Finally, the ONE review of this pedal I'd been waiting for!

Great video mate, stoked you enjoyed the pedal 😊🤘

@LivingroomGearDemos

Ай бұрын

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A comment from the maker: If you have a clean boost pedal you can place before it it will give it just that bit of extra oomph going into the skeleton key. You don't want anything with a complex EQ or anything cos that will mess with the tone from the SK. Something like the TC electronic spark mini is ideal

@ShaharSagi1

2 ай бұрын

Any chance more of these will be released?

@AnthonyEvans-wl5ts

2 ай бұрын

@@ShaharSagi1 I don't know. I'd say so. Sign up to his newsletter. If he's selling out of them no doubt he'll be making more. I think he's a one man show so these things take time.

I had similar feelings when demoing this! I talked to Andrew from FLB and IIRC, it's not based on anything. He just tried to get the voicing close so it sounds mostly right with a bridge humbucker and a C-standard tuned guitar. I also like to coax out a little more gain from it with a boost in front. An EP-style boost works really well because it has a slight bass boost which seems to pair well with the Skeleton Key. But as you know, most QOTSA guitar tones are less gainy than you might think.

I feel like a shocking amount of heavy guitar tones don't have that much gain to them, Black Sabbath is one that immediately comes to mind! It's not about how much gain you have, its about how you use it. I hardly ever push my drive knob on my overdrive passed 12 o'clock but with a boost you can turn that slight breakup into thick fuzzy textures.

@Mudd1429

2 ай бұрын

There's a video of TVL reacting to Reverb's Potent Pairings of QOTSA tones, he consistently said that their interpretations were good but had too much gain. So, it would seem that FLB knows their tones are lower gain.

@joaquinlavin5877

Ай бұрын

same goes for Deftones, they have some really clean but heavy tones

@chrisjw5

Ай бұрын

@@Mudd1429 Troy's stinkface in that video was awesome.

Always love hearing The Sky is Fallin in a Queens gear video. I really like the growl and punch this pedal packs. And it definitely has the perfect amount of cocked wah sound in there. Definitely want to get this pedal at one of my next pay checks 👍🤟🔥

YES! I remember emailing you about this a few months ago, and I'm so pleased you managed to showcase this.THANK YOU!

Its close!! Great pedal, pairs up nicely!!

I think it sounds really good. great demo. thx

I'm a simple man, I see LRGD video related to QotSA, I click it

@kellymckenzie4865

2 ай бұрын

Same

@AtimusXanth

2 ай бұрын

No one knows why, but yeah, me too

@tylertass9983

Ай бұрын

Yes

@jean-francoisboisvenu7505

28 күн бұрын

Please stop using “l’m a simple man shtick “. It’s not original, it’s cliché, and it adds nothing.

@bl4ckph4ntomm

27 күн бұрын

@@jean-francoisboisvenu7505 Maybe you are right, but as long as this comment helps Eirik with youtube algorithms, I think it is worth it. Have a good day mate!

Great job!!!

You know... I bet it would work really well with a Boss OD-3. Didn't know this thing existed. Gonna have to get one.

I was waiting that ❤

Sounds good to me. Love QOTSA.

I need this.

Argentina loves qotsa and Living Room GD ❤🇦🇷

silvertone twin twelve pedal good booster for this tone 🤌

Nice dunable! I have a USA custom cyclops. Amazing instrument

great review and explanation. i do agree on your opinion. cause i also think those songs should be played with a good amount of gain.

It actually sounds really close to a lot of there sounds for once I might have to get something claiming it can pull off the tone really good mid forward overdrive I had a chance to buy the same ampeg amp he uses but in a two twelve and higher watt configuration for a really good price but I ended up buying a twin reverb for way more and wish I would have gotten the ampeg

Love this pedal! $100 for a pedal handmade in the UK with Boneface's original artwork is pretty amazing. Plus the sounds are awesome! Even though it's promoted as QotSA tones in a box, it's a really versatile overdrive/distortion in it's own right. *Funny that you say it doesn't like the SD-1 much, that's how I've been using it since I got it.

I have one of these and push it with a mid boost EQ (color box) to get lead tones.

Dude you nailed it

Great review. I bought one of the first release and it's there. While I do wish it had a little more gain, run a Q-Zone in front for stuff like Song for the Dead, the higher signal pushes it nicely. My NotaKlon also works well, it has that slight mid-hump.

I wonder how it sounds paired with Stone Deaf PDF-2 overdrive. I bet that's pair right there.

@doomerius1300

2 ай бұрын

This sounds better, imo. Pdf2 is noisy af

@krzysztofswiderski3705

2 ай бұрын

@@doomerius1300SD before pandemic had a problem with consistency. My first PDF-2 was noisy and had a power trouble. I send it back and they sent me a new one and it works great for 4 years now.

@doomerius1300

2 ай бұрын

@@krzysztofswiderski3705 really?? I got it from Thomann like a year ago. do you think I could contact sd with this issue?

@yashinisuki

Ай бұрын

@@krzysztofswiderski3705my PDF-1X is also noisy but I didn’t know that they were actually exchanging them. I got mine during the pandemic so that makes sense.

this pedal is like the campbell’s soup equivalent to josh’s michelin-star live tone haha. looks fun though

lol sounded great through my phone speaker, but now on headphones i feel it's lacking something... hmm. what is it tho.... maybe pushing the mids??? great video as always man 🤤

I only have a strat and was asking what to do to achieve the sound. He said this: ...if you like the strat then you could always upgrade the humbucker in the bridge to something meatier. Something like a dimarzio super distortion or the Seymour Duncan invader. The bare knuckle nailbomb is superb but expensive

That Dunable guitar is quite a sight.

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

It's a nice one!

@donewithmodernlife

2 ай бұрын

I have the same color Cyclops; they are excellent guitars. I put a set of SD Saturday Night Specials in mine & it nails QOTSA tones.

No idea what’s going on under the hood but to my ear it sounds like an Ampeg B-25 crossed with a Peavey Decade. It’s got some of the former’s thick, punchy midrange and the latter’s wiry, snarling grit.

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

Why a B-25?

Zvex SHO works really really well into the skeleton key. I've also found that using the skeleton key with sub 12 o'clock on the gain and then hitting it harder with the SHO works best. It's much more percussive this way for rhythm strumming. I engage the SIB echodrive after the Skeleton key for leads.

@dustinrieseberg8707

Ай бұрын

I should also state that this above is what i do for humbuckers and filtertrons.

Not a big fan of it, I think it lacks a little gain and compression but you made it sound a lot better than any other demo of it

@MrBeardsley

2 ай бұрын

I think that actually works in its favor, it makes for a good core drive tone that plays pretty well with other dirt pedals.

@Frenchmelodymaker

2 ай бұрын

@@MrBeardsley well it didn’t played well with the sd-1 😅

@kunaikai

2 ай бұрын

I think for the QOTSA tone you really don’t want a high gain sound. I agree it doesn’t work at least with the first OD but it’s got a great base sound and I really loved the second OD pedal with the skeleton key

I think it def like a amp in a box pedal cause of the gain I’ve never own an amped amp so idk how gainy they can get but it sounds like it’s reminiscent of that and then you add the sd 1 and eq going into it

@benjaminferrari2647

2 ай бұрын

*ampeg

I know the QOTSA tone is cleaner than people think, but I kept thinking it was lacking some saturation, almost like it wants the amp to be a bit dirtier before it hits it

Cant help it, need to press like once u played 'no one knows'

Oh you know you're demoing this one

Good pedal. Let's play all KZread channel uses it

@LetsPlayAll

Ай бұрын

😁

I think this would shine once you put a graphic EQ in front of it instead of a fuzz or overdrive. Boosting 800 and 400 hz. If I remember correctly that's basically how they did it for SftD, an EQ boosting the front end of an Ampeg.

@livingroomgear what type of humbucker and position do you think is best?

I've heard QOTSA members saying that a lot of their stuff is lower gain than you'd probably think (makes sense for basically anything after Lullabies). So I'm guessing they just play aggressively.

This sounds sick! What’s the amp you’re using here?

I really liked it when you turned on the brown pedal (the third one). Does anyone know what it's called?

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

Fjord Fuzz FENRIS

@henriquecosta4812

2 ай бұрын

@@LivingroomGearDemos thank you!

What fuzz pedal was that on the end? It sounded GNARLY when you kicked that one on + the skeleton key.

Majority of Josh homme tone comes from a natural distortion from turning up a tube amp until it naturally distorts.

How does this compare to the Catalinbread sft and pdf-2? Thanks

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

It's been a long time since I've tried the Catalinbread SFT, but I'll try to get my hands on one and compare. PDF-2 is more of a boost that you run into the SFT or the Skeleton Key

does anyone know the song at 2:18 ? i've got to learn it!

@XxCorvette1xX

2 ай бұрын

Paper Machete

@NightmareNate

2 ай бұрын

@@XxCorvette1xXthanks! i went through most of their discography last night thinking it was an older song haha

The pedal seems pretty decent but I think you needed to put a teeny bit of gain on it😂

This or the Catalinbread SFT??

@Wildzy1st

2 ай бұрын

The SFT (+Parametric EQ) is much more versatile when it comes to stacking with other ODs and Boosts in my opinion dir getting different QOTSA Tones. For standalone use I'd recommend the skeleton key, its great on it's own.

@yannamengual2777

2 ай бұрын

Yes !

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

Haven't tried the SFT in many years. I'll try to get my hands on one and compare!

what amp are you using in this demo?

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

fender deluxe reverb

Anyone know what amp he is playing into? I swear I watched the video twice and didn't catch it!

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

I forgot to say. Deluxe Reverb

What's the fuzz pedal being used?

@LivingroomGearDemos

Ай бұрын

Fjord Fuzz FENRIS

What’s the fuzz on the right?

@LivingroomGearDemos

Ай бұрын

Fjord Fuzz FENRIS

What fuzz is that ?

I found it was too loud with not enough gain so I sold it, but having seen this maybe I need to give it another chance! X

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

I almost think it should've had more volume? Did you really find it too loud?

@mattbiffamusicsupervisionshizz

2 ай бұрын

@@LivingroomGearDemos I did, but then I normally have a house full of people complaining about volume, so I feel like I could be realty wrong about that. I might buy another one, frankly!! Xx

@Wildzy1st

2 ай бұрын

​@@LivingroomGearDemos Same Here, feel like it's too quiet. Received mine 3 Months ago, didn't work out as good as PDF-1X and Catalinbread SFT and DOD Gunslinger or EHX Germanium Muff do. Didn't enjoy the way the Skeleton Key takes other ODs and boosts Like my Hudson Broadcast.

Can you show your C tuning please. Thanks

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

It's just C standard

I ordered Skeleton Key just before your video on HX stomp QOTSA tones. Glad you did HX stomp patch which I bought. I really like and use both in different situations. I did tube screamer clone to boost gain on Skelton key. Get helix/Hx stomp/ kemper patch and/or pedal you’ll be happy.

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for supporting and buying the patch! And glad you like it! Thanks man

you sound great! however, it kinda just sounds like a slightly overdriven amp to me

Please do Resistor Head’s Pee Pee pedal!

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

Another Peavey Decade pedal?

It's a great pedal, but I think that any rat clone can get you close to that tone

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

I doubt a rat could do this. Love rats though

Hello, did you have the overdrive set before or after the pedal? Regards

At this state, you surely fit in as a third guitarist for QOTSA. Have you ever talked to one of the members about that?

@LivingroomGearDemos

2 ай бұрын

Haha they already have 3, so I would be the 4th... The fat guy from Norway playing guitar in Qotsa - what would be something.

And now they're completely sold out... lol

@LetsPlayAll

Ай бұрын

haha no, it's defo still available ;-)

@AtimusXanth

Ай бұрын

@LetsPlayAll at the time of writing this, it was literally sold out everywhere...

@LetsPlayAll

Ай бұрын

@@AtimusXanth yea it’s only available direct, was a blip with the website but can be ordered again now 😊🤘

I kinda get it, but I would always caution players about REALLY replicating other guitarist's tones, you really are better off getting something in the ballpark and shifting around to find your own thing

Stop looking so norwegian. Best regards/ Sweden.