BJFE / BearFoot fx Guitar Effects Community

Your name here wrote:So... What I would want is the ability to get a low-ish gain tone with no fizz and the ability to match my eq on a Morgan AC20 Deluxe (Vox normal channel based - I set it to be on the brighter side, while still being full sounding. It's a 1x12) when the pedal is engaged. I'm not looking to darken things up, in general. Does this sound like V1 to you guys? This will be going on a small board I'm building with Summers / Gilmour tones in mind... I don't play their stuff - I just like those tones. The board will consist of:

Cornish P2 (or equivalent Muff, while I wait... )
Bearfoot PGC
Cherry Buster
An overdrive - (SYOD v1?)
Hartman Flanger
Strymon El Capistan
Neunaber Stereo Wet Reverb
Turbo Tuner

I'm also looking to get and try the Model G in the overdrive spot, when that comes out... However, I have a feeling that one would end up on my main board! What do you guys think?


EDIT:

I just watched Nick's demo... It seems like v1 is indeed what I'm after. I welcome all of your comments, but I think I'll pick up a v1 soon.

Thats pretty similar to my board , except I like the hartmann pre dirt..... anyway yeah V1 is great with voxy/84s, and especially tasty after the PGC....

Have demos up of both from Mike Hermans...

and the GASHpaint $parkling Yellow OD customs go up today at 2:22 CT - check the FaceBook page if interested ....

I still do not have a ton of time with the twins to give a real exact review and I want to go back and try some of the settings the rest of you guys found amazing.

My biggest surprise was in many ways is that just because you have or tried the BJFE SYODs in either sparkling or saffron the Bearfoot pedals are as different from the BJFEs as V1 and V2 are from one another. I will add that I think Bjorn/Bearfoot/Donner totally succeeded with the Bearfoot versions as they are some of the most versatile pedals, and with so many great combinations, that I have ever used. I was expecting to keep V2 and be happy, but I find myself preferring V1 slightly, with my rig, due to the lower compression and adjustability.

Playing single coil guitars can be frustrating at times because so many pedals become too bright, harsh and/or fizzy when you only get one EQ pot. So far the only pedal I am totally happy with as a 3 knob is the MR (though mine is slightly different from other MRs). The 4 knob EGDM, BF Honey Beeatch, and the SYOD twins are always tweakable to get just what you want while being so user friendly despite all 4 knobs interacting more or less.

I was about to sell my 5e3 Victoria but noticed that I was getting tube crackle due to the socket pins being too large. A simple tighten up and the amp has never sounded better! The drawback to the 5e3, even with a Celestion Blue, is the woofy-ness on the low end. The SYOD twins are just THE perfect match for tweed Fenders! You can get "Before they make me run", "Brown Sugar" and "Honky Tonk Women" tones at any volume with a Tele and V1. Want "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" or the album It's Only Rock'N'Roll just turn on V2 and run it through a tweed champ. I also find V2, with the Drive turned up a bit, is just about as good as it gets for slide guitar.

I found both to stack really well with each other and with my MR, MHvT, EGDM4k and Beeatch which at this stage of the game I kind of expect Bjorn's pedals to do. However, if you want an absolute killer sound run a modern treble booster in front of either! I use either a Swart Atomic Boost with mids/lows switch or the Plum Crazy Squawk in either Ge or Si.

The odd thing for me is most BJFEs work well at unity volume at any amount of Drive, but the SYOD twins need either the Volume and/or the Drive turned up a bit to get the most out of the pedals though using the PGC and/or PH in front and SBEQ behind you get more choices of settings.

So, the good news/bad news is I need to keep both for further research.

Both of the SYOD's are amazing. Admittedly, I haven't fully put them through their paces yet because I have been too much in love with the DRD4k, but WOW are they versatile and just altogether awesome!

Donner wrote:

Your name here wrote:So... What I would want is the ability to get a low-ish gain tone with no fizz and the ability to match my eq on a Morgan AC20 Deluxe (Vox normal channel based - I set it to be on the brighter side, while still being full sounding. It's a 1x12) when the pedal is engaged. I'm not looking to darken things up, in general. Does this sound like V1 to you guys? This will be going on a small board I'm building with Summers / Gilmour tones in mind... I don't play their stuff - I just like those tones. The board will consist of:

Cornish P2 (or equivalent Muff, while I wait... )
Bearfoot PGC
Cherry Buster
An overdrive - (SYOD v1?)
Hartman Flanger
Strymon El Capistan
Neunaber Stereo Wet Reverb
Turbo Tuner

I'm also looking to get and try the Model G in the overdrive spot, when that comes out... However, I have a feeling that one would end up on my main board! What do you guys think?


EDIT:

I just watched Nick's demo... It seems like v1 is indeed what I'm after. I welcome all of your comments, but I think I'll pick up a v1 soon.

Thats pretty similar to my board , except I like the hartmann pre dirt..... anyway yeah V1 is great with voxy/84s, and especially tasty after the PGC....

Thanks for the recommendation, DonneR! I have a feeling you'll end up being right about the Hartman placement, too. I'll try it both ways.

You know...the more I think about it and the more vids I see, the more I'm thinking about just buying both SYOD's. V1 would likely be my main squeeze, but dang... They sure seemed to sound great stacked in Nick's vid! Hmmm... I'm on the TGP West Tourbox, but I'm dead last somehow. I'd sure like to try 'em first, but I doubt I can hold out for so long... I guess maybe I'll just try to suck it up and buy both in order to see if my theory's correct...

Does the SYOD v2 into a small neutral EQ amp do a proper Stones / Black Crowes tone?

I know Wampler have just released their Tweed 57 but I've found the Wampler pedals I've owned to be a bit too "pristine" in tone. They have the tone of the amps they model but kind of make my amp sound like a well produced recording of the particular amp. The BJFE/Bearfoot pedals sound like my amp but with a different flavour, which I much prefer. Don't know if I'm explaining that too well. I know what I mean anyway.

So, will the SYOD v2 scratch my Tweed itch?

MBT74 wrote:Does the SYOD v2 into a small neutral EQ amp do a proper Stones / Black Crowes tone?

I know Wampler have just released their Tweed 57 but I've found the Wampler pedals I've owned to be a bit too "pristine" in tone. They have the tone of the amps they model but kind of make my amp sound like a well produced recording of the particular amp. The BJFE/Bearfoot pedals sound like my amp but with a different flavour, which I much prefer. Don't know if I'm explaining that too well. I know what I mean anyway.

So, will the SYOD v2 scratch my Tweed itch?

Yeah I just got a new guitar, an '81 335 with Tim Shaw pups --- and its my new favorite!!, Im kind of dumbfounded as Id never embraced 335s before or even really humbuckers much---- but anyway, this thru the V1 into greenbacks is just perfect Stones (Happy,Knockin etc) and early ZZtop too and all that group of tones .... it doesnt just sound like a tweed model as you mentioned - it feels like it and bounces and pushes back like one, integrating itself into the amp/speakers ...

in a way thats one of the differences between V1 and 2 - 1 is more open, raw and amp dependant, v2 is more 'finished' and sculpted if that makes sense....

Donner wrote:Yeah I just got a new guitar, an '81 335 with Tim Shaw pups --- and its my new favorite!!, Im kind of dumbfounded as Id never embraced 335s before or even really humbuckers much---- but anyway, this thru the V1 into greenbacks is just perfect Stones (Happy,Knockin etc) and early ZZtop too and all that group of tones .... it doesnt just sound like a tweed model as you mentioned - it feels like it and bounces and pushes back like one, integrating itself into the amp/speakers ...

in a way thats one of the differences between V1 and 2 - 1 is more open, raw and amp dependant, v2 is more 'finished' and sculpted if that makes sense....

Hmm.... might start with the V1 then and give that a try. Cheers Donner.

Is there still a plan to release a 4 knob V1/V2 combo pedal?

MBT74 wrote:Is there still a plan to release a 4 knob V1/V2 combo pedal?

Thats a good question ! Usually people prefer one over the other and I think most would prefer the M control on the one they want rather than having the one dont prefer.... but I could be wrong .......