How Does DC Voltage Affect Pedal Sound? – That Pedal Show HD

Welcome to That Pedal Show! Please subscribe to our channel and visit our store https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com Life too short for long YouTube videos? Please see the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below. In this episode we dig into the world of DC voltage and what it means for pedal operation and sound. Let’s begin with a warning and please forgive the upper case. PLEASE ONLY USE THE VOLTAGE STATED EXPLICITLY IN THE PEDAL MANUAL AND NOTHING ELSE! This is because most pedals are designed to run on a specific voltage: usually 9V DC for most stompboxes. However, some pedals are designed to work on varying voltages, usually between 9 and 18 volts and sometimes up to 24. It will say so in the pedal manual or on the manufacturer website. If i doesn’t, don’t do it. Dead pedals are often smelly and always useless for everything except throwing at bandmates for playing the wrong parts. (DUCK!) Moving on, it is also possible to starve a pedal of voltage until it gets to the point where it simply won’t work. This is a key characteristic of certain fuzz sounds. So we get into all that in the video and some of the side issues and discussions. Please enjoy the show… Pedals & stuff in this episode… • TheGigRig Three2One https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one • TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Mini - No longer made, link to latest version UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/30GVcUn USA: https://imp.i114863.net/Lke70 Australia: http://bit.ly/348bMOY • Massive Secret No info yet. Maybe ever. • JAM Pedals Fuzz Phrase https://www.jampedals.com/tag/fuzz/ • Fulltone Full-Drive1 UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2PKpL5a USA: https://imp.i114863.net/DxD7b Australia: http://bit.ly/2rFuUSH • Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2uVGMBL Australia: http://bit.ly/2rPSRWo • Fulltone OCD (C1.7 - links for V2) UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/30IUKFC Australia: http://bit.ly/2qgh9eW USA: https://imp.i114863.net/9ov0E • Analogman Bi-Chorus https://www.buyanalogman.com/Analog_Man_Bi_Chorus_p/am-bi-chorus.htm • Wampler Ethereal Delay & Reverb UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2vxhMTw Australia: http://bit.ly/2u5prE4 USA: https://imp.i114863.net/rdjYD • TheGigRig G2 https://www.thegigrig.com/g2 * Why do we have preferred retailer links? Find out here: http://www.thatpedalshow.com/partners Interesting bits and go-to sections… - Intro playing: 00:00 - Science fiction tripod: 1:10 - What are we doing today? 1:50 - Disclaimer WATCH THIS: 2:50 - The design of the pedal is what really matters: 3:48 - Rails, headroom, and voltage: 4:36 - What 9V, 18V and 24V actually sounds like in the Massive Secret Pedal: 8:00 (9:38) - Conclusions so far: 14:35 - Now let’s starve below 9 volts:15:45 - What about the Fulltone OCD and Full-Drive1? 17:30 - Full-Drive1: 18:30 (19:35) - …Comp Cut mode: 21:28 - Clean headroom? 22:55 - …and higher gain again: 24:16 - Fulltone OCD 27:00 - …and with less gain: 28:35 - Compressors? Origin Cali76 Compact Deluxe: 34:47 - …lots of compr