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Glynn Pelton

These samples were very kindly recorded for me by Glynn Pelton. Nice to hear Blues Pro samples recorded  by someone who can actually play! The samples were recorded with a THD Bivalve into a boogie recto cab, a blue baby bottle for the mic, and a 93 PRS with EMG's.

Full Mix 1

Full Mix 2

Just Guitar 1

Just Guitar 2

Just Guitar 3

You can check out Glynn's website here

 

Other Samples

All samples were recorded with my el-cheapo $100 'SX' Strat copy into the pedal, into a Peavey Classic 30. The amp was stereo miced using two ADK A-51 condenser mics about 20cm from the speaker cone at a 45 degree angle. The clean channel of the amp was used, with a flat EQ and no boost. The volume of the amp was set to one and a half, so that the amp was nowhere near breaking up. All the overdrive comes from the pedal.

 

Sample

Notes

Description

Low Gain

Neck pickup, gain=25%, volume=50%, tone=50%

This sample starts off with the clean guitar and then the pedal is switched on. Notice how the pedal really fattens up your tone, due to the 6db of bass boost that I built into the output section of the pedal.

 

Medium Gain

Neck/bridge pickup2, gain=50%, volume=50%, tone=50%

In this sample, you start to get a bit more grit from the sound. At this stage, you're getting to the limits of the standard Tube Screamer design in terms of gain. There is a switch from neck to bridge pickup about half way through the sample.

 

High Gain

Neck pickup, gain=100%, volume=50%, tone=50%

 

Serious crunch here! And Fat!

Tone Control

Bridge pickup, gain=100%, volume=50%,

This sample shows the range of the tone control.

 

Tonal Integrity

All pickups, gain=100%, volume=50%, tone=50%

In this sample, I play the same passage through all 5 pickup configurations of the 'strat' starting with the neck and ending with the bridge. The gain was all the way up, but notice how despite this, the individual character of each of the pickups comes through.

 

Volume Boost

Bridge pickup, gain=100%, volume=100%, tone=50%

Man, this thing can seriously boost. Check out the difference between the bypass signal on the bridge pickup and the pedal output when the volume is cranked. HUGE,...

 
 

Fuzz Mod

I've been getting quite a few requests to demonstrate the new Fuzz Mod since there are aren't any samples on the website which do this already. So I did a super quick series of samples, recorded using a Behringer V-Amp II instead of an amp. But this still gives you a good idea of what the Fuzz mod sounds like nonetheless.

The amp model used was a "Classic Clean" which is meant to be a Roland JC120 solid state amp. EQ was set flat, and the amp cab was the generic 2*12 simulation. For consistency, I used the same guitar as used in the sample above, namely my el-cheapo SX strat copy.

Just one important note,... these samples demonstrate more extreme settings of the fuzz. These are a bit over the top. But the fuzz mod need not be so extreme, as shown in the "Medium Gain" sample. You can morph comfortably from the subtle 'edge' of the Medium Gain sample to the full-on fuzz of the "High Gain" sample by adjusting the gain. Similarly, by adjusting the tone control, you can adjust the attack time of the fuzz (as shown in the "Tone Attack Time" sample)

 
Sample Notes Description
General Neck pickup, gain=100%, volume=50%, tone=75%

In this sample, we hear a blues line played first without the Fuzz Mod, and then with. Notice the extra edge and compression, which is similar to the way a fuzz pedal 'settles' into a note.

 
Medium Gain Neck pickup, gain=50%, volume=50%, tone=75%

The Fuzz mod need not make an extreme change to your tone. The amount of gain has a big impact on how 'fuzzy' the tone is. This sample has the same progression played twice,  without, and then with the fuzz mod. Because the gain is at 50%, engaging the Fuzz mod doesn't change the sound dramatically. By using the fuzz mod, we can add just a touch more edge to the sound. This is quite subtle when compared to the next sample!

 
High Gain Neck pickup, gain=100%, volume=50%, tone=75%

This is the same phrase as the preceding sample. However, this time the gain is maxed, and the fuzz mod is on all the time. The first phrase is with the guitar volume on 2 (it's a bit bright due to the large volume cap I put on the guitar's volume pot), and the second time around, the volume is maxed. The Fuzz is insane! I deliberately played a more dissonant chord to show you just how 'fuzzy' this mod makes your tone,  if you so desire.

 
Tone Attack Time Neck pickup, gain=100%, volume=50%, tone=75%,50%, 0%

One of the interesting features of this mod is the way the tone control's function changes. The tone control not only changes the high end content, but also the 'attack-time' and 'symmetry' of the pedal's fuzz tone. In this sample, I play the passage 4 times. These are:

  1. no Fuzz Mod, tone on 75%

  2. Fuzz Mod, tone on 75%

  3. Fuzz Mod, tone on 50%

  4. Fuzz Mod, tone on 0%