3 Hardwire Drive Pedals and a Tubescreamer

[Whitestrat]

I just put this together, to show that one pickup can deliver so many kinds of drive tones, with the right pedals. You don't need a high-output pedal to do metal. Just a good metal pedal.

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What you are hearing are Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers running through an Ibanez TS808HW, a Hardwire Tube Overdrive, Valve Distortion, Metal Distortion and the Chorus.

On all pedals, the gain was only at half.

Excuse the sloppy playing though.

 

[RyanZ]

Sloppy play? I thought it was nice...

 

[shokakukai]

wooot thats a very nice tone. hahaha. you make me want my valve distortion back. im guessing i sucked at tweaking that time. hehehe.

maybe its just me, felt a little of that buckethead atmosphere on some parts of the song.

 

[taypeng81]

nice demo.

I've seen a guy, playing live doing metal, pop, rock and funk all on one strat before, varying the tones just by stacking different pedals. and using SS amp. not tube.

 

[junkiemanxl]

good stuff.
you put the seth lovers into your slash goldtop bro?
Nice and very PAFish

 

[guitarsan]

Nicely done. It's about using the right gear for the right application. You don't need fancy-nancy boutique pedals to sound good.

 

[theunknown]

But the gears are boutique priced. Haha. I hope to achieve that tone with my TGM Les Paul and some <$100 pedals. Hehe.

 

[LadyInTears]

But the gears are boutique priced. Haha. I hope to achieve that tone with my TGM Les Paul and some <$100 pedals. Hehe.

tone is in the fingers bro!

 

[jskadiang]

theunknown: Can. TGM LP, a TS7, and a Diezel VH4. Instant metal tone!

 

[theunknown]

jskadiang: OOPS didn't specify the amp! So ok, a TGM Les Paul, a Biyang OD (hey this is good cheap stuff, mind you.) and a Diezel VH4 and a Triple Rect and a Vox Pathfinder 15r (oops where did this come from?) in triple output!

Yeah to me gears quality(tone)rice ration is a like volume:watts ratio. A big jump in price usually equates to not so big jump in tonal quality. Like a Gibson Lespaul is only 10:9 to my TGM Lespaul.

ladyintears: I hope there's a tone knob on my fingers! No, I don't those treble/bass knob. I mean TONE knob. You know? TONE...

Ok back to topic. The Hardwire series are definitely good stuff. But the price is already like those boutique pedals, no? Or is it because the distributer makes every non-boutique items like boutique ones? Oh I mean price wise. Haha. Good stuff, Whitestrat. I dig it. Been wanting to make recordings like those. But the time I need for forum limits my free time.

 

[Whitestrat]

good stuff.
you put the seth lovers into your slash goldtop bro?
Nice and very PAFish

Thanks... If you think this sounded nice, wait till you hear the Tom Holmes Japan pups I just installed. Those knock these out of the water any time of the day!!!!

Ok back to topic. The Hardwire series are definitely good stuff. But the price is already like those boutique pedals, no? Or is it because the distributer makes every non-boutique items like boutique ones? Oh I mean price wise. Haha. Good stuff, Whitestrat. I dig it. Been wanting to make recordings like those. But the time I need for forum limits my free time.

Thanks... Boutique or not, they are good stuff. The term "boutique" actually applies to smaller builders who use better components for their products. In a sense, I guess the Hardwire is higher-end, but not necessarily boutique. Nor was the TS808Hw, which was still an Ibanez tubescreamer.

 

[EngelFaeuste]

Where's the Metal? Anyway, the tone ain't my thing. It's not focused. But then again, I'm running Duncan Blackouts (Metal(on one guitar)) through a blackstar HT-Dist X.

 

[junkiemanxl]

Thanks... If you think this sounded nice, wait till you hear the Tom Holmes Japan pups I just installed. Those knock these out of the water any time of the day!!!!

Actually i'm looking for a set of seths to pump into my gretsch 5122dc as well. Do a demo of the Tom Holmes man... I'm looking for other options on pups as well

 

[Ized]

I was wondering how come the backing track sounded so good....

 

[Whitestrat]

Actually i'm looking for a set of seths to pump into my gretsch 5122dc as well. Do a demo of the Tom Holmes man... I'm looking for other options on pups as well

Demo will follow soon. Lemme know if you're keen on the Seths... I won't have use for them once the Skatterbranes arrive.:twisted: