless but the overdrive is very usable indeed.
I picked mine up on ebay for a very good price. Therefore this review and test is based on the price I paid which was under £20.
Like I said the controls are fiddly, the contour and freq control are really hard to seperate so when you turn the Contour knob the Freq knob turns also.
The Distortion is terrible, I A/B’d it with a few other distortions I have and no matter how much fiddling I did it just didn’t come anywhere near to what I wanted.
That said the Overdrive is better than I expected especially when you take the dismal Distortion into account.
It’s got a very AC/DC vibe about it, it allows you to get some really crunchy sounds and sounds excellent on open chords with the right settings.
Getting the settings is the problem, too many knobs in a very small space and they’re stacked.
The Gain knob is onto of the Volume Knob, the Treble sits on the Bass Knob and the Freq sits above the the Contour.
After some messing I managed to get a sound that suited my Fender Champion and then just used the Gain to dial in more overdrive and it works very nicely.
I have a few different distortions and usually find a good setting and leave them using the guitars volume and tones to alter the sound.
If you’re looking for a distortion/overdrive you can dial different sounds in then it may be an idea to look elsewhere.
If you’re looking for a very usable Overdrive and are willing to fiddle with it then this maybe the pedal for you.
Check out the video below, it’s recorded using a Fender Champion, Fender Telecaster with the toggle switch on the bridge pickup and it’s been recorded using a T-Bone MB75 and not an sm57 as stated in the video.
Sound: 7/10 for the overdrive 2/10 for the distortion
Usability: Too twiddly and trying to do too much on a small box, 4/10
Behringer VD-1 Vintage Distortion Pedal review
Below is a test of the Behringer Vintage Distortion – The VD-1.
I really like this cheapo pedal, it looks like a brick and sounds like a ton of bricks.
If you’re looking for a cool budget distortion then this in my humble opinion is it.
It’s very light when handled.
Bit of blurb below,
Behringer Vintage Distortion
Vintage Distortion at your feet—from screaming loud to whisper soft!
Here’s an authentic, classic distortion effect—the warm and emotive tone that has ruled rock for the last 30 years. With the dedicated Sustain control, your guitar will learn how to scream! You get a status LED for effect On/Off and battery check, and there is a true hard-wire bypass for ultimate in signal integrity. The VD1 runs on a 9 V battery or a DC power supply (not included).
The VD1 Vintage Distortion is an excellent and affordable alternative to the Electro Harmonix big muff, providing a meaty, dirty fuzz like in the good old days. Versatile, dirty and great value-for-money!
First Audio is a recording with Sustain cranked to full as seen in above image.
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Recording scenario, mic’s placed as in image below.
Amp set on stool, 9-12 inches above floor in centre of large room.
Amp is a Fender Champion 600 5 watt valve amp.
Volume set as pictured below,
All guitar recorded playing a Fender Telecaster fitted with a seymour duncan bridge pickup.
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Microphones are a Shure sm58 and sm57.
Pre-Amp used is the Behringer 1622 Xenyx built in pre-amps.
Guitar leads are by Planet Waves.
Enjoy!
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Boss GT-8 and BWM 5 watt Chimp amp review
Boss GT-8 selection of Distortions and Overdrives and a big white monkey 5 watt Chimp amp.
Below are recordings of some of the more famous effects.
Basically mic’d up the Chimp as pictured below,
Volume set at,
Fender Telecaster fitted with Seymour Duncan bridge pickup,
(Amp shown in picture below is Fender Champion 600)
Again because the Boss GT-8 has a ridiculous amount of effects we decided to record just a selection of what we could without messing with the settings.
We used no reverb, compression or delay just Distortion or Overdrive.
The playing on these records veers from sensible to half arsed clownshoes style stunt guitar.
Please engage your sense of humour when listening.
OD1
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60′s Muff
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Muff Fuzz
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Oct Fuzz
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Distortion
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Heavy Metal
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Metal Zone
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Equipment Used:
Microphones – Shure sm57 and sm58.
Mixing Desk – Behringer Xenyx 1622.
Planet Waves guitar cables.
Fender Telecaster(mexican)
Shuttleplugs free vst plugins: Drove
Looking for a free overdrive plugin, why not try Shuttleplugs free VST overdrive,
This is an overdrive designed specifically for drums. It’s also nice on electric piano-type synths.
It uses a VCF that let’s you control the range of frequencies going into the drove & has an optional low-pass filter at the end for smoothness.
Download for free here
Free VST PLugins: TriDirt from Noizware
* Adjustable crossover frequencies with linked knobs.
* 7 different waveshapers for variety of sounds.
* Post filtering option (PF) applies low pass filtering at first and second band.
* Balance control applied before waveshaping for wide stereo effects.
* All bands and post filtering don’t use processing power when inactive.