Need some advice on making a pedal review on youtube

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phred

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Hey Now,
A friend of mine builds a few pedals, https://www.rockstockpedals.com/ and I was going to do a pedal review for him to boost visibility. I have never posted anything on youtube and want to do this right to help him out. One thing I haven't seen is that when most people do a pedal video it is with one guitar. I have three with many different pups so playing all three, showing how it will sound with many pups, might be helpful. What do you think?

Thanks
 
Re: Need some advice on making a pedal review on youtube

For a pedal video its probably not worth it. Its about knowing your audience. If i'm looking for a great bluesy overdrive i dont care what it sounds like with a schecter with EMG's if it s a high gain pedal i dont give a rats patootie what it sounds like with a P90'd ES 335.

I'm also not looking for pickup demos when im looking at pedal demos so I dont care about the difference between one super strat with JB and another with Tone Zone.

Use the K.I.S.S method... Keep it simple stupid.

From a demo i only need to get an idea of how its going to sound I dont need to hear every conceivable option.
 
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If it was me i would strive for recording quality above anything else. So many videos on youtube are cellphone vids shot at 360p. A nice vid with good quality sound will go much farther than a bunch of guitars.
 
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Someone once posted a video of Phil Collen in his garage through whatever amp he was using, and recorded it with a GoPro or some crap. Sounded thin, raspy, and nowhere near as well as I'm sure it did in person.

While the overall image quality isn't important, the sound quality is. It's possible to mix high-quality audio with a lo-res video, but you have to run the audio into a DAW and then lay that over the video, even if it's just still images of the product.
 
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You might want to do two guitars if you can succinctly show that the pedal makes very different useful sounds with each -- like humbuckers vs single-coils. But if nobody interested in the pedal would be using single-coils, it probably wouldn't add anything to the review.
 
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I have some really strong feelings about this. REALLY %$#%$% strong. Because most SUCK MOOSE NAD!!!!!

#1 Introduce the damn thing fast. "Today I'm showing you the ????? from ?????" Don't ramble.

#2 Let me know what you are playing through. "I'm going to be playing through a ???? with a ???? and ???? pickups.
- As Edgecrusher said - keep it appropriate.

#3 If it is a dirt box; show me the RANGE of the pedal. No, low, mid, high, max.

#4 Move one knob at a time!!!!!!
- First, set level and EQ and move through the dirt, then set dirt and move through the EQ.
- DO NOT move all kinds of knobs all over!!!!!
- Let me know where - IF it does parity on the level.

#5 DO NOT EFFING SHOW ME THE ALL KLNOBS AT 12 SETTING.

#6 For ALL pedals - let me hear some leads and rhythms

#7 And give me a few clean to on comparisons.

#8 if it is a Swirly pedal/delay etc…
- Let me hear it in the loop AND up front of dirt
- Let me hear it clean and dirty.

#9 Make the thing sound good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Sound quality. I could give a rat's @$$ about fancy chops. Simpler is better.

#10 explain any whacky, cool, neat, unique features.

#11. Compare it to something we all know and love that is appropriate.
- Try to effing make them sound the same. DO NOT EFFING SET THE KNOBS IN THE SAME PLACE!!!!! They are not the same pedal.
 
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Also, keep your amp settings as neutral as possible.

Use instruments that other players will be able to relate to.

One of the things I like about the proguitarshop demos is that he uses the pedal to play songs that people know.


Sent from my iPad using a bunch of electrons, copper, and probably some fiber optic cable
 
Re: Need some advice on making a pedal review on youtube

stomp it with your foot

jk

always have something constant to compare. a standard.
no pedal vs pedal. same lick different guitars. cranked amp versus clean amp. loud versus quiet.
 
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In the inverse, don't run the pedal through a production process. I want an accurate representation of what I'm going to hear when/if I plunk down the money and stick it in my pedal chain, not how it could sound if I had a pirate copy of Pro Tools and pirated Andy Johns or Bob Rock signature plugins.

Adding to what Ace said - tell what amp (and speaker!) and mic you're playing through/recording with so we can have a general idea as to why there seems to be excess mids, or a complete lack of highs, farty lows, or an Angelic choir.

However, unlike Ace's suggestion, if your buddy's $180 dirt pedal sounds just like a $50 BOSS SD-1, I'm likely not buying it. However, if it can cop multiple tones that are damn near to as many "dearly beloved" similar pedals, you might wanna point that out.
 
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Keep extraneous noise -- like the dry string/pick sounds -- out of the final product. Ditto with aircraft flying over, dogs barking, etc. If you're not recording direct, mic the amp and use a separate mic/channel for your narration.
 
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jtougas said:
Use instruments that other players will be able to relate to.

play songs that people know.
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^
These two.

If, for the sake of argument, a drive pedal is meant to emulate to sound of a well-known artiste, play music by that artiste.

If a reverb pedal is supposed to cop the vibe of the old Fender stand-alone unit, try and have one in the video for direct A/B comparison between the two products.
 
Re: Need some advice on making a pedal review on youtube

phred said:
Hey Now,
A friend of mine builds a few pedals, https://www.rockstockpedals.com/ and I was going to do a pedal review for him to boost visibility. I have never posted anything on youtube and want to do this right to help him out. One thing I haven't seen is that when most people do a pedal video it is with one guitar. I have three with many different pups so playing all three, showing how it will sound with many pups, might be helpful. What do you think?

Thanks
Click to expand...

Let me know when you finish it. I will post it on our blog and give your buddy a little more visibility. TMRZoo.com
 
Re: Need some advice on making a pedal review on youtube

The "no barefoot/sandals" YEAH! That too!!!!


I don't want to see no nasty man feet!!!!!!
 
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Maybe the best bet is to stick with audio only clips on SoundCloud or the like.

Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk
 
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Especially if you have feet.
 
Re: Need some advice on making a pedal review on youtube

Aceman said:
I have some really strong feelings about this. REALLY %$#%$% strong. Because most SUCK MOOSE NAD!!!!!

#1 Introduce the damn thing fast. "Today I'm showing you the ????? from ?????" Don't ramble.

#2 Let me know what you are playing through. "I'm going to be playing through a ???? with a ???? and ???? pickups.
- As Edgecrusher said - keep it appropriate.

#3 If it is a dirt box; show me the RANGE of the pedal. No, low, mid, high, max.

#4 Move one knob at a time!!!!!!
- First, set level and EQ and move through the dirt, then set dirt and move through the EQ.
- DO NOT move all kinds of knobs all over!!!!!
- Let me know where - IF it does parity on the level.

#5 DO NOT EFFING SHOW ME THE ALL KLNOBS AT 12 SETTING.

#6 For ALL pedals - let me hear some leads and rhythms

#7 And give me a few clean to on comparisons.

#8 if it is a Swirly pedal/delay etc…
- Let me hear it in the loop AND up front of dirt
- Let me hear it clean and dirty.

#9 Make the thing sound good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Sound quality. I could give a rat's @$$ about fancy chops. Simpler is better.

#10 explain any whacky, cool, neat, unique features.

#11. Compare it to something we all know and love that is appropriate.
- Try to effing make them sound the same. DO NOT EFFING SET THE KNOBS IN THE SAME PLACE!!!!! They are not the same pedal.
Click to expand...
Great list bro.
 
Re: Need some advice on making a pedal review on youtube

2 guitars is a must. Like a Tele and an LP.

Play some chords. Play some lead.

Start with the Knobs at noon. And increment all the way up and all the way down.

Definitely tell what amp your using...and try to use something popular. No custom one off amps that nobody has. Fender, Marshall, Vox. In fact, use at least 2 amps as well. Fender and either a Marshall or Vox.

Speak as little as you can get away with. When you do speak, set the vocals the same as the music, so we don't have to constantly turn up and down while watching.

Playing wise, nothing elaborate, let the pedal speak for itself.
 
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