Never had a pl or fet driver, but i have a dover drive too. It is a very good pedal and sounds like a really good fuzz with the gain cranked. Produced by kevin shirley joe bonamassa, led zeppelin, black crowes, the album features harts interpretations of ten. Fet driver vs joe bonamassa fet driver forum mxr m264 fet. Joe bonamassa limited les paul run of 25 john mayer.
This got incredibly loud on my rig, but with the mix knob turned down it was incredibly fun to vary the pitch of the feedback by twiddling the delay knob. I just prefer the impact of the transistors, not sure why. Step on the fet driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency. Step on the fet driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amplike distortion and sustain. Mxr joe bonamassa fet driver anyone else liking these. Its basically just a copy of a tube driver but using fet s for distortion instead of a tube, hence the pedal is tiny, no clue when its coming out. The mxr custom shop fet driver is available now in the uk. The fet driver pedal is designed to thicken up lead playing, and its. It is a perfect match for any single channel amp to add versatility and a extra gain stage, but for all you bonamassa or ej fans out there you might want to try it on already driven amp. Mxr joe bonamassa fet driver guitar factory parramatta. It seems mxr has a new od pedal every year and evidently is a limited edition. Joe bonamassa just got paid zz top cover joe bonamassa just got paid zz top cover jump to. View the 232 full and accurate lyrics we have for joe bonamassa on.
Rich, tubelike overdrive and distortion active eq section for fine tonal sculpting joe bonamassa signature paint jobdescription. So, after insisting, i tried the fet driver, a fulldrive 3, a mooer hustle drive and a zvex box of rock, using a squier jazzmaster and a usa strat. Guitar effects pedals have become the default way guitarists and other musicians expand and enhance the sounds of their instruments. Step on the fet driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated. A few years ago they had the jon bonamassa fet driver, then the il torino. The fet driver is 9vdc and runs at 25ma and works perfectly in line with other high gain pedals and fuzz faces should you dare. Ive got one of the joe bonamassa signature version ones and its possible to dial in some nice gilmour tones also. Jun 29, 2015 fulltone makes an impressive variety of incredible overdrive, distortion and fuzz pedals, including the ocd, plimsoul and fatboost fb3, but when it comes to the blues, most guitarists choose the fulltone fulldrive 2. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver n stuff music. Xotic sl drivepedaltrain voltoif you have any questions, feel free to message me.
Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver csp265 reverb. For some time the prototype of the fet driver was a mystery pedal that had been spotted on. Excellent condition, no dings or dents, with original box and marketing materials. Last year was the shinjuku od and now theres the sugar drive. I loved the jazzyness of the beats, but after a while i kind of wanted to play the tracks myself. The trimmer on the overdrive board sets the drive level at the front end of the overdrive. Bonamassa fet driver page 2 joes guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa, guitars and blues music.
All i do is dump the top end and turn up the level lol. A couple of years back i got daves festival dual overdrive brilliant pedal just dont use it to postboost muffs as its not as scooped as a bk butler tube driver, with a zim muff you wont need to postboost anyway. The mxr bonamassa fet driver manages the herculean feat of packing the smokin tone of one of todays great blues players into. The mxr custom shop joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver comes in a limited run of only 300 and is exclusively sold on the official joe bonamassa store. Now, i will buy a bonamassa version if one becomes available. These are brand new boss pedals in the original box with manuals, with our various mods. Cody currie lets us into his jazz dungeon studio and tells us. Mxr joe bonamassa fet driver mxr rich, tubelike overdrive and distortion active eq section for fine tonal sculpting joe bonamassa signature paint job 100% analog. I dont like tube scammer tone even though i modded one and got the perfect santana tone. Mxr m265 joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver effects. Jun 19, 20 it doesnt get turned off, i just use the guitar volume knob im building a fuzz face clone now without the gain control, modded with a bias instead.
Brand new condition mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver. I checked with mxr dunlop manufacturing and both pedals are functionally identical. Mxr joe bonamassa signature fet driver demo youtube. Mxr fet driver is different to joe bonamassa signature fet. The pedal i always have on is my ts808 tube screamer that i use as a clean boost and i just added the new mxr joe bonamassa fet driver which is a stellar pedal. Testing the pedal with a les paul and a strat into a vox ac30, i was incredibly pleased with its response. Just got paid live by joe bonamassa on amazon music. This unique pedal gets a thick attack and smooth, amp like. Joe bonamassa, blondie chaplin ballad of john henry 518 beacon theater,ny. Guitar effects and pedals for sale used guitar pedals reverb. It doesnt clean up as nice as my tube driver, and thats a disappointment. So i cleaned the clubs and just got used to the rubber interiors of the venues that had the smell of piss and bearing grease.
Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver csp265 tone report. I just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change. The guitar is the prototype of the sunburst wildwood guitars run of jbs. We use cookies to customize content and advertising, to provide social media features, and to analyze traffic to our site. Joe bonamassa at borderline, dont burn down that bridge by elexmage. Joe bonamassa fet driver joe bonamassa official store. I dont have a delay so cant help you there but i hope you find what your looking for.
Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet. Epiphone les paul custom pro koa natural sweetwater. Dating back to the 1960s when players like jimi hendrix began using fuzz and wah pedals in performance and recording, the sheer volume of available effect types and pedal models has expanded dramatically. This way i can get that clean breakup with my volume knob turned down and when i turn it up it really cuts through the mix. This limited edition signature pedal captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. Shut down during a gig, it was very hot, master and volume both at about 6, no discernible strange noises before shutdown tone was getting thin maybe. Not bad pedals those vs, have great buffer circuits. Jul 11, 2012 well for me i have a 2012 traditional and play through a blues jr amp. He is the author of the guitar amp handbook, the british amp invasion, guitar effects pedals, the fender telecaster, the gibson les paul, and a dozen other books, in addition to being a regular contributor to several prominent guitar magazines. Step on the fet driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated with tubes. This pedal features a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. I also love my bd2 but now i really want an fet driver.
Bonamassa fet driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and. I can not afford to build a system worthy of the speakers. Mxr joe bonamassa csp265fet driver demo at gak youtube. Much of its ts9 circuit board is emptied because it no longer uses the ts9s fet switching. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a. Check out just got paid live by joe bonamassa on amazon music. Nov 11, 20 following in the footsteps of the dunlop jb95 cry baby and jbf3 fuzz face is the mxr fet driver, which is based on joe bonamassa s favourite chandler tube driver, as made famous by david gilmour and eric johnson. He only just got a signature epiphone old glory model a few days ago and now he has the amp to go with it, nice one jared. The fd2 has a lot of chunk low mid, even low which a ts wouldnt have, and a bit more breakup control, thanks to the mosfet.
The top 10 bluesapproved overdrivedistortion pedals. Bonamassa fet driver page 2 joes guitars, amps and. I just got my mxr fet driver today but the joe bonamassa version and have the same problem in terms of a highpitched noise when powering the pedal thru a daisychain. Fet or fieldeffect transistor is common solutions for pedals, which claims to mimic tubelike sound and close overall scheme. That pedal is a prototype of the new mxr fet driver pedal, one made. The joe bonamassa fet driver features a unique circuit design. In which case, op, the fd2 in mosfet mode would do things that a klone. That pedal is a prototype of the new mxr fet driver pedal, one made in whitelight brown tube driver aesthetics and the other has the signature copper joe b style on it.
He started playing guitar at age four, encouraged by his father, who was an avid music fan and exposed him to british blues rock records by eric clapton and jeff beck, greatly. With separate overdrive and boost footswitches and mini toggle switches for selecting clean boost, midrange emphasis, mosfet. Download or listen to free music and audio this library contains recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to grateful dead concerts, to old time radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. There is a d1 and c1, however, which are not in the joe b version of the fet. Featuring a unique circuit design by jeorge tripps and the mxr team, the custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp. Babe, youve been feeling poorly ive been dealing with stress why dont we go out tonight put on your favorite dress and lets drive into the night into the light. Jun 17, 2018 the two on the driver board one is a plate load balance and the other is a preset presence control on the feedback loop. Bonamassa fet driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa, guitars and blues music. Joe bonamassa born may 8, 1977 is an american blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. They played the track, and jeff was real supportive when i played a few things, he said, thats the right direction, and i played something that was a little like something clapton might play. I was thinking of a yamaha m40, a hafler 2400, or a bryston 3b which is better. I just got the 60 watt 120 max watt versions of these monitors. Rich, tubelike overdrive and distortion active eq section for fine tonal sculpting joe bonamassa signature paint job description.
You just heard the joe bonamassa fet driver from the mxr custom shop. When we gave it a test drive here at sweetwater, we found that this guitars mahogany body yields a warm, fullbodied sound thats further enhanced by its koa top, which also adds a touch of. It became second nature and soon found myself moving up the ladder to security, lights, sound production, booking, promotions etc for both gay and straight nights. I just got a pair of yamaha ns m speakers as a gift. The mxr custom shop csp265 fet driver pedal is the latest joe bonamassa pedal to be released from mxr. He just wanted to have it gritty and said you just play softer to get a clean sound. With the delay set fairly low, and the feedback right off the edge of oscillation, i tried my hand at a few les paul and mary ford tunes with wonderful results. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. The epiphone les paul custom pro koa takes the triedandtrue tone youve come to expect from a les paul and ups the resonance factor dramatically. The set up i used for that was my girlfriend sandis blues deluxe and her boss blues driver.
Nov 10, 2014 in this episode, bluesrock superstar joe bonamassa recalls his earliest memories of seeing mxr pedals in his fathers music shop. Joe bonamassa just got paid inc dazed and confused by colin hay. Many thanks just ordered replacement tubes for a blues junior, not sure if thats the cure yet amp wont power on, but the fuses arent blown either. Joe bonamassa mxr fet driver pelham blue special edition joe. The main difference i see are the two diodes d3 and d4.
Here are the complete music playlist tracks from the year 2000s which is heard everyday on 89 dmz, also the early 2000s music is heard during friday madness on magic 89. Joe bonamassa led zeppelin cover live in tel aviv by dror shalom. Joe bonamassa mxr fet driver pelham blue special edition. Jun 16, 2018 delta labs tube driver for mac download a big reason i bought this was the truebypass, so my tone would not change when the effect was not engaged. The way i like to look at it isif thats the last time i ever got to play, id better give it everything ive got. Ive just used the fet driver into an amp and then hit the fet with an mxr zw44 with the gain around 10 oclock. If you arent going to get the fet then you could always get a boss bd2. Instead of just sampling i thought to myself wait, i can learn the chords to this and rework it in my own tracks.
Mxr custom shop csp265 joe bonamassa fet driver overdrive. Just wondering if anybody had any insight on what exactly it might be. Just got an email from lovepedal announcing they are for sale. Mxr csp265 joe bonamassa fet driver pedal pmt online. The fet driver features a simple but responsive set of controls. Blackstar jjn20r jared james nichols the new signature jjn20r jared james nichols is a twochannel, 20watt amp head in racing green, powered by two el84 valves in the power stage and an ecc83 in the preamp section. Seems a little too much gain for what i play, but the demos ive heard are great. Joe bonamassa signature paint job 100% analog and true bypass featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. Clean up and sustain test dunlop fuzz face mxr fet bonamassa a quick comparison of these two signature pedals. My pedal the tan one uses a tiny smd opamp, slightly different form the bonamassa version pic elsewhere on the forum. And theres one that adjusts the level of the fet input. Yeah, i got really into sampling a few years ago, and dived into mf doom and dilla and all those kind of guys.
Alex chrysostomides is playing with an epiphone dot, testing mxr joe bonamassa fet driver distortion pedal csp265. I feel like i was too young to really appreciate sonic youth and my bloody valentine in their prime. Joe bonamassa explains why using too many pedals is bad. We now sell new boss sd 1808 pedals due to popular demand. I wonder if this pedal is made for a loud amp, the audio sounds like the. They were making albums when i was in elementary school and got their big breaks when i was in middle school. The woofyness referred to in the fet driver actually worked very well for me. For sale is an mxr custom shop joe bonamassa signature fet driver.
Limited to a very short run through his website and very limited to dealers. The original ts got its name mostly from srv using it, turning the tone all the way down and often using 2 of them to produce a fuzzy circuit drive, hence the visual sound double trouble dual od. The mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an over driven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage. Everything you ever wanted to know about preamp tubes. Mxr fet driver page 1 joes guitars, amps and gear joe bonamassa forum the official forum for all things joe bonamassa, guitars and blues music. Idzmz 2000s music playlist 20002009 russel wiki fandom. If you believe like workin hard all day, just step in my shoes and take my pay. Provogue prd 7370 2,mascot label group prd 7370 2 format. I found that route 66, the compressor with the od to be a really great pedal. The joe bonamassa pelham blue fet driver features a unique. I did a clip that is beside jbs clip on the mxr site. Delta labs tube driver for mac download stivali negozio drivers. It comes with the original box and all of the included goodies.
Pressing the highcut button seems to change the frequency, but the noise is still there. This od9 should not be confused with the original 1984 ibanez od9 which was not a tube screamer circuit and very rare, i finally got one for my collection in 2007 this od9 board has many parts removed in preparation for our silver mod. Step on the fet driver to thicken up your lead tone with musical, amplike distortion and sustain without the frag. The only difference is the knob layout and the cosmetics. Mxr joe bonamassa fet driver westside distribution. What a girl wants christina aguilera, i turn to you christina aguilera, come on over baby all i want is you christina aguilera, dirty.
The fet driver pedal is designed to thicken up lead playing, and its tones range from soft clipping to light distortion. Your purchases help youth music programs get the gear they need to make music. So your description to op is good, unless op happens to have a place for chunky riffing which dials back well. Dec 16, 2008 dave hunter is a writer and musician who has worked in both the u. Featuring a unique circuit design, the mxr custom shop joe bonamassa fet driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an opamp gain stage into a fet stage thicken up your lead tone with musical, amplike distortion and sustain. Way huge pork loin vs jb signature fet page 1 joe bonamassa. The fet driver features true bypass switching and comes in a heavy. Mxr custom shop joe bonamassa signature fet driver guitar pedal. Joe bonamassa was kind enough to give us a peak into his.
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