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Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:48 am
by Eivind August
If I remember correctly, you've done some cool demos too, right Syl? Seem to recall a pretty video featuring the Mid-Fi Overdrive at least.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:03 am
by sylnau
There's a link in my signature.
I'll try to demo the Magik "I" soon.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:24 am
by Eivind August
Sweet! So yeah, check out Syl's demos as well.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:31 am
by Ruiner
yeah i'm mostly on the ILF train for reviews... there's a few others I don't mind but i mostly scroll through those. ILFers keep my attention and it's usually a lot more fun and geared more towards what i'd want to do with it.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:47 am
by D.o.S.
jrfox92 wrote:Pete wrote:
Maybe someone will give me a straight answer-doesn't really matter, was just curious.

I'm pretty sure Kayzer lives in Germany, so, no.
Also,
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4197
Yeah, ILF user Kayzer is Dennis Kayzer. I aspire to his playing though, for sure
Rudimentary google fu for proof:
viewtopic.php?f=149&t=32899&p=604035#p604035
viewtopic.php?f=176&t=31250&p=594939#p594939
(also he's got a link to his YT channel on his profile, too. Wish he posted more).
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:19 pm
by tremolo3
Knobs audio quality is utterly shit, and couldn't care less for the pretentious production.
Kayzer is very good, he should shred less tho.
Brett Kingman and Just Nick are awesome.
Mars Volta and Tera Melos are okay, too much "fun".
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:49 pm
by popvulture
I like Kingman as a dude, but he and Schnobel seem to sound exactly the same, no matter what pedal(s) they play. Say there's some nice sounding overdrive... you hear it for a second, then really soon after it's coated in cheese delay and the smooth wankin' commences.
Contrary to what I just said, I somehow find Pete Thorn videos totally transfixing, haha.
I feel like it's hard to find purely practical / informative videos, always some caveat. Nobody's brought up Curtis Kent—I think his vids are nicely informative, but he doesn't review the most interesting stuff. Occasionally.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 3:22 pm
by jrfox92
+1 on Kingman and Schnobel.
I actually love the Pedals and Effects videos.
The videos always seem more like what would happen if you were hanging out with bandmates showing them the new pedal you got. Plus, the fact that they do both bass and guitar in the videos without it seeming like, "Oh, he's doing the same thing on bass now. Wow. So great. Woo." is nice.
I never could get into Curtis Kent because of the sheer amount of shitty P&W pedals he demos that all sound exactly the same.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 3:27 pm
by worra
Stefan.fast is doing demos now as "The Pedal Zone". I don't like his gushy, irrelevant descriptions of the pedals, but his playing is nice, as is the audio quality.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 6:52 pm
by lordgalvar
Eivind August wrote:I kinda like Mike Hermans. Seems like a pleasant, dad-ish type. Edit: Oh no, I was thinking about Brett Kingman. Yeah, I like Brett Kingman. Seems like a pleasant, dad-ish type.
Also, nobody has mentioned Lord Galvar aka Contriviad?
Ha, yea, not really an audience outside of four people....
Don't fit the criteria either haha.
But I have fun
Irerror, swuzzzups, SYL, UC, UG, oldangelmidnight, nora, goroth, et al is where I go. Tons of good people doing neat stuff around ILF.
MagicLawnChair is a classic channel too (and ILF!).
I dig all the different styles, approaches, choices, etc. Don't really care too much about perfect sound (I know nothing is going to sound similar in setup to mine, esp with fuzzes outside of irerror ... Flying Samurai Brigade!)
I like divkid for ideas and stuff. I think he does a good job. I like Andy here and there too.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:21 pm
by popvulture
jrfox92 wrote:I never could get into Curtis Kent because of the sheer amount of shitty P&W pedals he demos that all sound exactly the same.
Dude I've always wondered if he's P&W. Doesn't mention anything in his about section, but the vibe is definitely there
I hope he's just a goober.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:30 pm
by Chankgeez
lordgalvar wrote:
MagicLawnChair is a classic channel too (and ILF!).
For me, MLC set the template for the "non-demo" & those're probably the only kinds of videos I'll ever shoot.

Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:11 pm
by UglyCasanova
Chankgeez wrote: with the exception of maybe UC [...] they're not particularly proper "reviews" either.
I was not aware that my demos were reviewish.
I have no set format for my demos. I think I'd get bored. Sometimes I talk, other times I don't. Mic up? Hardly ever. Too lazy. Pairings? Occasionally. Informative/objective or silly/subjective? All depends on my mood.
Anyways, everyone I watch have already been mentioned (except vidret?^^^ He real good). Mostly ILFers.
Living room demos is a fellow Norwegian demoer. A bit TGPish in style, but his demos look and sound very good.
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:13 pm
by jrfox92
popvulture wrote:jrfox92 wrote:I never could get into Curtis Kent because of the sheer amount of shitty P&W pedals he demos that all sound exactly the same.
Dude I've always wondered if he's P&W. Doesn't mention anything in his about section, but the vibe is definitely there
I hope he's just a goober.
I don't know for sure, but he does manage to demo a lot of JHS, T1M, Strymon, etc. pedals.
Also, based on
his blog/
youtube links/
instagram, he appears to be part of that scene (whether in a bad way or not, I couldn't say).
Re: Looking for new pedal reviews
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:23 pm
by Chankgeez
UglyCasanova wrote:Chankgeez wrote: with the exception of maybe UC [...] they're not particularly proper "reviews" either.
I was not aware that my demos were reviewish.
Dude, do not start a fight with me on this one.
By "review" I simply meant that they more thoroughly cover what a pedal is capable of.
Reviewish?
